Just One More Thing…

Oh wow, I am sooooooo tired.  It’s pre-7am here, which is early anyways, especially since it is my day off.  But even more so because I didn’t go to bed until post-2am.   Its fine though, because this is what gamers *live* for!

Yes, it is.  Those nights where you can’t quit, where you just have to do one more thing.  I’ve got to complete this quest series!  Just a few more silver gold platinum dollars* and I can buy that horse! I’ve got to help Ralph ding – she’s so close!**

For me last night it was a combination of things.  An epiphany of how to set up my hotbars to make the Dirge a hell of a lot more playable (sorry Ysh, didn’t see you on).   And then I had to mess around with a Guardian class some.  One of these days I’ll find a new tanking class that I like (well, the Vanguard Pally is okay, but…), or maybe one of these days I’ll stop alt hopping.

After that, it was already late, but I had to jump in to see about EVE.  I can’t tell you much about the wormhole operation we did, other than I brought a cruiser to a battleship fight, but, I got some kudos for showing up, and maybe a few more for the unique fit I’ve been using on it, which involves using BFG’s FTW.  It worked so well that last night I went looking for a bigger BFG to put on it.

And then I decided I needed to began the process to get myself a battlecruiser, so that I would have a respectable firepower ship for fleet ops.  I spent a good hour trying to decide which one to go for, and also to decide whether or not I should buy it outright or get a BPC (a 15 jump transit).  And so I also decided to buy another 4 million in skill books (another 8 jump transit).  I’m neck deep in Amarr space at this point, a good 30 jumps from home.  But then a corp mate, when I mention my location, says that this reminds him he still wants to buy an Armageddon.   And there just happens to be a cheap max run BPC of that lying another 15 jumps away.  And at this point, what’s another 15 jumps?  Especially since it means I know where my next 50 million will be coming from to fund all the new goodies I’m still eyeballing.

So anyway, long story short, I’m tired, but I feel alive this morning.  That’s what a good gaming session will do for you.

 

* – because here at HZero, we don’t jump on the blogging bandwagon, we make fun of it.  Repeatedly.

** – Every pet I’ve ever had in a game I’ve named Ralph.  I even have a full series of awesome taunting macros that go along with it.  Ralph has crossed gender lines on occasion, and most recently has taken the form of an undead froglok knight.  Because EQ2 Necromancers have a weird sense of humor.

Khhaaannnn!

Oh hell no.

I’m trying to make that toughest of decisions about what character to play on Lucan D’Lere, in hopes of  having, you know, people to play with.  But not Ysharros, because, you know, she isn’t into that. (Just kidding!  Heh…no seriously, don’t hurt me! ::runs::)

So anyway, I decide to do a Shadowknight, and when getting myself familiar with the ability list again, I start to twitch.  They didn’t.  Tell me they didn’t make the same mistake again.  They did.  They took away the Shadowknight’s pet.

See, when EQOA came out, many of us were surprised at some of the changes to the classes, given that this was just supposed to be EQ on the PS2.  But the EQOA Shadowknight had no undead pet.  The outcry was strong.  That was a trademark of the class, something that made it unique and made it stand out from the other tanks, and especially stand out from the Paladin.  They both got something from outside their archetype right?  Pally’s eventually get a raise, SK’s eventually get a pet.  It was part of what defined them.

The outcry was strong enough that when they launched the first EQOA expansion six months later, they added a pet back in for the Shadowknight.  Sure it was a buffing pet, and you had to wait to epic to get it, but dangit, at least it was an option!  Here in EQ2, it was a “limited pet” but at least, again, it was something!  But we don’t learn from our mistakes! Oh no…that would be smart!

Listen up: the pet was the only reason I play a Shadowknight.  Because without that, there is no reason for me to do it instead of one of the other tanks.  Does the Shadowknight get a Rez or Heals? No.  Dual wield? No.  So what do they get?  What’s their cool bonus ability?  Why are we determined to make them less unique and more like every other tank out there?

So thanks SOE, thanks alot.  You’ve managed to piss me off royally.  And I was *this* close to resubbing.  *This* close.

::grumbles::

Holy Giant Experience Leaps Batman

So I spent last night patching EQ2, and it kept hanging and forcing me to restart.  But it finally went through, and I logged in early tonight to get in some free EQ2 time.

I found my Necromancer on the beach in Nektulos, just shy of level 31, and decided to level him before seeking new territories to explore. 

I decide just to grind a few lowbie pirates until I get the hang of my combat skills again, remembering what orders and triggers and what does what.  Especially with some things having been renamed and the new Apprentice – Grandmaster specializing options (kudos to the dev team on both of those by the way, good stuff).

So I target a pirate, hit her with my opening spell, my pets, and even a little dagger action, and she dies.  And I went from being nearly done with level 30 to being 38% through level 31.  I’ve checked all the boards and game updates and I have no idea what is going on.   I logged back in, and killed more peeps and got more XP than I think I should have, but still nowhere near that leap.  Anyone with any insight, hit me up!

I also have no idea what that little black circle window thingy is either.