The Shadows of Luclin

   

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The Shadows of Luclin (SoL, Luclin, or simply the Luclin expansion) is the third expansion released for EverQuest — a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The expansion focused on high-level content, providing a number of zones meant to be used by large groups of players, and many extremely powerful monsters to fight.

EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin

EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin box set


Release December 3, 2001
Platforms PC
Developer Sony Online Entertainment
Publisher Sony Online Entertainment
Genre MMORPG
Predecessor EverQuest: Scars of Velious
Sucessor EverQuest: Planes of Power
Gameplay Defeating high level encounters with a large group of players.
Official site Shadows of Luclin @ EverQuestLive.com (http://everquest.station.sony.com/luclin.jsp)

General information

The expansion takes place on the moon of Luclin and introduced the the Shissars and the Akhevans to the EverQuest universe, the Vah Shir as a playble race and the beastlord character class. Shadows of Luclin also incorporated a new graphics engine, new character models, and gave players the ability to design graphical user interfaces.

Controversy

The expansion is also notable for introducing the Vex Thal zone, which led to a great deal of controversy due to complaints that the zone did not work properly, that its design created too many conflicts between players, that the quest to access the zone was a time sink (requiring weeks), and that the zone was designed with encounters requiring long periods of playing (more than 6 hours, for example).

Shadows of Luclin had a poor release that prevented many players from experiencing the new content immediately. As per new requirements, many players were unable to play the game for weeks, regardless if they met the game's requirements or not, or if they even bought the expansion. A few zones were released unfinished, the servers were highly unstable the first week of release, and many players disliked the new character models. By the time that Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) released their next expansion, a handful of players quitted the game, while the ones that remained were reluctant about trusting SOE with new content.

Also, the Bazaar, a zone that was listed in the expansion's features, was not ready on the expansion's release date. Months passed until it was released and accessible to those that bought Shadows of Luclin.

In the end, the expansion was described as an unfinished product: time sinks, unfinished and broken content, unfinished and broken software, and very little lore.

Zones

  • Acrylia Caverns
  • Akheva Ruins
  • Bazaar
  • Dawnshroud Peaks
  • Echo Caverns
  • Fungus Grove
  • Grieg's End
  • Grimling Forest
  • Hollowshade Moor
  • Katta Castellum
  • Maiden's Eye
  • Marus Seru
  • Nexus
  • Mons Letalis
  • Netherbian Lair
  • Paludal Caverns
  • Sanctus Seru
  • Scarlet Desert
  • Shadeweaver's Thicket
  • Shadow Haven
  • Shar Vahl
  • Ssraeshza Temple
  • Tenebrous Mountains
  • The Deep
  • The Grey
  • Twilight Sea
  • Umbral Plains
  • Vex Thal


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