Yesterday was also spent primarily in EQ2, as I continued cleaning up newbie quests around the Qeynos and Antonica areas with my shaman. And then went and did them again with my illusionist, who’s now up to level 19.

I think that’s as far as I’ll take my shaman around that area though, as he’s starting to run into content that we could do as a group instead.

The last few days have been pretty EQ2-heavy, starting with our weekly group outing on Thursday. Everybody met up and split into two groups since we had too many for a single group, and we worked our way through the Timorous Deep newbie quests and up through the Green Overlook, which is as far as I got with my enchanter as well.

On Friday I primarily worked on the newbie quests around the Qeynos area, with the xp slider set 100% towards AAs so that I didn’t gain any adventure xp and get too far ahead in levels. And then on Saturday I primarily worked on crafting, getting up to level 24 as an Alchemist. The potions I can make don’t look too exciting, but I’ll also be able to make enchantments that you can apply to pieces of armour to add stats and abilities. After that, I then did some exploration and questing in the Antonica area just outside Qeynos, which would have been the old West Karana and North Karana, I guess.

So, currently I’m at adventure level 15, crafting level 24, and with 16 AA points earned. And I haven’t even spent 15 of the AAs; I still need to research builds, so I’ve only spent one on the summon wolf ability, which was a prerequisite to pretty much everything in one tree anyway.

Last night was mostly spent in EQ2, preparing for the group by gathering some resources and making a big pile of backpacks. They’re only 6-slot, but it’s better than the nothing you start with and much cheaper than buying them.

I also met up with the guy organizing the group, got invited to the guild, and got elevated so that I can invite the others as I see them. Unfortunately the guild bank is almost full, so I can’t dump the extra collection items I have in it yet. Maybe I’ll have to relieve the bank of some of its burden…

I’ve only moderately twinked my shaman so far, with some leftover junk from my enchanter. Behold, the Oven Mitts of Woe!

Today was mainly spent in EQ2, soloing on my Illusionist character. I made it through pretty much all of the Timorous Deep newbie quests, so they won’t be as big a surprise when my shaman does them with the group, but at least the rewards will be different. That got him up to level 15, and I also went through the tradeskill tutorial, getting him to level 11 in crafting. The best thing he can make right now is 6-slot backpacks, since containers are still pretty scarce at this point. Not even my bank’s shared slots are filled with packs yet.

I also popped into EQ1 briefly, just out of curiosity, and apparently there are some Halloween quests going on. I did a simple one where I collected mushrooms in Toxx and got an earring that summons a sporali guardian. Not terribly useful, but it was something new to do.