I've been getting the itch to try this game again. Does

I take it that's a no on whether anyone still plays it?

Damn, EQ2 is ancient at this point (not as ancient as EQ which is still running I guess) but I think it started to go sour after Gallenite left to make Trion. (Sadly I guess he lost touch when they sank their resources into Defiance, lost a shitload of money and were relegated to making localizations for p2w korean fotm shit.)

I have not played it in years. I don't think I even remember what my account is.

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I played since launch and only logged in a few years ago to see how it held up and all of the new shit is overwhelming.

There was a lot done after TSO (when I quit) to bring it more in line with other modern games and promote ease of access. Mercenaries are one of the biggest, since they can do dungeons with you I take it? On top of subscriber-only benefits and an enormous AA gap from having not played, it's just too hard to get back into.

>>389338125
I haven't played much of EQ2 (only tried it out when it first launched and then jumped back to FFXI) but if its modernization is anything like what they did when EQ1 went f2p I wouldn't expect anything good from it.

>>389335648
I loved this game, but it's dead.
I remember when the starter zone (Isle of Refuge) was bustling. I remember venturing out into Antonica, the biggest zone I'd ever seen, and not knowing where I'd end up. Grouping with people along the way. Getting deeper and deeper into the danger of the zone and barely making it out alive.

I logged in not long ago and received a "time bonus" for playing for a couple of hours. It was a bag of platinum coins. In the two seconds it took to open that bag, I was given more wealth than I ever amassed after a few years of playing. I got three more bags over the next day or so. I followed glowing waypoints that lead me directly to what monsters I needed to kill. I saw other players rarely. The cash shop is prominent. And aesthetically this game has not aged well.

I don't really know where I'm going with this post. It's an MMO in it's terminal stages. I don't know what you're looking for. You might get a kick out of playing for a month or two. The latest late game content might be appealing to you. Honestly surprised this game is still going and very disappointed that EQ3 amounted to the failed EQNext project.