What was the lore behind zone revamps?

[Ciderpress]

Anyone super nerdy into EQ lore who knows the official explanation story-wise behind things like the splitpaw revamp, chardok revamp, the hate\fear revamps, the CT (zone) revamp shortly after Luclin launched that turned it into a 50+ dungeon?

Did they just change it one day and pretend it had always been like that? The CT revamp was really drastic, always wondered how they explained that.

[cd288]

IIRC there wasn't always lore behind it. Like wasn't Splitpaw just revamped because the devs realized there was a need for there to be a more useful dungeon in that level range in that part of the world?

[Pulgasari]

CT revamp possibility - Cazic invaded Faydwer around the same time Lanys+dark elves took over WC and Befallen in the leadup to Luclin launch(Dec 4 2001) probably something in that storyline.

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=3574

There used to be an in-game newsletter that would spam you on login and should be archived somewhere although I think it ended with something about Gunthak and Grobb(Grozmok?)

dig here https://everquest.allakhazam.com/new...html?1&page=86

here https://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=119

here https://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=773

Wayback? http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/e...ML/000513.html

e: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=143052

[Toxigen]

God Emperor Brad blessed us with better raid zones.

[Tnair]

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God Emperor Brad blessed us with better raid zones.

"Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy." -God Emperor Brad, on designing MMOs

[jolanar]

The biggest revamp I think you could argue was actually 'needed' was Freeport, because an entire expansion was centered around it. They just did an absolutely awful job of it.

Most of the revamps just seem like bad attempts to modernize old zones. Misty Thicket, Innothule Swamp, Commonlands, Ro/Oasis etc.