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Yeah, they're definitely switching focus to EQN. From here out, I imagine Landmark will be getting lots of updates that coincide with EQN development, such as EQN armor reskins, EQN build props, textures, random bug fixes to the editor and creation tools, etc.

Think Terraria or Zelda. Expand health/mana through "heart containers" you get from bosses or chests (this is going into Landmark, at least). Expand functionality by finding different tools (hookshot, jumping boots, bombs, etc.), spells, recipes, etc. Expand playstyle by finding new...

This thread is fucking ridiculous. People advocating rushing out WoW clones.

SOE was acquired by an investment firm and is now operating as an independent game development studio, no longer under the "Sony" umbrella. Really.. surprising; it'll be interesting to see what this means for EQN, H1Z1, PS2, etc. In the announcement they said they are no longer restricted to...

Not sure why the sky is falling all of a sudden.. Landmark was never supposed to even include combat and most of the MMO elements it has now. EQNext weapon types are already starting to be added to Landmark, as is the beginning of their scripting and AI. Getting a working voxel building...

I believe they removed RNG gear, at least for now. They have an upgrade system, but I believe it's mid-transition to a more robust system.. It's hard to tell what is going to stay or not, at this point, but they seem to have lots of pieces they're still adding in

Playing around with the triggering system.. kinda neat. When you click the fireplace the fire and smoke emitters flip on and the candles go out. Click again to put it out and relight the candles. It's surprisingly intuitive and easy to do. Warning: Potato Compression

Very first stages of PVE*. Don't set your expectations too high for now, but these NPCs show promise imo. Here's what I liked about them.. Chomper - Growls, faces player when close - Determines attack point and then charges up and releases threeverypowerful projectiles in quick succession...

Some segments are pretty large

Wow.. I got one for Triple Station Cash. I think they might have sold me. Also, the enemies are suprising in some circumstances. I was in a Tier 1 cave trying to avoid monsters because health regenerates pretty slowly now (using newb armor). I grappled half way up a narrow little opening...

I think a lot of the stuff we saw before was placeholder until the other necessary systems were in place

The linking and triggering system is pretty crazy.. I dunno how it'll affect server performance, but I can imagine players doing some crazy shit with it

Gollumconfirmed.

It hurts my brain less if I just think of Landmark as the toolkit for EQN, but without any release content. Once the toolkit is ready for 1.0, they'll use Landmark to create EQN. Which means, we'll see all the systems EQN will use inside Landmark before, including monsters, AI, and probably...

yeah I definitely noticed the Foundation Museum island has a really interesting landscape compared to the player islands which are mostly hilly squares. So, at the very least, I think EQNext will have better landscapes, but they probably won't touch the Landmark terrain until Open Beta (if at all).

Whoa, really? Did they announce that in Landmark Live? I hadn't heard about them touching the terrain generation, but the game could definitely use that

What are they making that every other MMO hasn't already done? This looks like a terrible(r) Vanguard.

Or actually kill you, if he has your address..

Nah, just thought there was EQN news /impatient

</circlejerk>.

Making an MMO engine is not a trivial thing, especially given every player wants every single feature that has been introduced to MMOs since the very beginning. Most triple-A, single-player games have a very focused experience and still run into difficulties. It's stupid NOT to use pre-existing...

I feel like they actively tried to reverse what they did with DA2, but they're still not getting pre-order money after the obvious DA2 cashgrab. Wait for reviews or a sale.. though I would say if they actually made a good game, I will pay for it.

Unfortunately I don't have the 8+ hours of free-time, every day, like I used to when I was 14. I definitely feel where you're coming from, because "world feel" is super important for any sandbox, especially one in Norrath. But, I think they can strike a reasonable balance between the two. If...

What about a huge Ogre that bought a wizard-crafted portal shard that can be consumed and teleport him to any wizard spire in the game? I think it partly comes down to presentation; if they make it feel like it's part of the world, it would go a lot further in winning me over, but I think...

I'm kind of curious.. with all the effort they're putting into rigging faces for SOE-Emote and the entire animation system. It's pretty crazy.. you can set your mood mode which effects every single emote in the game; /angry, your face will turn angry, you /wave angrily (literally, a different...

Also, I could see their underground dungeon tech evolving enough to see them making randomly generated keeps, towers, ruins, etc. Random pic of new FV (and most likely Elf model for EQN)

Don't get me wrong; I would prefer real-world movement (horse, boat, carriage, whatever) any day, but if they're insisting that there must be fast travel then it needs restrictions. Those being that a) you've visited those places previously (didn't apply to PoK, IIRC), b) there is a cost and...

Well.. in Landmark, if you want to teleport somewhere it requires a portal crystal that you have to craft. They're pretty easy to make right now, but if they were a legitimate time sink to make I think people would use them a little more judiciously instead of porting around the world at random...

Is instant fast-travel confirmed? I feel like real-world griffon/horse/boat travel is pretty easy to pull off these days and satisfies all parties

Related, the new Landmark patch notes include some significant changes to "Heroic Movement" and itemization which is likely going to be EQN's combat system: Update Notes

Apparently the Seraphs "take over" influences, when a Seraph dies. Tunare dying happened in a previous Age (that was very tumultuous, when the Seraphs were "young") and her influence over birth, nature, seasons, and harvest were taken over by Anashti, Karana, and Erollisi. Though, they don't...

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that open world PVP servers are going to be a thing..

Well the EQN Kerrans are digitigrade, have an all-fours sprint, and a roaring animation; I imagine each race will get lots of unique animations this time around (come on, dwarf roll!). Ogres are in their pre-cursed forms; more militaristic, intelligent Iksar concept art looks very...

Well we still don't have any NPCs/monsters, armor/itemization, more than 3 weapons, Tier 2 through 5 caves, mounts, crafting 2.0, an acceptable chat system, final UI, character customization 2.0 (interchangeable armor pieces, more customizable player models), multi-threading, nor the rest of...

They can sit back and wait til the next generation of MMO comes out, and then copy/polish the shit out of that.. until then, they are sitting on the most successful MMO in the industry.

Ahem..

To be fair, those effects are generally lightning fast, and don't linger on the screen. Whoever took these shots zeroed in on the split second that they appear. While EverQuest's spell effects weren't as large, they had a ton of particles that stayed on the screen for a significant amount of...

I know a handful of people who won't pay for an MMO but will gladly do FTP with occasional purchases here and there; for people who don't have a ton of disposable income, there's a huge stigma attached to monthly MMO payments.

Huh? EQNext is resting on Landmark. The better Landmark is the better EQNext can be

Rosie Rapport is the ART DIRECTOR for Landmark; in a Workshop episode, she noted that many people were hiding props to show only the smoke effects, which isn't something they had originally planned for. She recognized this was happening and said that in the future they'd like to uncouple effects...