Wow SOE made a great GU. I will not list all the details since there is a thread here that posts the details. I will just point out a few thing I think makes GU #49 so great for me.

I will start with the downside first. I logged in and was blown away by two major fixes. First they have finally fixed the disappearing shadow problem. They also added dual core support. The downside is coming. The performance increase was significant. In Qyenos Harbor even near the broker I got over a 10+ fps increase. Game is looking and running better then ever. Then bam! Client crash. Log back in run around, client crash. I was starting to feel worried. Logged in again crash.

I contacted SOE by phone. I got a csr in one ring I repeat one ring! Never have I gotten to a csr that fast with any game. No wait at all. I explained my problem. The csr said "no problem I will send you an e-mail on some files you will need to delete". I got the e-mail in about 2 minutes and I followed directions. I logged in again and the launch scanned my files added the deleted ones and I was back in game. I did have to spend a bit of time resetting my UI and graphic settings. I played without logging out for about 5 hours no crash. Many claim SOE has terrible CS in this case they were fantastic! MMORPG.com stickyed my thread on graphic setting I will add to that thread the advice I got from SOE incase others have the client crash problem.

So the game is looking better and running better then ever before. Time to visit the new guild halls. They are fantastic. Guild halls have been wanted for a longtime and SOE made really great looking ones. My guild is going to be patient and work together to get the huge one out on the island. It is really fantastic and expensive but worth it.

My guild were cracking up with the next change to housing. They said we will never see Ecco again. It is common knowledge I am all about player housing. SOE added one simple thing. You can scale the size of your house items. I spent the next two hours redecorating and it was fun. I took my small pets like my black house cat and scaled them. Chibi (small in japanese) is not so small anymore he is now a panther. Some table top sculptures are now monumental. One is two stories tall. My giant beaver is a riot. He is as big as my mount. Also a new house item was in my rewards, A banner that was kind of cool if you click on it a browser opens in game and takes you to a picture gallery for FanFare. Now this has nothing to do with game play but it is fun and the banner fit well in my bar since it has beer mugs on it.

The next change some will have problems with but they also made it easier to level from 20-70. As a player that has been in game for 4 years I love this change. Those that think you level to fast simply turn off combat experience if you need to level slower.

One thing SOE has always done well in EQ2 is live world events. I for one am having a great time shooing monkies from the excavation site. Killing the big green infected monkey was funny. Also the rewards are cool. I got a neat looking set of new armor and am working on more rewards.

There are so many more changes but for me the ones I listed made for one of the best and most fun GU so far. SOE has dropped the ball often with their mmos however they have handled EQ2 well. This GU and the customer serves I got is not the work of the devil as some may feel. Good job SOE and I am even more excited for the Shadow Odyssey.

Originally posted by eccoton

 You can scale the size of your house items. I spent the next two hours redecorating and it was fun. I took my small pets like my black house cat and scaled them. Chibi (small in japanese) is not so small anymore he is now a panther. Some table top sculptures are now monumental. One is two stories tall. My giant beaver is a riot. He is as big as my mount.

sounds amusing

Also the new guild banner from the guild halls is nice.... just have someone post it next to the zone/mob you will be raiding tonight and then have the other guildies click the banner in the guild hall and they will get ported to the other banner.

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

Originally posted by Nadia

Originally posted by eccoton

 You can scale the size of your house items. I spent the next two hours redecorating and it was fun. I took my small pets like my black house cat and scaled them. Chibi (small in japanese) is not so small anymore he is now a panther. Some table top sculptures are now monumental. One is two stories tall. My giant beaver is a riot. He is as big as my mount.

sounds amusing

It sure does!

After I post this, I'm gonna reactivate just to fiddle about with changing the size of my pets.

Yeah, I know I'm pathetic

i would like some screenies.

Totally agree. This is very cool.

Guild hall screenshots.

eq2norrathianhomeshow.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Halls

I think the artwork for the freeport GH is excellent but sorry the qeynos side doesnt float my boat a bit to bright for my liking tbh other than that its not a bad update as for the new quests in the sinking sands i'm a bit meh about them too sadly but that may change once i get to do them without 20 other players racing for the same thing.

