Everquest II Extended, the free to play version of the game, has been up and running for awhile now. MMORPG.com's Phil James takes a look at Everquest II Extended and gives his first impressions of his journey through the F2P version. See what Phil found that was helpful and those things that might hinder one's experiences. Have you played EQ2 Extended? Let us know what you've experienced on our forums.

My first impressions are that the Extended server has the MM part of MMO down perfectly. The beginners’ areas are bustling and the chat channel is busy. One of the drawbacks of playing for free, or Bronze Membership as it’s known, is that you can’t join in with the world chat channels. For the most part this isn’t really a bad thing. The only time I was tempted to type anything was to comment on another player’s wonderfully dumb opinions. Anyone who plays any game knows that chat can vary from the heights of geek-chic to the depths of Barrens Chat. I decided that it wasn’t worth forking out some of my own cash to call someone out for being an asshat.

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