A_Forum_Dwelling_Halfling001 has Spawned!

[Piestro]

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/2012/02/piestro.png" width="400" height="324" /></p><p>Hey Folks,</p><p>My name is Piestro, and I'm a Halfling.</p><p>/em waits for the "Hi Piestro."</p><p>Some of you may have seen me in an occasional post, Facebook update, or tweet in my role as a member of the SOE Community Team. Previously I was assigned to EverQuest, but it's my pleasure to announce that I am now taking on the role of EverQuest II Community Relations Manager!</p><p>So who am I? Well, I'm a long time fan of SOE Games, and an experienced Community Relations professional. For a little more than a year I've been working on EverQuest. This was easy for me, as EverQuest was always my favorite MMO and getting to work on it as a professional was a dream come true in many senses.</p><p>While I dearly love EQ, its Dev Team, and community, when I was told I would be switching to EQII I was very excited. In my role on the Community Team I have been attending EQII meetings for some time and every time I learned more about the game, I'd get a little more curious and interested. I'm really looking forward to the next GU. You'll all be hearing more about it soon enough!</p><p>Working with the EQII Team is a fantastic opportunity and I'm very much looking forward to getting to know all of you; I strongly believe that the true heart of any MMORPG is the community of players who inhabit it. The EverQuest II player community is passionate and creative, and cares about their game; what better group of people to work with could there be?</p><p>I'm also having a lot of fun playing EQII! I'm one of those people who was too invested in EQ at the time EQII launched to make the switch - yeah, one of those people. I logged into EQII for the first time back in December, and was amazed at the depth and polish of the game. I started playing a Defiler and loved the Neriak starting experience, with all the story and lore packed in there. Since then I've started a Shadow Knight and am busy leveling him, but you might see me roaming about Norrath leveling my Halfling soon; the question is, should he be a Warden or Fury? I'd love to hear your opinions before I create him.</p><p>You'll hear more from me soon on the forums, and say hi if you see me in-game!</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>-Piestro</p>

[Calthine]

<p><span >Piestro!  Happy to have you aboard <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Careful, they nibble on halflings around here!</span></p>

[Cyliena]

<p>"Hi Piestro!"</p><p>Welcome to our crazy family! Be thankful you aren't a gnome, they're treated MUCH worse.. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Flidias]

<p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Mystfit]

<p>Hi there and welcome!!!</p><p>PS!! Warden!!!</p>

[Cloudrat]

<p>OO  short people I like short people.  Welcome aboard! Fasten your seat belt<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Flidias wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Wait this is a bring your own cookies type deal? I was told there would be cookies and pie in EQII!  Amnerys... She is a trickster.</p>

[Yimway]

<p>I'm sooo thrilled to get another CM that doesn't really know this game.</p><p>Awesome.</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Atan@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm sooo thrilled to get another CM that doesn't really know this game.</p><p>Awesome.</p></blockquote><p>I'm not super familiar with EQ2 at the moment, I agree.</p><p>It's not absolutely necessary for a CRM to play the game, but I find it incredibly useful. As a result I am hitting EQ2 hard and will be leveling up multiple characters to cap; it makes my job easier and is something I've done in previous games I've worked on. Obviously this is something that will take time, but I also am fortunate to work with quite a few EQ2 players and I'll be drawing on their experiences as well. It's also nice that I have a good social group to fall back on; many of my friends play EQ2 and I've been spending quite a bit of time with them lately.</p><p>Ultimately I think you'll be happy with my knowledge of the game, but that's one of those things I'll prove over the coming months. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[EQPrime]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Atan@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm sooo thrilled to get another CM that doesn't really know this game.</p><p>Awesome.</p></blockquote><p>I'm not super familiar with EQ2 at the moment, I agree.</p><p>It's not absolutely necessary for a CRM to play the game, but I find it incredibly useful. As a result I am hitting EQ2 hard and will be leveling up multiple characters to cap; it makes my job easier and is something I've done in previous games I've worked on. Obviously this is something that will take time, but I also am fortunate to work with quite a few EQ2 players and I'll be drawing on their experiences as well. It's also nice that I have a good social group to fall back on; many of my friends play EQ2 and I've been spending quite a bit of time with them lately.</p><p>Ultimately I think you'll be happy with my knowledge of the game, but that's one of those things I'll prove over the coming months. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Welcome.  Good luck, you need it with the prosoebackstabian1.29237 fiasco going on!</p>

[feldon30]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Flidias wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Wait this is a bring your own cookies type deal? I was told there would be cookies and pie in EQII!  Amnerys... She is a trickster.</p></blockquote><p>Best of luck to you. Things have gone a little kaka in the past few days.</p>

[SisterTheresa]

<p>Well well no wonder you looked familiar!</p><p>*is from EQ as well*</p><p>Glad to have you!</p><p>And be a Guardian!  Pfffft silly Wardens and Furies! .... ..... *runs*</p>

