General questions + EQ1 Conjurer vs EQ2Follow

Hello all!

I'm a big fan of EQ1 and FFXI, I had to quit EQ1 because of money issues, continued playing FFXI because it was more recent.. but I have no reached a dead end. Seems I've done everything in FFXI and I'm considering going back to EQ... but I have a few questions. I did read the FAQ, it answered most of the questions but there still is some unanswered.

Here it goes:

1) I read there's only 2 main cities in EQ2, but is there still smaller ones? for example, highkeep in EQ1. (this question isn't really important)

2) Is there teleports like EQ1, or do we have to run/ride all the way to far places? EQ1 had both druids and wizards teleports. I don't mind either way, just curious

3) Is EQ1 still popular? or there more players in EQ2? I've tried searching stats on the web but I couldn't find any.

Next questions are about the Conjurer classes

A) Can Conjurers summon equipment and such? Back then, we could summon full set of armor to give to our pets or to low level players to help them out. There was also pretty good mage-gear we could summon, like those rings and wristbands that would add damage etc etc

B) Is there other fun spells that aren't really useful? Like in EQ1(again) Mages could summon party packs, with a spin-the-bottle game, and fireworks, cake and drinks. There was also Monster Summoning which was interesting to play with, I didn't see those spells in the list, is the list up to date? I'd really miss this.

C) How are the pets compared to EQ1? We had 4 main pets, air - water - fire - earth. But we also had special pets, like that huge earth pet that could hit like a tank but had only like 10 hit points (I'm sorry I forget the name) And that swarm of tiny pets.

Anyway, that's pretty much it.

I'm downloading and trying the EQ2 trial today, but I know that I wont be able to get high level enough to answer my own questions.

For those that reply to this, I thank you for your time.

[edited the post for typos]

Edited, Jun 30th 2006 at 7:09am EDT by iamtotem

Well, having not played EQ1, I'm not the best to answer these, but I can answer some, though not as in-depth as some people will be able to.

1. In the next expansion (slated for Nov release iirc) there will be a 3rd city, but yes as it is now there are only 2. I don't know if I would call them small cities/towns, but there are quite a few quest hub type areas which are fairly safe from monsters, have guards, and have various quest NPCs.

2. In the latest expansion (Kinddom of Sky) they added 6 teleportation spires in the world. These lead up into the over-realm, and you can use these as kind of a ghetto warp type thing between:

Antocia<->Commonlands (10-20 areas)
Thundering Stepes<->Nektulos Forest (20-30)
Enchanted Lands (30-40)<->The Feerrot (from what I can tell 35-50ish? in terms of levels, not been there personally)

Other then that, I know that Scouts (and a couple other classes I believe) get an "Evac" spell which teleports your party members in range to the zone's "safe" area. I'm only a 37 Brigand (scout) and mostly solo, so I don't know much about other classes, but I do believe that these are the only "teleports" in the game.

3. EQ2 is fairly popular, and is gaining new players and more popularity each day. A good deal of people do still play EQ1 from what I can tell though. In fact, i've been thinking of trying it out a little on one of those new "progression" server thingies which seem to be slowly enabling the expansion in a time frame close to what they came out. Sounds kind of cool. I probably wont try it out though, EQ2 is pretty fun and I know some of the history behind the EQ/EQ2 connection. It still could be kind of fun though if I ever get some extra money (for station access/buying the game and the expansion)

Now, for the Conjurer questions, like I said i'm mainly a scout and haven't played around much with different classes really... but again i'll try.

A) As far as I know you can't summon equipment. I've heard of (maybe an idea) for pet armor, but I don't know.

B) There are actually various "Fluff" spells that quite a few classes get. Brigand actually gets a couple shape-shift spells. I don't know about the "party packs" although you can get a firework through a /claim reward. There are various non-combat pets you can summon as any class, like a little spore man thingy from completing an event in the Splitpaw Adventure pack.

C) I don't know if each pet has an element with it, but I do know that pet classes in general get several pets to choose from, I think they are based off the class-archtypes since I remember hearing people complaining about a "Scout Pet" nerf. Then there is also a tanking pet (fighter type?) I know of. I'm not sure of special pets like that huge earth pet thingy you were talking about, but I do know that various classes get a "swarm" style "pet" summon. Like Brigand gets "Band of Thugs" which summons several (I guess, I don't have it yet) thugs to come help you out. These "swarms" are limited though, and not that powerful. I've heard of BoT being compared to one of our "Fluff" spells like the shape-change.