Originally posted by ste2000

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

Here we go again.  Amazed not? You do not even play the game. No one give a crap what you think about EQ2. Why do you waste your time in the EQ2 forums? You hate the game and bash it and my posts every chance you get. It does not matter what I post you always show up even off topic and bash EQ2 and SOE. You do not  play EQ2 so why do you read a post about an EQ2 GU? Are you that bored?

Other then the fact I find it fascinating you waste your time in the EQ2 forums. I could careless what you think about EQ2. Tell me again why I think I am having fun? Save all of us, who enjoy EQ2, from our own delusions...again.  What does your response have to do with GU #49? Nothing, oh yea off topic again.

Originally posted by ste2000

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

From what I remember, I've actually seen this guy's comments many times in various mmorpg.com articles/forums for several years.... but I think you're a shame even to the old-school SWG veterans whose insights about overall MMO market are in high level. They at least had some valid reasons when they bashed SOE. At first, It seemed your reply has some points in there so "I almost agreed" but it was just about trolling after all. 

(However, the Exp change is a little bit disappointing to me....hmm)

I posted a pic of how big the baby dragons can get >8)

Originally posted by Nocuma

I posted a pic of how big the baby dragons can get >8)

Here's a link for ease :)

That's one huge 'baby' dragon. lol

Originally posted by ste2000

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

 They did great, sorry your opinion is just that, your opinion. So when are you gonna stop trolling the EQ2 forums since you hate the game? I take it you don't actually have a game you currently play to enjoy thus the frequet visits here to a forum for a game you dislike. let me guess your a SWG vet?
 

Originally posted by Moirae

Totally agree. This is very cool.

 

Guild hall screenshots.

eq2norrathianhomeshow.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Halls

sadly no t3 guildhall screenshots. t3 halls are really huge, will take a few weeks for our guild to get them at least partially decorated.

found this video form the antonica t3 guildhall on youtube:www.youtube.com/watch that can give you a bit of an impression ho huge they are.

Dare i say the T3 halls are too big??

/discuss..

Originally posted by darwa

Originally posted by Nocuma

I posted a pic of how big the baby dragons can get >8)

 

Here's a link for ease :)

That's one huge 'baby' dragon. lol

Lol it is huge. This new scaling fearture is pure fluff but it is really fun and makes decorating your house a good time. More games could add fluff. Sometime you want to be in game and just mess around. EQ2 offers a number of ways to enjoy game without having to always be questing and fighting.

Originally posted by winter

Originally posted by ste2000

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

 They did great, sorry your opinion is just that, your opinion. So when are you gonna stop trolling the EQ2 forums since you hate the game? I take it you don't actually have a game you currently play to enjoy thus the frequet visits here to a forum for a game you dislike. let me guess your a SWG vet?
 

 

 

Of course he is a vet. For that matter I am a vet and pre-nge SWG was the best mmo experince I ever had and probably will ever have. I immediately left SWG the day NGE went live. It hurt and I was mad but I realized it was just a game. I even stopped playing EQ2 for a couple months. Then I realized EQ2 was not SWG and that if I kept being pissed about SWG, a totally different game, I would miss out on one of the best pve adventure mmos on the market. I will never play SWG again but I also do not waste my time in the SWG forums or bash the game. It is not worth my time. So with that said if you LIKE EQ2 you will probably love the GU #49.
 

While I've given WoW another shot (and really enjoying it too), due the WotLK (finally a WC3 continuation of that story line!), I can honestly say I will alway go back to the world of EQ2.  They have continued to impress me since about a year after launch when they realized changes needed to be made.  So, when the new expansion drops you will find me resubbing to check it out. I have been VERY excited about the new guild halls also and the implementiations invovled in that. 

Wow, those are some beautiful guildhalls there and some top notch changes to the game. Sounds like you all are having a blast. I may have to check this game out again one day. I was a Day 1 CE player and loved the game for awhile, but eventually moved on to try other thing and never really returned.

Enjoy the game guys/gals and have fun!    

The truth of the matter is that it really was a great update.

I encourage anyone curious about the game these days to try the free demo or wait till the new expansion drops next month.

As to the matter of population, while it is not comparable in numbers to WOW (and what other game is?) I have never had a hard time finding groups or people to interact with. I tend to play on the two RP servers, Antonia Bayle and Lucan D, so other servers may vary.