EQ Beta - Your Name, Server?

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » September 30, 2004, 11:51 am

Just wondering who's playing (Char name) and on what server?

(Winnow, where are you?!)

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » September 30, 2004, 12:52 pm

I want in the damn beta.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » September 30, 2004, 1:28 pm

Mirtsitesh on Beta 1. Currently only lvl 7.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 30, 2004, 1:36 pm

Is there more than one server?

I dreamt that I was accepted into the beta last night and downloaded the beta. This morning after creating a character only saw one available server.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » September 30, 2004, 4:16 pm

So did a lot of people get invites to the beta yesterday or did my friend, we'll call him Manginasham, get lucky?

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » September 30, 2004, 4:29 pm

I got nothing

Getting damn sick of EQ and the way things are going there but my luck with getting picked up for Betas..well it sucks. Batting .000 so far.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » September 30, 2004, 4:32 pm

I thought there were two servers, though that is through word of mouth. I have not yet loaded up but I intend to when I get home from work.

Xatrei · Post by **Xatrei** » September 30, 2004, 4:40 pm

I'm guessing that a batch of invites went out in the last day or two. I got mine a few weeks ago, but my wife (Nneena) got hers yesterday or today.

Other beta servers are sometimes mentioned in the server status section of the patcher window, but I've yet to see a way to choose a server. I just defaulted to beta1, and I assume that this is true for most folks.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » September 30, 2004, 5:26 pm

Just got my invite at 11 am EST this morning - will (hopefully) be under the name Rellix

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » September 30, 2004, 11:54 pm

No luck on beta invite here yet...too bad I didn't pick up LoE when it came out just for the added potential for an invite.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » October 1, 2004, 1:39 am

Nevermind.. EQ2 doesn't support GeForce4 cards.. unbelievable.

Spankes · Post by **Spankes** » October 1, 2004, 1:52 am

Send me your beta infoz! thx~

Lynnsie · Post by **Lynnsie** » October 1, 2004, 2:14 am

Rellix wrote:Nevermind.. EQ2 doesn't support GeForce4 cards.. unbelievable.

thats gonna be only in beta right? or did i miss something when i read the stuffs on EQ2. Info Please!

sweetkastings · Post by **sweetkastings** » October 1, 2004, 8:23 am

zapward beta 1 ... lvl 5-6( i died )

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » October 1, 2004, 9:38 am

Spankes wrote:Send me your beta infoz! thx~

Nah

I can play EQ2 when I'm at home on break-

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 1, 2004, 1:10 pm

I had a complete OS meltdown last night but before that, first impressions:

EQ2 > WoW

Very polished.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » October 1, 2004, 2:42 pm

Winnow wrote:I had a complete OS meltdown last night but before that, first impressions:

EQ2 > WoW

Very polished.

Ummmmm, somehow I doubt that statement. Have you actually played WoW? I have not seen EQ2, but I cannot imagine it being better. Then again, I havent stopped playing since beta invite and Im hooked AS HELL.

Playing right now from work (In my head).

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 1, 2004, 5:09 pm

Mort wrote:
Winnow wrote:I had a complete OS meltdown last night but before that, first impressions:

EQ2 > WoW

Very polished.
Ummmmm, somehow I doubt that statement. Have you actually played WoW? I have not seen EQ2, but I cannot imagine it being better. Then again, I havent stopped playing since beta invite and Im hooked AS HELL.

Playing right now from work (In my head).

You haven't seen EQ2 yet (picts don't count). My comment was on initial first impressions and EQ2 > WoW. Can't say much more than that for now.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 4, 2004, 3:59 pm

I'm Gezztrezz on Beta 1. Kerran Cleric

It really is amazing.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 4, 2004, 4:17 pm

Shaerra wrote:I'm Gezztrezz on Beta 1. Kerran Cleric

It really is amazing.

I need buffs furball! Doh, you went cleric instead of shaman!

