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What's the best server to start anew?

Tjrx80Tjrx80 Member Posts: 16
in Everquest II
I am looking to give EQ2 another shot.  I started at launch, but the guild I was in blew up and my best friend and I decided to go to WoW.  Of course, wow never fed the hunger I have for the old EQ1 and I really did enjoy eq2 for what I saw back then.



What I'm looking for is a good solid server with a good population.  It needs to have quality guilds as well! :)



Any suggestions?

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  • lomillerlomiller Member Posts: 1,810
    AB seems to be the most popular server for starting new characters.  I’m on crushbone and although it’s one of the more populated servers it’s not quite as active at lower levels.  
  • ironetironet Member Posts: 27
    why does everyone want to just be on the most Popular server.
  • KirocKiroc Member Posts: 4

    Here are some recent numbers for you taken from the SOE EQII message boards:

    1. [PVP]Nagafen: 4396 pages - 87920 players

    2. [RP]Antonia Bayle: 3824 Pages - 76480 players

    3. [PVP-SE]Vox: 3762 pages - 75240 players

    4. Permafrost: 3658 pages - 73160 players

    5. Najena: 3529 Pages - 70580 players

    6. [RP]Lucan DLere: 3475 pages - 69500 players

    7. Unrest: 3382 Pages - 67640 players

    8. [PVP-RP]Venekor: 3185 pages - 63700 players

    9. Mistmoore: 3125 pages - 62500 players

    10. Crushbone: 3089 pages - 61780 players

    11. Oasis: 3004 pages - 60080 players

    12. Everfrost: 2948 pages - 58960 players

    13. Blackburrow: 2798 Pages - 55960 players

    14. Butcherblock: 2752 pages - 55040 players

    15. Befallen: 2733 pages - 54660 players

    16. Nektulos: 2706 pages - 54120 players

    17. [UK]Splitpaw: 2659 pages - 53180 players

    18. Kithicor: 2633 Pages - 52660 players

    19. Guk: 2630 Pages - 52600 players

    20. [UK]Runnyeye: 2518 pages - 50360 players

    21. [SE]The Bazaar: 2383 pages - 47660 players   

    22. [?]Sebilis: 1956 pages - 39120 players

    23. [?]Valor: 1802 pages - 36040 players

    24. [?]Storms: 1636 pages - 32720 players

    25. [?]Innovation: 1608 pages - 32160 players

    PvP:

    1. Nagafen

    2. [SE]Vox

    3. [RP]Venekor (merged)

     

    Kiroc

  • NihilxNihilx Member UncommonPosts: 141
    I recently came back after a few months and the lower, mid-level zones on Nagafen are deserted. Played several days for hours on end and only ran in to about five or six people, all of them waiting at the docks. What strikes me is that a few months ago I couldn't turn without getting into a PVP fight or spotting groups. Could the population have changed so drastically? I mean did they all move on to higher zones, did they leave for Vanguard, LotRO, ... what's the deal here?

    AC (retired); EQ (retired); DAoC (retired); Horizons (retired); EQII (retired); CoH (retired); AC II (tested); Lineage II (beta); Neocron (tested); Saga of Ryzom (beta); SWG (retired)...

  • ironetironet Member Posts: 27
    PvP server....lame, and most people that do play on pvp server lock xp around 13-19, also  i am sure some people did leave for Lotro.
  • ferthalaferthala Member Posts: 129
    if u like PVP i suggest you nagafen. It has a big and nice community and i usually have a lot of fun tthere.
  • XiacbXiacb Member Posts: 51
    I also was a big fan of EQ  and am going to start playing EQ 2, but no one has answered the question yet. They just told me where not to go, haha.
  • miconamicona Member UncommonPosts: 677

    Been playing on lucan Dlere for 3 years now and their a fine bunch of players and nice guilds to help most new players out there.

    I mean you can find bad players everywhere , there no hiding from that in any server or any game for that matter.

  • XiacbXiacb Member Posts: 51
    Would guilds let you join as early as level 1?
  • martuk1111martuk1111 Member Posts: 15

    Maybe not the hardcore raiding guilds, but most of the "Family Friendly" guilds I doubt would turn you down, even at Level 1.

    We have a very friendly guild running on a NON-PvP server, and aim to help the new people as much as we can. Having said that, we have our fair share of high levellers.

    It all depends what you are looking for out of the game, and what type of guild you want to be in, hardcore raiding, quest helping, casual playing, role playing ..... the choice is yours.

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