So, that happened earlier this week (Monday to be precise) we returned to Everquest II and have had a blast all week. The yearly All Access pass is simply to good of a deal to pass up, so we bought two. Hubby has the week off and so we have been playing AA (Alternate Advancement) catch-up on my wizard and his paladin. No potions, no bonus, just slider set to 100% AA experience and catching up on language quest lines and involved quest chains.
I can honestly say, that while I despise the AA catch-up grind most of my other characters aren’t in as big a hole and thus it won’t be like this when they hit level 59 and only have 132 AA points (or 123 like hubby). But then again, characters were active before there was AA and thus it was inevitable there would be catch-up.
One thing that would make AA grind easier, would be the ability to mentor down in the field. I had to blow several opportunities for AA points yesterday because I couldn’t mentor down while on the Draconic language quest line. Not the end of the world but it certainly would have been nice to mentor down and gain those points in Stormhold.
Also I hate fighting in the lower levels of Solesk’s Eye, those clear pathways over lava (pictured above) made me nauseated. Hell, I was always afraid I was going to fall over and off. But that being said, we earned a lot of AA finishing up quests and getting lost trying to find our way to Nagafen’s Lair.
There we are hanging out in Sanctum of the Scaleborn. The zone is beautiful and full of decent AA to be had. I think we are coming back after we finish Clefts of Rujark, where I might add we managed to duo (with the 10-year SK merc and the Inquisitor merc) Rak’jaller (Epic x2 triple up). It was fun and intense and satisfying when he went down.
So, even though I moved houses and overwrote my house layout save by a not-enough coffee mistake, we are having fun in EQ2 once again. It is like coming home. There have been some serious improvements made (bag/inventory changes are AWESOME) and overall I don’t think we have any complaints. Not sure if either of us will be boosting to 85 but that possibility does exist. I’m sure we will decide next month when Heroic Characters go on sale.
Maintenance will be done shortly, time to clean the house and find coffee before then.
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