Kevin is an absolute hero in EQ art. He and I collaborated on so many zones over the years, and he had an incredible ability to take my completely unartistic ramblings, and turning them into amazing zones, characters, etc.. Also nice to see 3 of my expansions made your 'best of' list.. :)
I remember joining my dad and his online friends with my half elf warrior, being taken to Kunark. My dad played a half elf ranger and he would open up Track, we’d see the box fill with reds.
I 100% with Luclin's placement in this list. Just wanted add that Luclin also brought in my favorite (and possibly the most important) innovation in MMOs, the Alternate Advancement system. I can't speak to how it is in later expansions, but the ability to improve your character permanently without getting lucky on a gear drop just felt good. And the fact that it was based on a fixed amount of experience rather than being luck was such a slam dunk in terms of balancing out the hours upon hours of fruitless waiting that tended to be required for anything that mattered.
Really happy to see someone making original content for EQ and with such great production values. It's like watching a show from TV filled with EverQuest content. Well done sir!
EQ still felt brand new, then comes Kunark. That expansion blew my mind. I never imagined an online game could evolve the way it suddenly did. Then Velious blew my mind all over again. Those are easliy my #1 and #2 expansions.
Kunark, Velious, and PoP are my top 3 in that order. I am semi-responsible for Quarm in PoP. There was an SOE employee or 2 in my guild and I mentioned the idea of a hydra dragon and how each head could do something different. They told the devs... the devs loved the idea... next expansion was PoP. The original Tribute Masters are named after my former guild mates too.
Thank you. Finally someone else with that ordering. I don't know how Velious wasn't #2 in his list. The lore was astounding, the raid content perfect, and the quests and zones felt like they had meaning.
I once called the SOE service desk back in the day for assistance and while on hold I heard announcements for the expansion Shadows of Luclin. The word is definitely pronounced as "LUCK-LIN" .
They could re-release EQ1, from Classic through Luclin, all with new, updated visuals, and everything basically exactly the same, and I would buy it and sub. No modern MMO holds a candle to how well EQ was made and how meaningful all the adventures I had in it, are to me now.
I thought the perfect 20th anni would have been a polished EQ classic. Finish, fix, and extend the quests that to this day have not been finished or discovered - probably because they are broken. Add a few dungeons in the places that appeared to have been planned but never finished. I'd buy it.
Reducing the amount of typing would be good. I get tired of "/say what mentor" "/say what mentor who died" "/say what mentor who died mysteriously" [triggered wall of text]. A more intuitive interaction device for dialogue and noticing that an NPC wants something done would make things more streamlined. Pantheon is working on it and it looks good so far, but I haven't played with it yet. Also, there would need to be instancing. Relatively few players blocking content to most players is really bad game design.
I'm glad you at least gave Secrets of Faydwar an honorable mention. It's in my top 5 - what a great expansion! Fun group content and just really bad ass raids! :)
I agree, RoK was amazballz. Best memory was running top Bard speed with a buddy and falling into the Deep Chasm in Overthere. I fell to my death on top of the Sword point of one of those Sarnak statues. Too high to rez from the ground. Spent hours finding someone with Levitate* to cast on another player with rez, have them jump down and rez me while floating by so I could get my gear. Great times, Priceless. 10/10
I'm only a very new player, f2p, just got my dwarf paladin to level 10 and my dwarf berzerker to level 5 maybe 2 weeks ago. Started on the Crescent Reach quests on the paladin and I was having a blast, some good writing going on there. It'll be quite a while before I get around to seeing the other expansion zones and quests through the heroes journey path, but I'm looking forward to seeing it all. At least in part.
Ha! Crystilla on Emarr is interviewed. I knew her from the Emarr forums, which just recently got taken down after like 18 years. I played on Emarr and had a blast. I only played through LDoN content, so I can't comment much of this list. My favorite was Velious followed by PoP followed by Kunark.
My top 6: 6. House of Thule: Dream/Nightmare theme. 5. Seeds of Destruction: Loved the time travel and mercenaries... 4. Planes of Power: The music and scenery are awesome. 3. Ruins of Kunark: The story and this is start of my raids and epic weapon. (I still can't finish 2.0) 2. Scars of Velious: Coldain shawl is the goal that I still haven't completed till this very day... 1. Shadow of Luclin: Whole new massive new worlds! And Celestial Solvent! Luclin is my favorite because Celestial Solvent/Essence was introduced back then... XD And I can clearly remember that before the day of Luclin being released (I played Traditional Chinese version so the progression was slower than original), I was so excited that I even can't sleep before the release (just because of the Solvent!). So when EQ2 introduced Blood of Luclin last year, I ordered it right away (even though I am still at Chaos Descending...). However I still haven't become my own tradeskill grandmaster till this day, it is too harsh for a soloing cleric to farm necessary ingredients and platinum. 🤣 Thanks for making the show, the show is really professional!
When i saw LDON at #3 i had gag reflex pretty bad, ugh. The rest is pretty good, I'd prob move SoV up to that 3 spot though and add in GoD at 6, i liked that one even though it was stupid hard.
