Qeynos vs Freeport

[EMSJunkies]

So is it just me or is Freeport more difficult to play? I mostly play Qeynos because of my Ranger but I started a new char in Freeport. In Qeynos after your citizen quest you pretty much are good in Ant from lvl 7 to lvl 20. But in Freeport after my citizen quest I walked outside and saw nothing below lvl 12. Am I just in the wrong place or is it really that high? And if so is the Ruins about it until lvl 10 or so?

[Grayves]

Actually i think you are somewhat correct.  I've played out of both cities, freeport definatly being much more fun   And yea I felt the area in general was a bit tougher.  If you compare say, Qeynos has Down Below, Vermin Syne, then Freeport has Thieves Way, and Edgewater drains.  Or, Antonica has Black Burrow and Stomrhold.  Where commonlands has wailing caves and Fallen Gate.

 

Personally I feel the commonlands side of things is more difficult, generally speaking.  I also feel it's more fun   Heck, if you betray from Freeport to Qeynos..you have to go through some of Edgewater Drains to get to the npc you need.  Very dangerous at low lvls.  But if you betray Qeynos...the guy you need to see in Verim Syne, is right there at teh zone in. 

[EMSJunkies]

I figured. Im not complaining because I have no problem planning harder but wasnt sure if it was my imagination.

[Zithen]

i have played both sides, and i think that freeport is easier. i think that the newbie zones in the outsikrts of freeport (excluding the graveyard) are easier then the ones on the qeynos side.

[Calr]

Well as far I as can see Qeynos is geared towards newer players, it's pretty easy going really. I play two Freeport characters and have two Qeynos as well (my sig cycles through all 4). Having played my main (43) through Freeport I can tell you that CL is definately less forgiving for newer players. Agro range in Antonica is feeble in comparison, same goes for TS vs Nek in many ways.  I don't think Freeport is nessecerily harder per say, just stick to the newbie zones until you're high enough to take on the lower stuff in CL. Just outside the West Freeport gate there's a repeatable kill quest you can do that calls for the beetles and armadillos that are mostly below 10 if I remember correctly. Quest wise you really have to look for your quests in FP, Qeynosian NPCs basically yell at you until you talk to them, but there are actually some really, really good quests for mid teen characters in CL and the Wailing Caves. Check out the suburbs for some good ones. There's a few great quests from Beggar's Court that I remember doing. There's more than just the ruins also, you've got the Graveyard and Sunken city too. And if you don't mind hunting in what are quite possibly the crappiest zones in the game, head down to the Thieves Way!

[Calr]

Oh and the sewer zones in both cities go a little more like this : The Down Below | The Thieves Way Vermin's Snye | Serphant Sewer Crypt of Betrayal | Edgwater Drains Both have 3 levels and are actually pretty balanced, except there's a crapload more triple ups in Edgewater, [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] you AQ4.

[TaleraRis]

I started my first char in Freeport and while the newbie zones are all right, Commonlands is definitely harsher, especially as that was when mobs would still chase you all the way up the griffin towers. I can't tell how many times I died at the top of the Nek tower to the carrion hounds and snakes around that tower. Then I made a Qeynos character and it was much more enjoyable for me. I used to wander around with my bard sneaking between two red bears with their backs to me. And not having things waiting for you right at the bottom of the griffin towers was very nice. The newbie zones for both are about even I think. I didn't find one set really harder than the other. Just the drastic difference with Commonlands and Antonica. I don't know if this has changed recently, though.  I haven't played in the Commonlands for months. All the rest of my characters save a new baby bruiser are Qeynosians.

[Zutan]

Ive played through both multiple times and I cant say either one is easier or harder than the other...  They DO seem to have different level ranges in some areas though.. i.e. you might be able to start in commonlands at an earlier level than Antonica.  But the "inner city" newbie zones are roughly the same.

[Jai1]

I've only played FP characters but you just do the newb zones until 11 or so. Those orcs are soloable groups so you do them until 13-14.  Then you go out W of Xroads and kill rats and then Kerra across the stream. Then follow the stream E to the lvl 17 orcs. Then its out to the ruins. You can also start looking WC group at 12 or so and a FG group at 16-17. Although, that's the lowest possible level.  I don't think either side would be more difficult. They both kinda go in sequence.

[TaleraRis]

When I played, Commonlands wasn't harder in terms of mob toughness but in other factions. Mobs in the Commonlands (granted this was a year ago) had eyes in the backs of their heads and could see me from 20 feet away with them. And of course they would decide to come say hi. Whereas in Antonica both a year ago and now I can sneak past mobs with their backs turned if I'm careful about aggro range. There also seemed (again, a year ago) many more groups of mobs in the Commonlands no matter where I went,and as I duoed with my boyfriend it made a tougher time for us. Once we tried Antonica we excelled at duoing. In terms of diffculty of mobs though, I feel they were both the same. It didn't take anymore effort to kill in Commonlands than Antonica. The issues were with mob placement and aggro and other mob mechanics for me. That's what made it harder and why I avoid Commonlands like the plague. I ran my Freeport sorc to Antonica to level and will only take her back for her armor quests.

[Taikun4]

I started my character in Freeport.
Freeport is really empty. 
I'm not sure if Qeynos is as empty as Freeport since I've never been there.

If Freeport is a lot more empty than Qeynos, then my questions are:
1) More people means more items found from broker when I want something.
2) More people means more items sold when I want to sell something.
3) More people means easier time getting into parties.

If it's like Qeynos 60% and Freeport 40%, then it's fine.
But When I do search by good/evil, then it's more like Good 80% and Evil 20%.

It could be just that when I played, it happened to have more people on good side.
But if the difference in population is that big all the time, then I want to redo the game and go to Qeynos.

 

[steelbadger]

yeah on runnyeye there are very very few people in freeport.  I find it very difficult to get a group for something like fallen gate (which is great fun and challenging, too challenging according to the populace of commons).  now that my evil dude is lvl 20 though i can easily negotiate Nek so i spend quite a bit of time in Stormhold anyway.

 

I thought that commons was a nice zone.  the massive proliferations of weak orcs and rolling spawns is awsome.

[Kyo]

I think the majority of challenge you find starting out in Freeport rather than Qeynos is the lack of people to group with. The difference between Antonica and Common Lands is rather minimal. When you step into Fallen Gate however, it's an entirely different story. I leveled up my first character through Stormhold and it was far easier, and a much better laid out zone, though mob pathing was horrible. Then you have TS vs Nek.. I think we all know which is easier here Even being from Freeport, I found myself trekking across to TS for groups and such.. Much easier to get around in and more people to group with.

[SPAM_is_bad]

Qeynos is nothing but a bunch of tree huggin hippies.  It sucks - nuff said.....

 

If there ever way a "war" between the two cities, Lucan would place you in servitude faster than an Ogre can spell scrumpdilliumptious.....

[Xellistemp]

I've made evil characters and theres always a few people around the low lvls but not nearly as much as Qeynos, ofcourse im on Najena so theres always people everywhere hehe. I wish there was more evil people tho!