Everquest II

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I would suggest go to the bazaar server, it was very populated, and get into a helpful guild, as you can group with anyone in yer guild if there higher than you as they can mentor down to your lvl, and since launch this game has gotten nothing but better.

I do remember the level 20 wall at launch. That thing is gone now.

They have converted, and still revamps, the older zones to the principle that overland zones is solo/duo zones, while the dungeons is more group zones. This makes it a lot of solo content in the game now, and you can easily your way up to 80.

One thing you will notice is that people tend to wait with group until they are up in the twenties now, so don't expect so much groups in those level. But, the first 20 levels is done in matter of hours.

My suggestion is to try it out, you can't loose anything trying :)

regardless of what some mmo raiders may say

you can play any mmo and not raid -- if you don't enjoy raiding

dont have to be fanboy or farmer either ....

EQ2 is much different game since launch

read the mmorgp.com  re-review

www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/2/view/reviews/load/49

try the trial

everquest2.station.sony.com/freeTrial.vm

At launch, the game was alot more hardcore than it is now offering very little solo content but thats changed, even though its rinse and repeat the same kind of quests over and over, it does offer something to the solo'ers. EoF was done really well though in my opinion and the only positive I can say about the current state of the game.  You can solo decently fast from 1-20, then grouping is the better choice for faster leveling until about 65ish where the game goes completely into solo mode until you cap at 80. 

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/172990

I've always found the Antonia Bayle Server great to play on. Not sure if that is because it supposed to be an RP Server or people have just been fairly friendly. SOE don't have special RP rulesets & all they did was put RP in the server title. Maybe because there are so many people that want it to be RP friendly, it succeeded in the 'friendly' part at least.

Most people I know have quite a few alts at various levels & are always experimenting with new ones. This means that there is always a lot going on in the newbie zones, even if the players aren't actually new to the game. Plus the numerous expansions mean that there are almost always lower level quests that even experienced players haven't tried.

I am a big kid in my mid 40s & much the same as you don't get to play that often & I don't think I have ever actually been in a raid group unless you count the one used for a social event last year. Since I am based in the UK, it is often difficult to find decent groups so i solo quite a lot. I joined a great guild though & the chat channel is very sociable.

Give it a try, the game has really improved over the last two years. Unfortunately the 'Armour & Clothing' is still a bit limited & repetetive, but SOE keep promising to fix that at some point. Other than that, the general look & feel is much better than before, so you should enjoy it.

It's been improved for the solo player, and hindered for the groupers / raiders.  EoF was the only good xpac :P and besides the lore value of doing under-conned quests, whats the point? they all follow the same general format that you will get bored of after doing 30 quests per day so going back to these as an experienced players holds the same interest to most players as shooting themselves in the foot.

Come to Bazaar..Look my guild up.  We are called Gnome Punters United and would love to have ya. IM Kogline ingame and let him know you heard about us from a certain Dirge...

First, note that the Bazaar server is an exchange server, so only consider joining that if you want to play with people that buy items with real money.  Don't even worry about not finding other players to play with, as there are ALWAYS people in the lower levels that are playing.

Also note that EQ2 is an alt game; most players have an alt, so if you are playing in the off peak time, most of the lower players you see will be alts.  However, if you are playing during peak, most players will be new like you.  There are pros and cons to both groups.  The veteraned players on alts will give you all kinds of suggestions and won't be afraid to tell you when you are doing something wrong.  Your groups will be more successful and advance quicker.  Playing with all new people, you won't be called out if you screw up (because they won't know, lol), but you will progress much slower. 

I played an alt during peak time last week and the other 5 people in my group were new and playing their main character.  We didn't do that well because the tank had no idea how to pull without getting 3 groups of adds (thank god we had two healers), but I was able to offer him a lot of help.

Yes, you'll be left wandering the cities. Why? because no one spends time IN the cities, we're all out actually DOING something. The game is very very solo friendly and almost nothing like it was on release.

As for this "top heavy" worry, its crap. Everyone is creating new characters all the time, so stop freaking out. Once people reach the top, they don't just keep raiding over and over and over again, they create a new character (while still keeping the old) to experience content they didn't get a chance to experience before because there's just so much to do.

Come back or not, the choice is yours, but your fears are unreasonable. Just make sure you join a good guild. My guild has people of all levels, they're very friendly and fun on Mistmoore. If you'd like to join, we're Shadows of Destiny. The Guild Leaders are Tyjin and Skittles.

Heck, just yesterday, my guild gathered together people from about lvl 35 and up, mentored down to the lowest level, and they all helped me further a quest in Nektropos Castle. So just ask, we'll mentor down even if you're a low level to join you in quests if you need us, but most of us spend alot of time soloing. We've never raided because our guild isn't big enough, but we did spend an hour or so on a good guild writ yesterday.

If you're interested in joining us, just send a /tell to either of the group leaders when you get into the game.