How much of Kunark was leftover from the original release vs new development?

[Lightbringer55]

Originally Posted by hekk99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I remember when Velious came out, the marketing (maybe even on the box) said it was an expansion focusing on higher level (35+) players. I wonder if that was always planned or if they decided that needed to be the case after 2 years of the game being out.

Probably a combination of both. The fact there were no new races released with Velious allowed them to make it a higher level content expansion while Kunark had the introduction of the Iksar and therefore needed new player zones/content.