Can you ever truly run out of things to do in EQ2?

[Grong]

<p>Been playing since Dec. 2007.  I have one level 80 and a ton of alts on two accounts.</p><p>My problem is there is too much to do and I kind of do a little here and there and don't really accomplish much as I guess I have a short attention span.</p><p>But seriously, for those that have been playing since launch and even those that have come onboard since then-can you ever run out of things to do?</p><p>On my 80 I still haven't done any of the crafting on Mara-haven't got my Epic or any shard armor.  I have a bunch of alts from the teens up to the 60's.  Recently started Dual Boxing and am having a blast.  I love bringing each new alt through the Dungeons..especially SH and RE so far.</p><p>I still have 8 crafting professions I can level to 80.  A ton of alts to level.  Guild status grinding for my guild.  Helping guildies.  Start grouping and learn that part of the game.  Start raiding and see how I like it.  Haven't spent much time in moors and we have a new expansion coming out in 7 months.</p><p>This game has so much to offer I'm curious if anyone has got to the point of being close to running out of content?  I guess if you only like one or two things about the game you'd run out-but I applaud the Dev's who have made a game in which I feel lost at times due to its enormity.  Hoping for many more years of play.</p>

[Tehom]

<p>Well, you can run out of things to do that you -enjoy-. I'm not aware of anyone who's done every single quest in the game or anything like that, but everyone has different things that they consider fun content for them. Like someone who only solo's could exhaust all the content they consider interesting, or the same thing with someone who only enjoys raiding. I enjoy a lot about the game, so I don't think it's likely I'll ever run out of things to do.</p>

[Trellium]

<p>Well, especially if you dual box it increases the options since you might want to play with various combinations. When I dual boxed, I enjoyed doing strange stuff like dual wizards just to see how things go.</p>

[Azekah1]

<p>Never on a pvp server : )</p><p>Unless everyone quits : 0</p>

[Seidhkona]

<p>I have never run out of things to do.</p><ul><li>There's something like 8000 or 9000 quests in the game. <a href="http://eq2.fluffy.dk/" target="_blank">Fluffy.DK lists over 6000 of them</a>.</li><li>There are <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=347456#3939820" target="_blank">SCADS of collections</a>, have you finished them all?</li><li>There's <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=352194" target="_blank">1077 spots that give location dings</a>, have you found them all?</li><li>You have maxed your adventure level, your crafting level, and your secondary tradeskill?</li><li>You have alts of all types filling all available slots, and have them maxxed as adventurers and crafters?</li><li>You have maxed your faction with all the groups with whom you can win faction?</li><li>You have gotten <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Titles_organized_by_how_they_are_obtained" target="_blank">all the titles in the game</a> open to your character?</li><li>You have <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/show.m?forum_id=2487" target="_blank">decorated all your alts' houses</a>?</li><li>You have collected appearance clothing for every occasion? (Woo hoo! <a href="http://eq2images.station.sony.com/000/001/628/173.JPG" target="_blank">Another use for mannikins</a>, <a href="http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t342/ubergreendragon/EQ2_000576.jpg" target="_blank">showing it all off</a>!)</li></ul><p>And in between these items I help guildies, run an occasional fun raid, heal for more serious raids, and publish books!</p>

[Noaani]

<p>While it would be hard to run out of things to do, its not hard to run out of things to do that an individual considers enjoyable.</p>

[RafaelSmith]

<p><cite>Noaani wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>While it would be hard to run out of things to do, its not hard to run out of things to do that an individual considers enjoyable.</p></blockquote><p>Not just enjoyable but also things that an individual considers "progress".   There are very few things I find enjoyable in the game that are just for enjoyment.  Everything pretty has to give me some sense of "progress".</p><p>Once I got my 200AAs......all reason and incentive to go out and do quests I had skipped was gone. </p><p>Never really enjoyed tradeskilling.....again because I never really saw it as a way to "better" or "progress" my character.</p><p>Was left with instancing.....once I got all the shards I needed then it was on to raiding.</p><p>With limited time and total dependency on 24 others raiding is a very limited thing for me....done a 2 times a week at most.   Even if I wanted to raid more....as a Guard im stuck with the guild im in since getting into another one just isnt gonna happen.</p><p>Now Im looking at 8 or so months til the next expansion.....where any gear I get form now til then will most likely mean nothing.  Really does feel like ive run out of things to do in EQ2 which I qualify as "enjoyable" or "worthwhile".</p>

[Grong]

<p><cite>Gaylon@Mistmoore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Noaani wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>While it would be hard to run out of things to do, its not hard to run out of things to do that an individual considers enjoyable.</p></blockquote><p>Not just enjoyable but also things that an individual considers "progress".   There are very few things I find enjoyable in the game that are just for enjoyment.  Everything pretty has to give me some sense of "progress".</p><p>Once I got my 200AAs......all reason and incentive to go out and do quests I had skipped was gone. </p><p>Never really enjoyed tradeskilling.....again because I never really saw it as a way to "better" or "progress" my character.</p><p>Was left with instancing.....once I got all the shards I needed then it was on to raiding.</p><p>With limited time and total dependency on 24 others raiding is a very limited thing for me....done a 2 times a week at most.   Even if I wanted to raid more....as a Guard im stuck with the guild im in since getting into another one just isnt gonna happen.</p><p>Now Im looking at 8 or so months til the next expansion.....where any gear I get form now til then will most likely mean nothing.  Really does feel like ive run out of things to do in EQ2 which I qualify as "enjoyable" or "worthwhile".</p></blockquote><p>Sorry to hear that Gaylon.  How about starting an alt?  Thanks for your response.</p>

