EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark Details

Ten Ton Hammer has posted some preliminary details about EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark, a new expansion pack for the MMORPG slated for release this fall. The information is based on SOE’s recent Gamer Day press event, so I’d say it’s official:

The Rise of Kunark will be EverQuest 2’s next expansion, and the retail box ($39.99) will include the base game (the digitally distributed copy will include the expansion only). Most welcome to veteran players will be the level cap raise from 70 to 80 for adventuring, tradeskills, and even guild levels -but a new breed of Iksar will make their debut as well. The Sarnak – which some may remember being a common enemy for Iksar player characters in EQLive – will be playable as a race aligned with the forces of good. Why good, when EQLive veterans are used to a lizard-like race that was almost universally reviled? “You give people a choice between good and evil, 2 times out of 3 they’ll choose good. That’s just how we are. We see that in the game right now.” With the evil Arysai going live in the near future, the Sarnak will restore some balance to the force, no doubt with a lizardly lisp.