EQII: A quick visit
I cancelled my EQ2 account after reaching my goal of getting a monk to 20. The monk was 11 when I started so it didn’t take long. Especially as I was playing on test with it’s double experience bonus. I avoided cities, other than to buy food, drink and shrunkens (throwing stars). The cities are too big and complicated. Unfortunately, although you get your new skills for free, you need to purchase their upgrades in town. At least that’s my understanding. Without those upgrades my Monk was probably gimped.
I ran only one quest, another thing I dislike in EQ2. I prefer to just wander and grind. I probably missed out on some good questing money and gear. By avoiding much of the game, I had a good time just fighting with my monk. I think EQ2 is a good game. I just have too much baggage with it having played at launch, and twice, now three other times. If I were starting EQ2 fresh, with my friends, I think we could get many months of challenging fun. That’s not going to happen. We occasionally go back to previously played games, but it’s rare we return to a game we didn’t enjoy the first time. An exception would be SWG which we didn’t like either time we tried.