Been looking at resubbing as well, as the new expansion looks to have a lot of neat features. Logged into my fury and had absolutely no gear on, so it'll be either resub or reroll
On a side note, I used to think 50% on the slider was too little, but that was back in the day when you got 100+ AAs around level 10-15 or paid the price later in the dungeon grind.
Sadly I missed this and the only reason I'm sad about it is the fact I started playing again. Rerolled though and going to be an illusionist. I'm so man pretty there needs to be two of me I guess?
I used to play this a lot, had a 6x zerk.. very fun for a while, then not so much - the good times were good enough to try it again though. So a couple months ago I looked into their F2P options... aaaand... well, you can't use the rewards for heritage quests, or the loot from the biggest boss kills, or the best craftable gear. Couple that with limited AH use AND a cap at... what? some prohibitively small denomination of plat? Bag/bank slot limits too?
Gross.
Don't wanna sound like the carrot's the only thing I'm in it for, because the proverbial chase is fine too. But sometimes I get hungry, and it'll be hard to justify the intense amount of running necessary for the Jboots quest without any Jboots at the end of it.
And if I wanted to play a game where the party play was the only good thing, I'd play Vanguard. Which has awesome party play, by the way. Wrong thread for that though.
Didn't they recently raise the money cap for free players? For myself, the only thing that bothered me once I was Silver were the AH caps- it means you can't sell off stuff as you level, which in turn makes you piss poor. Where normal players can easily afford to buy the rare mats they lack to make the rest of their set being F2P means you can only really afford one, maybe two mats at best.
Bags, not that big a deal, you're limited by bag slots, not bag size, and EQ2 has some hilariously big bags.
Being Bronze is terrible, but being Silver is quite playable, if you don't mind not having much money to splash on the AH.
Why oh why does Sony not want to take my money. I'm all for resubbing EQ2, but...$95 for AoD and Chains and a months sub is just, too steep to get back into an MMO. Why did they not bundle AoD? I don't understand.
Because they really, really don't want anyone to pick up where they left off and try their game. I've dropped $15-20 on old MMO's before just to test the waters again and maybe I stick around for a while longer or I've tossed my money away but it's low enough that it doesn't deeply impact my entertainment budget. But the prices they charge of EQ2 expansions+ a subscription so I can actually use my equipment? Hah. I could buy a brand new AAA game for less than that.
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Spell Tiers Adept Expert Full Access
Equipment Grades Legendary and Fabled Restricted Legendary and Fabled Restricted Full Access
Looking at the F2P matrix and other limitations don't look too bad, but these two caused a red flag. I am wondering if I play how big of a limitation these will be.
The skill one is annoying, the Legendary/Fabled one isn't too bad as you're levelling (and there's a loooooot of time to be spent doing that, don't get me wrong), as you'll only get one item here and there, usually nothing major.
Neither is crippling, but I sure wish the skill one were removed.
The skill one is annoying, the Legendary/Fabled one isn't too bad as you're levelling (and there's a loooooot of time to be spent doing that, don't get me wrong), as you'll only get one item here and there, usually nothing major.
Neither is crippling, but I sure wish the skill one were removed.
Thanks. Sounds like it could be fun for a while, the leveling phase, but those restrictions might be pretty difficult come end-game, so I'd have to subscribe if I wanted to really appreciate that. Does that sound about correct?
If you "try" you can hit max level with lots of AAs pretty quickly, like, within a month, probably less depending on playtime. I personally find the Legendary/Fabled restriction ridiculous. It's equivelant to being unable to equip Blues/Purples in WoW.
Are you talking as a free player or as a subber? Free players get their experience/AA conversion capped at 50%, which means you need to do parallel tier zones to keep up in levels. That second zone might not take as long, but it's still a fair chunk of content you have to do that subbed players can avoid entirely by just lowering their AA gain. And this is ignoring the experience boosts subbed characters get from having existing characters at cap.
The skill one is annoying, the Legendary/Fabled one isn't too bad as you're levelling (and there's a loooooot of time to be spent doing that, don't get me wrong), as you'll only get one item here and there, usually nothing major.