[NikkiT]

<p>Welcome to EQ2 Piestro...couldn't have picked a more...interesting...time. <em>*imagines the room in Runnyeye where the goblins are cooking the halflings*</em></p>

[Piestro]

<p>I've been quietly involved in EQ2 for some time, and have been writing up some of the reports on current EQ2 player issues. We don't always get to pick a quiet moment to make these sorts of changes and today happened to be the day. Hopefully I can contribute positively to overall forum discussions and help bring things back into a more normal frame of reference.</p><p>I do ask that we try and keep those other issues which we're refering to in their own thread, this is very important for reporting and communicating player issues upwards and outwards.</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>-P</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Flidias wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Wait this is a bring your own cookies type deal? I was told there would be cookies and pie in EQII!  Amnerys... She is a trickster.</p></blockquote><p>Domino usually has some on her desk <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Flidias wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Wait this is a bring your own cookies type deal? I was told there would be cookies and pie in EQII!  Amnerys... She is a trickster.</p></blockquote><p>Domino usually has some on her desk <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>She feeds us poor souls in Community from time to time from her baked treasure trove. It is much appreciated!</p>

[Raffir]

<p>Welcome Piestro....grab a chair and set a'while <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Raf</p>

[Giallolas]

<p><cite>Atan@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm sooo thrilled to get another CM that doesn't really know this game.</p><p>Awesome.</p></blockquote><p>I get it you're a glass half empty kind of fellow?  I would like to also extend a warm welcome to anyone who is part of the team for this game.  I absolutely love the game, the direction it's taken, and the fun I've had in it for these many years.  I sure hope that you too enjoy your stay with us.  Welcome!</p>

[Yimway]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ultimately I think you'll be happy with my knowledge of the game, but that's one of those things I'll prove over the coming months. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I like your ambition and perspective so far.  Understand from the player community its been difficult with recent CM's as their understanding of the game was very limited and generally focused to the fluff aspects of the game.  The resulting over attention and communication on fluff vs the actual game has alot of us old timers a bit bitter <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I think you'll find this community overall is pretty awesome, part of that awesomeness comes from their passion, which at the moment is a bit more heated than usual.</p><p>I'll try not to flame you again for atleast 2 weeks, as a breaking in period =)</p>

[oafgirl]

<p>Yes, you now understand the ancient curse:  May you live in interesting times!</p><p>I have heard you talking about EverQuest in past SOE Podcasts.  I trust you will take the enthusiasm for EQ I heard then and apply it to EQ's younger sibling.</p><p>As a barbarian lass, I may be on the other end of the Norrathian height spectrum, but we are both from less common races, it seems.  As a current EQ *and* EQ2 player, I tend to see halflings as Wardens more than Furies.</p><p>The *real* question is -- which tradeskill will you be pursuing?  (Provisioner is NOT an automatic choice for halflings....)</p>

[Yimway]

<p><cite>Giallolas wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Atan@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm sooo thrilled to get another CM that doesn't really know this game.</p><p>Awesome.</p></blockquote><p>I get it you're a glass half empty kind of fellow?  I would like to also extend a warm welcome to anyone who is part of the team for this game.  I absolutely love the game, the direction it's taken, and the fun I've had in it for these many years.  I sure hope that you too enjoy your stay with us.  Welcome!</p></blockquote><p>Its not a glass half empty thing.  I just personally believe a good CM is someone who is first passionate about the product they're going to represent.  We've had a few CM's over the years that were first passionate about EQ2 then became a CM.  Those folks have been pretty awesome for the community.</p><p>We've also had some that got shifted around and tried to 'learn on the job' about the product they're managing, and well from my perspective some of those folks have been pretty aweful from a CM perspective.  Their abilitiy to communicate up and down on core gameplay issues was somewhat lacking.</p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Flidias wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Wait this is a bring your own cookies type deal? I was told there would be cookies and pie in EQII!  Amnerys... She is a trickster.</p></blockquote><p>Ask your local Halfling, Domino ;p</p><p>Welcome aboard and good luck in those troubled time.</p><p>*starts pondering roasted halfling with jumjum sauce* Halflings are yummy you know?</p>

[Rendoir]

<p>Just what we need - a new community manager. Well - lucky you cos you just happened to join when the community begins unravelling, cancelling accounts. Quite a cushy little job you should have here.</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>oafgirl wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, you now understand the ancient curse:  May you live in interesting times!</p><p>I have heard you talking about EverQuest in past SOE Podcasts.  I trust you will take the enthusiasm for EQ I heard then and apply it to EQ's younger sibling.</p><p>As a barbarian lass, I may be on the other end of the Norrathian height spectrum, but we are both from less common races, it seems.  As a current EQ *and* EQ2 player, I tend to see halflings as Wardens more than Furies.</p><p>The *real* question is -- which tradeskill will you be pursuing?  (Provisioner is NOT an automatic choice for halflings....)</p></blockquote><p>Tradeskills in EQII are different enough for me that I'm not quite sure yet. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Any reccomendations?</p>

