Comments on: Levels 31-66 in Four Hours

By: ogrebears

ogrebears — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:48:46 +0000

Wow i’m temped to resubscribe and level some character….

By: Green Armadillo

Green Armadillo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:59:18 +0000

@We Fly Spitfires: Calthine, EQ2 Zam’s admin, issued a challenge to hit level 80 in a single day, and someone completed it in seven hours. (They took all of the perks Stargrace has and added the recruit a friend bonus and an entire party of players mentoring the boost-ee. Sounds like Stargrace would blow them out of the water if you gave her the same bonuses.) Nonsensically, Calthine concluded from this exercise that levels 1-20, which the challenger skipped in their entirety by purchasing collection items for instant exp, should be slowed down in order to create a more leisurely experience for the new player (who would have none of these bonuses to exp, and currently would be receiving exactly enough exp to reach level 20 from the existing quests in the more recent 1-20 zones).

Personally, as someone who has somehow come by level capped characters in two other MMORPG’s in addition to EQ2, it took me eleven months to reach the cap in Norrath. (It probably would have been more like 7-8 if soloing didn’t get so painful from level 60 on.) As an ACTUAL new player in the game, rather than a longtime veteran with supposed concern for the new player, I think it’s about right as is.

By: Wiqd

Wiqd — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:16:58 +0000

LOL … so sad that my friends are still level 50 after months of playing. But like you said, I’m sure it would go faster if I leveled them. I was just waiting til they got 50 so we could do the myriad of instances that become available then.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:47:10 +0000

Wow. That has to be some kind of EQ2 record right?

By: tuvogg

tuvogg — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:28:31 +0000

You are kidding, JC reduces the timer on the vitality doodah, you have just made me a very happy Troubie, and likely my guild too. They will all want to hit 90 ASAP so we can start raiding again. Im sure i will be handing out Jester’s all over the place

By: Blue Kae

Blue Kae — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:23:54 +0000

Interesting, its not just me then. Thanks!

By: stargrace

stargrace — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:19:06 +0000

Honestly, it depends on what I’m doing. I don’t box all the time, if I’m just grinding through levels there’s really no difference. One character is on auto follow and not doing anything at all. I use my laptop to box and I’m used to it from EQ boxing (and WoW for that matter). When I’m quest grinding, crafting, or just want to level or PUG etc. I don’t box because as you said, it lowers the immersion.

By: Blue Kae

Blue Kae — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:13:03 +0000

Dang! That’s got to be some kind of record. Multi-boxing is something I’ve only ever done regularly in EVE. I tried it once in LotRO, but it just didn’t feel right. I think it is something to do with a higher level of immersion and personalization when dealing with people rather than ships/objects.

Do you notice a difference between solo- and multi-boxing in EQ2?