Considering converting, got a few questionsFollow

Yeah, I read the FAQ. These shouldn't be reposts.

I admit it, I'm interested. I'm getting seriously burnt out on WoW, and I need something new.

However, I definetely cannot pay for two MMOs at once, and I think it's time to make a decision. I've got a few questions about EQ2, which will probably influence whether or not I join.

Are all the classes generally accepted into groups? I played a DRK in FFXI, which was nightmarish (no pun intended) when getting into groups. Is there a class that is more solo-focused?

Is it possible to purchase and download the game online? I've heard Bodhi say something about this, and it would make my life a lot easier if I could go about it that way. Which expansions do the game come bundled with nowadays? How much is the monthly fee, and does it cost anything extra to have more than one character?

How does player housing work? Is it like FFXI, where you initially have a house that you place furniture in? Or is it more like a house that you can actually see from the outside, that's really placed into the game world? Can the size be upgraded?

Finally, what is the max level, how long (for the average player) does it take to reach it, and what is the end-game like?

Hope that helps.

Edit - Oh and I picked up game on April 23 and I am now lvl 50 with my Ranger. I had some help to start but did most of it in PUG (which are much more pleasant than in WoW or FFXI) and soloing.

Edited, Jun 27th 2006 at 1:14pm EDT by bodhisattva

Edited, Jun 27th 2006 at 1:21pm EDT by bodhisattva

I feel ya there, I got burnt out on WoW awhile back and went back to FFXI... got burned out on that and tried out EQ2.



The nice thing about EQ2 is how they handle classes actually. All have a place in groups really. There are a few more group oriented then others (hard to solo) but I don't know of any more solo-oriented classes. All classes can solo, (some harder then others like I said above)

The classes are set-up into 4 arch-types, and each class can do the job of their arch-type in a party. They are:

Fighter: Tanks
Priests: Healers
Mages: Magical DPS/CC
Scouts: Melee DPS/Support*/Limited CC

*bards fall into the scout catagory and will either cripple the mob and damage it with songs while SLIGHTLY buffing the group, or help buff the group and damage the mob with meelee rather then songs (Dirge vs Troub)

All the scouts will be able to do dps decently, all the fighters can tank, all priests can heal, all mages will get magical dps... it just varries from class to class how it is done (like Monk is a "blink-tank" in a sense because they focus on avoiding hits) but each CAN do it.



While you can download and buy online, I would NOT recomend it because you will end up paying MORE for the game. The reason is the online downloads don't have the second expansion, Kingdom of Sky, included in it like you can get in a store. I HIGHLY recomend getting the bundle, it is 30 bucks (vs 20 for the base game) and includes the base game. You can use this expansion as early as 10ish, but it's real good point starts at 20, and that is the achievment system. Think modified talent system.

You get 6 chars per account, or you can "upgrade" to a station account (which gives some other bonuses like other MMOs I believe) for like 21 bucks a month (vs the same pricing plan as WoW has with the whole 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, and 1year which WoW doesn't have) and get 10 chars.



The housing in game starts you out with a little 1-room inn room in which you can place furnishings and such. You can move up to a 5-room two story house as max. The entrances to housing is actually doors that are phsyically in the game world. You can get housing in places like the upper floor of a tavern and you'll actually have to go upstairs in that tavern to get into it. You do have to be in higher level guilds (yes, guilds have leveles) to get the better housing, though you can buy a 2-room w/o being in a guild, but that is the only other I know of besides the "starting" 1-room. You do have to pay rent on the rooms though, and for the 5room house this can be a sizable chunk per week. You aso get more slots to sell things on the broker (ah) with a bigger house. In order to sell on the AH now you have to place a bag/box into a slot (1 w/o housing, 2 with a 1 room, 3 with a 2 room, ect) and then place items into that. Boxes can go pretty large, like 30ish slots! Bags don't go as large, but in general you use bags for your normal carrying (they are lighter) and boxes for broker/vaults.



