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

[Brimacombe]

First of all, I would like to state that I am worn our from raiding. I could give my reasons, but to keep a long story short, it feels like recruiting into the military so I can sit down to kill the same 7 mobs over and over and over for enough DKP to buy a whatever degree upgrade to a single slot. After the rush of killing the mob the first 5 or so times, it is just masochism to me. Those of you who enjoy this, more power to you. Just not for me.
With that in mind, I think Luclin was the last best expansion of EQ. POP sucked all the players out of all the towns and turned a single zone into a "Base". Although this is convenient, it doesn't feel to me like a world anymore, just a central point to a collection of zones. The "l00t d00dz" loved this, but for those who log in to play pretend that they are in another world, it pretty much handed the game over to the powerplayers.
Cats on the moon, well, it was a fun story. The grey was interesting, and although being in space, mmmm... it's not like we were flying around in spaceships or wearing bubble helmets attached to air tanks firing beam guns. Frankly, I don't understand clearly what upsets people about Luclin. The Bazaar was certainly much better then watching a movie hitting a sell macro every five minutes. The travel path through Luclin took about as long as it would take to find a druid and organize a port, only newbies could afford it without the awkward "I am new and have 2 plat to my name" explanation. I have a druid I rolled for porting to twink my enchanter, and honestly, porting really isn't "that" much money.
So, in conclusion: Luclin. Most of the content after that was for grind raiders and I would much rather do other things with my life.

- Brimacombe

[Lagaidh]

From my seat, the time I enjoyed the most was Velious. I was still very young and had the time to really get into it and my ability to smoke pot and still function at that time made it a blast.

If I pretend some of the expansions in between Velious and OoW don't exist... my strongest raiding times were of PoP when L70 from OoW, but it became so work-like that I do not recall it as my "perfect" point in EQ time. That is always reserved for Velious: my favorite expansion in my favorite game. The creators hit a grand slam with that expansion. I'll always love it and I highly anticipate it on p99.

[Artah]

I liked all expansions except for anything past PoP, that's when it got retarded for me.

[Hitchens]

Didn't like the Luclin zones at all and I didn't like the new models but the Beastlord class was a nice addition. Planes of Power was a pretty fun expansion.

[mwatt]

There is no right answer. I'd say Velious but there were too many good things in Luclin to simply overlook (certain zones, AAs). On the other hand, the thematic destruction of the game in Luclin is simply unforgivable and was completely unnecessary. Aliens and Orcs should not mix. The fact that SOE would do this proves that they had no respect for the child that they mid-wifed.

For me, Taking the whole thing up to Velious, adding AA and throwing in some or the zones from Luclin, sans aliens, would be the perfect EQ.

[falkun]

I have to agree with mwatt. AAs were game-changing for some classes, especially before they became "you must have 500 of them". EQ+AM3 changed rangers forever. Fading memories returned the bard class to the pullers they were designed to be. MGB forever changed the raid scene. However, other AA broke the game. MB wizzies dominated Kunark content. Horses made SKs, pals, and other rich people 99% as fast as bards, and removed medding.