I Have Never Played Everquest

[Nimmanu]

So, I'm going to wax on and on about this. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There really isn't anything like EQ. I suspect there won't be again. The interesting thing about EQ is that it wasn't made by game developers. Not really. It was made by Dungeon Masters who happened to have day jobs as computer geeks.

The difference is huge, and the answer to your question is that yes, this game will give you "that feeling". The problem we have here is that it's hard to genuinely express "that feeling" to someone who hasn't had it.

It's that feeling where you wake up in the middle of the night and realize you've been dreaming EQ chat. Or that feeling when you wipe yet again in FEAR and have to do a CR that ends up being 72 hours or more--straight. It's the same feeling you get when you FINALLY get that greater light stone for your barbarian shaman. Because just getting a magic weapon was, in and of itself, a quest of epic proportions!

The magic of EQ is that everything feels like an epic quest from the very beginning. It's not uncommon for real newbies to die repeatedly. Better yet, to lose their corpses!

When you finally get a few PP going, it's like the dearest thing you've ever gotten in a game. And the fear of losing it can be pretty intense. You don't really understand that fear without experiencing it. You KNOW you're not in any danger, but it's still scary! What if you LOSE that greater light stone that took you HOURS and HOURS to get a magic weapon to get?!

And the backpacks! What if you lose THOSE? Do you have ANY IDEA how many decaying skeletons I searched for because that staff might be a CRACKED STAFF?? IT SELLS FOR A PLAT OMG OMG OMG!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yep. You're going to learn about that feeling. But here's my tip to you. Stick it out. At first, you'll be bored. Everything these days moves at the speed of sound--when it doesn't move at the speed of light. So you've got to stick with it for a while to start to get that feeling of goals. Once you get goals... you might just be in trouble (should I say "Don't do it!! Put the game down and RUN!!" right now?? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ).

Even at the top, there's end game content. By the time you max your levels, you'll be raiding and gearing up for more raiding and farming and waiting eagerly for the next expansion. The "end game" is sort of a misnomer, because there is no end to this game. You'll get there and just HAVE to try this or that class because they are obviously FAR more powerful than yours... And then you'll discover the "problems" of that class and become passionate about THOSE... and on and on it goes. Where it ends, nobody knows. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yep, you'll get "that feeling" if you hang in there up to, say, level 10. If you haven't got the feeling by then, it's likely not the game for you (and no shame in that!). Give yourself a cutoff point. If you're not immersed and really on board by a certain level or after a certain time period, move on. Again, no shame in not liking a game others do. Happens all the time!

You've been given great thoughts on classes already. I would only say this... consider your personal play style before choosing. Because a class you enjoy, you'll stick with.

Are you a healer at heart? Tank? Melee or casting/ranged DPS? Do you group or prefer more solo? Are you all about action, action, action? Or do you like a bit slower pace? Do you like to orchestrate the group or be led? Would you rather die saving the group, or gate out (or play dead) and let them fend for themselves (the faster you're out, by the way, the sooner the die-for-the-groupers can run away, too!).

Ask yourself less "which class" and more "what kind of player am I?"

If you answer number two for us, we can better suggest a class.