Me and a friend of mine used to play EQ2. We enjoyed it thoroughly. Thought it was a great game with minor flaws. We loved the huge selection of character classes and thus resulted in us making several characters ranging from 1-20.
Well we both had the same problem once we hit that level. When we tried to take any of our characters beyond level 20, we came to a halt. We were having a hard time killing enemies of our level as fast as we were used to because our skills/armor needed upgrading. No problem we said, so we went to the auction house to find some Adept1-4 or higher scrolls, plus some higher armor and weapons. Unfortunately, it couldn't be done with paying large amounts of plat. After realizing we couldn't advance our characters without some way of making several plat for ONE skill scroll,or one piece of armor, we canceled our accounts.
We are looking at this game again because Sony seems to continue to improve it with their latest patches/expansions. We want to come back...We want to get further into the game, but without having to buy plat or pay ridiculous amounts for ONE armor piece or ONE skill scroll that will leave us flat broke.
Has the economy changed? Is it still hard for brand NEW players with no high level friends to advance in this game?
An honest answer would be great, I appreciate it.