View Full Version : What happens when EQL fails?
Sadre Spinegnawer
05-26-2026, 04:23 PM
A sub + in-game pay-to-wins. All so we can play Uber Me.
They can't change the world or the mechanics or anything, enough to make this money grab appealing and financially plausible past August for at least half their fanbase.
If we do not get a Merge before EQL we surely shall not get one after it is launched. Expect Rogean to sue his own project, in fact.
An additional sub AND pay-to-win.
Jawn.
Hannibal
05-26-2026, 06:08 PM
I'm only salty about the need for a Sub AND Box fees. Way to make a barrier to entry for a lesser known MMO spin-off....
Sadre Spinegnawer
05-26-2026, 07:07 PM
I'm only salty about the need for a Sub AND Box fees. Way to make a barrier to entry for a lesser known MMO spin-off....
I was planning on playing it b/c I thought it surely was going to be part of all access.
These are not precious IP's worth their weight in latinum. I can come and goof off here playing the 1-10 minigame when the new TLP gets me down, which of course it eventually will.
Tomorrow is the launch day which means it's time for cursing in the in-game chat channels as the servers go down. "I took off work" -- people still do that!
Wayward
05-27-2026, 11:32 AM
Player retention is gonna suck. The same crowd that speed-runs TLPs will jump to EQL, speed-run EQL and then run out of stuff to do before they can release xPacs.
Folks who used to play EQ back in the day might come back, check it out, think "whoa this is way different than the EQ i remember" and stop playing.
BradZax
05-27-2026, 12:22 PM
this money grab appealing and financially plausible past August for at least half their fanbase.
Half their fan base would rather they went bankrupt, and they are still going to play EQL.
My guess is they will make a ton of money, validate their horrible existence, and then daybreak will blow it all on a bunch of failed follow up releases.
Belambic
05-27-2026, 06:34 PM
Folks who used to play EQ back in the day might come back, check it out, think "whoa this is way different than the EQ i remember" and stop playing.
That's how I felt about EQ2. Nothing like the original.
It reminded me of England vs New England. The place names are the same, but they're nothing at all alike.
The disconnect was too much.
BradZax
05-27-2026, 07:37 PM
I really don't think it will fail. THJ was a mod and it dwarfed their live numbers.
Make it a direct download from a reputable source and everyone who has ever wanted to kill a dragon in EQ but couldn't can now?
I think that will be big numbers.
I could be wrong but thats just what im expecting. Serious rewards for these god damn enad global 7 types.
Reiwa
05-28-2026, 12:15 AM
I really don't think it will fail. THJ was a mod and it dwarfed their live numbers.
Make it a direct download from a reputable source and everyone who has ever wanted to kill a dragon in EQ but couldn't can now?
I think that will be big numbers.
I could be wrong but thats just what im expecting. Serious rewards for these god damn enad global 7 types.
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kjs86z2
05-28-2026, 01:40 PM
secrets goes onto the next one
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