Putting SoV at #6 and not #1 is blasphemy, but I appreciate that you basically admitted that there are many people like me who would call you out on that :p
Glad to see another episode already! Nice job. I more or less agree with the picks. It's tough to choose a #1, but I would probably go with the Planes of Power. I remember seeing the EverQuest booth at GenCon and having some great conversations with the developers and looking at all the amazing designs. The sheer variety from all the different planes and progression were amazing. I was already a huge fan at that point and couldn't wait. I can't recall how many Plane of Time runs I attended, and it was amazing to finally conquer them all!
We love the show! Keep them coming!! We recently came back and made made toons on the Selos TLP server due to the email we received offering free play on TLP servers. It has been a blast! We ended up re-subbing to help support the game and keep it alive! Our favorite expansion is House of Thule. Being a former Halfing Druid main, I disliked Gates of Discord,. Clicky port stones in the POK (Shadows of Luclin ...think it was that expansion) ruined money making from selling ports but loved that expansion anyway. I have been playing since 2001 on Vazelle which became Maelin Starpyre which became Drinal. Took long breaks but always returned. Introduced my wife to the game in 2014 and she loves it. We quit the last time Jan 2018, due to unplayable lag. The most common area that would suddenly develop lag was Shard's Landing. This was due to someone suddenly arriving while boxing 30+ characters. Suddenly everything would take like 5-10 seconds to happen. Regardless, we love the game! Content like this helps keep us immersed and hungering for more in game fun. p.s. There is NO letter K in the name LUCLIN. Pronounced "Looslin"!! lol Every time I hear someone say LUCKLIN I say out loud, THERE IS NO K!!!!!!!! It's all in good fun and the pronunciation part of the video had us laughing for a while. Keep them coming!
Thanks Warrior Grim! I'm going to do my best to try and keep them coming as quickly as possibly. I'll admit, this was a BEAST of an episode to put together, edit etc. But the next episode is already in production and should be out within the next week or two.
@@EverQuestShow There is such a lack of EQ content such as yours not just across youtube, but across the entire net. Please keep making content! You are keeping the game and its legacy alive my friend!
I was worried that Ruins of Kunark might not make the cut as the list went on, but there it was at #1, where it belongs. It looks primitive now, but it was the prototype "everything you could ever want" expansion that set the standard going forward. And it just turned 20 last month!
I feel like it was kinda a no brainer that it should be #1. But I'm glad some people would think that I might not put it there. It is mostly subjective, but I think most will agree that the first 4 expansions are some of the best. The rankings for each individual will be subjective. But I bet most put Kunark there.
This is probably your best video yet but your #1 choice? Perhaps I've played on too many TLP's over the past 6 years lol.. I fucking hate that expansion now. Keep up the great work mate!
Glad to see Luclin up there in the top 10. It's one of my favorites to this day. I still don't really get why everyone loves Kunark so much. Maybe because it was the first expansion, but honestly the only things I like about Kunark are epic quests and a few select zones. Boooooo, ugly, overpowered lizards!
It had the right amount of raid content for the time. Considering there was only 8 months or so between it and Velious, a good chunk of that time for most players was trying to grind out to 60. A pretty small fraction of the player base would have even been thinking about raiding at the time.
You should do a story on Shards of Dalaya, and or other popular emulator servers. Half way through I was actually scared that you weren't going to say Kunark was #1. Then you said you could do 10 shoes on Kunark lore. Can you please please please do 10 shows on Kunark lore??
Hi Fading, thx for the Everquest show. I want to suggest some features to EQ if you can talk with the developers: 1 - Capes, Cloaks and Hoods; ( To many Npcs have capes and Hoods, and the art too, why the players dont? EQ 2 have, so..) 2 - A new weapon: Crossbows. ( More range, More dmg, but a little slower than Bow). EQ 2 have too. 3 - A new Class: SpellSword. ( The true mix between Wiz and Warriors) I wait that since 99. 4 - A new Race: Vampires. ( Why not? EQ 2...) So thats it. If they take one of this ideas should be great. Thx for the attention, and keep the grat work in the show. Cya in EQ.
LDON was by far my favorite. As a bard, it finally gave us a chance to SHINE other than just be a mana battery for casters.. that LFG tool was a wonderful addition at the time. It was fun to put together weird groups and still manage to win. 5 Wizzies and a bard, Yep. we kicked butt... CoTF really reminded me of LDON, and people still go do both.. so I'd call them both winners.. and as much hate as people heap on TBL, it had fantastic lore/stories background. But, I hate, HATE Kunark, (And EoK/RoS)
"Some people in our nation don't have maps - Miss Teen South Carolina 2007. For this reason, I vote Legacy of Ykesha #1 expansion for introducing the map system.
Newbie to Everquest, started in 2001, so my favorite is Velious hands down, i remember sneaking around there on my lvl 9 DE rogue, everything was very red to me and the giants was not the kind you would have a beer with.
My top 3 1. RoK 2. SoL 3. LDON Kunark for the nostalgia and the Iksars. Luclin for Beastlords. And LDoN for slapping the face of the notion that having 2 guilds per server fighting over who gets the content is in some way fun.
