I activated my account, and here's why - Page 13

Logostomp · 07-05-2009, 10:40 PM

I'm contemplating reactivating my EQ2 account. I haven't bought SoO yet. I've played most of the MMOs out there. WoW, while it is fun, the community is filled with kids. I've played EQ1, but was severely late to the party (2007). I am wanting to get into an MMO again. But I feel EQ2 has it all.

MMOs I have played are: UO, SWG, WoW, MxO, EQ2, EQ1, and Warhammer Online. And I feel EQ2 is the best game out of all of the MMOs on the market today.

Alarion · 07-06-2009, 05:01 PM

Just resubbed. Started playing at release and left for single player stuff and FPS. Came back at one point and had a blast, but left for WoW.

Am back again and having fun, even though I am only playing solo at the moment. It's not as polished as WoW is, but I think it has a lot more content and a lot more to do besides raiding. I am *hoping* to stick around for a while, but who knows :p

Helspeth · 07-06-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alarion

I think it has a lot more content and a lot more to do besides raiding.

You should just quit now... lol

Lomax · 07-10-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Saosin

Good insight! Like I stated once that newness feeling fades I may feel different I may not. It's funny because all week I have been trying to get my friends to stop playing WOW and come on over. I can't get them away from their Naxx raiding (Gear grind) and the boring over played daily quests. I guess what I am looking for is newness and heck EQ is very nostalgic! I have always enjoyed the EQ classes as well! I am now a level 24 dirge and currently trying a ranger now. I played one of those in EQ1. I'm an alt whore!

Snap, just so many classes to try in EQ2 and I'm struggling to stick to just one main, and as a (soon to be before the end of this month) former WoW player I'm seeing a lot of the same problems with friends.

Daily quests really aught to have come with a daily wage from Blizzard to justify me doing them, utterly boring tedious content. The dungeons even on their "heroic" difficulty are so easy now that I can run the whole expansion worth in 6 hours or less.

And raids, surely if SoE took a raid from EQ2 level 60, altered the levels and stuck it in EQ2 as level 80 people would be pillorying them, Naxxaramas really did suck big hairy balls, it was about as atmospheric as running around a giant car park (for some reason the place felt like it was made of concrete in the 1960's).

Still, I've managed to get some of my friends there to split off and try WAR, still trying to entice them over to EQ2, although probably would make more sense to do this after the GU53 shader 3.0 update for eye candy reasons.

The ability to run Wow in some way on crap hardware though is a depressing pulling point, I can see this pull of them even to WAR not working out as one of them already is having trouble just running that.

Although I think its working both ways for me, I see it as bright clunky cartoony and crave some real quality and something beautiful, I've been playing EQ2 over a year now and its certainly getting better and better for me.

Mellody · 07-13-2009, 05:14 AM

Just resubbed on weekend. Actually I wanted to take part in the "Come back to Hyboria" shit which is now here in Germany (don't know if anywhere else but guess so) - 14 days of free playtime without resub!

Well after patching 2.4 GB of crap and activating my 14 days I could not login "Account frozen" although in my account data a big "WELCOME BACK" sign was active. After a mail to funcom I was just to tired to try it more and stept by my old guilds forums - I gave EQ2 another chance since I have some more time now than 6 months ago (where I left ) - Had a blast at the weekend going into the x2 Halls in Lava and getting 3 pieces of set armor not knowing anything - like a n00b again ^^. Then I found out that it might take me some time to wear this gear since I earned my first shards in this raid - beeing nowhere till now in TSO.

So I think I have some work to do now and glad to hear Troubs are more wanted than ever before!

Mero · 07-14-2009, 09:37 PM

Funcom = Worst CS Ive ever seen in an MMO

Vosloo · 07-14-2009, 10:41 PM

play wow, it's the best in the world

Pink Poodle · 07-14-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Vosloo

play wow, it's the best in the world

get out farmer

Mellody · 07-15-2009, 04:24 AM

I'm so glad I didn't wait for funcoms answer and just reactivated EQ2. I got an e-mail like yesterday with some additional questions to answer before they can help me.

Well screw you guys

Happy you stopped me right at the entrance before giving you another chance. Actually it's really funny - it is like real life:

You quit with your girlfriend long ago since she became fat and ugly. Then after a year of lonelyness you start to think of her - Damn maybe she wasn't that ugly or maybe she is doing some sports now and looks great again - Then you want to date her again just to check out but gladly before you called her to ask you see her in the shiopping mall and guess what? She is still as fat and ugly as before - Pheeew happy I didn't call her! - and you turn around and go back to party with your friends

That's about what happend to me last weekend ^^

Relytk · 07-15-2009, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by firamas

EQ2 lore is original (at least as an extension of EQ1, which was original).

WoW "lore" is derived from what Blizzard stole straight from Games Workshop (creators of the Warhammer games). This was the original Warcraft btw.. which teetered on not being released because Blizzard couldn't get the rights to use the IP, and Games Workshop was attempting to sue them for copyright infringement, but the lawsuit never panned out and Blizzard just said fuck it and did it anyway. You could argue that WoW is almost unrelated to the original Warcraft, and you may be right, but it does help to understand the origins of the species. ;)

do you have any backing for this because I've been making fun of my WoW friends about this stuff for years and would love to have something to throw in their face?