EQ2 or WoW>> Which is better??Follow

Thats the way they want it to be...not everyone will have the willpower to sit and wait for that name to spawn...on EQOA we had to wait days for spawns oh higher level quest...just camp you main there make an alt..and check in to see if hes up later...thats the solution to that...or go level up a bit and go solo him when your LFG if hes up at the time you check. EQ2 is a great game...just have to have the right mind frame...so you want everyone to have that great ranger bow you worked so hard to get...or do you want to be the badass thats carrying 1 of the 5 types of that bow on the server

I came from Lucan D'Lere "RP preferred" server where NO ONE RP'ED!! Community consisted of flaming Rp'ers over the General OOC chat, and arguing about politics. I didn't *want* to group with most of the people because most of the people just got me killed. Oh you CAN solo... but it takes way too damned long, and you don't get any decent drops.

I liked the Iksar thing, A LOT. I wish I still could play Iksar in WoW, which is impossible of course.

In WoW I'm on Cenarion Circle, an RP realm where a lot of people RP. We hold RP gatherings several times a week,lore telling, peaceful walks between factions, even a lot of the PvP is RP'ed out later on the boards we have. I have a nice group of friends there, on BOTH sides of the fence... I did not have this on EQ2 and I am now on WoW as long as I was on EQ2.

So the Community argument doesn't work for me.

The l33t d00dz argument doesn't work for me either. L33t d00dz are reported for breaking RP rules in CC, and asked to transfer to either PvE or PvP servers.

The economy is pretty healthy in WoW, unlike what I saw happening in EQ2 when I left. And yes -- go look on the official boards, people are definately complaining about the economy and how it's set up right now.

They just had a BIG update that added more items, more quests, fixed a lot of bugs, added new dungeons and instances, more mobs, and soon they will also release the Battlegrounds/Honor System patch...and unlike SOE's "Adventure Packs"...I get all this for free. These aren't even Expansion packs yet and still they add so much to the game already.

So the argument of "not enough content added" doesn't work.

Yes *some* of the servers go down for maitenence a lot. My server has been down for emergency maitenence 2 times since I started, and of course down 2 times for updates. EQ2 has maitenence every day at 7 am. Hm.

No, the server always down argument doesn't work for me.


To me it sums up like this:

SOE released EQ2 waaay too early. They DID cut out a lot of promised material (trust me I watched the little premiere they had out a couple years back showing armor, facial features, etc etc ) It COULD have been such a great game!! But got a lot of things right, but then ...just so totally missed other things.
And now they post an ad (I wonder how many people have seen it, was amusing) hitting Blizzard below the belt in a desperate attempt to win back some customers.

No, EQ2 is not a BAD game. Many people enjoy it, and I'm totally fine with that. But it lives up to almost no one's expectations of what it COULD have been and SHOULD have been. Something about the game just wasn't *fun* for me after level 15... and plus SOE's horrible customer service finally did it in for me.

Is WoW perfect? Nope. But I enjoy it, and so do many others. I love my server. All those griping about "no community" should try an RP server if they have any creative ability, maybe you'd like it better. Being a Troll Hunter is insanely fun, PvP is totally up to YOU if you want to do it or not (unless of course you go to a PvP server) and it's fun too. Money is not insanely hard to make or keep, stuff is pretty affordable, they add new content often with more on the way (and I would definately imagine several expansions being planned) and it's just *fun* for me. ME being the key word. If you try it and don't like it great, but don't knock it before you try it, and don't say it's "teh suxx0rz" just because you don't like it.



Edited, Sat Mar 26 15:02:40 2005 by Ivven

if by "added new dungeons and instances" you mean added dire maul, it was already supposed to be in the game, it just wasn't ready yet. so its not really 'free' content since it was supposed to be in the boxed game. i think that's the only instance they added? why did you make it seem plural?

its clear that eq2 has added a lot more than WoW has, but also for the same reason. a lot of this stuff was also supposed to be in the eq2 launch before. but at least they patch often, instead of once every 4 months.

to me, the WoW patch was very dissapointing. they 'added' interface options which other people were already adding on their own, and tried to implement fixes that didn't really help anything, people are still complaining just as much. they're too busy trying to a find a balance to a pvp system to stop the whining, which is almost impossible.

Edited, Sat Mar 26 18:19:10 2005 by bloodwingss

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No, EQ2 is not a BAD game. Many people enjoy it, and I'm totally fine with that. But it lives up to almost no one's expectations of what it COULD have been and SHOULD have been. Something about the game just wasn't *fun* for me after level 15... and plus SOE's horrible customer service finally did it in for me.


What im wondering is...did you make it past lvl 15..how far...the lower levels always kinds suck...gotta work your way to the top you know...the economy is set up for people to be unique and to have to work hard to be the best...when you get close to 30 and past that you have tons of fun and always something to do. So what if we get updates, its all for us..im sure the programers hate coming to work as much as we do, but they do it for the customer...and the customer service has always been nice and respectful to me, probaly b/c i was nice and respectful to them...though they are not the brightest bulb in the drawer at times they try there best so give em a break.

