From the beginning this game has instead been designed to eat up a HUGE chunk of time, since the greedy folks at Verant have decided that making video games is not an art, but a purely business adventure. Graphics are limited. Few polygon counts, however this expansion tries to overcome that somewhat. New zones are colossally huge, and like previous zones, designed to specifically get you lost. You'll have a radio or television on to distract you from the tediously boring sound.
Leveling takes a long time and some levels take three to five times as long as others.
A battle might last a minute and deplete your whole mana bank. Of course they say it's my sound card and drivers, but, funny it works just fine on every other game I play except Everquest. Well this is a game that always seems to draw you back. There are so many things to do in this game that it is only as boring as you make it. I played for about 6 months before I quit.