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One good thing about EQ2 is that you can purchase the original game with the expansions included for pretty low cost. If you aren't sure though maybe you would want to try the 7 day free trial:) This way you can at least try it out. If you like it just put in your keycode and you are set to go:) Here is a link to the trial page:)

Free Trial

Have fun!

Hiya:)

To answer your question there are raids in EQ2, but you can raid even at lower levels all the way up until you hit 70. There are raids for each level tier. The raids range anywhere from 12-24 people depending on the mob. The biggest difference I see between EQ2 and WoW would be the community. The EQ2 community is usually very helpful. Of course just like in any game you may find a few meanies.

EQ2 does have solo content but you will need a group for a lot of the game play. It is also a bit harder during fights. You have to use more thinking on which order to use your spells and such, or if in a party who should and shouldn't be casting what... of course you have to do that some in WoW too, but having played both it seems like you are more likely to die in EQ2 if you mess up (at least on the more difficult encounters).

The crafting is also more skilled based. It plays very similar to the combat. You have to use different buffs (spells) to counteract things that are happening while you are crafting to get the best quality item. The item could come out different depending on how well you counter the problems that occur.

EQ2 is also very rich in lore and storyline and they really bring this into their quests. You will often see the same quest giver multiple times throughout a storyline as you progress.

As for zones when you are capped out at 70, yes there are zones that are not raid zones that you can find a group and go into. They are usually set up wtih some type of story behind them as well and drop some nice loot.

EQ2 is definitely worth giving a try:) It is a total different atmosphere from WoW. Hopefully one that you will enjoy:)

Good luck in finding a new game!

The problem I have is the forums there are hard to follow and read, so I don't ever read them. Very hard to make any sense of them.

I am looking forward to this game. It is based out of St. Louis, and well I live there, so that makes it kind of nice. Maybe a close fan faire for once:) If you all need any volunteers let me know!

Originally posted by free2play

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Originally posted by isildur
"PotBS may want to get thier duff moving or thier ship will sail without them."

Because you just know that we're sitting around goofing off, not releasing because... I dunno, because we hate money or something.

I guess we could just release it tomorrow.

Wait, no.  That would be a terrible idea.

You can't have it both ways; it's either games that release early and are buggy and broken, or games that release after a lot of QA time, but take longer to come to market.

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No, what I am saying is there are gross delays or a very premature initial release date was leaked. Everything I have seen suggests this is a QA about target market and if the PotBS crew are second guessing thier target market, the longer they go the more splintered the opinions on what the game should be, will become. If this is really about unforseen code problems, the Dev team need to accept that they set peoples anticipation up far too early. Games are like women in a certain way. No matter what one you want, you end up with the one that's available.

Not really sure yet:) Still trying to figure out if I can handle the gore:)

I will second that:)

Well it really isn't and advertisment since I'm not selling anything and not any type of company. Just someone who loves games, and well the only people who read blogs of that type would be people who play games and who post in gaming forums...

And yeah I went ahead and added it to my sig, figure that would be the best way:)

Check out my new Blog:

Diaries of a Female Gamer

Thanks for reading!

That is a downside. There aren't any new servers, and a few servers merged. I suppose it is really all luck on that:(

EQ2 is a fantastic game! I have been playing for 2 years now, and everytime I think I will quit, they come out with another expansion and I stay. The latest expansion, Echoes of Faydwer rocks my socks! I love it. It has been like a whole new game for me and a lot of others. With this expansion it is the perfect time for new players to join the game. Tons of old players, including myself are retiring their old level 70's or just rerolling new faes. You can play the new fae and go from 1-70 in the expansion area, so it makes it very easy to roll an alt and not have to relive everything you have already done.

Whatever your preference EQ2 has it! Solo, group, raid, pvp. The quests are immersive and pull you into the game, and there are plenty of ongoing quests as well.

I haven't seen better character customization since SWG. You can tweak your toon on pretty much every detail, and with the new AA Lines every class is going to be just a tad different.

I think there is a free trial if you would like to try it out!

Enjoy!

On the contrary, my daughter is 10 and I pay a monthly fee for her toon town online... and a ton of kids her age play that game, so I know it won't be out of the ordinary for parents to pay a monthly fee for a childs game.

:)

I agree, DnD such a let down. I had such high hopes for it because I thought, here it is DnD online, the original fantasy game, what every other game is based off of! It has to be good... but boy was I wrong..

The latest screenshots of this game, from Jan, are very good! Better than a lot of graphics on the market right now. I think the graphics will be fine:)

My biggest worry will be not being able to customize my face/hair, clothing, lipstick... I am big on avatar creation:)

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Originally posted by verdantrex

Hey gang,

Just noticed that this game's big pirate MMO competition, also scheduled for a 2006 release (this summer, tied in with the second movie), Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Online now has an official site:

http://disney.go.com/pirates/online/

Disney hasn't revealed anything about the MMO yet, but they say it's going to be this summer.   Even though Burning Sea has been in development forever, and there's support for it here, I think Disney's game is going to be a lot more popular (unless it's truly awful)... they just have such a powerful marketing power, and the movie series is very, very popular too (pretty much revitalized the pirate genre, and fueled interest in Burning Sea as well).  Burning Sea better get to market soon, because Disney's game could be a juggernaut, the big surprise MMO of the year no one's talking about.   (Like... MMORPG.com, what's the deal with not giving Disney's game a section or a forum?)

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