Originally posted by: Lasthitlarry
I need another hit, I need my fix.
Well, what kind of game do you want? Do you want to play an MMORPG or a FPS?
Keep hearing about World of Warcraft
Well, WoW is not as in complicated or as in depth as EQ2, but what can you expect from a game that is so focused on PvP
. It is a typical blizzard game. They made it simple and fast paced but kept the fun. Pick this if you enjoy fast paced, simple/streamlined fun, and would like a mixture of PvE and PvP.
I used to want to get EQ 2, but I know that is just dumb
Why is is dumb? It is a fun game for the first 20 levels. Then came BF2 and i have not had time to play EQ2 anymore, but back to the topic of EQ2. Much more complicated crafting system than WoW. Very team focused and forces you to group much more than WoW (many little things thrown in there also to encourage grouping), only problem is if you have a bad apple in the group, you can find yourself working off exp debt all night long (done this many of times). My main problem with EQ2 now is the inability to share quests. This means that your leveling is going to be mostly just group based grinding (killing things over and over) to get to your next level the quickest. But on the plus side, in EQ2 there is no PvP, the game is totally focused on PvE (questing) content and crafting. There is little drama and you can actually read the forums rather than just seeing Nerf Shaman or Buff Warlock. You also do not get spam from duel requests every 10 sec, since there is no way to duel. Pick this if you care nothing about PvP, if you are a very hardcore MMO person that wants to have the most in debth experience possible, or if you would rather be in a group constantly rather than solo 90% of the time. Most people that bash EQ2 have never played it or have not played it for a descent amount of time. Yes, Sony is evil, but they do a much better job running their servers than Blizzard does with WOW, much less downtime than WoW.
You can see my dated (sony and blizzard have released TONS of new content and modified the games heavily since I wrote this) comparison of EQ2 and WoW from a person that has played both:
EQ2 and WoW comparison
It will be hard to get into either right now unless you have friends, economic wise. In EQ2 my spell upgrades cost between 8G and 1Plat for lvl 10 spells:Q, this at a time when your typical quest reward cash is about 3S. Inflation is very bad in both games due to many people having max level characters. You can buy spells and abilities from trainers at all levels in WoW and thus the only thing you have to worry about is equipment price inflation. But you could always risk banishment and buy gold/plat from a chinese farmer:disgust:
But I enjoyed EQ2, WoW, and Guildwars, although I am getting bored with all of them, Took me only a week to run out of content in Guildwars in less than a week(but its not like its an MMO, so what do you expect, guess they got to get you to buy the expansion packs somehow). It will take you about 6 months if you dont play 24/7 to run out of content in WoW and EQ2. By then they will have new content updates to keep you going. They can both be had for around $30, pick up WoW and EQ2. Play each for a month and then decide who you are going to give your $15 to. But if your only MMO experience is guild wars, play WoW first. Although from what i read in your OP i think you would be much better off playing BF2 or maybe some CounterStrike Source.
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