Back to Najena Server (PVE)

After some twist and turns, I'm abandoning my 43 defiler on Nagafen and head back to Najena to my inquisitor (I'll look forward to make a pvp necro/assasin in the future). The main reason is that theres a lack of oceanic population in Nagafen and yea I'll like to have more people of my time that I can group/raid with at higher levels.

My inquisitor is 48 now and revisiting some old zones such as permafrost and obelisk of lost souls really brings back memories to me. Looking forward for Nek Castle and Unrest and of course to try out the zones in TSO and ROK that I've yet to experienced.

PVP Server

So I've been playing as a defiler as a freeportian on pvp server Nagafen for the past weeks. Ok the major differences for pvp server. Theres a lot of lower level twinked charcs (alts of level 80s) running around, so you must be constantly ready for battle with any opposite factions. However theres a pvp range of 4 levels, 8 levels and 10 levels etc, PVE servers are pretty dead in the lower levels, people are just rushing to level 80 and raid on the pve servers i guess.

Initially when you start off you wont have much $$ and you obviously cant stand a chance with twinks full of mastercraft items and spells, so any 1 con white and above be prepared to run, whites are worth a try to fight but sometimes its just immpossible. Its also generically harder to run the 'open dungeons' such as stormhold, fallen gates etc as theres a possibility of being ganked (but only to a certain extend).

Harvesting is key to earning $$ on pvp server for the lower levels, rare nodes etc are sold for a decent amount of gold and plat, i have 4 plats so far at level 30.

AA is also essential so you might want to get as much possible AA for your level as its 1 of the key determinents if you are better than other players of the same level other than gears.

Oh ya, qyenos cant group with freeps and exiles, they are 3 seperate factions, and when you betray, you can retain the class of your choice such as a troll defiler in qyenos (instead of becoming a mystic when you betrayed on pve servers).

Awesome Gameplay videos

Review - Level 10 - 20 (Qyenos and Antonica)

When my little dwarven paladin arrived at qyenos, i felt a little disoriented, not exactly sure of what quests should i pick up and do after my absence from EQ2 for so long (1yr+) I went explore around, reminisnce a little, man Qyenos felt damn nostalgic, I still can remember the huge ass amount of zoning at launch just to change my class from warrior>crusader>paladin (they removed the class change quests and you start as paladin straight). After some doodling, I thought I should just try to do the racial mentor quests which was gray. And true enough the grey quests (quest was only level 3) soon led me to the level 5-10 zone of qyenos and completing the quest chain there lead me to the cave, a level 10-15 zone in qyenos and completing the quests led me to the first outdoor zone for any starters in Qyenos, Antonica. There are lots of quest hubs in antonica, so much so, I've skipped at least like 10-20 quests as I leveled to 20, I found a good site that depicts the quest timelines (details on all the quest chain).

http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Quests

All in all, antonica is pretty dead with me alone running around because there aint many people starting around and najena is a pretty light server as the unofficial oceanic server. Dont get me wrong, there are still people playing, but they are spread out on the huge ass amount of zones available in everquest2 and not to forget the main bulk of players should be level 80 raiding, doing heritage quests etc and more, even though the lands are pretty empty, you still can often see people chatting in the level 1-9 chat channel trying to form groups etc offering to mentor etc. My only sense is that, since there isnt a huge influx of new players, the level 10-20's group quests should be changed to solo quests, but nevertheless like i said, there are huge ass amount of quests available to let you level and learn more about the lore and content of everquest 2 as you progress to higher levels. Having a friend in the game to be able to get accepted in a guild etc helps a lot also in terms of asking help etc. What I love most about everquest 2 is that the game immerse you into its content, the quests gives you a particular meaning in doing, to understand the conflict of the gnolls and the lands, aiding the village etc which was bring about in a logical yet not too dull format as compared to most generic mmos.

Side note, 1 more week and my exams will be over and I'll be renewing this account and play my inquisitor (currently level 10) (I'm playing on and off during breaks for my revision, time to reach level 20 from level 10, around 3hr to 7 hrs, was pretty easy)