Your right its not a bad game...its a GREAT game, that will fill many lives with joy for years...and my expectations to what it was gonna be was filled...and im putting my money on that my great expectations for the future will be filled...and one day people will talk about that game that tried to take on EQ2...what was it called WoW?

Edited, Sat Mar 26 23:23:26 2005 by powerfulpally

that is true, but its not really a big deal. in warcraft, leveling was important because all the good stuff is at lvl 60, and you want to pvp so you feel rushed.

i don't really think about leveling at all in eq2, its not really a big facter, since there's plenty to do at all levels.

Ummm, in EQ2 you can quest, instance, and solo after 35 or 40. I find it interesting that you would even bring this point up since according to your own sig you never got past 22 on EQ 2.



Well, don't hurt yourself.



Oh dear. Unless you just live for PvP, I hope you are not looking for high-end content since according to your own post it took you three weeks to breeze through the 40's and like you said, you'll probably hit 49 tomorrow. Good luck with that. Come back in a a few days win you cap out and tell us how that's going...






Edited, Sun Mar 27 04:47:39 2005 by Datheenker

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Sir, or Ma'am, I'm on a ROLE PLAY Server.

That means I ROLE PLAY a story. Leveling means almost nothing to me. I level to Defend.

End Game for me


So if you're the typical *grind grind grind* gamer, yeah it'd be boring at 60, but I'm not. EQ2's "Role Play" server had NO ROLEPLAY! We had Flamers come on all the time and FLAME us for trying! Uh, no thanks. It was really upsetting. I love my Server's atmosphere, I am having a blast. (Quote)








I understand that your a roleplayer and it makes your day to act and talk like a dwarf or whatever you are...im sorry that not everyone respects that your on a role play server and only role players should choose that server.

Im just hoping you dont dress up in cosplay and walk around looking like an elf....j/k

But there is going to be an *** on any MMORPG you play so why knock EQ2 for the few immature people that wont respect you, just dont expect me to start talkin like im a dwarf when im playing...im human playing on a PC game...i like to keep it that way...you cant expect others to roleplay though just because you want to

Edited, Sun Mar 27 11:13:25 2005 by powerfulpally

all i can say is i haven't been able to log into warcraft for about a week now since the patch made things so bad, especially today since maitenance seems to take about 20 hours every tuesday.

Lol..12 people to raid?
In WoW, we tried to raid Undercity last night last night (and it was also my first raid BTW)
We were, at least, 80-90 people....got owned by the defenders.
It was the most fun thing i have ever experienced in a game.

And Shadowrelm...i guess you hit the point. Gratz on your comments: serious, healthy and focused. Nice to have people like you in the community.

Agreed, he seems biased and his experiences definitely differ from mine. I've been solo probably 70% of the time from level 1 to 28 and I've never specifically gone group seeking for xp grinding.

Quests don't lead from one to the other like one person said they do in WOW (well in some instances they do and they are adding a lot more of that...it's on the test server now). I like questing in EQ2 and have done 284 of them /shrug.

Which game is better? I don't really care. I haven't played WOW so I won't even comment on it.

Im soloing right now in varsoons at 39...my bro a 50 conjurer solo's constantly...almost all the way to 50..so yea i know for a fact you can solo your way up there.....and that 80-90 people for a raid...thats a bit much isnt it..to still get owned makes me think that theres was 80-90 people who didnt know what they was doing lol.

But i dont really care, ill play EQ2, you play WoW, my old lady will play the sims. But dont make false claims that you cant solo your way up in EQ2...if your a wizard what did you expect..wanna solo with that class...better learn to kite...but the way ive found is ill start finishing little quest while im LFG...eventually i will get a tell for a grp + i still get quest done and equipment to sell...wasnt a hard formula for me to figure out..all you have to do is get to 30 for this formula to work...i admit when i was under 20 it was rough, but come on, nature isnt nice to baby animals....EQ2 isnt nice to baby toons. So my best advice is to keep at it and make a name for yourself...then tell me your gripes with EQ2 when you get 30+...seems the only ones i see griping are the low levels..and trust me the low levels suck for me ane almost everyone else so dont feel alone.

It feels good to have a high level pimped out toon...if it was easy to get him/her the best you want them to be though you wouldnt have that feeling of satisfaction...

So, you solo whilst looking for a group and still insist that you can solo up to a high level?

Question, what kind of xp are you getting from those 'little' quests to still be able to call it 'soloing' when you are continuously looking for a group?

What kind of xp are you getting in Varsoons?

The hard time of the game is not under lvl 20, that just flies by, it's the mid twenties that are just too much of a bother.