I took a bit of a break from Mass Effect tonight to pop back into EQ2. I’d been meaning to do a bit more in it anyway, but the pressing need actually came from the player housing that it has — I was worried that I was about to fall behind on the payments needed to maintain your house. It turned out I was down to 7 days left on my current upkeep, and only had enough cash on me to extend it by one more week.

So, I needed to make some money, and figured I’d pick up some while continuing along the usual quest chains. I finished off one last quest in the Peat Bog, picked up a bunch of other quests in Qeynos, and then stumbled into the Down Below, where I did some simple item collection while getting lost in the extensive tunnels. I then found my way to The Caves, where there was another batch of quests to be picked up, and left off there for the day. I made enough money to stave off getting evicted for another five weeks, at least.

I only just realized today that when I target an enemy, I can see which other ones are ‘linked’ to it by seeing targeting circles at their feet. That’ll help greatly compared to EQ1, where you had to eyeball distances between enemies, estimate whether they’re in assist range or not, and remember which enemy types are social with each other.