Originally posted by: Lestan
I'm in the beta for both WoW and EQ2 and I totally disagree with the whole WoW > EQ2 BS. People say WoW gameplay is better because that is the only thing it has over EQ2. EQ2 has way better graphics, sound that blows away most FPS's and ALL other RPGs out there (MMO and otherwise), a quest system that blows away WoW's, a crafting system that blows away WoW's, a superior spell system, more items, a dev team with 6 years of experience in the MMORPG field (WoW's dev team has ZERO), and most importantly of all, a world that is immersive. You feel like you are there, like a virtual reality. WoW plays more like a game, not as much immersion.
And to those that don't understand paying $15 a month, try it first and you will see. I have not met one single person who didn't think it was worth it. I have met dozens of people who now think playing single player games are a waste of time and money. I also know people who have made a net profit playing EQ/DAOC/UO/SWG/EVE, etc. Show me a single player game where you can actually make real money.
Sorry for the rant, but some of those replies were driving me crazy.
Also, seriously, get the collectors edition for $89. You get a pet dragon for Pete's sake.
LOLOLOLOL....
Sound and Grafics better than wow?
i dont think so...
Quest system better than WoWs? rofl...
WoW is completely better in every single aspect that I have tested it agasint..
just beasue SOE desgined an Engine that requires a 5ghz Machine and 6 gigs of ram on a 2 gig Vid card to run at max does not make a good game...
the grafics even at high on my system are so so at best...
looks like they borrowed parts of SWGs engine and divided it up into 100000000000000 zones that you have to cross every 5 seconds...
not to mention that they are havign to instance even normal areas to keep lag under control..
WoW has 200x the number of quests for each level...
you never even have to kill a mob that is not part of a quest if you dont want to from 1-60..
EQ2 quest system is laughable...
you have a conversation you have to steer through to get half ass information on where to go and who to see.. but that information is usally incomplete and you still end up having to ask wtf theya re talking about..
in WoW all Quest NPCs are marked when they have a quest for you..
when you talk to them they give you eveyr detail about the quest including the reward so you can deem weather or not its worth your time to do...
this is ingenious...and the way it should be...
WoW makes even lower level player feel like they are going on meaningful raids and rewards them appropraitly... EQ2 treats you like a peon...
the rewards are crappy for the time invested...
oh well you go play your EQ2.. ill go PVP on wow and have real fun instead of work...