The Age of EQFollow

Don't know what's happening over on LD but the game is alive, healthy and still loads of fun on plenty of other servers.

I play on Najena and I couldn't imagine a nicer or more polite crowd overall. (And I'm speaking here of the general population, not just the members of the guild I'm in!)

There are exceptions... I have run into rude players and immature players but that is the exception and not the rule. Most of the time, the people you meet and interact with are as nice as can be.

Maybe you need to consider changing servers or just rolling up a new character for a fresh start.

And BTW - welcome back and thank you for your service to our country. It is because of the selfless dedication of men and women like you that we are all able to enjoy the lifestyle and freedoms that we have here. Thank you.

Actually, from what I've heard, the PvP servers are more of a senseless gank-fest!

I don't play there so I can't be sure but it would seem to me that the bulk of the population there is likely comprised of 14 year old boys who are desperate to prove to anyone and everyone that they have a pair.

Hey L'DL isn't bad! There's lost of times when theres shout conversations going on, though it might help to know of you play in Freeport or Qeynos, since freeport pretty much is empty on L'DL lol.


/shameless guild plug on
Maybe you need to get in a good guild, ours always has fun conversation going on and we are mostly RP. KLook up any of the Rebels of the Sacred Heart in game to get hooked up woth an invite. Tell them Panz sent ya.
/shameless guild plug off

Hum... you sure about that ? I'm 41, playing on Gorenaire (French PvP server) and I can assure you this is NOT a bunch of 14 years old kids here... Maybe you're talking about WoW... or talking about something you don't know at all... Maybe you should play a little PvP EQ2 style and, after experiencing it yourself, give your opinion about this subject. My friendly advice ;-)

Sorry if my reaction seems aggresive, but your simplistic opinion about pvP server is VERY aggressive and very "14 year old' style"...

;-)

btw, I'm 41, ex tank squadron leader.

Maybe its cool and fun on the french PvP server, but I tried out nagafen for awhile and OBD is completely right, its as 14 year old gank-fest.

See here's the thing. I'd rather have a 14 year old who knows what the f-ck they're doing than a 45 year old guy still figuring out the WASD system. Straight up... kid's learn faster. They don't always make great decisions in the game but they become much better at what they can figure out.

The trick, though, is to never teach them to type fast. Hell, discourage it!! Next time they trying using "home row" spray them with a waterbottle or something!

14 Year Olds are only annoying when they can type 80+ WpM... I know... I was one!

Not much has changed either...

Edited, Jul 25th 2006 at 12:37am EDT by tzsjynx

Frenzul, I also want to say welcome home and thanks for your sacrafice.

I don't much about LD but as for my server, Oasis, the chatter is endless. There are multiple channels that you can join beside the old standards of OOC, say, and tell. You might want to join an active guild that has lots of players.

I just left my active guild to revive my old guild and miss all the guild chatter. At the present our members are made up of about partially of members who vanished of the face of Norrath and partially my family and alts. But we are working hard at dinging 21 before Christmas. LOL

Zoo

lol...

I dunno how one would "run circles" around someone else in EQ2... This game takes so little skill that if Hellen Keller were alive today she'd be 50 before she firgured out "wa-wa."

The reason, though, that you are better at said games is probobly because your reasoning skills are more developed and you've encountered problems that you can relate back into the game many more times than a young child has.

That being said, kid's learn quicker and have faster reflexes. How many people above the age of say 24 do you see at any fast-paced game tourney's? Hell even sports games! There is definatly a legitimate arguement that younger kids have enough time to blow on learning the fine poitns of these games, but once you're getting into 16-20ish you're still looking at full time school, part time work, and

hopefully

a social life. I got alot of friends that play games like this, WOW, Halo, Counterstrike, ect that are doing 15 Credit Hours, are in Fraternities, have full time jobs and yes, even girlfriends. Most of them are still better at any skill-oriented game than any 40 year old. Even more skilled still, are 8 year olds who have had that very same game for 2 weeks.

EQ2, as well as most MMOs, take a certain level of maturity and responsibility to play (especially considering the game is continueous and your status/power builds on itself, there are no rounds and no room for much ******** around.) Even so, once you hit 14ish you find some pretty damn good players with enough maturity to hold down their sugar highs enough to play the game correctly. This is when if you look closely you can see how/when a person used to faster paced games plays these slower MMOs more attentively and skillfully.

Quicker pulling - quicker/better timed heals - quicker mezzes - correct/quick use of roots - more PC control means less adds, better mob positioning and correctly timed chain pulling - more alertness means OTing can save Mages/Priests - correct use of bebuff techniques - correct use of pets - ect.

And trust me, after grouping with a buncha 16-25 year olds the exp yield is noticably better, the death rate is increadibly low, and an overall efficiently level is reached that you just don't see with kids too young or players a bit too old.

Younger players also have their downsides which mostly include some form of ego problem... Over nuking - over pulling - refusal to use defensive - ect.

EQ2 really doens't need skilled players though. It's kinda like what the Nintendo Wii is shooting for... playable by anyone. It just takes some time to learn who does what and how to do it right. Unfortunatly, without a death penalty people don't even do that. /ooc 30 Templar LFG... 20 seconds later "are you DPS?" I think I need to go pray~

Hehe~

Never have I tried to say that 31-50 year olds are slow morons, but that very same test shows that reaction times and motor skill controls were dominated by the younger age group. 14 of the 25 tests showed that Uneducated people of the second group were better certain things, but that's a pretty selective set of parameters, and even so most of which involve conception and language skills (through having more life experiences to develop those skills.)

While much of my growing up with video games was with peers, many of my online gaming was with adults. I have quite a bit of respect for the 40 year olds that know how to play. My EQ1 guild was run by a 40 year old couple, and then our MT was a 45+ year old. Then, of course, much of the guild were friends with them and we ended up with a huge mix of people. My favorite Bard was a 35 year old, my favorite Wizzy was a 50 year old! Trust me, I'm not tryin to say "elderfolk" can't play~

Also, about Tae Kwon Do... I actually took that when I was 7 to 11. I was one belt from black... Most definatly I will agree that at 10ish nearing a black belt I knew jack crap compaired to my father and mother who took it with me. That, though, was mostly from just a lack of attentativeness and concentration (which at that age is kinda expected.)

I can tell you, though, that 10 years later although I cannot remember a single poomse alot of the "flow" and agility I gained all the way back then is with me still today, as well as balance and excellent foot-eye coordination (I still impress people in hackey sack and soccer.)

I think certain things are learned and retained better at certain ages, and in some cases the longer you've lived and more experiences you've had the better off you are. All I'm going to say is that a top-notch gamer at age 15 would excell over a top-notch gamer at age 45 in most game categories (especially those involving reaction times, hand eye-coordination and tracking, and pattern identification/absorbtion.)