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Flying mounts in EQ2

August 12, 2010

As well as Everquest next SOE are also working on expansions for both current Everquest titles. The one I’m interested in at the moment is the Everquest 2 expansion Destiny of Velious, the return of the frozen continent which is due for release in February.

I have fond memories of Velious from the original Everquest, wandering through the frozen wastes and dodging ice giants. Now someone will have to remind me of the large tower on Velious which players could fight their way up. I remember fighting through the tower with a Gnome alt of Pandemic, an Enchanter who aided my character on many occasions.

Anyway enough  nostalgia, the new expansion has the usual tons of quests, a couple of overland zones and more than a few raid zones. There are 10 instanced dungeon’s more HQ’s and a Signature quest line, a new battlegrounds area (I still haven’t played any of the existing ones) and something else…

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Care in the Community

May 23, 2010

Just a quick post today.

I was on Splitpaw my Everquest 2 server when a player named Gungydin offered to give 2 new players cash to buy a starter horse as he had received money from a player for making an item. He said that he didn’t charge for labour so was giving away the cash to new players and ended up giving 3 platinum to 3 players in total.

I always like it when I see acts of kindness in MMO’s to help out new players. Sure some will say they could earn it but with mounts now available for real life cash those who are willing to spend money can buy them without earning anything in the game anyway.

I always drop heals on injured solo players and buffs when I can. I generally don’t have cash to hand out but I have often made things for people using my own rares or buying a few and making out I had them on me. ;)

What acts of MMO kindness have you seen in your MMO’s? Or what have you done to help others?

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Forming a Guild (again)

May 9, 2010

Had some epic drama in my (as in I was the leader) former guild, Purge. So decided to up sticks and start afresh.

So this morning at 10:32am British Time, Parallel Dementia was formed!

Some people on this site may recognise the name from EQ1, we were a casual raid guild there on Venril Sathir, before the free server transfers killed all the existing guilds, can’t have 5 guilds competing for Kael Arena!

Anyways, I think I’ve learned a fair bit from Purge, being able to say “No” to people is a good tip for prospective guild leaders, your raid force will suffer if it has 19 Shadowknights!

Also I believe the move to a Tier 3 guild hall was a mistake, the place is too large to decorate to a standard I’d be happy with, and is also very laggy. Can sometimes take upwards of 5 minutes to load some of the NPCs in! So we’ll be sticking with a Tier 1 guild hall in Halas.

Will keep people posted on what’s happening with the guild, and if you’d like to join up, shoot me a tell on Wodge! :D

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EQ2 Tanking Tips?

May 5, 2010

It’s almost that time again… Alt creation time!

As you know if you are a reader of this fine blog, I’ve talked about the upcoming Halas update and the fact that I will be making my first tank alt since my days in the original Everquest. Well that’s not strictly true, I did have a previous tank alt or two neither of which made it past level 20.

I am a healer at heart, always have been and no matter what other classes I try I always have a healer main. I have various alts in EQ2 covering most archetypes, but no plate tank. I do have a 48 monk though he’s too busy drinking Jum Jum to tank and monks are not often used as main tanks. Having a tank alt can only help me be a better healer, seeing things from the view of the one I’m always trying to keep alive.

This new incarnation of tank type goodness shall be my main active alt (at least that’s the plan) and as the players of Splitpaw are a fine bunch I don’t want to scare them witless after one group with me.

So I thought now would be a good time to seek the wisdom of my fellow Everquest 2 players and see what tanking gems I can uncover. It’s not just EQ2 of course, many tanking methods work on various MMO’s so lets see what advice can be gleaned from the MMO world in general. After a discussion with a member of my guild I’ve settled on a Beserker for the character class.

I am aware of a few things myself, I have picked up a few bits of advice during my years of healing all you meat shields. Techniques such as turning the mob and body pulling are things I can manage after a few disasters are out of the way.

Who knows? If enough advice comes this way I could compile it into a guide and immortalise your name alongside your top tips.

With that in mind, it’s over to you. ;)

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EQ2 upcoming update on test

April 26, 2010

The next EQ2 game update is now on the test server, complete with Halas and the travel revamp.

I’m looking forward to Halas though I’m not sure what to make of the changes to the travel system. There is a lot said about the system in the update notes though I am not totally clear on how it will all work. Will the click to use a Griffon or Sokokar mean instant travel or do you still travel on the mount?

Now when selecting a travel location via teleportation, bell, or sokokar/horse/griffon etc. you will do so through a travel map.

Simply double click your choice, or select it and then press OK to be whisked away.

Does “whisked away” mean you click and pop up in your new location, or in the cases of automated mount travel, you still have to fly?

Does the travel revamp take away more immersion from the game?

There are a lot more changes in the upcoming update so I’ll let you read them rather than detail them all here.

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=477217

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What is the Difference between an MMO and a Non-MMO?

April 24, 2010

So, there I was, doing some PvP, right in the middle of a field, taking hits from somewhere off in the trees, an enemy scout, being supported by a healer, was raining ranged death upon my party, eventually, we worked out where the scout was, our healer brought one of the support classes back to life, then he hit them with a tremendous explosion and took the pair of ‘em out, got an achievement and some exp for it too..

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EQ2 Bonus XP and AA Weekend

April 23, 2010

Just a quick post today to let you know about the latest EQ2 bonus XP weekend.

In a mail from SOE they state:

Increased XP begins 3:00PM PDT Friday, April 23 and continues until 11:59 PDT Sunday April 25.

Oh and they want you to buy more potions from the cash store, shocker! ;)

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EQ2 Passport – Pointless

April 21, 2010

Sony have announced a new subscription method for Everquest 2, EQ2 Passport.

For $5 pm you are allowed to play for 3 consecutive days in a 30 day period. Don’t get me wrong I can see why some people become frustrated with having to pay $15 pm for 30 days when they can only manage to play on a weekend or a few days here and there. I can’t however see how the passport program is enough for these players to return to the game.

Lets go through the reasons SOE suggest you use this subscription method.

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EQ2 producer details May update

April 8, 2010

While checking the web the other day I spotted a post by EQ2 Producer Brenlo from a week or so ago where he details the expected content of the next game update for EQ2. The update is due in May and while it does contain Halas, there are a good amount of other changes scheduled. I guess larger updates are to be expected since EQ2 moved to the quarterly update cycle, so there’s plenty in this one for you to think about.

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Sundered Frontier Tour – Part 2

March 19, 2010

A quick post today, showing some shiny pics I’ve taken while questing around Sundered Frontier.

This is the 2nd and final part of the pictoral tour as I’m not far away from entering the next zone, Stonebrunt Highlands. Yetian is now level 85 and still has some quests to do given by npc’s in Paineel after finishing the ones in the Stonebrunt Encampment.

The first few pics are of the Dragon Toxxulia and his/her mound/home when the Dragon in question isn’t flying around the zone. Toxxulia is none aggro but does look good flying around the place. The next 5 pics are of Kerra Isle an area I spent a good while questing and crafting in.

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