I have over 22k hours on EQ 1 with 2 accounts. I started back in 2000 Multiboxing with 2 pile of junk computers with dial up. Was the best freaking time of my life. Thanks for this video, i was wondering what the state of EQ 2 was. Subbed. My all time fav is Enchanter + Cleric combo. Can pretty much farm anything.
Had my fun with EQ2, but I prefer old school eq for gameplay surprisingly, I don't mind having tons of abilities/spells but it gets a bit ridiculous as you level up, the cooldowns are short and you find yourself spamming a million buttons every kill to get maximum potential out of your class, but I'll admit it was fun leveling up the classes and trying different builds with AA's and housing and what not also flying/gliding/jumping mounts are a nice hit of dopamine that EQ1 doesn't provide making the "world" around much more fun to explore and easy to get around
Hello Ion, Glad to see you doing EQ2 videos. Many of the EQ Videos from yours , AC, many others helped. If you continue EQ2 many guides and in depth and even showing the game is a good move man. Hope the best of luck. Toodles.
Thanks for this man. I always tell people about how good EQs class system was and when I tried EQ2 for the first time I was impressed but a little overwhelmed lol.
:O No fucking way. I thought I recognized that name, "Aumon". Turns out we used to be in the same raid guild. Wow this world is so small. Good to hear they're still at it. If you happen to see this, tell them Valkur/Razack says hi :D
there are generally 0 berserker spots in a raid. Can't really tank the bosses don't even begin to compare to any dps class. not sure why tank dps came up so much. it's not a matter of importance. you'll use that pally or guardian at end game and that's it outside of group instances.
I greatly appreciate you giving EQ2 some time in the spotlight. It’s not the best, but it has some unique elements that truly sets it apart. The lore in EQ and EQ2 is amazing. The classes in EQ2 especially in the current “end game” have so much more utility than they did before. If you take the time to learn the class and set up proper macros any class can obliterate mobs or tank ;p. Thank you again! Happy hunting!
Although I played EQ2 back in the day, I do not think I would ever go back to it. Vanilla EQ just has more soul. EQ2 they tried too hard to bring QOL from EQ1 but failed. Locked combat, classes in the end are more similar than EQ1. Also items were way more interesting in EQ1 and iconic.
As a guardian I got a World Discovery for the master skillbook for the lowest level Hold the Line ability. I was the only Guardian in the game that tested all of the old abilities to look for a glitch. And I found one. I pulled Agro on a world encounter and survived for a full minute with no Healers. This allowed one of the top raid guilds to recover and finish it off after I died. I got a Guild invite
Obviously I'm bragging but I think it's an important thing to know about the game that there is several hidden things that requires testing for a player to be good in eq2
Assassin's are great in the MT group on raids as they can transfer a percentage of their hate to the MT. That tank ain't ever losing aggro. At least it was like that when I used to play.
So I spent most of my time playing as an Inquisitor and I was ok with it's design but I never felt like a player I felt like an object that had the best spells the best armor stats etc etc.This area of design actually went downhill as SOE started cutting costs in design and wanted a lazier approach so they turned all gear into STAM +one stat idea. BOSSES ...there is a HUGE massive dependence on gear and spells you can move to having ZERO chance to win the battle if not for your gear.This is a huge fail in rpg's design that never got better it only got worse. Oh the EFFECTS within th eEQ series I never liked them.VERY short timers which only encourages button smashing ...NO ..hell no.
Gratz on the baby! Had to have a laugh wondering...Does he punish himself if he takes too long changing the diaper or failing to figure out whats wrong to stop the baby from crying? By the time the kiddo is 5 he will be making demands that dad must fulfill fast enough or he gets punished! lol
I appreciate this video because I have SOME interest in jumping into the next EQ2 TLE server, but was pretty overwhelmed by the number of classes and didn't understand what they all were. This helped.
druids are just as important as clerics? no raid even starts without at least 1 inqui. clerics are lowest dps? i've seen an inqui top a dps parse before, never seen any other healer in the top 10.
@@IonBlaze1 ah ok. Essentially EQ1 Beastlord though reliant on pet more for certain skills only pet can do. Can also have more than 1 pet BUT only specific creatures in specific groups (canine, aquatic, etc) can be a pet. I had one for about 85 levels. Pretty darn fun
I was an endgame Raid Assassin from Launch until I left for good a few years ago. The first 4 expac made this the beast game ever imo. Smedly ruined it with the cash store. Micro-transactions killed this AMAZING game. I have life long dear friends because of EQ2, I still log in from time to time.
