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Man, I am like you exactly. Never got into EQ2 back in the day, and really havent given it a chance until this server. (yet I love EQ1) No Krono had me try it and I am glad I have so far. I am only lvl 9 but there are so many new players on this server. Excited to see some of the locations and lore post EQ1 PoP storyline.

I'm really glad you're giving EQ2 another shot! I was one of the people in older videos who mentioned the beta. A lot of other commenters have given great advice so I'll try not to re-tread over other topics. A lot has changed in Norrath. Like you notice "D'Lere" has it's own island, and Ogres are cool in Freeport. They broke the game into a simpler Good v. Evil faction system, rather than EQ1's collection of cities, all with various faction levels. I do really miss that. Rather than being cool with some races/cities but not others, you are either good, and in Qeynos, or you're evil and in Freeport. They are kind of mirrors of each other. They have almost identical tutorial islands which are made to take you to around level 5, then you'll get to the main city with racial suburbs. Those are all connected to a set of like three or four newbie zones where you'll do quest lines and level up with other evil low level players from levels 4 ish to 12ish. Then you graduate to the mainland which for you will be the Commonlands. You'll go out and hunt beetles and orcs and griffons or you can do one of the dungeons. There's a level 10ish dungeon and a level 20ish dungeon. In Commonlands you've got Fallen Gate which I don't want to spoil. It, and Stormhold which is the good side equivalent dungeon are two of my favorite dungeons in the game. You'll want to follow the quest lines as those are the best ways to get XP, but you'll still need to grind some too. They slowed the XP rates waaaaaay down from live which is nice. Live is so fast you'll often start to out-level an area in the middle of the quest line. If you enjoy the lore and story there's lot's of it to be found. The voice acting is really great where it's present but you'll be reading a lot. With that said, the XP isn't as slow as P99/Quarm. You won't have to spend days at a camp for a level which I personally enjoy. Lastly, with the enemies. You're going to be able to murk some even cons, and possibly even some solo yellows as a Brigand in the low levels, which feels super weird as a rogue right?! In my experience on the Beta server that lasted until about level 3 or 4, where you had to be careful and start only single pulling whites or blues. You'll eventually start to find higher tier mobs too. You'll see that have one, two or three arrows above their heads which simple means they're stronger than normal mobs of that level. You will even see mobs with "Heroic" tags which are even stronger, and usually chained in groups. (You'll know this when you target one, and like two or three other mobs will all have glowing rings under their feet.) You won't be able to single pull these mobs, and a "Heroic" encounter is usually intended for a group, Good luck, I hope you enjoy EQ2, and maybe I'll see you around!

Crafting/Gathering - Nodes respawn, you need a certain gathering skill to gather some items, and you have gathering skills that level up in order to guarantee a successful gather. There are also rare harvests which make much more powerful versions of gear. Crafting classes have a similar Archetype - Class - Subclass thing level 1-9 is general Artisan - all recipes are available to everyone level 10-19 you pick Scholar, Outfitter, or Craftsman Level 20 - Scholars can be Scribes (Priest/mage spells upgrades), Jewelers (Jewelry and Scout skill upgrades), or Alchemists (potions/poisons and Fighter skill upgrades) Outfitters can be Armorers (plate/chain armor and heavier shields) Tailors (leather/cloth armor and leather bags) or Weaponsmiths (thrown and melee weapons) Craftsman can be Provisioners (food/drink) Carpenters (Furniture and strongboxes -bank storage) or Woodworkers (wooden weapons, shields, consumables)

I was a massive EQ2 player... for years... never seen this channel before. I'm gonna watch this video and maybe I'll have some helpful input to add to the conversation Overall IMO Origins is awesome. I haven't played any Daybreak for 10 years but I'm hooked again big time! FYI in the very original release of the game, you did not pick a class until after character creation - so the stuff on the boat was designed before you had a class and you used to be totally naked without any weapons... this is why it gives you that crappy shirt and club even though you start with weapons.

