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Pixii Blackhearrt
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EverQuest: 1/10 points |
Peeps.. I gotta tell ya.. I have played this game for over 2 years.. in fact 2 and 1/2 years now, and have made and deleted many characters in that time space.. Right now I still have a 52 Halfling Druid that I have stopped leveling.. because she is dead without a group at that level.. even on blues :( I have been the leader of Legion of Blackhearts on here for that long too.. And I'm tired and disappointed with the game.. (We have alot of people in LOB and I hate leaving them.. but, I'm bored and just plain disillusioned with EQ anymore..
This game is really addictive and goes no where.. I even spent $1500.00 on a new high end computer to stay up with Verants constance RAM hog for the graphics on here.. The one my husband uses is 3 years old now.. (a 450 Pentium with 320 meg of Ram on it.. but a new Savage Video card..) and it has so much lag on it, that it disconnects my fast one all the time.. if we are grouped together to play.. :(( And what is the use of having two computers and pay for 2 accounts every month.. if we can't play together? )
Here is my list of EQ's disappointments:
(1.) it is geared to grouping with others.. and I'll tell ya guys.. sometimes I just like being a loner.. I like people, just like the rest of the world.. but, not all the time. Sometimes I just need to play by myself for a bit, and with this game you cannot, not and expect to stay alive and not lose all the experiance you have gained over the last week or two.. And I mean playing for 12 to 14 hours straight.. every day.. 7 days a week..
Now I know that most people can't play that long at one time.. but, I'm retired and it's just me and my husband now, and the two dogs to care for.. so I can. :)
(2.) All your spells when you get a little higher have to be gotten by research, or off of NPC's that are at least 5 times higher than you.. for the spell you will want to use at your level.. Well.. here's the crust of the problem.. The research takes you months to get a high enough exp. on it to be able to do it well.. and if you don't do it well.. then, you will fail at it.. and have to collect all the pages again to try and make it again..(the scroll I mean that is the spell) And if you do do this.. it will cost you in the neighborhood of 1400pp to do a decent job on research to make it work eventually... :( And by that time.. you will not need the spell, because you have gotten so bored trying to make it, that you have gone out and leveled more to compensate for the down time on this..
So in the end... you will give up on the research character altogether.. Verant wants us to keep playing.. and this is how they get us to do it.. By making us spend months to get anything done.
Now.. for the spells being on the NPC's.. Well.. it's going to take you at least 2 groups of people.. (6 to a group) to get those spells off them NPC's... because you cannot do it alone.. And people that spend a few days with you getting your spells for you, are not going to be happy if that NPC they have been killing all this time does not have the spell on them for 7 days.. Yeah.. some of the spells on the higher end NPC's do not carry that spell on them except one every 7 days.. so in the end.. it's hopeless to try.. and... you make your friends hate you too.. :( because they have spent all their time with you when they could of been doing their own stuff..
(3.) Items, good Armor, Quests and Epics all come under the same problem.. You will have to camp certain monsters that are alot higher than you to obtain these things.. so.. you will need at least 2 or 3 groups of peeps to help you.. And if a decent piece is dropped.. they do a random roll of the dice to see who receives that item.. And if you just happen to be unlucky on rolls of the computer dice.. then a piece of equipment that only you can use, may go to a warrior in that group.. and of course you will have to pay him for it if you want it.. so your back to square one again on this.. People hating other people for being so competitive and platium hungry that they make enemies outta even their closest friends on here.. Just to obtain a piece of equipment that will be obsolete in the next expansion that Verant puts out.. :( It may also take weeks or months, working with this group to get the article too.. since Verant puts limits on how many articles are dropped in days and weeks..
The bottom line on EverQuest is this.. They have made this game almost impossible to attain anything on it.. And if you do take the time and money to do so.. There is no reward at all in the end.. Unless walking around looking good is a reward.. And in my opinion it is not.. Because here's the smacker on it folks.. Even at level 60 which is the highest you can go.. there are still NPC's out there that can and will kill you.. Verant geared alot of their NPC's to levels 65-70.. just so it takes a very large group of peeps to kill them.. :( This is why I am on here today.. is to find a different RPG that is worth playing with my husband and friends I can drag from EQ.. Any suggestions would be welcome.. plz email me on this if you have a really good RPG that is fun and rewarding.. :) |
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