EverQuest: Planes of Power Collector's Edition with Firiona Vie Figurine

EverQuest: The Planes of Power introduces EverQuest players to an arching story line through the Planes of Power, home of the gods of Norrath. Hundreds of new items, quests, and encounters will keep even the most revered players challenged and enthralled.

In The Planes of Power, a portal has been unveiled that leads to a world unlike anything anyone has ever seen. Players can share in the knowledge of this extraordinary discovery as they fight to bring justice to Norrath. Veteran players will face fresh challenges in each of the 18 newly discovered planes, while novice players will benefit from the Plane of Knowledge that hosts scores of new and challenging quests along with open portals to Norrath, making travel faster and easier than ever. Players will fiercely battle the minions of Rallos Zek in the Plane of War, join arms with Karana to regain control of the Plane of Storms, and overcome vile pestilence in the Plane of Disease.

EverQuest is a multiplayer online game you play via the Internet. A stable Internet connection is required to play. Sony Online Entertainment charges a small monthly fee for this game, separate from your Internet service provider access charges. The first month of this fee is included in the purchase price of this package. You must provide a valid credit card to register and play. After your first month, you can use your credit card or a prepaid game card to continue to play.

Everquest is a terrible online gaming and MMORPG experience. Level gaining is boring and unrealistic. First off, it's fun, then just a couple days later it's a chore that you have to force yourself to do. Another point off is the currency system. It's too complicated. There are many types of gold, it's very annoying. When trying to buy an item, it'll cost; 7 copper coins, 12 silver coins, 2 semi-copper coins (sarcasm), it's just terrible.

The only good thing about the game at all is the diverse and deep character creation. Many face choices (most are ugly), and there are very good races to choose from. The class choice is a bit stale, but good. However, all of this is simply not enough to give Everquest two stars.

The gameplay is terrible.
I'm going to stick to Ultima Online, and I suggest Ultima Online over this game to anyone interested in an MMORPG.


Everquest planes of power   June 16, 2004
hellojan (Gore Springs, MS, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This game is awsome it has been called EverCrack because it is so addictive. If you like RPG's this is the game for you. :)


Looking for a new game   May 29, 2004
Hello all. To begin I loved Everquest and have played for years now with so much fun and meeting new people. I was just wondering for other people out there... Are there any games just like EverQuest, that you don't have to pay that monthly charge for? If so respond to this. Thanks again


Real good expansion..   January 2, 2003
Michael Garner (Lexington Park, MD)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

The main problem i noticed was how this expansion seperates the Casual Gamer from the Hardcore Gamer, ie player who plays 2hrs or less daily vs the player who plays 2+hrs (and ive met an alarming amount of people who play 20+ hours on weekends). 3 zones are accessible, plane of disease, innovation, and nightmare (tier 1 zones). Getting access to the tier 2 zones is a tough thing to do for casual gamers as it requires a LOT of time (ive met people whove spent over 1 month just doing trials there daily). After getting access to Tier 2 zones (plane of valor and storms), thats pretty much the end of the casual gamer. This expansion gives the casual gamer 5 zones to hunt in, when there are over 20 PoP zones in total. I dont mind it at all, but im sure some will.

However, i like the fact that i dont have to pay for ports anymomre (other than Cobalt Scar and Emerald Jungle), i belive PoPs main reason for people buying it is its ease of traveling abilities. Also, the animation, and overal look of NPC's in PoP zones look a lot better.


Good lord Kevin is bitter.   December 22, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Don't listen to him, he's probably one of the types that think that customer service = getting what you want, when you want. And monks aren't broken. People need to learn when it's appropriate to use the term "nerf". :P

Honestly, Everquest is a nitch game. You either really like it or you don't. Sony/Verant actually does a good job in adding content, but one thing that Kevin doesn't realize is that when you add new content, you can't test it to be compatible with EVERY single system out there (I can speak from experience, I used to be a game tester).

Now for the Planes of Power review. Planes of Power is GREAT, even if you aren't of the 55th+ level, the ability to port yourself from the Plane of Knowledge to basically anywhere in the game world is invaluable. The experience gain in PoP is phenominal, especially if you are able to find a group in the mid-50s. They did add some no-drop vendor purchasable spells pre-61st level for some classes, but they aren't anything to write home about. The whole parchment system needs work though, but they did increase the drop rate in some planes.

The one thing that I don't like about Planes of Power is that the /raid system is a PoP-enabled feature only. Which basically means that those who can't/won't buy PoP, you cannot use the /raid system (which is beautiful, it's about time) unless you group those without PoP together and the rest go on /raid.

All in all, even though I'm not 61+ plus yet and have only seen the tier 1 planes, it's a great expansion. Much better then Kunark. :D