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As you all probably read in the news yesterday... I had to spend my first day of beta playing from my server...
Specs :
933 Mhz, 1 gig PC-133 RAM, Geforce 4 Ti 4400
I was expecting the experiance to be terrible... and yes it was bad... but WAY better than I thought once I turned the detail down. I had planned to give you a screen shot... but In the effort of conserving resources I turned off my remote desktop ability on that server... and forgot to turn it back on.... so... when I get home I will simply paste it below.
Low Detail Screenshot - 1024x768 on the Geforce 4 Ti 4400... ignore the chat log where I mention my other PC's video card.
Low Detail makes everyone look like they had someone erase thier face.... it's kinda creepy... but I could play... if you can play a MUD (text based MMORPG) than this beats that.. and yes I have played MUDs... so I was OK.
I decided to start out as a scout... which I found is pretty much automatic lvl 3 when you step foot off the ship onto the island... so you are an archetype from the minute you meet another player. You simply have to talk to someone to make your choice.
The boat was kind of annoying... It wanted to help me TOO MUCH... some people will love it though... and I got my starting weapon and tunic there.. and a little bit of money.
When I got the the island I was lost... please... if you remember 1 thing from this beta journal.. remember that if you quit EQ1 before ingame maps that they have in game maps in EQ2 and they are on the M key.. M as in MAPS. That will help a bit... I wasted maybe 30 mins because of a lack of map (and the fact my settings were so low I often couldn't see far ahead and steps looked pretty blurry to the area I wanted to go... I just thought it was more mountain.)
I learned a few things...
1.) On the Isle of Refuge QUESTING is your single most important task... I am only wearing :
1 dropped item...
2 purchased items (the 2 worst items I have)
5 QUESTED items... the best items I have.
2.) Islanders are capped at lvl 6 (max exp but can't ding 7 until I leave the island)
so your best gear comes from quests... and you get exp and money from quests... and you get exp while killing monsters to get the items for the quests... and you have your exp capped on the island to just under lvl 7.
In other words if you gain EXP for the sake of gaining EXP you will have exp drop off into the abyss before you leave the island (as I have now experianced)
Also the quest system seems to give you certain quest items ONLY IF YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE QUEST... so don't gather items and THEN see where they fit... gather quests and then go after items.
Each Archetype talks to a different charector that gives them a few quests... this guy is your buddy because they give archetype specific gear... do his/her quests first... as soon as you pick an archetype the game will tell you "Go talk to XXXX" THAT is your buddies name.
Other things too keep in mind...
The Vendor sells a book on goblins... and the book gives you a quest to collect goblin parts... I am unsure what the reward is... but alot of people were working on it. These parts are rare... so you want to know which ones to save fairly early on since you have limited inventory space. When you have this quest and one of the items drops you can right clcik the item... examine it and hit a button to study the item.. POOF you no longer have to carry or bank that item.. it gets used up. This is fantastic because of your limited inventory and bank slots while on the island. I suggest buying this book.
Shells... you can collect them like the goblin parts
I suggest killing skeletons to get a treasure map and then finishing that quest up.
There is a named bear on the island
Well... lets just say there are alot of quests and most don't take much time because the island is small and the monsters are weak.
OK... first thing you need to buy... it's not a weapon... it's not armor... it's A BAG.
Bags are 4 slot containers... you start with 1... you get another via a quest... but it's a good idea to buy 1 more while you are on the island... (I lost something I won while in a group because my inventory was full... a kind party member let me make room and gave it back though)
I don't know about other archetypes.. but scouts don't seem to earn any upper arm guards or helm... so if you buy any armor I'd consider them first.
I died... I don't remember there being a "blip" on my map telling me where I died... but I might have died before I realized there was a map. Getting my soul shard back required a right click and "absorb" there is alot of right clicking in this game.... if you have an issue.. right click. I was expecting to just run over my corpse and absorb it 
One other thing I didn't realize as a scout that was handy knowledge... sneak attack and backstab = same thing. I thought I had to be in "sneak" mode to hit that button but I found you can also just let someone else tank and get behind and use it as a backstab button. I didn't group much which is why I found it at lvl 6... it's hard to get behind a monster when you are the only opponent
I couldn't seem to drag aggro off of anyone as a scout... the fighter always had the aggro of the monster he was on... and a cleric or mage could easily claim aggro on a monster I was tanking... even after a sneak attack, quick attack, and cheap shot as my opener... but I am new to grouping and only lvl 6 so maybe this will change.
Trolls, Ogres and Rotonga were no where to be seen... now granted my visibility was bad due to my settings... but they seemed to be really rare. Priests also seemed to be in demand at lvl 6.... but the only priest I grouped with was lvl 2 when I was lvl 6 and only stayed for 4 fights.... you don't really NEED a priest on the island... you don't really need any help at all except for the named bear, the orc chief, and the skeleton map. (keep in mind though that I hit lvl 6 fast because I didn't realize I was going to be capped at 6... so I guess I was overpowered for alot of stuff)
I won't be able to play much if at all tonight... but expect another update on Friday or Saturday.
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