GameSpy's State of the Game for EQIIFollow

Review is here.

They quote me in that article:


"The game has improved greatly, come on back and test it out for a month." -- griffiths

My EQ2 forum handle.

We on the boards are in the midst of celebrities. First, Tut gets his definition published and then Bodhi gets quoted.

/swoon

Edit: I just noticed that SR's post got removed. Hmmm...bannination?

Edited, Jul 21st 2006 at 1:29pm EDT by Mearyk

Hmmmmm... cleansing fire much?

He is sooooo gonna rant on some forum about how the 'moral majerty' is holding him back from telling the truth to the masses

Talk about falling on deaf ears. It must be Bush's fault.

/shoves_the_thread_back_on_track

um...state of the game? :)

Edited, Jul 21st 2006 at 2:36pm EDT by TutanBriarpaw

Since release, you can tell Sony has done a lot to listen to their community and try to implement what the majority has asked for. In the beginning, once you got past the spit and polish, the game was fundamentally flawed, not to mention boring. But the past several months have seen changes, while not necessarily drastic, have made a huge impact on game play. I really enjoy logging on now and seeing what Im going to be doing that day.

Now if only I can get my hands on a newer computer that can play the game a little more smoothly on balanced when raiding, and Id be a happy happy girl

I was not too happy about the recent Summoner nerf, as I have a much harder time fighting. But I guess I was never meant to be so uber anyway.

I'm not a big fan of things getting easier. It seems that many concepts of gameplay were first created to give the game a specific tone and feel. However, gamers either expected EQ1-style play (since the same name) or wanted things easy like WoW.

I'm glad to see social-agro mobs, as it makes the game a bit more challenging. I used to cower and cringe in certain EQ1 zones when I'd hear, "Train to zone!", making me look for an immediate hiding spot.

Not a tradeskiller much, so I don't know how much of an impact that has had.

Not a fan of double-exp-vitality bonus either. Although in the higher levels it doesn't matter much, since I get .1% to .2% per kill. Now THAT's some slow exp gain. :) But it's worth mentioning that while in a recent Halls of Fate group (heroic zone in KoS with a big nasty dragon), I got 95% exp, a ding, and 2 AA's.

Okay, so I complain about things being easy yet I'll take the goodies. /sigh I admit, I'm shallow like that. :)

Prior to release, EQ2 was hyped up so much to EQers that it was going to be a different game. While in some parts it was, when it was released, take away the shiny pretty things and it was EQ again. Those who had gotten tired of grinding for hours a night only to recieve 10% xp with a full group, started noticing the same thing at lvl 20 in EQ2. When you realized you had another 30 lvls to go, adding in the hell levels there always seems to be, why bother switching from one game to the other when they were the same?

EQ was and still is a great game. But why have two that were almost identical in game play? Then WoW came out and showed that you could have the options of soloing AND grouping, with more emphasis on soloing. This was great when you didnt have as much time to sit around lfg, but it did get boring. Soloing all the time except for instances just did not induce the ability to meet and make new friends.


EQ2, after a long time, was finally made a hybrid from both games. There seems to be still a slight advantage for grouping, but there is not so much a lack of soloing as there had been both at launch and in EQ1. Im not wasting my time in POK anymore waiting for friends to log on in order to do something. I can effectively solo until others pop on.


As for bonus xp, just wait until the 50's. I swear Sony likes the 50's to be their hell levels. Without the bonus xp I would have gotten frustrated much more often. I do agree in the lower levels it makes the leveling insane, but it does een out later.

There is still a lot I think that can be done with the game. But thats the beauty of MMOs compared to video games. Its a constant evolution, always changing with the tides of time and gamers.

Have you even played both games??

A serious question as you are seriously talking out of your **** for the moment.

WoW has fewer quests, with rather limited rewards for those quests too. There are few quests to be done that give items that are better than the ones that are dropped or crafted, apart from a couple of charms that are very handy and usually take a long time to get.

A beginning player in EQ can get a lot of great things (armour, weapons, food, ...) from the quests in the city. I cannot say the same of WoW, not even close.

Danalog is my hero