Anyone going to do this "Trial of Isle" EQ2 deal? - Page 4

Drizzi · 02-19-2005, 05:32 PM

eq2 wasnt bad at all.
only reason i quit pretty much was because i didnt know so many people there.
but im probably going to reactivate soon.

xilsharn · 02-19-2005, 05:44 PM

In a service to FOHGuild.org, I have fixed "Hat-o-Rade's" rant.

Quote:

Originally posted by Hatorade
Sadly, I bought EQ2. The quests are gay as hell. They all consist of, "Go here, kill this and get me that." I made it to level 30, it's just a long level grind. The UI is very frustrating because you get a new skill every level! Hell, sometimes half a level! I had three bars of skills.

You CANNOT solo expecting to make decent exp. In addition to all this, the models are ugly and the animations look all rubbery.

If you go evil then you will be in Commons for levels 10-20. I was so sick of Commons! Then I got sick of the next zone to level in; Neriak Forest or something like that. Way too much traveling if you were to do quests. By the time you travel from your quest-completion quest (editor: ??? is this what you meant?) back to the quest NPC, you would have been better off just xp grinding. I have more but don't care enough to type anymore.

And thank god for that. I fixed your atrocious writing.

Hatorade · 02-19-2005, 06:41 PM

Yes that is what I meant I failed highschool and nobody learned me properly.

Thanks for fixing it nice work. Now if only someone would do that for me all the time I could continue to be lazy as fuck.

ranakor · 02-19-2005, 07:35 PM

when you fill in the form for the trial is it suposed to get back to the same form once u subscribed or is the website just buggy (or does it just do that if you have a free acount instead of a paying one because they couldn't be bothered to make a page to tell you to upgrade?)

& if that's normal usually how long does it take to get the key mailed?

Kevincheese · 02-19-2005, 07:51 PM

Quote:

I failed highschool and nobody learned me properly.

*Falls over laughing*

ranakor · 02-19-2005, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ranakor
when you fill in the form for the trial is it suposed to get back to the same form once u subscribed or is the website just buggy (or does it just do that if you have a free acount instead of a paying one because they couldn't be bothered to make a page to tell you to upgrade?)

& if that's normal usually how long does it take to get the key mailed?

since you can't edit: worked with firefox not too sure why it didn't with ie for me so nm last post

Duppin · 02-19-2005, 10:58 PM

I'm downloading this as we speak, although I doubt that my PC is up to spec to play the full game (not enough memory and I have a shitty motherboard that only has two memory stick slots).

Vaclav · 02-20-2005, 08:10 AM

Unless the trial is specially tweaked to give better performance, its a pretty accurate comparison to the real game in the retail version - barring the performance loss that some lighting options can do in dungeons.

Mkopec1 · 02-20-2005, 08:41 AM

EQ2 is very RAM intensive. If you dont have at least a gig in your machine, EQ2 will drag you down to the bowels of frustration.

Ham n Cheese · 02-20-2005, 09:02 AM

Tell that to my roomate running 512 just fine!

Vaclav · 02-20-2005, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ham n Cheese
Tell that to my roomate running 512 just fine!

How much tweaking did he have to do with the settings? That's honestly the first time I've heard of a 512 MB player being happy with it - either that or they made some memory tweaks to the game since I've been playing.

Ham n Cheese · 02-20-2005, 09:40 AM

No tweaking yet, but he hasn't really done anything intense. He's still got free-ram available, it's using about 300 in the Isle I think, once I came to FP it went up to 400, he'll probably complain then.

Duppin · 02-20-2005, 09:46 AM

Demo ran fine with 512 and I thankfully have a whole extra driive that's empty so I can put a bigass swapfile on that.

Overall, the game looks to be much more my speed than WoW. I never really liked the art style of WoW that much and it bothered me more than I realized until I logged into EQ2.

I'm gonna pick it up today, and I can always grab more RAM down the road a little bit. It'll be a while before I'm raiding or anything anyway, obviously.