[Landiin]

<p><cite>Kelthus@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Sorry to hear that Gaylon.  How about starting an alt?  Thanks for your response.</p></blockquote><p>I hate this argument.. How about I don't wanna do the same grind all over again. Yea some people hate alts..</p>

[Levatino]

<p>well am currently in a project inside EQ2 to level slowly by turning of combat and quest xp.</p><p>you really see all the content there is, and the aa is also a bonus.</p><p>if you are a lore freek like I am this is a must go. And there are more players like me, look in this topic <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=439000" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=439000</a> to read about there progress.</p><p>So enough to do, yes for me and when I'm a little bored of eq2 (yes that's possible) I do another game but that doesn't take long cause I always return soon</p>

[Zehl_Ice-Fire]

<p>If you have no alts, you can easily run out of things to do after a few years even if you do every single thing in game - raiding, crafting, grouping, status, etc.</p><p>If you like having alts, it's endless if you don't mind repeating the same stuff a bunch of times.</p>

[Tattila]

<p><cite>Zehl_Ice-Fire wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If you have no alts, you can easily run out of things to do after a few years even if you do every single thing in game - raiding, crafting, grouping, status, etc.</p><p>If you like having alts, it's endless if you don't mind repeating the same stuff a bunch of times.</p></blockquote><p>after a few years</p><p>this is why i love this game, so much to do</p>

[Illine]

<p><cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I have never run out of things to do.</p><ul><li>There's something like 8000 or 9000 quests in the game. <a href="http://eq2.fluffy.dk/" target="_blank">Fluffy.DK lists over 6000 of them</a>.</li></ul><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">yeah but not always easy to find and boring for some of them (like waiting a mob who never pops)</span></strong><ul><li>There are <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=347456#3939820" target="_blank">SCADS of collections</a>, have you finished them all?</li></ul><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">costs a lot ... or luck to find them</span></strong><ul><li>There's <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=352194" target="_blank">1077 spots that give location dings</a>, have you found them all?</li></ul><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">not fun for me :p</span></strong><ul><li>You have maxed your adventure level, your crafting level, and your secondary tradeskill?</li></ul><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">craft is boring <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></span></strong><ul><li>You have alts of all types filling all available slots, and have them maxxed as adventurers and crafters?</li></ul><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">not everybody want alts .. for some redoing everything from lvl 1 to 80 is just annoying</span></strong><ul><li>You have maxed your faction with all the groups with whom you can win faction?</li></ul><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">what's the point for most of them?</span></strong><ul><li>You have gotten <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Titles_organized_by_how_they_are_obtained" target="_blank">all the titles in the game</a> open to your character?</li><li>You have <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/show.m?forum_id=2487" target="_blank">decorated all your alts' houses</a>?</li><li>You have collected appearance clothing for every occasion? (Woo hoo! <a href="http://eq2images.station.sony.com/000/001/628/173.JPG" target="_blank">Another use for mannikins</a>, <a href="http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t342/ubergreendragon/EQ2_000576.jpg" target="_blank">showing it all off</a>!)</li></ul><p>And in between these items I help guildies, run an occasional fun raid, heal for more serious raids, and publish books!</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>well since there are many things to do, not all a very enjoyable.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>So yeah, there are things to do, but if you don't like doing them you just won't and so you get bored or go do something else irl or on another game.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>that's what I do, I don't like sitting in front of my computer waiting 2 hours trying to form a group.</strong></span></p>

[RafaelSmith]

<p>Playing Alts is not the same thing as having additional things to do.......its simply doing the same stuff over again.</p>

[Rorasis]

<p>You can't run out of things to do in just about any MMO, but you can easily run out of things to do that you enjoy.</p>

[thajo]

<p>I rolled a wizard cause I enjoy DPSing.  I'll have something to do as long as theres zone to go dps in.</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p><cite>Gaylon@Mistmoore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Playing Alts is not the same thing as having additional things to do.......its simply doing the same stuff over again.</p></blockquote><p>With the huge amount of content at lower levels, I think its entirely possible to have at least a couple of alts who each can do a different levelling path, at least until level 50.  Personally I have a lot of alts and I've still never started a toon in Neriak (that has gone past level 2 lol) to try those starter quests.</p><p>I have taken breaks from EQ2 a couple of times over the years, and enjoyed playing other games (I currently play WoW on weekends with friends as well), but there are always things about EQ2 that brings me back.  When I maxed my WoW main, there truly wasn't anything much left for me to do but login every other day and check the broker.  In EQ2, I get a lot of enjoyment out of crafting (I have 3 level 80 crafters and several lowbie crafters), and especially I enjoy the house decorating aspect.  The decorating is the one thing I really missed the most from EQ2.  While I played Vanguard I did a lot of decorating (decorated a large guild hall plus my own house) but you are limited to 1 very small house (even at the largest size) and maybe a guild hall if you are lucky... then what?  You can only re-decorate so many times!  Here, I have a whole server full of alts to decorate for, and even take commissions to decorate for others.  I also raid casually with friends, and am working on getting a second alt to level 80 so that I can play/raid with her when my main's class isn't required or she has a timer for a zone.</p>