Right now the max level is 70, and as for how long it will take I couldn't say because i'm only 37. There are some levels that seem to fly by (i've heard the 50-60 stretch flies by, and i've been in my 30s for maybe a week vs the 3 or so to get to them... though I did take a break from that char) and some that seem to drag on (like my 20s). I've been playing about a month and a half. However, I wouldn't call my playtime average by any stretch of the immagination. I have a LOT of time to play the game. I rarely have a high amount of "vitatlity" (think modified rested exp bonus lol) since I play so much. It does build up a lot quicker then in WoW, and I think i've even had it build up in a BIG chunk just running around not killing things. If you build up large amounts every now and then by being offline for a day or two I immagine that would really help with the leveling.

Awesome, thanks for the responses.

I think I'll pick it up next time I get a chance, I'll get on Blackburrow (PvP ftw) and meet up with you.

Thanks again.

Yea join us on Nagafen, make sure and start in Freeport.

While on PvE servers everyone can interact PvP servers its like the horde/alliance and you can only kill each other.


Look up Lamneth or Thenmal (my alt) or anyone in the guild Tsujigiri when you get online.

Hope to see you soon.

Reading comp. for the win. I'll get on Nagafen.

Anyway, I just picked up the game (opportunity came to pick it up sooner than I expected, yay) and installed it (erg, 9 discs), and am going through the account creation process. Hopefully the patching won't take too long and I'll be on before you all go to bed.

I was wondering if SR would hit up this thread...

*plays fanfare*

Enter the resident forum troll.

So, who are you going to listen to? Him, or the other people? Not to mention if he hates it so much why is he still playing? "Quit and came back" but is still playing? "Oh, well I wanted to play until the time I payed for is up."

Personally, I think you need to learn to play your class and realize a couple things...

I regularly solo yellow mobs, and even some heroics (normally designed for groups) because I KNOW HOW TO PLAY my job. This includes doing quests that are yellow.

Many people set either anon or roleplaying and then forgot to un-select those before hitting the LFG flag. EITHER of these hides your level/zone. If I had 1g for every time I've seen someone with the LFG flag and RP/Anon on i'd have the fastest mount by now. Ok, maybe that is pushing it a little, but i'd have a mount for sure if I started at 0g, and I don't mean one of the guild discounted ones either.

Personally more often then I not see shouts and things in chat channels (did you even TRY the level channels when trying to form the group?) that say something like:

RoV Group seeking 2 more have healer and tank!

Or

RoV group seeking more, Healer and DPS needed


As trollish/wrong as SR is, I do have to admit he is semi-right about all the archtypes playing semi-similar. There are some MAJOR differences, but like I said before, all fighters can tank, all priests can heal, all scouts/mages can dps... There are some big differences in how they do that though, which is what adds the flavor... but as for general roles in a group... also, each archtype does get similar skills until about 20, then it diversifies a bit. This is a remnent from the old class progression system. After 20 it does change a bit, and the differences between classes cna be quite profound really.

SR is an ole hack.

He is not a troll, rather just really really not bright.

I don't mean any offense, but most of the people who actively posted here before you newbs - ;) - showed up are on Najena. It seems like they're (Tutan, OBD, etc.) not posting that much lately, so, c'est la vie.

Aye Najena is the original allas server. Lotsof cool people there

Indeed we are, but we're too old to compete with lightning fast thread-hounds! :)

EDIT: Forgot to add, I usually don't post a "Yea, what he said" post. If the question has been answered, then there's no need to re-answer it. Unless I forget. Then I...um...now what was I here for...?

Edited, Jun 29th 2006 at 1:01pm EDT by tutanbriarpaw

Yeah right, I top the quest list in my guild, I'm trying to get in the top 100 for my server. And I do this completely solo.

I've seen just about every zone and instance (good way to get achievement xp, exploration), just like I did in EQ (almost anyway, that game is just too large to have seen it all).

I have no idea where you get the insane notion that people will miss 90% of the game content, no idea whatsoever.

And yes, just like in WoW, some quests cannot be completed alone without a couple of levels higher. Heck, I had quests in WoW that I couldn't complete 20 levels later.

I have no idea what server you were on, or what you did wrong, but there isn't a quest out there that others won't want to finish too. There are always groups, always people LFG'ing, even when I log in on a US server during their night time there are always people on and looking.

(edited to correct silly mistake)

Edited, Jun 29th 2006 at 7:17pm EDT by Zieveraar