All Posts by neschria

No real comment. I just can't resist replying to a message that tells me not to respond.

I'm ornery like that.

Not everyone plays MMORPGs for hours at a time, trying to max out level and find their way to min/maxer nirvana. It is quite possible to bop back and forth between 2 or even three games. Chances are you won't all be playing them the same amount, but it might be nice if you're playing EQ2 to go mess around in EQ1 or SWG or Planetside at will, whenever you feel like it. Games only consume as much of your time as you choose.

I thought the station pass was a good deal for me at $25 when I was playing EQ2 and still visiting friends in EQ1 off and on. I made use of extra character slots in both games. At $30 a month... eh... not such a good deal. I trimmed back my EQ2 roster and gave up EQ1 altogether. The character slots were a nice bonus, but not worth paying full price for two games when I am playing one more than the other.

If another company had two or more games I wanted to play and could offer me a discount on multiple subscriptions on a centralized account or an all-access pass, I would at least consider it.

Originally posted by LeJohn

Having quit EVE again (for now I can only take it 6 months at a time) I saw the add here so downloaded it. 

 

It is an addictive game though hard to describe.  Its basically a squad based RTS like Xcom but has all the aspectrs and gameplay of D2 pluss the bubblegum gameplay of COH (company of heros not city of heros) but is's a MMO.

 

Anyway is anyone else checking this game out? and how does a game get a forum here?  

 

Oh, so far the PVP is consentual (srry gankers) but thts because all the fights go toward your global ranking and fame.

It has a forum here: http://mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/category/325

Originally posted by csthao

 

I suggest you skip the hot zones and head towards the Serpents Spine zones i forgot what it was called but you can stay from level 10 to 35 and whats even better their armor quests are really up to date and is better than the older ones (they give mana regen and hp regen on armor pieces + armor effects) so stick around and head to the next level zone armor quest at around level 40-45 then you can jump to the hot zones

Ah, that's a good point. Blightfire Moors can yield armor, and there are a lot of quests there generally. Also, it's fun. :)

I was half of a cleric/SK duo that I also boxxed sometimes when he was at work. I like that combination. More DPS would make things go faster, though.

Originally posted by gnomexxx

What do you mean by "hot zones"?  Do you mean that's where most of the people are at?

Hot zones have a higher zone experience modifier. That is, you get more experience per kill than you would in those zones if they weren't "hot".  They change the hot zones every few months, and you can find that info in the patch messages.

My husband just started reading this site again, so I will try to direct him to this thread to give you some concrete specifics on what you need and where to get the stuff. He was a mage with high research skill. 

I just get the items needed and poke him or someone else with research skill to combine the items for me. You can also find researched spells for sale in the bazaar sometimes.

I liked the Pass when I was playing both EQ1 and EQ2 for $25 a month, and got bonus character slots in both games. It wasn't worth it for the extra slots, however, when it went up to $30. I only have time to really play one game at a time. With the discount, I didn't mind having the other around to mess with off and on. For the full price of subscribing to both, though,  I gave up my Pass and went back to a single game subscription.

If I were playing 3 games, even just in passing, it would be a great deal, though, even if they don't add those other games. I wouldn't be surprised if the price goes up again if they add two more new games...

Like most other people posting here, I've played a lot of games (UO, EQ, AC, AO, SWG, DAoC, L2, FFXI, WoW, etc.) and I still recommend EQ2. It's better than most of what's out there and they are moving forward with additions and improvements all the time. It's also the game I have played/paid for most recently. If people come along here (or elsewhere) and ask for a fantasy MMORPG, I pretty much recommend LoTRO, EQ2, or WoW, depending on what they are ask for. All three of those games have some good things to offer to a new player.

 EQ2 may not have been your cup of tea, but it seems that many people are enjoying it since... well, since they made it more enjoyable. :)

Frankly, I still like EQ1 and L2, the former being where I have spent the most time and the latter being another than I've played recently. I just have a hard time recommending either of those to a new player.

Originally posted by truenorthbg

 

Originally posted by therain93

Originally posted by truenorthbg

After they totally screwed up NWN 2 toolset, I will never buy from them again.

What did they do wrong with the toolset?  I never bought 2 (which seems like a smart choice considering the bad rep it has.)

Oh, my God!

 

 

You will not believe this!  EVERYTHING that worked in the old toolset in NWN 1 ---> removed.

 

The NWN 2 is so terrible that even from creating characters --remember how easy and fun that was, you could make your own guards, named characters, etc.-- was removed!  You cannot even lay the proper tiles for an area!  It is so like backward and not user-friendly. 

 

It is bad in every way possible.  You cannot create items like you used to be able to.   You cannot even create areas like before.  Objects. Characters.  Everything.  Environmental sucks.  It is just awful.

This makes neschria sad. 

I do own the Diamond edition of NWN, but not NWN2. I have really enjoyed using the toolset and downloading things other people have made  (tilesets, objects) to use in putting together my own world. I had heard that NWN2 was bad, but not in what specific ways. Ah, well. That's one to cross off my wish list, then.

Originally posted by Rhoklaw

 

Sooooo, you think expansions are bad? Uhm, you realize MMOs are about continuous storylines and new explorable areas? An MMO that doesn't produce an expansion or offer free updates will never suceed, evah!!

 

Sure, EQ has too many expansions... for how long it's been out. However, this is only overwhelming if you didn't play from the beginning. MMO's work in such a way that, if you didn't play them from within the first or second expansion, you were likely to play a ghost town type of game. MMOs are highly dependant on retention and after the second or third expansion, they have pretty much locked in their games population cap.

