Why does everyone think post POP sucks?Follow

I don't hear that too often. Alot of people hated GoD because it was insanely difficult when it was released. Sure there are alot of powerful items out now but it has been years since PoP days. Go get your new bundle pack, and enjoy the biggest & best game out there : ) Welcome to EQ!

I think around PoP was when Verant, EQ's orginal dev's, sold the game to Sony. So, I suspect alot of it is just peoples attitudes towards the big-bad money grubbing company.

I do see a difference in the zones of the later expansions versus the earlier though. The multi-level cavernous dungeons of the earlier expansions gave way to instanced zones and missions (I think the monster missions were a real stain on the feel, the lore, and the immersion of EQ). You'll find little in the way of earlier Dungeons such as the Sols, the Guks, the Hole, not to mentions the awesome Kunark dungeons (Seb, Droga, Nurga, etc) in the later expansions.

That's not to say there aren't lots of good challenging zones post PoP. There are.

On the most part EQ is noob friendly. If you grow a thick skin and are up front and honest when visitng new places or trying new things, most folks will try to help.

You will run into the occasional hard-core group that doesn't have time to explain things or the plain old jerk in the Plane of Knowledge (the central place where everyone hangs out), but for every one of those you'll see many more helpful folks and groups.

In general, we hear good things about the Stromm server and Combine server.

Edited, May 8th 2007 1:09pm by JoltinJoe

There are several other threads with similar content, i.e. what server to play on, coming back, new players.

Here's the stickied one:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=1;mid=117337801626907618;num=51;page=1

Here's some of the newest ones:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=1;mid=1177622072194196259;num=14;page=1
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=1;mid=1177637675325117392;num=4;page=1

There is alot info / links in just the first 2 pages of this forum, you might also find useful.

I hear there is alot of support on the progression server, but I have no personal experience with it. Most servers are descent at a minimum for helping people out, some are probably better than others. I used to play on Stromm somewhat and it was good back when I played. Tunare and Firiona Vie have both been excellent. Druzzil Ro is moderate, but I may rank it lower, just because it's my main server, and I spend almost no time playing with lower level people there.

Yther Ore.

Silly as it might sound, post PoP the game just blew its load regarding the game lore. You had this rich lore surrounding the game regarding the deities and the history and how the races formed and the dragons and giants and ancient empires... all of a sudden you were farming the gods of Norrath for gear and then some stupid story about inter-dimensional alien mercenaries or some such ****. It felt less like adventuring in Norrath and more about cranking out expansions and raid material.

They tried to get back to the swords & sorcery basics some with DoN and the later expansions but I didn't really care anymore at that point.

As far as I know, all of the freebies that come with expansions are only available to those who pre-order each of those expansions. Thus, the anniversary compilation will not have any such items, since all the current expansions that are available to order are already out and included with the compilation.

Most likely there will be an item offered to those who pre-order the next expansion due out in November.

Yther Ore.

Awesome, I may have to get it, just for the freebies :) I just moved this toon from another account about 1.5yrs ago, so I didn't get any 'cept for the TSS one (the only one I pre-ordered so far).

Thanks for the info, Thrugby!

BTW, which compilation previously had freebies? The last compilation I had bought, was on the original account, when they had the Platinum edition (or something like that) after PoP came out. It didn't come with any that I remember.

Yther Ore.

couple of 10K speed mounts,

a 25% wieght reduction bag.

3 faction increasing items, ones a shield decent for low level

a sparkly thing - an item that sparkles effect when clicked otherwise useless

a item to hand in to gain a special race of shrouds enabled, Gargoyle I think

and an item to hand in to get 10 shot Complet Heal potion and a 10 shot complete mana restore potion. You can trade one for the other with same npc, so can end up with 2 CH potions or 2 CM pots if you prefer for your class

not sure if I missed any....

Think they can be claimed whenver you want, you will just get message when you login each toon listing what's available. I would definetly claim the bag and mounts with newer toons, also the shield. The sparkly thing is useless so might as give that to the new toon as well. The CH potions and non shield faction items are really only useful at high levels. Would be a wast to use a CH pot on a low level toon. The shroud is just a gimickly thing depends what you want to do wiht that toon.

Edited, May 8th 2007 10:41pm by fhrugby

Lost Dungeons of Norrath: Satchel of Abu-Kar

Gates of Discord: Taelosian Morphemic Staff

Omens of War: Burning Crystal Shard or Frozen Crystal Shard

Dragons of Norrath: Elixir of Refreshment and Elixir of Replenishment

Depths of Darkhollow: Collapsable Roboboar

Depths of Darkhollow: Runed Gargoyle Tooth

Prophecy of Ro: Ornate Barding (Summon Warhorse)

The Serpent's Spine: Sceptre of Draconic Calling

The Buried Sea: Aviak Spirit Totem

PC Gamer Shield: Scouting Shield of Da Bashers

Edited, May 10th 2007 2:42am by bbot

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Edited, May 9th 2007 8:28pm by Elinda

As someone who's played EQ since day one I feel it's only gotten better since PoP. There's been a few missteps along the way but on the whole EQ has moved forward in a positive direction.

Before TSS I would have said Sony was making a mistake in focusing too much on the high level raiding playerbase and not enough on attracting and keeping new players. Now I would recommend any new or returning player create a character with Crescent Reach as their starting city and enjoy the new, kinder, gentler EQ that is much more quest and story driven then ever before, as well as being much more solo friendly in the process.

Who knows what might have happened had they gotten TSS on some store shelves and done a bit of advertising.

EQ's future survival may depend on the current players not only spreading the word but also taking the time to make new players feel welcome.

After the tutorial (until lvl 10 or so), Crescent Reach is absolutely the place to be. Loads of (fun) quests, newbie areas to hunt, everything a tradeskiller's heart desires, Blightfire Moors just next door (even more quests and mobs and drops and...)

Don't be afraid to ask questions, a lot of players will jump at the chance to help out a newbie, payback for any help they may have received along the way.