This has been around for a week or so for Fileplanet subscribers, but now it's open to everybody:

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/eq2_trial/

Let's you play all you want, for a year, but limits you to the Newbie Island.

I'm a WoW Fanboy, but I'm definately gonna give this a try.

Seems kind of cool. I wonder how high you can level up on the newbie island.

Thanks... I'm a World of Warcraft player also, but for free I'll give it a try!

In beta, you could up to I think 6 on the newbie island. To level past that, you had to do a citizenship quest which wasn't available on the island.

Evercrack indeed. I downloaded the free trial last night. I'm a dark elf level 6 mage already. It really is addicting. I'm seriously thinking of buying the full version. good times.

I think it would be dangerous for me to buy this. I already spend enough time in WoW. Plus, I don't want to pay another fee for another game, even if it is good.

Brian

I know what you mean bdshort. I made it to level 6 in one day for the free trial version and I'm so tempted to purchase it. The only other mmorpg i've ever played before everquest 2 was SWG. SWG really isn't that good compared to Everquest 2. I noticed less bugs in a free trial version of Everquest 2 then the later editions of SWG. I can't believe the same company makes both games. I do think it's better if I don't purchase Everquest 2 though. I'd be so tempted to get level 50 wizard that I'd become more mentally insane then I am now. I have an addictive personality, so I should stay away from mmorpg's like wow and everquest 2. Hell, I'm going through withdrawl right now because I can't get beyond level 6 in the trial version.

"you require a video card with at least 4 texture units" .. any suggestions> i don;t think my vid card is that bad

Well, for starters, what card are you using?

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NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440

That could explain it.

From www.everquest2.com faq

-Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory

It doesn't say it 'requires' a DX9 card, or 64MB of ram, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did (at least as far as the ram goes). Does the MX440 only have 32MB of ram? The MX series was always considered to be a pretty bad one, and EQ2 is a hog.

Also try the latest drivers on www.nvidia.com

That is a pretty old budget card. It should run it but not very well, EQ 2 has pretty stiff system requirements I believe. Also the MX 440 was only a DirectX 7 or 8 card.

I had over 100 days clocked in on EQ1 so there is no way im buying this game,I still need to pick up the pieces of my life after playing that game,its worse then crack hence the name EverCrack.

can you recommend a good new card? is it possible to keep it under $60 or so?