UI tips The book over the head means you have a quest ready to turn in at that NPC - you just didn't pick the chat option that completes the quest (there's lots of quests on the island, but usually you'd do that one first and it leads to the rest)... Quests give lots of xp, so missing out on the whole questing thingon the island really threw your experience off. BTW Feather = questgiver, a Book with a feather = npc advances quest, Closed book - turn in for completed quest Moving UI around - if you hit F10 it toggles a UI edit mode where all the UI elements have black boxes around them and you can drag them around. You can also right click UI elements to see other options (different options depending on what element, like hotbars have a bunch of their own options) Stealth - if a mob can see you they will "glow red" around their name. If their head turns towards you that's not part of the stealth mechanic. There's no positional detection when it comes to a mob's aggro radius... you either are close enough to be seen or not... although line of sight is required and I think line of sight is based on your feet being able to see their feet, not the head. You can't tell if something is hostile while you are stealthed unless they see through stealth - usually only other scout class npcs see through stealth. Some mobs are actually linked together... some mobs are social but not linked (body pulling prevents social mobs from aggroing) and some mobs are not social... just kinda depends on the encounter.

EQ2 LORE splits off from EQ1 sometime before the Gates of Discord Expansion. A series of events happened, not exactly sure what was first or what was last, but teleportation magic stopped working, the moon exploded (causing continents to break apart) and the Gods disappeared.

Scouts - all acouts get pathfinding (14% run speed buff), Group Evac, Trap disarm (loot chests), self only sneak (invis), Tracking, can change the Heroic Oppertunity type. Bards are very wanted in groups and every raid group needs one also. They are a low dps class. Dirge = Melee buffer, everyone benifits from a Dirge but the melee get more from a Drige than casters do. Troubador= Caster buffer. All bards offer the best run speed in the game, more than mounts. The other 4 rogue types all use posions. Rogue subtypes = mid teir DPS with a little extra utility like group sneak. Much later they get a raid wide AE blocker. Swashbuckler = A focus on AE dps (This becomes more of a focus in later levels) and some debuffs to reduce incoming, also get group invis, hate transfere buff for the tank and a single target mez. Brigand = mid teir dps with a single target focus and some hefty debuffs to reduce mob defensives, increasing incomming player damage, every raid loves one brig. Predators subtypes = high damage teir classes but very little utily outside of standard scout utility. Assassin = EQ1 rogue, they are top teir damage and thats all they bring. They get a hate transfere buff for the tank. Ranger = Tier 1 dps with a 1/3 being melee and 2/3s being ranged, to suceede you will need to mix both types. **disclaimer i have only played Swashbuckler and Dirge from the scouts, so some unitly is probsbly missing from other classes.

I just wanted to add that you are not seeing the crowding you are expecting as there are many instaces of each zone. This is the most populated EQ2 server ever, 8 instances of the common lands on Saturday. I think there were 35 instaces of Outpost of the Overlord when i was playing on lunch. It just doesnt seem busy, but it is.

A couple things after watchin, F10 is great for a quick UI change. Also, the zones are all split into picks like in EQ. The newbie island is really low cap so there are generally dozens of instances going. Once you get into Freeport/Qeynos the zone player caps seem to increase. As a lvl 9, I am seeing players everywhere in the city outskirts! This video was great man, forgot how entertaining it was to watch you try and learn/figure out an EQ game was, LOL. Almost like old times with your necro ;) Also had me giggling in my work office over your ogre. "Wide, long and thick."

I was rolling the entire time you were picking race/class. Holy crap, man 😂 I tried EQ2 back in 2009. It was pretty fun! Some of the in game purchase BS turned me off of it, but I generally had a good experience!

