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To late for everquest 2
nick4545
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Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone could help me with whether I should officially buy EQ2 or not. I have been thinking about it for some time, and yes I am a former player of WoW but I quit about 2 or 3 months ago. I am not sure if it would be worth it to buy it now because, many games are soon to be released such as WAR, AOC, and some other that I have been interested in.
Im just searching for some honest opinions about the game and maybe some comparisions of EQ2 to some others out there so I can get a better understanding on it if I should finally buy it and join the community.
FYI: I played the Trial of the Isle client, but EQ2 seems to be great from the trial but the trial is limited and the trial seems to be the main influence on my desire to want to play EQ2, although I have had my eye on it every since I started WoW some 2 years ago.
Thanks in advance for input on this topic
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Pros:
Cons:
- Many lower level zones are lacking many people (levels 1-50) (I did notice when I tried a pvp server, they were loaded with lower people, but you run into a lot of stat and AP stackers). This can make getting groups hard sometimes. It also gives the game an empty feeling in some of the zones. This can be a pro if you want to solo a lot as the mobs are a plenty!
- Inflated economy. Hard to buy new items/spell books unless you go out of your way to make money. Once I was able to afford a sellers crate the cash begins to flow in nicely as many items are easy to get and sale for a ton.
- lack of character slots (only 6 total). I like to play around a lot and get a feel for what I like before I decide what I want.
- inflated economy. (yes, I listed it twice) Things are so dang expensive.
This is my opinion. I like the game a lot better than at release. Wife has even activated her account (although without any expansions) and is having fun. It has its flaws as many games do./Edit The Fae starting area isn't as newbie friendly as the original one, but if you played the heck out of the first one, you'll do ok. /Edit
I actually just picked it up again. Ive spent the past year+ beta testing Vanguard LOL.
This game is much better then it was when it was released and I am truly having some fun with it. I am also waiting on a few of the new games but I think that this is an ok time to try EQ2 again; I picked up the new expansion for 39.99 at the local Best Buy and it came with all the previous ones (minus the adventure packs).
Anyways if you have the 40 bones to spend its worth a try.
Thanks for all your reviews and opinions keep em coming if you can. I have even more desire to buy it along with expansions, as well as trying to bring a few friends into the community as well!
Thank you so much for your support on my topic
-Great graphics
-Great Storyline
-Lots of quests
-Challenging to level but not boring to do it
-You always have something to do (collections, craft, fight mobs, pvp, explore, and if you have EoF Jump of big trees
-Also you'll take some time to get rich on this game, because there's alot of stuff you can buy with money (mounts, houses, house items, equipment, etc) it have a very good auction house also.
-I like craft, even though its a little too simple, and you take a while to level but at least is rewarding and have very nice graphic effects to look at while making the stuff.
Combat is matter of taste, I suppose it could be better but to me its alot better then everquest, wow, etc. obviously I would like it to be improved because its not perfect.
Anyway this game can only get better, it have the advantage to have been released +two years ago so its polished and have alot of content, Its very fun to play with friends with a good guild to help with challenging content, but also you can solo very well on this game because after the release they changed the game alot and now its more casual friendly.
You only played trial of the isle right? well try the other trial "Play the Fae" http://everquest2.station.sony.com/en/promotions/playthefae/
have fun
The rest is ok I guess...
You won't really need to do any dungeons or exploring as most crafted items are better upgrades than moster drops until max levels. You can easily get by with the medium grade spell/ability upgrades for leveling. Most of the content is trivialized by the crafting and a few of the legacy quests, again this is just my opinion which will I'm sure won't settle well with the natives here =P
If you didn't play EQ1 then most of the lore will be lost on you. Not that it isn't explained or lacking, but most of the magic is in the nostalgia.
