Your dream expansion set

[Arclanz]

Originally Posted by frefaln [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Luclin might've made it in my OP list if it'd been trimmed down to roughly half the zones, i.e. without Bazaar and Paludal (which felt like a "required stop" to soar through ten levels). It was the Luclin expansion that started the trend where the newest expansion tramples on its predecessors, making some zones feel empty and depressing.

It made me realize that expanding outward in virtual space isn't necessarily a good thing; IMO it's more important to have meaningful, dynamic, and atmospheric content that people experience together. Lots of big zones don't really mean anything if /who returns 1 result.

Totally agree. Making these huge expansions was problmatic. Just like the new Freeport sux, so too do expansions that emphasize size over quality. FP is MUCH more interesting in its current smaller form; where the content does not dwarf the number of players in that content.

I thought Luclin was ooc upon launch, but I really grew to like it with it's unique zones. I rarely visited the dark side of the moon; and it frankly scared the crap outta me. I'd love to spend a lot more time in Luclin. Spent a lot of time in Kunark and Velious, even though I did very few raids in those zones.

[Merrik]

Just give me Howling Stones, Velks Lab, Karnor's and Sebilis and I'm gtg for about 3 years. (yeah I know, kunark and velious). I really enjoyed PoN and some of the other Planes in PoP though. PoN is probably one of my favorite zones ever, but then again the highest toon I ever had was 63, so I didn't see a lot of things.

[Overcast]

Originally Posted by Reiker [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't just shoehorn LDON in because "it had casual content" because that expansion was horrible. It was like EQ meets Diablo II. And what made it worse was that everyone was required to spend 10 hours a day running the same 20 minute, boring as fuck dungeon to get necessary spells/augs.

It was actually the casual players who suffered, because the rewards were designed around hardcore raiders who could clear Hards with maximum efficiency receiving their shiny new aggro aug in a week. Whereas it'd take your average joe barely being able to clear Normals in the time limit a month to get the same reward.

Only LoY (the worst EverQuest expansion of all time) was a worse idea.

Actually, I can't disagree about a lot that LoY brought in.

But.. what I liked about it - was simple... The zones. Unlike many other expansions they were releasing, it was just straight up non-instanced zones.

LDoN would have been a lot cooler if the add dungeons were more like guk and such - I do agree.

[Excision Rottun]

Originally Posted by Aeolwind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I had every part of that damn thing in my bags EXCEPT the Event in Qinimi and the VERY last piece from Tunat. =(

Honestly though, the BIC was what made me love the Discord expansion. One of the best, most well conceived and laid out quests in EQ imo.

Agreed.

However, I originally quit when GoD launched.

Only to return during TSS, TBS, SoF expansions.

This meant I was basically trying to solo any part I could or drag 5-10 people out with flags to do the raids.

Would have been much more enjoyable when it was current since you would have parts dropping during guild events.

[Eyry]

Kunark, Velious, Lucilin without Nexus or bazaar (Beastlord FTW) and Pop with no Porting hub

[Reiker]

Originally Posted by Overcast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But.. what I liked about it - was simple... The zones. Unlike many other expansions they were releasing, it was just straight up non-instanced zones.

There were 0 instanced zones when LoY was released...

[Kelven]

Classic -> Velious + Bazzar and PoP

Velious will always be my favorite expansion, I loved the dragon lore and the sleeper. The raids, the loosening of the stranglehold certain guilds had on every raid mob in the previous expansions. It opened the game up for me.

I hated every single tiny detail about Luclin *except* for the bazzar. I liked the ease of buying/selling without sitting in EC for hours and hours spamming a macro auction. Granted some people like that , but what a huge waste of time .. oh and F**K Vex Thal, and your key quest.

PoP was another ground breaking raiding expansion, and the last one I enjoyed. After killing the gods of EQ, the game should have been over, or Veeshan should have come down and blown everything to kingdom come... something like that. EQ was exit stage left after that expansion.

[nicemace]

i'd like all of them, i dont care about lore or anything like that. i just want cool raid content like rallos, anguish, vish, mayong etc... sure beats wow raiding.

[mixxit]

the lore in the buried sea has been underrated

[Humwawa]

Originally Posted by Overcast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Like the entrance to PoD could have been in the back of Fear, the entrance to PoJ maybe in the back of Permafrost, entrance to PoTime in the back of Plane of Mischief, or whatever - just do away with PoK altogether and put the Plane of Tranquility around Odus somewhere, or whatever..

The Plane of Fear is the realm of Cazic Thule, who while evil, isn't exactly an ally of Bertoxxulous. Their worlds wouldn't be linked. It would have been cool if the planar gates were parts of the natural world instead of some stupid nexus plane. Have the gate to the Plane of Decay portal somewhere near the Karanas, where the Bloodsabres - and Bertoxxulous - hold the most influence.

If the Lore was followed properly, and you had quests to "invoke" the portals - possibly even to seal them afterwards, considering you'd unleash some horrible things on Norrath if you opened a two-way gate to the Plaguebringer's home without the proper wards and locks - it would be a fantastic idea.