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Not for soloing or small groups

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

What hasn't been made clear from most of the ads for this expansion is that you MUST be in a group of 4 or more people to enter any of these dungeons, the members of your group must all be pretty close in level (within a range of 6 or 7 levels, I'm told), and you must finish an assigned task within 90 minutes to receive credit for completing the adventure. If this sounds like fun to you, you'll probably enjoy this expansion. I prefer soloing or small groups, and I despise time limits, so I demanded and received my money back from SOE for my pre-ordered copy.

LDoN is great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First of, if you are just starting EQ, this expansion has nothing to offer you until you get at least on of your characters up to level 20. This could take you between 1 week and a few weeks depending on how much you play and how much you focus on leveling up.

With that being said, this is a great expansion. Find or create a group of up to 6 people and ask for an adventure. You will get a dungeon created just for your group. You'll have 90 minutes to complete the adventure.

This is great because you know what your time commitment is. If you're a casual player you know you aren't expected to be there in the group for the next 6-8 hours to help everyone. And the time goes fast since the action really doesn't stop while you are in the dungeon, at least it doesn't stop if you want to finish in time.

The dungeons are well designed, and you would be surprised what the designers have been able to do with a graphics engine as old as EQ's. It's all very immersive!

I would strongly recommend this expansion to anyone. It puts a different kind of fun into the game.

great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is awesome. will provide years of play for you. it is interactive so if you dont like to talk to people from across the country/world dont play it. soloing can be very difficult later in the game. so you are going to have to group. i have played this game for a few years and it just keeps getting bigger and better. it is a great rpg and if u need a site for help on getting started and etc. instead of complaining ask someone in the game. i will provide an excellent site for you. it is www.allakhazamsmagiclarealm.com or something like that. i highly recomend this game for anyone who is 9 and older. and i hope this review helps. if you have questions about the game i may be able to help at stevestonewall15@hotmail.com.

LDON rocks if you don't mind the wait

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

been playing everquest for about 2 years now and this is a great expansion if you have friends you play with. You must find a minimum group of 4 just to get the adventure, as long as you haven't spent the majority of your time soloing this should not be too difficult. the experience is the lost dungeons are incredible and the monetary rewards aren't bad either. The down side I have found is getting viable groups together and the time it takes to go from logging in to finishing an adventure does take time...each adventure lasts 90 minutes and the time to put together groups can vary from 10 minutes to hours. Well all in all if you have the time and can find people you can depend on this is one of the best expansions for eq and a must have for any serious eq "addict".

Best of the Expansions

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing EverQuest(EQ) since the Ruins of Kunark release. I have all of the expansions available for EQ. Out of all the expansions this one takes the cake. Most players can only get to a handful of the zones offered in the other expansions without the aid of other players which makes them (other expansions) frustrating. In this expansion All the adventure zones are in the original released zones on EQ. People MUST group to do an adventure. The timer on each adventure adds to the excitement. Win or Lose Players are bound to have fun!
*please note that you must reach lvl 20 to enter an adventure. Oasis is a good place to work on your high teen lvls-High lvls are around to take down the giants and buff you up if you ask NICELY! (entrance to an adventure is in this zone)

excellant

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing everquest since the trilogy came out. Some guys at work were obsessively talking about it. Finally decided to try it and have been playing ever since. It was getting a little old till the LDoN was released. Now there are once again new items, and the new dungeon system rocks. Only your group enters the dungeon once you recieve an adventure. No more camps, and once you kill a mob it stays dead for the rest of your time in the dungeon. When you succeed an adventure, you get favor points with which you can spend on items at the camps. Also, you can buy or receive in the dungeons augments. These add stats and other powers to weapons.

I gave this expansion 5 stars for the improvement and ingenuity it has brought to the Everquest world.

Solid Everquest expansion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Solid expansion to the MMORPG EQ - Basically you get a group of 3 or more and enter a Dungeon (5 themes, 8 random dungeons each) and a "quest" to do while in it. You get 90 minutes for a normal risk and i think 2 hours for a hard. You and your group go in, complete the mission, go back out and you get Adventure points which you can eventually use to buy NICE items from the merchants.