I thought it was pretty clear according to game lore on locations Creasant Reach was not ToSkirakk. Tos was said to be around the rathe mountains. I remember this conversation from the past with them saying it wasn't creasant reach
#1 for me was definitely Planes of Power. I also really enjoyed Gates of Discord and its followup, Omens of War. I know alot of people didn't like GoD, but I loved it, especially the music in GoD and OoW. I use music from PoP, GoD, and OoW for my D&D games!
I want to see epic 3.0 for everyone... Maybe a sword 'n' board set for Pal/SK/War, bow for Rangers, 2hander for Bard? :P, help out the Druids, Enchanters, Shamans and Wizards with... anything... I can't be the only one whining about not seeing those come back.
My top three are 1) Ruins of Kunark. This is when I started playing the game. There was no aspect of this expansion I didn't like. 2) Shadows of Luclin. I liked the way it made the world a little bit smaller, so I didn't have to be lorded over by Druids or Wizards to get around, or wait forever on the boats, but not so small that travel was almost instantaneous. 3) Scars of Velious. I really enjoyed the competing factions between the Dwarves, Giants, and Dragons.
it would be nice if the did a re-release of everquest with 2020 graphics, but game mechanics left alone for the most part. maybe start with just the base game with the kunark expansion.
Yes, I would love this too, as when I quit EQ in 2001 the 3rd expansion was just released, I tried to go back a few yrs ago and play retail, and going directly from the 3rd expansion to like 20 is insanely overwhelming, couldn't play it, everything was so different, I had no fucking clue wtf was going on.
I didn't want balance between classes, but I also didn't want to spend 100+ days' worth of time on a character and then watch a pure solo class blow right past content. It felt like the risk was divorced from the reward for BLs. Other than that, I loved SoL more than most people did. I just felt like a Vah Shir monk was a no-brainer. A missed opportunity, devs.
Scret of fadwer and i loved the flying zone (city) above the gnome city i came back after a long break and got flashed as i saw it and i loved the raid contend in it and in seed of destruction but i did not understand why in such a social game as eq to have mercernarys?
raid wise I would put Luclin first, then Velious, loved those raids :D amazing loot and not the bloated cookie cutter loot which feels "meaningless" but you still need to bid dkp on it so you don't fall behind, it just feels very meh though. Kunark was amazing and I still love it and the iksar, huuuuuge continent with so much to do (if you don't just race through it to get max level) tons of quests and yes epics :D who doesn't love epics.
Vex Thal was a lot of fun. Getting the key to VT wasn't as much fun though. I guess it was ok at first but after trying to help so many guildies get shards it got to be tedious.
The sad part about EQ is that if you aren't in a guild or are in a small guild you really never get to experience the lore within the game itself. I played from late beta until a little after Luclin and had 300 something days /played and never even maxed out my character because I was never in a guild or the guilds I was in were tiny and casual. So I just spent my time wandering around solo, for the most part, and died a lot as such. Pick up raids or hard dungeons are a no go for most people.
I liked your Top Ten, my own would put Gates of Discord at the top followed by Depths of Darkhollow & Rain of Fear after it, I was not a huge fan of the early expansions if I am honest, I really only became a seriously hardcore EQ player with the advent of Gates of Discord which may sound strange until I say "Berserker", without that class I would not still be playing EQ at all, though I did enjoy Planes of Power a lot.
Stay tuned for the next episode (within the next week or two) when I count down my Top 5 WORST expansions. You may be surprised to see some of your faves on there! (Not saying which ones!)
I was all rustled by your list until you came to your senses and put Ruins it Kunark up top. LDoN and Luclin over Velious, though? That dog won’t hunt, sir
Of all the ones on the top ten list, I *expect* that one to be the most controversial. And for good reason. My main reason for putting it that high on the list was for how well received it was by the players, and how it findamentally changed the game to that point (instanced content, augs, allowing casuals smaller bites of playtime). It made some big changes to the game, though it wasn't as heavy on zone/quest content.
@@dougcronkhite2113 I'm pretty sure we met and chatted several times at some of the conventions. But thank you for following the channel and watching. I appreciate it and welcome any input, or contribution you may have! Which expansions were you a part of?
@@EverQuestShow I worked on EQ from Secrets of Faydwer through The Broken Mirror. Started out as just a content guy, then took over AAs, and ultimately was the Systems Lead / Assistant Lead Designer.
how does one just "lose" code? or game assets? I call bullshit...Also Anguish was one of the worst raid zones ever on release taking the best guilds in EQ months to finish!
I can not get with Omens of War on your top ten thats when me and quite a few friends fell out of love with EQ. Every mob having the ability to summon you killing kiting in every form. The fact that 90% of the creatures saw through invis and even rogue stealth. Lastly the confusing at the time dungeon system that wasn't nearly as enjoyable as LDON jump in out version. I enjoyed the open outdoor camping and while i stuck with Omens of War for a little bit for raiding in the end i couldn't stand that all the things i loved about EQ had been changed and my druid way of solo kiting killed into the ground.