I picked the class that has SOW and this time it's the Scout that has it. Zoooom : )

Nneena · Post by **Nneena** » October 4, 2004, 6:13 pm

Right now I am playing as Mischa

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 4, 2004, 8:53 pm

Boogahz = Beta1 Wood Elf Druid
Obeh = Beta2 Gnome Crusader

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 4, 2004, 9:40 pm

How many others have Beta2 toons?

Winnow needs to start over anyway. He has to have Mages tank for him.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » October 4, 2004, 10:19 pm

It looks like any parents had better monitor their kids playing sessions closely!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 5, 2004, 3:07 pm

I switched to a Ratonga Mage. Casters are great in this game. I'll need to do the betrayal quest after level 10 to get out of Freeport though and over to Qeynos.

I started a guild on Beta 1: <Veeshan Vault>

Our arch rival so far is a guild called <Fires of eBay>

Our force is small but growing! So far we have one person in the guild. I must speak of myself in the third person in this case until someone else joins!

Send tell to Skeevo if you want a tag for the hell of it. I'll tag anyone as long as I can tag from another zone. Otherwise you need to be an evil race as it will be awhile before I quest my way over to the good side in a few levels.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » October 5, 2004, 3:47 pm

All of you with beta invites must die.

Sparty · Post by **Sparty** » October 5, 2004, 6:39 pm

Agreed =(

Edit: Forgot to make mention that My name is Sparty

My name is Sparty

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 6, 2004, 11:45 am

Do you know anyone who has done the betrayal quest? I think I may have (almost) completed it, if it's the Fippy quest, as he is all hated and stuff - but gave me a quest, so I did it...all of it, just need to report back to him. Hope I don't *POOF* to Freeport.

BTW, everyone in Beta needs to do /pizza from a safe spot. ROFL

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » October 6, 2004, 11:55 am

New graphics card is supposedly at the post office.. /drool

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 8, 2004, 11:08 am

1337 strats guild <Veeshan Vault> has doubled in size and has successfully raided the sewers of Freeport. After wiping at zone-in (Winnow's fault), <Veeshan Vault> re-grouped and re-buffed, then raced to a_plague_rat_0723 steamrolling <Fires of eBay> for the kill.

Drops were: A rat ear.

All drops were awarded to Skeevo, causing the rest of the guild to complain about favoritism. From now on, <Veeshan Vault> will be using the DKP system. For his rat ear, Skeevo is now -500 DKP.

-Skeevy

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » October 8, 2004, 11:12 am

I hate you clit biters.

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » October 8, 2004, 11:29 am

Rellix on beta 1, as expected. Graphics are simply amazing.. makes WoW look like a kid's cartoon more than ever. (If that's even possible)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 8, 2004, 2:12 pm

<Veeshan Vault> is 100 percent mighty mice so far. If you are a citizen of Freeport, send Skeevo or Skeevy a /tell and join the troops.

We need a tank! We have an Undecided Priest class and Mage-->Sorcerer so far.

We had a complete guildwipe on our first sewer run but ended up completing the quest!

Mort · Post by **Mort** » October 8, 2004, 2:47 pm

Winnow wrote:<Veeshan Vault> is 100 percent mighty mice so far. If you are a citizen of Freeport, send Skeevo or Skeevy a /tell and join the troops.

We need a tank! We have an Undecided Priest class and Mage-->Sorcerer so far.

We had a complete guildwipe on our first sewer run but ended up completing the quest!

Got invite, will be checking it out this weekend. Will look you guys up!

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 8, 2004, 3:36 pm

Mort wrote:
Winnow wrote:<Veeshan Vault> is 100 percent mighty mice so far. If you are a citizen of Freeport, send Skeevo or Skeevy a /tell and join the troops.

We need a tank! We have an Undecided Priest class and Mage-->Sorcerer so far.

We had a complete guildwipe on our first sewer run but ended up completing the quest!
Got invite, will be checking it out this weekend. Will look you guys up!

Good stuff!

As you create your first character, pay particular attention to the Evil -> Tank Races!

[you] said that they get horses at level 1.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 8, 2004, 4:06 pm

Hmm, I have been having fun on my Gnome Crusader, but he's on Beta 2

He's evil too! Gonna be SK!

