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My third venture into EQ2: Part 2
I am back sooner than I even thought to continue recording some of my thoughts on my third visit back to Everquest 2.  I left off last time clicking “enter world”, and thus I will pick up with User Interference After selecting a name for my character that was accepted, I was thrust into…
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My third venture into EQ2: Part 1
With all the talk last week about Everquest 2, I decided it was time I took fresh look at the game. First some history I played a lot of Everquest. I was never a raider nor did I make it to max level, but I played a lot. I was excited about EQ2, so much…
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Taking heat for dissecting a game
Over the last couple of days there has been a bit a stir in the MMO blogging community, mostly because of a post on Wolfshead Online where he decided to take a critical look at EQ2’s first 15 minutes. I love this kind of post, because I enjoy when people really look at a specific…
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Some solo thoughts. No wait, they are group thoughts.
The other day because of twitter, I found myself thinking about the whole solo vs. group content found in MMOs. In particular how much content of each type is enough. My mind spins when I try to discuss the topic with people, because everyone is different. We all have our own backgrounds, predispositions, likes, dislikes,…
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Ulduar Progress
I am very happy to report my Ulduar group had several new successes this week. The first was a success of speed.  Flame Leviathan, Razorscale, ignis, XT, Council of Iron, Kologarn, Auriaya, Hodir, Thorim, and Freya were all defeated in a single ~ four hour session. That is a new record for our group…
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Zombiefest
Tonight a few of my guildmates and I decided to take a few minutes and get the Zombiefest achievement. I had no idea it would lead to such a marvelous parade of undead. Screenshots after the jump.
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Raiding Rut: Nax25
Last night I was able to join a two guild joint venture into nax25. After six hours I had finally defeated all the bosses of this instance for the first time. Several previous times I had defeated various other bosses, but this was the first time I was able to experience the whole thing. At…
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The Raiding Rut
I have attended all but one of my guild’s ulduar10 raids, most of which have been two nights of four hours. When we first started going I was a bit hesitant about the lack of exploration and learning due to the number of guides found online. I am happy to report I was wrong. For…