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NDA LIFTED !!!! IM in beta ask away
styles74
Member Posts: 222
in Everquest II
folks
At long last NDA LIFTED !! ive been in beta for a while now... ask away!
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
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What are the surrounding areas around Qeynos like?
How is fighting solo with a mage?
Do the solo buffs spell really allow you to solo?
Once outside of Qeynos, what are the some of the zone names?
What is your system setup and how does the game run?
Is it hard gaining money in the game to upgrade spells and buy armor and weapons?
Is leveling speed similar to that of EQ1 or are things a big faster or slower in EQ2?
Will think of more soon. Thought I'd start off easy.
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OK thanks
Couple questions.
Can all fighter archtypes truely tank equally? have you seen a monk and a warrior both in action before , if so are they both equally capable of surviving hits and being the main tank or is the monk really only half capable of tanking and more to dps? Also what tactics/abilites does a monk use for staying alive and being the main tank aswell as a warrior/guardian.
Is downtime really fast? like 1-2 mins max for replenshing all hp/mp at all levels?
Do you know any of the skills monks get? if so could you tell us some of them?
Thanks , i hope someone can sortve answer these hehe.
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Qeynos is on the western part of an island... Antonica is the zone east of qeynos. Thundering steppes to the east of antonica.
soloing as mage is decent.. healer is easist at this point... groups are great for mages.. you dont pull aggro all that much and you get credit for missions just as easily as you do solo
there are zones that are kind of connected to qeynos.. there is a mariners bell at most cities .. one for zoning in qeynos to different zones.. one for traveling outside qey to many of the zones that allow you allow u to complete missions
you wont have to worry about venturing outside of qeynos and antonica for A LONG TIME.
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
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Control is an illusion!
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Control is an illusion!
nooblet
Honestly i dont even think i have ever even grouped with a monk let alone play one. because of this i cannot honestly answer most of you questions. i can tell you that my best guess is that monks can tank probably as well as most by sheer virtue of thier purpose.
Hopefully someone in beta that plays a monk will field your questions.
Downtime would be a MAX minute i would guess.
I know that there are monk weapons sold in most stores... there is a great blacksmith in a zone initialed WW (zone in qeynos) i wont spoil completely
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
How well does the game run Styles? I've got a P4 2.4, 1 Gig of DDR 400 (dual channel) with high end Gforce 4 Ti 128... Do you think i can run it? please
Thanks
Now playing : FFXIV
Waiting on : TBD
Best MMORPGs played : EQ, FFXI
The key is to make sure your card supports direct x 9.0(c)
Your other spec is better than mine and the game runs beautifully on my system 2.0, 1gb 2700, ati 9500 pro
there are still some problems (lag, crashes)
But i would expect that to mostly be fixed by release.
Personally i think this game is fantastic. There is much more to go, but the foundation is spectacular...and i will be buying it for sure.
NEVER FORGET Somepeople will Hate this game because its too simliar to EQ1 ... Some people will hate it because its not enough like EQ1 ... somepeople will love it because its like EQ1 some people will love it because its not like EQ1....
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Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde
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It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
Oh sweet! Thanks for the info Styles..
I can't wait..!! 
Now playing : FFXIV
Waiting on : TBD
Best MMORPGs played : EQ, FFXI
How does the combat wheel work? Do people use it alot? Does it make PVE more fun?
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Can non-beta people see the beta forums now? Or are they still locked?
For computer questions.. here is my setup:
athlon 2800+
1gig ram
9800 Pro
I can run the game fine on High Quality, slightly tweaked.
On Maximum Peformance, I've heard people with ~ 1ghz, 512mb ram, and ati 9200 can easily run this game on lowest settings, though anything slower than that will really be cutting it close.
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
What char did you play in Beta Styles and how was it?
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Shatter Soulich
Necromancer
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Shatter Soulich
Necromancer
Now playing : FFXIV
Waiting on : TBD
Best MMORPGs played : EQ, FFXI
You are in beta?
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Ok i have a question do you know the muffin man.......?
no not really but how do you think it compares to the origanal eq in your opinion?
WoW Destromath!
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Revion lvl 70 Warrior
Altar of Storms
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Smeagol 60 Paladin
Aggamagen
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Revion 60 Rogue
The combat is "kind of" similar to FFXI. Doing one skill, then another, then another, can start a HO, which can give you a buff, do damage to a mob, do a group heal, etc.
Say quick attack > sneak attack > backstab gives the "backstab" user swindler's luck(buff, just an example).
If I do quick attack, then sneak attack on my hotbar will start to "blink". If I hit sneak attack, backstab will start to blink. When I use backstab it will trigger the HO, make a neat animation, and give me swindler's luck for ~3 minutes(just an example remember). You can keep using more skills after backstab, and the more and more you use, the better the "reward". Though personally I have never gotten past the 2nd "bubble(out of ~10). Howvever, doing an incorrect skill(anyone in the group), can end the HO.
You can do this solo, though posibilities are MUCH greater while grouping.
It does make PvE more fun, though at this stage people only use it when it is convienent. It's not like in FFXI where people start a party, and say you do attack A, you attack B, you attack C, etc. At this point people only hit the blinking light in more cases than not, and usually don't get past 1 or 2 "bubbles".
EDIT: Yes, I am in beta 9216544.
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
yea you can ask me too....lol
I'm in beta
if you have any specific things that is...because I'm sure many of you here have already been answered by others, lol
http://www.facebook.com/murtb
can fighter archtpye solo decently? So far is most of your equipment bought from npcs , or through quests , or from drops?
With a steady flow of exp in a full group how long do you think it would take to go from level 1-20 lets say you have an imaginary group that never logs off and the exp is always flowing how long would it take around?
Or how long do levels take in general? i hear questing for exp is actually faster then just grinding.
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im playing a bard... almost to my second change to dirge.
I freaking love it. I played quite a few other classes and this is what i happen to love.
You can try quite a few classes and you should be able to get an idea pretty quick if its gonna work for you or not.
_________________________
Work is the curse of the drinking classes.
Oscar Wilde
_________________________
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
All classes can solo pretty well, and fighter is probably the best. Grouping will be better for just about every class though.
The grind is a good bit longer than WoW's. This is good IMO, because everything else is different about the 2 games, why not the grind?
I don't really know how long 'til 20 though, kind of a hard question to answer. Questing can be faster than just grinding, and the rewards are nice in most cases.
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
Thanks jimy
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Before the custom computer I wanted was like 2000 bucks, but after reading murts system and that it runs fine I rechose my system and it will save me like 500 bucks! thnx murt
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Is anyone playing shaman in beta? or can you tell me a little about shamans? I really like the buffs they got in EQI. Also do enchanters still get pets, from reading it seems like they dont.
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