EQ2 Surnames question...

[John Strong]

In EQ2 can you have a last name, and is there a level requirement for it
like EQLive, or do you choose it from the beginning, like SWG?

[Bob Perez]

Post by John Strong
In EQ2 can you have a last name, and is there a level requirement for it
like EQLive, or do you choose it from the beginning, like SWG?

I haven't seen anyone with a surname yet. You only get to choose a first
name at character creation but right in your persona window are two
drop-down lists for a "prefix" and a "suffix", both empty initially. I
recently attained the status of "Gnoll Hunter" and so I have an available
suffix of "Hunter of Gnolls", which I haven't chosen to display. I see
people running around with names like "Acadia, Slayer of Undead", and even
"Woad, Hunter of Fairies". But I've yet to see a prefix or an actual
surname. Not that there aren't any, but I haven't seen any.

[Mark Morrison]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:08:17 -0800, "Bob Perez"

Post by Bob Perez

Post by John Strong
In EQ2 can you have a last name, and is there a level requirement for it
like EQLive, or do you choose it from the beginning, like SWG?

I haven't seen anyone with a surname yet. You only get to choose a first
name at character creation but right in your persona window are two
drop-down lists for a "prefix" and a "suffix", both empty initially. I
recently attained the status of "Gnoll Hunter" and so I have an available
suffix of "Hunter of Gnolls", which I haven't chosen to display. I see
people running around with names like "Acadia, Slayer of Undead", and even
"Woad, Hunter of Fairies". But I've yet to see a prefix or an actual
surname. Not that there aren't any, but I haven't seen any.

I need the Gnoll Mastery book - I have 3 body parts waiting to be
researched, but keep forgetting to buy one whenever I'm in South
Qeynos...

[Bob Perez]

Post by Mark Morrison
I need the Gnoll Mastery book - I have 3 body parts waiting to be
researched, but keep forgetting to buy one whenever I'm in South
Qeynos...

What class do you play? On my first Mystic on Beta1 I had Skeleton Mastery
and the Skeleton Mastery Smite that I got was very nice, did like twice the
damage or my ordinary smite. But I haven't been back there since I started
my current main on Beta2 and haven't yet attained any of the Masteries.
However, in the spell revamp, Shamans lost Smite so I'm wondering if they
took my Mastery spell away ...

[p***@nordebo.com]

Post by Bob Perez

Post by Mark Morrison
I need the Gnoll Mastery book - I have 3 body parts waiting to be
researched, but keep forgetting to buy one whenever I'm in South
Qeynos...

What class do you play? On my first Mystic on Beta1 I had Skeleton Mastery
and the Skeleton Mastery Smite that I got was very nice, did like twice the
damage or my ordinary smite. But I haven't been back there since I started
my current main on Beta2 and haven't yet attained any of the Masteries.
However, in the spell revamp, Shamans lost Smite so I'm wondering if they
took my Mastery spell away ...

They're revamping the mastery quests since they moved the existing
rewards into the "everyone is a beautiful, unique snowflake" character
traits thing. I'm not sure they're even going to be in for release,
but they're not there now, in any case.

That's how I understand it, anyway.

[Bob Perez]

Post by p***@nordebo.com
They're revamping the mastery quests since they moved the existing
rewards into the "everyone is a beautiful, unique snowflake" character
traits thing. I'm not sure they're even going to be in for release,
but they're not there now, in any case.
That's how I understand it, anyway.

Yeah, that fits what I've seen, too. I have a trait that gave me Gnoll
Mastery Smite, which is what I would have received from the Mastery quests
previously, and I've heard people complaining that they can't buy the quest
books anymore. Sounds like they're migrating Mastery from a quest to a
snowflake trait.

[Hoffhargnogn]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:08:17 -0800, "Bob Perez"

Post by Bob Perez

Post by John Strong
In EQ2 can you have a last name, and is there a level requirement for it
like EQLive, or do you choose it from the beginning, like SWG?

I haven't seen anyone with a surname yet. You only get to choose a first
name at character creation but right in your persona window are two
drop-down lists for a "prefix" and a "suffix", both empty initially. I
recently attained the status of "Gnoll Hunter" and so I have an available
suffix of "Hunter of Gnolls", which I haven't chosen to display. I see
people running around with names like "Acadia, Slayer of Undead", and even
"Woad, Hunter of Fairies". But I've yet to see a prefix or an actual
surname. Not that there aren't any, but I haven't seen any.

I bet Woad gets laughed at a lot.

[Bob Perez]

Post by Hoffhargnogn

Post by Bob Perez
I haven't seen anyone with a surname yet. You only get to choose a first
name at character creation but right in your persona window are two
drop-down lists for a "prefix" and a "suffix", both empty initially. I
recently attained the status of "Gnoll Hunter" and so I have an available
suffix of "Hunter of Gnolls", which I haven't chosen to display. I see
people running around with names like "Acadia, Slayer of Undead", and even
"Woad, Hunter of Fairies". But I've yet to see a prefix or an actual
surname. Not that there aren't any, but I haven't seen any.

I bet Woad gets laughed at a lot.

Heh, yeah I think it's a hilarious title and I'm sure he's enjoying it. :)

[Panic]

Post by John Strong
In EQ2 can you have a last name, and is there a level requirement for it
like EQLive, or do you choose it from the beginning, like SWG?

The way the surname is supposed to work is similar to a guild. One person
registers a surname, then invites others to the "Family". In this way you
can have the comraderie of a group without the added issues of supporting a
guild that this game imposes. I have yet to see anyone with a surname, and
there doesn't seem to be any solid info on the beta forums. I also have not
heard anything from any Dev about it. So no one seems to know at what level
you can choose or if you even need to reach a certain level.

I do know that the Guild registrar doesn't at this time offer surname
registration. As far as I know, no one has a surname. I haven't seen every
player of course, but I will do a search on the player stats site to see if
I can find anyone with a surname.

I also can tell you that Guild status points are bugged as hell. Once we
formed our Guild we had access to the 4 NPC's that give "writ" quests, for
Guild status points. Each of us got 4 quests, as you can stack them by
getting one from each NPC. Once we had completed all 4 as a group for each
person (some were the same and overlapped, such as "kill 10 grizzled
badgers") we each had contributed an average of 5000 status points to the
Guild. Starting at level 1, we now had only 30% XP towards Guild
advancement. So it's gonna be a long road. Also, with the most recent
patch, they have announced an increase in the XP requirements for each level
of the Guild.

The bug came in when the next time we logged on, our Guild status points
were either much less or missing entirely. The Guild advancement did not
change however, so we still had that at least. Now it may not sound like
much, but for example, to rent an upscale property in Freeport, on the main
drag, costs a large amount of gold, AND 500,000 or more, much more, status
points. So I can only imagine that the point reward for higher level quests
is MUCH higher.

Once you consider all of the above, and add in that only Patrons can
complete guild quests, and that Patrons are limited to 36 per guild, you can
see that Guild advancement will be a slow road indeed. And the highest
level of guild that has been published seems to be level 25, so lots of work
for anyone interested in maintaining any kind of Guild status.

I will try to find more info on surnames and post it here. I am guessing
they have just not implemented that portion of the game in the beta yet, but
we'll see if I can find more info.