Tag: EQ2

 

So I decided to take a break from Vanguard (already), I was feeling a little lonely with a lack of community. I always said I’d be back to EQII as soon as I wasn’t feeling quite so burnt out anyhow. Yesterday I decided that it was time for me to betray my mystic to a defiler. Why? Well, why not? Defilers have some wonderful power management tools, and I betrayed from defiler for a guild to begin with long ago. So why not just play what I want to play.

I decided this time around to do the betrayal quests for Neriak, which are not quite as boring as the ones for Freeport (that I’ve also done countless times). I need +10,000 more faction before I’ll be allowed to actually apply for citizenship – which is the most tedious portion of the betrayal, obtaining the faction you need in the end.

The price of fire emeralds has apparently also come down quite a bit, so I’ll be stocking up on those. Misako (the mystic / defiler) is still only level 70, so I’ve got some adventure levels to catch up. I’m not sure if I’m going to leave her in Neriak, or move her to Gorowyn. Or maybe just put her back in Freeport. I also have an extra stein of the alesmith that she could use, in order to gate to Kylong Plains (dang us non-druid / wizard types!). In the mean time, it’s nice to be talking to old friends again, and yeah, nice to be back playing EQII. I’d probably stick it out with Vanguard if the game was slightly more populated. I still enjoy it a great deal, but hey what can I say, EQII is home.

 

Decided to dive back into EQ2 for a short bit today, I don’t have any intentions of leaving or anything, but it’s been a nice break to play Vanguard. I’ve got two level 80 adventurers in EQ2 as well as 4 level 80 crafters and I’m just bored in general. VG is free (for the time being) so my time admittedly is still spent there a lot. Anyhow.

Got a group to go to VoES (Vault of Eternal Sleep) which is the easiest (and shortest) of all the T8 instances. Had Shadowgeist tanking (woot!) and two wizards, a templar (who mostly dps’d) myself, and a 75 monk. Zone was fast and easy, templar won everything (only three legendary chests, and his bp dropped + two pieces of junk) so it was a meh run. On the plus side Arysh finished off that fabled necklace piece (that she won’t use) so I can transmute it. Free T8 transmutable items are always good.

Goudia also tagged along for the x2 dino kill in Fens of Nathsar, who is much like the x2 dragon in that zone. He has one nasty trauma AoE that goes off a few times, can be ranged. Other then that, it wasn’t too difficult. We had a full 2 person raid, 4 healers (three in the MT grp) Shadowgeist tanked it — we each made a pretty penny from the kill (the contested both drop 13p each or so) and a legendary – that’s right, legendary – chest. It dropped a piercing weapon that was scout / guardian / zerker only, and we only had two scouts, both bards. Goudia won the roll for it (it was tradeable, but also an upgrade) so she’s running around with her new dildo poker. Go look at the graphic for “Trakanasaur’s Tooth” and you’ll understand what I mean. I’ll see if I can snag a screen shot of it another time.

Other then that, I’m not really sure what I want to do / what there is to do in EQ2. Aside from raids, and mindlessly grinding quests, what’s left? Decorating? Working (yet another) crafter to 80? Leveling (more) alts? Who knows.

 

Ishbel had fun running around New Tunaria yesterday, with a charmed vampire at her side. I had to let so many pages for the clock of flames rot that it was just getting to an amusing point. Two of them even dropped in one chest. She hit level 68 when all was said and done, and got a whole slew of aa. I moved her to Kylong Plains at level 66 and had her get the sokokar quest (thanks to Shadowgeist for helping me finish that off) and then headed to Teren’s Grasp to complete the few chains there. I love playing the coercer, a lot of fun and a huge change from playing the illusionist.

The warden is sitting at about 50% into her level, and I’m hoping to get 79 tonight so that she can finally wear all the gear I’ve got stored up. Then just one more and she can wear the weapon from Maidens. I also need to make some more coin on her as she’s out of fire emeralds and needs 8 more. Ugh. The price on those has gone way up now that they’ve nerfed the stealth suit from the drachnid caves.

There’s talk of the newest Kylong Plains fabled item getting nerfed after Christmas as well, which I just find amusing. Why would you nerf an item that you JUST put out there a week ago, and wait another two weeks before you do. Yes, the quest is quite easy and doesn’t exactly warrant a fabled reward, but why not change and fix these things before they enter the game, so late into the expansion. Going to be lots of disappointed people out there. The mage item needs to be fixed as well, as there are two rewards with +75 heal and the +spell crit chance / int item should have +75 spell dmg.

Other then that, not much is going on. Leveling and exploring, the guild’s gotten another influx of new members. Seems that as soon as it was recognized we could actually down T8 encounters there’s been a steady flow of recruits. Not exactly complaining, but I never wanted to be a huge guild. We’ll just have to see how it goes!

Nice to see Kilanna back from her trip as well, I’ve missed talking to the girlie!

 

Antonia Bayle (and four other servers) are down for a three hour patch (joy oh joy) so I decided to look through some of my screen shots. The one posted above is the game room in Arysh’ house, in the basement. I love the new furniture that’s been added. Last night found me dealing with another stint of insomnia (holiday stress, how wonderful that is eh) so I stayed up until 4am and did some instances with guild mates. First I managed to get Ishbel to 65 (the power leveled coercer) by solo’ing in New Tunaria. I still adore that zone. She can start Kylong Plains very soon (well, she could start now, but I want to get a level or two more first still) and having a m1 charm is certainly helpful. I’d like to see her get 80 just so that I have some alternative characters to play for instances and the sort. Plus that will leave me with 1 healer 1 mage 1 scout all level 80.

Arysh finished off Vault of Eternal Sleep and the quest associated with it, and then moved on to Maidens, finishing off the quest there as well so that when she finally hits 80 she can wear her new healing mace. She’s got about 8 pieces of gear stashed aside for 79 and 80, and I’m eager to wear them. Netted about 45% experience over the past little while but I haven’t been grinding quests much as I don’t want to burn out on them.

The guild has been moving along nicely, and the drama seems to have cooled down. We’ve recruited a few new members, and our ranks are filling up fast. Last raid we took only three people from outside of guild, which was fantastic. Everyone seems to be leveling up slowly as well, and we’re just shy of a full level 80 raid force, with a chunk still sitting at 78/79. Tonight the guild’s decided to do New Tunarian Throne Room, though I won’t be attending this one, I wish them the best!