Canceled my EQII account

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » January 23, 2005, 1:56 pm

Level 29 cleric.

Not because of content or gameplay, though I would like some more Umph ... but because SoE made me finally feel like a sucker.

The last time I felt like this was standing in Line at Disneyworld. God, what a sheep.

The fact that they are holding specific content hostage for a few more dollars makes it FINALLY clear to me what SoE is about. Not content, not fun, not fulfillment but sucking the last drop of money cum out of my overworked coin cock.

Call me naive, but I never really got that feeling with EQ ...

My WoW comes in tomorrow and we'll see if I can get some gaming self respect back.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » January 23, 2005, 2:26 pm

You know,
I am still enjoying eq2 but the more people I see quitting the more concerned I get. I just wish I could know now whether that will happen to me so I could just move on before I spend any more time.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » January 23, 2005, 2:37 pm

Seebs wrote:The fact that they are holding specific content hostage for a few more dollars makes it FINALLY clear to me what SoE is about. Not content, not fun, not fulfillment but sucking the last drop of money cum out of my overworked coin cock.

What content are they holding hostage for a few more dollars?

Mr Bacon · Post by **Mr Bacon** » January 23, 2005, 4:36 pm

The mini 5 dollar expansions (I'm guessing).

miir · Post by **miir** » January 23, 2005, 8:13 pm

I suppose he means the 'adventure packs'. Funny since they haven't even announced a date for the first pack.

What about the content that they added a few weeks ago? I'm willing to bet Seebs hasn't even been to the new dungeon(s) or started more than a couple of the new quests. In my opinion, there is already too much content. With 2 characters in their 30s, I explored Nek forest for the first time last week. I've completed hundreds of quests but there are hundreds more I either outleveled or missed entirely.

I guess some people are just easily swayed by the negative EQ2 talk by people who don't even play the game. *shrug*

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » January 23, 2005, 8:42 pm

I quit EQ2 for good 3 weeks ago.

I said never again SoE and I ewnt back on it with EQ2. I'm saying it again, never again SoE.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 23, 2005, 9:18 pm

Sorry to see you go Seebs. =\

/sigh

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 23, 2005, 11:45 pm

I don't think people who play EQ2 are naive. But people who played EQ1 (and complained about it) and then went to EQ2? Yeah.. Suckers!

Midnyte_Ragebringer · January 23, 2005, 11:54 pm

Aslanna wrote:I don't think people who play EQ2 are naive. But people who played EQ1 (and complained about it) and then went to EQ2? Yeah.. Suckers!

/nod

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » January 24, 2005, 12:06 am

I enjoyed EQi and miss it. EQII I never really got to hang with 'friends' it was void of that need at my level I assume.

The ideal of the $5 adventure packs is what did me in. Not that they implemented it, but that they are thinking this is a great idea.

The fact that MArbus is continually telling me how he gets a chubby playing WoW has me envious .. of the game and his ability to be aroused by it.

I completed close to 300 quests in EQII and loved doing them. Many things I enjoy about EQII and it is a fine game, I just never grew very attached to it and the percetion of paying for 'additional' content does not sit well with me this early in the release.

Maybe WoW won't do it for me and I hike back to EQI. Maybe I'll take up knitting. Maybe I'll write a book. Maybe I'll open the Pudding Parlor I always wanted.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » January 24, 2005, 1:35 am

Seebs wrote:Level 29 cleric.

Not because of content or gameplay, though I would like some more Umph ... but because SoE made me finally feel like a sucker.

The last time I felt like this was standing in Line at Disneyworld. God, what a sheep.

The fact that they are holding specific content hostage for a few more dollars makes it FINALLY clear to me what SoE is about. Not content, not fun, not fulfillment but sucking the last drop of money cum out of my overworked coin cock.

Call me naive, but I never really got that feeling with EQ ...

My WoW comes in tomorrow and we'll see if I can get some gaming self respect back.

psst, MMORPGS are a buisness, nothing more...

miir is right, there is no way any other game has more content then EQ2

i dont see what everyones bitching and moaning about, at lvl 33 still having fun with the games great content, and the guild system in EQ2 is amazing

(not to bash it) but i do see people in the near future leaving WOW for another game or none at all with its dumbed down lvling system and lack of high end content...being that there main player base is more inexperianced and less skilled then it is in the EQ games (from what i hear)

Llaffer · Post by **Llaffer** » January 24, 2005, 2:43 am

I'm close to cancelling my EQ2 account.

