Originally posted by: deamer44
Has anyone got any views on everquest 2, or dungeons and dragons online?
Everquest 2 is old just like WoW is. That means, you might be stuck soloing until higher levels. THat doesn't mean lower lvl players don't want to group, they do, but they are harder to find as those areas aren't very populated. However, EQ2 has this thing called the mentoring system. It allows high lvl people to play with lower lvl people and still get quest rewards and experience (all it does is scale down their damage/ac, etc, so a lvl 60 that would normally nuke for 1000 will be doing 500 damage at lvl 30, but the high lvls still have the same spell set they use when mentoring, etc.)
Alot of the time, high lvls get bored or would like to check out a low lvl place they never been before and will likely group with you. EQ2 seems more group based than lets say WoW, but it doesn't really take hold until lvl 50+... In comparison, nobody in WoW will likely group with you unless you are doing a dungeon, and you wont ever find a high lvl that will run you through a dungeon unless you pay them.
In addition, if you join a guild, alot of guilds want to lvl up. This is done by doing certain quests (status quests), and alot of them are pretty difficult and require a dungeon run. Leveling the guild allows the guild to get more bank slots, better horses, etc. The high lvls are likely to mentor you and run you through a dungeon because you'll complete the quest and give status to the guild. Which helps everybody in the guild.
Everquest2 is a decent game, try the free trial.