The Everquest IP has close to zero value.
Not enough people played it, nobody talks about it outside this forum, it was active before YouTube/streaming so there little footage/memes.
It and similar games influenced the devs of more popular games and that's it's legacy and reach. It isn't coming back.
Not enough people purposefully look for an MMO to play. They get sucked in by a sequel to a gaming IP they like (Warcraft/Final Fantasy) or are broke kids looking for a free game and encounter Runescape.
Every MMO based on a unique IP or a non gaming IP has failed. Nobody is playing Everquest these days (3500 a day apparently) so nobody is waiting for a sequel.