What is the visually most attractive placeFollow

Been looking at some of the pictures posted and some places are really beautiful.

Which one is visually your favorite?

Some of my favorites are Nedaria's Landing, Dranik's Scar and Ocean of Tears.

CoM has always been a favriot.

Pretty much any kunark sunset is cool.

also halls of honor

My old time favorite is a far away view of the entrance to Kaladim. I also like the Overthere with the huge iksar statues. Shadeweavers thicket is cool when the "earth" rises too.

I agree on Katta. Whenever one of my toons gets there it feels like they are site-seeing through a historically rich city.


I think they did anice job on many of the Luclin zones though. I like the colors of Hollowshade Moor and the devoid atmosphere of Marus Seru.

I still think that running off a mountain (with levitate.. heh) over the forests of Jaggedpine is one of the best views in the game.

I would say Plane of Time A, not that I have ever seen it in the actual game (thank you SOE for the insane planar progression crap!)

Anyways while playing the emulator I seen it though, really neat.

Plane of War would have been a fun zone if they had bothered to finish it.

Speaking of, am I the only one who wasn't overly impressed with many of the mob models from the last few expansions? The colors seem muddled and not as sharp as that of models from LoY, LDoN and PoP. For example the DoD werewolves don't impress me as much as the PoP ones did. If anything the cartoonish, WoW quality is a turn-off to me. The gargoyle shroud (may be a mob in DoD as well) doesn't hold a candle to the PoP/LDoN gargoyles. The dragorns, especially at close range, look like a muddle of color as if the model was painted in watercolors and then misted with a spray bottle. Likewise for the new orcs. The bizarre spikey spiders look worse than the original wood spiders, much less the exceptional PoP spider models.

Many of the new DoD mobs I've seen are nice: the mindflayer rip-off thingies, the pre-historic crab do-dads from DoD, the snakes are fantastic and should be the base snake model in the game like they changed bats & rats. But I fight mobs with crisp models like the LoY luggalds or the LDoN vampires and then see the mottled mess they call a faerie and wonder what happened.

Edited, Thu Oct 27 14:54:36 2005 by Jophiel

was very unimpressed with most everything about DoN and especially DoDH

I like a few places.There is a little faerie village in Lfay that seems magical with the audio set on.Spent alot of time in Katta and explored alot nice eery feeling to it.There is alot of little details alot of the kunark zones to make it appear as if an empire has risen and fallen.CC is nice beoucse of the all the little sparklies.But nothing beats a boat ride to fp while the suns setting.(SOE BRING BAK BOATS BRING BAK BOATS)as for models*shrug*first time i saw naggy i almost crapped meself(about 2 and a half yrs ago).o and wtf is phinny the wierdest and most unique looking mob pre.....i dunno pre pop maybe*shrug*everything else looked like a bigger version of something else(why the hell was bristlebane given a giant halfling graphic....) O and I have been to a few marriages right in fron of Thurgs ent with the waterfall for the backdrop.

With all the graphic updates, obviously the newer zones are more visually appealing but my list includes places that were attractive to me in their day. Some zones I have not visted, particularly raid zones like Plane of Time, Dreadspire, Vex Thal etc.

Attractive "City Type" Places:
Katta Castellum - Epic size and scope.
South Qeynos - Really feels like an old fisherman's wharf
Shadow Haven - Specifically the temple side
Kael Drakkel - Really feels like a Giant city

Attractive "Indoor Type" places
Najena - The severed heads on spikes, the traps, the jail cells. Scared me.
Fungus Grove - Feels like a real cavern
The Hole - Has to be the most massive dungeon in EQ. Alot of variation.

Attractive "Outdoor Type" Zones
Jaggedpine Forest - A lush forest
Barindu, Hanging Gardens - Another scary place, a mix of old temples and alien like things
Stoneroot Falls - One word. Vertical.
Highpass Hold - Various buildings tucked away in alcoves
Western Karana - Ahhh, when Everquest meant exploring and getting lost
Temple of Marr - I like the old greek style

The Most Attractive Everquest Zone

Stillmoon Temple - Simply beautiful. The color and lighting is just perfect. The inner garden is spectacular.

These are off the top of my head and their are definately more.

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Shadeweaver's Thicket

With Lev on and running straight north from POD port into Dranik's Scar. Take a sharp left right before castle into NC and you'll get an amazing view of that area. Impresses me every time I see it.