Poll: Battle of the ExpansionsFollow

I have a couple really close friends who haver played for years. I only started playing with the Anniversary edition, but what I found fascinated me. Yes, a great many zones were closed to me, as the requirements of having a raiding guild at my disposal were too much at the moment.

I voted Serpents Spine, because it brought back the group. Zones, missions, quests, items, rewards, and ADVENTURE for all levels. I think SOE hit it on the head with this expansion. Granted, I'm not speaking from an old-eq'r viewpoint (I was still playing tabletop and miniatures- the REAL old-school gaming), but fro what I've read, what I've seen, and what I've been told, I couldn't have joined at a better time.

And to solve the "problem" of not seeing old-world content, I simply created my OWN guild, to go through that very content, so all can see where great events took place.

occasionally, when on quests, i like to challenge myself and see if i can get where i need to go without using PoK, or even the nexus for that matter. It's amazing how much you can forget how to get somewhere the old fashioned way. =p But it's great to go back and adventure thru those zones.

Wow. I just read Vesanus Scholar's post below. He hit it exactly. All those little agonizing but rewarding things about the game when it was new are so true. The game has lost whatever that thing was that made it special. I remember my first death, killed by an orc pawn outside the gates of Freeport, and thinking these mobs are tough. How little we knew the world then. I loved the sound when I cast those first spells. I was a human necro, unloved by everyone. It was heaven. To collect enough copper and silver to get my first gold piece, fantastic. The bazaar outside the bank in Freeport (Veeshan server) was chaotic but satisfying in a way the current bazaar with trader bots never will be. You actually had to speak to people. Crafted armor was excellent, cobalt to die for. If SOE could find someway to capture that experience again and actually advertize, they would again have the most popular, massive RPG out there. Death to plat farmers and ****-blocking raiding guilds. Vesanus, I thank you for making me think about those early days and how truly satisfying they were and reminding me why I still play. Patrizia Da'Siena, level 75 human necro.

No expansion had the depth, the scope and the impact that Velious had. Like nowhere else in all Norath, what you did there had impact. All your actions...every kill...mattered, had import.

The storylines were amazing...the lore unmatched anywhere else in EQ...and the raid content was like nothing else before.

Besides, Velious included the two best zones in the game: ToV and Mischief!

Kunark without a doubt. Wonderfully complex with dungeons and lore. For all of the ungodly technical hassles (e.g. directX) that came with it for those who remember, it turned out to be well worth it.

I started playing just before PoP. I LOVED Kunark, great progression for leveling: FoB, Kurn's, LOIO, FM, OT, DL, then on to BW or whatever. I'm a longtime but casual player, and I thought PoP sucked, having to work so hard just to get into a zone, the progression was a pain. PLUS fighting your own gods was a huge mistake, lore-wise. Thus I really liked TSS, decent gear with no zone lockouts, I could keep up somewhat with the hardcore players w/o having to spend eight hours a day on the computer. TSS reminds me of Kunark.

Isn't it maybe time for a new poll?

PoP for the zones and progression scripts, i mean show me another zone like PoTime and for gods sake the rathe council.
what a challenging event that was, i just love pop zones.

and i agree the undead,,,,,, please SoE fix the issues

I voted shadows of luclin. It was the last expansion that maintained the old flavor evequest. IMO Planes of power destroyed everquest's soul. The game seemed so much more like a real world ( and a large world at that) before Sony ruined it by making traveling so damn easy. I thought Luclin was a perfect compromise for traveling between teleporting and non teleporting classes classes. Spire travel was much more convenient than taking boats to the different continents but it was less convenient than getting a teleport. Now with all the teleporting options available to anyone, I dont think any 2 zones are more than 2 zonings apart.

And don't even get me started on flagged zones! I loathe the entire concept with every fiber of my body. lol.

And yes in case your wondering what class I am - 75 druid.

I can say that having played since 2001, all of the expansions to date have held elements that made them unique, interesting, and fun. Each introduced new skills, races, spells, zones, and encounters that pushed EQ's member base to new heights and kept things fresh and fun.

Although I loved the progression in PoP, as a raider, GoD got my vote. It was the first expansion whose end zone really separated the skilled players from the fluff. At present, TSS has offered challenging end zones as well. But the factioning stinks :p

I voted for Kunark, and won't take back my vote, but going again, I'd have to say TSS really came awful freakin close. TSS has the faction/raiding/larger group aspect of velious, the raid encounters of beyond velious, a few instances for the guilds and groups. Gear and spells that help close gaps, but enough non-instanced content to feel like a world, stuff for all levels, quests for all levels, its just an overall good piece of work. There's still a lot of content in TSS that'll last through level 80 and 85 as rewarding content for a long time to come.

I voted for POP because without that, it would be very difficult to get around the world.

I remember learning the most important lesson of a "newbies" life was that "TRAIN" in ooc usually means "loading.... please wait" which put me into the category of people who say "what just happened"...

Later on I learned that saying things in different ways makes a big difference.. "my pet is loose" gets a different response than "if you dont snare my pet NOW, we all die". the little nuances (sp) make the game more fun.

Having 3 mobs under the MEZ and getting the message..."why didn't you get the other one" loading.... please wait.

OH and my favorite is when I hear...."MAKE ME A PUMPKIN"......

Doing my first KEI group was fun..

buying rockhopper hides/skins for 450p and then making somthing I could only sell for 5p if I was lucky.

Finding the meldstones in the bazaar for 200p and making the muramite combines but not knowing what to do with them.

All in all, it has been fun. I have enjoyed the time I have spent in EQ. This is due, in large part, to the folks I interract with during my gametime. Thank you all.