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 8, 2004, 4:07 pm

Char X-fer! It's the latest rage!

WARNING: You will lose your Epic!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 8, 2004, 4:20 pm

Well, I guess I will just remake a character on Beta 1 again and try to get in touch. I just got tired of the lag in most zones when people didn't want to start over on Beta 2 so I moved myself instead!

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » October 8, 2004, 4:27 pm

Damnit I still don't have my invite...

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 8, 2004, 6:57 pm

Is there a huge difference on Beta2?

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » October 8, 2004, 9:06 pm

I experience 0 lag on beta2...I still log my Druid and Scout in once in a while on 1 and get choppiness.

Gemily · Post by **Gemily** » October 10, 2004, 10:31 pm

Beta 1
Gemilee DE female fighter, going to go SK.
Gemi DE female caster.

Mort · Post by **Mort** » October 11, 2004, 4:45 pm

Tried it, hated it, deleted it.

(Girlfriend is gonna play it though, since Im hogging the WoW beta)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 11, 2004, 6:05 pm

Mort wrote:Tried it, hated it, deleted it.

(Girlfriend is gonna play it though, since Im hogging the WoW beta)

Not cartoony enough for ya?

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » October 11, 2004, 9:05 pm

Maybe he just got stuck on the tutorial

Mort · Post by **Mort** » October 11, 2004, 10:12 pm

Nah, just way jaded... and very hooked on WoW. Not knocking it, as I didnt play enough to do so.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » October 12, 2004, 12:11 pm

Winnow wrote:
Mort wrote:Tried it, hated it, deleted it.

(Girlfriend is gonna play it though, since Im hogging the WoW beta)
Not cartoony enough for ya?

Affirma..affirma...affirma...affirma - correct!

Winnow, did you add Marius Darkblade to the EQ2 Big Kill List?

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » October 12, 2004, 7:27 pm

Mort wrote:Nah, just way jaded... and very hooked on WoW. Not knocking it, as I didnt play enough to do so.

Yeah tbh I got bored with it pretty fast. I thought initially it was going to be better than WoW, but it's not. There are some things I like better than WoW, but they are very minor. WoW runs a HELL of a lot better, has more interesting/unique scenery, involves less running around (too much open space in EQ2), and has a more intuitive UI. The voice overs are neat at first, but you never listen to the whole thing, so they end up becoming annoying. It has nice graphics, but polished my ass! Maybe when you are right next to someone who is not moving.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 12, 2004, 8:02 pm

Lalanae wrote:
Mort wrote:Nah, just way jaded... and very hooked on WoW. Not knocking it, as I didnt play enough to do so.
Yeah tbh I got bored with it pretty fast. I thought initially it was going to be better than WoW, but it's not. There are some things I like better than WoW, but they are very minor. WoW runs a HELL of a lot better, has more interesting/unique scenery, involves less running around (too much open space in EQ2), and has a more intuitive UI. The voice overs are neat at first, but you never listen to the whole thing, so they end up becoming annoying. It has nice graphics, but polished my ass! Maybe when you are right next to someone who is not moving.

-EQ2 runs fine if you have a decent system (ATi9700 Pro, 2.4GHz processor, 1GB RAM) Nothing dramatic but you need this and then it runs fine.

-Not sure what you mean about unique scenery. There's plenty of scenery in EQ2 and it looks much better then the distorted toontownish scenes in WoW.

-WoW UI didn't seem any different than the EQ2 UI which was great.

-The Voiceovers are great. Who cares if you don't listen to the whole thing. You have a choice to listen or click through the dialog faster if you're in a rush.

-Graphics are polished. If you have an older graphics card you can slide the detail range in closer to allow faster performance.

I don't nock a game for having state of the art graphics. People continuously upgrade their machines and I want a game that will take advantage of the best you can buy that can be scaled down for people with slower performing machines. This game is stunning using a 6800GT or X800 and perfectly playable with a two+ year old graphics card like the ATI9700Pro.

Sparty · Post by **Sparty** » October 13, 2004, 6:58 pm

Sparty
Lvl 2 Rat Scout
Beta 2

My name is Sparty