Mkopec1 · 02-20-2005, 09:49 AM

I dont know man, my little bro had a pretty beffy system. P4 2.5 ghz 6800 GT OC and 512 Rambuss memory. And no matter what he did settings wise, the game became a crawl in the citys.

So we scrapped his system, got a AMD 64 3800, 2 gigs of meory, his 6800 GT, a new mo bo, and a raid 0 and his shit flies now in EQ2 or any game for that matter.

I attributed his bad performance to his ram.

Maybe SoE improved their performance since EQ2 released. /shrug

Ham n Cheese · 02-20-2005, 09:55 AM

Jesus share the $

02-19-2005, 06:41 PM	#48 (permalink)
Hatorade Cause its better then water. Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,661 +23 Internets	Yes that is what I meant I failed highschool and nobody learned me properly. Thanks for fixing it nice work. Now if only someone would do that for me all the time I could continue to be lazy as fuck. __________________ www.houseforsaken.com reopened recruitment.

02-20-2005, 08:41 AM	#54 (permalink)
Mkopec1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit Posts: 5,121	EQ2 is very RAM intensive. If you dont have at least a gig in your machine, EQ2 will drag you down to the bowels of frustration. __________________ When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

02-20-2005, 09:49 AM	#59 (permalink)
Mkopec1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit Posts: 5,121	I dont know man, my little bro had a pretty beffy system. P4 2.5 ghz 6800 GT OC and 512 Rambuss memory. And no matter what he did settings wise, the game became a crawl in the citys. So we scrapped his system, got a AMD 64 3800, 2 gigs of meory, his 6800 GT, a new mo bo, and a raid 0 and his shit flies now in EQ2 or any game for that matter. I attributed his bad performance to his ram. Maybe SoE improved their performance since EQ2 released. /shrug __________________ When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

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02-19-2005, 05:32 PM	#46 (permalink)
Drizzi Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 251 +0 Internets	eq2 wasnt bad at all. only reason i quit pretty much was because i didnt know so many people there. but im probably going to reactivate soon.

02-19-2005, 07:35 PM	#49 (permalink)
ranakor Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 20 -1 Internets	when you fill in the form for the trial is it suposed to get back to the same form once u subscribed or is the website just buggy (or does it just do that if you have a free acount instead of a paying one because they couldn't be bothered to make a page to tell you to upgrade?) & if that's normal usually how long does it take to get the key mailed?

02-19-2005, 10:58 PM	#52 (permalink)
Duppin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,335 -17 Internets	I'm downloading this as we speak, although I doubt that my PC is up to spec to play the full game (not enough memory and I have a shitty motherboard that only has two memory stick slots).

02-20-2005, 08:10 AM	#53 (permalink)
Vaclav Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,027 +0 Internets	Unless the trial is specially tweaked to give better performance, its a pretty accurate comparison to the real game in the retail version - barring the performance loss that some lighting options can do in dungeons.

02-20-2005, 09:02 AM	#55 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,689 +20 Internets	Tell that to my roomate running 512 just fine!

02-20-2005, 09:40 AM	#57 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,689 +20 Internets	No tweaking yet, but he hasn't really done anything intense. He's still got free-ram available, it's using about 300 in the Isle I think, once I came to FP it went up to 400, he'll probably complain then.

02-20-2005, 09:46 AM	#58 (permalink)
Duppin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,335 -17 Internets	Demo ran fine with 512 and I thankfully have a whole extra driive that's empty so I can put a bigass swapfile on that. Overall, the game looks to be much more my speed than WoW. I never really liked the art style of WoW that much and it bothered me more than I realized until I logged into EQ2. I'm gonna pick it up today, and I can always grab more RAM down the road a little bit. It'll be a while before I'm raiding or anything anyway, obviously.

02-20-2005, 09:55 AM	#60 (permalink)
Ham n Cheese You can betray me Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 8,689 +20 Internets	Jesus share the $