Anyways, I hope that helps you some. Like I said though i'm not the most qualified to answer these questions, so don't base everything off of my responses. I'd hope i'm mostly right about these, but since I don't have any first-hand experiance with the Conjurer class or EQ1...


Edit: totally forgot about the bells and DoF expansion... I guess I just don't think anything of them because it is like second nature to use the bells (unlike the spires since they are a lot easier to notice then bells lol) and because i'm not high enough to get into DoF

Edited, Jun 29th 2006 at 8:29pm EDT by Tomec

To expand even more...

For a small fee (60s) you can take a boat directly to either TS or Nek from your home city by finding the Harbormaster. I'm not sure where it is for Qeynos (probably Harbor lol) but for Freeport it is East at the docks there.

There are also a couple of places where you can take a boat ride fighting various mobs and such (from what I can tell) if you wanted. Normally you have to complete some quests for these rides though.

/looks_up_over_a_cup_of_steaming_tea

Did someone say Conjurers?

There are no extra gear items to summon and equip your pet or other players. When you summon a pet, that's all you get. The pet has no equipable slots. You DO get verious proc and buff spells to pump it up, though.

Not too many utility spells like EQ1. ALmost every spell you will ever get are all combat-oriented. That is really unfortunate as I had always missed being able to Summon Bandages. As a Conjurer, I'd like to be able to actually conjure something!

You do get some utility spells like Invisibility and Call of Hero (teleport group member to you), and various shards (that you can share) like underwater breathing and power-regen.

There are two flavors of pets; your main pet and "dumb-fire" pets.

You main pet comes in 3 types:
Earth = tank pet. High HP and defense, slow attacks, low DPS, good taunts. Best when soloing tough mobs.
Air = Scout pet. Medium HP and defense, fast attacks, good DPS, extra procs. Best when fighting normal mobs or in a group with an average tank.
Fire = Mage pet. Low HP and defense, high DPS, and AE attacks. Best when soloing easy mobs or in a group with a good tank.

These pets will stay with you, follow you, and obey your commands as long as 1) it is alive, 2) you are alive, and 3) you dismiss it.

The dumbfire pets are temporary pets that will attack the selected target until the spell expires, the pets die, or the mob is dead (depending on the spell). It's basically a DoT with a pet animation.

Even though Conjurers are not like the EQ1 conterparts, I've had a blast playing one, as it is challenging to manage th epet, it's agro, your agro, and the party agro.

Couple quick questions that only need quick replies Shadowrelm.

1. What server are you on?
2. What class do you play?
3. What times do you play?

Holy Crap Shadow, such negativity. Why do you even bother to log on? I mean seriously.

I have played both EQ1 and EQ2. There are good and bad points to both. I played EQ1 for 4 years. I left the game, because there was no solo ability after a certain level. Unless you were in the uber guild with the uber equipment, wasn't alot to do but grind out AA's. It was not fun anymore, when I had to sit for an hour or longer with my LFG on or spamming, lvl 60 chanter LFG. In my opinion they nerfed my chosen class so bad, that all I became was a buff bot, was not fun anymore.

I played WOW...a brain dead comotose patient could play that game. It had no substance. But it was a nice change from EQ1. I got my character to level 60 and lost interest. Didn't seem to be much left end game wise. However, I did enjoy the PVP instances.

I have been playing EQ2 for a little over a year now. Guess what? It's EQ2 so it is different than EQ1, hence the difference in name there. My main charac. is level 70 conj.and I still enjoy playing. Who knows maybe I will lose interest at some point and move on to another game. But that's the beauty of computer games, you don't HAVE to play it if you don't enjoy it. For now, I'm still enjoying myself. I like the versitility of being able to solo if I want or LFG. I'm not sure what server you are on, but on Kithicor there are always people in my level channel LFG or starting a group. Why don't you start a group if you can't find a group? There are always people LFG, why not just start inviting them into a group?

Stop your whining. If you not happy with the game, then cancel your subscription and go back to playing EQ1 or whatever.

In EQ II, if you get a quest, you can complete it. Yes, it is true.



Underwater breathing, oh I don't know, perhaps for quests that involve being underwater a lot? Yes, there are some. You won't get it at a lower lvl, but get high enough and there are some heritage quests that require some deep sea diving.

And there are ofcourse plenty of mobs in the sea to fight, much more than in WoW. (although none are as terrifying or as annoying as the Murlocs, I must admit)

And you can replace EQII in your sentence with EVERY SINGLE MMORPG IN THIS WORLD. If only you could be so honest to admit that.