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Something for everyone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 20
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Lots of people regard this expansion as only for high level characters. I am not one of them, however this expansion is not for those new to EQ. You CAN install this stand-alone, but you should start off with the original version (can be downloaded free from Sony), learn gameplay, and then consider this expansion. For those familiar with the game this expansion adds some very useful things indeed. The pedestals you have seen appear in the zones lead to the Plane of Knowledge. This leads to almost every city or zone in the game. No more begging Wizzies or Druids for a port :) There is also a Soulbinder and a bank in PoK. Getting the idea here? I bind my characters here to make corpse looting safer and quicker. If you're capable of binding yourself this is trivial, but to those of us that can't bind, it's pretty nice. All the other Planes in this expansion require your character to be level 46+, but the PoK makes it nice for lower levels, and is one of the best additions to the game.

EverCrack gets even more interesting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: November 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

EverQuest is called "EverCrack" by many for its incredibly addictive gameplay. It's a fully immersive role playing game where you take on the personae of an elf, dwarf, barbarian, human, ogre, troll or many other types of characters. You can then choose what type of profession you want, from magician, paladin, ranger, warrior, and more. You can be another person, and live in another world. Isn't this something we've all dreamed of from childhood?

You can customize your gender, your face, hair style, hair color and eyes too, although the choices are few and the click-cycling gets annoying. A few more brief choices and you're in your starting town, ready to explore, learn, and kill some wildlife.

The graphics are rather nice, with each creature type having its own body shape and size. Look at a tall ogre standing next to a little halfling and the two really are quite different! Head out to attack small spiders and larger polar bears, or do some fishing and tailoring if that's more your speed. You can concentrate on combat, or magic, or making things, or just hanging out and talking. The world has it all.

The Planes of Power CD is good for those just starting, because it has everything you need to get going. It's also a nice expansion for experienced users, because it lets the higher leveled characters enter new, interesting worlds. The planes also let you easily move between towns, something that was a bit difficult before.

EverQuest, being an online RPG, requires a monthly fee to keep playing. This gets you your own server with special weapons, armor, events and dynamic maps. With over 50 servers to choose from for regular gameplay, there are thousands of people on line at all times to interact with and work on quests with.

EverQuest has been played for so long by such a huge volume of gamers that just about every part of the system has been finely tuned. The animations for spells are gorgeous, as is the clothing for characters. You can customize just about any key you want, customize the music playing in the background, customize the background of the various status boxes, move them around the screen, fade them out when they're not in use. It's really a treat to play this if you've only played some of the older RPGs.

If you're a RPG fan, EverQuest is definitely a game to give a try to, either by buying the CD and doing the free-month, or playing it at a friend's house. Most regular games you buy on CD give you less than a month's gameplay anyway, and if you DO enjoy the game a lot, for only another each month you get another full month's enjoyment. You can't say that for a lot of regular games you shell out your cash for!

Big Hit!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 30
Date: October 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just fired this up, logged in and was the first in the planes of power. I must say it is amazing. I have already gotten 14 planer experience points and phat loot! You must get this or you are dumb.

Best one yet!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

By far the best of the expansions, Planes of Power opens up a whole new world to explore: The homes of the gods of Norrath. The music is outstanding (and in MP3 format, I've already added most of the songs to my usual playlist - Check out the poearth music!), the graphics are breathtaking, and the monsters are stunning. I've been playing EQ now for over 2 1/2 years, and it just never gets old. The Plane of Knowledge has an enormous library in the center of it. Want to know more about the world that is the heart of EverQuest? Talk to one of the dozens of book browsers, check out a book from them and read to your hearts content. The Plane of Tranquility is serene, with amazing portals to the rest of the Planes, including a giant balance for the Plane of Justice, and a huge sludge pipe (complete with running sewage!) for the Plane of Disease. The Plane of Nightmare is home to scary spiders and gigantic crocodilian creatures (larger than the old EQ dragons!). There's tons more, and I highly recommend this expansion. It's not just for high-level, uber loot, kill and be number one folks. The Plane of Knowledge has quests and portals to all the cities of the EQ world, plus some more, and isn't level restricted.

PoP is god

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Okay, well, a lot of people have been whining about PoP, especially druids and wizzies, who feel that this expansion has killed their porting business. Got news for ya... this expansion does not make druids and wizzies expendable. Pop lets you port to CITIES. Druids can still port to places that PoK can't get you to directly (Emerald Jungle and Cobalt Scar, for example,amongst others). Plus, in a group, druids and wizzies are still essential for evac if the situation gets ugly. Druids are still needed to buff, and Wizzies are still awesome nukers. So I don't know what the whining is about. For your info, my main is a druid.

Besides the ease to get around Norrath, PoP adds spells, great quests, and higher-level hunting. This is a GREAT expansion, no matter what class you play.

Don't listen to some of these

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Whoever said that you can't go into POK before 50, is lying. Flat out lying. You can get into pok at level 1. Plane of tranquility is at level 46, and as of a month ago, Plane of nightmare, innovation, disease, justice, can be accesed at 46. Valor, Storms, Decay, Torment can be accesed at 55. HoH and bastion of thunder are accesed at 62. If you don't have a level 46 plus character, buy this expansion solely for the ease of travel. No more taking the boat from butcherblock to freeport !

more EQ fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

its more to EQ, its fun! if you already own eq and are thinking about getting this.. just get it.

PoP is essential at any level

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

No matter what level you are, PoP is a must have. Druids and Wizards will still be invaluable for escape or for getting quickly to other spots in the world, but if you have time to zone three times to travel across the world (or moon) PoP is great! I can go from Kelethin to Qeynos now without a TP and without waiting for the nexus spires to trigger and running through WK (YUK!).

Jonathan Biviano
Author of Fate Rides Wicked: Volume I of the Lerilon Trilogy, available at Amazon.com

If you play EQ, you NEED this one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Quite simply, the PoP expansion changed the way the game has been played for years.

The ability for non-wizards/druids to move around the world in a brief period of time has changed the landscape of the game. The increase of maximum level to 65 also changed the game.

If youplay EQ, you HAVE to have this expansion.

Gotta have it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you play Everquest you need this expansion or life would not be complete. If you have never played Everquest you should not buy this expansion now. Buy the originl software for ($$$)and learn to play. As a beginnger you will not be able to use this expansion for a very long time...you would die in seconds and be very sad.

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