Everquest II Classic?

[Okkusenman_110Million]

I'm not sure where else to ask on the Internet, and I expect to get some..troll replies, but.. Does anyone know of any classic Everquest II servers? I love playing classic EQ I and was wondering if anyone knew of any EQ 2 classic servers that I could play on. Thanks in advance!:cool:

[senna]

I fucking wish

[Descent]

Wasnt there a EQ2 Emu server in the works a few years ago? I havn't check up on it in a long time, but they had so were you could log in, and just run around maybe its finished?

[Okkusenman_110Million]

I found a website called EQ2Emulator.net but it doesn't seem to be very active.

[Kruel]

someone needs to get on this asap.

[Okkusenman_110Million]

Heh, indeed. I wouldn't mind waiting for a server as long as I knew one was in progress.

[Kika Maslyaka]

EQ2-emu is still in works. They suffer from lack of coders, so its like just 1 guy doing most of the work there. They got pretty far, but it is still not fully playable. Maybe in a couple years. I would definitely play it to.

[FoxxHound]

I liked the Fae/Arasi expansion. That's when I started playing. I want a free server like that! D:

[Darksinga]

I wish there was an eq2 classic emu in the works but from what I've read up on, they are making an emulator for eq2 kunark (2-3 xpacs down the line ;/ ) the reason behind this is the everchanging eq2 code and the oldest code they could get to work was Kunark. So even though an emu is in the works, it's not really worth playing, sadly. EQ2 classic was a lot of fun ;( Hoping eq next will be bring back some great pvp

[Langrisser]

oxymorans

[Visual]

I heard the coding is a pain in the ass. Was looking for this a long time ago, mainly a pvp server to relive the wars at qeynos gates in antonica

[Bodeanicus]

I'm not sure where else to ask on the Internet, and I expect to get some..troll replies, but.. Does anyone know of any classic Everquest II servers? I love playing classic EQ I and was wondering if anyone knew of any EQ 2 classic servers that I could play on. Thanks in advance!:cool:

Why? It was fucking terrible.

[Okkusenman_110Million]

Why? It was fucking terrible.

Here's the troll response I was expecting. Heh.

Edit: Probably because it's gotta be better than what it is now. :p

[Bodeanicus]

Here's the troll response I was expecting. Heh.

Edit: Probably because it's gotta be better than what it is now. :p

That ain't sayin' much. Honestly, I'm not trolling. The original EQ2 experience was horrible. Linked mobs, mobs warping into walls making dungeons useless, linear quest paths. Hell, it's GOT to be better now than it was then.

[Okkusenman_110Million]

That ain't sayin' much. Honestly, I'm not trolling. The original EQ2 experience was horrible. Linked mobs, mobs warping into walls making dungeons useless, linear quest paths. Hell, it's GOT to be better now than it was then.

Could the people who would run the EQ 2 Emulator not fix that?

[Weekapaug]

That ain't sayin' much. Honestly, I'm not trolling. The original EQ2 experience was horrible. Linked mobs, mobs warping into walls making dungeons useless, linear quest paths. Hell, it's GOT to be better now than it was then.

I played EQ2 beta, and started day one, played for a few months....The game was so obviously rushed out the door to compete with wow it was ridiculous.

The whole experience, to me, was summed up by the Nvidia deal....They had marketing all over the box the game came in for Nvidia, a flyer in the box, as well as a freaking splash screen when you logged in "It plays better on Nvidia" or whatever that tag line was at the time. YET, the current top end Nvidia cards were causing pretty much everyone video hitching and all manner of crap. People would inquire about this on the forums and devs would reply "Oh don't pay attention to that, it's just marketing." Are you fucking kidding me? I swear the software industry is the only entity in the history of the planet, besides governments, that gets away with this bait and switch horseshit.

They went on and on about how the game was designed for "next year's computers" but what they didn't say was the core of the game engine was based on next year's computers that would never come....Apparently they built it on the assumption that processors were going to continue to get bigger and faster rather than going to multi-cores and at some point they reached a point of no return. So they just lied about it and sugar coated it. Nobody could turn the settings up on machines at the time...you had to reduce the character model clip plane down so low just to run around smoothly so every character model in the game looked like they were in skintight pajamas. Bugs everywhere. It looked like it had potential to be a beautifully done game, yet looked and performed like complete shit. People with dual core machines (I was not one of them) that just smoked every other game were having even more problems than most. The whole thing was a complete cluster fuck, compounded with the fact that the content was completely on rails. You did the Qeynos thing or you did the Freeport thing. That's it. And you did "collect x of this" quests over and over and over again.

