EQII -- My First Impressions

SicTimMitchell · Post by **SicTimMitchell** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:40 am

Upsides:

Quests. This really does put the "quest" back in EverQuest. And no guessing, or looking up websites needed. Your quest journal has a checklist to follow for each quest you have, and the checklist updates with the next step each time you complete one.

You can pursue one quest single mindedly, (the "Tour of Antonica" I did this with, and had a blast -- and the reward aside from nice XP and cash was the only 10-slot bag I've seen in the game.) Or, you can just keep the quest in your journal and let it update as you complete parts by accident or providence.

Combat. Fun. Not as complex as it sounds once you get the knack for it, and skill will let you take down MOBs brute force won't.

Death. Still a PITA, still need to do CRs, but not nearly as punitive as EQ1, in that there is no downtime while you try to beg a rez from a friendly Cleric.

Classes. Varied, DPS types really are different from each other, all Priest classes can be primary healers. Some things will blow your mind, like Rangers with backstab.

Major downside:

RP on the Lucan ("RP Preferred") server consists mostly of Renfest types bitching in /ooc about people who don't RP to their standards. I expect this to die down, though.

SicTimMitchell · Post by **SicTimMitchell** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:45 am

Oh, and one upside/downside that made me love the game:

Part of the Tour of Antonica quest was visiting the grave of Holly Windstalker.

Hallelujah, the bitch is dead! Tell me I can't kill wolves now, Deady McDeado!

About two days later, I'm soloing -- some in-game miles from the grave-- and Holly Windstalker's GHOST comes out of nowhere and smacks me to hell in two hits.

I laughed my ass off.

Burz · Post by **Burz** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:02 pm

Holly is mean up there by the clitoris ruins.

LayraLilliane · Post by **LayraLilliane** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:15 pm

I believe Lucan was one of the servers that got split from the Bayle RP server and another server that wasn't RP. I think everyone saw that coming, why would you mix RPers and non Rpers.

Angelfeeties · Post by **Angelfeeties** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:31 pm

I solo that bitches ghost whenever i see her. Revenge...

-=Xilanthanax=- · Post by **-=Xilanthanax=-** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:34 pm

Stop lying, you quit for WoW, and there's no Holly Windstalker's Ghost in Warcrap.

Terd · Post by **Terd** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:03 pm

I came across Holly and said listen bitch, suck the "Terd"! Fucking ghost whore.

Terd

Mukik · Post by **Mukik** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:20 am

WoW> anything sony puts out.

Robyn the Ranger · Post by **Robyn the Ranger** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:33 am

Holly Windstalker is still a bitch to kill even at 27

jookkor · Post by **jookkor** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:56 pm

I dont think I am going to try WoW, Kinda sounds like it was made for kids with no attention span. One friend described it as "goldeneye with all the cheats turned on"

ZanypherCocoapuffs · Post by **ZanypherCocoapuffs** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:56 pm

jookkor wrote:I dont think I am going to try WoW, Kinda sounds like it was made for kids with no attention span. One friend described it as "goldeneye with all the cheats turned on"

I keep hearing the same damn thing about it: You can get to max level in 2 weeks and there is NO CONTENT.

rajavengerGIA · Post by **rajavengerGIA** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:28 pm

WoW is fun becuase even though its easy to level you you still have many challenges. one of which is facing the alliance or horde in raids becuase it brings many high levels with sick gear against each other to a fight to the death

-=Xilanthanax=- · Post by **-=Xilanthanax=-** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:56 pm

It's pretty sad when the hardest part of an RPG is the attack from the other players.

Embar Angylwrath · Post by **Embar Angylwrath** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:16 pm

rajavengerGIA wrote:WoW is fun becuase even though its easy to level you you still have many challenges. one of which is facing the alliance or horde in raids becuase it brings many high levels with sick gear against each other to a fight to the death

You almost make me rethink my stance on abortions....

Mukik · Post by **Mukik** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:29 am

well embar, we wont blame you for doing your own post birth self inflicted abortion.

For all you old time Roleplayers. EQ2 is like the bad suff of chivalry and sorcery along with rolemaster tied up together and put into a mind numbing attraction with some intense graphics. Yes, end content can be hit at a quick pace if you play hard and grind it out. However, I never heard sony stop distributions due to server capacities being too high, infact thier stance from what I remember was. bah, take it like xil does, without analease.

WoW > Eq^n

Mukik · Post by **Mukik** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:30 am

damn no edit button. yes you can reach end game in a fortnight.

Post by **Ddrak** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:40 am

In EQ2 there's no way you can hit "endgame" in a fortnight, unless you're talking about an artisan, or define "endgame" as zoning into Cazic Thule.

I don't understand the "server capacity" argument either given they brought new servers online to handle capacity as required. After all, a crowded server is far better than an empty one - especially in a game like EQ2 where the majority of content is dynamically instanced.

Dd

Barrin · Post by **Barrin** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:08 am

who the fuck says fortnight, i mean really

Burz · Post by **Burz** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:18 am

Rofl. Fortnight. First time i heard that used was on Wimbledon coverage and it took seriously 2 weeks to figure it out

Post by **Ddrak** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:28 am

Damn those Brits and their convicts!