Level 10 and the chance to pick my class…
Well, in true Everquest fashion it took as long to get lvl 10 as it did to get from lvl 4 to 9!
I have a lot of experience in questing from my days playing Morrowind. I know that whenever someone gives you a quest to an area, you can get a massive amount of other quests to that area which you can do at the same time. It was the collection of these quests that kept me up till midnight last night.
In order to become a warrior I need to kill White Spiderlings in The Caves. Simple, and sure enough they spawn right at the beginning of this zone. I also got another quest, from a medic in South Qeynos. This was for poison glands, from (you’ve guessed it) White Spiderlings. Similarly, a Weaponsmith nearby wants Snakeskins for his sword handles and sure enough they too spawn in the same space as the Spiders. In fact along with the delivery quests that I picked up on the way (and fulfilled on the return – all of which were on the way I was going) I had 6 quests going at once. I said it before, there is content here. The Caves are reached by ringing a bell on the docks, which teleports you to wherever you can go. The Caves are dank and dark, but White Spiders are simple, easy peasy. Just hit them. In fact that part of the zone is very safe since they don’t even agro. Also on the zone is a large infection of Gnolls, who certainly can hit me and are agro. There are a number of trains leading to zone every ten minutes or so as an adventurer has to run for his life from these mad dogs.
It’s one of the nicest things about EQ2 at the moment. I don’t think anyone is much over lvl 20 on my server and I am reading people gasping at the idea of owing a whole platinum piece. I’m in on the ground floor! I like the fact that in general I am one of the first to challenge this world. I’m sure a year from now people at lvl 7 will thrash all these Gnolls with ease, but for now there is a definite feeling of adventure and seeing new things for the first time. Its a lot of fun.
What isnt fun is the lag in North and South Qeynos. I think that much of it is due to my machine needing more RAM but it’s still annoying.
Finally I get all the quests in and reap the rewards:
blackened sword +1 power +2 health
brightly dyed sash +1 power +2 health
crystal embedded ring +3 power +1 health
Oh! Phat lewtz baby yeah!
Anyway, next in the Warrior quest I have to go and speak to a few hand to hand fighters. One is obviously on the path to being a Monk and is to be found under a tree. The other is hitting rocks in the quarry. Both encounters are voiced very well and scripted to the nines. On completion I am sent to talk to three senior guards and er literally tell them what a good job they are doing. Seriously, the reason is that people don’t appreciate the Crusaders as much as they should. Funny. Anyway, after much back slapping the next thing is to kill a Gnoll Pub out in the wastes. Easy and bosh he’s dead.
Finally I am told I have to defeat “…Bears and Lions in the Arena”. Thats it. Not the “North or South Arena”. Not, “That arena over there…” or “The one with a very small hidden door that doesn’t look like any arena you’ve ever heard of”. No clues, advice or help at all. This proved to be the hardest mission out of all the Path of the Warrior set simply because I couldn’t find the fucking place. And not just me, there were buckets of potential Warriors wandering around like lost ducks asking anyone and everyone where this place is. I visited almost all the city zones, every nook and cranny, the wilds, even back to the bloody spider Caves before a very kind Warrior said where it was. I’m sure this was on purpose. Once in the arena (read warehouse) I quickly killed the Lions and Bears (oh my!) and finally became a Warrior.
On my triumphant way out of the zone to go try out my new skills I put a few lost Warrior recruits out of their misery as to the location of the fabled Arena of Qeynos.
(UPDATE: Its here : 330.71, 4.70 in North Qeynos)
I dropped by the Antonica and laid waste to the beeltes there. I was going to go further in but I conned the first MOB and saw this.
Yes, it’s a Ninja Deer. So much for being able to whoop ass!?
Basho (Yagyu)
You can now see more about my character on the Yagyu page on the EQ2 main site - click:
YAGYU INVENTORY PAGE
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February 8th, 2005 at 6:52 am
Hey man, thanks for telling us where the entrance is….wtf?
Anyway, i will help. here is the loc of the warehouse
330.71, 4.70 in North Qeynos