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

[Kevlar]

GoD was trash because it devolved even further from high fantasy, into some made up random name generator random encounter generator garbage.

There was no more vision or coherent game world. Just a bunch of pixilated garbage and easy hand outs. Glad I sold my mains when I did, at the end of pop, before WoW hit and the EQ for RL cash market crashed.

[Jimes]

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

I didnt main a wizard or druid in the 'before' time, but I REALLY felt bad for them when PoK was implemented

I've never understood why people say that. It's not as if people were making a living porting people at 50p a pop. Why were we feeling bad for porting class? Because they didn't have to haul the entire guild to raids anymore? Sounds great to me.

[Raden]

Personally, I think PoP and its 2 auxiliary expacs LoY/LDoN were the golden age. Raiding was was entrenched in the already established lore. There are a few downsides including armor dyes and pok books being instant. I think people would have complained less if there was only a few spots that ported to PoK and they left on timers like the port up to the nexus.

The bazaar was better for the economy in the end because after 4 expansions worth of stuff you didn't want be endlessly searching for obscure items.

What I miss the most is Right clicking spell gems to learn spells. Also the PoTime music.

[Daldaen]

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

I've never understood why people say that. It's not as if people were making a living porting people at 50p a pop. Why were we feeling bad for porting class? Because they didn't have to haul the entire guild to raids anymore? Sounds great to me.

Yea... Druids have much better ways of getting moneys. This is just 1 less thing people send me tells about now.

[astuce999]

I think Planes of Power was the pinnacle.

Content: Groupable areas with really good xp and themes, some very interesting unique items, a whole set of droppable (molds) armor set for all classes that did not have a secondary market, thus impeding mudflation.

Raid: I think this was the best mix implemented in a long time, there were different levels of raids for a types of guilds, from the mini-bosses in BoT towers to excruciatingly painful hard-core guild only events like Corniav in PoWater or PoEarthB, with everything in between for all tastes.

Classes: To me, that is one point about PoP that is often overlooked. I love classic EQ (vanilla/kunark/velious) to death, but the classes were severely imbalanced. It started in Luclin with AA's, but it wasn't until PoP that all the classes were rounded, with unique abilities that helped define and refine their roles.

As a Bard, the only ability that I've ever gotten which completely changed the game and "completed" my class was Fading Memories.

cheers

'Stuce

[jimthayner]

Luclin, with added playability. It was an era when Epics were still relevant (somewhat) and there wasn't too much weird storytelling about killing gods.

[Ciel]

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

It's not as if people were making a living porting people at 50p a pop.

Maybe I remember different. I definitely wasnt end-game anytime before PoP, but I'd take a buddy's druid and port people (pre-nexus) for tons of monies. Hrm.... Maybe I didnt feel AS bad for them because how easy they could make money before...jerks

[Barlimen]

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

Maybe I remember different. I definitely wasnt end-game anytime before PoP, but I'd take a buddy's druid and port people (pre-nexus) for tons of monies. Hrm.... Maybe I didnt feel AS bad for them because how easy they could make money before...jerks

It was a good way to make some money while leveling up but it wasn't great money by Luclin era for those porters that had been around a while.

PoP/LDoN was probably my favorite time. Loved the old stuff a lot too but I started just after Velious' release so I didn't catch up for raid content until late Luclin.

[Scavrefamn]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As a Bard, the only ability that I've ever gotten which completely changed the game and "completed" my class was Fading Memories.

Ironically, Fading Memories completely broke Bards.

And further irony is that Fading Memories was originally slated to be an Enchanter skill...
Epic fail Sony.

As others have said, and I as well, PoP/Ldon were the perfect time.

[Koone]

velious era