Well, there I was, bummed out by the letdown that is Vanguard, again looking for a MMORPG with which to while away the hours. As I perused various RPG forums, I began seeing a trend of more and more people speaking highly of EQ2, siting the various changes that have been implemented over the last couple of years.
This was indeed interesting. When I left, it was because of two primary factors. 1) Station Exchange (or the mere operational philosophy that would allow it to exist), and 2) lack of class identity - not enough compelling differences between classes of the same archetype.
It would seem that there has been much effort put into improving the latter, and that is very good news. While I still abhor the notion of Station Exchange, I must admit that time has tempered the zeal that accompanied my initial reactions to the matter.
Ok, I'll say it for you: *yawn*.
All that said, I think I'm ready to try EQ2 again and see if its present incarnation appeals to me. This leads me to a couple of questions:
1) I have several characters still on my account. The highest is a level 20 templar, with a few others in their teens. That's, of course, not very high level, so I'm more interested in ensuring I can keep their names than the actual characters, themselves. With that and the fact that their classes have likely undergone drastic changes since last I played them, would re-rolling them be a good idea? It's a fact that I'll be re-learning them, anyway. When I quit, I had none of the expansions. Yesterday I purchased the EoF retail box, so I should be up to speed with that.
2) All my existing characters are on Lucan D'Lere. Is that still one of the more popular servers at this point? I had considered re-rolling on Antonia Bayle, but I would only be doing so to end up on a server with a higher population. I prefer an RP server.
I'll be looking for other low level players to adventure with, so if anyone on either AB or LD has a good, healthy guild that fits that bill, let me know.