Back to Everquest II
One of the memories I have most enjoyed in my recent walk down memory lane has been to re-visit Everquest II.
I played when it first released and when I logged back in, I discovered a character which I obviously have not played since the release.
One of the quests which is shown as outstanding is the "Spirit Shard Recovery Quest" and the other is "Lasydia's Call". This would tend to suggest that I played the character on newbie island but that they died probably fighting the sharks that used to be found there and in all likelihood it was named shark. The named shark is still there, but that is all there is in the latest version.
The other evidence was that the character was simply a 'scout'. Back in the day a character choose increased specialisation at both level 5 and level 10 (if I recall correctly) so my main character was a scout, then a bard, then a troubadour.
After Jikaril died, I must have logged off and forgotten about him and he has sat for nigh on 25 years... several server merges later (there is now just a single European server) and there he is waiting to be re-discovered.
As I log in, I am offered the chance to select a character class, I notice beastlord. This is a class which was not available previously and it is a scout class so this will be the perfect opportunity to try something new.
The first thing I was required to do was to correct the user interface ("UI"), this was fairly simply it just required opening up extra hotbars by right-clickiing the one which was open and asking for it to open another. I settled on six in the end as the right number. Then I had no idea what any of the abilities did so it was a case of clearing all the hotbars and then going through the knowledge journal and adding buttons for each ability. I like to separate out close combat from ranged combat from permanent buffs from non-combat abilities. There is always a little trial and error until for example I discover which ability has the longest range and which abilities work with the heroic opportunity button and in which order.
Because he is only level 7 (I gained two levels on login for some reason) there is not much for me to have forgotten. With some of the other characters I have ranging up to level 90 which was the cap last time I played, I would not want to blindly blunder into a high level group and not know what I am doing so that is where the Chronomage comes in. You can lower your level to any multiple of 5 and get some practice in a non-dangerous, non-potentially friendship destroying way.
Of course i don't know what i don't know about Everquest II and what has been added in the recent past, but I will no doubt find out as I go along.
Level 20 Beastlord/Level 20 Provisioner as of 25th November 2024.
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