hello everyone,
i am currently playing WoW and getting very bored of it lately. i used to play EQ back in the day and have always kinda wondered about EQ2.
I find WoW almost to easy to do anything. how does EQ2 compare to that? does it at least pose a challenge to lvl?
I am basically just lookin for some good feedback in order to convince myself to delete my characters and WoW and make the switch to hopefully a better and more enjoyable game.
thanks for any info you all can help me out with
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Difficulty-wise you'll find that EQ2 hovers in the space between EQ1 and WoW. It's not quite as tough or hardcore as EQ1, but it also isn't "Fisher Price: My First MMO" like WoW. It's a pretty fair medium ground in terms of challenge.
As an experienced player you'll blow through the first couple of tiers, but then things will slow down dramatically. And when you do get to the end-game, it isn't all raiding and instances. There is a ton of solo, group and raiding content for all levels of the game on top of thousands of quests and a decent crafting system. if you are initiated you'll always have something to do.
As an experienced player you'll blow through the first couple of tiers, but then things will slow down dramatically. And when you do get to the end-game, it isn't all raiding and instances. There is a ton of solo, group and raiding content for all levels of the game on top of thousands of quests and a decent crafting system. if you are initiated you'll always have something to do.
I played wow and I didn't like it. Wow plays like a watered down EQ2 basically.
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cool, thanks for the info and the answers!
Don't delete your characters in WoW!
Not because WoW is better than EQ II, at the very least they are quite equal (with my preference to EQII for being better), but you might want to still go back to WoW after trying out EQII.
It is a tougher game to play, although in no way as hard as EQ. It has normally a good crowd playing it, fairly easy to find groups (depending on area though, spend some time in Lesser Faydark yesterday and barely saw anyone) and lots of things to do and see. And I mean a lot.
Sure, the world isn't as large as in EQ, but it's already pretty large.
Not because WoW is better than EQ II, at the very least they are quite equal (with my preference to EQII for being better), but you might want to still go back to WoW after trying out EQII.
It is a tougher game to play, although in no way as hard as EQ. It has normally a good crowd playing it, fairly easy to find groups (depending on area though, spend some time in Lesser Faydark yesterday and barely saw anyone) and lots of things to do and see. And I mean a lot.
Sure, the world isn't as large as in EQ, but it's already pretty large.
Dont delete your characters on WoW. Just cancel your account for the time being. You can always reactivate if you find yourself missing Azeroth.
I've played both games off and on since release. I enjoy both for different reasons, and when I find myself in a stalemate on one, I just pop on the other. My preference is EQ2 over WoW, but that generally has to do with the people in the game.
Community is much more mature in EQ2. They're more helpful, but they will also expect you to try and do research first. With the amount of information websites out there, you can find out a lot of stuff on your own before asking a question outright.
I never run across the WoW crap you see in the Barrens or other newb zones. it might be the server I am on, or I might just be lucky.
EQ2, like stated, is a middle ground between EQ and WoW when it comes to difficulty. You can still solo all the way up of you choose, but you will miss out on a lot of the content if you go that route, unlike WoW. It's a lot slower to level up that way as well.Also unlike WoW, EQ2 promotes grouping together, even going so far as to add a mentoring ability so you can join friends of any level. I really wish all games had this ability as it truly makes playing with your friends much more feasible if one of you had had a head start. And really, isnt that what playing MMOs is all about? I wasnt fond of the way WOW promoted soloing through the mainland content. It was actually detrimental to group with someone outside an instance. In EQ2 you also get bonus XP when grouping, esp if you have a full group.
Dying is a bit different. Instead of losing durability as you fight (WoW) you lose 10% everytime you die. You have ten chances to die before your armor is useless. You gain debt too. You wont lose xp like you did in EQ, but you will have to fight a couple of mobs before you're back to where you were prior. It's a good reason to really work hard on not dying. Also, instead of rezzing at a GY and having to run to your corpse, you are brought back alive at some local point.
There are a ton of quests in EQ2, and many different types. Not all are as easy to figure out as WoW. Sometimes, quests start just by examining something you may have looted.
I've played both games off and on since release. I enjoy both for different reasons, and when I find myself in a stalemate on one, I just pop on the other. My preference is EQ2 over WoW, but that generally has to do with the people in the game.
Community is much more mature in EQ2. They're more helpful, but they will also expect you to try and do research first. With the amount of information websites out there, you can find out a lot of stuff on your own before asking a question outright.
I never run across the WoW crap you see in the Barrens or other newb zones. it might be the server I am on, or I might just be lucky.
EQ2, like stated, is a middle ground between EQ and WoW when it comes to difficulty. You can still solo all the way up of you choose, but you will miss out on a lot of the content if you go that route, unlike WoW. It's a lot slower to level up that way as well.Also unlike WoW, EQ2 promotes grouping together, even going so far as to add a mentoring ability so you can join friends of any level. I really wish all games had this ability as it truly makes playing with your friends much more feasible if one of you had had a head start. And really, isnt that what playing MMOs is all about? I wasnt fond of the way WOW promoted soloing through the mainland content. It was actually detrimental to group with someone outside an instance. In EQ2 you also get bonus XP when grouping, esp if you have a full group.
Dying is a bit different. Instead of losing durability as you fight (WoW) you lose 10% everytime you die. You have ten chances to die before your armor is useless. You gain debt too. You wont lose xp like you did in EQ, but you will have to fight a couple of mobs before you're back to where you were prior. It's a good reason to really work hard on not dying. Also, instead of rezzing at a GY and having to run to your corpse, you are brought back alive at some local point.
There are a ton of quests in EQ2, and many different types. Not all are as easy to figure out as WoW. Sometimes, quests start just by examining something you may have looted.
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