The good old Raid in KoS zone...that was my last expansion,after that only sadness but until today i love and miss the EQ2 2004,better game (exept the bugs) better graphic (bad engine),better crafting. I never found an MMO to play after EQ2 vanilla,I try a lots but they boring me (not the old MMO's)...I miss so much EQ2 and I wanna play so badly but not how it's evolving.
For what it's worth, every class has access to stealth at level 30 with [Totem of the Jaguar] (a fairly cheap consumable that Woodworkers can make), so for anyone who's considering a class specifically for that just know it's not a huge deal. In a lot of cases, it's actually better for individual group members to stealth themselves so that the entire group isn't revealed when 1 person does something to break stealth. It also might be worth mentioning - with regards to the dps meta - that aoe (area of effect) damage is pretty highly valued for heroic content, especially going into EoF. This puts Swashbucklers and damage-speced Shadowknights inline with summoners in the T1 category imo. If you like to top zone-wide parses those are 2 great classes to do that on.
Awesome video. Super cool content it was very interesting learning the EQ 2 classes (having never played myself) and congrats on the kid!! That’s great news. Keep ‘em coming
I started playing this again last week and decided to go with the classic Wizard class and im really enjoying it! I'm not sure how long the game will keep my interest as the game seems to be almost dead and barren of actual players
great video, helped me a lot, take lots of pictures and time to play with them, you cannot go back and reroll later like in EQ2. when it comes to the baby class, you can (not 100% and not always works) solve the smelly nap sack issue by making sure to "burp them" and by that i don't mean the old pat on the back thing, but bouncing helps by moving their guts around a bit, that's almost exclusively the reason "baby bouncers" exist, you can let them bounce themselves but they are kind of terrible at solo content! definetly bring a tank and a healer with you at all times like large pillows (guardians) and thick blankets (berserkers), any healer will do as long as they have a heal over time!
bro you are better off starting any other vid series than this... go adopt a cat, buy a hat at lids, bro save yourself some time and money buy a hat at lids
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I have over 22k hours on EQ 1 with 2 accounts. I started back in 2000 Multiboxing with 2 pile of junk computers with dial up. Was the best freaking time of my life. Thanks for this video, i was wondering what the state of EQ 2 was. Subbed. My all time fav is Enchanter + Cleric combo. Can pretty much farm anything.
Had my fun with EQ2, but I prefer old school eq for gameplay surprisingly, I don't mind having tons of abilities/spells but it gets a bit ridiculous as you level up, the cooldowns are short and you find yourself spamming a million buttons every kill to get maximum potential out of your class, but I'll admit it was fun leveling up the classes and trying different builds with AA's and housing and what not also flying/gliding/jumping mounts are a nice hit of dopamine that EQ1 doesn't provide making the "world" around much more fun to explore and easy to get around
Oh you're right about ability bloat. Late game is too crazy with stats & stuff to click
Hello Ion,
Glad to see you doing EQ2 videos. Many of the EQ Videos from yours , AC, many others helped. If you continue EQ2 many guides and in depth and even showing the game is a good move man. Hope the best of luck. Toodles.
Thank you Loki :)
Thanks for this man. I always tell people about how good EQs class system was and when I tried EQ2 for the first time I was impressed but a little overwhelmed lol.
Oh yeah you're absolutely right :) I like the EQ1 classes more but I think tanks & healers were done better in eq2
:O No fucking way. I thought I recognized that name, "Aumon". Turns out we used to be in the same raid guild. Wow this world is so small. Good to hear they're still at it. If you happen to see this, tell them Valkur/Razack says hi :D
Wow! You started a new Character! Gratz! Give him some twink phat lewtz and power level him to 120. Guild Rules!
120 levels! I'm just trying to get to 5 on p99 lol
@@IonBlaze1 He may have been referring to your kid!!! lolol
Nice job Ion Blaze! EQ2 FTW!
Thank you so much Nathan :)
I stopped playing after eq1 died down .. never tried 2 yet .. but man hearing the name Freeport brings back a lot of good memories!!
Did you say anything about Beastlord?
there are generally 0 berserker spots in a raid. Can't really tank the bosses don't even begin to compare to any dps class. not sure why tank dps came up so much. it's not a matter of importance. you'll use that pally or guardian at end game and that's it outside of group instances.
I getcha there. I've only seen 1 berserker since I played & now it's in alt-hibernation
I greatly appreciate you giving EQ2 some time in the spotlight. It’s not the best, but it has some unique elements that truly sets it apart. The lore in EQ and EQ2 is amazing. The classes in EQ2 especially in the current “end game” have so much more utility than they did before. If you take the time to learn the class and set up proper macros any class can obliterate mobs or tank ;p. Thank you again! Happy hunting!
Congratulations on your baby. Thanks for the content.
