Great Expectations: 2008

2007 opened with me splitting my time between EQ1 and EQ2. Through brief flings with LotRO, Dungeon Runners and Mythos, and even briefer flings with a half dozen more I played just once, I ended the year in pretty much the same place — playing EQ2 exclusively. There’s these incredibly massive hype/PR machines and all … Read more

EQ2: The Fate of Norrath

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The Fate of Norrath is a level 80 quest that starts outside the City of Mist in the Kunzar Jungle. This little Halfling seems unusually preoccupied with the vast power of the Greenmist Oubliette and appears to have mysterious information and powers. Some even wonder if he is an avatar of Bristlebane, but could the God of Pranks really ever take on something as serious as this?
Regardless, he is the one that sets into motion this vast, secret army against the powers that reside in Kunark.
And here, for those interested in the lore, is the entire text of everything he says when you complete the Tier 1 raids. Laboriously retyped by me, SUBSTANTIAL typos fixed. Does nobody ever proofread these things?
Enjoy!

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EQ2: Tier 1 RoK raids DONE!

Talk about speedy backflagging — two raid nights and all of Tier 1 done. The raids in Rise of Kunark are based around an overplot; the Greenmist which once cleared Kunark of the Shissar and a second time killed the Rallosian attackers as they were about to overrun the human lands in the Age of … Read more

EQ2: Here’s what a good day looks like.

Saturday was an off-day for the guild, so I figured I’d get going with the whole crafting biz. I have to get Dorah, my jeweler, to 40,000 faction with her tradeskill society, *and* to level 80 jewelcraft so she can make Dina’s spells. No problem, thinks I. I drag her to Gorowyn because there’s no … Read more

EQ2: New guild, first raid

In the morning, I deguilded from Eternal Chaos. I didn’t ninja deguild. I wrote a letter to the guild leader, and I explained to the people online at the time that I was leaving, and why. Being guildless gives you a certain kind of freedom. Spend the day crafting? Why not! Join pickup groups? Sure! … Read more