Our first poll!Follow

LDoN - the concept was right, a single group alone out on a quest, cut off from outside help. Augs were a nice touch so these balance the lack of originality with the design of dugeons and mobs.

I only started EQ pre-Luclin but PoP almosted killed EQ for me. Travelling across Norrath was a joke (while taken for granted now, it was big thing when the boats were subjected to "pirate attacks"!)

You got the chance to kill Gods in PoP and you'd have thought that the end game, what is more powerful than a god?
Seems there are plenty apparently.

but velious isn't high level.

I was 30 when it came out, and had six zones available to hunt in in velious, easily.

just because people like following the LOIO express doesn't mean it's the only viable path. I had a lot more fun (and leveled a load faster!) in Velious than anyone in OT or DL.

Edited, Tue Jun 7 05:25:14 2005 by czaemon

Velious and Kunark are very close in my opinion. In the end Velious wins out due to the lore, ring and shawl quests, and overall design of the content. How can you not love killing giants one day and turn around and try to be their best friend the next.

I voted LoY for the maps.

There is 5 reasons I would like an expansion.
1 features
2 content
3 loot
4 advancement for high end
5 immersion

I voted for Scars of Velious since it did all of that for me.

I can't think of any features it added.

The amount of content is great, varied, different sides of warring factions you can help out, and with a theme of ice.

Loot, custom armor graphics. I remember once seeing a wood elf warrior coming up to my camp in eastern wastes with this full suit of shiny plate armor. He looked amazing. Aside from that it had involved quests to get great items.

It had one zone, Sleeper's tomb, that required a key to enter for those high end people which I think should be the same for all expansions. Omens of War does this with the Citadel of Anguish as only "keyed" zone. Level requirements are good idea to prevent low level players from being twinked with no drop gear. Going to the destination to grab the teeth on the ground to be able to port to the zones was a great idea.

The lowest level zone being targetted for level 30 did not bother me since I started on original EQ and was past that level.

Immersion, The size of iceclad ocean and it's boats made me actually think I was on a boat in an ocean. I loved the scripted events and things that happened in Thurgadin. The forest in Wakening lands was actually thick enough for me to believe it was a forest.

Reasons that I couldn't choose other expansions.

Ruins of Kunark - it was second place, everything was great.

Shadows of Luclin - Moon was a nice touch but, the time sink was far too great and outweighed the fun factor.

Planes of Power - Flagging process was too much. PoK ruined the travel aspect of the original game. PoK was all around a bad choice, it has nearly everything you need to tradeskill in one zone or next zone over. Then they even started allowing below level 46 to enter a plane. This hurt the new players more than it helped.

Legacy of Ykesha - Too small for it's worth. Features aren't enough to make it good. Maps only help the inexperienced.

Lost Dungeons of Norrath - Great for grouping quick. Not enough content.

Gates of Discord - The noc, kyv, and ukun procs made those creatures harder than they conned. The flagging process was a nightmare. Minimum level for beginning zones beyond Natimbi was too high to appeal to all players. The new class berserker was not finished or even close to finished when it was released. Same could go for beastlords, but they soloed well when Luclin was released.

Omens Of War - I actually like this expansion but it couldn't be number one. I'd say possible third place.

Dragons of Norrath - Not enough immersion, but I have only killed Emoush in the advancement so far. Great storyline and look. Rewards from missions come at a good pace if you don't try for the best.

I think I covered all of my thoughts.

Luclin because of the graphics engine upgrade and finally getting me off Norrath which was getting pretty old.

and LoY is CHARMing. New players will have the Gloomingdeep charm nowadays.

I voted fof PoP.While Luclin made traveling for pure melee,a little easier PoP made it way easier.Travelling from Halas to do a CR was a nightmare before PoP.

I figure GOD was the worst. IF you make it hard to get to a zone, and have little incentive to get there; people just wont go. Simple real estate axiom: location, location, location. Take the Sewers of Nihilia: very hard to get people to come because of several zones to run through, invis needed all the way there, instant death if invis drops, loot in the sewers is very very light. The BOC quest is very long and hard for ppl to get without a strong guild. Compare that with the ease of getting pickup groups to do DON missions. No invis needed there, Crystals come at average 40 a mission (worth 10k pp in bazaar) Loot is guaranteed for everybody with ability to get rare drops also. There are several different missions for ppl to do that are different than the old LDON.
I have completed over 280 LDON's and only have a couple items to show for it. I have done far fewer DON missions and have several nice lvl 70 items now.
Sure GOD has the best for tradeskilling with the ship there, but people just dont hang out there looking for group. Its too hard to get to. Ppl hang out in POK or guildhall or else Lavastorm and WOS. Nobody gets themselves to Barindu and just hangs out looking for a group.
My vote for best expansion was Luclin, not for the zones but for the idea that there should be a nexus that is the center, and a set bazaar for ppl to earn money instead of hundreds of ppl shouting in East Commons and offering bags of stuff for people to look in. That same idea was expanded on with POK and tranquility and has stuck around to today. The old days of having to take long long journeys from qeynos to Unrest or from Erudin to Kaladim were just unbearable. I used to have to make hard decisions to journey places because I knew I had to be somewhere in 2 HOURS!

You all are to young to understand what it meant when Kunark came out. Epics, A new race, new zones to explore... By far the greatest expansion. After that, they srated making EQ easier

I voted Kunark...

I had so much damn fun with that expansion...

Especially when you forage some "mantrap bud", put on Dead Can Dance and run through EJ...

*zones back in*

Anywho, GO KUNARK!!!

I went with LDoN because it had plenty to offer both the casual player and the hard core raiders alike.

I voted for velious for several reasons. First off, a city of dragons. And I could join them, roam freely amoung they're ranks, even chat it up with they're leader. Being a non raider at the time it took alot of doing to get loved by all of Skyshrine, but it was worth it just to be able to hang out with dragons. And then there was the quests, which were so much fun I've done tons of them that I can't even use the reward for. Like the eyepatch of plunder, sure my warrior's ornate gauntlets have a much better haste, but how cool is it being an ogre that has been officialy accepted as a gnomish ice pirate? Kunark simply lacked the kind and variety of goals, things to look forward to, that Velious gave us. Yeah, the epics, but how many of us without really strong guilds could get those back in the day kunark came out? Well, this post is getting a tad long so I'll just say that I very much enjoyed aspects of every expansion, I've had fun with them all, but Velious will always have a special meaning to me :)