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4.5 stars
"Outstanding!"
Pros: Look and feel of game; immersive play; incredible amount of new areas to explore, new races, and new crafting professions
Cons: none that I have yet to find, other than being highly addictive!
Summary: I downloaded this expansion the first day it came out. In the interest of full disclosure, I love EQ2. I never played the first EverQuest, but am a huge fan of this game.
As for Faydwer, thus far it is simply amazing. The look and feel of the game is big, bold, lush and exciting. Many of the old elements are still in-place, but have been updated with subtle but impressive enhancements. The areas I have managed to explore are beautiful and exciting. They are a welcome addition to an already fun world.
The new Fae race is a lot of fun to play, and they are darned cute.
New things are in store for crafters. While I'm not much of a crafter, the changes look very interesting.
A staggering array of new quests is also available. The ones I have worked on thus far show imagination and creativity, and are not simply a re-working of old quest-lines from previous EQ2 products.
It looks like successful and popular elements from other MMORPG games have been adapted and added into the already fun and expansive EQ2 world. Crafters can deconstruct magical items, and use the components to make powerful imbuing items for other weapons or armor. Cloaks are now available to craft and wear. Guilds can come up with distinctive guild symbols for guild members to emblaze onto their cloaks. New mounts are availabe, with different looks and styles. Guilds can advance to level 60. New and expanded achievement lines are available to players, increasing the ways one can develop their characters.
The net effect is a richly expanded game without compromising the already fantastic elements of EQ2.
So far the game has been very stable and reliable. I have not encountered any bugged quests. Thus far the product seems well produced and tested prior to release.
I have about 12 hours of play-time on this new expansion. I will update my opinion as I get more play-time under my belt.
Till then, see you Faydark!
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