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Serien
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in Everquest II
here's the thread I promised you guys in live chat! (i got bombarded with questions now that NDA has been liften)
well post the questions, Me and others in beta will get back to you asap with responses.
ask away! ANYTHING about eqii!
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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.
Is getting around from PLace X to place Y fast? or do you have to do some long walks occasionaly?
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
The question that is age old, will my system be able to handle EQII?
lemme clear this up..DO NOT GO OUT AND SPEND 2000 BUCKS!!
look at my system (in my siggy) runs it perfectly smooth!
sure there are some servers that lag, but as with all mmo's, when you zone into a new server for the first time you're gonna get a little lag
it clears up after around 30 seconds, and you're free to roam about!
I experience almost no lag..virtually no lag!
and my system isn't high end! heck, I'm running a 2500 +
so the answer is yes, you will be able to run it as long as you have atleast 512k cache on your cpu, a graphics card that supports dx 9.0c and atleast 512mb ram.
save your money guys..with the same money you can get double the power in less than 6 months
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Former Stress Tester of the guild Stress Tester.
Realmreaver formally of EQ, SWG, FFXI and WoW.
Malis/Pirotess of PSO.
Some named of Diablo 1 and 2
Grendel Kinguard of GW.
Well it really matters on what level you are.
when you are around level 10, most of your equipment is from quests, after that you start getting some of it from quests, and some from merchants
but merchants in different spots tend to rip you off greatly from your hometown..trust me on this one.
and the fighter can solo amazingly easy, but grouping just makes it so much easier
the only thing is, if you're in trouble, you have to "call for help" that means that anyone can attack the mob, but you won't get exp
your best bet is to click sprint, call for help, and run towards a guard.
a group that never logs off? well you would be there in a very short time!
you can get to 8 in one day without this uber group you speak of...so 20 I would say 3 days with the group
a week without it. (and that's depending on you don't spend most of your time looking around cities, but actually hunting)
DO QUESTS!
there are quests that give you up to 4 yellow bubbles, and all you have to do is like kill 10 mobs, lol
matters on palce x to y, you walk fairly fast, (i mean run also) but there's a skill called sprint
and it runs till your mana is gone, so a fairly long time...
and it doesn't take that long, unless you're in a big city
you hvae maps too..just so you know.
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Former Stress Tester of the guild Stress Tester.
I have tried to take screenshots for you guys just recently
the thing is..EQII was so prepared for NDA violaters, that when you click print screen the game shuts down
lol..so there's some secret button for screenshots, but rest assured..i will find it one day!
http://www.facebook.com/murtb
Thanks alot murt!
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sweet~
okay...
what kind of AI do monsters have... do they travel in groups and such?... what about "Hate" is it the typical stuff like L2 and such...
kind of a vague question but... combat... tell me about it o_0;;...
since i've never played the original EQ im not exactly sure how this works but... how is the world set up... does it have specific "zones" that load up as you go through designated gateways like CoH, or is it a seamless kind of loading like L2
what kind of stat/skill system do they use?... level based?... skill based?... i've never played Eq so i wouldnt really know =/
thats about it for now... most of these are probably answered somewhere else already but... meh...
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Oh yeah , whos the highest level right now currently in beta , someone past 40 yet?
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
Lol, I was able to take screenshots just fine. I'll post some here as soon in a few minutes.
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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
Aweomse , cant wait to see them.
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
well the aggro thing plays on what I said earlier
but monsters that WILL aggro have their names double outlined, so you know to stay away from them
and the color of their name shows their con, so you really don't even have to click on them..just look
and no, the loot is completley different
first off, if you're in a group most of the time your gorup chooses lotto
which means whenever there is loot to be looted, you pull a ticket for the lotto
and someone wins it automatically, it's like autosplit, except not biased (like L2 would give it to the same guy 4 times)
there are also from time to time chests that pop out of a corpse, this is usually when the corpse contains armor or a weapon
some chests have traps, today I almost died by a "poison gas" that came out of the chest when I opened it...
good thing I had healed before, lol
oh the game is done, trust me..
there are many people in it too, so I can safely say the lag factor is low.
and sure..it may have a few expansions, but right now there's just so much to explore!
