EQII producer teases March update info, promises more communication

Still not as sexy as Dominos

I downloaded this game, logged in, saw that you had to pay to unlock almost all the classes and uninstalled.

Not going to put time into a game that requires me to purchase classes before I can see how they even play.

You're missing out.

EQ2's classes and race restrictions might be locked (they have to make money somehow) but there are 8 free classes and the game has more free content than pretty much any game on the market, free or subscription.

While I agree with you on most points, most of that shouldn't concern a new player, 1-80 takes a long time to go through if you've never done it before. And that's just the adventuring side, let alone the crafting side, decorating and other 'casual' activities. Not everyone is interested in the endgame.

And I am certainly not defending SOE's actions, of late it seems like all the people we know have left the company or are working on other games for SOE. In the last few months its pretty much been an entire regime change and they keep putting people in charge who have no idea how the players feel or who have even played the game, while passing up experienced people like Domino who most of us though would be taking over from Smokejumper. On top of this latest fiasco, I feel like the company policy is now "Do stuff without consulting the community first, then announce it after its too late to change anything and apologize."
It doesn't help that the man behind it all hides from us and never engages us in conversations, even on a one on one level, which I think is critical whenever you rely on a large clientbase to sucessfully keep a business going.

Companies need to learn that talking isn't communication, listening is.

I bought
EQ2 way way back on release but did not connect. Since then I played most MMO titles. Skipped only a few really.
I made an EQ2 character 2 weeks ago out of boredom, and to my surprise this is a good game. And a free one.
I got to level 35 in 2 weeks of casual play and its nice. I recommend anyone to try it out.

Too little, too late. My sub has been cancelled. Not interested in more BS from EQ2, in fact have no interest in EQ Next due to the decisions of SOE.