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"DarkestHour Get a Clue!"
DarkestHour Get a Clue!
He Enough crying April 23, 2005

EQII is not getting bad ratings because people form other games are coming here and bashing it. The reasons why people who played EQII flame the game are numerous. Mostly caused by the imbeciles that took over S.O.E.

This game is like dumb blond you at meet at a bar, when your drunk. Wow she looks great/Best graphics I have seen in any game. That is level 1-10. Getting the feel of her/the game 11-20. enh she a dead fish. Level 21, The next morning your talking to her in the light of day and you realize eewwh I better get my self checked out/ you realize what the game is all about and there are many things wrong.

Lets see
1. To sell stuff you must leave the game running and you must stay in your in game room you can't go out to xp. BIT ME SOE
What are your rooms for any way you, can't store gear in them, are they are just doll houses?

2. NERF, NERF, NERF! Every time SOE thinks some one is having fun playing their game not working at, they NERF the fun part!

3. The monthly cost to play the game. If you pay just the base price of $15 a month you will not be able to get in to many of the zones, you will have ½ the player slots and you will get ridiculed by your peers in the game. The real monthly cost of EQII is $27 per/month=$15 base price $7 all accesses pass $3 eqii.com. An $4 when SOE opens a new zone. Lets see guild war is going to have no monthly fees.

4. LAG and zoning. In the to main cites in EQII Qeynos and Freeport on the big servers they lag is so bad you can barely move. Have to spend 3 to 5 minutes every time you leave one zone and go to another gets old fast. Get lock out of full zones you group or raid is in made my nuts!

5. Getting the wrong reward for a class quest made me say ARRRR! I.E. the Bard to Troubadour class quest gave a one hand sword that prevents you form duel wielding. Useless for a damage dealer.

6. After level 10 soloing of any kind is pretty much done. You even need a group to craft after level 10 in crafting! I not much of a solo-er but still there are time when I wish to do a few things alone, but you cant in EQII

7. Not casual friendly at all. I can only play about 30 hours a week and that is not enough to go any where in this game.

8. Greed of S.O.E! S.O.E. has started selling equipment and characters for real money. Its big slap in the face for their players who invest thousand of hours to build a uber character and farm for gear.

9. The main reason not to play this game is it is just not fun. Wait in a spot for more that a day for a mobs to spawn no not fun. Killing the same mob 1000s of times o get one level not fun. Spending most of you gold buying crafting supply only to have the items brake when you try to make something nah not for me.

DarkestHour busting on wow will not prop up EQII. There is lot of content in WOW at 60, but you need to group. You can't solo the high end raid content. But WOW is no for every one. There are lot great mmopgs out there Guild Wars, City of Heros EQlive EQOA SWG. But EQII a ewwwh!

The sad thing is the old SOE made some truly outstanding games. The crew that took them over, is all about monthly fees. They do every thing they can to slowed down your in game progress. One of their games now has a quest mob named Skahyir that has an average spawn time of weeks. That is fun the new S.O.E. style.

"Enough crying...."
All it is is WoW fanboys signing this and boosting down the reviews...really i played WoW have a 60hunter on archimonde alliance...1 lvling on that game = a joke can get 60 in about 2weeks if not less NOTHING to do once you hit 60 new honor sytm is a gdamn joke...all you do is join a raid group and zerg eachother and just stand far back enough not to be hit...no skills req'd high level instances are crappy all the same things over and over gameworld feels big but infact its so small..because theres only a few places you would even liek to go...no point in grouping because xp is split between party members..meaning if u solo a mbo for 100 xp u have a person in ur party ur getting 50xp so its all solo play unless you have a group quest that needs to be done...chances are you'll be bored with WoW before you even reach level 55...all the quests are the same EVERYONE from level 1 to 60 same stuff...all they do is change the color of a monster boosts its lvl//hp//atk pwr and call it something else...you repeat the same things from lvl1 to lvl60...so pls do not rate EQII lower because WoW has the most players leaving per month then any other mmorpg in history...now for a GOOD game why dont you try EQII ppl are a lil upset because this game asks you to put in some effort and not expect everything handed to you liek WOW is? lol...really enough stop crying and play a real game thx

