When do you think everquest was 'perfect/complete' ?

[Weekapaug]

Personally, I've played EQ off and on (mostly on) since 2 weeks after release....I've seen most expansions up to one before the current live one, and I've raided up to PoRish, if memory serves. And while every era has it's plusses and minuses, I've enjoyed them all, personally, so answering the OPs question isn't so simple for me.

I think, as a stand alone game, the original classic era is just fine. So is going thru Velious and stopping. While I love classic, I think going to Velious and stopping as we are here is more than appropriate and makes more sense than just staying at classic. Although a purely classic server would be pretty cool, IMO.

Stopping at PoP or maybe LDoN would make for another great server, I think. I really enjoyed that era of the game, even though it put classic behind us and things started getting inflated.

Beyond that, I think DoN would be a great stopping point. The inflation and trivialization started with luclin, ramped way up in GoD and most seem to agree that expansion was not good for the game, but OoW fixes a lot of that, and DoN fixes a lot of OoW. I really dig AA and loved this era of the game, personally.

For me, it's not a question of "perfect." The game has always been fun. Just depends on what era you like, I guess.

[Danyelle]

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

Personally, I've played EQ off and on (mostly on) since 2 weeks after release....I've seen most expansions up to one before the current live one, and I've raided up to PoRish, if memory serves. And while every era has it's plusses and minuses, I've enjoyed them all, personally, so answering the OPs question isn't so simple for me.

I think, as a stand alone game, the original classic era is just fine. So is going thru Velious and stopping. While I love classic, I think going to Velious and stopping as we are here is more than appropriate and makes more sense than just staying at classic. Although a purely classic server would be pretty cool, IMO.

Stopping at PoP or maybe LDoN would make for another great server, I think. I really enjoyed that era of the game, even though it put classic behind us and things started getting inflated.

Beyond that, I think DoN would be a great stopping point. The inflation and trivialization started with luclin, ramped way up in GoD and most seem to agree that expansion was not good for the game, but OoW fixes a lot of that, and DoN fixes a lot of OoW. I really dig AA and loved this era of the game, personally.

For me, it's not a question of "perfect." The game has always been fun. Just depends on what era you like, I guess.

You're now my best friend because this is pretty much exactly what I think. <3

In terms of what expansions did what (in my opinion):

Everquest Classic - God tier
The Ruins of Kunark - Middle tier
The Scars of Velious - God tier
The Shadows of Luclin - God tier
The Planes of Power - Middle tier
The Legacy of Ykesha - Middle tier
Lost Dungeons of Norrath - Middle tier
Gates of Discord - Absolutely filthy disgusting tier
Omens of War - God tier
Dragons of Norrath - Low tier
Depths of Darkhollow - Low tier
Prophecy of Ro - Middle tier
The Serpent's Spine - God tier
The Buried Sea - Middle tier
Secrets of Faydwer - Middle tier
Seeds of Destruction - God tier
Underfoot - Low tier
House of Thule - Middle tier
Veil of Alaris - Low tier