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Butcherblock Mountains…
Butcherblock Mountains. Or rather, the docks and the surrounding areas. On Monday night I finished up with the Darklight Woods area and then made the trip to BBM. I got started doing the starter quests being offered and hit 23 last night.
One thing I realized upon getting to BBM, was that I’ve been here and done this before. I don’t remember how far I got, but I don’t think it was too far… I seem to remember doing some quests above on the cliffs surrounding the bay but that’s about it. That was back with my Troll SK in ’07 or so.
I really wasn’t in the mood to play last night, but I got on anyway and knocked out a few of the quests leftover from Monday night before logging out and watching the rest of the Godfather Part II (my favorite of the three) on Blu-Ray.
To be honest, it was rather uninspiring. The quests were ho-hum and after awhile actually started to annoy me a little bit. I did end up dying twice during my half hearted adventures last night though. My third time overall. Three equal conning Aqua Goblins did me in. For some reason they kept breaking my mezzes. Bad JuJu for a Chanter. Anyway, after the second time I called it a night and logged out, abandoning my somewhat ambitious (more like ridiculous) quest to hit 25 last night. I’ll give it another shot tonight though. I might even try to find a Crushbone group or something. Soloing is alright and all, but sometimes seeking out company is the way to go.
OR… I COULD give in to my nature and look at starting an alt. I know.. I know.. I just said I *could*. If I do start an alt though, I’d have to decide on what to roll. I’m thinking Ranger (scout class again) or possibly an Assassin or Paladin. I kind of miss my plate class. Back when I quit though, and part of my reason for leaving the game, was that my 50th level Paladin was not a very good tanking option at the time. I wonder if things have gotten any better since then (Desert of Flames days). I guess I’ll have to see how I feel when I settle in for tonight.
~ Mojeaux
Back to Norrath…
Well, after a couple of months of no MMO’s, I finally lost it and I went ahead and downloaded EQII. All 12.5 GB of it. It didn’t help that my wife is going to Germany for a few weeks to visit family and friends. I mean, what am I supposed to do with that much unsupervised time? 🙂
I haven’t played the game in quite a long time ~ in fact, if my payment history is correct, I think 2007 was the last time I set foot back in EQII. One thing that caught me by surprise was that I had a level 37 Troll Shadow Knight on the Guk (medium pop) server just sitting there waiting for me. He looked pretty spiffy and inviting too, just sitting there in all his shiny plate armor… “Play me! Play me!” he seemed to say. Sadly, I have absolutely no clue how to play him.
So… instead of sitting there for an hour or more trying to figure out my SK, after already having to endure the 12.5 GB download, I just decided to go ahead and re-roll a new character (Ranger) on the Antonia Bayle server. It was one of two servers that showed “HIGH” populations among the 10 or so that were listed. The other high pop server is a PvP server, so I’ll probably end up there once I get my bearings, but for now I think I want to just take it easy and “stop to smell the roses” so to speak. Hopefully, choosing a High Pop server will provide me with plenty of folks to group with without having to join a guild.
I don’t mind guilds for the most part but I find that as I get older, I have less and less tolerance for the drama and the demands of a raiding guild or any other type of guild for that matter. We’ll see. Maybe I’ll get lucky and find a good casual semi-serious guild that likes to raid occasionally.
So anyway, as mentioned, I’ve rolled a Ranger on the AB server named Moejeaux. Drop by and say “Hi” if you’re so inclined!
~Mojeaux