[SOE-MOD-07]

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[Whilhelmina]

<p>Carpenter to decorate your cute hobbit hole (I'm makig a frilly one currently on Storms or wherever it'll end up to be :/).</p><p>Provisionner to make your tasty food...</p><p>mmmh...</p><p>Everything else is just fluff for a halfling!</p>

[SOE-MOD-07]

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[Kryvak]

<p><cite>Impact@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Also - as community manager maybe you'd like to head here - <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=1712&topic_id=515195">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=515195</a></p><p>and do some community management</p></blockquote><p>Fixed the link.</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>oafgirl wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, you now understand the ancient curse:  May you live in interesting times!</p><p>I have heard you talking about EverQuest in past SOE Podcasts.  I trust you will take the enthusiasm for EQ I heard then and apply it to EQ's younger sibling.</p><p>As a barbarian lass, I may be on the other end of the Norrathian height spectrum, but we are both from less common races, it seems.  As a current EQ *and* EQ2 player, I tend to see halflings as Wardens more than Furies.</p><p>The *real* question is -- which tradeskill will you be pursuing?  (Provisioner is NOT an automatic choice for halflings....)</p></blockquote><p>Tradeskills in EQII are different enough for me that I'm not quite sure yet. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> Any reccomendations?</p></blockquote><p>Go through the Tradeskill tutorial quest line and find the one that you find interesting, either from the process or products made <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Onorem]

<p>Welcome Piestro.</p>

[Marnus]

<p><cite>Atan@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm sooo thrilled to get another CM that doesn't really know this game.</p><p>Awesome.</p></blockquote><p>I used to play eq1 before i came to eq2, and trust me, getting Piestro as our CM is a good thing<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Welcome to EQ2 Piestro, I'm suddenly more optimistic about this game than i have been in a long time<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Finora]

<p>Welcome Piestro.</p><p>Certainly is an interesting time for them to toss another hafling into the pot so to speak. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Good luck!</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>oafgirl wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, you now understand the ancient curse:  May you live in interesting times!</p><p>I have heard you talking about EverQuest in past SOE Podcasts.  I trust you will take the enthusiasm for EQ I heard then and apply it to EQ's younger sibling.</p><p>As a barbarian lass, I may be on the other end of the Norrathian height spectrum, but we are both from less common races, it seems.  As a current EQ *and* EQ2 player, I tend to see halflings as Wardens more than Furies.</p><p>The *real* question is -- which tradeskill will you be pursuing?  (Provisioner is NOT an automatic choice for halflings....)</p></blockquote><p>Tradeskills in EQII are different enough for me that I'm not quite sure yet. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> Any reccomendations?</p></blockquote><p>Go through the Tradeskill tutorial quest line and find the one that you find interesting, either from the process or products made <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I took my defiler (first toon, one I'll come back to eventually) to about level 19 in tradeskills. It's fun but that seems like a long road that I'm not sure I want to commit to just yet. I'm hoarding materials for that future day. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Te'ana]

<p>Welcome aboad! I am so glad you have already posted in that "other" thread. Keep up the good comunications and I recommend a carpenter if you like working with housing <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Whilhelmina]

<p>Every 20 levels, you get more powerfull counters, so even if the 19 first levels are hard, at 20 it starts to get better. And Domino added some marvellous questlines along the way that sure help a lot. *Points at her signature for a tradeskill walkthrough* er... only if you know french. *points at eq2traders instead* well, you know it already I'm sure ;p</p><p>Beware, hoarding is bad! Packrats are ebil! And they eat your cheese!</p>

