Raiding: EQ1 vs EQ2

You’d get the impression from my blog that EQ2 is the only game I play. It isn’t so. Nearly every night, it is the original EverQuest I load up when I get home from work. There’s nearly always a raid in progress; my Eastern Time guild starts hours before I get home. They usually can … Read more

A Case of the Crabs

I logged in intending to make some serious progress toward my Hoo’loh hat. And I did; I quickly found a Halls of Fate group headed by the wizard/conjurer duo with whom I’d killed the scrollbearer and escorted Hoo’loh at the beginning of the quest. Helped a lot by an EC tank and healer, we wasted … Read more

EQ Taking Aim at WoW

I was reading about the new DAoC expansion on MMORPG.com and noticed this animated ad for EverQuest. A direct shot at World of Warcraft players who got to 60 and wonder – now what? The general feeling I get from people in WoW and EQ2 is that the next generation MMO champ title is Vanguard’s … Read more

Of Hats and Hoo’lohs

You don’t really appreciate Kingdom of Sky from the top. Weird creatures, lush landscapes, people zipping about on personal clouds, quick with their business. No, to really appreciate Kingdom of Sky, you need to see it from underneath. Someone pushed me — a real good shove — right off the edge of the chain. I … Read more

Ding! 70!

Finally FINALLY done leveling Dina. I’ve caught up! Last night when I logged in, I immediately got invited to a guild Halls of Fate run. It was my first time there! Lots of nameds; unfortunately the loot was kind of meh, but the experience was good and we finished the run with me just 3% … Read more