On the other hand, I think the progression in EQ2 goes too fast, and I hate grayed out content (which is why I love the mentor feature they added), but at the same time I don’t want to see someone grinding a newbie zone all the way to max capabilities. I like having an experience bar so I can see my progress, and I can compare my character to others, in terms of how long I have played and how advanced my skills are. Without levels, how is progression going to accrue and be tracked? Are we going to have skill points for every combat art and spellcatsing skill, as in EQ1, and tradeskills in EQ2, and if so, how fast will they be allowed to increase? Are we going to have spells and abilities that progress in ranks like in EQ2, going from apprentice to journeyman to adept, all the way to grandmaster? if so, again how fast will these increase, and will there be caps placed on others once one has reached maximum, or will you be able to max out every skill. The character needs to progress just as a player must learn how to use the abilities of that character. I don’t want to see someone be able to roll up a new character, twink it with gear, and go out raiding the same day. On the one hand, it might be great for those who only like the end game and high-end raiding, but I prefer a progression.

After reading some other people’s blogs, reviews, and comments about the debut and preview of EQNext, I feel I missed some things, and people havbe really latched onto some concepts more than I did.įirst of all, apparently EQNext will be without levels or experience bars I am ambivalent about that.

Eq2 instances by level