[Uwkete-of-Crushbone]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>oafgirl wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, you now understand the ancient curse:  May you live in interesting times!</p><p>I have heard you talking about EverQuest in past SOE Podcasts.  I trust you will take the enthusiasm for EQ I heard then and apply it to EQ's younger sibling.</p><p>As a barbarian lass, I may be on the other end of the Norrathian height spectrum, but we are both from less common races, it seems.  As a current EQ *and* EQ2 player, I tend to see halflings as Wardens more than Furies.</p><p>The *real* question is -- which tradeskill will you be pursuing?  (Provisioner is NOT an automatic choice for halflings....)</p></blockquote><p>Tradeskills in EQII are different enough for me that I'm not quite sure yet. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> Any reccomendations?</p></blockquote><p>Go through the Tradeskill tutorial quest line and find the one that you find interesting, either from the process or products made <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I took my defiler (first toon, one I'll come back to eventually) to about level 19 in tradeskills. It's fun but that seems like a long road that I'm not sure I want to commit to just yet. I'm hoarding materials for that future day. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I'm a huge fan of creating dozens of characters (loved it when character slots became available in the Marketplace!), but will limit myself to only 9 per server: one for each of the tradeskills.  If you're not in a guild yet, and/or don't have a regular large group with all the tradeskills covered, it's not a bad idea, IMHO.  And the tradeskill tutes, etc. are all very similiar until the point where you have to make a decision.</p><p>One word of advice from a long-term (from EQ1 as well) player friend of mine: if you go with something like Armorer, Tailor, Weaponsmith, or Woodworker for your own gear, try to keep your crafter level 10 above your adventurer level; that way, you have everything you might need covered.</p><p>I "only" have 3 characters on Antonia Bayle (though that may change, if I have to ah--shift--some for...other reasons), and if you only want to juggle a few, I'd suggest a Tailor for bags, a Carpenter for strong boxes (and housing goodies!!), and a Provisioner for food/drink; that last largely because NPC vendor stuff is pretty useless and player-made stuff on the Broker is really expensive. ;-></p><p>Another thought: look at your AA stuff and see what your race(s) are getting perks for being good at every 10 levels: trolls for provisioning, ratongas for alchemy, etc.</p><p>Also, this way, you won't "have" to keep your tradeskilling up (Provisioners have a WIDE range of levels that their food/drink can "last" before going "bad" [= grey], and can just support your local Armorers, Weaponsmiths, and Woodworkers (aka AWW; also Jewelers, Alchemists, and Sages [JAS]). ;-></p><p>Uwk</p><p>P.S. EQ2Traders.com is a good site for help!  I rely on it muchly. --U.</p>

[Katz]

<p>Warden/carpenter.  Yes...thats what you should make. *nods*</p>

[Torvos]

<p>You've been the Community Manager for LoN for a while now, that seems to have gone nowhere. How can we trust that it isn't going to be a lot of the same here?</p>

[GlitterPaws]

<p>Warm welcomes from another close to the earth Norrathian.</p>

[Calthine]

<p>OH HORRORS!  I have missed a guilde-linking opportunity!!</p><p><a href="http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Crafting_Guides_%28EQ2%29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.zam.com/wiki/Crafting_Guides_%28EQ2%29</a></p>

[Calthine]

<p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Torvos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>You've been the Community Manager for LoN for a while now, that seems to have gone nowhere. How can we trust that it isn't going to be a lot of the same here?</p></blockquote><p>Ultimately the proof will be in the pudding. I can talk a pretty good game, but results matter more.</p><p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Brasse totally tricked me, this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE.</blockquote><p>I look at that and think Brasse needs to cut back on the free Red Bull in the break room.</p>

[Iskandar]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>That's an awesome Owlman! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" /> <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/49869fe8223507d7223db3451e5321aa.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Brasse totally tricked me, this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE.</blockquote><p>I look at that and think Brasse needs to cut back on the free Red Bull in the break room.</p></blockquote><p>*nod*</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Torvos wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>You've been the Community Manager for LoN for a while now, that seems to have gone nowhere. How can we trust that it isn't going to be a lot of the same here?</p></blockquote><p>Ultimately the proof will be in the pudding. I can talk a pretty good game, but results matter more.</p><p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p></blockquote><p>Hey--at least this is way better than the usual 6-pack Knight you usually see on Facebook pictures.  This took Skill and Cunning!  I mean, at least, I *think* it did...</p>

[Reloshan]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p></blockquote><p>This picture still terrifies me, and I still wonder where you were going with it.  Nightmares...</p><p>(Welcome to EQ2, Piestro!!  Halfling stew sounds delicious)</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Reloshan wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p></blockquote><p>This picture still terrifies me, and I still wonder where you were going with it.  Nightmares...</p><p>(Welcome to EQ2, Piestro!!  Halfling stew sounds delicious)</p></blockquote><p>I took a day off. When I got back there was an email saying "Oh hey, we're having a contest in our department to see who builds the best tinfoil hat. There's a SC card for the winner". I'm competitive and I like SC so I knew who was gonna win that sucker.</p><p>I didn't realize it would also involve pictures taken and shared with the community. Probably my fault there. I'd still have gone all out, I do love me my SC, although I might not have made quite as odd a face. Live and learn I guess, who knew dwarves were as tricksy as elves.</p>

[Elomort]

<p>I've sort of been out of the loop since getting sick of SOE sneking blocks into the market but not letting crafters make them... that and prosieben stealing all my European friends and stuff... Oh and stealing our meatbeast pets... or and merging servers that were full.... and some other things.</p><p>My question to the lunchmeat.... I mean CM... Uhhhh, did Amnerys quit? Why exactly are you in this position?</p>

[Enna]

