General Discussion

In her bi-weekly All Around Norrath column, Adele Caelia travels the world of EQII to speak with the players about the game. This week she asks them: “What are your hopes and expectations for the upcoming expansion Rise of Kunark?”

When a new expansion draws near, the servers are alive with excitement. Players have hopes and dreams for the upcoming world that are hard to suppress until release day. Some of them get into beta and very often-small tidbits of information slip out among the population. These small tidbits fuel the excitement of others so that by release day everyone in the lands are brimming with anticipation.

Everquest II, at this point has a good record for developing great expansions. The last expansion, Echoes of Faydwer was the most grand of them all. Echoes of Faydwer took Norrath by storm, and not only was it well accepted by the players, it came out in the press with awesome reviews. It is hard to imagine an expansion that could come close to this one or even be better. Will Rise of Kunark stand up against its predecessor? Will its glory live in the shadow of the Fae? Only time will tell, and I can say that I have a hard time believing that it will.

Perhaps, for me, I just do not feel the same excitement because the Fae were a dream come true, and as for the Sarnak well, you wouldn’t see this High Elf associating with one! It could be that there are players out there that love to be evil, and the Sarnak are for them what the Fae were for me. Just maybe I’m no longer intrigued by a new race. Maybe it is time to go beyond adding new races and do just a bit more. What could beat out Echoes of Faydwer if Rise of Kunark doesn’t? A new class could do it. A new class or two would be something that we, the players, have not experienced before.

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I see the answers given to the question and know mine.

I am not terribly excited about the new expansion. I will be getting it and seeing if anything is worth the effort. I want some Everquest added not EQ lite. My guild is the reason that I am around at all. The game does not offer any real challenge unless doing content above ones level most of the time. I am hoping to see that the expansion offers some challenges other than raid type content.

Originally posted by Robbgobb

I see the answers given to the question and know mine.

I am not terribly excited about the new expansion. I will be getting it and seeing if anything is worth the effort. I want some Everquest added not EQ lite. My guild is the reason that I am around at all. The game does not offer any real challenge unless doing content above ones level most of the time. I am hoping to see that the expansion offers some challenges other than raid type content.

Personally I can't wait.  And I can understand people not liking and not playing EQ2 - everyone has their own opinion.  What I can't understand is not liking the game (as you obviously don't) and then playing.  Something is very wrong in your life mate.  I suggest you play a game that you find fun rather than continue your seemingly masochistic behaviour.  Very odd.

Originally posted by Robbgobb

I see the answers given to the question and know mine.

I am not terribly excited about the new expansion. I will be getting it and seeing if anything is worth the effort. I want some Everquest added not EQ lite. My guild is the reason that I am around at all. The game does not offer any real challenge unless doing content above ones level most of the time. I am hoping to see that the expansion offers some challenges other than raid type content.

I would like to see more content like Nizara. Challenging single group content, I didnt really find Unrest or Shard of Fear very hard at all. Raids are a bit blah, I did it for a while but you just feel like another face in the crowd as opposed to a major player in groups. (My raider was a Dirge, and yes I realise how important they are, but I still prefer challenging group content).