Kunark eq is the best version of the game

[Roth]

Every new server starts with just classic, or eventually wants to go to velious, or pop, or whatever the server's end goal is. I think kunark eq is the ONLY really good version of the game. Here's why:

-blue had the highest population when only kunark was out
-kunark balanced a lot of classes, added needed spells, gave some qol changes that made the game not garbage
-actually gave outdoor zones past level 20 to group in, an entire continent with fun and challenging dungeons. this fixes over population and actually gives you things to do as well as a lot more raid content
-level 50-60
-iksar

So why not velious? People have hyped up velious since forever since it has the most depth for end game raid content. But for the normal or casual player, it's just not that interesting. Velk's is one of the main dungeons that people can actually use to level without jumping through a bunch of hoops. Overall, a lot of the content is gated or similar in feel(mostly ice or snow). I just think if you look at the content in kunark, it just feels better and more fun to play in generally. The zones are more unique and feel more nostalgic overall.

So how does this effect green? I think it was a huge missed opportunity to launch without kunark in the game. Kunark fixed a lot of issues to make the game more playable and add depth. Classic eq without kunark honestly just sucks as a game and the expansion did a lot to fix it.