Never played EQ, how hard to get started?

[drunkdinosaur]

I've got a ps3 controller setup for soloing. Can party/dual just fine as well. Started playing this around a month or two ago.

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

Leveling in WoW back then was orders of magnitude easier at low levels at least.

As soon as you reach level 4 or 5 untwinked in EQ you can't just yolo rush the mob and hope to win. Unless you are a mage or necro I guess.

TLDR: EQ is goog. Make a druid.

Leveling in eq is tedious and the only person who has a hard job in a group is an enc who slows mezzes buffs and charms and even then its just paying attention.

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

Are you serious? MC was a joke after mechanics were determined, BWL, AQ, ZG, all ridiculously easy raids the only incredibly hard raid in Vanilla IMO was Naxx, it reminded me of playing EQ. If you die, who the fuck cares - just group up and head back in.

Nothing like EQ when an entire guild dies in Plane of Hate because something on the second floor aggro'd, then you have to ask another guild to come save your ass.

the difficulty of both games are not analogous at all.

plane of hate wipe is spending more stones and time to get corpses or waiting a week and getting gms to give it back. plat and time sink. wiping in wow is a gold and time sink. every eq raid from vanilla to omens can be summed up with tank and spank. at least wow made you move and pay attention. I boxed in live on raids and was #1 dps my own bard and my own healer with no one dying in my group. I couldn't do that shit on any mc fight as horde. maybe you played alliance and got carried by paladins.