Hawkslove wrote (And sorry for picking on you, bud, but you just spelled it out so clearly!)
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First and foremost, the experience earned in this latest expansion is the best iv'e seen when you consider that you don't lose experience if you die during the mission, and successfully complete them. You can head over to a Plane and earn excellent experience, but can you guarantee survival? You don't have to worry much about rebuffing that KEI and Virtue, etc. if you die now.
This expansion gives all plyaers a chance to earn excellent experience and play as a race/class not normally allowed to EQ players. It free's up the boredom and complexity often involved in other zones. Hey, unless you're ultimatelly evil, how many times have you just ripped up West Freeport in the past? Now you can ; )
If by 'best experience' you mean fastest, sure. That's not the only definition though. Can you 'guarantee survival' in a regular (Planes) group? Well, why would you? These two points, to me, demonstrate to a 'T' why this expansion is even worse than GoD, which is a great pity, because in this one, SOE actually tried and came close to do something right. But to make an expansion where you get insane xp and loot with no risk at all and very little effort, is counter-productive. What will SOE do, when the 8-hours-a-day players have maxed out all gear and AAs about a week from now? At least the rest of us won't have to worry about lag, when we go explore the interesting zones. You remember: Those with a storyline, an impact on the 'real' Norrathian history and NPCs that actually matter. And with mobs that actually hurt you.
"It free's up the boredom and complexity often involved in other zones." Well, if EQ is too complex, I suggest you go elsewhere. If you find the world of Norrath boring, it may not be the fault of the world alone...
"how many times have you just ripped up West Freeport in the past?" Well, none (and I assume you mean East Freeport). It's a civilised city (more or less). Some of my best friends come from Freeport. Why would I want to rip it up? Besides - you don't get to rip it up, you only get to PRETEND to rip it up. You don't believe me, then go on your normal toon and check the place out, it's still there. Fooled you, huh? Maybe the fact that you ripped it up over, and over , and OVER AND OVER should have clued you in to the fact that these 'missions' have no impact on the Norrath the rest of us can see - so why bother?
/rant off