Maybe it was just my age i started when i was 11 and i was blown away that i was playing an RPG like zelda in a 3D world with 3D modles with other real life players. I got completly lost in that phantasy and kunark truly just enhanced it velious perfected it ST was and is the best raid of all time and in game event of all time making me pay 75 bucks over and over again joining ever server fourm and server hoping just so i could have more of that experience its what keeps me comming back to every TLP but once luclin came out with the nexus a non pvp zone i was just over it. Hurt pvp badly and i started playing blue servers because of it
Planes of power had some good things, but took away a lot of immersion for me. It made travel too accessible to everyone, which dissolved the independent nature of the racial communities. I would have put it in the top 10 but at the tenth spot.
I fuckin' hate that this high profile video subscribes to the "pixels = content" bullshit. Kunark had lore in some isolated spots, but it DIDN"T have content. It had gigantic static zones, sparsely populated with mechanically undifferentiated exp pinatas.
Thanks for the comment! First off thanks for considering me High Profile! =) I'm just a fan making videos. Second, that's an interesting argument to make. I'm not sure I necessarily subscribed to that thinking in my top ten. LDON for example would be counter to that, as well as many of the others on the list. I think the quests involved, the lore behind all of it, (epics had LOTS of lore) dragon stories and history and more that are in Kunark are more than just the "pixels" you mention. But I do appreciate the feedback and passion for the game!
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Kevin is an absolute hero in EQ art. He and I collaborated on so many zones over the years, and he had an incredible ability to take my completely unartistic ramblings, and turning them into amazing zones, characters, etc.. Also nice to see 3 of my expansions made your 'best of' list.. :)
Kunark was amazing. I spent so much time nerding out on the lore. I've never had another experience in an MMO like I did with Everquest.
Oh, I have lots of nostalgia for the original Kunark expansion. It was SO BIG!
I remember joining my dad and his online friends with my half elf warrior, being taken to Kunark. My dad played a half elf ranger and he would open up Track, we’d see the box fill with reds.
This dude's labor of love videos for EQ are just an amazing thing. Thank you
Thanks Jon Flynn! I appreciate it. I put my heart into every episode!
I 100% with Luclin's placement in this list. Just wanted add that Luclin also brought in my favorite (and possibly the most important) innovation in MMOs, the Alternate Advancement system. I can't speak to how it is in later expansions, but the ability to improve your character permanently without getting lucky on a gear drop just felt good. And the fact that it was based on a fixed amount of experience rather than being luck was such a slam dunk in terms of balancing out the hours upon hours of fruitless waiting that tended to be required for anything that mattered.
I love how much effort you put into these. I'd probably have to put SoF up there as my favorite, Crystallos is just the best
Can't wait for my kids to grow up so I can go back to my teenage years of 14 hour days on EQ.
Your videos are always top notch. Please keep them coming. I look forward to every single one.
I learned more about the game in this episode than I knew before, and I have been playing since 1999! Thanks for a great show!!!
Really happy to see someone making original content for EQ and with such great production values. It's like watching a show from TV filled with EverQuest content. Well done sir!
EQ still felt brand new, then comes Kunark. That expansion blew my mind. I never imagined an online game could evolve the way it suddenly did. Then Velious blew my mind all over again. Those are easliy my #1 and #2 expansions.
I couldn't have put it better.
Great show! My Top 5:
5) Ruins of Kunark
4) Lost Dungeons of Norrath
3 - Luclin
2 - Planes of power
1- Scars of Velious
Woah! Quick episode release, Fading. Props! Always love your stuff.
Kunark, Velious, and PoP are my top 3 in that order. I am semi-responsible for Quarm in PoP. There was an SOE employee or 2 in my guild and I mentioned the idea of a hydra dragon and how each head could do something different. They told the devs... the devs loved the idea... next expansion was PoP. The original Tribute Masters are named after my former guild mates too.
Thank you. Finally someone else with that ordering. I don't know how Velious wasn't #2 in his list. The lore was astounding, the raid content perfect, and the quests and zones felt like they had meaning.
Velious is still #1 for me. I spent SO many hours quad kiting Othmir on my 14.4 baud modem. So many link deaths, so many deaths.
I once called the SOE service desk back in the day for assistance and while on hold I heard announcements for the expansion Shadows of Luclin. The word is definitely pronounced as "LUCK-LIN" .
They could re-release EQ1, from Classic through Luclin, all with new, updated visuals, and everything basically exactly the same, and I would buy it and sub. No modern MMO holds a candle to how well EQ was made and how meaningful all the adventures I had in it, are to me now.
This will have to happen eventually even if the IP has to get sold again
Oh we've only been wishing this for how long now? I'm with you on this idea
I thought the perfect 20th anni would have been a polished EQ classic. Finish, fix, and extend the quests that to this day have not been finished or discovered - probably because they are broken. Add a few dungeons in the places that appeared to have been planned but never finished. I'd buy it.
