Best EverQuest expansion? - Erollisi Marr

***Ogmuk*** · 04-30-2009, 09:17 AM

What's your favorite EQ expansion?

Tumnayar DiSalvo · 04-30-2009, 09:43 AM

PoP!

Hormadrune · 04-30-2009, 09:49 AM

Velious. I wish I'd started earlier to fully appreciate and experience that one really- by the time I was raiding seriously Velious raids were supplemental to Luclin end-game. I dig wintery environments (<3 WotLK in WoW for similar reasons). Add in creepy pallen dwarves, giants and dragons...pure win.

2nd place would have to be PoP for me just because it was the last truly competitive era in EQ's history. Even when we lost the race I loved the rush. EQ got soft with instancing. I still had fun after PoP certainly, but it was never the same. PoP also had the advantage of killing so many gods- who doesn't love video-game deicide?

Being retired for nearly two years now I can't speak to the latest few.

***Ogmuk*** · 04-30-2009, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by Hormadrune

Being retired for nearly two years now I can't speak to the latest few.

That's the same reason why I voted on pre-Kunark (only played EQ up to about a year after release, but I was on beta for a while).

I've only played Kunark and didn't really like it. But then again, I was already burned out on EQ before the expansion got launched so maybe it wasn't that bad.

GraemeFaelban · 05-01-2009, 06:19 AM

Still playing, started just prior to Velious. Velious is still my favorite.

Ralleigh · 05-03-2009, 03:25 AM

Velious was my favorite for years as well, probably still is... but for me personally, TSS is a close second.

Inmountains · 05-03-2009, 07:22 AM

I started EQ in July 1999 and created my first character, Inmountains, on EM in September 1999. Planes of Power was the best expansion, but I have not seen the last 2 or 3. It was a fun run!

Festivus · 05-03-2009, 08:33 AM

Velious... nothing beats a dungeon full of DRAGONS! Come on, and the race to wake the sleeper? I agree that instancing partially killed it for me, I liked the race to get into the dungeons after a restart or the working out of a schedule to kill things. Naggy & Vox pickup raids, where you never knew if it was going to be a TPK or a victory.

I can remember back when others could loot your corpse, you were a lot more cautious back then. Never knowing if you could trust that monk to drag your corpse out of Mistmoore castle (a assured re-death mission) was always fun.

Ah the good old days.

Ice Weasel X · 05-03-2009, 10:29 AM

I doubt many liked it as much as I did, but Depths of Darkhollow just had the right atmosphere for me. It kind of brought back the mystical feel. The music didn't sound like some orchestrated attempt to make an epic ballad or operatic crescendo (at least in the zones that stuck in my mind), but just kept a trippy parallel to the visuals. It was the last expansion I got to play, but I was still enjoying the game when I quit.

Aeolwind · 05-04-2009, 06:23 AM

Velious, forever and always.

Pafuna · 05-07-2009, 04:56 PM

Velious, forever and always best expansion. We xp'd like hell to get our characters into Velious on the day it was released.

And I'm with Horm - snowy ice fields and dragons, and the race for the Sleeper. It was... electric, baby, electric.

Saavak · 05-08-2009, 08:35 AM

Velious all the way. Nothing has compaired to the Ring War event in any of the expansions

View Poll Results: What's the BEST expansion?
None. Gimme pre-Kunark!	3	4.69%
The Ruins of Kunark	15	23.44%
The Scars of Velious	29	45.31%
The Shadows of Luclin	0	0%
The Planes of Power	9	14.06%
The Legacy of Ykesha	0	0%
Lost Dungeons of Norrath	1	1.56%
Gates of Discord	0	0%
Omens of War	0	0%
Dragons of Norrath	1	1.56%
Depths of Darkhollow	1	1.56%
Prophecy of Ro	0	0%
The Serpent's Spine	1	1.56%
The Buried Sea	0	0%
Secrets of Faydwer	2	3.13%
Seeds of Destruction	2	3.13%
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll

04-30-2009, 09:17 AM	#1
*Ogmuk* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,335	Best EverQuest expansion? What's your favorite EQ expansion? __________________ Ogmuk <Da`Kor>

04-30-2009, 09:43 AM	#2
Tumnayar DiSalvo Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 155	PoP! __________________ Dark Reaper Tumnayar DiSalvo Consumer of Souls Reborn Guild and Raid Leader of Altruistic Valorians Click my magelo for my new theme song!