Healers Healing in EQ2 is very different that EQ1. All healers can main heal for a group. The 3 types of healers each have their own machanic for healing. If the group/raid needs stronger healing you layer the healing types togther. Wards get depleted first, then reactives do their thing and regens fill any gaps. You dont really want two of the same type of healer in a group. When you see looking for non-leather heals in lfg channel, thats because they already have a druid, its not because they dont want one. Clerics, use reactives (heal for x when hit, x number of times) this comes in a single target and group variety. Templar = very versitle healer, they have more healing tools and death saves than anyother healer. Very low dps, slow but safe solo. Inquisitor=good all round healing classes with buffs for melee. Some power issues. Shaman, use Wards which prevent x amount of damage before the ward ends. Again they get both group and single target wards. Mystic = Shaman are great but slow healers, group ward is a long cast time. They also get buffs for melee later. Slow solo. Stong AE debuffs. Defiler = biggest wards, considered one of the best healers in the game. They, along with Templars are the main tank healers. Strong single target debuffs. Druids. Get Heal over Time for their mechanic. These heal for x every few seconds. Very good a healing raw hitponts faster than anyother class. Very popular claases. Warden = stronger healer of the two Druids, much later they get some melee skills and can do decent DPS. Most people consider the Warden the easist class to solo heal a group with. Get ports later. Fury= I consider this class to be a hybrid, they are half druid a d half wizard. Good healers with a touch of dps. They also get group invis!

Glad you're checking out EQ2!

I wish i could add to this, but my history very much mirrors yours :) . Diablo 1 - diablo 2 - EQ1 in 2000 - Eq2 until Wow came out, then wow for maybe 2 years then back to EQ1. LOL. I'm glad you posted this I have been wondering about the new EQ2 server.

Been playing for first time and enjoying it.

This is a really fun game IF - and imho - only IF you have friends to level with. The few times I got to group it was great. But slogging through content solo is mind-numbingly slow and extremely meh. I met a few people here and there in the past few days but nothing lasted more than a short while - just to get through a tiny piece before moving on. A lot and I mean A LOT of people are running dual accounts. I see defiler/necro, SK/fury, etc., common comps. I really wanted this to work but again, I'm not logging into a game to solo. I can do that perfectly fine in WoW classic, lol.

Lol forgot about alternative appearances... Those were for the asian markets client but they eventually made them available for everyone

I was literally just saying I wanted to play a "slowed down version of WoW" and low and behold, EQ2 puts out this new server! It looks like it has all the nostalgia of old EQ but with a new twist. Like you, I never gave EQ2 a chance because of WoW (I played EQ1 from beta/the day it came out up untill WoW came out) and I really miss the camaraderie of original EQ. I'm definitely going to give this a try now. It looks like it'll really scratch my itch!

Hey Classic. All classes are paired and are a variant of each other. The Shadowknight is paired with Paladin for example, differences are similar enough to EQ for you understand. Guardian = ultimate raid tank, lowest fighter DPS. Berserker = Tought fighter with more AE and DPS than a Guardian. Very good tank. Shadowknight = Great group tanks, life taps etc. Paladin = Defensive with less dps but more healing. Monk = evasion tank, can self heal with mend. Monks are tanks in EQ2. Brawler = DPS verion of a monk, mostly unplayed as monk is overall considered much better. This Is your fighter class choice type. All of them can tank, if you want to raid tank Guardian is the only real choice in this Era, off tank is berserker. You may see guilds run others but it's not the meta picks.

Great vid! I enjoyed listening :)

the classes are a lil confusing till you realize, they just have a good and evil version of your typical eq classes - broken into archetypes etc so scouts are your ranger/assassin bard/dirge brig/swash (rogue based classes) there's a healer archetype with druid/fury cleric/inquisitor sham/evilsham? fighter arch with guardian?/zerker? Monk/bruiser Pally/SK - necro and mage share a coin (necro is the evil summoner go figure!) so yeah. same 'classes' as eq with a lil flavor diffference for good/evil. Be Evil! Be. Ratonga

