New Beginnings

Ok, for the last month or so I have been spending all of my EQ2 time in PvP. Granted, I miss my 53 main and nuking for 5k or so to steal aggro from almost anyone...But there comes a time when PvE just gets boring. Honestly, I had no intention of abandoning my PvE roots when I started with a group of friends on Vox, but it just happened. There are about 4 of us that started a new guild together and have not been back to PvE since. It just seems so boring to be able to run around any zone and only have to worry about mobs. After spending a month or two watching over your shoulder and using the eyes in the back of your head, it just gets to you. I understand the differences, and regret that my entire guild didn't make the journey with us, we were a great group and I miss them a lot. The only complaint that I have about PvP is the fact that the level ranges are so incredibly large. I understand the need to space it out for challenge purposes. But giving a level 70 the ability to gank anyone that they see in SS or KoS is kind of debilitating to the game, imho. The result will be that the first city with at least 5 players above 65 will have the advantage in every way over the other. Also, I feel that the removal of the mailing system from all the adventuring zones is a little crazy. If you are from Freeport and are in CL or Nek Forest, then why shouldn't you be able to send stuff to yourself. It really annoys me that I spent 5 hours working on a quest only to lose, at the least, half the cash I earned disappear to someone that is 10 lvls higher than me and sees fit to kill me. (yet another reason to change the lvl caps)

Oh well, enough ranting, for now at least. There are a lot of things that I greatly enjoy about the PvP servers and ruleset. The fact that the action is so fast-paced adds to the gaming experience greatly. Also, I enjoy the feeling of an adrenaline rush when I spot someone of the opposite alignment near me and I know it's going to be a fair fight. However, I find myself incredibly angry when the fight aren't fair or I get jumped by someone who is way out of my league, just so they can feel better about themselves. OBVIOUSLY IF I AM IN TS HARVESTING ROCKS I DO NOT HAVE CASH FOR YOU TO TAKE!!! If I did, I wouldn't be wearing lvl 10 Gear at lvl 21...Also, I enjoy the revamped economy that has arisen because everyone has started from scratch. It is nice to know that I can get rares that I need for a reasonable price even though there are countless people on the server that can use them. I have even started tradeskilling with my main in order to make money to buy things, whereas before I always just sold loot and waited until guildies were liquidating their inventories to get rares. I just think that it has done wonders for the cooperative environment in each city when we have to barter for goods and help each other out of tough situations in the adventure zones.

Overall, I would say that for me, PvP has been a great success and, imho, I don't know if I will go back to my main on the PvE server any time soon, and if I do, it will only be to explore the higher zones for when I get my Assassin high enough to go there...