Luclin

[August]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm told most people either think Velious or PoP was the high point of EQ. I'm curious why people hated whatever expac came after PoP (I quite on Live just after Kunark, so all these expacs are new to me)

It's because GoD was just god-awful and scaled horribly.

I was a time-geared tank and I remember dying horribly and being unable to take hits in the first instance I went into. I honestly don't remember that much because I pretty much quit after being so frustrated after a couple of months. I remember everything just hitting way too hard and multiple wipes. I can't even imagine what the 'casual' crowd must of thought as I was rocking probably 3/4 PoT gear the rest being elemental.

As to why people like Velious - I think that Luclin furthered the divide between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' in EQ. If you weren't max level you couldn't think about AAs. If you didn't have the time to get 270 AAs to be raid-capable then you got kicked out, etc. I think Original-Velious represents a certain class of people and I think Orginal-PoP represents that other class of people. Game died @ GoD for me.