First of all, I would like to state that I am worn our from raiding. I could give my reasons, but to keep a long story short, it feels like recruiting into the military so I can sit down to kill the same 7 mobs over and over and over for enough DKP to buy a whatever degree upgrade to a single slot. After the rush of killing the mob the first 5 or so times, it is just masochism to me. Those of you who enjoy this, more power to you. Just not for me.
With that in mind, I think Luclin was the last best expansion of EQ. POP sucked all the players out of all the towns and turned a single zone into a "Base". Although this is convenient, it doesn't feel to me like a world anymore, just a central point to a collection of zones. The "l00t d00dz" loved this, but for those who log in to play pretend that they are in another world, it pretty much handed the game over to the powerplayers.
Cats on the moon, well, it was a fun story. The grey was interesting, and although being in space, mmmm... it's not like we were flying around in spaceships or wearing bubble helmets attached to air tanks firing beam guns. Frankly, I don't understand clearly what upsets people about Luclin. The Bazaar was certainly much better then watching a movie hitting a sell macro every five minutes. The travel path through Luclin took about as long as it would take to find a druid and organize a port, only newbies could afford it without the awkward "I am new and have 2 plat to my name" explanation. I have a druid I rolled for porting to twink my enchanter, and honestly, porting really isn't "that" much money.
So, in conclusion: Luclin. Most of the content after that was for grind raiders and I would much rather do other things with my life.
- Brimacombe
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