EQ2: An Angelic Presence

Mel Pence may look all dark and purpley in her evil looking armor, but when Dera reached level 86 while doing random dungeons with an illusionist, well, there were these ice wings I got from a Legends of Norrath loot card. And those icy wings didn’t really match her dark, functional armor, so I picked … Read more

EQ2: Shifting Focus

First thing Arda/Dera did when she wrested her epic back from the villainous blacksmith who wanted the weapon for himself was go to Qeynos and start killing them dragons. Even though she betrayed the Shining City and pledged her loyalty to the Dread Lord of Freeport long ago. Anyway, dragons. Must die. Wherever they are … Read more

EQ2: SOE fixes “DM Powerleveling”

Powerleveling has always existed in EverQuest 2, but never so much as when the “perfect storm” of player-made dungeons tuned for powerleveling and armor that could simultaneously heal the player while killing anything that hit it came on the scene with the release of the Chains of Eternity expansion. Leveling a character, for many, became … Read more

EQ2: Paths to the Past

I leveled very quickly, once I got my mercenary, and I only did the dungeons that I could do “molo” (merc + solo) and for which I had quests, so all the KoS group instances, plus Karnor’s, Chelsith and Chardok back in Kunark. EverQuest 2 gives you a reason to go back to all the … Read more

EQ2: Levels for Platinum

How the heck, you might ask, is a solo Arasai assassin in her 60s, no mercenary, no mentor, hitting dozens of at-level mobs while tanking thousands of points of damage and being continually self-healed? Welcome to the wonderful world of “DM Powerleveling”, an EverQuest 2 mechanism where someone creates a new character, levels it to … Read more