ok, so i play WoW atm, and have ran out of things to do, so i want another MMORPG to play until the new WoW expansion comes out then after ive ran out of stuff to do on WoW's new expansion continue playing.
just curious, ive looked at the official website and seen the classes/professions or whatever you call them on everquest, the first one, presuming EQ2 has the same ones and ive seen the nice variety of mounts on EQ2 and races (dwarf, elf etc.)
but im not hearing anything of payment methods and trade skills (like blacksmithing etc.)
so i was wondering, what payement methods are there, are there tradeskills and which ones if any? and what are the main differences between EQ and EQ2 and which would you recommend to me?
thank you in advance for responses, if any.
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so i was wondering, what payement methods are there, are there tradeskills and which ones if any? and what are the main differences between EQ and EQ2 and which would you recommend to me?
Payment methods...you mean exchanging money for goods and services? I'll assume that. You can pay for things from other players by either direct trade live with the player, mailing coin or products to a player, visiting their home and buying items directing from a sales box the player has set up, or buying goods from a player via an NPC broker who takes a little extra coin as a commission fee for facilitating the deal.
Tradeskills...let's see: Weaponsmith, armorer, carpenter, provisioner, sage, alchemist, tailor, jeweler....woodworker? I think thats all of them. You can also be a tinkerer or transmuter as a secondary tradeskill. I recommend you visit the fine folk at EQ2 Traders Corner for all of your tradeskilling needs.
The main difference you'll find between EQ1 and EQ2 is the dedication requirements. EQ2 is somewhat less "hardcore" than EQ1. It's not quite as "arcade easy click-n-watch" like WoW, but it isn't nearly as difficult as EQ1. It sort of hovers in between the two in difficulty. The mentoring system means you won't have the problem of outlevelling your friends anymore. The achievement system works differently. The world is smaller, but with a greater amount of instanced content. A lot more variety too. We did the math recently...between all the classes and races and due to the betrayal system there was 400+ possible race/class combinations. Good stuff.
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thanks for all the info. it was a great help.
but when i said payment methods, i meant monthly payment, the monthly fee will also be handy.
however i never knew you get houses, so that was awsome info.
but when i said payment methods, i meant monthly payment, the monthly fee will also be handy.
however i never knew you get houses, so that was awsome info.
You can pay monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly, or annually with a credit card on file. The basic monthly cost is $14.99/mo and then if you want you can save a couple bucks by paying for a longer plan.
1-month ......... $14.99
3-month ......... $41.99
6-month ......... $77.99
12-month ......... $143.99
Your other option is to purchase time cards from local game stores/retailers. You can also get them off of Amazon. They come in 30 and 90 day versions and are more spendy than just having an account, but are good for folk who don't have/can't get/don't trust credit cards for whatever reason.
1-month ......... $14.99
3-month ......... $41.99
6-month ......... $77.99
12-month ......... $143.99
Your other option is to purchase time cards from local game stores/retailers. You can also get them off of Amazon. They come in 30 and 90 day versions and are more spendy than just having an account, but are good for folk who don't have/can't get/don't trust credit cards for whatever reason.
If you go from WOW to eq1 you will probably hate it. In EQ1 after about level 15 or so you pretty much have to depend on grouping or having really good armor. Even the classes that do solo it is painfully slow and 1 or 2 resists from a spell and your pretty much dead. Thing about EQ1 is if you have the money you can buy armor that was really meant for level 60's. The game did start adding required and recommended levels to armor quite a few expansions ago, but there is still plenty of armor floating around that will make you super strong at low levels. However if you are starting the game from scratch chances are you will probably not be able to afford that sort of stuff. A good example is the Fungi Tunic. IT adds 15 regen which at low levels can make you just about invincible to mobs that normally would be impossible to solo.
The community in EQ1 is just about nothing but hardcore players anymore. What few low level characters are left are more then likely either an alt, or being powerleveled by a friend. That was the biggest reason I left the game. Not alot of low level players left in the game meaning finding a group can be ruff. Even at higher levels people don't want to hardly group with you unless your in their guild or they are your best friend. They are scared to death they might (Gasp!) get into a bad group. So instead they would rather sit and do nothing instead of taking a chance with players they don't know.
Eq2 on the other hand as stated is alot more casual then eq1. To be honest the combat and leveling is alot like WOW. As far as dieing goes the penalty is about the same as WOW. Grouping is pretty easy in eq1. You probably will do more soloing then anything up till about level 15 or better with eq2.
When I played Wow I just got bored with it rather quickly. I made it to level 22ish with a paladin. In that whole time I was never able to get into a group. In fact the only player interaction I ever got was DUEL ME NEWB or something childish like that.
I hated the auction system on WOW. The one in eq2 costs the buyer a fee instead of the seller. I didn't like having to Ebay my items basically on WOW. In eq2 you set your items up from the broker and leave them their until they sell.
The community in EQ1 is just about nothing but hardcore players anymore. What few low level characters are left are more then likely either an alt, or being powerleveled by a friend. That was the biggest reason I left the game. Not alot of low level players left in the game meaning finding a group can be ruff. Even at higher levels people don't want to hardly group with you unless your in their guild or they are your best friend. They are scared to death they might (Gasp!) get into a bad group. So instead they would rather sit and do nothing instead of taking a chance with players they don't know.
Eq2 on the other hand as stated is alot more casual then eq1. To be honest the combat and leveling is alot like WOW. As far as dieing goes the penalty is about the same as WOW. Grouping is pretty easy in eq1. You probably will do more soloing then anything up till about level 15 or better with eq2.
When I played Wow I just got bored with it rather quickly. I made it to level 22ish with a paladin. In that whole time I was never able to get into a group. In fact the only player interaction I ever got was DUEL ME NEWB or something childish like that.
I hated the auction system on WOW. The one in eq2 costs the buyer a fee instead of the seller. I didn't like having to Ebay my items basically on WOW. In eq2 you set your items up from the broker and leave them their until they sell.
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EQ1 was a great game in it's time but if you started it now you would probably frusterate yourself and stop playing within a week. There are no new players in the game the only low levels are twinks and even those are rare now. I log into EQ1 every once in a while all the zones are dead. EQ2 however has a huge new player population and is still growing. I played wow up to level 60 and ended goin back to eq2 after I hit 60. In WOW once you hit 60 you had battlegrounds or raiding. There is alot more to do @ the max level in eq2.
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