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-- EQ2 / WoW -- |
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System Requirements: |
Ever Quest 2 |
World of Warcraft |
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Modem or broad band |
Yes 56K or more |
Yes 56K or more |
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Processor speed |
1 GHZ or more |
800 MHz or more |
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Hard drive space |
6+ Gig. |
4+ Gig |
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Video card |
Direct X 9 Compatible, 64 MB or more ram. |
Direct X 9 Compatible, 32 MB or more ram. |
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System RAM |
512 MB |
256 MB |
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Operating System |
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP |
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP |
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Price to play: |
Ever Quest 2 |
World of Warcraft |
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Price of game |
49.99 |
49.99 |
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Monthly fee to play |
14.95 |
14.95 |
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If we fork out for the Collectors Edition ($80) will get cool in game
pets and/or items? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Character Creation: |
Ever Quest 2 |
World of Warcraft |
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Races to pick from |
16 |
8 |
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Classes to pick from |
24 total. 4 archtypes, with 3 professions, with 2 class types |
9 |
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Specific race language |
Yes |
Yes |
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Does each race have their own starting city? |
No, you have a starting suburb type region for your race within one of
the 2 main cities. |
Yes |
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All races can speak a common language |
Yes |
No |
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Races with special vision types (toggle on/off) Infravision, ultravision… |
Yes |
No |
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Pick skin color |
Yes |
Yes |
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Pick hair color |
Yes |
Yes |
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Pick hair style |
Yes |
Yes |
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Pick eye color |
Yes |
No |
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Pick eye shape |
Yes |
No |
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Pick Nose shape |
Yes |
No |
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Modify Eyebrows |
Yes |
No |
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Modify Ears (size & shape) |
Yes |
No |
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Modify chin & cheeks |
Yes |
No |
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Pick tattoos |
Yes |
No |
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Adjust Height (limited range) |
Yes |
No |
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User interface: |
Ever Quest 2 |
World of Warcraft |
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1st person view option |
Yes |
Yes |
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3rd person view option |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can I have multiple chat windows |
Yes |
Yes |
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Are there chat bubbles over PC’s heads when they say something? (..and can it be toggled off) |
Yes, and Yes |
No |
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Can I move ALL chat windows and buttons around on the screen without using XML files. |
Yes |
No |
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Completely Customizable User Interface by modifying XML files. |
Yes |
Yes |
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Combat and chat filters |
Yes |
Yes |
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Buddy list |
Yes |
Yes |
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Auto in game maps |
Yes |
Yes |
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Do group members show up on the map. |
No |
Yes |
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Can users add text to map |
No, to be added later |
No, to be added later |
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LFG tools to help find people to group with |
Yes |
Yes |
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Character Development & Crafting: |
Ever Quest 2 |
World of Warcraft |
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Do we gain new skills/spells/abilities for our CLASS as we level up |
Yes |
Yes |
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Do we get last names (surnames) |
Yes at level 20 you can make a surname. |
No |
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Skill/talent tree to pick from as you level. (characters can’t fill the entire tree) |
No (you pick class archtypes) |
Yes |
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Character Ability traits (a boost to str, health, agi, ect..) |
Yes (every 10 levels you pick one) |
No (skill tree does this) |
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Racial Traits and Skills |
Yes (every 12 levels you pick one from a list for your race.) |
Yes, but you don’t pick them. |
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Monster Mastery (bonus to stats when fighting type of monster) |
Yes (every 8 levels you can pick a quest to achieve this) |
No |
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Max Character Level |
50 |
60 |
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Can characters get mounts to ride |
Yes |
Yes |
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Is there crafting in the game |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can any character become a crafter |
Yes |
Yes |
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Are crafted items good enough that players will want to use them? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Are there quest were a crafter must make an item? |
Yes |
Yes? |
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Is the process of crafting an item interactive? Or is it put parts in kit & press combine button? |
Very Interactive. You will need to know when to use special crafting abilities and other skill to make the item. Sort of like “combat” with the item making station. |
Put parts in kit & hit combine. |
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General Game Play: |
Ever Quest 2 |
World of Warcraft |
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players per server |
1500+ |
1500+ |
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Will there be servers all over the world |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can Non-US players play on a US server at release |
Yes |
No |
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Role playing preferred servers? |
Yes |
Yes |
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PvP Servers |
No PvP at this time on any server. |
Yes |
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Max group size |
6 |
5 |
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Quest system with quest logs, nice rewards, and full of unique lore (not random quest generators) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can we do quest in a group together at the same time without doing it over for each group member? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Can we find rare quests on monsters or hidden in a dungeon, like old maps, or books? |
Yes |
No, may be added later |
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Can we give members of our group a quest that we have but they don’t. If they quality for them. |
No |
Yes |
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In the item description does it have who was the 1st player on that server to “discover” the item? |
Yes |
No |
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Can players of the “Evil” race talk with players of the “Good” race? |
Yes |
No, it will come up as jumbled text |
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Can players of the “Evil” towns group with players of the “good” towns. |
Yes |
No. |
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Player Collision / Monster Collision |
Yes (players will collide and push each other to the side) |
No (players can walk/stand inside other players and monsters) |
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PvP in specific PvP battle grounds |
No PvP at this time |
Yes |
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PvP “points system” |
No PvP tat this time |
Yes |
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Max number of character a person can have. |
4 ( per account, NOT per server) |
50 per account, 10 per server? |
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Death Penalty |
Leave no corpse, only a “life shard”. If you don’t have your life shard your stats will be lower until you retrieve it, or 3 real days have passed. Small XP debt & your items take a durability hit (can be repaired) |
Invis Ghost run back to corpse. 75% stats for 30min. Items take a durability hit (can be repaired) |
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Can you loose a level from death |
No |
No |
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Can players “bind” to a location |
No |
No |
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Is there an in game Automatic auction system (sort of like E-bay) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Does your character need to be on-line while selling in the auction |
Yes |
No |
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Player Housing |
Yes |
No “will be added later” |
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Weather Effects (storms, rain, snow) |
Yes? They say it is in game but I have yet to see it. |
No “will be added later” |
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XP for exploring and finding new areas and special land marks? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Is there a shared bank slot so you can give your other characters items without a 2nd person holding it for you |
Yes |
No |
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Do some spells use reagents to cast them, that the player must buy or find? |
Yes |
Yes |
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Do the NPC’s talk to you with text or real voice. |
All voice with text |
Text and a hand full of NPC’s with voice. |