So, As I download

[schild]

I'll be playing somethingarather something as I log in. It'll probably be a good character as I never did much in Qeynos in beta (was hardcore freeport). Both Murgos and I have resubbed and will be on the Steamfont server. So by all means, if you want to play really casually with us, go ahead and leave your ingame name here.

And having looked at the leveling curve, the best thing they can do in this game - like all the others - is slice it in half. That said, look forward to seeing you in game - casually.

[Cheddar]

Is this this the flavor of the moment, and how long will it last. I finally got the werewithal to log into TS and was pleasantly surprised to find lots o people connected. I seem to be well behind the power curve of what other people are in (I am now resubbed to CoH, but only have seen Signe play pretty much. And she plays test).  I need the crack, and want others to share with. 

[schild]

I plan on playing this for a while on and off (casually, again). I want to play it in a vacuum. Short of talking about it on f13, I plan on looking up NOTHING about the game. Hopefully that will make it..errr....fun?

[Cheddar]

I plan on playing this for a while on and off (casually, again). I want to play it in a vacuum. Short of talking about it on f13, I plan on looking up NOTHING about the game. Hopefully that will make it..errr....fun?

I am in the same boat though (minus blog entry readings on it).  Hell I'll give it a whirl also.  What is the F13 server and side (alliance/horde are the choices? I really have not been paying attention).  Actually lack of research on a game will be interesting for me as I am an avid reader of anything.  And researcher.  Generally I am on the ball despite my poorly written posts.  For now I shall treat TS the same way I have the boards; Lurk, Lurk, Lurk some more, maybe participate, lurk.  I chat a lot in game though, forgive me.

[schild]

Alliance/Horde? This is EQ2. There are 2 of us. I'm not even in game yet. But I'm going Good (Qeynos). On Steamfont.

[Cheddar]

Alliance/Horde? This is EQ2. There are 2 of us. I'm not even in game yet. But I'm going Good (Qeynos). On Steamfont.

I am fucking tired. I confused EQ2 with the WoW ruleset.  Goddamn I am a Noob.  I am going to pick up the game tomorrow; no researching or any of that before hand or during (this may or may not change as I decide!).  Anyone else up for trying this out without prior knowledge and stuff?  This could be an interesting experiment actually!

Edit/addendum: Actually this could be a good idea.  Can we post something in General Chat or Games forum calling on people to try this?  All people should receive information wise is: Server/any alignment type character that everyone else is trying. 

[stray]

I've had EQ2 lying around since it launched, but I could never get past character creation. I'm slightly curious to see what the early part of the game is like (which is supposedly "good"). If anything, I'll make a bard.

[schild]

Ok,  made a Half-Elf Scout (Qeynos) named Schild on Steamfont, up to level 5 on the Isle of Refuge. Things I've noticed since beta:

Wow. Lot more skills and shit. Also, the levels for some of them have changed (I hadn't played since Friends and Family beta).

Game runs incredibly well with some stuff on high and a lot of stuff on medium. The only things I have disabled are water interaction and shadows. Because really, who needs em unless swimming is a sport and shadows are necessary for sneaking. It actually runs nearly as well as WoW for me.

Movement is more fluid. Running backwards doesn't look retarded.

Hair, all of it, is still gay. Should have made a female.

I'm enjoying it, but then the Isle of Refuge always was the best part.

[stray]

Well, I was planning on making a Half-Elf, but yeah, they're still weird looking. So I'm going from bard to barb. With a little work, they can look pretty slick:



Humans bleh. Dwarves bleh. Gnomes and Frogloks look OK, but neither are my taste.

Anyways, I haven't really played yet, but I'll probably check it out tomorrow. Name is Altan.

[shiznitz]

My half-elf zerker is of the mohawked variety with just earrings. I was going for the injun look.

[Murgos]

I made a High-Elf Pally named Teucer (Obscure Illiad Char for teh win!!!), he is level 6 and sitting in the catacombs (the down below?) collecting whatsits for the Qeynos citizenship quest.

I had plans for tonight but she cancelled so I will be on after 8 EST once I install my new 2 gigs of RAM that just arrived (I think I was more excited about the RAM than the date anyway  ).

Also, as Schild said, the game does run noticably smoother with higher settings than previously.  However 512 MB of RAM is still barely adequate, if you have only 512 expect a lot of disk swapping during play.

[stray]

512 here. That's starting to get low for most games now, so I'll probably be upgrading soon.

Anyways, there's an odd resemblance here, don't you think?




I'm thinking this version looks a little more like Dr. Strangelove

[Strazos]

I would join you if I had the time and money.

God damn 24 hour days....not enough time.

EDIT: You should have made a Ranger if you were going to name your toon Teucer.

[Furiously]

I might join for 21 days at some point, but damn EQ2 and their ebay thingie.

[Murgos]

I would join you if I had the time and money.

God damn 24 hour days....not enough time.

EDIT: You should have made a Ranger if you were going to name your toon Teucer.

Yes, you are correct.  However, I played a scout the first time (22 assassin) and I'll be damned if I'm kiting crap around in circles to kill it.

