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Nobody is debating this at all. It's widely known sony made the game easy as pie to get to 20. After that the entire game mechanics shift harshly and it's not as rewarding.
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My conjuror at 21st level can XP just as effectively as she did at 15th or 10th..
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I, 28 ShadowKnight, have had no problems soloing up to red con mobs consistantly.
if you want XP in buckets raining from the heavens in copious quantities while solo'ing... EQ2 is not your game... sounds to me like you should simply give up on EQ2 Sotonin. From the tone of nearly every post you make the game is obviously not what you expected, wanted, or is not fast enough for you.... and I honestly for the life of me can't understand why you're still playing it...
the *ONLY* reason my conjuror isn't 25th level now is because I've taken time to level
two alts to 13+ and my predator from 18th to 19th.. and worked on tradeskill levels for all three... the only one that I would even consider as a grind was the predator due to finding a good solo spot in the commonlands because I wanted the "hunter of Orcs" title..
I have yet to experience this "harsh shift" in mechanics that supposedly occurs at 20th level.. apparently nor has GXM. In fact the solo XP I've gotten since the last big patch has been nothing short of wonderful..
the simple fact that I completely disagree with Sotonin (again) merely serves to highlight my point to the OP..
try it yourself. All you'll get from forums are conflicting opinions from people who know absolutely nothing about you, what you want to do, how you would like to achieve it, your gaming and MMO background... etc.. etc.. etc..
I can give you examples all day long about how I can solo stuff.. someone else can give you examples of all the things they can't solo.. what does this prove with respect to what *you* will experience...
nothing.
"100 travel books aren't worth one real trip..."
Experience it for yourself. Come to your own decisions... You've played WoW BigEp so you know what it's like.. and you said it got old leveling.. why did it get old? what didn't you like about it? what do you consider "hardcore depth"? What do you consider effective solo'ability? Speed, ease, tactics? take a look at EQ2 and come to your own answers to your questions.
*side note* and of course no doubt someone will pull the SOE fanboy card with regard to my opinions..
for the record:.. I thought EverQuest1 was total crap and I still do.. (graphically pathetic and gameplay wise - corpse run.. I think not). SWG was ok but was totally devoid of content and the game can be sumed up in one word "grind" (indeed the first time I heard the term with respect to leveling was SWG).. didn't bother with any of their other SOE MMO's 'cause none of them looked all that interesting.. if I'm a fan of anything it's EQ2.. is it perfect.. no, but just because you can't solo for some reason that doesn't mean the solo'ing sux.