Everqust raids

[Messianic]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You sit waiting for bosses to spawn, or you sit in ec showing off how cool you are.

win

[azeth]

i personally enjoy farming, so hitting 50 with mage/enc really introduces us to the entire reason we rolled mage/enc. i do not count on raiding anything til Kunark, though I'd be up for it.

[PhelanKA]

Originally Posted by Verterdegete [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So what you guys do when you ding 50 ?

Again, EQ is not WOW. It will take the average casual player months to get to 50 unless they're already a veteran and know exactly where to go and what to do in order to reach 50.

My first character in EQ was a Troll Warrior and it took me about 6 months to reach 50 playing about 10-15 hours a week. My second character was a necromancer and took about 2 months to get to 50 playing the same weekly amount.

If all you know about MMOs is from playing WOW, I think you're going to hate EQ. There is nothing easy in the game aside from training others with hoards of mobs either intentionally or unintentionally.

But you should be the judge. If you're up for a challenge then give EQ a go. If you want something that is self explanatory and more "recreational" stick to WOW.

[rioisk]

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This is P1999 raiding. You sit for many hours. Many many hours. Probably AFK. Receive text message at 5am. Wake up. Get to character. Get a 100% no fail kill that's very very easy. Get Loot.

There is 0 skill. 100% commitment. I mean, at least vanilla WoW 40 man 1.0 raids were difficult.

[Messianic]

I wonder why "poopsocking" emerged as the term of choice for P1999 camping...

[Troy]

Originally Posted by rioisk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean, at least vanilla WoW 40 man 1.0 raids were difficult.

True. Vanilla (or Classic! It was 2003 after all) WoW was more challenging than Classic EQ at the end game, it was just easier to get to max level.

[girth]

Raids were the only thing more challenging in WoW, comparing classic to classic. And that's because raiding wasn't even really thought about in EQ classic.

[cured]

Just as an aside, I can't stand raiding in WoW anymore. Not everyone cares enough about repair bills or corpse runs to actually pay full attention and there were always one or two people you could count on to wipe a raid.

My raiding in EQ was really limited to pre-Kunark. There was a lot of time spent waiting and strategizing, etc, and a lot of dying. But everyone was 100% committed and playing their butts off.

I'd just like to add I raided on Tallon Zek on the dark team, which meant no bards, paladins, or druids. It was a different kind of accomplishment for us back then.

[Malrubius]

Originally Posted by Verterdegete [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So what you guys do when you ding 50 ?

I say, wow, it's 2015 already! Time to roll an alt.

[Verterdegete]

Originally Posted by PhelanKA [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Again, EQ is not WOW. It will take the average casual player months to get to 50 unless they're already a veteran and know exactly where to go and what to do in order to reach 50.

My first character in EQ was a Troll Warrior and it took me about 6 months to reach 50 playing about 10-15 hours a week. My second character was a necromancer and took about 2 months to get to 50 playing the same weekly amount.

If all you know about MMOs is from playing WOW, I think you're going to hate EQ. There is nothing easy in the game aside from training others with hoards of mobs either intentionally or unintentionally.

But you should be the judge. If you're up for a challenge then give EQ a go. If you want something that is self explanatory and more "recreational" stick to WOW.

I don't have trouble with grinding and challenge, but it would be really nice to have something to do except to grind.