I can rarely find groups already -- I can only imagine it will get harder down the road.

Someone suggested that I get into a guild so I always have a pool of people to group with.

So someone in Antonica says they're taking just about anyone L15 or higher into their guild. I say I'm interested and we talk a little.

I tell her I usually only play 2-ish times a week.

In the same run-on sentence, he says that they don't really have have any minimum play requirement, but looking for people who play at least 4 days a week.

I thanked him for his time and said I would let him and his contratictory guild standards be.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 24, 2005, 8:13 am

Yeah that $4.99 for optional extra dungeons (ppl pay this much for a comedy fucking ringtone for their mobiles FFS) is a killer.

Especially with the free extra content and the full-cost expansion too.

There's no shame in wanting to go play WoW with your friends. No need to cook up this BS about a few bucks. I can't believe a thick-skinned, realistic republican like you is really upset at discovering a multibillion-dollar international corporation is more interested in making money than sending puppies to lick people's faces.

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » January 25, 2005, 4:04 pm

vn_Tanc, you really are a dipshit.

My post was pretty flame retardant, yet you try to keep getting a rise. How fucking pathetic of a job did your parent(s) do in raising your sorry ass.

I felt no connection to EQII. The nickel and diming was the straw that broke the camels back. I have friends playing WoW and will enjoy my time with them. No excuses, not blaming big business, just the way it is.

How the fuck do you turn that into a flaming thread? Are you that simple? Is your head really so far up your ass that you taste gall bladder?

Save your republican bashing for the Current Events page and your simpleton comments of 'its a business' to your RL sycophants who think you have a brain and that your opinion matters. You are tired and petty.

Please, retort with something special, unique, clever or enlightening .. kinda like ‘pssst, it’s a business’ Goddamn Dolt.

Not certain of what rock from under which you slithered from, but please follow your shiny shit trail back to the swamp and burrow once more.

Perhaps I can add another good reason to leave EQII is that I will not be sharing the same game with a Fuckstick like yourself, and I’m a better man for it. Don’t believe me? Ask your Dad where he got those stretch marks on his asshole, he’ll show you the poster of me he has tacked up in his tool shed and the Dremil roto tool I used to shove up his ass.

Dickhead.

Fash · Post by **Fash** » January 25, 2005, 4:15 pm

miir · Post by **miir** » January 25, 2005, 8:18 pm

I felt no connection to EQII.

Then leave it at that. That's a good enough reason for cancelling your account wihout getting into the drama queen bullshit.

The nickel and diming was the straw that broke the camels back

What in the fuck are you talking about?
I haven't paid a penny more than my monthly subscription fee since I started playing EQ2. Are you being charged some mystery fee that nobody else knows about?

Christ, I can't see how anyone can get thier knickers in a twist about a $4.99 content pack? I could probably rustle up 500 pennies from various containers around my apartment right now. A trip to McDonalds would cost you more than that.

Never understood 'quitting' posts... seems like they are just a pitiful cry for attention... FFS EQ2 is not even 3 months old.. it's not like you're leaving lifelong friends never to see them again.

I'm glad you're enjoying WoW with yer friends. Playing a game you don't enjoy seems like it would be pretty silly. That in itself is reason enough to cancel any MMOG account.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » January 25, 2005, 9:59 pm

miir sure gets defensive when people say EQ2 sucks. Or whatever it is they are saying these days.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » January 26, 2005, 12:19 am

Personally I'm waiting for the Miir cancelation post

we gots room for ya on Whisperwind!

Marb

Proctus · Post by **Proctus** » January 26, 2005, 12:21 am

Seebs wrote:(not to bash it) but i do see people in the near future leaving WOW for another game or none at all with its dumbed down lvling system and lack of high end content...being that there main player base is more inexperianced and less skilled then it is in the EQ games (from what i hear)

Easier to say a Game that sells over 600k copies will lose customers than EQ2, even though the % of turnover, I can guarentee you, will be much higher in EQ2 than WoW.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 26, 2005, 8:05 am

vn_Tanc, you really are a dipshit.

My post was pretty flame retardant, yet you try to keep getting a rise. How fucking pathetic of a job did your parent(s) do in raising your sorry ass.

I felt no connection to EQII. The nickel and diming was the straw that broke the camels back. I have friends playing WoW and will enjoy my time with them. No excuses, not blaming big business, just the way it is.