[Nighrbringer]

<p><cite>Toran@Oasis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Kelthus@Nektulos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Sorry to hear that Gaylon.  How about starting an alt?  Thanks for your response.</p></blockquote><p>I hate this argument.. How about I don't wanna do the same grind all over again. Yea some people hate alts..</p></blockquote><p>For some people the only enjoyment they get is watching their numbers increase. These are a sad lot of individuals, they do not have the capability to actually enjoy the gameplay and have no sense of wonder or adventure.</p><p>The true enjoyment of this game is the journey, not the destination. Those who take their time and enjoy that journey will never run out of things to do. For the rest, your frustrations are of your own making. The developers can only generate new content just so fast and it is not their fault you choose to skip over 90% of it since it does not increase your numbers.</p>

[Nighrbringer]

<p><cite>Eveningsong wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Gaylon@Mistmoore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Playing Alts is not the same thing as having additional things to do.......its simply doing the same stuff over again.</p></blockquote><p>With the huge amount of content at lower levels, I think its entirely possible to have at least a couple of alts who each can do a different levelling path, at least until level 50.  Personally I have a lot of alts and I've still never started a toon in Neriak (that has gone past level 2 lol) to try those starter quests.</p><p>I have taken breaks from EQ2 a couple of times over the years, and enjoyed playing other games (I currently play WoW on weekends with friends as well), but there are always things about EQ2 that brings me back.  When I maxed my WoW main, there truly wasn't anything much left for me to do but login every other day and check the broker.  In EQ2, I get a lot of enjoyment out of crafting (I have 3 level 80 crafters and several lowbie crafters), and especially I enjoy the house decorating aspect.  The decorating is the one thing I really missed the most from EQ2.  While I played Vanguard I did a lot of decorating (decorated a large guild hall plus my own house) but you are limited to 1 very small house (even at the largest size) and maybe a guild hall if you are lucky... then what?  You can only re-decorate so many times!  Here, I have a whole server full of alts to decorate for, and even take commissions to decorate for others.  I also raid casually with friends, and am working on getting a second alt to level 80 so that I can play/raid with her when my main's class isn't required or she has a timer for a zone.</p></blockquote><p>I just wish they would make larger housing available in areas like Baubleshire. There are unused doorways that could be changed into entrances to 2 or 3 room houses using existing models for a minimum of effort.</p>

[stgninja]

<p>There is always something you can do in EQ2, its just a matter of coming up with ideas.  For example I know of one guy on my server that has spent the time to fraps heritage quests for his guild.  Another person (not on my server) made a EQ2 version of the infamous "numa numa" video.  Other people have left their orginal server to play on test to try and better the game.</p><p>So I guess my point is everything you can do in EQ2 doesn't have to involve your character.</p>

[Cigam]

<p>Think everyone should come try PVP!!  /nod</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I have never run out of things to do.</p><ul><li>There's something like 8000 or 9000 quests in the game. <a href="http://eq2.fluffy.dk/" target="_blank">Fluffy.DK lists over 6000 of them</a>.</li><li>There are <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=347456#3939820" target="_blank">SCADS of collections</a>, have you finished them all?</li><li>There's <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=352194" target="_blank">1077 spots that give location dings</a>, have you found them all?</li><li>You have maxed your adventure level, your crafting level, and your secondary tradeskill?</li><li>You have alts of all types filling all available slots, and have them maxxed as adventurers and crafters?</li><li>You have maxed your faction with all the groups with whom you can win faction?</li><li>You have gotten <a href="http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Titles_organized_by_how_they_are_obtained" target="_blank">all the titles in the game</a> open to your character?</li><li>You have <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/forums/show.m?forum_id=2487" target="_blank">decorated all your alts' houses</a>?</li><li>You have collected appearance clothing for every occasion? (Woo hoo! <a href="http://eq2images.station.sony.com/000/001/628/173.JPG" target="_blank">Another use for mannikins</a>, <a href="http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t342/ubergreendragon/EQ2_000576.jpg" target="_blank">showing it all off</a>!)</li></ul><p>And in between these items I help guildies, run an occasional fun raid, heal for more serious raids, and publish books!</p></blockquote><p>To add to this list:</p><p>Have you leveled up all 24 characters to level 80 and got the mythical epic weapon for all 24?</p><p>There's something to do. You gotta delete and start over again, but it's something to do.</p>

[Illine]

<p>but it's just a game and sometimes it's nice to have nothing to do in the game and have something to do irl <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p>

[salle]

<p>Well it doesn't really matter if you can truly run out of things to do or not.</p><p>What does matter is if you run out of things you want/like to do.</p>