Poll: Battle of the ExpansionsFollow

You nailed it. I can remember the first time I had a friend lead me from Nek forest to the Inno Swamp, and feeling wow this game is huge, and praying a puma or something would not start chasing me, then hoping a frog would not start chasing me just to see where the Trolls live. I do miss the community, the bazaar is cool but meeting folks in the EC tunnel to buy items was fun, remember buying your first piece of armor, and thinking people will full bronze Where Uber, all the loot from lower guk was so dam awsome.

Kunark was an awsome exp, I like that you could explore most of it, even if the zone was above your level you could at least risk a run through the zone. Now it seems so much of exploring depends on flags, raids, etc. 80/20 rule. 20% of the server is most likely hard core raid, while 80% is group/casual. Yet 80% of us will only see 20% of the game, I know since I dropped out of raiding guild my ability to progress though content has been next to impossible.

Developers: create duel pathways though content raid and small group/solo. that way everyone can work though all the content. Maybe not in true end game fashion but, maybe the boss NPC laughs at PC's for sending such a small group to defeat him and so the boss NPC send his champion to fight the small group/solo player. That way we all get to see the content you all work so hard to develop.

Make no sense to spend time building zones many will never see.


Sorry to get off topic

Peace

Does anyone like anything about this game?

Voted Kunark, although I must say it was a very tough call - Velious, Kunark and Luclin are all excelent :)

When it comes to raiding, I really loved the GoD raids. Although not sure how much GoD gave to the non-raider.

PoP and OoW are both good I think.

Well, seems like I actually like most of them :p but by far, my favourites would be the first three hehe.

-vid

i voted POP cuz i love to c everyone trying to get flag and alot of pick up raid u will never be bored

I think Sony finally got it right when they created the new way to quest where you basically got a checklist on how to do the quests, the appropriate level of the quests, and a sneak preview on the reward (although sometimesI'd rather be surprised). It is soooo nice to be able to know in advance before you've spent all day on a quest that has gotten you frustrated to high heaven that you've not wasted that time to earn like a 1+ wisdom drink or something equally useless (especially if you're like me and play a warrior).
The Drakken race is an awesome race...not knocking the others but let's face it at least they don't run around in pantyhose like the woodelves and they've more contemporary hairstyles than the high elves. If I may send Sony a hint though - knock it off with those %$#@&^ elevators!!!! Give us the stair option all around, PLEASE! Nothing more frustrating then falling off the elevators over and over again because of jumpy graphics. Besides, what if there was a fire, eh? I think not having stairs is a code violation even in treehouses. I love the portals in POK (although it basically ruined my ever playing a druid again as it removed the coolest aspect of druidism) as it saves me from long swims after the boat slips out from under me, maybe you could slip in the same sort of things at the bases of elevators?

Joani the Drakken Warrior - Ero Server

I agree Vesanus Old World EQ was the best. I Started playing as well back in 1999 (just a month after release, and that was before RoK and the four planes.

I remember Kithicor as a newbie only zone - no undead at night (tho I can't find that change anywhere in the patch notes history but it was shortly after I started playing that they changed it).

I remember medding with your spell book at all times - before they changed it at lvl 35.

To get my swimming skill up I swam the river from West Karana all the way thru North Karana.

When the boats actually worked, it was really something. It made the game feel like a world you were traveling thru not just clicking a book to and you got to see the game world by your feet.

I played as a half-elf ranger (and still do from time to time) and to run the Karana's without SoW took a lifetime back then cause we didn't get SoW till lvl 39 (if i remember right). And Sense Heading was a skill you actually had to work up!

I remember when Splitpaw was a low-level dungeon - not mid lvl or now high lvl.


EverQuest really was a new and exciting game to get into, I think that was it's real appeal - tho it did regain a bit of that with LDoN IMHO. After expansions like Luclin/PoP people just got way too ahead of others and grp'ing stopped. With LDoN, anyone was a potential grp member (within lvl range) and it was exciting again to zone into those old zones and experience something new. LDoN was not by far the best expansion IMO, but it had it moments.

TSS would get my vote at 2nd as it added good zones to lvl from 1-75, good quests at lower lvl's and some decent gear that no other expansion added before (not having played any OoW/GoD or DoDH/DoN zones I can't say anything about them). Sofar TSS zones have been fun beautiful to explore and lvl'ing a drakkin from there has been a blast!
RoK would rank up there with TSS as well, the lore added to game only enhanced the EQ experience and it felt like you were entering a slowly rebuilding nation with rements of grand ruins still littering the battlefield.

Anymore the game is about exp'ing and getting the lastest and greatest gear - forget grp'ing just to meet ppl and have a little fun. I still play EQ and I still know atlest one other in the game that has played as long as I have and we're still friends - it's cool but sad at the same time 'cause most ppl that played back then are gone...

I personally believe the game hit its peak, at least for me in Velious. The game still had its old feel to it, but with some really great additions to content in with Kunark and Velious combined.

I believe after Velious the game just progressed too quickly, gear started to become too powerful (well compared to my old EQ viewpoint), and things started to change to quickly.

I'm glad I've come back to play a bit more, but Velious for me was the golden days of EQ.

Scars of Velious, ahh such simple times.

I voted Omens of War. The challenge of Muramite Proving Grounds and Ruined City of Dranik. The hardcore hunt for your 69 and 70 spells for a non raider. The super sweet 1.5 and 2.0 epics. The very nice bazaar drops for casual groupers.

It is an awesome expansion.

Kunark , best ever, hands down.

It was the first expansion and its was glorious, Velious was excellent too but lacked good midrange dungeons imo.

The fame and glory of Sebilis and the loot from it was insane. I was literally trembling with nerves when i got my first invite for Seb. This place was always packed , even in the Velious era, Sebilis was still well used.


EQ the greatest game ever, too bad SOE has control over it =/

I vote TSS, I am certainly keeping my fingers crossed that i'll be changing my vote to SoF in a few months. TSS has a lot for everyone, it has great grouping as well as soloing opportunities. My favorite part of TSS has been raiding AG and FC.

Legacy of Ykesha is my least favorite expansion. The only times i've ever really been there is to help friends with the Temperance quest, or to do the occasional Epic 1.5 fight for Rogues or SK 1.5 prequest.

If I had to pick the most difficult expansion as far as raid encounters i'd say Depths of Darkhollow, although I didn't experience as much of Demiplane as I would've liked to.

As much nostalgia I hold for Kunark and Velious it's hard for me pick them with the way I feel about them nowadays, semi-underutilized although i spend a lot of time in Kunark still looking for dragons to kill.

Luclin's lore is incredibly in-depth. I agree... Kunark is one of my favourite expansions solely due to the lore, but Luclin is #1. Luclin not only had the great lore, but innovative and unique events to boot.

Luclin will always get my vote in a poll like this. Hollowshade Moor wars, the bad blood between Katta and Seru... All of the newbie-friendly zones, and the interaction between factions on and within Norrath's moon make Luclin into a beautiful tapestry of an expansion.

Edit: Has it really been two years since the last poll? Wow...

Edited, Sep 25th 2007 2:55pm by NaturesParadox

I voted Luclin but it was hard to chose. All had their good and bad points. I like the Vah Shar because the beastlord pet is a smaller version of it's master. They should have put a couse for all of them.