Reducing the amount of typing would be good. I get tired of "/say what mentor" "/say what mentor who died" "/say what mentor who died mysteriously" [triggered wall of text]. A more intuitive interaction device for dialogue and noticing that an NPC wants something done would make things more streamlined. Pantheon is working on it and it looks good so far, but I haven't played with it yet. Also, there would need to be instancing. Relatively few players blocking content to most players is really bad game design.
I'm glad you at least gave Secrets of Faydwar an honorable mention. It's in my top 5 - what a great expansion! Fun group content and just really bad ass raids! :)
I agree, RoK was amazballz. Best memory was running top Bard speed with a buddy and falling into the Deep Chasm in Overthere. I fell to my death on top of the Sword point of one of those Sarnak statues. Too high to rez from the ground. Spent hours finding someone with Levitate* to cast on another player with rez, have them jump down and rez me while floating by so I could get my gear. Great times, Priceless. 10/10
I'm only a very new player, f2p, just got my dwarf paladin to level 10 and my dwarf berzerker to level 5 maybe 2 weeks ago. Started on the Crescent Reach quests on the paladin and I was having a blast, some good writing going on there. It'll be quite a while before I get around to seeing the other expansion zones and quests through the heroes journey path, but I'm looking forward to seeing it all. At least in part.
Too bad youtube has no way of chatting other than replies. If you can figure out how to get in touch with me i can give you some tips.
These always seem professionally done.
Ridiculously high production quality
Weird since EQ is on bare bones life support nowadays
Ha! Crystilla on Emarr is interviewed. I knew her from the Emarr forums, which just recently got taken down after like 18 years. I played on Emarr and had a blast. I only played through LDoN content, so I can't comment much of this list. My favorite was Velious followed by PoP followed by Kunark.
My top 6:
6. House of Thule: Dream/Nightmare theme.
5. Seeds of Destruction: Loved the time travel and mercenaries...
4. Planes of Power: The music and scenery are awesome.
3. Ruins of Kunark: The story and this is start of my raids and epic weapon. (I still can't finish 2.0)
2. Scars of Velious: Coldain shawl is the goal that I still haven't completed till this very day...
1. Shadow of Luclin: Whole new massive new worlds! And Celestial Solvent!
Luclin is my favorite because Celestial Solvent/Essence was introduced back then... XD And I can clearly remember that before the day of Luclin being released (I played Traditional Chinese version so the progression was slower than original), I was so excited that I even can't sleep before the release (just because of the Solvent!). So when EQ2 introduced Blood of Luclin last year, I ordered it right away (even though I am still at Chaos Descending...). However I still haven't become my own tradeskill grandmaster till this day, it is too harsh for a soloing cleric to farm necessary ingredients and platinum. 🤣
Thanks for making the show, the show is really professional!
Omens of War is still my all time favorite. I loved everything about it.
I agree. It's second only to Luclin on my list.
When i saw LDON at #3 i had gag reflex pretty bad, ugh.
The rest is pretty good, I'd prob move SoV up to that 3 spot though and add in GoD at 6, i liked that one even though it was stupid hard.
Putting SoV at #6 and not #1 is blasphemy, but I appreciate that you basically admitted that there are many people like me who would call you out on that :p
RoK and SoV was clearly the BEST thing, that happens to EQ, ever. So, i totally agree with you, Vanessa.
Scars of Velious was hands down the best in all senses of the word
Glad to see another episode already! Nice job. I more or less agree with the picks. It's tough to choose a #1, but I would probably go with the Planes of Power. I remember seeing the EverQuest booth at GenCon and having some great conversations with the developers and looking at all the amazing designs. The sheer variety from all the different planes and progression were amazing. I was already a huge fan at that point and couldn't wait. I can't recall how many Plane of Time runs I attended, and it was amazing to finally conquer them all!
We love the show! Keep them coming!!
We recently came back and made made toons on the Selos TLP server due to the email we received offering free play on TLP servers. It has been a blast! We ended up re-subbing to help support the game and keep it alive!
Our favorite expansion is House of Thule. Being a former Halfing Druid main, I disliked Gates of Discord,. Clicky port stones in the POK (Shadows of Luclin ...think it was that expansion) ruined money making from selling ports but loved that expansion anyway.
I have been playing since 2001 on Vazelle which became Maelin Starpyre which became Drinal. Took long breaks but always returned. Introduced my wife to the game in 2014 and she loves it. We quit the last time Jan 2018, due to unplayable lag. The most common area that would suddenly develop lag was Shard's Landing. This was due to someone suddenly arriving while boxing 30+ characters. Suddenly everything would take like 5-10 seconds to happen.
Regardless, we love the game! Content like this helps keep us immersed and hungering for more in game fun.
p.s. There is NO letter K in the name LUCLIN. Pronounced "Looslin"!! lol Every time I hear someone say LUCKLIN I say out loud, THERE IS NO K!!!!!!!! It's all in good fun and the pronunciation part of the video had us laughing for a while. Keep them coming!
There is no K in picnic either! =)
Thanks for the comments and the story. And happy to see another fan supporting the game! Welcome back to Norrath!
