Comments on: We’ve Heard The Caves Wail http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/ Wed, 25 May 2011 02:52:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Sand In My Eyes at MMOG Nation http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/comment-page-1/#comment-18371 Sand In My Eyes at MMOG Nation Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:04:01 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/#comment-18371 [...] doing pretty well with these classes. It’s certainly a far cry from those first days in Wailing Caves when we were just working on stuff like ‘don’t let anyone but the tank pull’, and [...] [...] doing pretty well with these classes. It’s certainly a far cry from those first days in Wailing Caves when we were just working on stuff like ‘don’t let anyone but the tank pull’, and [...]

]]> By: Quylein http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/comment-page-1/#comment-4336 Quylein Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:23:56 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/#comment-4336 Getting into EQ2 can be somewhat of a pain but as in EQ1 alot of command are the same. I also think they believe most already know the stacks and single commands. Clicking on coins is like clicking on stacks of items. shift for 1 of the items crtl to select how many of the items and nothing for the whole stack. Works in the bank as well as your inventory items. Use to be the smaller demoniations were reduced only if you use higher denominations and paided for a lower lvl item or in between mendoring. When you die you do get debt, loss of all power now and mendor fee’s. It’s worthless I know but that’s just the way it is. Getting into EQ2 can be somewhat of a pain but as in EQ1 alot of command are the same. I also think they believe most already know the stacks and single commands.

Clicking on coins is like clicking on stacks of items. shift for 1 of the items crtl to select how many of the items and nothing for the whole stack. Works in the bank as well as your inventory items. Use to be the smaller demoniations were reduced only if you use higher denominations and paided for a lower lvl item or in between mendoring.

When you die you do get debt, loss of all power now and mendor fee’s. It’s worthless I know but that’s just the way it is.

]]> By: Spyte http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/comment-page-1/#comment-4331 Spyte Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:35:16 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/#comment-4331 Glad to hear you guys are enjoying my fave game. If I can offer a couple of tips: You can get maps for all the zones from http://maps.eq2interface.com/. It's an SoE approved add on that is widely regarded as an essential. Gear for lower level toon is insanely expensive at the moment. That's because high level peeps are buying it up and using it for transmuting practice. Make sure you broker any drops you can't use - it's the only way you'll make enough cash to afford to gear up with stuff you can use. And the brokers tend to be cheaper last thing at night or first thing in the morning when there is more stock up for sale. Carrying a lot of coin does count towards your weight total. That tends not to matter for fighter classes, because your strength means you can carry plenty anyway. Normally, a merchant will take your change first, but if that isn't working, you can change it into higher denominations at the bank. When you hit level 20, there are dedicated armour quests, which are very popular. I've never done them, but if you ask around, someone will point you in the right direction. A trip into the bottom of the caves is well worthwhile before you leave your teens. There are some really fun mobs down there. Good luck on your adventures! Glad to hear you guys are enjoying my fave game. If I can offer a couple of tips:
You can get maps for all the zones from http://maps.eq2interface.com/. It’s an SoE approved add on that is widely regarded as an essential.
Gear for lower level toon is insanely expensive at the moment. That’s because high level peeps are buying it up and using it for transmuting practice. Make sure you broker any drops you can’t use – it’s the only way you’ll make enough cash to afford to gear up with stuff you can use. And the brokers tend to be cheaper last thing at night or first thing in the morning when there is more stock up for sale.
Carrying a lot of coin does count towards your weight total. That tends not to matter for fighter classes, because your strength means you can carry plenty anyway. Normally, a merchant will take your change first, but if that isn’t working, you can change it into higher denominations at the bank.
When you hit level 20, there are dedicated armour quests, which are very popular. I’ve never done them, but if you ask around, someone will point you in the right direction.
A trip into the bottom of the caves is well worthwhile before you leave your teens. There are some really fun mobs down there.
Good luck on your adventures!

]]> By: Brian http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/comment-page-1/#comment-4328 Brian Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:02:24 +0000 http://www.mmognation.com/2006/12/11/weve-heard-the-caves-wail/#comment-4328 Speaking as the diminuative Shadowknight referred to in the post, I can attest to having a few chats with the maker as I waited to be revived from a forced nap. On that subject, I don't quite understand how it is I am penalized when I die. It doesn't seem to be XP debt or similar as I am the same level as everyone else. Cset la vie. On the matter of our little spending spree... Spending nearly five minutes figuring out how to trade an amount fo money other than total quantity of a given unit of coinage to a party member was not what I would define as fun. And on the subject of coinage... Why in the heck do I have 881 bronze? I have bought things from merchants on several occassions. WHY haven't I given the shopkeep my bronze instead of my nice smaller silver. Unless of course money doesn't count for weight alottment. Not that I am entirely sure if weight carried actually matters. But I have noticed that it is a thing and I think I stumbled across something in the character sheet saying how much I could hold. Or, something anti-fun could have been implemented and I have to visit a bank to change my money, and they are going to charge a fee for that. But I have faith no one is dumb enough to implement that. And the matter of looking up how a particular spawn point on the interweb... I am willing to do a certain amount of stumbling about looking for things. But in general, finding things/locations/people should be done with decent suggestions/hints in the quest information. Finding the knight's graves in the graveyard was an example of not fun. I "cheated" to do that one. The quest info provided hints as to where I would find them. Upon actually finding them, the hint sent me in directions that didn't even remotely make sense to me. On the matter of maps... I want a damn zoom feature. And I want maps EVERYWHERE; I'm thinking of you Wailing caves. On quests... I LOVE that I have something like 40 active quests to pick from. This is of course a slight problem for the obsessive in me wants me, as I want to finish them all (even after I have long since reasonably past them in level). An annoyance... whenever you enter a new zone or update a quest... a string of text appears (centered left to right, about a quarter of the screen down) explaining such. That text is not click through enabled. It should be. Speaking as the diminuative Shadowknight referred to in the post, I can attest to having a few chats with the maker as I waited to be revived from a forced nap. On that subject, I don’t quite understand how it is I am penalized when I die. It doesn’t seem to be XP debt or similar as I am the same level as everyone else. Cset la vie.

On the matter of our little spending spree… Spending nearly five minutes figuring out how to trade an amount fo money other than total quantity of a given unit of coinage to a party member was not what I would define as fun.

And on the subject of coinage… Why in the heck do I have 881 bronze? I have bought things from merchants on several occassions. WHY haven’t I given the shopkeep my bronze instead of my nice smaller silver. Unless of course money doesn’t count for weight alottment. Not that I am entirely sure if weight carried actually matters. But I have noticed that it is a thing and I think I stumbled across something in the character sheet saying how much I could hold. Or, something anti-fun could have been implemented and I have to visit a bank to change my money, and they are going to charge a fee for that. But I have faith no one is dumb enough to implement that.

And the matter of looking up how a particular spawn point on the interweb… I am willing to do a certain amount of stumbling about looking for things. But in general, finding things/locations/people should be done with decent suggestions/hints in the quest information. Finding the knight’s graves in the graveyard was an example of not fun. I “cheated” to do that one. The quest info provided hints as to where I would find them. Upon actually finding them, the hint sent me in directions that didn’t even remotely make sense to me.

On the matter of maps… I want a damn zoom feature. And I want maps EVERYWHERE; I’m thinking of you Wailing caves.

On quests… I LOVE that I have something like 40 active quests to pick from. This is of course a slight problem for the obsessive in me wants me, as I want to finish them all (even after I have long since reasonably past them in level).

An annoyance… whenever you enter a new zone or update a quest… a string of text appears (centered left to right, about a quarter of the screen down) explaining such. That text is not click through enabled. It should be.

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