EverQuest: Legacy of Ykesha
by Sony Online Entertainment

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Customer Review: EQ: Legacy of Ykesha: Some nice (minor) additions to EQ
Summary: 3 Stars

When this disc was originally announced, Sony took great pains to not call it an expansion, but an extension. At the time, it seemed like they were splitting hairs, but it turns out that they were right.

While "Legacy of Ykesha" (LoY) is done well, it's short on overall content or additions to the game. This extension adds the playable froglok race, double bank space, a little-used addition to inventory (charm slot) and a handful of new zones.

The froglok race is quite nice, but at this point in the game's development, a new race isn't a cause for a lot of excitement, as previous expansions (most especially the Planes of Power) served to level the playing field, and now playing one race is a great deal like playing another, save for those people who actually roleplay in Everquest. (If you're one of these, frogloks are a lot of fun, with plenty of charm, character and lore, as well as having far more quests available to low level frogs than most races.)

The doubled bank space is nice, I suppose, but again, having the (free) ability to share two bank slots and coin between characters takes away a lot of the impact of this, as players can simply have one or more "mule" characters storing the things that would otherwise go into the doubled bank space.

And finally, there's Broken Skull Rock, home of troll pirates and the Cthulu-esque Luggalds. Everyone likes pirates, and for the most part, these zones are well-designed, beautifully appointed (some of the best models in the game, along with a few clunkers) and feature some unique events and treasure. The boss of the whole expansion, in fact, has perhaps the most interesting death animation in the whole of the game. But everything in these zones is significantly tougher of other things of their level in other parts of the game, and EQ players tend to prefer the path of least resistance so as a result, they're lightly populated at best most of the time.

LoY wasn't the flop some said it was -- for what it was, it was well-done, but it simply consists of a lot of things that are nice enough, but nothing that constitutes a "must have."

Mildly recommended for EQ players with mid- to high-level characters (levels 35-60), inveterate pack rats and those who really, really like frogloks.

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