I just want to pick up on how you mention Vox/Naggy were unitemised at release as they weren't really anticipated to be killed so easily/frequently.
Something I really hate about early EQ is just how dropped in Naggy/Vox are.
Don't get me wrong - I love the cave art of Naggy in the Solusek dungeons, at Vox's claw marks through permafrost and her factioned little goblins.
However, beyond that, those dragons just don't seem to exist among the wider EQ world.
No one talks of them, no written legends, rumours, organisations explicitly keeping an eye on their activities. The dragons just don't feel part of the world. They feel thrown in.
Sadly, it was one of the aspects that made EQ feel gamey, instead of the wider simulated world it often felt.
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