I think it would be possible to add new content via updates or expansions to a MMORPG without gutting, unbalancing, and/or ditching the old game. EQ may be beyond any innovation like that, but I don't think you're going to have a lot of longevity in a game that never gets an expansion of any sort.

While I agree that it gets harder the farther out you get from release, I think that TSS was an opportunity for new players to come in and not be left to fend for themselves all alone in newbie/lowbie zones.  I don't think that potential was as well promoted as it could have been in advertising that expansion.  I know some people want to return to the old days and lament the consolidation of low level zones by funnelling everyone through the tutorial and Crescent Reach. It does bring the low level game into the present and get the few low level people into the same zones, wearing "current" newbie gear. There are reasons why high level people might come to CR (for tradeskilling or armor quests) so newbies/alts still get to rub elbows with people they might otherwise never see until they finish leveling. Overall, it is a good thing, and it would have been a good point to bring new people in, I think.

It does seem strange, considering the history of Norrath,  that high elf paladins and troll shadowknights now mingle peacefully in the halls of Crescent Reach. And at a gut level, I'll always be from Neriak and the Freeport that only exists in memory now.

I was really surprised to find out that at lot of the people I played EQ with most recently had only come to the game in 2004 or 2005. That seemed really late in the game already to me. On a few occasions, I saw some /ooc questions in PoK that were clearly from people who had only played WoW prior to landing in EQ. I am sure populations are on the decline, but I was amazed then at how many people were new or relatively new.

Originally posted by Johnhost
The most common way people solo in EQ1 is by two boxing.  Owning 2 accounts and 2 computers and have one be your melee and the other a healer.  It's pretty sad.

It's easier to use 2 accounts on one computer, in my experience. I invariably get mixed up, losing track of which character belongs to which keyboard if I use more than one computer. Regular hotkeys are my only form of automation, so it take a lot of concentration too... but it is pretty sad, nonetheless. I would much rather play one character with other people, and that's part of why I walked away from EQ1 in January. People just want to play, and LFG is not playing.  

Mages solo pretty well too, FWIW. My husband soloed from time to time all the way through, right up to level 75, when a group wasn't readily available. I soloed my mage (playing almost exclusively solo) up to about 62 while wearing REALLY crappy gear. Getting your pet buffed and dressed in PoK before you head out helps, since it is all about picking your battles/targets/zones and pet tanking. It may not be fast experience all the time, but it can be done without a huge learning curve or a lot of finesse.

I live near Dover International Speedway (aka Dover Downs). The three words I hate most in the English language are "Welcome Race Fans!"

It makes me feel a little dumb because I have no idea how to hack. I'd say it keeps me honest, but I am terminally honest anyway.

Originally posted by gpett
I think the answer is to nuke every mall and stripmall so all stores are wiped off the earth.

Edit: oh we have to destroy everything shiney too.

You can take away the shoes and the nice clothes. Throw me a pair of $2 flip-flops, jeans, and one of my husband's t-shirts, and I'll be ready to roll... BUT DO NOT TOUCH THE SHINY THINGS!!!!!

(I apologize that I have no idea where the image came from. My daughter found it and left it for me as a myspace comment... She just knows I have magpie tendencies.)

Originally posted by Amalaric

Hmm, try EverQuest II on the Antonia Bayle server.

It's the official RP server.

And choose Qeynos unless you want to live in a evil and filthy city that is Freeport. 

What about Kelethin and Neriak? I know they are relatively new additions, but I like them both better than the old starting cities. Go Neriak! The dark side needs YOU!

Why listen to a liberal talk radio station when you've already got NPR? (I ask that affectionately, as someone who listens to NPR. Me and Squidward. We're hopeless like that.)

I didn't mean any disrespect to Anofalye. There's something to be said for having strong convictions. :) 

Originally posted by Odenathus

neschria's a bunny, again -lol-

I thought I'd switch back to my old avatar again in honor of the M:TG card tunabun designed and posted for me in The Pub:

There's gonna be some bunny squishin' tonight, I dare say. LOL.

Originally posted by Markn12
When you say similar time investment are you considering the 5 nights a week the 5 hrs a day (25 hrs a week) that raider plays to get his gear ?  I dont see a person who just groups playing that much.

A lot of people who don't raid really do play 20-40 hours a week. I was guilded with a lot of people like that the last time around. But they had all the top end group stuff for TSS and were collecting powersources for it the last time I played. They certainly weren't hurting for gear!

In my last round of playing EQ1, my observation was that a lot of the people I knew in raiding guilds only grouped if they needed to get to a new level cap or collect new AAs. Otherwise, they ONLY raided, for the most part. That was a big enough of a commitment. Has anyone else observed this, or do I just hang around with freaks?

Anofalye hates raiding. If someone who raids is even 0.01% better or more effective in a group than someone who doesn't raid, Anofalye will not be happy. The fact that there's been a lot of attention paid to the single group and three-groups-or-less crowd in recent expansions will not dull or diminish Anofalye's Mighty Hatred of Raiding (Rk. IV). In a game where effectiveness is a function of HP/AC/MANA/(stats generally) + Level/AAs (aside from the skill of a player at his or her class), creating a scenario where raiders get gear that makes them better at raiding but not better at grouping seems... ah... unlikely at best.

(EDIT: Redundant redundancies removed and deleted.)

I normally drink coffee, tea, or some caffeinated soda to get going. I drink a lot of coffee and tea just because I enjoy those beverages anyway.

What really wakes me up is my mom calling me at 6am to give me a weather report.  You know, "It's cold out! Bundle up!" or "There's a heat warning. Stay in the AC!" ... Grrrrrr.... I get the weather channel too, Mom!  The irritation alone keeps me awake for a couple of hours afterward.