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Originally Posted by qombi
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I am probably in the minority who would play one permanent Everquest server that never applied expansions. I enjoyed the expansions but the game changed to be raid heavy. I wonder how the game would evolve (devolve?) if it stopped before expansions and the server went on for years? Felt like a more laid back, experience then. Though everybody was really new to MMORPGs.
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EQ without expansions is also my absolute favorite but that is probably because of the passing of time paired with the game being cracked open like a coconut. Kunark and Velious, as great and genuinely classic as they are, have trace elements of the lopsided top heaviness that would end up defining MMOs as they are today. Vanilla EQ very much feels like some nerds tricked investors into giving them money so they could make digital DnD for their friends. This feeling, while present in Kunark/Velious, is vastly overshadowed by the looming promise of the mountain top, especially so with the game being aged and figured out so thoroughly.