If you are just looking to burn some time until the next release of serious titles, then maybe LOTRO would provide some good filler. No time wasted spending weeks to level and hope to get a guild to raid. Just some simple WoW like fun from level 1 as everyone is still forming communities now. Maybe you have tried it or not, but it sounds like it would suit you desires.
id definitely agree with the crowd here, I am currently playing it, and im nearing lvl 60, and it keeps getting better. there is expansive content, amazing amount of writs for your guild status, the community is stellar, so you will get help to almost any question you may ask. grouping tends to be hard on some servers 1-50 as good amount of people are frankly past that point now. but soloing is almost much more easier as there is an amazing amount of solo content from when it released. some classes can solo well, i have a lvl 36 conjuror and can solo the hell out of her :P. the crafting is fun, not tedious or overdemanding with time, with a bit of effort you can make some good items for yourself and also sell them actually has become fun. there is alot of variety to the game.
the graphics/performnance has improved 10 fold. the sound elements and immersion is good. questing/story arcs are really good especially if u get faywder expansion im getting it soon myself. from what i heard it has had all around thumbs up as a really good expansion. the AP system is a good character customization which helps you establish and develop your character into what you want. there are a few issues here and there but nothing major. overall id say this is best game out there currently that offers a rich gameplay experience without feeling repetitive, tedious or boring anytime soon.
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If I were you, I would def buy it. There are still a LOT of people on EQ2. I see people in literally every zone (including starter zones) and the guilds there will help you. The starter zones has MORE than enough people to group with if you wish or to solo that is fine.
The combat is great. There are tons of different spells and combat arts with your profession and the spell effects are great. One of the better combat systems out there.
If you are worried about catching up. Don't be. You can take it nice and easy and lvl at your own pace or you can be a fire cracker and lvl from 1 to 37 in one week. The choice is up to you.
There are also thousands upon thousands of quests to choose from as well as "social writs" that can gain you favor among different factions (writs rewards you in XP and Status points. You can buy horses, high end "high society clothing", Armor, etc with your status points).
If you have never played EQ2 of a ful client bases, you are missing out on a great MMO. The population is still very heavy despite it's age and it will keep you busy for at least a year
People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.
But you think LotR combat is the best thing since sliced bread?
Graphics wise, think environmentally a little lower then LotR, but character model wise a LOT better... honestly, the models in EQ2 put a newly released game like that to shame. Thats why it scores overall higher then LotR on this site, despite being 2.5 years older.
Can you imagine what the LotR models will look like in 2.5 years? hehe they look like crap now...
Performance is great these days. I run it peaked out and it looks and plays fantastic.
Meridon, how can you say EQ2 is 'ok, I guess...' and rave about LotR, when that game owes so much to EQ1 and 2, but has a broken crafting system, restricted class options, restricted race/ appearence options, those terrible hats, a third of the content , and fugly character models?
Your such a blatant LotR fanboi lol. When was the last time you played EQ2? You have actually played it right?
But you think LotR combat is the best thing since sliced bread?
Graphics wise, think environmentally a little lower then LotR, but character model wise a LOT better... honestly, the models in EQ2 put a newly released game like that to shame. Thats why it scores overall higher then LotR on this site, despite being 2.5 years older.
Can you imagine what the LotR models will look like in 2.5 years? hehe they look like crap now...
Performance is great these days. I run it peaked out and it looks and plays fantastic.
Meridon, how can you say EQ2 is 'ok, I guess...' and rave about LotR, when that game owes so much to EQ1 and 2, but has a broken crafting system, restricted class options, restricted race/ appearence options, those terrible hats, a third of the content , and fugly character models?
Your such a blatant LotR fanboi lol. When was the last time you played EQ2? You have actually played it right?
Hehe Oh your right man SOE should sue the pants off that Tolkien guy for stealing their ideas. Get a clue EQ was a direct rip off of a MUD.
