Over the course of last weekend, I hit Lvl 90 and moved to the Najena server. Najena has a good fraction of population that are Australians, who has a rather similar timezone to mine. It’s about two to three hours ahead of me in Sydney, depending on if Daylight Savings Time is in effect. That was the motivating factor behind my move. I had hoped to be able to get groups on the nights that I do come home from base and perhaps even raid some.

Now that I’m over here on Najena, I’m disappointed and find myself regretting my move. The (low) frequency of groups hasn’t changed compared to being on Antonia Bayle. Despite there being a little more chatter in the channels during my evenings, I wasn’t getting into any groups at all. On the raiding front, although there are number of guilds that do carry out raids in the evenings, compared to zero on AB, none of them seems too keen on recruiting a Wizard. I’m stubborn though, and I love my class. I’ve been playing a Wizard since launch, and I’m not going to reroll to a class that is greater in demand. Logging in and staring at my screen for the next couple of hours depresses me.

I find myself in a bit of bind. I love the game, but I’m caught in a stagnant position and there doesn’t seem to be any way that I can improve my character. With groups being hard to find and raiding opportunities almost non-existent for me, I’m cut off from a good part of the game’s content. My passion for Everquest 2 only goes so far before I  start to question my next month’s subscription and source for other avenues of entertainment.