Is AOD an actual expansion?

Do you consider Age of Discovery to be an actual expansion?


Personally I don't. It's a feature bundle that you have to pay for, and to me, that is not an expansion. Here's the things I expect from an expansion: (Don't need all of them, but gotta have SOME at least)

New AAs
New levels
New Quests (Heritage, Signature, Epic)
New Races
New Overland ZONES
New Raids
New Dungeons
New Weapons
New Spells/CAs
New Art

Age of Discovery has none of these things. It has some cool stuff, but IMO has nothing you need to continue playing competitevly with the rest of the community. So what do you guys think?

I thought it did have new AA's. At least an increase in the AA cap....
Am I wrong? Please don't tell me I'm wrong. It's the one thing I was looking forward too...

No, and if there was no AA bump then I wouldn't bother buying it. I don't care about anything else that is in it.

Crabbok@Unrest_old wrote:

The ONLY reason AoD has an AA cap increase is because most people wouldn't buy it otherwise. It has a lot of features most players don't care about and no content that we do.
I also agree that it isn't an expansion - old adventure packs were more fully featured than this supposed expansion.
Also, Plane of War is the only new raid content until March, just saying~

....At least this AoD expansion won't be same old, same old thing, right? I'm already psyched and wondering about what set of features will make it into the next exp.


(but yeah I also don't think AoD is an actual expansion)

Is there even a website about what is in it up yet?

Zabjade wrote:

They never produced a website for Destiny of Velious. There were barely any official articles. Just a few webcasts.
To date, there is no website at http://destinyofvelious.com/
I expect we'll see a couple articles on EverQuest2.com and a few 20 minute webcasts, a 3 week beta, and then bam it will be out.

Gaige wrote:

It is not an expansion.

Yes, it's an expansion. Expansion means new stuff - doesn't have to be only adventure content. People who raid aren't the only ones who play EQ2.
Whether you think it's worth buying depends on whether or not you like the new features. But that doesn't make it not an expansion.

Lera@Antonia Bayle wrote:

I don't do any end game raiding. This still doesn't feel like much of an expansion to me. Yes, there are some features that I'm looking forward too, but there just seems to be a lot missing. Expansions in the past came with a lot of neat new features, and they came with new zones (with crafting, solo, group, and raid content) and all that. It just seems a bit half done from the information they've put out so far. If there's a lot more coming, it'd be nice to know that sooner rather than later. I mean, it's not like there's a lot of time left to expansion launch...

They're expanding the game. New content = more stuff to do. Just because it's not the same exact flavour of expansions that have come before doesn't mean it isn't an expansion. Just because it doesn't automatically catch everybody's attention right off the bat before it's released doesn't mean it won't be fun or successful. I, for one, am glad for something different coming about.
So I consider it an expansion, yes.

No new lands, no level cap increase, nothing of any interest. My characters aren't any better for the last 50-point increase in AAs, so that doesn't hold any attraction. No, I don't see it as an expansion and I can't think of any reason to buy it.

Any other game I have ever played, and this one up until now, a new expansion meant a new major storyline to go along with all the other trappings. Let alone are they not giving us all the other trappings, they can't be bothered with a new major storyline either, so no, I do not consider this an actual expansion. They can call a Yugo a Beemer all they want, it still doesnt make it a Beemer.

DLC? Yes. Expansion? No.

DLC is the direction that most game providers are going with now.
I look forward to buying the beastlord class.

The fact SOE hasn't responded to these types of questions speaks volumes to me on how much they plan for and value the franchise.

Can someone post a link to a dev saying we get more AA? Last I heard was straight from xelgad's mouth at FF that we MAY get more AA but he wasn't sure, and if we did they would not be new, just increase the cap of current AA. He also said that the heroic trees are balanced to his liking and that if more AA were added we would not be able to add to that tree. This was said between panels to maybe tenish people. It is being talked about as if it is fact that we are getting more, has it been confirmed? Can't wait to spend 10 AA to boost my shield effectiveness by 12%!

Atan@Unrest wrote:

Fixed it for you.

Undorett wrote:

http://eq2wire.com/2011/07/08/live-...ort-and-beyond/