EQ2 or LoTR online?

[NoOne]

Thinking of trying one or the other. Has anyone played both? Your thoughts on which could be more fun, what's the population of the game like etc. Cheers.

[Oneman728]

Having Playedboth and dropping $ on EXpansions. I can tell you Both have their strengths and weaknesses. It mostly depends on what LORE you enjoy more. LOTRO is tied directly to the BOOKS, with a little tweaking to make it work as an MMO.

EQII has it's Own Lore which is almost as vast. BOTH Can Be $ intensive but if played a a steady pace it'll be awhile before you really need to Drop any $,

LOTRO Has a way to earn Cash Shop Currency. (the cash shop isnt Really P2W, but Cosmetics and Mounts can Be $$$$)

[NoOne]

Thank for replying Oneman728.

[Rhymar]

if you pay monthly fee for everquest 2 you dont need to spend more then that to play 100% nice way trough

[Premium]

I prefer EQ2 to LotRO, the combat is better, you have more choices (from classes, to builds, to crafting) and there is always more to do.

*I pay the 15 dollar monthly fee.

[Black Dragon Sol]

EQ2 doesn't have the annoying Sidequest Pack/Member requirements after 20-25 levels in the game than LotRO does iirc

It just has some of the expansions to buy and what not. But from what I know, Rise of Kunark and anything released before it is free. And I do love me some Sarnak,

That aside, LotRO overall has more locked content that's even more expensive to unlock unless you subscribe, but the expansions in EQ2 are the same exc. you can also permanently buy them, which still is less than all the content in LotRO that you can buy.

Lorewise, both games are pretty good, your character is tied with the happenings in the book series when it comes to LotRO, and EQ2 has it's own lore which is pretty intense too.

Gameplay wise, EQ2 has a bit more combat scheming from what I can see. And tons more classes, and the best part is is that no race is locked to a certain class unlike LotRO, sure, the stats of a race can be against what you class as, but at least that doesn't stop you from playing it out. EQ2 also lets you be evil without having to pay (Where LotRO made Monster-play Member/Purchase only)

Overall, however, both games should be given a try, I personally find EQ2 better, but that doesn't mean you should go with my suggestion.

And remember; have fun. uwu

[DrBloodWood]

i haven't played LoTR in a while but i have lost my interest in this game pretty fast and i think that eq2 ( even if the graphics are a bit fishy ) is better and has many links to WoW

[kerryleblanc]

Just on grphics alone EQ2 is better, WOW type games are just that stepchildren and wannabe's

[virpyre]

EQ2 content goes up to level 92 without having to purchase any expansion or gear/spell tier unlocks, you get unlimited inventory, races and classes.

LotRO content goes up to level 100 but you have to puchase the expansions and quest packs[www.lotro.com] after level 45'ish. (You can kill monsters you just can get side quests)You also only have two bags, as for races you can play as the default races.

IMO EQ2 is the better game to go with.

[Crix]

I have a question to go with this

can you solo EQ2 ? Look for a MMO that you can solo if needed. I know it's an MMO but I like playing with other people seldom.

[Premium]

You can solo all the way to the level cap. There are even solo dungeons near the end of the level range.

[virpyre]

There is solo-able versions of a group heroic dungeon in EQ2, however it's only a segment of the main story arc towards the end of the zone to advance the storyline.

As for class any class that can off-heal/tank imo is a good class but, Paladin, Shadowknight, Bruiser/Monk, Inquisitor and Necromancer are what come to mind.

[Muisteloinen]

Play this game not ropperyry game like lotro.
I buy expansion for lotro, but not get nothing, so yeah.. dont play any roppery games if you want to but you money for gaming, and lotro is one of roppery game.

[virpyre]

When you buy an expansion for lotro or any mmo for the matter you have to activated the key for the expansion on the games account page.

[Dobin]

i could go either way i mean EQII is like the grandpa of MMOs it haslots of stuff to do. But LoTRs gameplay is kinda boring but its a draw for me

[Dobin]

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