I have to disagree that LoY was a bad expansion...sure it was rushed but in my opinion it was one of the more "useful"(I didn't say original or good, mind you) expansions. New LFG tool(I would never get a group in BoT/HoH if it wasn't for that thing), guild manager(having my own guild on EQlive, that is very helpful), and yeah I'm too self centered but I liked the dye too. Sure it wasn't a great expansion, and Kunark was definitely my favorite expansion(because it was first one I experienced), and it can't top Velious either.
Luclin was crap, always will be crap. I hated Luclin. The boss mobs were weak except for Ssra and slight few others. There were seldom few mobs a tank, shammy, high damage rogue, 4 clerics and a mage(before click stick nerf) couldn't take in luclin(a mage before click stick nerf summoning mod rods would basically triple 4 clerics mana pool, allowing a fight to last much longer. although now mages actually blast in raids, they were more effective summoning mod rods sad but true.).
What I'm saying is Luclin sucked, content wasn't original, was more sci-fi than rpg with the mobs(Zelniaks, Umbrous Toilers, Grieg mobs. Need I say more)
PoP AA was also useful to an extent, but almost nobody levels in old world zones anymore(i.e their patch to make it so you can get exp on lower lvl mobs at 60-65, so more would lvl in old world). This basically ruined it, and their sad attempt at making a storyline for PoP was lost in the masses of people competing for "uber lewts" in higher tier planes.
All in all I agree the real "feel" of EQ was definitely lost after Velious..and although the expansions after it weren't all that great, they still serve a purpose..for sony #1 purpose bringing new players to the game that want more advanced player content #2 to keep old players hooked with AA and new zones/features. It's all about the money
just my 2 plat there. I dont care if anyone flames me but I prob wont remember to check this thread again. spending too much time learning code and playing eqemu
