On EverQuest 2 Server Mergers

Everquest 2 is very underrated (especially at the shack), the balance of the game is just about perfect. I have to be honest I'm surprised more WoW players haven't tried it (not just the demo). Maybe WoW is better (I haven't played it enough to know for sure) but a lot of the complaints I hear about WoW are addressed in EQ2.

Solo players and small groups have much more to do in EQ2 (even solo players can even do instances now) and get good loot. The level process is much more even, no way you could max out levels in a week in EQ2. And there is a TON to see and do, you can level two different characters and do totally different quests.

Sounds like I work for SOE now. I probably wouldn't be "sticking up" for EQ2 if it wasn't dismissed so totally by almost everyone at shack.

pwnt by WoW?

I know so many people who play WoW and aren't even hardcore gamers. Even people who aren't normally familiar with the latest and greatest games are starting to take notice of WoW.

He had to go to marketing to get that line.

"Because of the size of our game world..."

See how that works, the game world is too big and awesome, not the player base is too small and shitty.

Actually, this is *exactly* what they need to do. Along with the new character changes and pvp servers, it makes a lot of sense and takes balls to do. Kudos to them, they are really trying to turn the game around.

eq2 has around the same player base as eq1...lol I don't see the game dying anytime soon

this looks like the beginning of the end.

Great game, tried this after all the shack comments. Good loot, great group combos, particle effects are impressive, art sucks, quests are decent, community seems friendly. Combat really shines in this game, every hit feels like something is behind it.

This is mostly due to the upcoming expansion which includes pvp and servers. Many of the servers now will lose people to these pvp servers so doing the merger now is a good idea.

Beginning of the end.

This is a bad sign for the prosperity of eq2. Server mergers/closings are never a good sign.