5 reasons why Everquest 2 is still a great alternative to WOW

midmagic

Originally posted by chrisel


I stopped reading after this:
"The EQ2 community has been known to be extremely mature and more helpful than WoW players"
That is so BS. I have played on countless WoW servers back when I used to play WoW. I have played countless MMO's. Almost all big release since I started back in 2001. There is only 1 server that stands out amongst all those servers I have been into, and that is RK1 in Anarchy Online. People are exact the same, whether its LOTRO, WoW or WAR +++; selfish & elitistic.
END OF STORY!!

 

If a constant stream of genital, rape, and mom jokes is a sign maturity. My EQ2 server is the place to be. I'd say the general chat is worse that on my WoW server. People seem to be older that I group with but age does not dictate maturity. What ever this strange and hard to define word means anyways.

midmagic

Originally posted by Damon


I played EQ2 for about 2 weeks from launch.  I thought it was pretty, but it had faults.  The core problem I had with this game was the combat mechanics.  In order to achieve the best damage, you had to press hotkeys when they associated move glowed or lit-up.  It felt like playing Simon Says and I wasn't able to do what I wanted or the damage was weak. I think they called it a Heroic Opportunity, or some such nonsense.
Is the combat system still the same?
 

Currently, you'll probably do less damage using heroic opportunities as it will interrupt dps rotations.

alucard3000

how about 5 reasons you should just play the games you enjoy to play rather than try to compare them to another