Skipping from Velious -> PoP would be neat, but so much great stuff would be missed from Luclin.
All the General-Archetype-Class AAs -- Likely could still just add this to PoP
Luclin Spells - Group Aego, Group Marzin(Symbol), Group Elixir, Group Haste, KEI, AE Chorus (Regen or PR/DR/MR or FR/CR/MR) songs, Druid CH, No-Reagant Lev/EB, etc. etc.
**Many Luclin spells were limited to a single mob or camp, which made them more "questy" to obtain. Kunark/Velious spells are almost all just RNG based on whether you roll the dice and get Torpor or Aego to drop. Whereas Luclin had some great spell camps. No-reagent Lev was a single mob in the corner of the Deep. No-reagant EB was a single vampire in the Tenebrous castle. The AE Resist songs were limited to certain mobs as well.
Luclin Quests - There were some great ones. The Earring of Solstice was fantastic. Loyalist Shield of Honor was good fun, great 50 AC tank back. Seru Earring chain was awesome. I seem to recall many being a fan of the Shield of Bane Warding as well.
Luclin Tradeskills - So many good changes came to TSes in Luclin, it set the groundwork for PoP TS. See above Earring of Solstice quests for examples. Updated Cultural armor (Rallos Zek warrior armor was amazing). The steins with CHA/Mana etc.
And I would miss some of those fights.
Ssra and Akheva Ruins had some great raids.
High Priestess, the fight of 12 adds that chain respawn
Cursed, the fight of Charms, DTs, AE FDs and fun DoTs
Creator, learn2rampage tank and cure tanks
Arch Lich/Rhag 2, permarooted fights ftw
Emperor, a GREAT all-around fight. CC control, Off-tank control, Bane-weapons encouraged group-questing to advance your raiding power, Cure-control
Shei was probably the best Luclin fight mechanics wise, it had everything.
Fake mobs
Offtankable or charmable adds
Death Touches (you could negate the first with DA if clever)
Adds spawning upon death (first fight to penalize zerging)
Mana drain floor trap
Vex Thal did suck though. Once you had CotH bots parked around the zone it was more manageable but... Still was just a boring loot pinata. A loot pinata that allowed you to progress further into PoP if you didn't have the numbers to brute force your way past certain fights.
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