Originally posted by Troglodyte
Alright, I tried to resist, but I just can\'t.
I\'m an EQ virgin. I don\'t even know how much it costs, and whether it costs to play online. I hear there are expansion packs, how many are there? How much are they? If I were to go all out and get the game and all expansion packs, and did online play and all, how much will I be spending?
There is 3 expansions.. Ruins of Kunark, Scars of Velious and Shadow of Luclin and in the end of the year Planes of Power is comming. As a EQ virgin you dont need Scars of Velious. Not untill lvl 30+ at least. Ruins of Kunark let you play an extra race. The Iksar, a lizardman they are

They look awesome. Kunark was also the expansion that raised the lvl 50 bar to 60. Shadow of Luclin is the newest expansion, will let you play a new race and a new class. The race is Vah Shir, some sort of cat people... personaly I think they look kinda silly. The new class is Beastlord.
Also in Luclin is a new Graphic engine, so if u buy Luclin.. the game will require at least 256MB Ram. If u dont plan to buy all expansion at once, I suggest Kunark or Luclin (if u have powerfull computer for it) as a 1st choice and Velious as the last... since it is much more dangerous continet to explore. The game is worth the cash,