Thank you Shane :)
Although I played EQ2 back in the day, I do not think I would ever go back to it. Vanilla EQ just has more soul. EQ2 they tried too hard to bring QOL from EQ1 but failed. Locked combat, classes in the end are more similar than EQ1. Also items were way more interesting in EQ1 and iconic.
You do bring up some good points. I do like the class-changing items in eq1 & how classes weren't diluted
This comment didn't age well. With them announcing the next progression server on eq1 having encounter lock. Lol 😜
As a guardian I got a World Discovery for the master skillbook for the lowest level Hold the Line ability. I was the only Guardian in the game that tested all of the old abilities to look for a glitch. And I found one. I pulled Agro on a world encounter and survived for a full minute with no Healers. This allowed one of the top raid guilds to recover and finish it off after I died. I got a Guild invite
Obviously I'm bragging but I think it's an important thing to know about the game that there is several hidden things that requires testing for a player to be good in eq2
No Beastlord or Channelers?
What do you mean by ''templar solo = overkill?''
Assassin's are great in the MT group on raids as they can transfer a percentage of their hate to the MT. That tank ain't ever losing aggro. At least it was like that when I used to play.
Oh it's you Tinfoil! It's nice seeing you again :)
@@IonBlaze1 /wave. Hi mate. I really liked EQ2. Iunfortunately it is hard to find an Australian based guild. Looking forward to more videos!
You never talked about the Channeler class...
So I spent most of my time playing as an Inquisitor and I was ok with it's design but I never felt like a player I felt like an object that had the best spells the best armor stats etc etc.This area of design actually went downhill as SOE started cutting costs in design and wanted a lazier approach so they turned all gear into STAM +one stat idea.
BOSSES ...there is a HUGE massive dependence on gear and spells you can move to having ZERO chance to win the battle if not for your gear.This is a huge fail in rpg's design that never got better it only got worse.
Oh the EFFECTS within th eEQ series I never liked them.VERY short timers which only encourages button smashing ...NO ..hell no.
Returning player checking out various guides. Heard the way you pronounced Qeynos at the beginning so watched until the end :)
Glad to see you've found a new home!
Congratulations on your son!
Cheers!
Felixx
I heard rumours that there will be an eq 3 in 2025. Hopefully true
Nice video Mr. Blaze, congrats on the blaze junior!
Thank you Vibrid :)
Gratz on the baby! Had to have a laugh wondering...Does he punish himself if he takes too long changing the diaper or failing to figure out whats wrong to stop the baby from crying? By the time the kiddo is 5 he will be making demands that dad must fulfill fast enough or he gets punished! lol
Oh you're so right. He let's you know quick when he doesn't like something
Man, I'd kill for a EQ2 private server. I really want to experience all of Norrath without the p2w or a sub.
Like a P99 version of EQ2? I wonder what that'd be like :)
Check out EQ2Emu - it's a work in progress, but the dev team seems active. There's even a dev server you can join to help them test things out.
I appreciate this video because I have SOME interest in jumping into the next EQ2 TLE server, but was pretty overwhelmed by the number of classes and didn't understand what they all were. This helped.
Nice bro
What is the best non scout melee dps? I want to dps on a monk or berserker but this is all off tank shit.
druids are just as important as clerics? no raid even starts without at least 1 inqui. clerics are lowest dps? i've seen an inqui top a dps parse before, never seen any other healer in the top 10.
I love that name you got :) I've been liking the inq so far. Nice to be able ot heal on the move & nice debuffs
Congratulations on the kiddo! ❤
Thank you Susann :)
what are the most needed classes in the game?
i saw the answer at the end of the video :)
also, Congratulations on your child
@@HUSAMWord Thank you Hosam :)
No Beastlord?
I just don't know them well. Not available to play on TLE yet
@@IonBlaze1 ah ok. Essentially EQ1 Beastlord though reliant on pet more for certain skills only pet can do. Can also have more than 1 pet BUT only specific creatures in specific groups (canine, aquatic, etc) can be a pet. I had one for about 85 levels. Pretty darn fun
Just here for nostalgia Lv 92 Wiz
I'm playing a Warden, 14. "Akasar." Cheers! Your son is adorable!
Thank you bubbleonia.
I was an endgame Raid Assassin from Launch until I left for good a few years ago. The first 4 expac made this the beast game ever imo. Smedly ruined it with the cash store. Micro-transactions killed this AMAZING game. I have life long dear friends because of EQ2, I still log in from time to time.
The good old Raid in KoS zone...that was my last expansion,after that only sadness but until today i love and miss the EQ2 2004,better game (exept the bugs) better graphic (bad engine),better crafting.
