I'm playing a bit of Everquest 2 at the moment - it's
NZ$20 for the DVD and 30 free days, or, it's a free download (in New Zealand it's actually easier to walk out and buy it than to mess about with the 3gb download and 'risk' exceeding my monthly data cap), so it's hard to justify why not to try it.
Anyhow, today I find this snippet from Aggro Me about the newbie zone:
They did retain the quest in the main series which encourages grouping. I know some soloers might not like this but you don't really have to complete it. You can head to Freeport at any time. I think it's a nice introduction to grouping because basically all you have to do is stand outside the cave for a bit and you will be invited to a group soon enough. The fight is good and the event that takes place is fun. And, if you're a decent player and a high enough level you can probably solo it. I duoed it with a Coercer and it was smooth sailing.
Uhm, wow that was supposed to be a group thing? I guess I'm just to l33t that I didn't notice ;)
(Well ok, I am playing a pet class, so I guess there's 2 of me)
So far I'm quite liking it. I agree with some of what Gabe was saying over at Penny Arcade about the art direction, however it plays quite well which is pretty important. I've fried my 6600GT anyway, so I'm running on a slightly older graphics card - I should be thankful anything runs on something which has a BIOS date of 2002.
Link: Aggro Me: Newbie Revamp
Link: Trials of the Bandit: Damn n00bs
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