@@EverQuestShow There's no K in "Correct" either! :)
Not waiting 6 months for an episode? you made this Friday locked inside an awesome one
Thanks Warrior Grim! I'm going to do my best to try and keep them coming as quickly as possibly. I'll admit, this was a BEAST of an episode to put together, edit etc.
But the next episode is already in production and should be out within the next week or two.
@@EverQuestShow There is such a lack of EQ content such as yours not just across youtube, but across the entire net. Please keep making content! You are keeping the game and its legacy alive my friend!
For me, it was Ruins of Kunark. That expansion has become legendary for good reason !
I was worried that Ruins of Kunark might not make the cut as the list went on, but there it was at #1, where it belongs. It looks primitive now, but it was the prototype "everything you could ever want" expansion that set the standard going forward. And it just turned 20 last month!
I feel like it was kinda a no brainer that it should be #1. But I'm glad some people would think that I might not put it there. It is mostly subjective, but I think most will agree that the first 4 expansions are some of the best. The rankings for each individual will be subjective. But I bet most put Kunark there.
Kunark, those were the days! Best days!
This is probably your best video yet but your #1 choice? Perhaps I've played on too many TLP's over the past 6 years lol.. I fucking hate that expansion now. Keep up the great work mate!
best episode yet! Bit surprised Secrets of Faydwer wasn't higher on your list, we spent hours there!
It's definitely a favorite of mine. Lots of love there. It's so hard to pick a top ten, when I love them all!
Glad to see Luclin up there in the top 10. It's one of my favorites to this day. I still don't really get why everyone loves Kunark so much. Maybe because it was the first expansion, but honestly the only things I like about Kunark are epic quests and a few select zones. Boooooo, ugly, overpowered lizards!
always a great watch, keep em comin!
TDS was amazing. Super fun playing through later solo or small group, I may have stressed a lot more if i played it in-era
Kunark had very little raid content. Grouping however , great expansion.
It had tons compared to the only thing we had before it , which was classic
Little compared to velious
It had the right amount of raid content for the time. Considering there was only 8 months or so between it and Velious, a good chunk of that time for most players was trying to grind out to 60. A pretty small fraction of the player base would have even been thinking about raiding at the time.
You should do a story on Shards of Dalaya, and or other popular emulator servers.
Half way through I was actually scared that you weren't going to say Kunark was #1. Then you said you could do 10 shoes on Kunark lore.
Can you please please please do 10 shows on Kunark lore??
So many source control issues during the early days of EQ lol.
Hi Fading, thx for the Everquest show. I want to suggest some features to EQ if you can talk with the developers:
1 - Capes, Cloaks and Hoods; ( To many Npcs have capes and Hoods, and the art too, why the players dont? EQ 2 have, so..)
2 - A new weapon: Crossbows. ( More range, More dmg, but a little slower than Bow). EQ 2 have too.
3 - A new Class: SpellSword. ( The true mix between Wiz and Warriors) I wait that since 99.
4 - A new Race: Vampires. ( Why not? EQ 2...)
So thats it. If they take one of this ideas should be great.
Thx for the attention, and keep the grat work in the show. Cya in EQ.
This isn't EQ2. EQ1 and EQ2 have very different lore bases.
Pop was my #1 just because it had the best and most raids imo
HoT, RoF had some of the best raids in EQ imo. Did you play it that far? Plenty of raids for each as well.
Same
That is a very respectable Top 10 list. Nice job.
I'm glad to see you added LDON, I think it was a much needed expansion after Pop (also great, but was very heavy on the raiding side).
LDON was by far my favorite. As a bard, it finally gave us a chance to SHINE other than just be a mana battery for casters.. that LFG tool was a wonderful addition at the time. It was fun to put together weird groups and still manage to win. 5 Wizzies and a bard, Yep. we kicked butt...
CoTF really reminded me of LDON, and people still go do both.. so I'd call them both winners..
and as much hate as people heap on TBL, it had fantastic lore/stories background.
But, I hate, HATE Kunark, (And EoK/RoS)
COTF was very close to making the top ten list. It is one of my faves.
"Some people in our nation don't have maps - Miss Teen South Carolina 2007. For this reason, I vote Legacy of Ykesha #1 expansion for introducing the map system.
I've never played the game so I don't have a favorite expansion, I just think these videos are interesting.
You can play for free for eq99. Give it a go!
Luke-lin!
This was great! Thank you!
House of Thule. I just loved the creepy atmosphere.
It sounds like original EQ development had some serious source control issues.
Just look at the game! They were obviously all smoking something when they developed Everquest. :D
Newbie to Everquest, started in 2001, so my favorite is Velious hands down, i remember sneaking around there on my lvl 9 DE rogue, everything was very red to me and the giants was not the kind you would have a beer with.
That's a pretty good list actually with the exception of The Serpent's Spine for me.
My top 3
1. RoK
2. SoL
3. LDON
Kunark for the nostalgia and the Iksars. Luclin for Beastlords. And LDoN for slapping the face of the notion that having 2 guilds per server fighting over who gets the content is in some way fun.
Nice job as always!
Thanks Dawne. And yes, I'm aware of the EROLLISI typo =) Sorry about that.
