I never played EQ or EQ2 all that well. I was always very casual and just never put that much into it. I never even hit max level at any point in either game. Then I played wow and ended up as a end game raider. It was a lot of fun though I was never a hardcore raider I still managed to do pretty well. Wow is great for what it is but ,,,it got old. So I went back to EQ on the last tlp and played until I hit max level and joined a raid guild and it was great. However, with the raiding being so crazy with only a month or so between expansion releases (some releases have multiple expansions) my guild is raiding 5-6 nights a week and err no. I do not like raiding THAT much. So then I thought of good old EQ2. Honestly, I loved EQ2 more than EQ1, Housing was amazing and Tradeskills & Guild halls were awesome and yeah I might have been a bit crazy buying my characters houses like mad back in the day. What I didn't like was the entire Elemental class thing around l;evel 100. I think it's silly bad to play a class for 100 levels and then have to pick another elemental type class on top of it....blah... but I mean I never even made it to 100 so what do I know right? My questions are. Should I come back and join a tlp? Is it in a good place for new players? Should I just play the normal servers? I have no clue what the game is like now. Do both options raid? Is it possible to do so casually (meaning only 2 or 3 times a week). Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you.
Wow, just commented this on another thread, and here comes another one lots of ppl coming back it seems, love it! Welcome mate, welcome! Both tlp and live are good options imo, but personally I always just stick to live. I highly recommend taking it slow and doing some reading, exploration and maybe even some housing and fishing to get started. For live questing and dungeon gameplay I hiiiiighly recommend reaching out to the community to find a nice guild or group to play with especially since most ppl play high-end content on live nowadays, which makes old zones feel a bit empty by comparison. Don't let that initial first impression scare you off though, old zones can be absolutely stunning and magical: http://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq2/index.php?threads/returning-player.608690/ http://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq2...-another-returning-player-yarp-thread.608752/ Might also be a good idea to reach out to other folks coming back just like you that way you can (re)explore things together.