Mostly I picked Teucer because I want to use his patronym, Telamon, to confuse Robert Jordan fanbois and also I assumed that Ajax was probably taken.

[schild]

The Ebay thingie only applies to 2 servers. It's a very specific thing. Steamfont is not one of them. There is no Ebayed stuff on there.

[Furiously]

It's that they are doing it at all. I want to pretend I have high moral fiber until I decide to play again.

[Cheddar]

I should be starting out tonight.  I am actually pretty excited!  It has been ages since I jumped into a game without researching the holy hell out of it beforehand, studying every nuance of the classes and what not.  Only thing I know really is that there is a /pizza command.  /pizza equals love.

[stray]

/pizza equals love.

Here that, Murgos? Get that gal over to your house and you can have a pizza date instead. 

[Cheddar]

FYI does anyone else with no life want to have some n00b fun tonight?  I plan on loading the game and creating a character by 10pm EST.  Please do not join me if you already have an established character and stuff (I really want the new player experience).  Just toss me a PM and we can figure out who is who or something.

[schild]

I'll be on at 10:30EST.

[Shockeye]

I'll be on at 10:30EST.

And you bitch at me for playing WoW. Yes, yes, I know this is different because you get to play for free. Whatever. Die.

[Cheddar]

Mother fucker. I went to 3 major stores, and every one was out of stock. I am going to attempt to locate the download.  This does not bode well so far.

[Miasma]

Mother fucker. I went to 3 major stores, and every one was out of stock. I am going to attempt to locate the download.  This does not bode well so far.

I think the launcher/downloader is here:

http://download.station.sony.com/patch/download/eq2/eq2-us.zip

You would still need an old account or new key.  And that download would take forever, even on high-speed.

[schild]

Took 3 hours and 45 minutes last night. For everything + all the NPC background voices and extra chapters. Wasn't bad.

[Cheddar]

Screw it. Ill just drink beer and look at porno tonight.  Tomorrow Ill start playing.

[stray]

Screw it. Ill just drink beer and look at porno tonight.  Tomorrow Ill start playing.

Btw, Signe told me you were playing CoH....What lvl are you on Victory? I've got 12 scrapper that needs Super Jump. I probably won't even mess with EQ2 until Sunday or Monday anyways.

[Cheddar]

Screw it. Ill just drink beer and look at porno tonight.  Tomorrow Ill start playing.

Btw, Signe told me you were playing CoH....What lvl are you on Victory? I've got 12 scrapper that needs Super Jump. I probably won't even mess with EQ2 until Sunday or Monday anyways.

14 Blaster currently.  If you see me in game feel free to toss me a /t.  I am working on installing the trial (I was assured by other F13'rs this would at least get me in the noob area.)  Oh I am "Chuck the Clown" on Victory, global is "Bill Collector".

[Signe]

He used to be Bonzo.  I think he's 'into' clowns.  Personally, I find clowns disturbing.

[stray]

He used to be Bonzo.  I think he's 'into' clowns.  Personally, I find clowns disturbing.

Well, my character's a bullfighter. We should get right along.

[Cheddar]

Its an arr pee thing.  See Bonzo and Chuckles know each other.  They met while on the Mexican wrestling circuit, and remained friends after moving to RI.  Chuckles is a midget who did some work for Crey, hence his powers (all technology fueled).  Good times.

[Signe]

He used to be Bonzo.  I think he's 'into' clowns.  Personally, I find clowns disturbing.

Well, my character's a bullfighter. We should get right along.

Yes.  Because clowns and bull fighters are very nearly the exact same thing.  Mostly.  Right?   

[Cheddar]

Rodeo clowns maybe?  Bulls are in rodeos, bull fighters mess with bulls, errrr, slight stretch but its cool.  Or maybe he is a midget!  Anyhow back on topic, 11 minutes until I step into the deep end.  I will write up a noob review when I am done.  Hell if this is going to be as much fun as I think, I may just have to do this with other games (Auto Assault I am looking in your direction).  Anyhow wish me luck and feel free to post boobies support!





Edit: stuff 

[Signe]

Midget's are hawt.

[Cheddar]

Well Stray and I have concluded our first noob adventure.  Interesting experience thus far.  I chose a gnome character with mage as my class.  There is a huge learning curve from what I have seen thus far; hopefully buying the box game tomorrow will alleviate that.  Main concern I have at this point is the quest journal.  It seems as if it has x number of quests (IE the text indicates 73 more quests can be in my journal at this point).  I hope this does not mean that I can only have y quests in the game - the help function was not very clear on the matter at all. 

I will say it is fun thus far!  The whole EQ bay thing seems to have turned people off the game, but personally it does not bother me any.  This is a Massive Multi Player Game, not World.  A very distinct difference, and perhaps my views will change as I progress through things.  At this point I will speculate that my interest will wane around mid point, say level 35-40, barring any unforseen dislikes.  If anyone else would like to try things out with the rest of us just go the Everquest 2 website and download the free trial; costs nothing and gives you a taste of the shiny.