Though the industry has never seen a boxed expansion for low-to-mid-levellers, the press won't stop clamoring for it.

Sorry to take on a Slashdot-esque sniveling tone, it's just something I see in every single retail expansion review I've read, from UO to EQ2!

IGN gives the first EverQuest 2 expansion at 8.2/10. They felt it has a lot of good content, but that the content is geared almost exclusively to high-levellers (/sigh) and lacks real PvP punch. I'd say with Bloodline & Splitpaw Saga, EQ2 has done more for the casual player than any other game on the market, and PvP is just about right for a cooperative MMP, but that's just me.

" Ever since launch, the developers of EverQuest II have been hard at work bringing more and more content online. It seems like the game grows a little every week with new areas, new quests, new playable races and new...well, everything. But as if to say that they can't give everything away for free, they've recently released the first official retail expansion pack. Like the old original EQ expansions, the first EverQuest II expansion introduces several large zones and tons of new content. "

Click the link to see IGN's review of review of EverQuest 2: Desert of Flames.