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I'm sorry, but I just don't understand the point of this complaint whatsoever. If you aren't of the max level and such, then you should still have plenty of things to experience in game whether the next expansion caters to you or no.

Meanwhile those who do have the playtime to tear through all the content will be glad to see a mass of new things to keep them going on the game (rather than leaving to play something else.)


Personally I'm not a fan of a level 80 cap raise, or the way that some useful little feature has a tendency to be tacked into an expansion just to pull in those that it doesn't necessarily focus on content-wise, but them be the breaks, eh?

No one will force us to purchase the expansion until we choose to do so.





...oh, and my main is also merely level 68, so this isn't coming from someone who has seen any more of the game (quite possibly less) than you.

SoE, like any company, tries to make money for its ownership. While people complain that SoE is ALL about the money, nearly everyone on this planet of ours is about the money. I know that I would certainly not work for free, and I don't expect Sony to, either.

Now that is out of the way---Most of SoE's EQ money comes from the higher level players. The reason for this is that all those lower levels will, theoretically anyway, become higher, perhaps even uber levels. That being said, they do pay a surprising amount of attention to the lower levels from time to time, as DreadLord pointed out. TSS was a great addition. Of course, I imagine that SoE knew that they would eventually put out an anniversary edition that would attract many new and returning players, so an expansion that focused on the early levels would be a nice idea.

I often leave the game for months on end. I either get bored and do other things, or real life keeps me from playing, as it does many. I own only one account, so I don't multibox. I just cannot justify paying for subsequent accounts for a game, even though I do have three computers at home and could easily afford umpteen accounts. That is not trying to slap someone who does own multiple accounts, it is just my personal preference that I do not.

So, when I returned after my last EQ hiatus, I was happy to find TSS addressed my need for a way to level my new toons without rehashing Everfrost, Qeynos or any of the other newbie zones which I knew like the back of my hand. Sure, the game is still much the same in that you pull, whack, nuke, dot and loot, but at least there was a change in targets and quests for the lower levels.

Still, there comes a time in the life of every toon that we venture into more intense environs such as KC (either one), Burning Woods and beyond. In other words, even though my first return toon is only a few weeks old (real time), I don't really take him back to Crescent Reach or The Moors any longer. Those first few levels, since most players scream through them, really only addressed about, again as DreadLord pointed out, 5% of a toon's time. In a sense, we are ALL moving towards end game; some of us, albeit more slowly than others.

It is nice to know, if I ever stick with a toon long enough to get there (which is entirely doubtful, given my history), there will be something beyond just a banner which reads "THE END".

Anytime a expansion is added it changes the way the game plays for you rather you buy it or not. If you don't buy the expansion you start having a more difficult getting groups for instance. Every time a expansion comes out every rushes to the new expansion to level leaving older expansions behind.

Simply not buying the expansion isn't the same as a expansion simply not being released at all.

Saeel;
Agree with you. I finally got all the expansions on my second account cause I bought the Anniversary edition ( for the freebies )

I still have so much fun with this game, whether it is hunting the old world, raising new alt's, or just exploring new zones ( without maps, makes it way more exciting for me )

I haven't High end raided since Velious, and that was fun too, but I dont have that time anymore. I remember those days, and I see why they keep cranking out content for those people. That is the mindset, keep exploring and "beating" the next big thing in the game. And that is fun, but not for me anymore. The way I play is where it is at.

I know this is not really saying anything new , but I think it is a shame when people say the game is dying or not fun. I just don't see that.

Edited, Jun 12th 2007 11:25am by yenwangweh

i liked ldon. it allowed those who got pk'd frequently to finaly stop lossing gear. yay for the suck druid! ohh wait, that was short lived, cause they combined em all.... i think they should make part of epic 2.5's ldons required just for griefs sake. (no not really, but seriously they could dump this expansion IMO)

And once you are in TBS, you have to find a vendor and buy a ticket to a boat, find the right boat while not getting your butt handed to you by a bunch of see invis KOS mobs, and you end up...where? I wouldn't know, I gated out after having spent 20 minutes looking for a boat that never came and have used the guild lobby ever since.

And to get back from Katta? Do the same in reverse. That is, buy a Gate potion. Unless you relish spending half an hour or more on running after you quit your group.

How come we have TWO PoK-stones that take us to Toxxulia Forest, but none to get to Katta? I'm not adverse to travelling taking time, but this is ridiculous IMO.