Possibly a new playerFollow

I bought an Everquest 2 box because it was cheap at GameStop and I was annoyed with square-Enix (ff mmo player here). Since then it has been sitting in my desk, as I've wanted to wait till I had the time to get into it and give it a fair shot.

I just have a few questions -

Will I be able to start my character ( on the included "free trial") as any race/class or do I have to pay to unlock/get gold membership? The website isn't terribly clear about it.

I don't have a credit card, will I be able to sub? I can get my gf to put it on hers but that is a pain.

Is the game gamepad friendly? I work at a computer and my hands get achy, so a gamepad is a real plus.

And.... Any advice?

So, it appears my box (which cost 9.99) came with a month gold membership - which is sweet - so I've got myself a froggie warden.

I guess this means I will forever be at least silver. So buying the box was totally worth it.

If I don't continue to pay subs will my frog still be playable (since I believe it is one of the "locked" races?)

If I get into the game I will probably sub but I am just curious cause I might only sub during months I will have time to play a bunch. It would suck if my main character was locked. Also, just looking at some of the spells and stuff available for my character - I'm super stoked! I love games where there is tons of abilities.

Also, do I really get a rez spell at level 8? That's hot!

Also my box was supposed to come with a mount - is there something I should know about getting it?

Edited, Apr 4th 2012 11:23am by Olorinus

You'd have to unlock frogs and the warden class. But once that's unlocked, yes, you can play free.

And if you have a recurring gold sub, you'll get 500 SC per month. That's a pretty nice perk. But it only works if your sub is recurring. If you sub, cancel, sub, cancel, etc., you won't get the SC.

No, you'll HAVE to use Station Cash to unlock those.

Pretty much everything can be bought with SC. Game time, unlockers, expansions, fluff items... all of it. So you can buy SC cards at places like Gamestop, Walmart, etc. and never have to use a CC at all. And if you have a Walmart close, I'd check into SC cards there. You get 2000 for $15 USD, and that's 500SC free.

Ok so, is there a way to rotate furniture so it is facing the way you want it to?

Omg you rock, and thanks for the linky. Is there one that explains different "notes" on items - like I tried searching "treasured" to understand what it means but I am getting unrelated results. Sorry to be pesky.

Also loving my pets, the box I bought came with a robot, a monkey and a cockatrice... and I bought a couple dragons because I am a sucker. Sucker. Sucker.

Thanks... so... I accidentally made my character on oasis it seems like... but I am happy anyway.

Dyadem answered you pretty well but here's our guide for it if you're wondering anything else: http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Item_Help_%28EQ2%29

I love the baby dragons too. :D And now they have the spring beast'r baskets which have dragon house pets and snow bunny hats and cloaks...

yeah I already bought three of those baskets.... so server transfers can happen? I am pretty happy where I am atm (got taken in by a nice guild) but who knows how things go in the future, right?

I was super lucky cause my paypal bank transfer (which I had actually done to buy more crysta) had just cleared and I was like "whatever, going to buy some SC" and it just so happened it was "double SC" times. Sweet. Not complaining about that.

I am having a hard time convincing myself NOT to buy a unicorn mount.

/geek

If you ever played WoW, Rift, or LotRO (I think they use the same system), Treasured = green gear, Legendary = blue gear, Fabled = purple gear. Mastercrafted is its own tier, it usually falls somewhere between Treasured and Legendary.

Glad you're enjoying the game! Your first alt has to be made on Everfrost or we'll hunt you down.