How the fuck do you turn that into a flaming thread? Are you that simple? Is your head really so far up your ass that you taste gall bladder?

Save your republican bashing for the Current Events page and your simpleton comments of 'its a business' to your RL sycophants who think you have a brain and that your opinion matters. You are tired and petty.

Please, retort with something special, unique, clever or enlightening .. kinda like ‘pssst, it’s a business’ Goddamn Dolt.

Not certain of what rock from under which you slithered from, but please follow your shiny shit trail back to the swamp and burrow once more.

Perhaps I can add another good reason to leave EQII is that I will not be sharing the same game with a Fuckstick like yourself, and I’m a better man for it. Don’t believe me? Ask your Dad where he got those stretch marks on his asshole, he’ll show you the poster of me he has tacked up in his tool shed and the Dremil roto tool I used to shove up his ass.

Dickhead.

Cry more you fucking prick.

You couldn't leave it at your "real reasons" you had to cook up some crybaby whining about how evil SOE are for charging for their services.

A flaming thread? I made a little jibe about how your much trumpetted "self reliant, seeing-as-it-really-is" republican views don't match your complaints here. I guess I hit a nerve, huh?

And how you can ask me for a "special, unique and enlightening" response to a typical "threatened US male" post of sexually violent homosexual imagery is a fucking mystery.

A better man for leaving EQ2? How fucking poor a man must you be for that to improve you?
When I quit EQ2, should I bother posting at all, I'll give my real reasons not a load of whiny horseshit about evil corporate empires raping me in my sleep when the product you're complaining about hasn't even been shipped yet.

Fucking retard.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » January 26, 2005, 10:04 am

If Blizzard never charges anything for any expansion, then I will pay for the game and a subscription....even though I would never log into it. I am thoroughly baffled by how bad $OE sucks and how lame their game is and how bad their servers are.....and yet the whining I see on the boards is mostly piddling shit. At least I know that I can log into EQ and KNOW that the servers are not going to crash once a week and deal with the problems I see all the WoW people bitching about.

The people coming in here to whine about EQ 2 sucking so bad are dealing with more general problems relating to a suck ass sub-par company who provides lesser service for lesser charges. I guess it is the difference between paying for the Lexus and the Chevy Nova. Sure that Nova was cheaper but you get what you pay for. The Lexus owners are bitchy because their leather seats are just too cold in the winter...while those Nova owners are proclaiming how great their car is....except for some reason it won't start once a week.

P.S. Tanc is still a pasty Brit!

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 26, 2005, 10:49 am

And we get to hear the song again to boot

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 26, 2005, 1:06 pm

P.S. Tanc is still a pasty Brit!

There's no time to work on my tan between eating fish and chips and beating off to the queen.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 26, 2005, 1:10 pm

...
Tanc, may you find nair in your grooming shampoo for the mental image of anyone beating off to the Queen.

Kargyle · Post by **Kargyle** » January 26, 2005, 1:29 pm

Christ, I can't see how anyone can get thier knickers in a twist about a $4.99 content pack? I could probably rustle up 500 pennies from various containers around my apartment right now. A trip to McDonalds would cost you more than that.

I don't play EQII, so forgive me for invading your forum. (I like to keep tabs on different games.) Anyway, I don't think Seebs is so much complaining about the amount, (you're right 5 bucks is a small sum of money), but the concept behind the money. SOE seems like they are going to do anything they can think of to suck extra money out of their customers. I don't think anyone minds paying for a service, but most people don't want to feel like the service provider is always looking for a new way to rake them over the coals.

Kilmoll the Sexy · Post by **Kilmoll the Sexy** » January 26, 2005, 3:36 pm

are you trolling us? If you are, then congratulations. If not, then you have got to be blind as all hell. Tell me what company on the planet does NOT do that. If you go to McDonalds (to steal Miir's example) what is the first thing they do when you place your order? If you ask for a Big Mac and a coke, the first thing Dregor does is ask if you would like fries to go with it. Then he asks if you want to upgrade to a combo meal and upsize it. EVERY company upsells.

