Who is still playing eq2?

Haxx · Post by **Haxx** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:49 pm

Serious question. Anyone still playing? and where are you playing (Server - evil - good ) , along with character names~!

Thanks.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:22 am

Still playing on Blackburrow, though not many hours a week. Evil.

Tharizdun
Acererak
Duskwolf
Rasp

<Fourth Circle>

Post by **Tossica** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:58 am

I play like an hour or two a week...

Tossica - 26 Necro - Mistmoore

Post by **Lyion** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 9:59 am

Tossica wrote:I play like an hour or two a week...

Ditto. Although not in the last month

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:38 am

Tinoska
Lvl 12 Druid on Mistmoore-Qeynos.

Langston · Post by **Langston** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 10:57 am

In all honesty - is the game fun beyond the initial impact of the graphics?

So many people seem to have quit the game... I'm curious as to what keeps those playing who still play at all. I have zero experience with the game - and this is not a slam on the game. I'm truly curious.

Donnel · Post by **Donnel** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:12 pm

Prolly alot of factors that really vary from person to person. My wife enjoys it for the graphics (still) the gameplay (the fights are exciting to her, and she has yet to feel any "grind" issues since she plays 8 different toons), and the friends she has that play.

I truly enjoy the tradeskills, the graphics, the voiceovers, and the lore (which is present in spades).

Another thing that keeps me in is that I spent money on a server message board that's prepaid til october, so no switching games for me atm

Post by **Tossica** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:17 pm

The game is still great fun especially now that we have a couple of groups in lvl range. We have been tackling zone access quests and working on multi group encounters. We are all still in the 20's-low 30's but with new continents and zones opening up all the time, I am never bored... I just don't have time to play.

Post by **Lyion** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:32 pm

Ugzugz wrote:In all honesty - is the game fun beyond the initial impact of the graphics?

So many people seem to have quit the game... I'm curious as to what keeps those playing who still play at all. I have zero experience with the game - and this is not a slam on the game. I'm truly curious.

Fun is completely subjective. I've played equal amounts of WOW and EQ2, and I'd say EQ2 is more fun for a guild. WOW is more fun for an individual or soloer. Grouping in EQ2 is more fun.

Long term I think EQ2 will do quite well, as its designed to be a guild/group game and thats what keeps many people playing long term.

I personally am bored of the MMO genre since they are all clones with added features, so I'm not sure I'm the right person to be offering opinions.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:37 pm

EQ2 is also completely unlike EQ1 in that Moorgard, the guy that deals with the community, is actually, a straight-shooting, nice guy, huge change from Abashi and the like in EQ1. They constantly communicate with the players, and patch all the time, fixing broken stuff, adding new stuff, etc. Really a proactive team working on this game, its refreshing.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:50 pm

Leveling is about the same as in EQ1. Yesterday, it took all day to go from 11 to 12. Last night though... me and some old EQ buddies (/wave Flip & Kalec) had a killer gnoll-slaying group going for a couple hours. I see the potential in this game, although the learning curve is somewhat significant.

Donnel · Post by **Donnel** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:58 pm

....all day to get from 11 to 12?

I got from 1-11 and 1-8 tradeskill on a brand new character with no twinked equipment in 4 hours tops last Sunday...

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:03 pm

Level 12 was a hell level lol. I think it was mostly due to the lack of green elites at level 12. There was a crapload of them all the way from 3-11, but almost none at 12. I looked in Peat Bog, Antonica, The Caves, Oakmyst forest, etc. and couldn't find any green elites at level 12.

Donnel · Post by **Donnel** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:22 pm

Grouped or solo?

At 12, do the dynacamps right outside qeynos gates. Moat Rat ^^ down to a 3 group of moat rats. Some will be grey, but kill them all before they respawn (very doable as a priest) and you get a higher level group of mobs (large moat rats usually) then if you are lucky you will get a "three toed rat" with two large rat friends. Always drops a chest with nice stuff inside.

Also, the solo mobs (if soloing) near the Keep of the ardent needle are great. Yellows and whites mainly at this level.

In the forest ruins, stick with the guardians, though you have to go farther in which makes it difficult.

In oakmyst, the oakmyst greatbears will be green or blue, if they are blue go up and do the stone golem looking things (can't recall name, royal guardians?)

Peat bog and caves leave alot to be desired at this level. Also if you haven't exhausted every quest from every district at this point, then get to work you slacker.

You can level 6-15 doing only quests and killing only the mobs required for them if you are in qeynos.

Post by **Martrae** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:09 pm

I can level a character to 17 by doing purely quests in 2 days. Ask EVERYONE, they just about all have stuff for you to do that nets armor, weapons, furniture, etc.

Donnel · Post by **Donnel** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:15 pm

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:46 pm

For Qeynos, get the Civil Service quest right through the N Qeynos gates, go out, run the quest in 15 minutes, go back in, get it again, rinse repeat, its stupid easy. As a matter of fact, they need to like, remove that quest.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:08 pm

mofish wrote:For Qeynos, get the Civil Service quest right through the N Qeynos gates, go out, run the quest in 15 minutes, go back in, get it again, rinse repeat, its stupid easy. As a matter of fact, they need to like, remove that quest.

Oh, you mean the one where you have to kill 10 rats, 10 beetles, and 10 snakes?

dragonslayer · Post by **dragonslayer** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:00 pm

is this game really as good as everyone says it is i never played and was thinking of starting

Post by **Martrae** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:20 pm

I enjoy it.

xKALECx · Post by **xKALECx** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:47 pm

Beta'd both, and to this day I still prefer EQ2. I think the easiness of WoW, enables half capable players to easily reach lvl 60 and the high end game, therefore flooding the higher end zones with 'tards. Now EQ2 in the same sense takes quite a bit more work to reach the high end game.

Most of the EQ2'ers are ex EQLive players. I have grouped with countless groups in EQ2 and have only met 1 or 2 players that were clueless. In WoW, you can do a /who and count off about 3/4 of the list into that catagory.

Also the lore in EQ2 just boggles me. It's about as deep as you want to read into it.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:33 am

Anybody know who the "wholesaler" is is Qeynos. He gave me a quest to do and I did it and now I can't remember where he was lol. I'm gettin old ><

Post by **Martrae** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:06 am

Person in your tradeskill area behind the desk.

Solaar Powar · Post by **Solaar Powar** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:07 am

Still playing and enjoying the hell out of it. I think one the biggest appeals is that there is always something to do, you don't have to grind out to 50 just to be able to enjoy the game. In fact I highly reccomend that you don't.

dammuzis · Post by **dammuzis** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:06 pm

/agree solaar.. ive been taking my time and leveling slowly and having a blast.. doing tons of quests and generally being social. only level 35 where i should probably be at level 50 by now but i have to do every quest even the 9 page book quests

im nusk on highkeep if anyone wants to stop bye and say hi