@@EverQuestShow You know, I was so enthralled listening to you and watching the great visuals you put together, I didn't even notice. :)
Please do the 10 episodes of Iksar lore!
I thought it was pretty clear according to game lore on locations Creasant Reach was not ToSkirakk. Tos was said to be around the rathe mountains. I remember this conversation from the past with them saying it wasn't creasant reach
we need everquest 3
4 days before my bday, thanks devs!
where can i get one of those t shirts the devs are wearing?
#1 for me was definitely Planes of Power. I also really enjoyed Gates of Discord and its followup, Omens of War. I know alot of people didn't like GoD, but I loved it, especially the music in GoD and OoW. I use music from PoP, GoD, and OoW for my D&D games!
I was also a big big fan of Luclin. It has one of my favorite zones of all time in it, Ssra Temple.
Great episode.
I want to see epic 3.0 for everyone... Maybe a sword 'n' board set for Pal/SK/War, bow for Rangers, 2hander for Bard? :P, help out the Druids, Enchanters, Shamans and Wizards with... anything... I can't be the only one whining about not seeing those come back.
You got my love for naming Luclin...but LDoN? why you have you ruin a good thing Fading?
?!? Ruins of Kunark is the best expansion ever released by far!! Better than any other 2 combined!!
My top three are 1) Ruins of Kunark. This is when I started playing the game. There was no aspect of this expansion I didn't like. 2) Shadows of Luclin. I liked the way it made the world a little bit smaller, so I didn't have to be lorded over by Druids or Wizards to get around, or wait forever on the boats, but not so small that travel was almost instantaneous. 3) Scars of Velious. I really enjoyed the competing factions between the Dwarves, Giants, and Dragons.
Great show as always!
Have you ever considered streaming on twitch? I feel like it'd be such a fun/informative stream.
Thanks! I'm not much of a streamer admittedly, but I may consider it in the future.
@@EverQuestShow Definitely consider it. Thanks for the reply! :D
it would be nice if the did a re-release of everquest with 2020 graphics, but game mechanics left alone for the most part. maybe start with just the base game with the kunark expansion.
Yes, I would love this too, as when I quit EQ in 2001 the 3rd expansion was just released, I tried to go back a few yrs ago and play retail, and going directly from the 3rd expansion to like 20 is insanely overwhelming, couldn't play it, everything was so different, I had no fucking clue wtf was going on.
Kunark was my favorite as well =D. The original trilogy will always be the best, kinda wish p99 had beastlords though.
I didn't want balance between classes, but I also didn't want to spend 100+ days' worth of time on a character and then watch a pure solo class blow right past content. It felt like the risk was divorced from the reward for BLs. Other than that, I loved SoL more than most people did. I just felt like a Vah Shir monk was a no-brainer. A missed opportunity, devs.
Omens of war / Secrets of faydwer / lost dragons of norrath/
Arelis of varis / Rain of fear / House of Thule / EoK / RoS / ToV / Planes of Power
*Legend of Marr*
God Dam Refried! My favorite was Planes of Power.
Depths of Darkhollow!!
New episode, nice!
Scret of fadwer and i loved the flying zone (city) above the gnome city i came back after a long break and got flashed as i saw it and i loved the raid contend in it and in seed of destruction but i did not understand why in such a social game as eq to have mercernarys?
raid wise I would put Luclin first, then Velious, loved those raids :D amazing loot and not the bloated cookie cutter loot which feels "meaningless" but you still need to bid dkp on it so you don't fall behind, it just feels very meh though.
Kunark was amazing and I still love it and the iksar, huuuuuge continent with so much to do (if you don't just race through it to get max level) tons of quests and yes epics :D who doesn't love epics.
Vex Thal was a lot of fun. Getting the key to VT wasn't as much fun though. I guess it was ok at first but after trying to help so many guildies get shards it got to be tedious.
PoP + luclin my faves. Any starting hometown fills me with nostalgiac bliss (except freeport wtf is that zone now shakefist)
What did he mean by saying they introduce flying during velious?
The comment was made by the EQ2 development team, so they were referencing adding flying mounts to the game in EQ2 during the velious expansion.
The sad part about EQ is that if you aren't in a guild or are in a small guild you really never get to experience the lore within the game itself. I played from late beta until a little after Luclin and had 300 something days /played and never even maxed out my character because I was never in a guild or the guilds I was in were tiny and casual. So I just spent my time wandering around solo, for the most part, and died a lot as such. Pick up raids or hard dungeons are a no go for most people.
How do you lose parts of the game?! It was on some dudes laptop that doesn't work here anymore. Whaaaa?
Hahah, I confess I've never heard it simply pronounced as "eldon" but it does kinda make sense
I liked your Top Ten, my own would put Gates of Discord at the top followed by Depths of Darkhollow & Rain of Fear after it, I was not a huge fan of the early expansions if I am honest, I really only became a seriously hardcore EQ player with the advent of Gates of Discord which may sound strange until I say "Berserker", without that class I would not still be playing EQ at all, though I did enjoy Planes of Power a lot.
