My days of raiding in WoW have yet again drawn to a close. With only one raid zone available, things get boring fast. It became harder and harder to field a full raid, so my guild has shelved Ulduar raiding for the Summer.

This gives me a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time in my favorite MMO, EverQuest 2. I reactivated back in early April to play with some friends through Refer-a-Friend.EQ2 PLAT. They stopped playing for some reason, and I was once again left all alone in Norrath. Fortunately, my wife agreed to start a new account with Refer-A-Friend and after rolling several different characters, she settled on an Arasai dirge.

In the first play session, we leveled the dirge from 1 to 30. The next session saw her go from 30 to 45, and then from 45 to 60. She only has about 25 AA at the moment, but that¡¯s fine for level 60; there are plenty of opportunities to mentor down and explore Runnyeye and the like.EQ2 PLAT. We¡¯ve killed quite a few nameds, and we cleared most of the Clefts of Rujark. My shadowknight went from 74 to 76 through all of this, and his AOE capabilities definitely helped with the powerleveling.

While my wife isn¡¯t particularly interested in the long-term for her dirge, I have considered switching over to it once my wife loses interest. EQ2 PLAT.I think that a dirge gives me the best chance of experiencing all that EverQuest 2 has to offer, mainly because dirges seem to always be in high demand. I¡¯ll have to get used to playing a fairy.

The next zone we¡¯ll start exploring for AA and grinding XP is Loping Plains. I really like Loping Plains and I won¡¯t mind spending some quality time there. I also need to head to Lesser Faydark for discovery.EQ2 PLAT. In other news, I completed the blue shiny goggles collection. I spent 40 plat on the missing pieces, which left me with 86 gold. I sold a bunch of Masters and Lore & Legend bits, bringing me back up to 75 plat. I need to save up 100p for the Mythical update for my new dirge!