I don't see any EQ game having much PVP in it.  That just isn't what EQ is about.

Moving slowly while casting is odd.  I know vanguard did it but most mmo games don't.  I'm not saying its a bad idea, it just doesn't feel right

I never played EQ1 I heard it was a lot like Vanguard, which I really liked. I played EQ2 with Aythr for a couple months, and besides being able to wear a tinfioil hat and ride a cow on fire I found the questing very boring, but that was the wow days of walls of text. If they make it a sandbox and the leveling, crafting and pvp is fun I may give it a shot.

I didn't play much EQ2, but EQ1 was and is similar to Vanguard, minus the whole moving while casting thing.  EQ1 had a steep learning curve and has greatly toned down over the years as far as being punishing.  You no longer have corpse runs to get gear back and since they introduced Mercenaries experience loss from death isn't an issue.

I truely truely hope they make EQN an updated EQ1 as it exists today.  Give it more customizable UI, but still limit the spells to 8 (more w/ AA).  I think one of the biggest mistakes WoW has is that you need 20+ buttons to effectively play a class.  It actually adds to the challenge to swap spells mid fight, or have multiple loadouts depending on your role/group makeup.

I also like how not all classes can solo equally.  There are actual defined roles in EQ.  And no I don't want to argue that WoW has defined roles, because talent tree swapping makes it so any class can be a good soloer.  In EQ1, a warrior properly equiped with tons of AAs was the best tank in the game, but couldn't solo worth crap at high level.  But a necromancer could solo non stop for hours without even having to stop.

Usually more than 1 class has the basics, like 4 can slow, but those 4 classes are very different in all other regards.  And the AA tree is more interesting to build a character and adds a lot of longevity to a class beyond the "must raid until get best in slot" idea that WoW has.  In fact, raiding isn't the focus of EQ1, and PVP is almost non-existent on all servers but 1.  It is a social game.  The journey to max level/AA is long.

The difficulty is there.  Man how I miss having a "puller".  Instead of just slowly progressing through an instanced zone, you had "camps".  You want an item, you get a group together to go camp something.  The mob doesn't spawn for 4 hrs, guess you know why its called a "camp".  It finally spawns but doesn't drop what you want, guess you better get your smores out because you're going to be here a while.  No instant gratification.

Is this what most people want these days?  No, I would guess not.  But it made for an amazing experience when it all came together, which is why it has survived all these years through 18 expansions, and still exists as the largest (in terms of in-game area to explore) game of its type.

Well you can try it without it, and without plugging in the HDD.  It may still work but run slower.

Last night i reformatted my HD(to get rid of an old partition), installed my new SSD and installed Windows 7 on it. Works fine, so long as the Windows 7 disc is in the drive. If I startup without the disc it fails to boot off the HD, if the disc is in it boots from the HD just fine.

HELP! I've tried running the Recovery stuff from the Win7 disc but it says everything is fine.

2 things.  Unplug the HDD while installing windows on the SSD, this will ensure no issues.  Second, make sure your bios is set to AHCI as others have said before installing windows.  After windows is all done installing, then plug in the HDD and everything should be okay.

Also, if your motherboard is more than a year or 2 old, update the firmware.

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I honestly am ignoring that award poll from MMORPG. Majority of the games on that list, including ESO, WS, and EQNext had next to no showing at E3. Biggest news of those three games was that ESO was delayed to Spring 2014 due to console port. Also, we still do not know anything about EQNext.

Edit: Sorry to sound so negative but I don't buy developer PR bs.

I don't know, from the way it sounds they did get to try it, just can't talk about it yet.  I've read that other places too.

I know. It's just hard for me (and a lot of people) to gauge how interested we are on a game when there is zero information released to the public. Sure, the press got a sneak peek and liked it, that doesn't mean I'm going to agree and like the game as well. My opinion on upcoming MMO's comes from the developer mentioning a feature and then showing it off in a gameplay video followed by me getting hands on time during the open beta phase.

I agree completely.  I guess maybe I'm more optimistic about it.

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If you like digital TCG's, this looks like it could be fun.  I am thinking of buying it in the near future when I get some spare $$$.  Has anyone picked it up yet?

Well, given that it is F2P, EVERYONE should give it a shot.  And if you don't, you smell like dirty socks.

And if you do, well you'll also smell like dirty socks (due to lack of shower).