Everquest II

Wow SOE made a great GU. I will not list all the details since there is a thread here that posts the details. I will just point out a few thing I think makes GU #49 so great for me.

I will start with the downside first. I logged in and was blown away by two major fixes. First they have finally fixed the disappearing shadow problem. They also added dual core support. The downside is coming. The performance increase was significant. In Qyenos Harbor even near the broker I got over a 10+ fps increase. Game is looking and running better then ever. Then bam! Client crash. Log back in run around, client crash. I was starting to feel worried. Logged in again crash.

I contacted SOE by phone. I got a csr in one ring I repeat one ring! Never have I gotten to a csr that fast with any game. No wait at all. I explained my problem. The csr said "no problem I will send you an e-mail on some files you will need to delete". I got the e-mail in about 2 minutes and I followed directions. I logged in again and the launch scanned my files added the deleted ones and I was back in game. I did have to spend a bit of time resetting my UI and graphic settings. I played without logging out for about 5 hours no crash. Many claim SOE has terrible CS in this case they were fantastic! MMORPG.com stickyed my thread on graphic setting I will add to that thread the advice I got from SOE incase others have the client crash problem.

So the game is looking better and running better then ever before. Time to visit the new guild halls. They are fantastic. Guild halls have been wanted for a longtime and SOE made really great looking ones. My guild is going to be patient and work together to get the huge one out on the island. It is really fantastic and expensive but worth it.

My guild were cracking up with the next change to housing. They said we will never see Ecco again. It is common knowledge I am all about player housing. SOE added one simple thing. You can scale the size of your house items. I spent the next two hours redecorating and it was fun. I took my small pets like my black house cat and scaled them. Chibi (small in japanese) is not so small anymore he is now a panther. Some table top sculptures are now monumental. One is two stories tall. My giant beaver is a riot. He is as big as my mount. Also a new house item was in my rewards, A banner that was kind of cool if you click on it a browser opens in game and takes you to a picture gallery for FanFare. Now this has nothing to do with game play but it is fun and the banner fit well in my bar since it has beer mugs on it.

The next change some will have problems with but they also made it easier to level from 20-70. As a player that has been in game for 4 years I love this change. Those that think you level to fast simply turn off combat experience if you need to level slower.

One thing SOE has always done well in EQ2 is live world events. I for one am having a great time shooing monkies from the excavation site. Killing the big green infected monkey was funny. Also the rewards are cool. I got a neat looking set of new armor and am working on more rewards.

There are so many more changes but for me the ones I listed made for one of the best and most fun GU so far. SOE has dropped the ball often with their mmos however they have handled EQ2 well. This GU and the customer serves I got is not the work of the devil as some may feel. Good job SOE and I am even more excited for the Shadow Odyssey.

Originally posted by eccoton

 You can scale the size of your house items. I spent the next two hours redecorating and it was fun. I took my small pets like my black house cat and scaled them. Chibi (small in japanese) is not so small anymore he is now a panther. Some table top sculptures are now monumental. One is two stories tall. My giant beaver is a riot. He is as big as my mount.

sounds amusing

Also the new guild banner from the guild halls is nice.... just have someone post it next to the zone/mob you will be raiding tonight and then have the other guildies click the banner in the guild hall and they will get ported to the other banner.

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

Originally posted by Nadia

Originally posted by eccoton

 You can scale the size of your house items. I spent the next two hours redecorating and it was fun. I took my small pets like my black house cat and scaled them. Chibi (small in japanese) is not so small anymore he is now a panther. Some table top sculptures are now monumental. One is two stories tall. My giant beaver is a riot. He is as big as my mount.

sounds amusing

It sure does!

After I post this, I'm gonna reactivate just to fiddle about with changing the size of my pets.

Yeah, I know I'm pathetic

i would like some screenies.

Totally agree. This is very cool.

Guild hall screenshots.

eq2norrathianhomeshow.blogspot.com/search/label/Guild%20Halls

I think the artwork for the freeport GH is excellent but sorry the qeynos side doesnt float my boat a bit to bright for my liking tbh other than that its not a bad update as for the new quests in the sinking sands i'm a bit meh about them too sadly but that may change once i get to do them without 20 other players racing for the same thing.

Originally posted by ste2000

Wow I am amazed.................not

Anyway it's not the technical bit the problem of EQ2 but the design.
Since they decided to activate the "I Win" button, this game is going downhill, both in term of quality and consequently in subscribers number.

I am happy for the people who still play and enjoy this game, it's a pity there are not many left, and the new horde of casual players SoE was hoping to bring to the game, never materialized, just like after NGE in SWG.
They will never learn.........

Here we go again.  Amazed not? You do not even play the game. No one give a crap what you think about EQ2. Why do you waste your time in the EQ2 forums? You hate the game and bash it and my posts every chance you get. It does not matter what I post you always show up even off topic and bash EQ2 and SOE. You do not  play EQ2 so why do you read a post about an EQ2 GU? Are you that bored?

Other then the fact I find it fascinating you waste your time in the EQ2 forums. I could careless what you think about EQ2. Tell me again why I think I am having fun? Save all of us, who enjoy EQ2, from our own delusions...again.  What does your response have to do with GU #49? Nothing, oh yea off topic again.