Took me hours to make that Iron Chainmail armor for Nashuya after she became capable of wearing chain. With previous characters, I have just bought vendor armor until I could fill in spots with quest or dropped armor - but since Dina could make it, and I had Etha to make the stacks and stacks of various alchemical supplies necessary, why not? Dina and Etha both gained tradeskill levels along the way, largely because of the first-time pristine bonuses. ...
Ventrilo is a nice thing to have around. Chatting is a lot easier when you don’t have to type everything you’re saying. And last night, the subject of EQ2 came up… with more than a couple of people saying they wanted to try it again, to see how the new changes were working out. I hadn’t really been on for more than to make screenshots now and again, and to visit my apartment, for quite some time. So last night, after we were done with our ZG raid, I logged on to EQ2 and played Nashuya, my level 8 fighter (on her way to shadow knight-dom), for awhile. ...
Before I was the blue-skinned beauty I am today, I was pretty into EQ. I played mostly shorties :) Etha, second from right, a 66 druid, was my first EQ character. She joined United Norrath Coalition at 19, and grew to be the raid officer of that guild, back when the planes of Fear and Hate were endgame. I ran some of the first open planes raids on my server. That guild broke up during Velious, and I spent a couple months playing Dark Ages of Camelot, then came back just before Luclin. I joined the Euro guild Divine Grace, but I was frustrated over how poorly druids fared in EQ, and decided to change mains. SOE later boosted druids some, but it was too late for me. I left Etha with about 110 AAs (Alternate Advancement levels - in EQ, you never really stop leveling). ...
Using the new Japanese models from EQ2. I really intended to move whole-heartedly into Everquest 2. I love that game; it has a depth and a sense of location missing in WoW. I would be happy if that were my only game; this time last year, it WAS my only game. All that I missed were the people. Like it or not, it’s hard to play a game when you have nobody to play it with. When VA started on Faydark, I abandoned Dera on Antonia Bayle and restarted there. They all quit, or moved to Splitpaw, or went to WoW, or returned to EQ, leaving me essentially alone. Then I got the Surya job which severely limited my playtime. ...
Checking out my new Kanda avatar. Level 28 now. I don’t dare use it on CE web page; I’m still keeping more or less quiet about playing WoW. One of Tipa, my haffer monk on EQ2.
Kanda is halfway through level 21 now in World of Warcraft, on the roleplaying server Kirin Tor. A few runs in the Wailing Caverns instance netted me seven completed quests, and some blue shoulders I can use when I level to 22. Being a roleplaying server, and also me being nearly entirely unaware of the mythos behind WoW (all I know comes from what Sylvanar told me of the Night Elves in Beta), I thought I would flesh out her backstory. ...
Well, fact is, sometimes I get really depressed. I can’t do a thing about it. I start hitting my head with stuff, jabbing screwdrivers into my legs and so on. It’s a huge pressure to keep it to myself at work, and when I get home, it explodes. End result is, I am complaining all the time in game, and making other people angry with me and I am getting angrier with myself all at the same time. So last night after we wiped in Council of Nine, I just refused the rez, logged off, and played WoW until bedtime. ...
