I honestly hated the new EQ live additions to the game. I logged in about a month ago, took a few looks, logged out and logged onto Shards. EQ lost so much along the way...not just good programmers. It's like the whole idea to make an awesome game filled with quests, adventures, lore was kicked aside for pretty graphics and lacklusture writing.
I say keep doing whatever you want since it's working perfectly...and...well...you'll do whatever the hell you want anyways, heh.