Dragons of Norrath EQ Expansion Announced

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 11, 2005 @03:55AM from the everquest-1-not-everquest-2 dept.

The EQ site has the details on the just announced new expansion for the original Everquest world, Dragons of Norrath. Aside from the usual new content areas and monsters, the expansion promises to provide some interesting new features for Norrathians of all stripes. From the article: "Featuring new lands with enhanced graphics, bold new storylines, and updated creatures including goblins, drakes and the ominous Frost Giant, EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath is the next great expansion pack for the fantasy saga that is EverQuest. Make ready with new features such as the ability to regenerate your mana/health before a battle, use your potion belt to access your inventory quickly, and quickly swap from Sword and Shield to Great Sword using the bandolier."

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Uh, what? by d3kk · 2005-01-11 04:15 · Score: 2, Insightful

I'm confused by what they mean by "potion belt." It's been a few years since I played, but I definitely remember being able to hotkey inventory items. This included setting up hotkeys to switch from one to two handed weapons.
Looking at some of the other features...
The regeneration thing is entirely worthless since you need to be at your guildhall to use it. It's not like you can use it to decrease downtime.
The "new" NPCs they have listed all existed in the game years ago. Lame.
It sounds like they're really searching for ideas these days. I'm glad I managed to break the habit when Luclin was released.