So Sony sells their product that you can play for years without ever HAVING to upgrade at all. Then they give you FREE content to add onto what you ALREADY purchased and offer you even more content to go with the new free stuff (and is not needed at all to enjoy what you already bought) that costs $5....and you BITCH about it. Do you refuse to drive because gas stations offer premium gas that costs more? FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU ARE A PAYING CUSTOMER YOU SHOULD GET PREMIUM FOR THE SAME PRICE AS THE CHEAP 87 OCTANE!

masteen · Post by **masteen** » January 26, 2005, 5:20 pm

So the fact that aside of the box cost, the monthly, and the fact that their plan is to release a traditional expansion every SIX months (if you say expansions are optional, I will stab you with a fork), you have no problem getting squeezed for an extra $5 a pop for this shit?

You, sir, are a sucker indeed.

Proctus · Post by **Proctus** » January 26, 2005, 6:32 pm

masteen wrote:So the fact that aside of the box cost, the monthly, and the fact that their plan is to release a traditional expansion every SIX months (if you say expansions are optional, I will stab you with a fork), you have no problem getting squeezed for an extra $5 a pop for this shit?

You, sir, are a sucker indeed.

I second this opinion

Lynnsie · Post by **Lynnsie** » January 26, 2005, 6:56 pm

Yeah I agree this stupid shit idea of adventure packs is aggrivating. 5$ isnt a big deal, really I can come up with that digging through my change jar np~ But the fact that they even introduce it is kind of rude IMO. It isn't bad enough they give you the option to buy all these neat lil trinkets ( magelo for EQ2 with the picture of your character yadda yadda ) But then they want to charge you for a dungeon zone? Atleast thats what I got out of it, lollerskates IMO its stupid.

I got pretty bored with EQ2 quick, so I started raiding again with my guild on Maelin owning shit in Anguish having fun. To each his own I guess, its your money pay what you will for entertainment, I am just getting really bored with the way they are starting to stack things with EQ2. The content is still okay I guess, but my 31 warden is still having a hard time finding groups. I guess everyone is picking up and moving to WoW or coming back to EQ1, who knows. Sony needs to stop dumbing shit down, games are supposed to be challenging not something given to you on a silver platter.

Early on in levels, adventuring and questing were fun and at the time your Nettleville Guard Bracer felt so uber, but the quests as you get higher are not as much enjoyable if you are doing them on your own. I like to group, don't get me wrong, I don't play EQ2 or 1 to solo, but sometimes there just is no groups, no matter what class you are, and it is during that time I try to work on quests, just to find out that I need a group to finish them. Anyways hope all things go well for you on WoW Seebs, would def make more sense for you to pay for something you enjoy and spend time with friends at the same time than play eq2 and be miserable.

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » January 26, 2005, 7:41 pm

masteen wrote:So the fact that aside of the box cost, the monthly, and the fact that their plan is to release a traditional expansion every SIX months (if you say expansions are optional, I will stab you with a fork), you have no problem getting squeezed for an extra $5 a pop for this shit?

You, sir, are a sucker indeed.

No, I have absolutely no problem at all with a company offering me more product that I have the option to buy or not buy as I choose. And I really don't have a problem with people that expecting to be paid for what they produce.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » January 26, 2005, 8:15 pm

I think this is a stupid thing to bitch about. Reason being, a lot of these adventure packs might be low level things - so then you wont even care to have them to begin with. So say half of them pertain to mid-high levels. You don't need them to play the game, and if you ask me eq2 has more than sufficient high end content, moreso than it seems WoW has so far.

Proctus · Post by **Proctus** » January 26, 2005, 8:42 pm

If they are going to introduce packs like they say, why the hell do they have to do it 1 at a time? For god's sake, this is just a LDoN wannabe minipac to get you to give them more money. Think about it, they could probably introduce it all in an expansion pack (i.e. ldon) and then maybe it would be ok. But to introduce "mini" adventures is just plain insulting.

Imagine hearing about 10 packs that get you these UBER items. You wanna dish out 50 bucks just to get them (not to mention having to get others to get them so you can have a group to go with)? Yeah, I didn't think so.

As for Sony giving extra content for free, please... that is nothing new. Jaggedpine Forest...

Fash · Post by **Fash** » January 26, 2005, 9:36 pm

The only thing that should bother some people is this....

If the content in the adventure pack is something a Guild is going for, then it becomes less the choice of each member, and more a choice for the guild as a whole to either hit the pack or not... and I can see a lot of guilds coercing/forcing members to buy the packs... and that could be a problem!

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » January 27, 2005, 6:37 am

No, I have absolutely no problem at all with a company offering me more product that I have the option to buy or not buy as I choose. And I really don't have a problem with people that expecting to be paid for what they produce

Halle-fucking-lujah

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