HELP!! Need motivation to continue with EQ2Follow

No actually it isn't. All Online games have a considerable online presence in terms of fansites etc, etc.

Not only that every time you log in the login screen offers you links to guides on the SoE site. Recently there have been some excellent threads on crafting for absolute beginners.

Besides which you obviously feel that coming to this site is a perfectly normal part of your gaming activity. Where do you draw the line? It's ok to come here and whine but not to actually look at anything which might help you?

Miravelle is obviously a nice person but she had you bang to rights.

For what it's worth I know some EQ1 players who have made a total hash of EQ2 because they just carried on as if it was EQ1 with different graphics. It is not a given that people are expected to know these things. It may be a given that people who played EQ1 had learned that Allakhazam was a useful place to go for information and answers - but you seem to have got that far by yourself.

And I would guess that the work SoE has put into the sites accessed by the links on the login screen would be part of what they call an "easy learning curve". The in-game help is also there to be used.

There is also the element of "mystery". If every quest had meticulous details of where to go and what to go there would be no discovery. A large part of these games is in the discovery of how things work and learning ways of making them work to your advantage. Sure you make some mistakes along the way but nothing unrecoverable. I'd rather have that than too much help.

So, essentially, you'd rather have someone else do the looking for you, and force feed you the information than look for it yourself? Well, that's neighborly of you. Have any shirts that need ironed while we're at it?

Honestly, this site, and many others have a wealth of information out there. Many require little more than a casual search to find the answer to most of your questions. As mentioned above, every time you log into the game, there is a link to several important topics from the official forums. Plus, there are links to news articles that will help keep you up to speed on changes or additions to the game.

You should really get out there a bit and make an effort. Everyone's time is valuable. Some people would rather spend their time playing than answering every question that someone asks instead of looking for themselves. They kind of like to play the game too. :/

Wow, and I thought I lost my temper and got rude!

I'm --->

Someone said above that impatience is not nec. a sign of low IQ. So true! I was trying to explain this to my eldest kid the other day. "You're smart, very smart - so why do you keep getting into trouble?" No answer. So I pointed out that there are two mental stats in RPGs. Int AND Wis. What's the diff? My kid didn't know.

I said "Intelligence is being able to come up with a sharp, smart, sarcastic come-back to Dad; Wisdom is knowing not to say it."

That got a smile.

Well, I think Wisdom can be learned and nurtured and improved in ways that IQ can't. And I think Wisdom is the more valuable of the two in the long run. Yes, I know, I'm often the first in here to be unwise and blow my top. But I know on some level I shouldn't and that there is a better way to live. Maybe by the time I'm 90 and ready to keel over I'll finally have it figured out! GL all!

All games have a learning curve. They can't do the tasks or quests for you. How many items did you craft in SWG before realizing there was a benefit to standing next to a crafting station? And when or how did you learn that there was a benefit to standing next to a crafting station? did you read the one time pop tutorial help when you crafted your first item? Other players? Accident? There's only so much a game can do to teach you how to play (without playing it for you). Current technology basically is to display text on your screen to read or ignore. WoW, EQ, EQ2, AO, and even SWG, etc, etc, etc does this to teach new users the basics. EQ2 however has upped the ante by reading to you (out loud) the text that it is also displaying (most times anyway). What more can technology do today? What were you expecting from EQ2 that would make it easier for a newbie to learn how to play? There's context sensitive menus on just about everything, there's a popup tutorial when encountering something for the first time (with voice over to boot). Without putting an implant your head or actually playing the game on some type of auto-pilot i'm not sure what else SOE could have done to help you learn the basics of this game?! (and no game will teach you the advance aspects of the game- in the realm of RPG, you as the player are responsible for learning that). You were informed on the Isle about a crafting quest, both with text and voice over. And somehow you missed it, ignored it, overwhelmed by all the new, or forgot about it before you left. SOE's fault? Game's fault? I would content that a newbie to SWG would have a harder time learning the basics of the game than a newbie to EQ2. But overall the knowledge will come with experience.

My recommendation would be, if you are starting a new MMO, your first toon is not your main. The first character you create is basically a throw away to learn those basics.

/imo ;)

This game has absolutely NOTHING in common with EQ1 except for the weak name references on certain zones / npcs. So i don't see where you are going with that one.

It's true - I still see people in their 20's sitting after or even during fights even though it has absolutely no impact on mana or health regeneration, or anything, actually. People get into groups and pull to camps even though questing is a far better way to level, at least up to 20 or 30.

I been play a cleric in EQ1 for almost a year, and I play a Templar in EQ2. The class couldn't be more different. I can solo efficiently (kill regular oranges and heal, repeat). I'm in the thick of the melee, mana (power) available is rarely a concern, the expensive armor actually has value - I can take a beating. Reactive heals are the best thing ever. But I still see other Templars sitting in back of a group tossing off Arch Healing.

Old habits die hard :)

(please don't nerf me...)