Original eq2 was a great game

[tpgramlich]

I actually thoroughly enjoyed EQ2 at launch. I adored the fact that I could create a Troll Bard. Then, completing the exile quest to switch from Freeport to Qeynos while only following a loose outline of how to do so was one of the best MMO questing experiences I've ever gone through. When the leader of the city showed up in the sewers to personally kill my traitorous ass and leave me exiled with no way to recover that soul shard and the daunting task of making the trek all the way to Qeynos to even begin the process of redeeming myself by killing 100 gnolls, it was awesome. Once it was complete, to be basically the only Troll Bard roaming around Qeynos felt really special.

Yeah, the combat was kinda spammy, but I did enjoy stunning a mob, then jumping over it to backstab it. That never got old for me. They also did a great job tying in a whole lot of the EQ1 lore.

Hell, as much hate as everyone gives the cats on the moon, I'd think people would love EQ2 simply for the fact that they literally blew up Luclin. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Halfcell]

I did not play EQ 2 for long. I remember rolling a.... coercer? Whatever the Enchanter class was, and I remember being very frustrated that groups of mobs were linked so they could not be singled or split, and I quit soon thereafter.

The best MMO ever made, excepting EQ was pre F2P Rift. That game was amazing, and if Trion were not the worst software company on earth it could have been every bit as big as WoW.

[Tethler]

I played it to 50. I was like the 4th or 5th Dirge on my server to hit cap according to the webside tracker they had. Quit shortly after for WoW.

[Swish2]

Ogre wizards, dark elf paladins... you name the abomination, you can pretty much create it.

I thought that was an awful start, coupled with the fact that you NEEDED a decent PC to run it at the time...without that, the game was so poorly optimized it just wasn't worth the blocky frame rate losses :/

Then yeah, Timmy the stupid-head dies and everyone loses XP...creating elitism in low level areas.

I lasted a month beyond my free trial trying to enjoy it, then quit... and at some point I went to WoW instead.

[Sicc]

God I wish I could play a vanilla eq2 Fury again, with the old graphics/particle effects and sound. Honestly would donate to that project as well.

[sacman08]

Never played EQ2, all my friends stuck with original EQ so did I. Plus I was pretty sure my computer wouldn't be able to run the graphics.

[Sinistria]

I realy like EQ2.
Starting on exile island and then arrive in Freeport.

Getting my first home there and starting to decorate it with items i earned for cleaning out the city from scum.

Pros:
i liked the grafix
lots of very nice quests (not to mention kill XXX mobs, i mean like the one with the woman in the commonlands who fell in love with a ratonga but they weren't allowed to meet each other, or i think, it was a kerran woman)
heritage quests
betrayal quest was great
talking to Nagafen (if he would have known i killed him on EQ1... OMG)
mentor system was great, it wasn't a problem anymore to level out your friends.
always grouping with people you like
nice lowbe dungeons: wailing caves, fallen gate, so beautiful.
nice zones: nektulos forest, Runnyeye and... ahh so many nice zones.
nice raids: Killing Talendor on noob-island.
so many different mounts

cons:
To easy to solo.
button smashing, to much skills and abilities
performance problems with not high end PCs
PvP sucked for casual player. You were ganked from player with AA maxed out but in level range (due to exp locking) plus complete PvP equipped. no chance to survive (EQ1 PvP was more about fighting for spots to camp)
I started on PvE then and had lots of fun.

If there were a freeshard with EQ2 i would definetely give it a try.
Wanted to have a look on EQ2 live but there are some troubles with email adress and account.
(still got emails from them but its not working to contact them with it etc.. weird)

But yes, Freeshard would be great, but we all know thats not gonna happen.

Would be great to play a bit EQ1 and then EQ2, just how the mood is.

[Ferahgo]

All this chatter prompted me to install EQ2 for the first time in many years. Come to find out all my characters have been renamed with an X or a Z due to some merge and the game is nothing like I remember. On top of all that disappointment the game would consistently crash. Was best to leave it where it was I guess!

[Jibartik]

iirc the lore for eq2 is spot on but the art and gameplay was not for me.

Edit: lol yeah secrets is right! I love the gif hahaha

[NegaStoat]

My roommate at the time EQ 2 launched had a much better computer over mine and had specs that could easily handle what was printed as necessary for the game. And its performance on launch day was absolute balls. It was horrid. He returned it within hours on launch day telling the Gamestop employee that the account code was reading as having been previously used and got a full refund which he put towards a purchase of WoW on release.

My computer at the time had been upgraded as I had played EQ, then DAoC, and then City of Heroes & Planetside, and it was in good shape for other games. The performance issues reported with EQ2 and it being a massive resource hog killed my interest. Then World of Warcraft released and it ate my soul.