EQNext Discussion

[t0lkien]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

LOL - Get your eyes checked.

His eyes agree with mine. Perhaps yours are a little out of whack? Luclin models were horrid.

[Sirken]

Originally Posted by Smedy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

link more footage, i havent kept up with anything, where can i see the actual gameplay?

Smedy - http://www.twitch.tv/everquestnext

EQN unveil is at 3pmEST / 12pmPST

[Stasis01]

I do that shit all the time fucking 12pm

[Lopretni]

Originally Posted by t0lkien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

His eyes agree with mine. Perhaps yours are a little out of whack? Luclin models were horrid.

Watching Orotiagito play with Luclin models gave me colon cancer.

[Sirken]

Originally Posted by Lopretni [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Watching Orotiagito play with Luclin models gave me colon cancer.

we convinced him to change them to classic models. his reaction to seeing his first classic troll was priceless

[Lopretni]

Originally Posted by Sirken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

we convinced him to change them to classic models. his reaction to seeing his first classic troll was priceless

Yepp, I was there. You cannot imagine the relief I felt when he finally decided to switch over. I remember you turned him into a troll so he could bask in the glory of the buttscratching!

[Rust1d?]

I agree that there is a very slim chance this game will meet our expectations. Just like D3 failed so hard, I am hoping EQnext does not. If they implemented things that were in EQ classic, the WoW kiddie crowd will shit their pants. Can you imagine some 13 year old just starting his neckbeard having to go on a 2 hour CR?

[HappyTr33z]

Originally Posted by HippoNipple [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hopefully the world will be big enough so this doesn't occur. Games that have a linear path, where levels 22-26 fight in this zone, have to accommodate by having shards. Shards are a cheap way to cram more people onto one server and making the world as small as possible while still allowing people to level up characters from 1-cap.

There aren't many games I can think of that match the leveling areas available for players in Everquest.

I understand what everyone here wants and I know there are people at Sony that know what Everquest fans want but actually implementing it all and still making money is tough.

no cash shops = less money made

no shards = more development of world and/or more servers per player base = more cost, less money made

hardcore features like penalty for death, pvp item loot, exp loss = smaller player base = less money

no instances = same as no shards

As a business owner you have to do some give and take in all these categories. The guys in the trenches making the game know what makes a good game.

The ones that make the big money if the game is successful and make the final decisions won't cut too far into profits. I can't blame, money is awesome. They aren't going to play the game.

Everyone knows that the majority of the mmo player base is attracted to easy games with instances, etc. The only thing we can hope is that there are so many mmos out there competing with each other that being different and catering to a certain crowd convinces a company they will make more money by being a niche game. So far all the niche games are created by underfunded companies that can't pull it off. A big company hasn't made the leap of faith yet.

Are you really trying to defend basically everything that makes modern games suck?
If those features you listed were good at all, the 90 MMOs that have copy-catted WoW with those features wouldn't have all been gigantic failures.

and I don't think people who are interested in big business should be anywhere near a fucking video game, that's why games are all so shit now. Businessmen who don't know a damn thing about vidja trying to make a game that appeals just enough to get the initial purchase. All of them are shallow, linear, have no community, and ultimately fail within months of release.

I can understand wanting to make money by making video games, but I think no matter what your trade is you should do a good job at it and try your best to make a good product. Not just try to cut every corner possible, and create the most hype and box-appeal to trick people into purchasing your garbage game. There's no defending that.

My prediction is the game's gonna be garbage, if it's even decent at release I'm sure they'll find a way to patch away anything decent and turn it to shit in true SoE fashion.

[dwightgeary]

Don't compare blizzard and SoE plz Sony hasn't really released a bad game... (if you ain't played eq2 past first update... shut up) but eq,swg,eq2,vanguard all mazing games at some point .. I'm Rdy for eq next this is my last chance at playing a mmo before I shut my PC down for good.....

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by t0lkien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

His eyes agree with mine. Perhaps yours are a little out of whack? Luclin models were horrid.

You can subjectively like or dislike them, but to call Luclin models the ugliest and least anatomically correct is objectively wrong. Original EQ models had zero anatomical correctness at all. They had all of the anatomical correctness of LEGO figures. Objectively, Luclin models were more like Star Wars figures.