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gekkothegrey
Member Posts: 236
in Everquest II
You know I have played this off and on since release, and I got to tell anyone who has never tried eq2 you should this game is still the very best mmo on the market imo.
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Not really unless you played it on and off since release,
Its full of bugs,Graphics engine is old and the game is not coded well no matter how good your computer is. Unless you already know EQ2 well ( not mmo's but EQ2 ) you will never get in the clicks. Bad zoning for each area. Because of what like 10 or so paid expansions that are not merged properly, new players will have no clue how to get around and where to go next unless you do major research from third party web sites. SOE gives very little in fact they don't even give you a very good manual, only a down loadable one that is old.
Mob agro is strange in EQ2 like no other mmo:
You can prepare a game plan to attack one or two targets, only to get attacked by five at random. When you level to go to another zone like say 11-20 the mobs are so strong that you have to stay close to the shore and do 10 quest before you can venture in land even a short distance. Before you know it you level too high for that zone and are ready for the next.
Sure, some will call this hardcore and a game for me, HOWEVER you would have to experience it to understand how frustrating this really is.
grouping as your leveling :
1) Yes, they have guilds. Yes they will let you in. Yes the guild's will ignore you once you join, they will answer simple questions, but they have there own agenda and your not part of it. Noob guilds don't last long, and most just solo anyway, chat is the same as open world chat, and you may as well not even belong to it.
2) LFG panel does not yield much.
3) Spamming for groups in open chat does not yield much.
4) On a positive note you may meet someone along the way that will help you for several days, but most likely they will out level you quickly.
The game is just old and now players will be left empty handed.
VANGUARD :
Now this is a game. If played properly it's everything EQ2 should be ( EQ3 ). Yes, it has a low population, but since the server merge it's not too bad.
How to play properly?
You have to use the Social Panel, not spam in open chat, but really use the Social panel........Like EQ2 it's a duo or more game, but people for some reason are really looking to group and find more friends even vets. Use the extensive Social panel to your advantage. Be nice, and spam others asking if you can come and help WITH THERE STUFF NOT YOURS. then you got them as a friend. When you finish with there quest you can both start another one together. Everyone already has an agenda understand that. That's why no one in open chat will ever come to your rescue, be out going not inward. Same for dungeons, even if your new, do some third party web investigation. Find the dungeon, locate the quest for them, then take the bull by the horns and run with it.
I was getting a group for the first dungeon ( Kergers end ). I found the first and she told me that she had been playing this game for six months and knows I will not be able to find a full group........Well BAM..... I had a full group in 5 min (no exaggeration) by using the Socal Panel, it was like this all the way to 40. then I had to quit because of RL situations.
YOU WILL NOT FIND THIS IN EQ2, the population is too close minded !
Next time before you post, try to reread your post and see if it makes sense. What you posted above is garbage.
There's some good stuff in EQ2 and I loved my shadow knight but there were a few things that really ruined it for me.
I thought it was too cutsey and some a bit too whimsical for my taste, the running looks really comical for both characters and mobs. Like they are part of a silent film that is being played too fast. And for some reason (and this just could be where I "got to" as far as the world) the world seems very brown peppered with dull green.
however, it's got a lot of content, fun classes and runs "reasonably" well if you have a decent machine.
So glad you are having fun and have a game that really satisfies.
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Okay, so if Vanguard is so great, why do you have to spam other people begging them to let you help them just to get a group?
I understood him/her just fine, but then again I played both games. Still have a sub going for EQ2 till it runs out, other wise im doing xsyon and rift.
Also understood, and my experience matches his/her.
I am glad you understood and support his opinion despite him not making sense.
"Because of what like 10 or so paid expansions that are not merged properly, new players will have no clue how to get around and where to go next unless you do major research from third party web sites." -EQ2
"Same for dungeons, even if your new, do some third party web investigation." - Vanguard
"3) Spamming for groups in open chat does not yield much." - EQ2
"Everyone already has an agenda understand that. That's why no one in open chat will ever come to your rescue, be out going not inward." - Vanguard
The only thing I got out of his post is that he mastered the use of the social panel in Vanguard and it fixed all his problems with the game. He could have taken the same initiative in EQ2 and got the same results.
It's true though, EQ2 is more or less like a leaky dinghy.
The game doesn't have much going for itself anymore, $OE (as some like to call them) have shown again and again that the only thing that interests them is the consumers money.
They have yet to actually disguise that and give people something decent enough so that you aren't bothered by it, personal opinion that is.
Besides, they have screwed up so much over the years that I believe there isn't much more they can viably screw up anymore.
On another note, though I shouldn't be, I'm having a slight spiffy interest for EQ Next, or EQ3.
Though if they implement a cash shop from day one, something I expect them to do, then it's all hands off for me, not gonna touch it with a ten foot pole.
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The person taht posted this sounds like they had a bad social experience (or a few) and is just bitter now. None of these things have anything to do with the game and everything to do with the user's ability to interact with others. ALL of these things are true for about 99% of lowbie experiences in games that are over 3 years old.
On my server along there are more than 20 raiding guilds alone ALL of which are recruiting. And the raiders are a lesser segment of the population than casuals or w/e. There are tons and tons of guilds.
As far as getting help, the game is 7 years old. The majority of the population are level 90. To help everyone else (read: new players) get to 90, the lower levels have all been streamlined to be completely soloable and to get players to level 80+ quickly and easily. You can (and should) solo to 90 in 1-3 weeks depending on how well you know the game. From there on, groups are commonplace.
Graphics-wise - yes, EQ2 runs like crap. However, it is SEVEN YEARS OLD and it's graphics quality is still competitive with most new games. So yeah, it's poorly optimized, but at least it doesn't look like total crap as games like WoW and WAR do. Aside from 2 or 3 games (AoC, Rift) there is virtually nothing on the market that looks better than the 7-year-old EQ2. Pretty frakking great imo. But yeah, performance sux.
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Lol why does everyone have issues with the game running poorly? They even brought "down" the graphics requirements a couple of years ago. It still looks very good and I have zero issues with this. I don't get it. How old is everyone's rigs??
For me, its just crashing. As soon as I enter the world the game takes out my whole OS and I have to force restart. SOE has me running in circles trying to figure out what it is. The strange thing is, they dont answer on forums, and from what Ive heard, it is related to the account, not the client.
2 friends, one with the problem, one without, swapped accounts so as to test their pc's and clients. Well, the one whose game was fine, crashed while playing his friends account on his pc, and the guy whose game constantly crashed, did not while playing his friends account on his pc (strange)
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