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Mages = they do not offer the utilty that a scout does. Mostyl dps classes. Enchanters = sought after buffer types. Mid tier dps. Every raid group wants one of the two enchanters. Illionist = their pet is a copy of themselves, decent dps but weaker at tanking. Mage group buffer for raids. Coercer = charm but less powerful than EQ1, also less deadly. Later best power recovery in the game. Buffs for the tank. Wanted in raids for main tank buffage, sometimes off tank. Mages = The mage pet classes. Generally shunned in raids, people do take them but not first choice and these are both popular classes as they solo very well. Conjurer = like the mage in EQ1 they get a tank, scout and mage pet. Most use the scout, the tank pet taunts and is pretty beefy. More AE based, do get some utilty, like stone skin etc which is sometimes used in the main tank group, though rarely. Necromancer = tank, scout and mage pet just like the conj. They get lifetaps, fd, rez and much later lifeburn. Very popular like conj, sometimes meta, mostly not. Sorcerers = teir 1 dps, your big boom classes. This is all they do. Wizard = single target focused teir 1 boom class. Rough solo as you are relaying on root, can solo the thoughest group mobs but with a high risk of dying. Later they get ports. Warlock = The AE version of wizard. Mages are very popular in general.

Class Overview (very general) There are 4 "Archetypes" Fighter, Priest, Mage, Scout Each Archetype has 3 classes, which each have 2 subclasses (so 4 archetypes times 3 classes times 2 subclasses is how you get to 24 "classes") Also, each Archetype has one "neutral" class, meaning these classes are not restricted to either FP or Qeynos Below - (N) = is a Neutral class (both classes can be in either city (G) is Good, must be aligned with Qeynos, (E) is Evil, must be aligned with Freeport Fighter Warriors (N) - Guardians are more Defensive, Berserkers are more offensive Brawlers - Monks (G) are more Defensive and focus more on speed, Bruisers (E) are more offensive and focus more on big hits Crusader - Paladin (G) are Defensive, Shadowknight (E) are Offensive Priests Clerics - Templar (G) - Defensive, Inquisitor (E) Offensive Druid (N) - Warden Defensive, Fury Offensive Shamans - little different.. Defiler (E) is more disease themed, I'd say where Mystic (G) is more spirit based Mages Sorcerer (N) - Wizard is more elmental based and Warlock is more disease based Enchanters - Biggest noticeable dif is Illusionists (G) have a permanent pet that is a copy of themselves while Coercers (E) charm a mob Summoners - Necro (E) is more life/diseased based - undead pets etc. Conjurors (G) have elemental based pets (bugs at start) Scouts* Rogue - Brigand (E) more focused on mobs taking more damage, Swashbuckler (G) more focus on mobs dealing less damage Bard (N) - Dirge more melee/tank oriented, Troubador a little more caster oriented (both have buffs that help everyone though) Predator - Assassin (E) more melee damage with a few ranged, Ranger (G) more ranged focus with some melee *Biggest difference between Rogue and Predator classes is that Rogues have more utility/debuffs etc. where Predators are more about raw damage

Depending on your class which is depends is your evil or good that depends on what race you can be

I'm an EQ2 noob as well. I played a little bit of Origins recently and did some quests at Qeynos.

It's honestly a bit confusing to start up, it wasn't the way to go to separate the classes like that.

I'll give it a go if we can get a group weekend group going.

Ok had to listen to this in bursts today since I ran local and had a lot more to do ... But just hearing the sound effects and background music is kinda making me want to play (in spite of the lumburg narrator talking to you like you're special needs). I'll see if this terr laptop can even run it with decent graphics settings

aww man, i wish there was some kind of trial for origins server

One is an good class and the other is evil

Bro sign me up for your grind sesh! Necro is fun! 2006 era eq2 was more group focused, not that you can’t solo some

I started eq2 q year ago it's so dead.. does it seem alive in those servers?

Wanden is druid

I'm in let's do it

anyone in EU playing? have i missed the rush and wont get groups?

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