During the claim process, you can use the scroll wheel to raise/lower the elevation of the claim. This way you can bury your claim area deeper into the ground/mountain if that is what you're going for.
When I deleted my character, the new one didn't have the founders items. It sucks using the default stone axe. Avoid this if possible.
Somehow I got it back, and have another claim flag in my inventory, neat!
Map suffers from yet another one of those "we only tested on a single area on a single server". Your map and claims list memorizes every claim on every map you visit. The boxes aren't cleared when you move to another map, until you shut down the client and restart (not a good idea with queues). So you get more and more and more claims showing.
One of the problem with the current gameplay is that, basically, 15mn after you've started, you need to place a claim, or your progression is stopped. The spires facility stops being useful as you move to tier 2, requiring you to put toolstations, meaning a claim. So, every single player NEEDS a claim. It's not a matter of choice, unless you're simply interested in visiting stuff.
You can use anyone else's stations if you want. Lots of people in t1 have conveniently built them right next to the spire.
The Vault is basically EQNL's Ender Chest, i.e. an access to "extra storage". Every Vault (yours and anyone else's) gives access to the same storage, regardless of where you are. So your items should still be safe in their extra-dimensional pocket until you get to any vault. If their DB doesn't mess up.
With the all access pass getting you the 500 month SC +sub bonuses to all games I definitely will be doing this. Seems a no brainer if you are going to spend any reasonable amount of time in EQL or PS2 whatever.
I'm with you on this. This a great game for the explorer and gatherer that I am in mmo's even without combat/pvp. I was very critical of them when this thing was launched and now am all on board as the potential for this thing seems huge.
Or you find one of the other thousands of players who placed a claim and have the tool stations going.
I 100% agree with this... it still needs 'more' to be actually fun, but wow is it sticky and addictive. Much the same as grinding mobs in Overthere was not really 'fun' but yet we all did it for hours and hours. There is definitely some serious potential with this and I was a TOTAL skeptic for both this and EQ:N prior to trying it.
