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You need to stay in the WoW forums and stop trying to put down EQ2. At least play the game before you put it down.
Um... Mr. Kasmar you must not have played yourself -- or least not since the release of the Fey expansion.
You most certainly do run from GFEY through BB to the docks that can take you over on a boat to either Nek or TS (depending on the boat you board).
By the way the only game that LoTRO seems to be hurting really bad is EQII. Might as well say my entire guild of 50 people moved over from EQII to LoTRO, on the othher hand the WoW players did not seem to care for it. Makes sense too that the SOE shills would be flaming LoTRO. WOW has 9 Million players a few hundred thousand won't hurt them. However with EQII even a hundred K leaving would be more than half of the entire player base.
I miss DAoC
It takes only a couple hours of play to hit level 20, of course the newbe population is small. Try to put at least a little thought before spouting…
Sony usually puts SOE’s subscription numbers in it’s annual report and it’s been holding steady at just under 700K. Are you saying there is some magical rise in EQ1&SWG sups offsetting your imaginary decline in EQ2 subs?
I got to 70 in eq2 , after getting bored of wow.
I than got 2 level 50's in lotro and got really bored.
I now purchased the anniversary edition of EQ1.
I"M LOVING IT! EQ1 is by far the best pve mmorpg. by far.
eq2 i didn't like. i actually despized it,and played because wife thought it was ok.
If you want a pve or tradeskills game try EQ. If you want a pvp game play Wow.
That's just the way it is. My opinions but 8 years of mmorpg.
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I can't take anyone seriously that says EQ 2 graphics on Max are just "ok" when they come from WoW. Sorry, try again.
It takes only a couple hours of play to hit level 20, of course the newbe population is small. Try to put at least a little thought before spouting…
Sony usually puts SOE’s subscription numbers in it’s annual report and it’s been holding steady at just under 700K. Are you saying there is some magical rise in EQ1&SWG sups offsetting your imaginary decline in EQ2 subs?
Have you got a link to this alleged report? EQII never had 700K at release let alone now. Most reports put it at less than 450K at it's peak which was the spring after release. It has just been going down hill since and is well overdue for more server merges. I doubt if SOE has 700 K subscriptions combined with all of it's games. Like I keep saying all anyone has to do is DL the trial , make a character on any server other than Antonia Bayle and check. EQII is top heavy as heck. No fun for newbies at all. The game is dieing boys, nothing new and wasn't all that even at release. All the game ever had going for it was pretty graphics and LoTRO has surpassed it there even.
I miss DAoC
i think he menas 700k total throughout their games,which doesnt seem unatainable considering how mnay they have currently.
eq1 and 2 probably have 400-500k of that between them alone,and vanguard likely has around 50k.
It takes only a couple hours of play to hit level 20, of course the newbe population is small. Try to put at least a little thought before spouting…
Sony usually puts SOE’s subscription numbers in it’s annual report and it’s been holding steady at just under 700K. Are you saying there is some magical rise in EQ1&SWG sups offsetting your imaginary decline in EQ2 subs?
Have you got a link to this alleged report? EQII never had 700K at release let alone now. Most reports put it at less than 450K at it's peak which was the spring after release. It has just been going down hill since and is well overdue for more server merges. I doubt if SOE has 700 K subscriptions combined with all of it's games. Like I keep saying all anyone has to do is DL the trial , make a character on any server other than Antonia Bayle and check. EQII is top heavy as heck. No fun for newbies at all. The game is dieing boys, nothing new and wasn't all that even at release. All the game ever had going for it was pretty graphics and LoTRO has surpassed it there even.
I didn’t say EQ2 had 700K I said SOE had 700K. I also said very specifically it’s in Sony’s annual report, if you know what an annual report is you won’t need help finding it, if you don’t finding it probably will not do you any good.
Unlike some other games BTW these are all monthly paid subscriptions. They are primarily spit between EQ1, EQ2 and SWG. Any idiot would realize the number can’t be holding stable if all three games are loosing subs, so if EQ2 is loosing subs which game is gaining them to allow total subs to remain constant, EQ1 or SWG?
As I already said it takes less then 2 hours to reach level 10 and about 5 to reach level 20. In addition there are a fixed number of characters per account. This means you don’t have many alts at these levels and because people level past them so quickly you just are not going to see that many people at low levels. This says nothing about the overall population of the game.
I have a bunch of toons on Unrest from 5-70 and never have truble finding groups if i choose for any of them.. Also have noticed a very fairly strong increase in totally new players the past month ..Seems to be lots joining EQ2
It takes only a couple hours of play to hit level 20, of course the newbe population is small. Try to put at least a little thought before spouting…
Sony usually puts SOE’s subscription numbers in it’s annual report and it’s been holding steady at just under 700K. Are you saying there is some magical rise in EQ1&SWG sups offsetting your imaginary decline in EQ2 subs?
Have you got a link to this alleged report? EQII never had 700K at release let alone now. Most reports put it at less than 450K at it's peak which was the spring after release. It has just been going down hill since and is well overdue for more server merges. I doubt if SOE has 700 K subscriptions combined with all of it's games. Like I keep saying all anyone has to do is DL the trial , make a character on any server other than Antonia Bayle and check. EQII is top heavy as heck. No fun for newbies at all. The game is dieing boys, nothing new and wasn't all that even at release. All the game ever had going for it was pretty graphics and LoTRO has surpassed it there even.
The battles in LoTR is boring. If you want a game with magic in it and a bit of flair you cant go past EQ2 in the current MMO market. Aside from the first few months after release, the introduction of the new newbie isle / instant class choices and EoF there have never been many players in the 1-20 bracket. You get to level 20 in less than 4 hours. There are plenty of players to group with between 20 and 70 however. I am currently leveling up an alt Fury and have not had any issues getting groups for any level. Theres nothing really to group for in 1-20, its just the levels that you get accustomed to using your avatar. Once you hit 20 you shouldnt have any issues getting a Stormhold, Crushbone Keep or Fallen Gate group. Id say the game is more mid-heavy, with most players having a number of alts at all different levels.