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Why would you choose WoW over EQ2?
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Most of this post has become a flamefest, but I will reply to the actual question in hopes that this thread can be put back on track as this is a question that interests me.
I for one will be playing WOW as what I have seen and read so far has greatly appealed to me. I am not blind to EQ2 though, and will certainly be taking a look into it as well. I fully expect to play both games through at least their open beta phases or trial subscriptions.
Which game will I stick with? The one that hooks me. I will not make some prophetic decision that could later force me to eat crow. Both games have made promises that intrigue me, the one that better delivers will win me, until something better comes along. Such is the loyalty of the MMORP customer base.
Gameplay > ALL. Early EQ vs. AC has shown this. EQ numbers blew the doors off of AC, despite it's graphics. Heck AC vs AC2 showed this as well. Give folks a solid game and they will play it, but if the content and game mechanics aren't there you will be trying to lure them back when the content finally gets added (ala DAOC).
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Do you dislike WOW or something? I think WOW is gonna be great, maybe better than EQ2
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And i much rather play WOW, but i probably will still play EQ2 when i get the chance. But i think you are very wrong on the part where WOW will be dead after 1 year. I have seen the crappiest mmorpg's last longer. And WOW has been worked on for over 3 years!!! It looks great, so do EQ2, and you cant forget Guild Wars
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WoW is my pick...
And besides, WoW is gonna be far more successful than EQ2 anyways seeing how the Battle.net community is the largest on the net.
With each of Blizzzard's games selling 5+ million copies world wide (Diablo 2 sold 6 million copies in the first day due to preorders), WoW is gonna own the MMORPG market for years to come just because it has the shear numbers...
The game has so much legend and story telling behind it. WoW is greatly depicted also. I'm sure that it will own the market for sometime. The classes are well thought threw.
EQII. Not much to say about it othe then the graphics look awesome. I played everquest for a long time. I never got into it because of all the buffs. You have to be buffed to do anything in that game. The tradeskills are nice but to in depth I know they are trying to make it fun but they also made is alot harder.
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I'll admit there are some B.netters who are like that but not everyone as you percieve. I for one have played on B.net since Starcraft and I've only come into 3 different situations where things of that nature have occured. It is in no way a common event and Blizzard pretty much have halted the hacking. In WoW seeing how it's a MMORPG it will be constantly policed by GMs and CSRs to prevent these probelms from occurring...
Who would buy a MMORPG, pay a monthly fee and then get banned the first few days of playing? It's not gonna be much of a problem. Blizzard isn't made up of a bunch of idiots...
i choose wow over eq anyday .. simply becuase unlike eq wow dosnt force you to be a crappy lil powergamer who think they r the shit cos they can beat up a king black igloobeast and hit 600's or whatever . wow is so much better than that becuase you dont have to spend hours on it doing the same thing over and over to get to a certain stage .. wow is going to be at least something worth playing .
anything that forces you to power game aint worth the money spent on it. simple as that .
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i would also like to say that i have talked to many people and seen many posts about eq .. here and othere wise .. and there were about 80 % of them said that eq just took alot of the fun away .. they said it forced you to power game , they also stated that after a while the game got incredibaly boring becuase all it was about was level grinding and there was not much else to focus on ..
most of them said they had quite becuase of this . i dont know about eq 2 but i certainly dont want a game that forces me to spend hourse maxing out my character just so i cant beat the beast of father cristmas .. for me a game like that is a game that has no point and a game that will inevitably suck .
1,2 buckle my shoe 3,4 knock on the door 5,6 pick up sticks
7,8 GO AND SKATE !
without life we'd be dead.
I rather pick WoW becuase i like the whole concept of it with orcs undead and a never before had race of Taurens.
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If you like sub par graphics, sub par lore, sub par tradeskills, sub par questing and an overall sub par game WoW is for you!!
More people who pick WoW the better, I want EQII to me and my guildies
If you're gonna troll, atleast be accurate about it.
Graphics: Opinion based. EQ2 is more realistic while WoW is more Artistic.
Lore: ROFL! I'm not even gonna explain why. Let's just say Warcraft has about 10X more lore than the Norath universe.
Tradeskills: If you don't like it, that's your opinion but seeing how you obviously don't know anything about WoW, I'm also gonna assume you know nothing about the tradeskills either.
Questing: That's your opinion that you might think it's subpar but I'm gonna assume since you know nothing about WoW, you also don't know anything about the quests in WoW.
Overall: Seeing how WoW is in Beta and is no where near finished, I find it hilarious by just thinking that because in your view (by which you know nothing about WoW) you think it's a subpar game compared to EQ2 while EQ2 isn't even in beta yet and no one has actually played the game.
WoW is almost finished it will be out at the end of next month. EQII nobody knows how close it truly is but even if its out a few months after WoW it will be a much better polished game. People who do not realize this are going to miss out you can claim I know nothing of WoW all you want but I am in beta are you? I have looked at all the WoW info as well as EQII info have you? I did it all with an open mind did you?
IF you answer yes you are lieng because nobody who is un biased would look at both those games and think wow WoW looks great because fact is EQII blows the snot out of it and will always do so.
I know for a fact you aren't in Beta because you have no idea what you're talking about. WoW is no where near being completed and will probably be released at the end of November/December area. And even if some how I'm mistaken and you are in beta, you must be pretty blind with everything going on in the game around you.
I am biased against SOE because they haven't released a single good game at all and I've played them all. EQ2 will be no different since it's being made by the money hungry fools at SOE.
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Why does it matter? I just am. I don't see why people have to justify the reasons they're going to play a computer game. It's a matter of choice and opinion and taste. So, just leave the people of each game alone, because they each have their own reasons.
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Keeping on posting on old dead threads like this is just feeding the fuel thats needed for the fire to burn. Don't go hunting for crap like this, just let the turmoil go to rest. If an EQ2 fan comes over here with this crap again, just tell an admin or something if they are being rude about it.
If they don't do anything about it, you can just ignore it. Anyway, don't post on these anymore. It is for the good of everyone on the forums.
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Now that this thread is back, my simple answer to the original questions is, i wouldn't. Now quit wasting your time on this and go read my story!
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