Neither is crippling, but I sure wish the skill one were removed.
Thanks. Sounds like it could be fun for a while, the leveling phase, but those restrictions might be pretty difficult come end-game, so I'd have to subscribe if I wanted to really appreciate that. Does that sound about correct?
I would say that you would likely be able to get to level 85 (of 95) before the gear restrictions really started making a difference. After 85, pretty much any item you loot or get from a quest is going to cost you 30 cents to use. (you can reduce this by buying Sony funbucks during a sale)
If you're planning to play one higher level character and keep your alts lower level, it's probably viable to play that way. If you have an alt army, subscribing is going to be the way to go.
Oh, and during periods of rapid gear churn, like just after an expansion launch, probably best to pony up for a month until your equipment settles down.
Oh neat, on top of temporarily offering a free "boost your character to high levels" service come October 1st, they're also removing item restrictions for non-Gold players. That's fantastic news.
Yeah, I got the email, too. Too bad I don't even have it installed anymore. I already play too many MMOs as it is, but I may let it download overnight just for the hell of it.
If anyone does log back on, check out my house in Halas (character name: Iseal). It's the magical manor one not far from the AH. I'm quite proud of how I have it decorated. There's also a portal to my other house, it's not as nice, but I tried some different things with it and it has a full set of crafting devices.
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On a side note, I used to think 50% on the slider was too little, but that was back in the day when you got 100+ AAs around level 10-15 or paid the price later in the dungeon grind.
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They sent emails apparently.
On the same fucking day.
I do wish they'd sell the expansion packs via SC. And sell extra bank slots.
edit: Dear ANet. Give us goddamn double/triple gem days.
Going out on a limb and leaning towards "may"
I used to play this a lot, had a 6x zerk.. very fun for a while, then not so much - the good times were good enough to try it again though. So a couple months ago I looked into their F2P options... aaaand... well, you can't use the rewards for heritage quests, or the loot from the biggest boss kills, or the best craftable gear. Couple that with limited AH use AND a cap at... what? some prohibitively small denomination of plat? Bag/bank slot limits too?
Gross.
Don't wanna sound like the carrot's the only thing I'm in it for, because the proverbial chase is fine too. But sometimes I get hungry, and it'll be hard to justify the intense amount of running necessary for the Jboots quest without any Jboots at the end of it.
And if I wanted to play a game where the party play was the only good thing, I'd play Vanguard. Which has awesome party play, by the way. Wrong thread for that though.
tl;dr: does being F2P still suck all of the time?
Bags, not that big a deal, you're limited by bag slots, not bag size, and EQ2 has some hilariously big bags.
Being Bronze is terrible, but being Silver is quite playable, if you don't mind not having much money to splash on the AH.
A part of me wishes I could just drag everyone over to something free like GW2 but only half of us like it with the other half not so super on it.
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Spell Tiers Adept Expert Full Access
Equipment Grades Legendary and Fabled Restricted Legendary and Fabled Restricted Full Access
Looking at the F2P matrix and other limitations don't look too bad, but these two caused a red flag. I am wondering if I play how big of a limitation these will be.
Neither is crippling, but I sure wish the skill one were removed.
Thanks. Sounds like it could be fun for a while, the leveling phase, but those restrictions might be pretty difficult come end-game, so I'd have to subscribe if I wanted to really appreciate that. Does that sound about correct?
I would say that you would likely be able to get to level 85 (of 95) before the gear restrictions really started making a difference. After 85, pretty much any item you loot or get from a quest is going to cost you 30 cents to use. (you can reduce this by buying Sony funbucks during a sale)
If you're planning to play one higher level character and keep your alts lower level, it's probably viable to play that way. If you have an alt army, subscribing is going to be the way to go.
Oh, and during periods of rapid gear churn, like just after an expansion launch, probably best to pony up for a month until your equipment settles down.
...I don't suppose there are any mention of plans to remove the skill level limits, eh
This needs to be in EQ: Next. No excuses.
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