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The gliding is pretty cool and the elites are required if you want to do any serious pvp or raids, for that you'll need the expansion. But other than that HoT is a pretty serious let down. If you are casual and not interested in pvp, wvw or raids, HoT is probably a pass.

It's a PvE grind game with very, very little PvP. Maybe things get better with node wars.

The popularity of classic servers for both EQ and WoW indicates that there may be a much bigger market for the old school rule sets they represent than anyone realizes. BDO taps into that a little bit. But until somebody actually makes a game that satisfies that itch, it's all conjecture...

Pretty much. Too much grinding to get to the good stuff. Although I did find the pve enjoyable, love the combat. So I'll probably go back occasionally just to putz around doing that. But I'll never have the time to grind for the +20, gear, etc. needed to be competitive in GvG.

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Not at all. Played both games and enjoyed them. EQ more, but it was my first mmo. But they are were very similar when Vanilla WoW came out, Much more so than the competition.

WoW and EQ are inbred cousins compared to other mmos. WoW is just younger and had the advantage of modern medicine that has changed it over time. EQ was thrown into the back shed and forgotten.

BnS and BDO have much better combat. But GW2's not bad. GW2 has better RvR imo (except when they do stupid things like HoT) and almost zero grinding if you want to just PvP or RvR. There are certainly better games than GW2 depending on what you want to do, but unfortunately the grind always...

Read something the other day by a poster named Pensiiv on the GW2wvw.net forums. Thought it might put this whole idiotic conversation into proper perspective: xD

No, you never played EQ in first person. So are clueless to it's possibilities. Having been there and done it. I know, you don't. Pretty pointless now I suppose. Since that game doesn't exist anymore. But I do find it very revealing.

Heheh. So true, and guilty as charged. EQ for life! Or as Draegan would say.. !FOR THE NECKBEARDS!

Now you're just trollin'. You obviously never played tank at a very high level in early EQ. I could see a warrior perhaps using 3rd person while tanking a boss in the corner with defensive, but they had a boring job anyways. Or a slow group too afraid to pull multiple mobs while stuck in "one...

I had very good situation awareness in first person and always was aware of adds before anyone else, had them tagged and agroed before they hit anyone else. I was recruited by the top guild on the server (did not have to apply) because of my abilities as a tank (and also a puller). Remember...

Tank here. Sk tank in the days when Shadowknights caused an xp hit for the whole group. But my rep was such that nobody cared. I had instant group invites when I logged in (miss the days when server rep mattered). That rep also got me into the top guild where I was the prime trash tank, which...

Well Quake 2 and all of it's mods were as fast food as you can get. Give me frys with my fucking quarter pounder and take my fucking money. Overwatch will probably suck, but if it gives me some of that fast food quake love I'm in. Still hate Blizzard's retard art style though.

Watched this video just for the spicy Titan details... fail. But they did sucker me into being interested in Overwatch, don't usually get that into Blizzard games or follow them. They're well done, just not my cup of joe. But all their talk about coming from fps games, rocket jumps, old...

GW2 is the game I always go back to after the new shiney gets old. GW1 was the same way. HoT was a disaster imo, but Blade and Soul and Black Desert were fun fillers. Now that the April patch has fixed a bunch of the WvW issues, I find myself back at GW2. I haven't checked out the HoT fixes yet...

Big patch today. The Spring Quarterly Update | GuildWars2.com

I don't have a problem with Star Citizen being here. Never look in the other area anyways and I am interested in how this turns out. One thing about Elite Dangerous though, as cool as a it's tech is, it's ultimately boring. Star Citizen could end up the same. A whole lot of money spent for...

Cool. Love my sorc, but blader was my original class choice. Been doing all the crafting, trading, worker stuff lately. Want to get that out of the way and just focus on leveling the blader when it shows up.

Still haven't pledged for this. When will it be released?

Truly wish I had the time to play like in old EQ days. I usually hate grinding but this game somehow keeps it somewhat enjoyable. Just don't have the time to keep up anymore. They say they are looking into ways to allow new players to catch up.

Heheh, necro quote. You stole my mutt's name! Guess it isn't unique. My other mutt's name is Freki and my horse is Sleipnir. But it's all part of a theme, it fits with my account name (not Odin).

970's are ok, but a graphically rich game like this is obviously going to tax it. A better vid card or sli would fix that pop issue. I didn't even know what you were talking about at first, never experienced it.

Aye thanks, it does take 24 hours if you delete a toon. Kind of a pain. But I meant the pre-order name reservation. They said those would be held for the Blader etc.

Rumor on some gaming site states the Blader / Plum for NA an EU is coming out in April. If true, then probably late April is my guess. The name I reserved is for the Blader. Hopefully it comes out soon.

My main toon was a human shadowknight out of Qeynos. Had an epic journey to get to Freeport when the toon was in his late teens. That was cool and have fond memories of that trek. But as for Freeport itself, I didn't have much emotional attachment. Took off for Kunark soon after. So when they...

lol, pretty much. Show me the nukes or don't bother.

Wooly, I like your posts generally but your problems with PRX really don't do anything for you or this board. I'm not a member of PRX, not here to defend them. But guild drama always ends up being petty and boring. Would rather not have to wade through it here. Especially since they will not...

As a sorc I find breath very handy because of dodges, etc. So I didn't use a horse for the first 20 levels or so to get breath (stamina) up above 20. Health is always useful, so I spend some silver to get 30 min or more food (cooking is cheaper I'm sure). But the percentage increase is not all...

This. Plus the grind. Also guild drama is back. Bunch of members in the guild I'm in up and quit last night. Not sure why, wasn't keeping up or in TS at the time. Just saw the aftermath and all the butthurt texts. Was pretty amusing and brought back the EQ nostalgia. Then I went back to...

Have one sitting around. I'll send you a pm.

Heheh yeah, I use to be convinced that EQ had special code for my rolls .... If (mytoon) then No Loot

I'll check it out. Funcom is a pretty creative company. They usually bring something cool and new to the mix. Somehow they usually end up messing up the overall package though. Even thought the launch was screwed up, AoC was a pretty good game for a while. Then they launched the expansion and...

Heheh. Probably for the best. This thread went back to it's normal snark level in record time.