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Southern Hospitality <SouthernHospitality@GoodOleSouth.org> wrote in
news:Uvdod.9211$of1.7835@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
> mnthacker wrote:
>> "Andi Cole" <andi@eloc00.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:419f80b0$0$29437$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>>
>>>Will a noobie late starter in EQ2 be swamped with
>>>battlehardened experienced players?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Andi.
>>
>>
>> Oddly enough, no. For some reason the "Gotta get to 50 today"
>> powergamers don't exist. I have yet to see anyone over 20 yet on
>> Lavastorm anyways.
>>
>>
>
> Just did a check on Lavastorm tonight ~ 8pm, and there were 5 players
> that were over 25th but none higher.
>
> I can tell you one thing for sure, killing mobs doesn't get you the
> exp that you can get by doing quests. Just by doing my mage final
> test in the mage tower I leveled twice during the test which was to
> kill 5 creatures in sequence and at your own pace. Went from 8th to
> 10th by killing just those 5. I also leveled to 12th tonight just by
> locating a building in Antonica. They've geared the game to be much
> more quest rewarding then by sitting in a cave killing recondites for
> a few hours.
>
> The second rewarding feature is the tradeskills. If you are just
> remotely interested in tradeskills the ease of use and the actual fun
> of doing it is outstanding. It's a whole different game. Also,
> locating the different items to harvest is super nice and easy. No
> standing around a zone for hours moving a few feet then /forage,
> repeat to infinity...
>
> I couldn't imagine anyone playing EQ2 and saying, 'well it's ok, I'm
> going to play EQ1 instead.' For people the deciding factor is going
> to be the hardware requirements. They're steep, I'm using a GeForce 4
> Ti 4400 and it's choking on the high performance setting. To counter
> this I just picked up an Athlon64 and GeForce FX 6600 GT which should
> take care of all my problems. I don't mean to discourage anyone here.
> If you can play eq with all the expansions and not choke too bad in a
> nice sized raid, you'll be able to play EQ2 fine just with lower
> settings is all. You don't loose on the gameplay at all and that's
> what makes it an awesome game.
It should be noted for those considering buying the game that the highest
graphics settings come right out and tell you that they will likely
render the game all but unplayable on even the top-end machines today.
They have built in plenty of room to grow.
I play the game on the balanced setting. The only thing I notice missing
is the ground flora. I did turn that on specifically last night with no
significant performance degradation.
--
Rumble
"The floggings will continue until morale improves."
-- Blackbeard
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