Everquest II is similar to Everquest in that you can focus on killing creatures and getting experience, but EQ and EQ2 also have many differences. One of the biggest is the Tradeskill system that make Tradeskilling more user-action oriented. What you do can affect the outcome of the items.

    EverQuest II is set in Norrath as the original, but 500 years later in the "Age of Destiny". The EQ2 world has been dramastically affected by several cataclysms  since the original EQ. The planes have closed, the gods temporarily left, and the moon Luclin has been destroyed (and partially rained onto the face of Norrath). Remnants of the familiar vistas from EQ's Norrath could be found in the Shattered Lands.