<p>Hello Piestro --</p><p>Welcome to post-Shattering Norrath. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>As a former EQ player, I can say from experience that the adventuring is fairly similar to the pre-Shattering version. Not identical, but similar enough that the transition shouldn't be too difficult. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>The crafting, however, is quite different.</p><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>oafgirl wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The *real* question is -- which tradeskill will you be pursuing?  (Provisioner is NOT an automatic choice for halflings....)</p></blockquote><p>Tradeskills in EQII are different enough for me that I'm not quite sure yet. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> Any reccomendations?</p></blockquote><p>Go through the Tradeskill tutorial quest line and find the one that you find interesting, either from the process or products made <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>I took my defiler (first toon, one I'll come back to eventually) to about level 19 in tradeskills. It's fun but that seems like a long road that I'm not sure I want to commit to just yet. I'm hoarding materials for that future day. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Crafting is just about equally as long as adventuring. If you're willing to embark upon that road, and do it multiple times no less, then traveling the crafting path at least once should not be too overwhelming!</p><p>Here, unlike "Classic" EQ, we get a lot of quests that we can do to help us level up our characters' crafting skills faster. It's probably easiest to do the crafting quests while you're also growing in adventuring, so that the local fauna is not splattering you all over the countryside. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Zam can be helpful, but I find my biggest sanity-saver is Denmum's site at eq2.eqtraders.com -- might want to take a peek there, too, if you're at all willing to explore that half of the game.</p><p>I made the mistake of counting recently, and discovered I have 60 alts spread across 5 servers and a couple different accounts. Denmum talks about her "3-account alt army" (though she hasn't given a count). Cloudrat may have even more characters than I do.</p><p>We all do crafting, as do many other players.</p><p>I'd expect that if we can do tradeskills, then you can too. *grins* In some cases, people craft more than they adventure. So sampling crafting should be part of thoroughly learning EverQuest II, if that is your ambition.</p><p>And remember... name of the game is EverQUEST (not EverRaid... it's not about bug spray! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /> )</p><p>Anyhow, welcome to EQII. Hope you enjoy it here among us. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>PS -- I'd recommend Warden over Fury. Wardens have the option to improve melee abilities, giving them more flexibility. And then either tailor (for clothing and backpacks) or Carpenter (bank boxes and Decorating!!) as ways to explore crafting. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Ealthina]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Reloshan wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p></blockquote><p>This picture still terrifies me, and I still wonder where you were going with it.  Nightmares...</p><p>(Welcome to EQ2, Piestro!!  Halfling stew sounds delicious)</p></blockquote><p>I took a day off. When I got back there was an email saying "Oh hey, we're having a contest in our department to see who builds the best tinfoil hat. There's a SC card for the winner". I'm competitive and I like SC so I knew who was gonna win that sucker.</p><p>I didn't realize it would also involve pictures taken and shared with the community. Probably my fault there. I'd still have gone all out, I do love me my SC, although I might not have made quite as odd a face. Live and learn I guess, who knew dwarves were as tricksy as elves.</p></blockquote><p>The fact you admit you like SC (I realize you have to) cements the fact this game is headed in the wrong direction...</p>

[Grycks]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Reloshan wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p></blockquote><p>This picture still terrifies me, and I still wonder where you were going with it.  Nightmares...</p><p>(Welcome to EQ2, Piestro!!  Halfling stew sounds delicious)</p></blockquote><p>I took a day off. When I got back there was an email saying "Oh hey, we're having a contest in our department to see who builds the best tinfoil hat. There's a SC card for the winner". I'm competitive and I like SC so I knew who was gonna win that sucker.</p><p>I didn't realize it would also involve pictures taken and shared with the community. Probably my fault there. I'd still have gone all out, I do love me my SC, although I might not have made quite as odd a face. Live and learn I guess, who knew dwarves were as tricksy as elves.</p></blockquote><p>Did you win?</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Thimdirran@Butcherblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Did you win?</p></blockquote><p>I was one of two winners yes.</p>

[wullailhuit]

<p>Will you be the CM for the EU servers or will we be getting cut loose?</p>

[Leawyn]

<p>As a fellow Halfling (FOR LIFE!) I welcome you. Halflings make great healers, but I've never enjoyed druids (just my own thing, I tried, I really did!) so I went with a mystic and love it. She's a spitfire in her chainmain bikini top and giant 2h hammer to smash heads in!</p>

[SiegaPlays]

<p><cite>Cheesers@Mistmoore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The fact you admit you like SC (I realize you have to) cements the fact this game is headed in the wrong direction...</p></blockquote><p>Maybe Pietro is just saving up for that victorian inspired hotpink gold-laced princess dress they are putting on the marketplace next month... should look amazing on the little folks.</p><p>I like SC too, spending them all on ethernaut booster packs in hopes of one of the housing licenses my toons do not have :p</p><p>Welcome to the nuthouse, the inmates runs the asylum, when govs minds their own business.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p><cite>SiegaPlays wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Cheesers@Mistmoore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The fact you admit you like SC (I realize you have to) cements the fact this game is headed in the wrong direction...</p></blockquote><p>Maybe Pietro is just saving up for that victorian inspired hotpink gold-laced princess dress they are putting on the marketplace next month... should look amazing on the little folks.</p><p>I like SC too, spending them all on ethernaut booster packs in hopes of one of the housing licenses my toons do not have :p</p><p>Welcome to the nuthouse, the inmates runs the asylum, when govs minds their own business.</p></blockquote><p>The fact that people are <em>still</em> lamenting about SC amazes me.  That train left the station (no pun intended) ages ago.  I think we can all agree that there are bigger and better boogeymen to joust at now, can't we?</p><p>Welcome to the Jungle, Pietro.  Nice to have you here.  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Luvmelots]

