rans0m

Hi all!

I have played both of these fine mmp games, and I liked them both. I chose EQ2 to pay for..(I played both in beta)...because of a few reasons. One, EQ2 is probably one of the most best looking games I have ever seen. It is not as good looking as HL2, but its close in some repects. WOW I was not impressed with, it was very cartoony. Now thats not bad, because if your system is a year or two old, it will run well on it. EQ2 was designed for tomorrows hardware. I have never even seen a 526 meg videocard, but some of the higher settings suggest to only turn them on if you have one. My machine is almost a year old, but was top of the line, and the water effects in EQ2 are beautiful. From seeing splashs as you walk through the water, to seeing your reflection and spell effects reflected in the water.
Another reason is the gameplay. It has not been the constant kill, kill, kill. I quested my way to 15th level in beta alone. WOW does have quests, but they did not hold my interest. I made it to about 10th level. I am finding more and more things daily that I didnt know about EQ2, so its possible I didnt come across them in WOW but would have. Most likely both of these games will become a grind at higher levels, but its possible with the tradeskills, and society quests in EQ2 that this will be minimized.
One last important thing. The update program for WOW was based on torrent client. While I love torrents, many routers cannot handle the massive port flooding that is associated with them. Your average joe is not going to know how to set up ports to speed up thier downloads. EQ2 uses pretty much the same update process that EQ1 does. I have never had a problem with it.
Just my opinion, if anyone has any specific questions on EQ2 feel free to ask me.
Happy Questing...
RANSOM