Iskandar wrote:
Darkor@Nagafen wrote:
This is not even 25 % of the original velious, they shouldnt have named after it.
People keep saying this. While it may not be the perfect expansion, I for one am GLAD that it's not a carbon copy of EQ1 Velious.
For starters, I've done EQ1 Velious -- if I'm gonna buy something new, it needs to be new, not "oh, that's exactly like it was ten years ago in EQ1." But mainly it's because EQ1 Velious is what drove me from EQ1 until Beasties and PoP eventually brought me back.
I played a Ranger back then -- a Wood Elf Ranger. And at the time of EQ1 Velious release, that meant I had a hybrid class experience penalty as well as a racial experience penalty -- part of which reportedly carried over to the group I was in (and whether that carryover was true or not, it still made getting groups a smidge difficult). It also meant that as a level 50 Ranger I had the fighting skills of a level 30ish Warrior wearing chainmail and the magic abilities of a level 30ish Druid who didn't study very well -- there were no unique Ranger-only abilities at that time beyond a higher bow skillcap, duel-wield, and some tracking perks. That was "The Vision." 
Yay, I could bow-kite a single Ulthork for 30 minutes... while my Druid and Bard friends could quad-kite them to death in 10. Yay, I finally dinged 54... while my friends are already 60. One day, after spending half an hour kiting an Ulthork around, only to have it resist snare and come pound me to pulp in about six seconds, I just decided I'd had enough of Velious... so I logged out and cancelled. They eventually removed the exp penalties and revamped Rangers into a VERY nice, powerful, and well-rounded class... but at that time, they were one of the laughingstocks of EQ1.
Your experiences may have varied. But this being different than EQ1 Velious is a blessing to me personally. 
I might have worded it poor. I didnt mean 25% of an exact copy of velious, i mean the expansion pack is not even 25 % of the velious expansion pack CONTENT WISE. The zones dont have to be any similar, it just has not enough content for an xpack. This is the pay off for SoE for utterly destroying the Dev team for Eq2. I truly believe the game isnt going anywhere. Less and less dev power for the actual game, more and more dev power for marketplace stuff. This wont have a good end, believe me.