<p><span>HUGGS!!!!! Wecome to the EQ2 family Piestro </span><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" /> As a fellow smaller race I can sympathise with ya. I'm fortunate that people don't want to eat me (poor Halflings), but I have racked up loads of frequent flyer miles with the Gnome Punting sign taped to my back. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Between end game raiding, questing, crafting, decorating & all the other wonderful events that are going on there is much for entertainment.</p><p>I'd go Templar over a Druid. Templar's are win! As for crafting...carpenter is an awsome way to go. Comes in handy if/when ya go to decorate.</p><p>So...um...is going from EQ to EQ2 a promotion or a demotion (just kidding)? Again welcome to the Community & may you have safe travels through Norrath.</p>

[Caela]

<p>Welcome Piestro!</p><p>I have a long line of little people...  mostly gnomes though. But I'm married to a halfling....  our children are quarterlings.</p><p>I made a halfling defiler - mostly just so I could have a halfling defiler.</p>

[Daedalus Raistlin]

Welcome, Piestro! Don't let the hard times get you down, please. I welcome anyone brave enough to step up to the act of CM - this place isn't the most welcoming. I apologize that I don't much care for the shorter races...but I like you right now, so that says something. You're in for a difficult time, so if I may be frank...Mystic. Defiler is nice enough but ... as a former raid healer, Mystic kicks *ss. Anyway, good luck in your role, I envision great success and fun in EQ2 for you. - Sharafi, former raid Mystic.

[Vinyard]

<p>sup Big Daddy P</p><p>I'm going to go out on a limb and take a guess that Amnerys/Isulith are either going to go to EQNext, or PS2.</p><p>Confirm/Deny ploxz0rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr</p><p>also, hello friend. I am vinyard</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Vinyard@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm going to go out on a limb and take a guess that Amnerys/Isulith are either going to go to EQNext, or PS2.</p></blockquote><p>Amnerys went to CM for Clone Wars Adventures and Free Realms.</p><p>Isulith has a position with SOE, not in community, but I'm not sure it's public knowledge where, so I don't feel at liberty to say where.</p><p>Several of the CMs are shifted around. It's not uncommon, happens at least every other year, I think.</p>

[Alpharaz]

<p>I don't know weather to feel bad for EQ1, or be happy for EQ2, but if Piestro does half the job he's done on EQ1 I think everyone will be pleased. It's rough time stepping into this position during this fiasco with a very angry bitter mob of players though. I've been impressed how you've randomly popped in to give us information when none of our  regular EQ2ers would even bother trying. Welcome aboard and great to have a dedicated CM that will actually post and communicate on our side.</p>

[Larkverdin]

<p>As someone else already said (very aptly), welcome to the jungle halfling.</p><p>Also, your halfling should be a fury. I'd give you a list of reasons, but it'd make the warden's cry and we're all friends here. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p>

[unicorndreamer]

<p>Greetings and Welcome!  Have to make a vote for WARDEN! Course I am a little prejudiced <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Necrotherian]

<p><cite>Enna wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I made the mistake of counting recently, and discovered I have 60 alts spread across 5 servers and a couple different accounts. Denmum talks about her "3-account alt army" (though she hasn't given a count). Cloudrat may have even more characters than I do.</p></blockquote><p>Wow.  I that that <strong><em>I</em></strong> was bad with 33 toons on three accounts on two servers.</p><p>Well, anyway, welcome to the team Piestro.  (I'm assuming that the pronunciation is PIE-stro, not Pee-EH-stro.)</p>

[Jeevess]

<p>Welcome to the family !</p><p>         I would say a warden as im prejudiced and a halfling warden is my  main =)</p>

[Rosss]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Flidias wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi Piestro!</p><p>1) Did you bring cookies?</p><p>2) Did you bring Ale?</p><p>If not you will be a nice sammich! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Wait this is a bring your own cookies type deal? I was told there would be cookies and pie in EQII!  Amnerys... She is a trickster.</p></blockquote><p>Domino usually has some on her desk <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>It's not her desk anymore yeah?</p>

[Yimway]

<p><cite>Maewyn@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>As a fellow Halfling (FOR LIFE!) I welcome you. Halflings make great healers, but I've never enjoyed druids (just my own thing, I tried, I really did!) so I went with a mystic and love it. She's a spitfire in her chainmain bikini top and giant 2h hammer to smash heads in!</p></blockquote><p>Mae,</p><p>I say for him to get 'street cred' he's gotta role templar and raid on it in a dps group. =P</p>

