I honestly would have got EQ2, I have played BOTH games unlike the numerous people I have seen talking out of their ass I have actual legit reasons/opinions why I prefer one over the other. First of all, EQ2 suprisingly enough is a MUCH MUCH larger game.. With a far better community, I have had 3 60's total in WoW on multiple servers, the community is just horrid.. There is no "bad" server, all of them have a overpopulation of jack asses, high levels who don't know how to play well, money farmers etc etc.. Not saying one is better then the other.. But sense I have played so mcuh of WoW I can safely say I will never play that game agian.. The end game is a travesty imo.. Its a endless grind for the mos tlinear advancement in gear that every one else has.. You will spend hundreds of hours+ grinding spamming half a dozen of skils or less in boring raids.. Now many argue the newer raid instances in th elatest patchs and expansion are much better.. YEAH but mos tguilds who are capable of doing thatm require you to have a WHOLE set of epic gear from MC, ZG, BWL, Onyxia, AQ etc etc..  This makes it even worse when you can reach the cap rediculously fast compared to other MMO's..   PVP is just as bad at the end game with rediuclous unbalanced gear where people with high level orange or purp gear will out destroy a 60 in blue gear regardless if the poorly equiped person is better.. I had this happen to me on a new server, they had server transfers Alliance transfered almost ALL their high level epic characters to this server.. What happened? The numerous ends of ass kickings from the alliance in every bg because of how rediculously geared they were.. Infact they were not that good at all, all of them came from a carebear pve server to this pvp server.. I still talk to guildies today, and horde still loses due to this because how better equiped the 60s are from numerous months if not years of raiding mindlessly before the server even opened.. A example like this shows clearly how unbalanced pvp is and how in the end it turns into a grind fest for honor.
  EQ2 on the other hand may lack any form of pvp (which sucks I know thus why I play Guild Wars at itmes for my pvp) but its far larger in quests instances etc etc.. The Trade skills system is FARRRR better, the quests I actually pay attention reading on and the voice overs are really nice for more immersion..  EQ2 I have yet to come across a real "jerk" little kid etc etc and I have been play for quite awhile.. The end game from I have seen in EQ2 has many interesting things to do not to mention you can mentor with lower levels to go down to their level to help them, there are also far more improvement systems then just a single linear improvement of gear that every one else has. The skill system is another great aspect that I was mildly surprised.. That you can find, craft, buy skill upgrades (not new ranks for higher levels like WoW) where for instance say a Fireball level apprentice 1 does 5-10 dmg, but you find a adept 1 upgrade of fire ball raising it to 10-20 dmg.. It doesn't change the level its just one of many ways how you can improve your character by not gaining levels etc etc..  This is what killed it for me in WoW.
 From what I have seen EQ2 is the quests are FAR Far more deeper with actual solo intsances with numerous voice over events.. Massive cities, a guild system that has a great many ways to improve such as increasing status..  Quite a few classes with a achievement system that can make quite a difference between one character to the next.. My personal favorite thousands of items garenteeing you don't look exactly like another guy you run by which iw as common in WoW.. In the end I like EQ2 over WoW, yet again I am not saying one is better then the other, but if I had to choose it would be EQ2 now.
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