Kampfer

1-60 population is not barren on Crushbone, I've been playing alts lately (lvl 16-62) and have no problems finding groups I see people all the time in the lower level channels LFM etc. I'd say some servers may be barren at the lower levels except AB, Crushbone and Naggy.

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pipwicky

lots of games, daoc was my longest running game 3-4yrs
I've tried most of the free to play games.
I've played a lot of asian games and like them. It is just hard to group with people when you don't speak the same language. And most games these days are centered around solo play. Hellgate was kind of fun, but no one groups. Tabula Rasa is a pile of crap.

I really liked Perfect World. But no NA servers and it is a solo game.

games which I thought were too dumbed down: wow, lotr, gw

I tried wow and coh a few months each but never really got into them. Of course I played them when they first came out so they have changed a lot. I never could find a solid group of people to play CoH with. Everyone kept making alts/quitting.

EQ1 was just full of elitist assholes. I had no problem rezzing people/buffing people. But then people would harass me/call me names if I happened to be afk and did not immediately respond. WTF? Calling me all sorts of various things because I was afk? I wasn't in their group and did not know them. People would ask for a rez and I'd have to ask for directions then get called stupid because I was bad with the coordinates.

As a newb I was just wandering around exploring and killing random things. I did not KS in that I was attacking things already engaged by someone. But I would randomly wander over a named spawn and it would spawn on me/attack me. So I would fight back and then get harassed for hours saying how I was going to be banned/how they were personal friends with a GM. I had people KS me on purpose then say they were friends swith a gm, ect and that I could file a complaint and get laughed at, ect. I didn't care, I never filed a complaint. I just trained high lvl mobs and killed whoever made me mad. But there were so many people training mobs just to kill random people, yelling all the time, "this area is mine" "go somewhere else" "get out of here we are waiting for xxx to spawn" ect. Eventually I joined them and just started mass trains to wipe out everyone until the zone was empty. Then I could enjoy myself a bit and solo.

People in eq2 seem less serious than eq1. More about having fun.

Illuminator

EQ2 allows a lot of self-expression, with the Barbie dream mansion and accessories, not to mention Pimp My Ride and character model appearance. When the combat is blah or overcomplicated, people fall back to baking cookies. Which extends the life of this thing a bit; if it ain't a game then you can at least make it a trumped-up IM client.

I wonder if the hardest aspect of raids is knowing the magic combination to get around each of the zone/encounter bugs that would otherwise be a showstopper. Fucking sad.

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Flaming Homo

I would advise anyone not already playing EQ2 to skip it.

If you absolutely are going to play, the game is down to just three servers at this point: AB, the Bone, and Naggy. If you are going to start playing now as a newb, then choose either AB or the Bone for PvE or Naggy for PvP. Be prepared to play solo from 1 to 20ish, then in horrible PUGs to at least 60. Then after 60 the game begins.

Also, classes to avoid at character creation:

• Coercer
• any plate tank (Shadow Knight, Paladin, Guardian, Berserker (far too many in-game and trying for a very limited number of raiding slots))
• Fury (way, way, way too many in-game already)
• Assassin
• Bruiser

I'll let you figure out the other classes to avoid on your own. After all, you haven't actually played an SOE MMO until you get that 'I got fucked over' feeling.

Virulence

I was in the same boat...about 6+ months ago. Post VG fiasco, had played EQ2 at release when it sucked. Honestly never thought I would play EQ2 long and I found I loved it. Probably wont even play AOC at all now.

Picking server was very critical, I went to AB, lots of group options at all tiers, lots of new and experienced players on at nearly all times during the day, lots willing to mentor. Was great leveling up.

I would pick a class that allows some level of solobility when the servers are slow tho, something like a brig, ranger, wiz, illy would all be a good choice and still very useful at the high end if you decided to go all out and raid. I chose my class based on the fact I didnt feel I could find groups and probably wouldnt play for long, and was wrong on both accounts.

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pipwicky

SK seemed like the only fun class really...

I tried a beserker.....holy crap....miss....miss...miss

Monk seemed okay. But light armor hybrids usually are not my thing.

I'm tired of being the super duper uber buff/heal bot who just gets to stare at health bars. I just did it too much in other games.

I guess I will just save my money. maybe....SK sure seems like it would be fun....

3devious

Yeah, I got into the beta test of Hello Kitty Online. I think it will easily be a better game than EQ2. If you didn't like WoW, don't even waste your time because Sony is trying to add those features to eq2/easymode.

sloppy

delete your SK now.. you will be happy you did later.

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pipwicky

omg...hello kitty online is a real game

I'm in the middle of buying my first house and rennovating it....I guess I have better things to do than struggle with game mechanics. I was wanting something to relax to and destress.

eq2 played fine on high so long as flora was turned off. I'm hoping AoC plays alright.

edit: craptastic...I'm in between the minimum and recommended sys requirements for AoC. Which means it will not play alright.

Arch0n

I wouldn't recommend EQ2 to anyone I liked at the present time.

It DID have a heyday, but that has long since passed. Today the only real games you can play are:

1. Get very good at spamming cures / anti-stifles during raid bosses
2. Save up enough plat to "buy" your own mythical from NPU
3. Or, alternately, suck a developers cock for your own pet strategist, straight from the offices of SOE.
4. Or, still alternately, take two weeks off from work and app to NPU, camp contested spawns for them, and hope you make the cut. (Or suck a cock, shorter app times I hear.) Practice the following mantras: "We're still better than you even without being Sony's bitch", "Cheating doesn't affect you or anyone else in this game", and "Nobody cares lol".

If you really are waiting on AoC (or Warhammer, like me) and you just want something to pass the time, DO NOT start up EQ2 IMO. The company that runs this game is just a piece of shit, they shit all over their community and stifle all criticism, and they allow and condone cheating to better their favored guilds.

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