I noted when launching everquest2.exe from a copied directory, which the launchpad is set to use BETA for game version, that it could not find Maj'Dul server, and is Trying login server #1... Might I ask which file(s) to remove to allow this login to succeed?
If you have the beta patcher open DO NOT select a character. Just go to normal character select. To switch back to live server select "US English" and now you can select a character again.
Think I just remembered a similar fix: I deleted all the files in the \logincache-us\ and did NOT select a character to login with from the verified as BETA, LaunchPad. /e bonks self.