If you want to whine about how much you hate LoTRO then please go back to the LoTRO hate threads, last i checked this thread was about the pros and cons of EQ2, and while I might not agree with everything the poster you responded to said, so far I only see you bringing LoTRO into this thread. Guess by the end of the year you'll be accusing anyone that doesn't agree with you of being a AoC fanboi and then after that a WAR fanboi etc etc
Now I've played EQ2 for a bit (around 2 year) and when it first came out it stank (IMO) but about a year ago they made some major improvements. The graphics have always been pretty good , but I don't see them as being far superior to LoTRo's. EoF by the way is a must have Expansion in my book, also word is they will be releasing a free expansion this month bringing Neraik (the dark elven town back) I agree with some here combat in EQ2 is a bit dull but not really much worse then most MMORPG's. Theres a ton to do in EQ2 and its a good solid game that has most of the bugs worked out. If I was to pick a bad part about it , it would be that some of quests are basically filler. (they went for quantity not quality) ie buy / find a book it says go kill X gnolls, find a page read book again it says kill X more of the same gnolls, find yet another page read book again be told to kill yet even more of the exact same gnolls etc. etc. The good note is there are tons quests that are more interesting so drop all book quests unless you just like to grind IMHO
EQ2 has a hosed class system and a hosed combat system. You'd be better off taking your $50 to the local strip joint and buying yourself a lap dance.
That aside, it is my opinion that this game isn't worth investing a few months in when, like the original poster states and asked, he will be looking to play some of the titles that are coming out relatively soon. To much grind to catch up to the playerbase and three expansions behind... Not worth the time investment when he is already looking at the door in a few months.
P.S. I'm flattered you made an account just to talk to me Smed.
That being said I have just as much fun playing all the levels in between as I do my lvl 70 toons. Even at the lower levels I do not find it hard to group at all, the 20-29 30-39 chat channels are very active with people either looking to group or groups looking for more. So to someone that has maybe quit wow and is looking to do something till the next big thing comes out....yes you will enjoy yourself from lvl 1-70 not just 70. There is so much to do that sometimes I find myself having to move on to a new higher level area before I get all the stuff I would like to do finished in the previous area...ie quests turning gray etc. So having to be level 70 before you reach player base...not hardly at least not on Crushbone server.
As for some of the titles coming out soon, I was in the same boat I thought oh cool, <insert new game here> is coming out it looks better I think i'll give that a try. Only once did I actually suspend my eq2 account to try a new game, I quickly came back realizing the new game was a flop. The next new game I got smart and kept playing eq2 while trying out the new game which again was not all it was hyped up to be. Point being Eq2 is an established solid game with the depth a lot of wow players are looking for that they can play while testing the waters with other new coming soon.
Results may vary but I think it is worth the time invested even if for a few months.
I'm in the same boat and was thinking about LoTR and then heard Kunark was coming and am seriously thinking of giving Norrath another go myself.
How is combat different from at release? I remember feeling like my character only did 3-8 pts of melee dmg well into his late teens except when he spammed random iconic buttons. For some reason though they never felt like a "special attack" that my character was doing if that make sense?
Also just curious what class were you playing?
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Also just curious what class were you playing?I played an Ogre SK to lvl 20, Dwarf Cleric to 19 and a Kerran Ranger to 15. Ranger was definitely out-damaging the others but I burned out making multiple characters with only 2 nubee paths at release.
I'm in the same boat and was thinking about LoTR and then heard Kunark was coming and am seriously thinking of giving Norrath another go myself.
How is combat different from at release? I remember feeling like my character only did 3-8 pts of melee dmg well into his late teens except when he spammed random iconic buttons. For some reason though they never felt like a "special attack" that my character was doing if that make sense?
Fugnudz does seem to be talking out of his ass in some sense, but I have some questions about combat.
I have a 59 guardian and all I do is keep my haste from Alternate things up and than pound my agro and dmg moves non stop.. rescues when needed. Because I have so much energy I never have to worry abuot what I am doing so really dont.. maybe kick after a mob casts if caster. I really enjoy so much of EQII.. but the combat kills me.. both mentally and my hand even aches after constantly pushing the 12-16 moves I haveover and over. I feel like a system that uses limited energy or rage (WoW, DAoC, Vanguard, ect.) could be worthwhile, because combat in those other games all was more exciting and thoguht invoking to me. Now maybe I am just playing wrong.. but how should combat go down, what makes it good? because I really want to get madly into this game with kunark incoming, but I just struggle with the combat.