Comments on: Even More Harvesting, and Thoughts on Raids

By: SLAMR

SLAMR — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:03:52 +0000

“The only issue with returning to raiding would be the time I would have to devote to it. While I would be able to make the time for it, I start to feel restricted and constrained having to adjust my life around a video game. I like to be able to come and go as I please, and if I’m simply not in the mood for something, I don’t log in. Partaking in a raid guild means others rely on me, and I’d feel obligated to put forth my best effort”

Boy if they could fix this ………………………………….

By: Cordanim

Cordanim — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:09 +0000

…and if you do roll something on AB you know you have a friend here as well…

By: Odius

Odius — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:11:09 +0000

Raiding is the reason I quit WoW. I never did it in EQ2, but I doubt I ever will.

If you do play on AB just to chill, you should look me up (when I get home that is). Cloy u’Nari of the Great u’Nari Family of Adventurers!! That’s not a guild, just a backstory. I always liked that character.

By: rao

rao — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:29:08 +0000

I’ve always been fairly obsessive about harvesting. I really enjoy it. As such, this harvest quest doesn’t feel like anything to me. Granted, I’ve only done the first two quests, but I was able to do those in less than 25 minutes of combined time. My normal harvest runs, which I still do several times a week, stretch out into the realm of hours. Even having the harvester bots in RnH, I think I am still the primary node supplier for my guild.

I’m just sick that way I guess.

My personal take on raiding in EQ2 is that I haven’t been that impressed with it. It is something I do, but I don’t necessarily enjoy it. If it weren’t for the fact that RnH were such freaks about having fun in pretty much any situation, I probably would have quit raiding some time ago. I went as a guest to a higher level raid than we are capable of with another guild and nearly gated out several times. We were destroying the content and not dying at all, but it just wasn’t fun to do. I guess I got raiding out of my system back in EQ1. Now it is just something I reluctantly do and look forward to being over so I can go back to the stuff I enjoy most.

Of course, that is one of the things that makes EQ2 such a good game… it has different things to do no matter what your preferred playstyle is.

By: A Server Conundrum « Ardwulf’s Lair

A Server Conundrum « Ardwulf’s Lair — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:27:40 +0000

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By: Ogrebears

Ogrebears — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:56:42 +0000

I have allways loved Rivervale for harvesting, On our servers at the tie i go there there nomrlay no one else there.

By: stargrace

stargrace — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:54:26 +0000

I know of Via’s raids quite well *chuckles* Needless to say, they’re not for me. I like to be able to take down the harder content much like Siege or SoTN or Affliction etc. If I *were* going to raid, it would be that sort of thing. It’s just how I personally enjoy the most out of them. Even if I don’t enjoy the massive amounts of time involved, you get what you put into it.

By: Lars

Lars — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:03 +0000

I think there’s a middle ground between casual and full fledged raider. My guild, Via Solara, raids on weekends, though we mostly only take on Protector’s Realm and Shards of Hate, and not even the entire zone, just the stuff we can handle right now, which might not be much. Its still a lot of fun unless you are an ‘achiever’ type who will easily grow tired of wiping to Meldrath’s party each week.