Stay tuned for the next episode (within the next week or two) when I count down my Top 5 WORST expansions. You may be surprised to see some of your faves on there! (Not saying which ones!)
@@EverQuestShow Oh boy. I have some definite thoughts on worst, as I'm sure we all do. Will definitely be curious to see your bottom 5.
@@EverQuestShow look forward to it :)
Loo-klin
I was all rustled by your list until you came to your senses and put Ruins it Kunark up top.
LDoN and Luclin over Velious, though? That dog won’t hunt, sir
Of all the ones on the top ten list, I *expect* that one to be the most controversial. And for good reason. My main reason for putting it that high on the list was for how well received it was by the players, and how it findamentally changed the game to that point (instanced content, augs, allowing casuals smaller bites of playtime). It made some big changes to the game, though it wasn't as heavy on zone/quest content.
@@EverQuestShow Which is funny, because as a developer on the game later in its life, LDON was one of my LEAST favorite expansions..
@@dougcronkhite2113 I'm pretty sure we met and chatted several times at some of the conventions. But thank you for following the channel and watching. I appreciate it and welcome any input, or contribution you may have! Which expansions were you a part of?
@@EverQuestShow I worked on EQ from Secrets of Faydwer through The Broken Mirror. Started out as just a content guy, then took over AAs, and ultimately was the Systems Lead / Assistant Lead Designer.
how does one just "lose" code? or game assets? I call bullshit...Also Anguish was one of the worst raid zones ever on release taking the best guilds in EQ months to finish!
On the topic of pronouncing, we always called ldon. Just the letters, that's odd to hear L-Don instead of L-D-O-N
I can not get with Omens of War on your top ten thats when me and quite a few friends fell out of love with EQ. Every mob having the ability to summon you killing kiting in every form. The fact that 90% of the creatures saw through invis and even rogue stealth. Lastly the confusing at the time dungeon system that wasn't nearly as enjoyable as LDON jump in out version. I enjoyed the open outdoor camping and while i stuck with Omens of War for a little bit for raiding in the end i couldn't stand that all the things i loved about EQ had been changed and my druid way of solo kiting killed into the ground.
#1 - PoP
#2 - RoK
Game was perfect until velious. Luclin just made the world smaller. Then pop just made it a joke took an immersive world and made just a video game
I like Luclin, but mainly for the beastlord. I wish they'd bring the beastlord to p99, it's my favorite class to play.
Thank god! For your number 1. You got it right SoV should have been number 2
Maybe it was just my age i started when i was 11 and i was blown away that i was playing an RPG like zelda in a 3D world with 3D modles with other real life players. I got completly lost in that phantasy and kunark truly just enhanced it velious perfected it ST was and is the best raid of all time and in game event of all time making me pay 75 bucks over and over again joining ever server fourm and server hoping just so i could have more of that experience its what keeps me comming back to every TLP but once luclin came out with the nexus a non pvp zone i was just over it. Hurt pvp badly and i started playing blue servers because of it
Sepulcher means tomb and you really mangled the pronunciation. seh puhl cur
Top 3
1. Shadows of Luclin
2. Ruins of Kunark
3. Legacy of Ykesha
There’s also no K in Luclin, so it pronounced like Lucy without the y.
Luc-lin
So Loose - Lin
@@WesleyWyndam-Pryce no way its gotta be "luck-linn"
Planes of power had some good things, but took away a lot of immersion for me. It made travel too accessible to everyone, which dissolved the independent nature of the racial communities. I would have put it in the top 10 but at the tenth spot.
LDoN is the worst! Rest of your list is pretty good. Gates of Discord has been "fixed" on TLP's now, it's pretty good.
I am glad I am not the only one who could never understand the appeal of LDoN. LDoN needs to be placed on the next list.
RoK
SoD
HoT
pop would be my least favourite expac funnily, all gated raid content, for a group focussed player it's a donkey
ROK
SOD
HOT
SOV
SOL
POP
Ro
TBS
LOY
SOF
Luclin is the worst expansion in the history of video games. SoV also should be #1 obviously.
How on earth do you have LDON on the BEST list and not the WORST?! Gag it's almost as bad as PoR. KUNARK #1?! Come on! You're trolling way too hard
Trolling. Please Wait...
LDoN was/is amazing fun
I fuckin' hate that this high profile video subscribes to the "pixels = content" bullshit. Kunark had lore in some isolated spots, but it DIDN"T have content. It had gigantic static zones, sparsely populated with mechanically undifferentiated exp pinatas.
Thanks for the comment! First off thanks for considering me High Profile! =) I'm just a fan making videos.
Second, that's an interesting argument to make. I'm not sure I necessarily subscribed to that thinking in my top ten. LDON for example would be counter to that, as well as many of the others on the list.
I think the quests involved, the lore behind all of it, (epics had LOTS of lore) dragon stories and history and more that are in Kunark are more than just the "pixels" you mention.
But I do appreciate the feedback and passion for the game!
Gigantic static zones is good for the immersion imho. Content everywhere is just too much. I like how in original EQ loot was scarce
Your top 10 is terrible, Underfoot House of Thule Veil of Alaris were best expos.