Dungeons are massive - enjoy the crawl

[Ellay]

Wow. I didn't even finish it up, but Solusek Ro. Great memories from EQ1 transferred extremely well into EQ2. I usually skip most lore items in game but the dungeon is MASSIVE, you literally feel how large it is. Which brings me to my point. I've been leveling up doing straight Shared/Instanced dungeons this go around. I do have a high lvl SK that is mentor'd down which makes it considerably easier but hitting up the broker and re-gearing your characters every 10 levels or so is just as doable. It's nice to break away from the questing grind if you want and I haven't grinded in a single dungeon. I just explored the entire area and moved on to the next.

[Lyonheart]

Wow. I didn't even finish it up, but Solusek Ro. Great memories from EQ1 transferred extremely well into EQ2. I usually skip most lore items in game but the dungeon is MASSIVE, you literally feel how large it is. Which brings me to my point. I've been leveling up doing straight Shared/Instanced dungeons this go around. I do have a high lvl SK that is mentor'd down which makes it considerably easier but hitting up the broker and re-gearing your characters every 10 levels or so is just as doable. It's nice to break away from the questing grind if you want and I haven't grinded in a single dungeon. I just explored the entire area and moved on to the next.

I have an SK as well..only 78..but will get a team to 70+ prety fast. I also "mostly" did dungons, for the same reason you mentioned. I dont think they even had a dungon finder when i played.. but it was a lot of fun.. great loot. I loved clearing a dungon and going back and forth to the "named" spawn spots. Was reminiscent of EQ in the old days.. but prettier graphics hehe

I did quest though, I think somewhere in the 70s the dungons became a lot harder...major gear check type thing I think ( Karnors Castle rings a bell ) So i started questing. Not sure if anything has changed in that area now.

[Meeo]

i was an EQ1 player for a very long time, i never did move to Eq2, makes me wonder what i missed lol.

[Meeo]

what server and class make up is everyone using? i may check out Eq2 solo to see if i would like it over rift.

[Lyonheart]

im on Guk.. there used to be a boxer friendly guild.. im still in it.. but looks like it has been months since people have played.. there were a few players that logged in the last few days. Not sure where everyone else is.

[Ellay]

I am on Crushbone. I'm not sure of any other boxers. I think I saw a person playing 2 at one point but most of the lower levels areas don't have much traffic. Which is amazing for multiboxing since it doesn't effect us

[Starbuck_Jones]

When it was sub only, I played on Guk. But all my toons are on Freeport. That was the f2p server at the time.

[moosejaw]

I believe I have 6 toons in the boxer guild on Guk. I also have a few Guk toons in a guild with Frosty.

Ok the large (boxer?) guild on Guk is "Pain for Glory". More than 100 toons in that guild. I logged in my Paladin (inside a dungeon) and was promptly killed, LoL.

The guild with Frosty was "Disinclined to Acquiesce". Less than ten toons in that guild.

I have been leveling up a few toons in EQ to get back in the groove. Maybe I should now dedicate some time to EQ2 and see which game I want to settle into.

[Ellay]

The restrictions in eq2 aren't that bad after I've been playing it. You can potentially purchase station cash cards from someone in game for currency and as a multiboxer isn't that hard to obtain. a 2k station cash card will net you 80 item upgrades. As long as you are equipping good quality items at max level this should last quite a while. Other than that everything else is pretty much free besides the expansion pack.

How does that compare to Eq1?

[moosejaw]

I did a station sub for the lead account and the others are FTP. I have been working on a low level 2 box group (my max levels are 70's). Plat is more plentiful now with more sell-able trash off mobs. I don't have a good idea of the cost to enable Prestige items, yet. I think that may be a huge cash sink because it is not restricted to gear only. Prestige items can extend to mounts, bags and maybe even crafting (not sure there). I imagine the gear cost is very similar to EQ2. All the other FTP restrictions seem similar.

How is the dungeon finder in EQ2? I opened it up this morning on my paly and saw about 5 instances available. Can I que as a group and are merc's permitted? Looked very similar to wow's DF.

I might play 3 accounts with merc's to level up/quest to simplify things. I really like EQ2 more (for play-ability) but the nostalgia all resides in EQ.

Edit: I really like that all my EQ2 character macros were saved server side. This reduces my team setup time considerably. 3 thumbs up for that feature!!