Goodbye, Station Access

On the news that SOE will be raising the price of their Station Access one-price-for-all-games pass from $25 to $30 per month, and since I currently only play one of their games (EverQuest 2) on a regular basis, and since I am paying for three accounts (my two and my son’s), there’s no compelling reason to pay all this extra for no reason.

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EQ2: Unrest, a little further in

un2-hat.jpgAfter last night’s Labs raid, I got to go a little deeper into Unrest. But first, a little bit of patting-my-own-back-ism from the raid 🙂 Not only did I get this dapper little hat I’ve been wanting ever since I saw it in the hatmaker’s window in East Freeport, but I got the kill shot on Lord Vyemm. So (ahem):
WOOOHOO! HAFFER KILL! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!
Sorry about that.
So anyway, after American Idol and Lost, a couple of us went to Unrest and poked around a little. Two of the people in the group took FOREVER to get there, like half an hour or something, so it was pretty late before we actually got going.

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EQ2: Unrest Peek

I don’t have time to join a group and fully explore Unrest right now. I’ll admit what I saw looks spooky-scary and very reminiscent of the old EQ1 Unrest — except this time, the yard trash is 72^^^, and there’s plenty of it. Outside, looking in From zone in. There are see-invis mobs two yards … Read more

EQ2: Mad Bard

Live Update 32 went in this morning, bringing Unrest, Brell Day, and new achievements. I was so excited when I saw that bards had gotten a new Selo’s run speed buff – Selo’s Speed of Sound. Maybe bards would once again be the fastest runners around, but it wasn’t to be. It was just a … Read more

LotRO vs Vanguard

After a weekend on LotRO, a game I wasn’t all that excited about, I wanted to play more. After a weekend playing Vanguard, a game I was very much looking forward to, I never wanted to play again. The difference? In Vanguard, I had an incredible sense that I had played this game before… many … Read more