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EQ2-equivalent mmo game. Are there any at all?
SorrowSeer
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Hi.
Looking for an EQ2-equivalent mmo game.
(preferably, "Echoes of Faydwer"-time type of EQ2-equivalent mmo game)
Are there any (like, at all)?
Will gladly read your suggestions.
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Its hard to find something quite like EverQuest 2. Very unique, fantastic game. I enjoyed my time playing it. If I were to say what I think most closely compared to EverQuest 2 if you want something new, it would be Final Fantasy XIV. I would rather play EverQuest 2 than Final Fantasy XIV, but that's me. FF XIV does have decent tradeskills like EQ2, similar sort of combat. Just way less abilities than EQ2. Think the next expansion will be bringing guild halls. Community isn't too bad. Not as good as EQ2's community last I played but it's way better than most MMOs out there. Good luck in your search. I'm currently done with MMOs and waiting for Witcher 3, which I hope will entertain me for a long time.
If you haven't tried Tera I'd give it a go too. Not like EverQuest 2 I'll admit but its a free to play MMO that I think everyone should try. I only played it for 6 months but I fell hard for the game during that brief time. Recommending an MMO is a very hard thing though.
nothing come close , but as ex-Eq2 player , i found on FFXIV my home (but i was a FFXI player too)
Eq2 class diversity is what i miss the most
, the combat on Eq2 is a lit spammy to my taste , too many skills for no reason, wow removed lots of it in WoD, some classes atm feel wrong , but on the other hand was the "right" thing to do.
if only Eq2 did that i would glady play it again.
its about time to return home again for me....
Best MMO experiences : EQ(PvE), DAoC(PvP), WoW(total package) LOTRO (worldfeel) GW2 (Artstyle and animations and worlddesign) SWTOR (Story immersion) TSW (story) ESO (character advancement)
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Thank you all for your opinions.
Seriously.
P.S. What's a "Project Gorgon"? Any of you played this?
The only thing I've seen done at all differently in EQ 2 is the mood. In general, I feel EQ 2 remained true to the fantasy setting, without compromising it for humor, etc.
Everything else about the game is identical to WoW and every clone I've seen.
Eq2 release date : November 8 2004
WoW release date November 23 2004.
I am sure EQ2 had plenty of time to clone WoW according to those dates.
Currently playing: EverQuest
Waiting for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
Its expansions had some wow copying in it but to b honest did EQ2 have minipet battles years before Wow and a few other ideas borrowed as well.
Wow copied EQ and EQ was a sequel of the game so it is not that strange that they are pretty similar. Calling EQ2 a Wow clone though is just plain wrong as you said.
And EQ in its turn stole a lot of it's ideas from Meridian 59 and from the D&D setting Forgotten realms.
OP: there are few games that feel like EQ2 on the market now, Wow do have a lot in common with it as stated before but I am not sure it would be an upgrade to go from one game made 2004 to another. Maybe you could try Rift, it have some things in common with EQ2 even if it also feels pretty different.
I played EQ2 for over 5 years,I am playing GW2 right now. It is not very similar games though.
True, EQ2 always performed rather crappy and I did get better performance in AoC back in '08 than EQ2 on my computer (and AoC wasn't optimized at the time and had a lot of whining becuase poor framrate).
And how they splitted up cities like Q and freep was a disaster.
Still, I had a fun time playing the game.
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What I loved in EQ2 (EoF) - it was very complex.
You had VERY BIG Unique and LIVE World, that you can explore (under water too).
On PvP-server(s) you could add to this a war-time atmosphere (where you can be killed even in city). But not from your own side (unless you did duels).
Craft was complex by nature and it covered various areas.
Only game that could compete (that I noticed) was Vanguard. But, it alredy closed.
I played a lot of EQ2 back in the stone ages, and Final Fantasy 14 is the closest version of it that I've found.
I'm not saying that it's EQ2 V2 or anything - there's a LOT of WoW influence that the 2.0 director readily admits to "borrowing" for FF14. It doesn't have as many classes nor are they as deep as EQ2, but there is still some variation. It certainly lacks the raiding options of EQ2 but FF14 has some great dungeon designs. The story is a plus, given that it's a Final Fantasy title.
Still, if Everquest Next was done right, and really was the successor to EQ2, I'll be there for it. I just have major doubts of that happening nowadays, and Final Fantasy 14 is as close as I'll get to the good old days currently IMO.
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Yes, sorry, it would have been relevant to mention that I only played EQ2 after "WoWification."
In addition, I am ignoring lore. Specifically, the combat meta is identical to WoW. At minute levels, individual combats, and meta levels, over the course of a level.
i.e. See enemy, press four buttons, click, done.
Originally EQ2 started as a pertty hardcore game....You had to group to play and advances were very slow...After a few months Wow awas kicking EQ2s butt badly so they revamped teh game and basically came out with what felt like WoW 2.0 with different graphics to me......The game all of a sudden was soloable 1-end game and it felt like it had no soul anymore after that point....Im not really sure in fact what kind of game the OP is looking for asking for an EQ2 clone...You can EQ2 for free and even get a level 85 toon with each account (at least they were doing thsi for awhile)....Last I played was a couple of years ago and the game was prettuy much dead.