The idea behind creating an expansion can be multiple: to refine or enhance gameplay elements, introduce new content, expand the game’s territory, and to fix existing problems in the game are some of the aspects that may be addressed.

EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath is the ninth expansion in one of the massively multiplayer online genre’s oldest titles. Sony Online Entertainment has hit on almost every aspect of the reason for an expansion with this release, including one not mentioned – making the game a little easier to play. This comes courtesy of the barter system and interactive maps, but more on that in a moment.