04-30-2009, 09:49 AM	#3
Hormadrune Sociopathic bully? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: PA Posts: 11,897	Velious. I wish I'd started earlier to fully appreciate and experience that one really- by the time I was raiding seriously Velious raids were supplemental to Luclin end-game. I dig wintery environments (<3 WotLK in WoW for similar reasons). Add in creepy pallen dwarves, giants and dragons...pure win. 2nd place would have to be PoP for me just because it was the last truly competitive era in EQ's history. Even when we lost the race I loved the rush. EQ got soft with instancing. I still had fun after PoP certainly, but it was never the same. PoP also had the advantage of killing so many gods- who doesn't love video-game deicide? Being retired for nearly two years now I can't speak to the latest few. __________________ WoW-Ghostlands-US: Prae \| Æsöp \| Prolonix \| Horm \| Ulfhednar \| Æölï EQ: Hormadrune <Retired> <OFS> <CoI> <Affy> <CE>

04-30-2009, 09:56 AM	#4
*Ogmuk* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,335	Originally Posted by Hormadrune Being retired for nearly two years now I can't speak to the latest few. That's the same reason why I voted on pre-Kunark (only played EQ up to about a year after release, but I was on beta for a while). I've only played Kunark and didn't really like it. But then again, I was already burned out on EQ before the expansion got launched so maybe it wasn't that bad. __________________ Ogmuk <Da`Kor>

05-01-2009, 06:19 AM	#5
GraemeFaelban Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: At the foot of the Rockies Posts: 523	Still playing, started just prior to Velious. Velious is still my favorite. __________________ Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Shaman of 85 Seasons <Resolution of Erollisi Marr>

05-03-2009, 03:25 AM	#6
Ralleigh Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 67	Velious was my favorite for years as well, probably still is... but for me personally, TSS is a close second. __________________ Sir Ralleigh Swiftarrow Huntmaster of Reviction R.I.P. Magister

05-03-2009, 07:22 AM	#7
Inmountains Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,501	I started EQ in July 1999 and created my first character, Inmountains, on EM in September 1999. Planes of Power was the best expansion, but I have not seen the last 2 or 3. It was a fun run! __________________ "Nature demands of us that we pay attention." Lee H. Whittlesey in Death in Yellowstone

05-03-2009, 08:33 AM	#8
Festivus Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alhambra, CA Posts: 513	Velious... nothing beats a dungeon full of DRAGONS! Come on, and the race to wake the sleeper? I agree that instancing partially killed it for me, I liked the race to get into the dungeons after a restart or the working out of a schedule to kill things. Naggy & Vox pickup raids, where you never knew if it was going to be a TPK or a victory. I can remember back when others could loot your corpse, you were a lot more cautious back then. Never knowing if you could trust that monk to drag your corpse out of Mistmoore castle (a assured re-death mission) was always fun. Ah the good old days. __________________ Festivus Metalpole Twisting Beer and Music for 65 Levels Proud member of Midnight Fury no images!

05-03-2009, 10:29 AM	#9
Ice Weasel X Banned User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,801	I doubt many liked it as much as I did, but Depths of Darkhollow just had the right atmosphere for me. It kind of brought back the mystical feel. The music didn't sound like some orchestrated attempt to make an epic ballad or operatic crescendo (at least in the zones that stuck in my mind), but just kept a trippy parallel to the visuals. It was the last expansion I got to play, but I was still enjoying the game when I quit. __________________ SMS Text Responder - Convenience and Safety for any Android phone, ad-free. If you have any questions that aren't answered by the app description, feel free to ask. I have no financial stake in it, but I am the primary tester.

05-04-2009, 06:23 AM	#10
Aeolwind Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: TN Posts: 29	Velious, forever and always. __________________ Project1999 Semi-something, not-fully-nothing, could be anything I have walked my way since the beginning of time. Sometimes I give, sometimes I take. It is my choice to know which and when.

05-07-2009, 04:56 PM	#11
Pafuna Brilliant Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the Pocket of Big Oil Posts: 2,063	Velious, forever and always best expansion. We xp'd like hell to get our characters into Velious on the day it was released. And I'm with Horm - snowy ice fields and dragons, and the race for the Sleeper. It was... electric, baby, electric. __________________ Originally Posted by Ini Holy shit I think Pafuna just won the intraweb! Originally Posted by FafnerMorell Damn, is Pafuna allowed to win the intrawebs twice, or is it a lifetime achievement thing?

05-08-2009, 08:35 AM	#12
Saavak Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 48	Velious all the way. Nothing has compaired to the Ring War event in any of the expansions __________________ Saavak Spiritwind 1.0 Lv 60 Barb Shaman ~Retired ~ Kreavan Diestoomuch - Lv 85 Vah Shir Beastlord Archoneus Nukestoomuch- 85 High Elf Wizard

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