The Angry Raider

Joining a guild is like dating someone new. In the beginning, you’re enamored with them, you’re happy, and it feels like the world is your oyster. Indeed, these are the salad days.

But after a few days, things start to go south, and you realize that all is not what it seems.

I joined a new guild last week and blogged about it here. I was pretty happy. We got the guild to 30, bought the guild hall, and started making plans for the future. But once my experience with the guild expanded to the rest of its members, most of them newer than me, I started to get a bad taste in my mouth. Little things like a 12-year-old boy insisting he’s my “leader” and turning the guild hall into the most inhospitable and ugly place I’ve ever seen. Or logging in only to be deluged with tells from guildies begging me to level them. Or perhaps worst of all, the guild leader organizing a raid but completely failing at running it.

So as it is, Grabthar returns to his old guild, where he belongs, and I finish the 2.5 level grind to 80.

I continue to waffle on my shadowknight’s long-term playability. Now that my wife is into her dirge, I don’t have the option to take over that character. I still have my beloved ranger, who is 53 and holding, but there’s something missing when I play him. I can’t put my finger on it. I think it’s the overall slowness of the class. It’s like, I sling a whole bunch of arrows and then I either stand there and autoattack, or run up to the mob and melee. I haven’t figured it out yet. From what I hear, the ranger gets more fun as you level, so perhaps the investment is worth it.

I also have a low-level illusionist that is pretty cool. I really like the animations of his spellcasts. I’ve also never played a caster in EQ2, so maybe I should devote some quality time to leveling him up.

Tonight I’m going to play Ipswich for a while and work on leveling Wyrmtail, the illusionist, to 20. I’m still planning on farming void shards on Grabthar, but I’ll put them in my bank to use on whichever character I enjoy more. And I need to run a few HQs to help the wife get enough status to buy her 5 room Qeynos home. So much to do, so little time!