EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark--Revised & Expanded: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

 (31 customer reviews)

First off, yes, it's not 100 percent accurate. Everquest is a BIG game and it's constantly being tweaked and updated. But this guide is extremely accurate, well-organized, and full of more useful information than any EQ Web site I've visited (and that's been plenty).That's the biggest selling point for the book: It's nothing if not comprehensive. The guide includes:* EQ Jargon dictionary -- Read it, otherwise entries on why "training an NPC" is bad will just be mystifying.* The explanation of the "play nice" policies. -- Kill-stealing elves, and you know who you are, please read this already* Information on what the in-game GMs can do* Character naming policy -- The guy loudly outraged the other day that dirty rotten Verant made him change his name from "Buttpick" should have read this* Commands* Emotes -- And it also includes which are animated, since those are the best kind ...* A list of Web sites sorted by category*...Read more

Every player really should have this book when they start out playing Everquest for the first time. There's nothing more annoying than a "newbie" asking questions that are already answered in the manual that came with the game and in this book. If they want to know where the bank is, they really should look it up rather than begging people for handouts and a complete tour. This book was literally my bible when I first started out in the game. I reached for it every day, took it to work with me, photocopied the sections that were relevant to my character, and made notes as I went along. I found the maps every helpful and still continue to use it in my travels. The spell book section is enormous, but provides the basic information each spell-caster needs to know such as who they can cast the spells on and if there are any ingredients required to make them work effectively. Advanced users may not feel that this book teaches them anything new, but I find this book invaluable...Read more

If you've spent any time on EQ this book is pretty much worthless. If you haven't even opened the box and installed EQ this book is probably pretty good, for maybe the first 2-3 weeks.First thing you read in the book are the various Verant policies related to acceptable names, misbehavior, etc. Save time, go directly to the EQ Website and read the same thing almost word for word verbatim. For newbies it has maps of every city in Norrath (for those with some xp under their belt that's all it has are the cities, no surrounding areas, no "that dungeon you just can't figure out", nothing you expect to see in a book of this genre). For newbies it has pretty extensive breakdown on every race and class with some OK tips on playing them (for the more experienced why would you want that, half the fun is playing a bunch of Char/race combos and talking/grouping with folks to figure out the inside scope). It does have some pretty nice info. on items and some monsters but...Read more