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(More customer reviews)Kingdom of Sky is the second expansion for Everquest 2, and while it's not perfect, and many of the changes take getting used to, I like it.While some other games will possible release a near-perfect expansion in the future, how long will it take for them to release it?In the meantime, we have more content, an increased level cap, and some needed changes.
The Good:
1. More content.The new content is stellar.I love the views from the sky, and while I haven't been able to get into a lot of the content, what I've seen so far has been top notch, expanding the mythos of Everquest 2 plausibly.
2. The Tradeskill Changes.I definitely like the fact that even at lower levels you can craft useable items without going through iterations of making the smallest part for an item- they still have those too, but the other items give a good balance to make tradeskilling seem less tedious, and it appears that the use of skills against progress in tradeskill has been made more uniform- I see less of the endless periods of -50s with no chance to counter them on items that match your level.
3. The Harvesting Changes.I love the fact that you can actually tell with almost a certainty what you will get from a harvest point, instead of it being totally random.Imagine- you get coffee beans from a coffee bean bush!Who would have thought?
4. The New Class System.I liked the idea behind the branching class trees, but given that your city allegiance indicated in most cases what you were by 10th level, the implementation left a lot to be desired.If they were not going to change this, then a unique experience for each character was highly more desireable than the generic approach that levels 1-10 had become.
The OK:
1. Alternate Adventure XPs.They approximate talents in WoW, and I like the fact that they exist, and like the fact that you don't automatically get AA XPs.I like the abilities themselves, but I like the implementation of the trees in WoW better- these appear too static and linear for my tastes.
The Bad:
1. The Server merges: There are too many people on servers waiting for the same instanced monster to spawn.I've experienced very little lag, but waiting for monsters to spawn really sucks.
2. Broken Brokers: I was preparing one of my alts for Betrayal, and couldn't buy anything.My crafter couldn't sell anything.And there was no communication from SOE on the exact problem, except one little posting by an apparently insignificant member of SOE.Thank you for that little information.I hope SOE can learn from your skills at communication.
3. PvP servers full.I could already tell from their proposed 'plan' that this was going to happen.One Station Exchange and one normal server?For all of North America?Right.Can anyone say short-sighted?
The Ugly:
1. Broken quests because of changes.Test your existing quests before rolling out changes.Please!In the just annoying case, I completed an element of my profession quest only to find out that the quest giver would not speak to me, and I can't finish it.In the worst case, you had my level 17+ doing a betrayal quest and sending him to talk to not one, not two, but three NPCs in places guarded by level 25+ guards that were still aggro to him.If I had to sneak in and grab something, that's fine.But it ruins immersion to have to talk to people from across the room so that guards don't immediately attack you.Please!
In conclusion, I agree that this expansion is not perfect.But I can say that at least SOE is releasing something rather than just promises of an expansion- I'd rather have something solid that needs a few tweaks than waiting for perfect software.
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EverQuest II: Kingdom Of Sky chronicles the battles Norrath's warrior will face against the Overrealm, a previously-unknown mystical territory, made up of islands floating high above the land. Discover strange new creatures, powerful new objects and items, and a world filled with unseen wonders. Travel to the Overrealm and battle the creatures who intend to enslave and conquer Norrath. Four new arena champions and two new arenasAll new Heritage Quests allow players to gain amazingly powerful items, personal status, adventure experience and much more Signature Quests reward large experience bonuses, entirely new items, and advance the lore of EverQuest II Over 30 new Collections expand on one of the most popular features exclusive to EverQuest II Challenging new zones, both below ground and high above it Brand new pieces of armor, such as Profession Hats, Helmets and Pauldrons, will make your character look more distinct Over 30 new items to put in your player house
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