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lol just another deflection. Now there's no timetable on when we can expect anything. We just know they're "building examples instead," which will most likely be similar to the completely uninformative combat scenes they've shown 10000x over so far. PAX is going to be very very interesting...

Don't worry, the Storybricks guy reigned them in:

If you were a random MMO player with no real connection to the EQ franchise and you happened to notice an article about EQ:N on whatever gaming site you happened to be frequenting that day, then you went and checked the everquestnext.com website and discovered the absolute dearth of information...

They're ostracizing the most rabid part of their current fanbase. There's no randoms walking in off the street and getting consumed with the idea of EQ:N. The people following the game right now have ties to Everquest or are veterans of the genre, and most of the things they're doing are just...

It's MUCH more logical to take a cynical and pessimistic approach to new game design ideas than it is to just take the devs' words for it and expect a shining platter of fulfilled promises. Their PR is absolutely god awful and they're digging themselves holes out of which they'll never climb...

I think even the biggest apologists are going to have a hard time keeping the faith if SOE doesn't give us something tangible at this event. They need this bad.

I hope they'll have something interesting to show us at PAX. I just pray it isn't a rehashed version of their only presentation.

I don't even know what I like about this game anymore. This is pretty disheartening.

They want to get the carebears to appreciate the elite? Bring the raid mobs to the doorsteps of the newbie/casual areas. Instead of burying it in some hidden cavern, let a dragon wander up to Qeynos gates and reek havoc on the people just starting out. If the elite can take care of an actual...

What ever happened to the combat doc by the way?

Oh I totally agree with you there. They've just never given me any reason to believe they can execute this.

Yup, their approach of "Enough of the same damn game already" might ultimately end up being what sinks them. Not everything in the genre is broken, and I don't think they want to realize that.

People who will never even get themselves in a position to be beaten to contested content, but they'll bitch and moan about the sheer possibility of it happening. The casual guild players who despise anyone who does something in the game faster or more successful than they do, citing the fact...

I'm a little late to the party but this quote from the SB interview on EQHammer was pretty hilarious: /facepalm It's always a good idea to drive down the hype of your unreleased products. Right?

I'm getting a little tired of the smugness of the SoE team. They're struttin' their shit like they can do no wrong and they don't have the credentials to be acting that way. Tad nailed it. They're relying heavily on two things (voxels and SB) that they didn't even create to make this game...

I don't even know what the benefit of the RT is at this point. What purpose does it serve? What can they possibly achieve from it? They're just setting themselves up for grief down the road.

The SWTOR planets were almost insulting to me as an MMO gamer. Of the MMOs I've played extensively (which is many), SWTOR had far and away the worst game world. And it's really not even close.

Part 3: Edit: Huge fail on not knowing how to embed a youtube video lol.

While the newbie harshness of EQ was fun to those of us who survived it, it's just bad business to have something like that in place for a new user experience. If you honestly think a F2P game is going to have a newbie experience without some sort of hand-holding you need to wake the fuck up...

I'll admit to being critical of Ponytail on this board, but I try not to be too over the top and unnecessarily harsh if I can avoid it. I do genuinely believe he loves his product and believes we will too. He has some snake oil salesman tendencies but I don't think he's a good enough actor to...

Nice tad, thanks.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Iannis again. lol @ the ideas being so unique that they're withholding more information to give the community a chance to wrap their minds around said ideas. Give. Me. A. Break. And if that's truly the case then they're...

I have a bit left. I'll post a heads up here when I'm getting on again.

Am I the only who thinks it's a little embarrassing that they are doing the same presentation each day? That just reeks of amateur hour. There were a lot of different things they could have done with that time.

Ah ok. I knew about the disintegration of EoD and eventual defecting/merging with TR, but wasn't sure what you ended up doing. Close though. I think that this example though is something that will probably never be replicated in the genre again. I literally saw a name I recognized from server...

Cybsled I remember you from my server lol. Were you in Element of Darkness and eventually The Relentless? I played in a lower end guild at the time but I remember your name.

I have a few K sitting on my defunct casino account. I'd be willing to throw a few hundred plat here and there to people in need. I know 4-500pp can go a long way at those early levels.

I can't stop reading it in my head as Playstation 2 every time I see PS2. EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Nailed it.

Yeah they're going to be tip-toeing the line of P2W with every chance they get if it means more money in their pockets. "Just because you move faster than another player doesn't automatically mean you're more powerful than him." I forsee a lot of bullshit rhetoric in our future.

Considering how often they've referenced denial-of-service, I have a feeling that classes are going to be SUPER easy to find and/or acquired via station cash in lieu of exploration. And that shouldn't constitute pay-to-win because they are supposed to be balanced. It's only going to take 1...

Ah you're probably right. It was the way he said it that immediately gave me the impression we were all starting out as the same thing. I think that had also been floated out there previously, but obviously there's no confirmation anywhere. Everything is speculation at this point.

Hmm so we're all starting in the same city, as the same class. Warrior?

https://www.everquestnext.com/round-table There's a new poll up, in case anyone missed it. It's something almost as critical as death penalties or multi-classing limitations: "Should friends lists be account-based or character-based?"

So they're really putting the same presentation of EQ:N out there every single day?

Kinda like you just did right there? People may be unfairly criticizing elements of this game without knowing all the details, but that goes both ways. You can't just blindly defend everything they're doing without knowing if they can do it properly.

Are there separate teams for Landmark and Next?

Ah ok, interesting. Thanks

So was there any new info on EQ:N? I didn't get a chance to watch the presentation.

you really need to chill out, man. come on.