I really like the voiceovers on the merchants
in freeport npc's just walking around yell at you, and call you dirty, filthy, stupid, smelly, things like that
and in a really rude way
and the acting on the voices are really well done also
o0 another thing I forgot, if a monster is in a gorup
like if you attack it, and others will come, you will be notified before you attack it by the following
when you click a monster, a circle comes underneath them, if they attack in a group, a circle will be under the ones that will also attack you
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hate is more of like aggro, it kinda says that "this monster hates you and will attack" and yea, they do travel in groups
and if the group aggros, the circle underneath them will be highlighted also, to let you know how many will
like today I was in the commonlands and this farmer was out walking his cows, and I clicked on a cow to see which ones would aggro if I attacked it..turns out all 20 cows and the farmer
I didn't attack it, lol
the damage dealt appears above their heads..i guess that kinda helps
yea, except here in EQII before you zone into another zone you have like a thing you double click on
be it the city gates to freeport or what not
and they are highlighted, so you know it's a zone
skills are mostly level based
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Keep in mind the UI is fully customizable, this is pretty much default:
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=136772&poll_id=0&category_id=19&warned=y
Oh and where it says "level 1000...".. that's a bug heh. It's been fixed since I took this.
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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
aye a putdown from traveling
instead of the boat system, at the docks you have two different "bells"
one if for travelling outside the city, the other within
you double click the bell, and click the zone to zone into it
lol..
but that's only for zones on the coast..so not all of them.
(no boats)
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I think it checks the specs of your system and sets the settings for you by itself
because the graphics look much better on my system ,lol
(no offense
)
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There are boats, but only at certain places. They came in the patch last week.
There are 2 that I know of.. one from Commonlands>nektulos forest.. and one from Antonica>Thundering steppes.
The basic means of zoning is just the bells., or doors, gates, etc.
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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
another great topic I just thought of...
houses!
When you first start out, i fyou're evil, the Overlord pays for an apartment for you for one week
basically it's a house..duh
and you get to buy furniture and place it wherever you want in it
you have to pay rent if it's at the Inn, but I think you can buy houses elsewhere also
It looks like a regular inn at the side of the road, double click on the door and you're in your own room
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That was while ago, I updated from a 5600 Nvidia > 9800 pro.. bah I'm just gonna go take another screenshot lol.
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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
Former Stress Tester of the guild Stress Tester.
I have tried to take screenshots for you guys just recently
the thing is..EQII was so prepared for NDA violaters, that when you click print screen the game shuts down
lol..so there's some secret button for screenshots, but rest assured..i will find it one day!
LOL thank you sir! Tho a WoW fan myself, I really am curious and hope you guys don't get ripped like I was when I started playing SW:G
Good luck!
*Finally someone excited about the game without the biased hyprocasy.. thank you!*
Former Stress Tester of the guild Stress Tester.
Realmreaver formally of EQ, SWG, FFXI and WoW.
Malis/Pirotess of PSO.
Some named of Diablo 1 and 2
Grendel Kinguard of GW.
heheh np!
now be aware of my absence..I'm not ignoring you guys, I'm gonna go in game and see if I can take screenies without the game shutting down
lol
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Here.. this is how I run the game with:
2800+
1gig ram
9800 pro
http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=136787
My UI reset for some reason, I haven't played this character for awhile so maybe they reset the settings in an update a little while ago. This is pretty much default. I used to have 2 hotbars, and some other changes, but it is close.
EDIT: Where is a site I can post pics on? With just the picture itself.
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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
Former Stress Tester of the guild Stress Tester.
Realmreaver formally of EQ, SWG, FFXI and WoW.
Malis/Pirotess of PSO.
Some named of Diablo 1 and 2
Grendel Kinguard of GW.
Lol im on a intel celeron with a geforce 4 mx 440 64 mb card. I think I need to upgrade.
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EQ2 Qeynos Guild- http://www.imperium-arcanum.com
Oh that's another point.. you can remove the entire blackbar at the bottom and top of the screen. I left the there because I like it like that, but you can easily change it.
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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
Oh.. ands better yet... http://ebonlore.org/ewle/betapics/
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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