[Leawyn]

<p><cite>Atan@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Maewyn@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>As a fellow Halfling (FOR LIFE!) I welcome you. Halflings make great healers, but I've never enjoyed druids (just my own thing, I tried, I really did!) so I went with a mystic and love it. She's a spitfire in her chainmain bikini top and giant 2h hammer to smash heads in!</p></blockquote><p>Mae,</p><p>I say for him to get 'street cred' he's gotta role templar and raid on it in a dps group. =P</p></blockquote><p>He couldn't handle our DPS group. They're evil little beasts over there in that group! I'll keep my group thank you!</p>

[Piestro]

<p><cite>Rotherian@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Enna wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I made the mistake of counting recently, and discovered I have 60 alts spread across 5 servers and a couple different accounts. Denmum talks about her "3-account alt army" (though she hasn't given a count). Cloudrat may have even more characters than I do.</p></blockquote><p>Wow.  I that that <strong><em>I</em></strong> was bad with 33 toons on three accounts on two servers.</p><p>Well, anyway, welcome to the team Piestro.  (I'm assuming that the pronunciation is PIE-stro, not Pee-EH-stro.)</p></blockquote><p>It is Pie-stro. Sorta like the Maestro of Pies. I did not come up with this name primarily to troll Zatozia (another CRM here on the team), that is a vicious rumor.</p><p>Had he initially been created in EQ2 he probably would have been a dirge, but since Original EQ does not have the option of halfling bards (I'm assuming because the great number of love ballads dedicated to baked goods was deemed a threat to the pre-shattering Norrath) I went with a druid instead.</p><p>Now that I've travelled in time, I feel loyal to the little digger. So Warden or Fury it is. I've played a few levels of each now, of course not enough to see the difference.  Maybe I'll have to level both (eventually) on different servers.</p>

[Varixx Tarnok]

<p>Forget the druid, my halfling future snack...err....friend.</p><p>Mystic's where its at. Barring that, there aren't nearly enough halfling coercers or assassins in this game.</p>

[Anastasie]

My vote is for Fury (but I hate playing melee characters) Fury = Caster Healer - goes best in a mage group if you like raiding. Can heal a group to full faster than any other healer and can also nuke very effectively (we love group encounters - pew pew). Warden = Melee Healer - goes best in the tank/melee group. (although they are rarely needed for raiding - pretty much only encounters that need root immunity for the tank group). Wardens do excel in heroic instances and PVP. They are the more defensive druid healer.

[Squeecha]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>I musts say though, if that's what he does at the office, I can't WAIT for pictures from Vegas.........</p>

[Arbreth]

<p>Wardens are the taxicabs of Norrath...</p><p>I have both a Warden and a Fury, and a Mystic, and well... I have one of every healer and a Dirge.  I love my Mystic and my Dirge, as for the druids, its a toss up, perhaps the Fury more, but I am more of a castery type anyway <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Torri]

<p>Welcome to EQ2. Hope you survive the experience, a lot of people who play this game to adventure are hanging on by a final frayed thread, so don't take the slings and arrows personally, they've been cultivated for some time by your predecessors.</p><p>Warden for life, anything else is just uncivilized.</p>

[GrunEQ]

<p><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Welcome!  </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;">A character should always have a trade.  I'm hoping your EQ2 buddies are not too helpful so you can get a feel for some peoples frustrations with the game.  And since your current and public incarnation is a hobbit, perhaps you could push for hobbit-hole housing.  Also keep in mind that many people are frustrated over the perception that SC items get an unporportional amount of attention over in-game content.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: small;">Good luck and happy gaming.</span></p>

[Teonya]

<p><span style="color: #ff9900;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><em><strong>Welcome Piestro </strong></em></span></span></span><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /><span > </span></p>

[Arbreth]

<p>Pietro~</p><p>Welcome, if I have not already done so... may we have a small boon, please?</p><p>Could you let us know who is now in charge of what?  There have been so many silent losses and more never replaced.</p>

[Leaflost]

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Hi hi an hello</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to EQII.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">I still love EQI but play here for a year then switch. Even with all the stuff to do, I get bored so instead of leaving permanently, I jump back and forth.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Just a friendly warning....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">There is a group of jokers in Freeport, usually Trolls, Ogres and Darkelves that love to sneak up on Halflings while they sleep and shave the Halfling's feet....</span><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Sliithia Darkstorm, Necromancer</span></p>

[Fatbat]