That said, I went back to hang with some friends a few years later....Computers had gotten better and workarounds had been worked out that allowed you to run it well on a single core. The graphics were stunning. Performance became pretty good.

As far as gameplay, I kind of view EQ2 as Fischer-Price EverQuest, if you can even call it EverQuest. But there's a lot in there. TONS of quests. The game tracks these things and you can do a lot to develop a character. The AA system is pretty cool, as I recall. At release, it was very on-rails....Once they had a few expansions you started having choices of places to go and things to do at a given level. The game started getting a bit of depth. There have been something like half a dozen expansions since I last played, so I imagine even moreso now. The crafting system is pretty cool and if you dig customized player housing that's pretty amazing, really. They had a "bazaar' type trader system kind of like what came with luclin in EQ1, except you went into trader mode in your own house....So people literally built shops for their traders that you physically would go to to buy stuff if you didnt want to pay brokers frees. I thought that was pretty cool actually.

Short version of the above....yes, I would be interested in a classic EQ2 emu, pretty much just to get to play the game without all the problems and to get to actually see the graphics as they were supposed to be, but weren't. And sans all the rest of the gazillion bugs and issues that we had at launch. They had to revamp combat mechanics a few times I think, even. Would be cool to actually play it with all of that worked out.

As a side note...Jesus, I can't believe it's been almost a decade since then. I'm getting old!

[Richard Dunn]

EQ2 got pretty solid, Echoes of Fay, Sky expansion, Kunark one, TSO was top notch to but after that it kinda fell off.

[Okkusenman_110Million]

I didn't start playing EQ 2 until about Destiny of Velious came out, so I'd like to see how the older game was. Not through Youtube, but through playing it myself on an Emulator. ;)

[SirAlvarex]

Everquest 2 is one of the few games that probably actually got better as the expansions came along. The only issue really is that eventually there was such a glut of items at the high end, that you don't really know what the name of the items are that you're wearing. Other than that they really improved on a flawed model and made it a respectable game.

[Kika Maslyaka]

EQ2 was glitchy and unfinished at release, but they got better after a year of running.
It went pretty decent up until the point of Faydwer expansion when they dumbed down crafting, and introduced insane time sinks into high end raid zones (hello Emerald Halls = new VT). From there on it went downhill.

[Estolcles]

I never had a chance to play EQ2, nor ever had a system that could play it (until now).

I'd love an EQ2 Emu Server just for the chance to play it.

[Okkusenman_110Million]

But alas, it seems from all the posts, we'll most likely never see an EQ 2 Emulator. :(

[a_gnoll_pup]

I never had a chance to play EQ2, nor ever had a system that could play it (until now).

I'd love an EQ2 Emu Server just for the chance to play it.

EQ2 official is free to play (which is basically a giant trial, and is not practical without a sub) now.

Soon it will let you just start at level 85 close to endgame, in September, which honestly is when the game starts to be fun. I'd check it out then.

[Okkusenman_110Million]

EQ2 official is free to play (which is basically a giant trial, and is not practical without a sub) now.

Soon it will let you just start at level 85 close to endgame, in September, which honestly is when the game starts to be fun. I'd check it out then.

Heh, really? That'd be kinda nice. I've never got past level 30 on EQ 2. The low level zones are so deserted and it feels like a solo game, unless you join an active guild, which isn't a bad thing, but still: you only see a few players from time to time. Or at least with my experience this is how it's been.

[Rust1d?]

EQ2 was pretty fun although I hated the locked combat and it looked like you were running with a load in your pants when engaged. I loved sending my pet and Life tapping people while I hid underwater. Fun as shit.

[BillyCranston]

If a EQ2 classic server went to EoF that'd be the money ticket. Have to start the server at LU13 though.

[Sularus Oth Mithas]

I can't wait for Elder Scrolls Classic myself.

[Shoran91]

EQ2 had some of the funnest crafting and housing systems I have ever experienced. But yeah, the early release of it was very difficult to play with.