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If you are canceling vanguard give Eq2 a try.
TheICE
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If u are canceling, you should really try eq2 it is the best mmo out. Atleast try the trial at http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9929/EverQuest+2+Play+The+Fae+Trial
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EQ2 is not the best, but it is very good. Worth playing for unhappy V:SoH folks. But, I suspect the vast majority of V:SoH folks *have* played EQ2 already. And were hoping for a more realized and complex 'EQ2' style game. Feel sorry for them.
playing eq2 and two worlds
playing eq2 and two worlds
Or...Play EQ2 Now, and come back in 2 years when VSOH is patched up.
EQ2 is a great game. It is very much better than Vanguard. However, when I go to my EQ2 server there is no one to play with. EQ2 is a ghost town. It is probably the best kept secret in MMOs.
It simply could not overcome a bad launch.
EQ2 is a great game. It is very much better than Vanguard. However, when I go to my EQ2 server there is no one to play with. EQ2 is a ghost town. It is probably the best kept secret in MMOs.
It simply could not overcome a bad launch.
Not sure where you are or what server, but on Befallen there are always a lot of people, and seldom have any problems finding a group if I want.
I quit vanguard, too- but there's no way I'd ever recommend anyone looking for anything but raiding the same 2 or 3 instances over and over again go play EQ2. It started off interesting- but the changes they made turned it into a poorly done WoW clone without anyone playing it. Trust me- it took me over 2 years of sticking it out for the sake of my friends to see just how godawful the game is and realize that playing with the few people I liked was not worth putting up with such a horrible game. One look at the player character models should have been enough to warn me off, but what can I say. I was stupid enough to kid myself into thinking it was decent.
Bite me, Turbine.
I think we must be talking about different games.
As far as "stuck up" goes, there is NOTHING worse than the Vanbois with their continual mantra of "go back to WOW" crap. If you want immature, they are the very definition of the word.
And I have no idea where you got that idea that EQ2 only has 2 or 3 instances to raid - on a typical weekly basis we raid from 10-15 different places.
Perhaps you just need to get out more and see the 90% of eq2 that you apparently have missed.
EQ2 is a great game. It is very much better than Vanguard. However, when I go to my EQ2 server there is no one to play with. EQ2 is a ghost town. It is probably the best kept secret in MMOs.
It simply could not overcome a bad launch.
playing eq2 and two worlds
EQ2 is a great game. It is very much better than Vanguard. However, when I go to my EQ2 server there is no one to play with. EQ2 is a ghost town. It is probably the best kept secret in MMOs.
It simply could not overcome a bad launch.
did you go out of your way to find a fairly unpopulated server
i have 4 characters on three servers and have not found a secluded spot on any of them
the PVP server 2 of my characters are on is simply packed IMHO - ganktown big time - pay back is coming - have only been playing for less than a month
EQ2 is a great game. It is very much better than Vanguard. However, when I go to my EQ2 server there is no one to play with. EQ2 is a ghost town. It is probably the best kept secret in MMOs.
It simply could not overcome a bad launch.
Sad to see history repeating itself.
I would recommend it for anyone who hasn't tried it yet.
Vanguard is a much more worthy successor to EQ imo.
Gameplay restrictions: If by this you mean you had to zone than yes. It's slightly more seamless in this game but you still zone... instead of a zoning screen you chunk and get thrown into first person. The zones where much more interesting and populated too.
Heavy Instancing: The only instancing in the game are some boss zones to reduce camping and some quess. EQ2 did an extrodinary job balancing the game so as to not make it feel like an empty game with instancing. I thought it worked very well and I was initialy against instancing.
Crappy Loot Drops: During the first year the loot was rather hard to get your hands on but this game isn't offering much more. At least in EQ2 by level 5 you can have a full set of armor by doing the noob quests.
Community: THe community will always be better in a guild but I feel this game the community is much more worse outside a guild setting.
Attunement: Attuning was designed to not flood the community with player made items that would eventualy be passed around and kill any reason to craft. Think about it next time. If your going to post please at least say what Vanguard is doing better than EQ2 because I don't see it.
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Or...Play EQ2 Now, and come back in 2 years when VSOH is patched up.
Very good one sir!
After reading negative post after post here at mmorpg.com, I am starting to hate all mmo's.
I think I will buy a playstation 3.
Best mmo ?
To me EQ2 feels like a small world with only 2 cities + many hunting grounds that feel not to be connected with that small world, with a lot of zoning to break immersion and generally, EQ2 has no soul.
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I haven't played V:SoH, but i have played EQ2, and sadly made a bad choice of servers the 1 i was on was pretty much "empty" on the start zones. I know that if i had someone to play with i'd still be playing EQ2.
You will see it with almost all MMORPG's if you aren't there from the start u are alone, and that kinda takes away the point of playing a so called "Massive _Multiplayer_ Online...." game, i'd say for those who are bored with V:SoH try LOTRO for example. EQ2 is fun but not alone. It doesn't take away that EQ2 is good fun when you are higher level and doing instances with a guild.