<p>nice chops on the halfling, I had a halfling druid on eq1 once in the day, when the boats didnt work, max level was 50 and the server gm (yes there was always a gm online) would do a server broadcast announcing that you made level 50. Hunting lightstones in eruds crossing for coin was fun, tradeskilling was really a pita, and the run the run through Kithicor woods at night was akin to suicide. Now days on EQ2 people are ****ed off about this server sell off, leaving the game by hordes, looking for non existant or very slow forthcoming answers, and we see this silly man wearing a tinfoil hat with some sort or blanket or sheet upon his back, that plays a halfing druid and smokes. And this silly man tinfoil hat wearing man takes on a <strong>HUGE </strong>challenge jumps right into the jumjum pot and says hello here I am the new CRM for eq2.  Well the smoking habit has increased these last few days I wager as well as the intake of copious amounts of alcohol, havent seen a halfling that doesnt drink which is why the "Fool's Gold" is the largest fixture in Rivervale bigger than the town hall if I recall, and maybe the use of asprin has increased also.</p><p>Anyways I hope Sony says hey maybe this sell off wasn't so bright, or maybe some sort of information will be released other than the we are listening bit (communication is two way hint,hint) and I hope you can handle the stress.</p><p>Good luck with the new position, piestro the pie-miestro, maybe at fan faire there will be a pie tossing booth?</p>

[Fatbat]

<p><span style="color: #00ccff;">I use halfling foot hair for my bow string it gives me +200 to range. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" /></span></p>

[Juravael]

<p>Welcome to Everquest II, Piestro! <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Janfarie]

<p>Welcome!</p><p> ( ok, it is short, but to the point <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> )</p><p>All the best!</p>

[Raienya]

<p><cite>Arbreth wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Pietro~</p><p>Welcome, if I have not already done so... may we have a small boon, please?</p><p>Could you let us know who is now in charge of what?  There have been so many silent losses and more never replaced.</p></blockquote><p>^, X 10. It would be nice to know "if" there is a tradeskill developer anymore, or at least SOMEONE that can respond in a timely manner to things. There are threads on important issues (game mechanics, items, tradeskills, etc) that have gone unanswered for literally MONTHS now.</p><p>It looks like you are (at least initially) going to be posting with some frequency, so here's hoping you can be the voice that has been missing for quite some time.</p>

[Necrotherian]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rotherian@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Enna wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I made the mistake of counting recently, and discovered I have 60 alts spread across 5 servers and a couple different accounts. Denmum talks about her "3-account alt army" (though she hasn't given a count). Cloudrat may have even more characters than I do.</p></blockquote><p>Wow.  I that that <strong><em>I</em></strong> was bad with 33 toons on three accounts on two servers.</p><p>Well, anyway, welcome to the team Piestro.  (I'm assuming that the pronunciation is PIE-stro, not Pee-EH-stro.)</p></blockquote><p>It is Pie-stro. Sorta like the Maestro of Pies. I did not come up with this name primarily to troll Zatozia (another CRM here on the team), that is a vicious rumor.</p><p>Had he initially been created in EQ2 he probably would have been a dirge, but since Original EQ does not have the option of halfling bards (I'm assuming because the great number of love ballads dedicated to baked goods was deemed a threat to the pre-shattering Norrath) I went with a druid instead.</p><p>Now that I've travelled in time, I feel loyal to the little digger. So Warden or Fury it is. I've played a few levels of each now, of course not enough to see the difference.  Maybe I'll have to level both (eventually) on different servers.</p></blockquote><p>I understand.  My main on Bristlebane server was a Half-elf Druid.  My warden on EQ2 is also half-elf, and named after my EQ main.  (Although that toon isn't my main.  Necromancers are pretty fun in EQ2, even if groups aren't exactly hammering down the door.)  I'd agree with your plan to try both.</p>

[Kinya]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I found this on the interwebs.  Meet our new CM.</p><p><img src="http://www.soe.com/images/community/blogs/DonnaBlog/CRM-Day/eric.jpg" width="500" height="445" /></p><p>I have now TOTALLY fallen out of favor with Community.</p></blockquote><p>Brasse totally tricked me; this picture has become somewhat infamous within SOE. Also don't smoke kids, you get gross teeth.</p></blockquote><p>Welcome Piestro to our crazy EQ2 family <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Now, lets hope that with you taking over CM position of EQ2 Community, everquest2.com will once again be website about EQ2, not only about MarketPlace items.</p><p>I miss old articles where we could see homes of different players or we could read interwievs with players. In old days we could read also lots of stories about eq2 including Lore. Now it is mostly Marketplace items, SC promotions, City festival and Moonlight Event. Boooooring......</p><p>Also, lets hope <a href="../forums/show.m?forum_id=2583" target="_blank">Fansite Roundtable</a> forum will be alive once again, not forgotten completly like it is happening since a year or so.</p><p>Could you also update<a href="http://www.everquest2.com/links" target="_blank"> http://www.everquest2.com/links</a>? Feldon from EQ2Wire wrote a <a href="http://eq2wire.com/2011/11/29/were-thankful-for-eq2-fan-sites/" target="_blank">great article about Fansites</a> in November.</p>

[Elskidor]

<p>Welcome! Always appreciated your communication on the EQ1 forums, and have been forever wishing we'd get you over here one of these days, and I guess now we will. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> </p>