Interesting old (but relevant) EQ web paper

[Itchybottom]

Velious was always my favorite expansion. Parts of Luclin were awesome too, but as a whole, not so much. Kunark, was a lot like Luclin for me. Too much unexplained, too much spreading players too thin. Kunark was good for the anti-social.

[Rahnza]

The lore, atmosphere, and zone/dungeon design of Kunark was the best of EverQuest. A lot of that article is true though, too many of the zones are for low-to-mid 50s and the 50-60 grind was soul-crushing.

[Taluvill]

Originally Posted by Itchybottom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Velious was always my favorite expansion. Parts of Luclin were awesome too, but as a whole, not so much. Kunark, was a lot like Luclin for me. Too much unexplained, too much spreading players too thin. Kunark was good for the anti-social.

I think thats how a lot of people feel. as much as Kunark/velious were my favorite as well, Parts of Luclin/PoP were incredible and really made for a bunch of great experiences. Personally, I really enjoyed charming ravens in PoN and killing things = P. Might sound petty, but meh, i was young at the time.

If you took out certian parts of Luclinb/pop, like:

- Lower the exp bonus in Paludal to put it more in line and not make it the ONLY good exp zone for that level.
- Pok books and pok all togather
- Nexus is fine, but you cant TP anymore.
- no bazaar
- Need to do a large change with AA's. Maybe make it so you have a limited amount of points to spend, maybe lik a specialization type thing? like talent tree's for wow? I dont know if thats the answer, but something needs to be changed with AA's.
- With PoK being gone, make spells drop from higher mobs like in Kunark/Velious. Would give the economy a boost there too, and make spells harder to get.

All of this, among other things, need to be fixed for satisfying luclin/pop release. I think a lot of people would be fine with the game outside of these few things, although everyone has their personal gripes.

[Rahnza]

Probably said this a bajillion times on these forums but a customized Luclin/PoP past Velious would be great. Nexus portals aren't too bad, they're still slow enough to not really trivialize anything. Bazaar has to go, Paludal needs to be nerfed. AAs were fine. Vex Thal needs an overhaul as well. At the very least, the bosses need unique abilities and strategies so Vex Thal isn't just spend x amount of hours and gain x amount of loot guaranteed.

PoK needs to go, should just make Tranquility the hub zone of PoP. Could just put the quest NPCs from PoK (Aid Grimmel, spell turn ins, etc) there as well.

[Taluvill]

Or, you could just make PoK completely gone, and make PoT the zone with all the quest guys. put a PoT book somewhere in antonica or something, in the EC tunnel?

[Rahnza]

That's exactly what I just said.

[Taluvill]

My bad, didnt read your post thoroughly. Regardless, that would still kickass. Im still torn about whether beastlords should completely just go, but its whatev.

[Levon]

It's just a bunch of min/maxer whiney bullshit.

I think I had 100 days /played on my primary character by the time I dinged 50.

[Mosharm]

I echo Chanus's response, it was different back then. Few people knew what quest was what. There were no maps or guides. It took me a few hours just to get out of Ak'Anon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. Then once I was out I just ran around trying to see all the sights.
I just looked up my first toon and only made level 45 after 72 days [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. As a side note it looks like I was the 18th Enchanter on Fennin.
http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/ch...d=472446568127

[Chanus]

At one point I was the #3 Dwarf Cleric, excluding max level characters, on the Nameless.

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