Profit UI for Everquest 2

Several times i have people asking which ui I'm using in Everquest 2. I have used Profit UI for a long time and I'm really used to it by now. It boosts all the information i need, and it's rather clean for me. So my ui looks like this:

The ui tries to cover much information needed on screen, either from status of your character on bottom of the screen, to the different chat windows and every buff or debuff you get on game. Also, on the group frame, one can quick cure any deterimental effect just by clicking on the icon, making cure process much faster.

Can get it here. Also the updater for Profit UI can be found here.

Instructions for installing it, can be found here.

Overall, it's a nice ui.

What SWTOR Class should your play?

So why did i pick a bounty hunter? Well i tried the quizz down there on the next window.

What SWTOR Class should your play? Your Result: Bounty Hunter Both infamous and anonymous at the same time, Bounty Hunters are far more than mercenaries for hire—they’re heirs to a professional legacy—an ancient brotherhood with a glorious history. Tracking elusive targets across multiple star systems requires expertise, especially when the targets can be prominent, powerful, and often prepared for confrontation. Thrill seekers from all walks of life set out to become Bounty Hunters, but only the most hard-boiled survive in this competitive and deadly business.
Republic Trooper
Imperial Agent
Sith Warrior
Smuggler
Jedi Knight
Sith Inquisitor
Jedi Consular
What SWTOR Class should your play? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Try it yourself. :)

SW:TOR Hammer Station

This is the second flashpoint (instance) i did. This second flashpoint resembles more to a regular instance on any mmo then like the previous flashpoint (Black Talon). Less npc interaction, or even any, and a lot more killing. And harder.

Flashpoint is made up of 3 bosses. Going from easy to hard. A quick review on each boss:

1st) DN-314 Tunneler: Is a basic tank and spank fight with adds in the middle. Have the dps kill them because they are fairly simple;

2nd) Riflor's Champions: Boss with 2 adds. In any case you should take first the adds, then the named. Right side add is an healer, so i guess that should be prioritize.

3rd)  Battlelord Kroskhen: The hardest fight i did so far. This boss is ranged based, and has a few attacks, a mine in the area that should be avoid, a knockback (be careful not to be throw out the edge) and adds reinforcements. Be sure to take the adds as quickly as possible or they will swarm the healer making this fight really hard. Also avoid those mines!

Btw, someone with slicing can make your travel on this flashpoint shorter! ;)

Can say it's a hard flashpoint for it's level but not impossible. A bit coordination on some fight, will make you go the good route. 

Star Wars The Old Republic officially released!

After years of waiting, The Old Republic is finally here!

Although many have already started playing it (pre-order customers), today marks the the official release of this game for anyone who wants to buy it at any moment. Either retail or digital the game should be available for anyone who wants to join this far, far away galaxy.

If any of you haven't got the chance to join a big mmorpg when it first got release, i would say this is a great opportunity to start a fresh start, with everyone else. Much like it was with me back when World of Warcraft got released. I would say, don't loose this opportunity!

After the first SWTOR weekend

My first weekend in SWTOR is done. Manage to reach level 17, but could be higher, but the dreadful queue times for my server, cut me like 6 or 7 hours gameplay easily. Friday evening took me around 3 hours to log in...

So what did i do? Well quests of course, that's usually the main thing. Also did the first available flashpoint (instance or group dungeon, for those lesse familiar), Black Talon, PVP (i love the Huttball - sort of football but with guns), crafting (attention about crafting, it works a bit different then other games), and the likes.

About crafting. For those who like crafting, like me, there are slightly some differences on SWTOR. As i said on a previous post, crafting isn't exactly done by the player but his/her companions. So you have picked your 3 professions, two gathering, one crafting, or all gathering (can't have more then one crafting), and you go to the crafting window, pick the skill, select a mission and send your companion. After a couple of minutes he is back with what you asked him to do. Basically you can level crafting while not even actually doing. There are however around the world nodes to gather material if you feel like it.

About the Huttball. You have 2 teams (of course), and the objective of the game consist on taking the ball to the enemy goal area. The carrier gets slowed down, and usually is the focus of the enemy team, so protecting him/her is important. The carrier can make a ball pass to a player at a given area, so don't go do wrong passes. The camp is full of traps to be aware of too.

Oh by the way, when you finish your class quest at the second planet, you get as reward your spaceship. :)

Another note, each planet will have hidden datacrons, that boost your stats, as i said before. I found one in Dromund Kaas. I can say it's near where you do the group quest "Friends of Old". ;)

My SWTOR adventure started today!

It marks today the beginning of my adventures as a Bounty Hunter on Star Wars The Old Republic.

After a freaking long queue of over 2 hours, and a failed log in, making me queue again for another, eventually i managed to start the game. So i created my BH and went on adventuring on Hutta.

Graphically game is good looking, not as great as other titles, like lets say, Final Fantasy XIV or Age of Conan, but it doesn't feel short comparing. I'm even feeling the game more smoother then before, which is good. My opinion about the game is the same as before, in beta, although the trooper storyline is better then the bounty hunter so far.

