Now free to play, but with some restriction and such.
http://everquest2.com/free_to_play/indexDescriptionThere is not much to explain, but looking it up will tell you alot about it. The gameplay is similar to most other MMOs, but there is something about it, in my opinion, that makes it better.
Tons of stuff to explore and do, plus the style of architecture and areas really makes the game cool. I love exploring the deserts and going to sky islands. At first it can be like "oh this is stupid and boring", which is probably due to the non exciting tutorial area, which I hate. Once you reach level 20 or so, you get to start going to dungeons and other cool places. Unlike most MMOs, the world isn't either too bright, too dark, too soft, too gothic, too anime, and so on. The game blends all the styles and each island or zone or dungeon has its own unique appearance.
Guilds are usually active, depending on which one you join. You need at least 7 people to form one, which is nice because you don't get a lot of "join halo fanclub giuld plz its rlly cool." The majority (90%) of players are helpful and choose not to be deliberate game ruiners.
House designing is cool, as well as armor making and such. Each class and subclass has their own unique abilities that make the, unique. I really like how you are always finding something new. When you play runescape, you can name every item you see, every spell that is cast, every major enemy and dungeon. You don't go "Woah! What weapon is this guy using! Where did he get it!" In Everquest, it is pretty much the opposite.
There are so many different zones and bosses that all the dungeons and zones are impossible to take on all in one leveling up sequence (leveling up from 1-80 and then stopping). Every boss, named, legendary, whatever you want to call it, has its own distinct challenge making it harder than the rest, not just some monster with some stupid name (darkheart the depressed shadow killer).
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Characters (Format: forums name - Ingame name - Class - Server)
Heedicalking - Gladl - Paladin - Nagafen
