Planning to switch to EQ@--some questionsFollow

The most straightforward answer I can give: If you don't like quests, you won't like EQ2. The quests are deeper, and more story involved than WoW. Yes you still have "Go kill so many of these things" quests, but the storyline is meatier, and for me more enjoyable.

If you don't have a lot of time to play, no problem. They made EQ2 to be enjoyed by casual gamers like yourself and hardcore raiders. There's something for everybody.

The classes are a bit more involved. There's two kinds of druid, three flavors of rogue, and so on. But at I think the game is pretty good at describing what each one does, and all of them are (supposedly) able to solo.

I don't think it's that hard to find a group. Especially if you're on a server with a decent population.

And finally gear is pretty important to your character.

Try the free trial and see for yourself.

Maddren if I was you i'd download either Trial of the Isle or the EoF trial and give it a try the game has come a long way for sure.

btw did you play EQ1 on the nameless server?

Your log can hold up to 75 quests. However, you do not have to do one quest in order to advance in this game. Many people create alts, only do a sprinkling of the quests and are still able to advance easily.

You can get great gear from the quests, but you can get nearly comprable equipment from crafters. Also, if you enjoy grinding in groups or solo, you will come upon gear that will surpass most things quested or crafted. And I wouldn't say EQ2 is heavily reliant on gear. It depends on your class as to which items should be good. For example, if you are a DPSer of the rogue form, you will want good weapons, but your armor doesn't need to be top quality (though it will help if it was, it won't be a game-breaker if it isn't). This brings me to classes.

The classes, IMO, are very easy to understand. Your knowledge book, which houses all of your abilities and spells is, for lack of a better phrase, a wealth of knowledge. Each new ability comes with an excellent description of how to use it (i.e. duration, recast time, situational use, etc.) You should not have a problem learning your class. And if you ever have questions, the majority of people in the game are more than willing to answer them without calling you a noob.

Time is not an issue in this game. Even playing for an hour can feel very fulfilling.

Groups, I think, are hit and miss. It all depends on what you want a group for and what time you play. My suggestion, like OBD has said so many times before, is to look at the servers during your normal playing time and check the populations. This will give you a good idea of how many people you will see during your normal hours.

That's about all I have to offer. Good luck and have fun!

Edited, Mar 4th 2007 10:25pm by Mearyk

Well-you have to pick your class when you make your character. So lets say you make a dark elf brigand..you log in and(please anyone correct me if this is wrong) you must get to lvl 10 before you can betray. Getting to lvl 10 is easy and shouldn't take much time at all.

Ok so now, certain classes can't be a certain faction...like brigand. I betrayed my Brigand at lvl 21 and she is now a Swashbuckler(the "good" counterpart) The only scout type class that can start at either cities are the bard types-Toubadours and Dirges.

This link below can help with what I mean-it has each archtype and what class can be from what faction and what class you will end up as if you choose to betray. Sorry if that sounded confusing...but I hope I helped. :)

http://eq2.allakhazam.com/db/guides.html?guide=823

Edited, Mar 5th 2007 12:28pm by MistressKhallie