Will 1999 ever progress to Luclin exp?

[makoho]

I hope not!

[RKromwell]

You could add parts of PoP without making the PoK the travel hub of Norrath. Just remove the freaking stones to the world. If you want to get to PoK, you get there just like you get to Hate. A wizard.

[Swishahouse]

The content especially raid wise throughout Luclin and PoP imo was quite good, challenging, and fun for many raid groups. I dont really think the nexus was game breaking as far as travel wise. Most people hopped a ride with a wizard to one of the spires or with a druid to get nearby and from there you still had to wait until they were ready. The bazaar was one portion of luclin that should have been avoided imo because it took a lot away from the player to player aspects of barter and trade and was very boring and laggy anyhow although I think the trade skill people probably liked having alot of resources in a close area iirc. Aside from the bazaar and of course those ugly PC models the content was pretty fun over all for many people as I recall. I personally remember many fun encounters in Grieg, SSRA, SSERU, Akheva and yes eventually VT to name a few. Along those same lines I remember quite well my guild being challenged and having fun progressing through PoP flagging. It seemed like at that point there were many different tiers of good content available and some were overlapping between the expansions. PoK Travel was quite a ruiner for me and it seems like that is the case in many people's eyes. Would its be less game breaking to have the PoK book that is inside the nexus take players straight into Tranquality?? Leaving the only way to reach Tranq via a wizardspire+nexus... I may be totally off base and maybe Luclin and PoP sucked for a lot of players in every single facet, but I'd be interested to know ways it could be cooler. I'm totally fine with going thru velious though I think thats a great path, but maybe there is more??

[holkan]

They have stated they will not be going past velious and they said they MAY design custom content past velious that is more in line with verants vision (also stated the items power from this custom content wouldnt overshadow velious), but I'm 99 % sure there is no way you can talk them into luclin or PoP even with restrictions to certain zones or whatever.

[Dantes]

To hell with going to the moon, people can't even read an FAQ.

[frefaln]

Luclin was such a depressing expansion. So many big, big zones with nobody in them. Whereas the original cities and Cabilis were atmospheric and well-designed, Shadowhaven was depressingly empty. It was merely an annoying zone to trudge through on the way to Paludal Caverns. Speaking of which, Paludal gets my vote as the one zone that represents the transition from "good EQ" to "spoiled brat instant gratification EQ". Everybody went to Paludal in their late teens to skyrocket to their late 20s in the course of one afternoon. Any other zone in Paludal's level range was instantly obsolete, and thus was born the new status quo: a majority of players following a linear path to the fastest exp instead of enjoying a variety of atmospheric zones.

There was one Luclin zone I liked a lot: Dawnshroud Peaks. Grieg's was sort of fun too, I guess.

And of course, all this goes without mentioning the Bazaar, which rivals the PoK books as the most destructive element in Live's detour into the toilet.

[Mady]

Grieg's was a good zone.

[azeth]

loved -
ssra (this is actually my favorite raid zone ever, started nov 1999 i quit 3-4 months after PoP came out)
VT (yes even the grind for key components) <-- i played a rogue and VT was gear-tastic
deep
paludal
plane of justice trials

hated -
bazaar
PoK
PoP gear mudding everything up

[Excision Rottun]

Jesus H. Christ in a chicken basket....the moon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoU33OQ8BPI

[Jify]

Am I like the only person that enjoyed SSRA, Vex Thal, Sanctus Seru, Katta, Greigs End, etc.

I thought it was awesome!

I just hate beastlords with a passion.