Searril

Are you telling me that the majority of gear top end raiders are wearing did NOT come from raids?

Soulforged

...when did someone say that they didn't like EQ2? I must have missed it.

What I saw was a lot of people who said they loved EQ2, and hated SOE.

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Flipmode

I am telling you the casuals with 1-3 groups that farmed that overpowered fabled from the easy mobs and trash in SoH got better loot than people who kill contested avatars and the so called hardest mobs in the game. That is broken progression whether you agree or not. That is the point and that is poor game design in an item centric game like this.

Crabbok

Well I sell soem plat from time to time so I have gotten some money from EQ2, and on top of that, I may not have gone up against Fatality, but I have killed Curt Schilling!

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Pinski

Inside of raiding there is another series of progression that should be followed, which is not. This is what people are talking about.

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To bring us to our bended knees: And if we could only talk to you
I'm sure that we could make you see: 'Cause time has a way
Of bringing even bandmates down, down, down: Storm clouds are coming
I am bailing for some greener ground

I say I can be a big hit: Girls with Guns just can't miss
No matter what you say or do: I'm leaving 'cause of you

Faabio

I'm not so sure about that, as a direct result of EQ2 I found this website and have since amounted a very decent profit from various contests and the sort!

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Alesis

Im here for you muffin, Im here for you.

Heres a little life lesson for you too: Dont get upset and fly into an internetz rage whenever someone mentions the fact that they do other shit besides EQ2 all week long. Not all of us aspire to be pro level gamers in a game you cant be pro at. No all of us hang out with a bunch of other dudes WHO WE NEVER MET IN REAL LIFE, and raid content THAT DOESNT REALLY EXIST, in a DIGITAL WORLD thats NOT REAL, WITH FAKE CARTOON AVATARS THAT WE DONT OWN, and think it makes us better than others IN REAL LIFE. Some people remember its just a VIDEO GAME, and want to have casual fun at it without investing/revolving our entire lives around it. Some of us just want a few cool items to sport without the enormous time investment that it takes to be a "pro level" (lol) raider in EQ2. You still got your precious Trakanon, and you still get to wear loots noone else does. You still get to go afk in EFP in attack mode, and pretend like you just "accidently" left your character logged in, in attack mode, while you were shopping on the broker, while alt+tabbing to other web sites.

I know when you hear things like, concert, out dinner and going outside it makes your vagina nut up like a butthole during a first time penetration, but some people who dont live for EQ2 do that sort of thing when they dont have some 21 year old kid on the other side of the country screaming at us over vent cause we have not maintained our 80% raid attendance requirements. "OMFG asshole, EQ2 more! Dont you want to be the best at this?"

Frankly no.

Its the equivalant of being the best at watching TV, or reading novels. Its entertainment, and Im sorry if your idea of entertainment is stroking your e-cock and feeling better than others. Most of us dont have to bother with getting our cocks off over a video game though, we have real endeavours to work on, and do this 1-2 nights a week like it was supposed to be done: Like a D&D session with a built in calculator, nothing more.

Do you realize how it all even sounds? Would you dare have this argument on Saturday night at the bar while talking with the 3 people you just met? Fuck no, they would think your insane, and for the rest of your evening youd get sideways stares, and mumbles, because you where obviously "that dude" at the club. (Oops, another blatent reference to the outside world, I know how that upsets you muffin, but do try to follow along, theres a point at the end.)

This is something 98% of the paying subscriber base do for recreation, not like its a full time job that quantifies thier existance and proves to the world that they can be good at something. YOU are the 2% minority, the super hardcore raider, Mr. I Cleared VP and all I got was this digital T-Shirt. When you QQ about people who cant kill VS clearing 3 trash mobs at the zone in of a raid zone you feel like you should "own" exclusivly, you come off like a fucking child. This game DOESNT MEAN SHIT TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF EQ2s message boards. Noone knows what it even is, let alone how important and life encompassing youve discovered it to be.

Try this for me: This Friday night, go down to your closest bar, buy some random bar whore a round of drinks, and then say " So um, I got a lvl 80 XXXXXXX, and we WW1st shit nightly!" So how much ass that gets you. When they stare back at you blankly, and sort of confused, maybe then youll understand this VIDEO GAMEs place in life, and why people who dont live to play it like a junkie waiting for thier next e-fix dont care if your a ll butt heart cause the tag on thier item says fabled, and you dont feel like they deserve it, or the fact that your precious progression doesnt feel meaningfull.

Youll understand why most of us are just like "Hey there goes one of them uber raider dudes, what a douchebag."

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Faabio

Hey, you care too much about a video game, congratulations

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feldon30

Thanks for the sig!

Alesis

Dont forget to tip your waitress and bartenders, Ill be here all night.

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