"Try the demo, then buy WOW."
Well, I was curious how this game would be with all the hype. I almost bought it, but then decided to buy WOW since I'm a big fan of Blizzard. Today I found the EQ2 demo online and gave it a try. First, you will need a powerful computer to play this game with. I could not get any decent game play on my Athlon 64 3000 with 2 gigs of ram and a geforce 5500. To get any decent amount of movement out of the characters required me to dump the quality down to unacceptable levels. So, I decided to move this to my main Machine (Athlon 64 3400 w/geforce 6800 GT) and I was able to up the gfx up to acceptable levels. I still was not able to set the gfx to their highest quality. Second, While I constantly hear people raving about the graphics in this game I have to disagree. Most of the characters... no, all of the characters look like they were dumped out of Poser (a canned 3d model creation program... considered a toy by any real 3d artist) and they all lack any kind of personality. The only place where the graphics look good is in the texturing and the fancy shaders, but this stilldoesn't hide the lousy modeling job. In on of my characters, as he runnes and moves you can see a polygon (a flat triangle) poke out of his rear end. This is inexcuseable. Also, I would have to say that these people have never actually seen a drawing/painting of dwarf or an elf. the lack of atristic talend in the 3d modelers shows the greatest here. All the humanoid characters look the same except for height or pointed ears. While you could say that WOW looks more cartoony, it's obvious that a lot more talent went into the creation of the characters in that game.

Next, lets talk about the voice acting. It sucks. End of story.

Ok, now for the game play. Go fetch this. Ok, now go fetch that. Ok, now go fetch that other thing. Ok, now go fetch this other thing. Ok, I know this is the basis of most MMORPGs, but there's not even a story behind the quests in EQ2. You feel like you're some kind of delivery person. WOW has a great story and each character is very unique in it's race and it's background and this really adds to the game play. EQ2 has nothing of interest.

Bottom line: I'm glad there was a demo for EQ2, because it just saved me about $30.00.




"All the best of EQ I, with more"
I LOVE THIS GAME.

I dont know what all the fuss is about..EQ always stirs up so many different feelings with people! Let's face it, it is a complicated game & not for those whose only purpose is to "WIN", and surely, if you don't have extra time, you won't get to enjoy the game to its fullest. I played the original EQ from 1999-2003 until I got burned out.. had many high level characters.. got tired of the politics of that world. Now that I am playing EQ II, I find that some of the changes to the character classes are annoying (for example, you can't cast SOW on someone not in your group.. so no more selling SOW on the streetcorner for extra $ :P), but some are a relief (you don't have to have a Wiz or Druid teleport you around, as you can teleport yourself to your home city, and if you are buffing people, you dont have to recast every time someone adds or leaves your group.. as these spells work like bard affects!! yay).

There are many more classes and occupations to choose from, and it is so much easier the way selling is set up... you don't have to stand in NFP or ...(cant remember the name of the city in Luclin where everyone sold things)... in a laggy zone, trying to read the WTS, WTB... blah, blah...Just go to your Inn room (everyone gets one to begin with), make a few adjustments, and your items appear for sale in the local shop.

Selling, crafting, cooking, etc... all much more efficient. You dont have to go gathering food ingredients in some obscure zone if you want to cook. THAT was so annoying in EQ I. Since the world is still fresh, you dont have big high level guilds overpowering the world, yet anyway. Even the zones which came directly from EQ I are different now! And, HOW COOL IS THIS? You can have a companion PET (like a kitty cat or a pig)! hehe... or if you are really into it, you can save money and buy a house of your own and fully furnish it. The graphics are incredible & there are so many cool details in the environment, spell affects, armor, etc.. but make sure you have a highish level system, or forget it... heck, your system probably wont even run it at all.

The only disappointing things for me are: although there were many appearance options to choose from at initial character creation, some parts were limited (much more so than SWG, or even Horizons).. you cant change facial structure, body shape, etc. Also, I'm really disappointed in the emote animations...most other MMORPG these days did a better job with those. Another thing, is it is hard to get used to the changes to each class level, if you've been used to playing a particular type...

But let the old EQ go with all your expectations of it, and you will SO enjoy EQ II!!!! It's better.


"Pricey but quality"
I've been playing MMORPGs (beta and released games) for over 5 years now, and I keep coming back to Sony Online Entertainment games. Both EverQuest and it seems now EverQuest II have staying power with me. I am finding the graphics and complexity of the world in EQ2 amazing, sometimes breathtaking. I will definitely find it hard deciding how to divide my game time between the two.

The Collector's Edition adds things that chiefly make you have a nicer "home" in game. The art book is nice to look at, but not full-sized like most collectable art books tend to be. The other items found inside the box also tend to be things you'll look at once or twice and then put away in a drawer. If you can do without owning a baby dragon, which just is something cute inside your house, you can get by with a standard edition (DVD or CD-ROM).