I never found an MMO to play after EQ2 vanilla,I try a lots but they boring me (not the old MMO's)...I miss so much EQ2 and I wanna play so badly but not how it's evolving.
Nothing on Channeler? Shame. Even if you need to buy with DBC, should talk about it!
I don't even know how they work lol? They heal?
@@IonBlaze1 heh no worries. Their pets are like weird uhm …. Well you get stats or parts from creatures …
Yeah I dunno either
Awesome looking kid.... what class is he?
For what it's worth, every class has access to stealth at level 30 with [Totem of the Jaguar] (a fairly cheap consumable that Woodworkers can make), so for anyone who's considering a class specifically for that just know it's not a huge deal. In a lot of cases, it's actually better for individual group members to stealth themselves so that the entire group isn't revealed when 1 person does something to break stealth.
It also might be worth mentioning - with regards to the dps meta - that aoe (area of effect) damage is pretty highly valued for heroic content, especially going into EoF. This puts Swashbucklers and damage-speced Shadowknights inline with summoners in the T1 category imo. If you like to top zone-wide parses those are 2 great classes to do that on.
My favorite is shadow knight. I even got a 90+ shadow knight sarnak as my main character I love to play as.
Loved the ad in the middle! That's a first
I had a blast with my Iksar Paladin back in the day. I found it hilarious with my crazy blingy gold armor I believe that was from Guk
This video should of been 30 seconds long. Berserker, best and only class that matters.
Do u by any chance have recommendations If u like the pvp apsect, what classes are good/fun for pvp?
Congrats on the baby Ion
Thank you Gregor :)
The absolute mad lad said he Dutch ovens himself all night lmao
It gets stinky! What can I say haha
I usedto love the coercer until they nerfed charmed aggro
Too bad, it was a fun class
Love the Stratka and Fistlord Cameos :P --
Having a baby is a lot like having a dog. My little min pin does the same thing in bed.
Oh BoredAccountant! Nice to see you again
@@IonBlaze1 good to see you still making videos. Glad to hear the kiddo came out safe and healthy. I hope mama is doing just as well.
My monk had higher mitigation than my guardian in eq2, monk was by far the best raid tank at the time, not sure how it is now.
whattt how did youtube let me missout on this live im bummed
Haha thank you for watching OutofContent :)
big laugh at the end about your little one "dutch ovening himself all night long" :)
The races and classes are the best thing about EQ2 the rest of it sucks badly.
how is eq2 pop nowadays?
I talk about it in the state of EQ video just put out. But short, it's half that of EQ1. Most people play on the Varsoon prog server
ended up rolling a toon on varsoon sitting at 70 on my dirge thanks for bringing some light back to eq2 hope to see you around :D@@IonBlaze1
Kids are the best. Great video.
I hope someone takes it upon themselves to create EverQuest III... Daybreak cancelled EQ Next a few months ago. :- (
Daybreak cancelled EQ next in 2015 - 16, as soon as they took over, not a few months ago
When I played years ago monks were the best raid tanks there self heals were beyond anything until sk got its massive buff
Wish I could have a good necromancer with plate armor and a 2 handed axe
wheres beastmaster
Thanks so much for this video !! congrats on your wee one ! :)
Kids adorable, grats on the loot!
Thank you Smullik :)
I tried, i listened, but i still can not go to the second eq.
P R O M O S M 😒
Awesome video. Super cool content it was very interesting learning the EQ 2 classes (having never played myself) and congrats on the kid!! That’s great news. Keep ‘em coming
Thank you Ehlias. Nice to see you around :)
"Promosm"
thank you so much for this video.
❤
I started playing this again last week and decided to go with the classic Wizard class and im really enjoying it! I'm not sure how long the game will keep my interest as the game seems to be almost dead and barren of actual players
Awesome vid.
great video, helped me a lot, take lots of pictures and time to play with them, you cannot go back and reroll later like in EQ2.
when it comes to the baby class, you can (not 100% and not always works) solve the smelly nap sack issue by making sure to "burp them" and by that i don't mean the old pat on the back thing, but bouncing helps by moving their guts around a bit, that's almost exclusively the reason "baby bouncers" exist, you can let them bounce themselves but they are kind of terrible at solo content! definetly bring a tank and a healer with you at all times like large pillows (guardians) and thick blankets (berserkers), any healer will do as long as they have a heal over time!
bro you are better off starting any other vid series than this... go adopt a cat, buy a hat at lids, bro save yourself some time and money buy a hat at lids
Lol I already got a cat. It hates being screamed at by the baby
Actually the video helped me out thank you.@@IonBlaze1
Cute baby!
Thanks for new videos!
Thank you Eddie :)