Why do people seem to hate luclin so much?

[Taryth]

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Warping to a plane where a certain god or demi-god rules is aligned with classic EverQuest lore. Warping to outer space like we're on a NASA mission is quite the stretch for a D&D type MMO.

That Expansion seems so forced, everything from Lore, Zones, Mobs, character models, and the list goes on. Don't you remember when SoL was released, that half the raid zones and quests were broken or unfinished.

Also, I was being a little facetious with my OP.

You don't know what DnD is if you think it didn't include "outer space."
I don't see what your reservation is with porting to the moon. Spaceships aren't involved. It's Wizards and Druid, and magical portal spires. There's nothing sci-fi about it. Spelljammer and Planescape were both around long before EQ released, and EQ is based on the principles set forth by DnD.

What about the lore was "forced"? It finally integrated the Shissar into the playable scope of EQ lore. What about the mobs and zones was "forced"? Can you elucidate, or will you continue to throw out vague notions that you can't actually explain?

The character models were love-hate. I think they're great. I don't see what the problem is. They're stiffly animated, but the models themselves are fantastic. They consume a great deal of resources, which sucked at the time SoL was released, but that's no longer an issue.

I wasn't raiding at the time of SoL release, so I don't really know or care about that. It could be completed/fixed here (or on another server, though), so I don't see why that is such an issue, either. Luclin was to Velious what Kunark was to Vanilla. An expansion that spanned all levels and vastly increased the possibilities of play. I think spell foci and AA were my favorite parts of SoL.

I hope the devs at least include spell foci in any future custom content, if nothing else.