World of Warcraft

[Psrdirector]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Psr - Did you start with your Horde member? Because I felt the same way about the Horde, but then I realized that starting new characters sucks if you repeatedly do it.

I started with alliance. I created a lot of things before my hunter. A human warlock that i got to 7, this was first but i came to a dead lock and was bored. A elf, that went to level 4 at most then was bored. the most fun with that was seeing how high i had to be up the tree in the starting area to die (its the top). Then a dwarf hunter, he was kinda fun but i couldnt find any interesting quests or where to buy bullets. Then i was bored of the alliance so i created a undead priest, he went to level 9 and that was really fun, i mean really fun, the thing was it was on one of my friends computers and he wanted to play so i had to switch computers, and thus accounts. Then i created the orc hunter.

So yeah i started with alliance and kept creating accounts, its what kept me from getting bored.

I still enjoy playing both of my horde carictures though

[Righteous Heretic]

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Funnny you should ask that, my friend.

There aren't much differences.

Quest EXP, 'combos,' adventuring exp, multiple hotbuttons, etc etc etc. It's all the same between the two games. The only difference that I can majorly think of is two things;

1 - WoW has a rest system and no exp penalty for death. EQII has a 'exp debt' system where you lose small amounts of EXP for dying and must pay it back as you gain EXP, but only partially what exp you're earning.
2- WoW is WAYYYYYY less demanding in ways of computer power than EQII. Plus the fact that it's realism vs artistic look is really a matter of personal preference.

I just find it funny that people go on about how awesome/shitty one game is when it's almost hilarious how much EQII took WoW's ideas while they were in the open beta. Just don't say that to an EQII player.

"NO! EQII WAS BEING DESIGNED WAY BEFORE WORLD OF WARCRAFT!"

(This is my first time trying a quote here, so if it didnt work... um, Im sorry? and if it did, yay.)

Thank you very much for the rundown, I have a friend who keeps ranting on and on about how awesome EQ2 is, and I really dont want to get sucked in by his deceptions. Also, I hated loosing exp when I died for the little bit of EQ that I have played in my time. Additionally, the little I know about the EQ plot has never really interested me, and I have always loved the plots in the warcraft series.

My roomate (an ex-EQ addict in the worst possible way) and I are considering putting a computer together that can run WoW and going half and half on a copy/accout (I work nights and he works days, so, not too much of a problem there). So, hopefully after we save up a bit of money, I'll be actually playing along with the rest of you.

[Phoen]

Originally Posted by Righteous Heretic

Thank you very much for the rundown, I have a friend who keeps ranting on and on about how awesome EQ2 is, and I really dont want to get sucked in by his deceptions. Also, I hated loosing exp when I died for the little bit of EQ that I have played in my time. Additionally, the little I know about the EQ plot has never really interested me, and I have always loved the plots in the warcraft series.

Well if you like plots, theres at least 2 or 3 in every area if you decide to actually read the quests and the journals etc that you pick up. Its really interesting how the story flows... Best that you see it for yourself.

[Derfel]

When I start up I really want to play a mage, because I have always played mages in MMORPG's I just love seeing big spells go off hah, but I must admit I have played all the Warcrafts and havent noticed to many powerful mages, any suggestions on what I should be if I'm looking for big destructive powers?

[Mirai Gen]

Originally Posted by Righteous Heretic

Additionally, the little I know about the EQ plot has never really interested me, and I have always loved the plots in the warcraft series.

Then you'lll like WoW better. Another difference that I thought of is the fact that in EQII almost every bit of dialogue from NPCs is spoken. Like, with words coming out of your speakers. The novellity of this isn't nearly as good when compared with the fact that EQII is already demanding. And, to that point, you still usually have to end up reading the text anyway if their accent is too thick.

[Psrdirector]

I dont see text boxes as a downer, you see i can read thus it works fine. but for the iliterit(didnt say i could spell, just read) masses that may be, though how they post will be beyond my knowladge. So i dont see the fact that WoW has basicly no voice acting as a bad thing, just that EQll has it as a good thing

[Phoen]

Quick update on my characters before bed :P

Phoen lv 27 NE rogue: Arthas(needs money for better gear)
Galthrak lv 15 Orc shaman: Magetheridon (getting less and less played)
Linsivvi lv 8 NE priest: Warsong (made her today! gonna play with my town friends!)
Elhondra lv 15 NE hunter: Gorefeind(hunter stopped being fun...)

so if anyone happens to be on those servers, you can send me a whisper!

[Bob The Mercenary]

Just read Brian's post on WoW Warriors.

Alliance Rogues unite!

[goldjas1]

IMO, Warriors are indeed, not very good as of now.

I have only played the game since retail, but since then, I have gotten a human warrior up to 16, then scrapped him, because it seemed no matter whether i was playing offensive (big 2 hander) or defensive (weapon and shield) minded, the best I could do was an even con or +1 enemy, and even then it took a while and was quite difficult, and an add meant instant death.

Enter my level 30 Warlock. Taking 3 even cons at once can be a problem, but doable. Taking a +3 or +4 enemy by itself is completely possible, as is a -2 or -1 (havent tried an equal con yet) elite. Then putting the fact that my Warlock has 3 "get out of jail free card" type moves in Fear, Sacrifice, and Soulstone (or whatever, where you can reincarnate for 2 spirit shards) so that if a battle would go bad (happens more then enough no matter how well you play) I could almost always get out and survive. One way or the other. My warrior had no such thing by 16, my Warlock had all 3 of those options by then, so that in itself makes a warrior far more fragile then a Warlock, and I don't think someoene playing a warrior should feel more fragile then a Warlock, I'm not sure what kind of help a warrior needs, but Ive talked wit h alot of people, and I have confirmed that they are the worst soloing class in the game (yes, thats right, Priest owns Warrior when it comes to soloing - and he's the 2nd worst). So some help may be required.

[Phoen]

to goldjas1: how exactly can you compare 2 characters that are 14lvs apart? your warrior hasnt even started to get into their skills, or their talent tree. Also, gear is a huge factor in meele types. I know this from experience with my rogue, his gear was about 15 lvs below him, till yesterday, now i can take same level elites where 3lv lower leets woulda owned me before. Try the class to its fullest before you cast judgement.