Why so few players?

[Spoon]

The legendary EQ2 of the MMO genre but so few players? :/

http://steamcharts.com/app/201230

[𒆜Nurse☩With☩Wound𒆜]

.. because the game is slow.. not as flashy.. old ui.. etc.. etc.. ohh an it looks terrible by any modern standard =) The time Locked Server was doing good.. though it looks like the player base is dropping hard there.. also sadly =(

[Rithm Fluffderg]

Please don't rely on Steamcharts for this. It only counts people playing through Steam. It doesn't count, well, everyone else.

[Spoon]

Originally posted by DruidicPaladinZachski:

Please don't rely on Steamcharts for this. It only counts people playing through Steam. It doesn't count, well, everyone else.

Ah so more people play on the standalone client, any idea of numbers and is it worth me playing this game?

[Zabavon]

Not true.

All MMO's have personal site & client. Version from personal site (https://www.everquest2.com/home) not have integrated Steamworks functions. And this version not visible for Steamcharts (who use Steamwork Stats). Global online in game bigger than in Steam-version.

Originally posted by deadunderglass:

.. because the game is slow.. not as flashy.. old ui.. etc.. etc.. ohh an it looks terrible by any modern standard =) The time Locked Server was doing good.. though it looks like the player base is dropping hard there.. also sadly =(

Originally posted by Red_Rocket:

The legendary EQ2 of the MMO genre but so few players? :/

http://steamcharts.com/app/201230

[BaneBlackGuard]

Originally posted by hatefulpeace:

Why because it takes a 10 ghz processor to run this game haha. I doubt even my 7700k and a 1070 could run this game at a decent frame rate. Not only that it is a sold off game, to a company that has no intrest in anything but milking money. I dont think everquest was ever legendary by any means. It was the MMO that was better than orginal UO, that is about it. At those times though, the mass fat drug addicts didn't play computer games, it was only a tiny few who did, intill World of Warcraft, which blew up for what ever reason I dono. I can say this came out at the same time as WOW, and ran like dumpster garabge, had a ♥♥♥♥ ton of bugs, and compared to WOW was terrible. I played both for about 15 mins when the first came out.

EQ2 was better than WoW in every way except smoothness of animations. WoW became popular the way it did because Blizzard spent a crap-ton of moolah to get tons of famous people to advertise the game for them. It worked. I played WoW briefly when it launched... compared to EQ2 it was really really bad. people just liked that you could get decent framerates and smooth animations on a 7 year old computer playing WoW, while EQ2 tasked the most powerful new computers when it was launched. But in terms of gameplay and graphics EQ2 was and is the better game.

[𒆜Nurse☩With☩Wound𒆜]

EQ2 was better than WoW in every way except smoothness of animations. WoW became popular the way it did because Blizzard spent a crap-ton of moolah to get tons of famous people to advertise the game for them. It worked. I played WoW briefly when it launched... compared to EQ2 it was really really bad. people just liked that you could get decent framerates and smooth animations on a 7 year old computer playing WoW, while EQ2 tasked the most powerful new computers when it was launched. But in terms of gameplay and graphics EQ2 was and is the better game. [/quote]

Now I would almost agree with you, at least on how Blizzard was able to sell it so well.. Sadly your whole argument falls apart by the fact WOW is still chugging along just fine.. I had wondered if we would get something to compete withit.. with EQnext.. but sadly that was just a NIGHTMARE cashgrab taht screwed SOOO many people *thank god i didnt preorder that an the other dumpster minecraft wanna be they made*.. An wow has had some SERIOUS competition! As for the guy who quoted me in respect to ' dont judge steam numbers '.. I know that, when i stated that it was dying hard.. that was fully BASED on the fact I am a paying customer to the time locked server.. Compared to when it first went up.. the numbers SADLY have been dropping..

[BaneBlackGuard]

I actually played WoW that first free month. I gave it an honest try, it just didn't measure up in my opinion. But, they got a lot of people to play it.

[Aanton]

eq2 has always had a very low population even lower than the first one.

[BaneBlackGuard]

Originally posted by Notna:

eq2 has always had a very low population even lower than the first one.

there isn't much difference between the two. both currently have pretty low numbers. When EQ2 first came out it's population dwarfed EQ, as would be expected.

[Decium]

You guys wanna have fun again in EQ 2: Then join The Fallen Gate server - its classic eq2 and its awesome!

[EternalChronicles]

Originally posted by Decium:

You guys wanna have fun again in EQ 2: Then join The Fallen Gate server - its classic eq2 and its awesome!

I'll have to take you up on that given I am coming back after a long hiatus... I miss my EQ roots though i dont know if EQ Classic is any good still as well.. All i know i miss norrath and I miss legends of norrath and all the joys the game had brought. How is this new developer?

[D1rtyS04p]

I absolutely love eq2. Yes, if you want smooth animations and pretty graphics, you have to have a better than average computer since the game is not at all optimized...
But what i love about it is, you really have to invest alot of time reading and understanding the game, the mechanics of play, all the different characters and classes. There's not much hand holding here. And I get much more out of leveling a character here. I have to work for it. It's hugely rewarding. I played wow for many years. Aside from having better graphics engine, shadows and lighting and performance, the community is toxic. I believe the simplicity of gameplay on wow breeds that. Younger people can access it more quickly. there's alot of one-hit kill gameplay. You level up quickly and you don't have to think at all about your skills until much later.
EQ2 requires more UI setup, the options is daunting. the game is not very forthcoming with information, but the world is extremely rich and massive. The dialogue is top notch, the quests are well-written. The game has expansion #14 coming out in november. If your a studious kind of person that likes to be rewarded for investing alot of time into your character, you will not be disappointed in EQ2.
Most important, the community is fantastic. Tons of helpful, kind people willing to answer questions and give you a boost.

[Len's]

d'ont care about the bots , they dont give me the fun to play , why feeling so disturbe about bots , really , dint saw a single mmorpg whitout one bots..

im downloading the game again because it is a good mmorpg

[Decium]

Im on the fallen gate server. Zero bots. (600-1000 players online lvls 1-60). Im having fun and its worth the sub.

I am looking to group up with people. 23 Mystic!

[Nightshade]

hey.. I play it just started up again and you know what it is a great game and more people should see that instead of judging it.. give it a chance i find it to be much better than today mmo's