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Originally Posted by Flamewraith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All of the games on your list are EZ mode games compared to EQ. If you think you may have an idea what you're getting into because you played EQ2 and those super shitty xbox versions you are very wrong.

It was the Playstation 2 version, actually. Which is nothing like EQ2, or any other modern mmo. It honestly seems like the middle child between EQ1 and EQ2 - you level up through large amounts of grinding mobs, no random fetch/kill quests all over the place (quests were at certain level markers, gave good rewards, and were quite long/involved), no LFG tool, no auction house, etc. Plus the world was completely open - and I mean completely. There was never a single loading screen in EQOA anywhere other than traveling between continents or fast-travel between coaches.

Though it did have a bit of the less "hardcore" stuff in it that ended up being in EQ2, such as EXP debt rather than EXP loss, a much more streamlined UI, and etc. I can't really compare it to EQ1 that well due to limited experience, but EQOA is nothing like EQ2.

Originally Posted by Flamewraith [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes I know eq live is FTP, but in the same way SWOTOR is ftp, you can't do shit unless you subscribe.

I mentioned that I'm already a subscriber, because SOE changed all of their game memberships into All-Access memberships, and I'm a Planetside 2 member, so I also get gold membership for EQ1 and EQ2.

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Anywho, back on topic. Thank you all for the responses, but my biggest concern was being forced to solo or not. There's no way to tell the population of the live EQ1 servers, but EQ2 has at least 2 high population servers, and finding a group even for lowbie content is easy. I think I'd rather try p99 for my EQ1 experience, but even the live servers seem rather empty, and the forums/reddit complain alot about it basically being solo play or nothing.

As much as I might want to give EQ1 a shot, and think it might be a genuinely better experience for what I'm looking for... I don't think it would be worth it if I have to solo everything. Regardless of how much better of a game it is, that defeats the entire purpose of an MMO - and I'd rather stick with EQ2 if that were the case, as finding a guild/group to go through the content with is easy there.

So I guess that gives me a little addendum to my original question - will I be able to find assistance or a group for anything in p99? Will I be able to on the live EQF2P servers? Or both, or neither?