I suggest buying this only if youre over level 20

Corporate policies

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Problem with EQ is that Sony has decided to consider paying customers as a secondary concern. Here are some of the problems you will face in purchasing this product.

Firstly, if you don't have every expansion, then Sony will attempt to get you to buy that expansion with a pop up window. Never mind that you are already paying them to play their game. Friend of mine got all but the latest expansion and got harassed immediately the day he signed up. Current expansion (Omens of War) doesn't come out until August. They started harassing us 2 or 3 weeks ago about it. This will continue on a daily basis and there is no way to play the game without dealing with it. You can't ignore it or escape out of it. There is no way to turn the solicitation off. Not Sonys policy. Glad my playstation doesn't do the same thing.

Secondly, bugs can take weeks or never to be fixed. Sony has been prioritizing releasing expansions and making changes to the game instead of fixing the bugs that have been present for some time. For example, boats were a long standing problem (years) that never worked properly. Boats are a method of travel through zones and sometimes the only way to get into a zone. With Gates of Discord what do they add? MORE BOATS. Yup, these didn't work either. Go fig.

Customer service. Well if your having issues in game, it will take anywhere from hours to weeks to get assistance. The only way to receive help is to stay logged into the game until you get a response (and hopefully you will be looking at your screen at that time). If you log out, your request will be deleted. They tend to have many loopholes as far as player assistance is concerned. Like not having 'exact' verbage for example. Also, if you need outside technical help, the employees working for Sony will either tell you to petition in game (see the beginning of this paragraph for how effective that is) or tell you to check the online help file. In game help is a strictly volunteer basis (ie they are not paid employees) so they have no obligation to log in frequently.

Now if all those problems don't detour you, here are the benefits. Other people I have met online can be a joy to work with. EQ is a game designed for grouping and it is strongly encouraged. Many zones to explore with various mobs to fight. Quests are fun for items or faction (exp is always negliable). There is tradeskilling, which can be tiresome but also a good way to bring in income. It is a hack and slash game though. Don't you think otherwise. Thats the only way to get any exp to level.

Regarding this expansion, this is by far one of the best expansions they have come out with. If I had to recommend expansions it would be Planes of Power, Shadows of Luclin and this one. Everyone is doing adventures the problem is finding people to do adventures with that are within 7 levels of your characters level. Great expansion... too bad the customer service is sub par.

LdoN Review, By Madriin 65 Druid Quillious Server

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

WOW!! another expantion, what was EQ thinking? well whatever it was they were right. not only is this expantion the newest instalment it is also one of the best. Some of the best parts or LdoN is you dont have to be a 60+ to get a grp anymore .. you can take your lower characters and take them into adventures, to get adventure points, new drops, or some of the best EXP or AA xp in the game. You dont need to have a full grp you can just take you and 3 of your buddies to an adventure camp and request an adventure. Or you can take your whole GUILD and do an adventure raid. Augmentations drop, what they are is a NO DROP piece that you add to your Inventory armor to make your stats even better!! Say you have the Shield or Bane Warding and it has 20 WISDOM now you win a /ran 200 and get a +6 Wisdom augmentation now your Shield has 26 WISDOM cool huh? This does make your armor NO DROP after you add this to it. But dont worry you can take them off if you get an Upgrade. The Dungeons in LDoN are amazing, the mobs are very cool looking and the drops are even better. The more dungeons you win the more adventure points you get. The points are used for UBER gear, auments, spells, and charms. Just to let you know EQ is going forward so if you want to become one of the elete you need to get all the expantions. all in all i give Ldon a 5 out of 5 and recomend it to all HARD-CORE EQ players. XP on newbies !!! have fun

Power Leveling

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A very well spent $25. No need to camp for good drops or loot anymore. The "instancing" of dungeons in the game for your party only ensures that you and your party are the only ones in the dungeon. It automatically adjusts the difficulty to the level of your party (so have highest level enter first for best loot and experience). The dungeons are supposedly for between 4-6 persons, but don't try it with only 4 unless your party members are "super-twinked" and experienced with good communication. Add the weight-reducing bag you get for doing the easy quest, and it makes sense to buy this retail version..with the "digital download" you don't get a bag. Don't forget to upgrade it to the 10 slot Giant bag by doing a bit more quest work. - Susy Whorton

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