> Hi all,
> Having been a fan of computer RPG's for years I am considering trying
> EQ. Having never played an online rpg before I have a few questions ?
> (Forgive my lack of knowledge and feel free to laugh at my questions)
> 1. Being used to playing solo games I could pretty much play at my
> own pace. How does EQ work? I know you join other online players but
> seeing as I am a casual gamer i only spend 10-15 hours a week gaming
> is this enough for EQ ? I am assuming that play occurs with whoever
> is online at the time and am I not tied into a specific group/times.
>
Hi! Yeah, Everquest is flexible. You can play however long or short you
want. There are different hunting grounds with different paces. you can try
to level up quickly, or you can explore and meet the npcs and so forth. It's
pretty neat.
>
> 2. Is it easy to find other adventurers to join with?
>
It's fairly easy. Depends on what time you get on. Some times have more
players than others. Generally at level 1 you can solo if you're careful.
>
> 3. I see different EQ's (Original, Ruins of Kunak, etc) does it
> matter which one I start with or are the later addons geared for
> higher level characters.
>
Kunark is an expansion. You have to have the original to play it. It has one
starting race. For other races it is a higher level area. I recommend either
starting in the original world or in the new expansion of Luclin.
>
> 4 Finally system requirements. I have seen the system requirements
> but what is recommended ?. I have a P3 866, 128sdram, 32mb ddr nvidia
> geforce2 gts card, 56k modem is that suffiecient or should I wait
> till I upgrade.
>
I believe that would work. I was able to play the original EQ on a less
sophisticated machine. You will have to cut down on character models though
so you won't be able to enjoy as much of the graphics. The game will give
you recommendations on how many character models you should have switched
on. Even though I have a 1.4Ghz AMD Athlon, 1Gb of RAM, 64mb Nvidia GeForce
2 MX, and Philips Acoustic Edge 5.1 sound card, I only use a few of the
models because my internet connection is only 21k.
I recommend that you try a trial version of EverQuest (you can contact their
marketting department at their website I believe) to find out how to get
one. If your system has problems with the trial, you may want to wait to
upgrade. If you are planning to upgrade you may want to use pricegrabber.com
to search for parts. Also, computershopper.com has reviews on the products
and which ones are best. The better the video card the better the framerate
you will get.
>
> Thanks for any feedback
>
My pleasure. I hope you join the world of EverQuest soon. I'd love to see
you on The Tribunal server sometime.
luv,
-Su