Since the game is so packed with players, grouping is also easy to happen which is also a good thing, due to the fact of the many group quests available in game. I managed to get a group going for those heroic quests (group quests), and it even prove to be worthy since one of the members new the location of the datacrons. One is inside the sewers where you do a group quest, another one is behind the factory at Rusty Yards over some pipe, and the last one is south of Evocii camp (also have to climb a pipe and go a round a mount to the right, after climbing the pipe). Enough hint without much spoiling ;)

So let me get back to the game, I'll post more later.

Aion is going f2p!

I always told after Lineage 2 went f2p, wouldn't take long for Aion to take the same steps. But didn't expect it to be this fast!

Ncsoft announced that Aion will be hitting f2p market in February 2012, but details about how is it going to be, are still a bit unknown. Also read somewhere that it was going to be f2p only in Europe.

More info here, on the official Aion f2p site.

I was one of the players that tried Aion back when he was on closed beta, but due to the fact i was so bored with World of Warcraft, i end up cancelling my pre-order for this game. But i guess with the f2p change, i don't see why i shouldn't give it a try. I'm always curious to see what this game has to offer, besides the dreadful pvp, the many dislike, and many others love.

F2P on all Everquest 2 Servers now live!

I wasn't expecting this to happen just yet, but they managed to get the servers into f2p at the same time as the expansion got released. Netherless to say, it took them more then 24 hours to get everything working...

Even Everquest2.com got a facelift!

In any case, if you ever want to get a go in EQ2, and see a few more of the game, leave your character name here. I'll be on Splitpaw and can give you a tour on the game. :)

Everquest 2 GU 62: Freeport Reborn

Today will be released on live server the latest game update, 62: Freeport Reborn. Also it marks the release of the latest expansion (they called it feature expansion), Age of Discovery.

What can we expect of this? From GU, the city of Freeport will suffer a massively face lift. From what i've seen city seems pretty impressive. Instead of having four zones (North, South, West and East), they are all now consigned to one big zone. Quests been revamped and added content for most levels. Also, there will be a new public quest in Commonlands, for levels 20 to 30.

Age of Discovery, is a called feature expansion, as it doesn't give any actual new area or dungeons to players. What it brings are a set of features, that are in some cases original, like the following:

- Beastlord class (something many fans already asked SOE for);

- User created dungeons;

- Mercenaries (npc's to aid you out);

- Reforging (changing stats on gear);

- Tradeskill apprentices (still not sure what is about);

- 20 new AAs (this is to appeal to raiders, i guess);

And i hope more features...

The following video covers many aspects of the expansion:

Let's see what can we expect from this!

20 first levels of Lineage 2

Yeah i had to try it. :)

I always get curious to see how far a once p2p game, can go now as a f2p game. So i decided to create a new account and give Lineage 2 a try. What did i found out?

Well first things first, the game is starting to show his age. But what could you expect released in 2003 in Korea (got that info somewhere)? Still it's not the worst graphics.

First things first, character costumization is really poor, like most asian mmo games. Generic faces and models, nothing detailed at all. Secondly the play can choose between the six races available. Thirdly players only get to choose between two classes at the start, fighter and mystic. The thing is, the progression of the player depends on race and class pickup. Let's say you pick a dark elf mystic. As you progress through the game, you will get to key levels, and do the class transfer which is basically picking a sub-class for the giving class/race you picked. For instance a mystic dark elf at level 20 can pick between a dark wizard and a shillien oracle. Or a human can pick between cleric and human wizard. There is in-game when you create a character a detailed progression as the one below.

So character created and i logged in. First things first, since the game is f2p, it is blooming with players. There was times, i would get a huge frame drop. Some places were packed. First nuissance, why the characters have to run bend over? It's so silly! I never understood that. Ok so the first 20 levels of game, is basically the tutorial. The player is almost hand driven through the questline, just follow the arrow to the npcs. From 1 to nearly 10 you basically level by just going from one npc to another. Eventually you get thrown out to the adventuring field at the training island. And this was my second nuissance. Since the game is crawling with players, when i got  to the  adventuring area, frames dropped considerably. Also, mobs were spawning kinda silly, all packed together. It felt really dumb. I dunno if it was intended do to the amount of players online. I hope it was or it would be really silly. Anyways, quests were fairly simple, and any player can done it with ease. When player gets near the end of the training island, he will be taken to a, i guess, single player dungeon, for the final quest. Didn't strike me as impressive.

From 1 to 20, one can consider it to be as an tutorial for new players. Just to get the ropes of the game. As a f2p at least till level 20, i didn't saw any limitation to the game. Kudos for that. I will check further more. 

Oh and by the way takes a average player around 2 hours from 1 to 20. So if any of you want to try it, i don't think loosing 2 hours of your time is that bad, and one can make a quick decision.

Lineage 2: Godess of Destruction, now also f2p!

It was already release like 2 days ago (30 November), but i haven't got the time to check it, or post the info here, until now.

So yes, Lineage 2, hits the f2p market, with a claim that it's truly f2p. Well i will see how really free the game is.

In any case, if you want to get a new account go here.

Also mmorpg.com is offering a promotion, and you can always go grab it there.