Impressed with trial, scared to buy

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• Celestian Member UncommonPosts: 1,136

  January 2007

  I've not raided the new EoF raid areas much but I have done in KoS.  My experience is that drop rates are pretty reasonable. I also raided in WoW (60 hunter and 60 priests) and I know just what you mean about running the same zone 50 or so times to get the item you need... I just don't see you having the same problem in EQ2 unless you just have a really really bad luck and no DKP or something.
  
  
  
  I've also found raid zones in EQ2 don't tend to take as long... most anyway, there are some that will take quite a while

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• lomiller Member Posts: 1,810

  January 2007

  Provided things are going well most EQ2 raids can be competed in 3-4 hours.  They also have a 6 day lockout so it’s unlikely you could run them 50+ times even if you wanted to. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Serious raiding guilds still do 3+ raids per week, but they mix them up a lot and gradually drop lower ones as they become capable of more challenging ones. There are plenty of more guilds that only raid once twice a weak, and choose ones they haven’t quite mastered yet or haven’t been able to finish.  

  
  

   

  
  

  The only real farming of raids is in Labs. The lockout is short if you don’t kill any named and you can get relic armor drops of the trash mobs.  This is less common now because Legendary gear in some of the EoF single group dungeons is comparable to low end fabled (like relics).  

  
  

   

  
  

  Spell & combat art upgrades are easier to get in group play, or by soloing to raise the cash to buy them. These are at least as important as gear for most classes and some of the legendary gear that drops in the more difficult group dungeons is very very good. Overall you can still be considered reasonably well equipped without ever having set foot in a raid. 
• shadout00 Member Posts: 253

  January 2007

  Well honestly in any MMO you play, if you want the BEST gear you will have to spend time raiding. Its been that way since Everquest, and it'll probably be that way until the last MMO is made.

  There are still many other ways to get very GOOD gear. PVP gear is very good, but it doesnt take many kills to get the gear. For instance if you want level 20-30 gear you need about 1000ish PVP faction kills. You can also do the best instances and zones for gear.

  I would say go buy the game. You do not have to raid to get the best gear, but you will come to find that if you want to be the best, you have to spend lots of time raiding.
• ownageNL Member Posts: 19

  January 2007

  besides

  There are much more raid mobs in eq2  wich are different in lvl etc

  In wich you dont need TOP gear to pull them down

  hell you dont need to raid at all , altough you wont get the best of the best fabled gear available ofcourse

  i played the game 1 year before starting raiding , never had any problems coz i didnt have the fabled gear.
• Moirae Member RarePosts: 3,318

  January 2007

  Primus, I've been playing this game since it came out and have yet to take part in any raid.
• brihtwulf Member UncommonPosts: 975

  January 2007

  Personally, from a semi-casual player's point of view, raids are EVIL.  That being said, you can still have a lot of fun in a game that has raiding at end-game.  Sure, you might not hang onto it once you reach max level, but you can still have fun getting there...  Then again, enless you're on a PvP server or playing WoW it's not going to make that much of a difference if other players out-gear you a little...  Anyway, for the $20 it takes to buy the game, it's worth a month to try it out.  EQ2 is a good option, as long as your machine can handle it.
• Glottis Member Posts: 69

  January 2007

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  Originally posted by lomiller
  Provided things are going well most EQ2 raids can be competed in 3-4 hours. They also have a 6 day lockout so it’s unlikely you could run them 50+ times even if you wanted to.
  
  Serious raiding guilds still do 3+ raids per week, but they mix them up a lot and gradually drop lower ones as they become capable of more challenging ones. There are plenty of more guilds that only raid once twice a weak, and choose ones they haven’t quite mastered yet or haven’t been able to finish.
  
  The only real farming of raids is in Labs. The lockout is short if you don’t kill any named and you can get relic armor drops of the trash mobs. This is less common now because Legendary gear in some of the EoF single group dungeons is comparable to low end fabled (like relics).
  
  Spell & combat art upgrades are easier to get in group play, or by soloing to raise the cash to buy them. These are at least as important as gear for most classes and some of the legendary gear that drops in the more difficult group dungeons is very very good. Overall you can still be considered reasonably well equipped without ever having set foot in a raid.

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  LOL, if someone told me im reading about WoW i'd believe them, this quote sounds exactly what WoW is!

  
  Anyway, how much all the expansions and adventure packs or whatever they are called cost put together? I know you don't need all the expansions right over and yadayada... but I'm wondering how much does complete EQ2 cost.
• bouncingsoul Member Posts: 211

  January 2007

  "Complete EQ2" is 39.99 and includes all expansions.
  
  
  
  Basic package EQ2 is 9.99 and has no expansions.