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Hi! I have played Asheron's Call and Horizons for two months then AC another. Im currently back to single games for now. While I love Asheron's Call I dont like playing it because I feel like its long passed its prime. I keep thinking the graphics are ugly, the community is only going to get smaller, my computer is begging me get something that will give it a workout, and all the hype behind EQ2 and WOW... have finally taking over me. I'm also keeping an eye on Guild Wars and Saga of Ryzom.
Man, have I gone off topic.
Anyway, I still consider myself a MMORPG newbie because I have yet gotten addicted to one yet. My question which game do you think will have the most features yet still be fun for someone who only wants to play for three-four hour periods about four days a week?
Ummm... check out my EQ2 dude!
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-EQ1 character:Grotub, shaman of the Tribunal server
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"Do I come to your workplace and tell you how to kill civilians? No, so don't tell me how to do my job" - Sam Fischer.
--OracleP4
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"Do I come to your workplace and tell you how to kill civilians? No, so don't tell me how to do my job" - Sam Fischer.
--OracleP4
Like: DAoC, WOW, GW, DnL
Dislike: SoR, EQ, EQ2, SWG, KO, AC2, CoH
Don't Care About: Most Everything Else
--Nyture, Arc Convoker of fironia vie server (EQ) --Retired--
Explorer 66%
Socializer 60%
Killer 53%
Achiever 20%
--Nyture, Arc Convoker of fironia vie server (EQ) --Retired--
-- Nytur 39 Conjuror of Lucan D'lere (Quit due to low populations)
-- Currently playing WoW while waiting for vanguard
Explorer 66%
Socializer 60%
Killer 53%
Achiever 20%
PLEASE SOE MAKE A CLASSIC EQ SERVER. Shadow of luclin was a prick in EQs side. PoP Was a gun to the face.
EQ2 is VERY newbie friendly... trust me... No one can get confused on how to play when first entering the world, especially since you MUST go throuth the tutorial.
What will he do next?
Yeah guys, WoW is going to be like... SO much better, didn't you see what Blizzard did with Ghost? They totally drove it into the ground. Ruined the graphics and the gameplay.
Yeah, I'm all for crappy games being fun
EQ2 is going to have a great tutorial for the ship and island of refuge, and even better, once you're done with it, your later characters can choose to skip the entire thing, so you won't have to deal with it again and again. And I think there is no problem to having two starting cities, especially when they are beautifully done, rich and full and a whopping 17 zones which combined is larger than all of the old EQ cities put together. WoW literally has nothing on EQ2. The gameplay is just a dumbed down version of combat like diablo2. Mindless fun for people who like to try and be skilless "uber l33ts" Have fun with it Oracle, we'll enjoy EQ2 more without you.
A write up from someone who has played BOTH games.
i think WoW will be better because blizzard has just started with a mmorpg so they help much more
and everquest2 is a just a 2 so its almost only the pros. that will play it
thats why i think WoW will be better
I agree with both sjona and OracleP4, WoW will be the most newbie friendly.
n2sooners, that review came from the mod at an EQ2 forum. A little biased, no? When I started playing WoW, the interface was very intuative, and the beginning quests get you started very easily. It's hard to be confused at the beginning of the game. I can't say that WoW will be better though, because I haven't played EQ2.
WoW simply because not only is WoW targeting regular MMORPG players but also players who are new to the genre (ie: Battle.net players).
With that being said, as the Blizzard devs said... WoW is a game easy to learn, very hard to master.
Of course, there much less bias in those posting here who have only played one game or have played neither game. Unless you can dispute the facts, then I have to believe EQ2 will be more newbie friendly (maybe to the point of being annoying to experienced MMORPG players). Both games will be newbie friendly, but EQ2 takes it one step further.
So, the correct answer to the question is EQ2 is the most newbie friendly, but newbs shouldn't have much problem playing either game.
Everyone, I hope you realize that the point of the thread was which game was more newbie friendly, not which game has more zones or which will be better. Honestly I cannot tell you, but what I do know is that EQ1's gameplay was extremely simple (I mean dirt simple) and anyone could pick it up. But WoW seem to be quite a simple game as well. The nice thing is that there is an open beta, which means you can get a feel for the game before you buy it, so you won't have to be a newbie at all. But if its anything like its predecessor EQ2 will probably be very very good for a newbie. As for which game is better, I'm in the dark just like everyone else, we just have to wait and see.
I like this post, as no one knows which game will be better, not you EQ fans not you WoW fans/beta testers. And it even sticks to the origional topic of the newbie friendly environment!
In Blizzard we trust. jk
I've played Blizzard games since I was 7 years old. It can't get more simple.
No, if you read my first post you will see that it isn't my opinion, it is the opinion of someone who HAS played both games. It is a direct comparison of the two. I agree that until we have played both games that we won't know which we believe is easier. The reviewer who played both said that EQ2 was the most newbie friendly, but that both were newbie friendly games. Unless you can find someone who has played both and says otherwise, than that is the only real comparison we have to go by. As for myself, I don't care. I am not a newbie in this genre, and I don't think I would have any problems getting started with either game.
forget both of them, Guild Wars is going to be better because it's {FREE}!!!
ummm... yeh
Playing: Vanguard SoH
Played: EQ, Planetside, SWG, WoW, EQ2
Well, it all depends on which games you've played before, that will lean your choice towards the other game. If you played Eq for a year longer or short, in either case loved it, you will more then likely pick EQ2 unless you hate it, For somone that is a fan of blizzard, they will pick WoW, people side to the liking of the game not if it is actually noobie friendly unless they are more mature and choose the game that actually is. On my opinion i think they will be relativly the same. It's a new game and people will anticipate it differently, so really once you play both then post here and tell us what you think
The person you are talking about is an extremely biased EQ2 vault staffer named Deathstryker. He trolls the WoW boards constantly claiming he has played both games (yet almost all of his WoW facts were entirely fabricated by him and therefore I doubt that he even plays WoW). EQ2 may very well be more newbie friendly but I wouldn't take what Deathstryker said with a grain of salt.