Blue Beyond: The Scars of Velious

[fadetree]

it's not. But about luclin - I don't get the hate for it. I didn't like it in particular, but it did not offend my soul like it seems to have done to some of you.
I tried green for a bit, but y'know what? It kind of sucks. The only reason I liked it in 1999 was because I had never played anything further along. I am a masochist...I mean, I always main a Ranger...but that doesn't mean I want a lot of the stuff they added in and fixed BECAUSE IT SUCKED to be undone so I can re-experience the the pain BUT this time with full knowledge. Not everything they added over the years wrecked the game. I like cars, have for years, but that doesn't mean I want to buy a Ford Model A and use it as my main car.
I liked AA's - one because they finally fixed my class to some extent, but also because I *like* to grind, a lot of people do. I thoughts the cats were kinda dumb, and most of teh zones were meh, but whatever. Luclin was a testing ground for PoP, which I consider the pinnacle of EQ. You can definitely see the beginning of all the stuff that they would carry through to ridiculous lengths - de-specializing the classes, even more mudflation, even more rapid travel, more AAs, gear dropping easier at lower levels, etc. But PoP to me is the sweet spot - retained enough of the classic feel to still be EQ, added a huge layer of complex quests lines and cool dungeons, tons of tradeskills work so they finally became what they had been intended to be, had a very cool overarching storyline, etc. Personally, I would have not done the travel books, I agree that that was a really bad move but again it did not sear my soul with agony as it seems to for so many here.