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I'm sort of partial to the idea of Dark Elves being a more direct twisted version of High Elves, possibly those who got left behind to fend for themselves against the Dragons while the Combine escaped to Kunark. I think it could be a very interesting origin story, and gives them a very valid...

I don't really mind them needing to change the lore to make it more coherent and more fitting with their new vision. But I just don't really get why they couldn't keep some more aspects of the old lore in the new revision. For example, getting rid of Tunare for 'Amaril'? And why this new 'Talin'...

He's talking about how roles (tanks specifically) work in League of Legends.

Considering almost no new info has come out since the release, this comment is kind of funny. It's probably because there's been no info that we're speculating, and then being disappointed in what we speculate.

This thread has jumped the shark.

I bet there is an eventual auto-complete no matter what. Like you said, they'll probably end up adding Barbarians after some humans split from Qeynos and settle in Halas. Can't do that if 1/4 the servers have people trying to prevent Halas from being founded, and preventing that server from...

Plus they've already released 'completed' Halas concept art

Because Rallying Calls are for players to be apart of large story-driven events. It's hard to have a consistent over-arching story across multiple expansions if every server has MAJOR differences. I agree that makes them not nearly as cool as they were touting them to be, though.

Halas being built is the only outcome. But it can be achieved in different ways based on the dynamic AI (or so they said). This is just their story-driven content. The real dynamic content will be in how mobs behave day to day, plus procedurally generated dungeons.

I can understand why big events, like Halas are inevitable. I just hope they also create smaller rallying calls that can go either way that also have a permanent affect on the world. Things like small outposts should be fought over (on both sides) and be permanent. Hell, they could even be...

So player interaction is a red-herring, immediately after you stated how important it was for a sandbox? And can we keep this conversation in the context of a Sandbox MMO? You're using a very strict definition of a sandbox that no one really subscribes to when talking about MMOs. My point...

It's content, sure. But a true sandbox would just be an empty world. The content just helps drive players interaction, which is what a sandbox is all about. I don't think EQ Next will be a 'true' sandbox, hence why I said 'sandboxy', but there will be much less handholding and on-the-rails...

Three in a row!

The rest of the world is sandboxy: no static spawns, no quest hubs, 'dynamic' AI, destructible terrain, multi-layered zones, procedurally generated dungeons, probably some sort of player housing/building, probably mostly player/tradeskill-driven economy, etc. The Rallying Calls are for...

WoW already has it, in the form of LFR. You can do a easy mode version of every raid and get sub-par loot.

This kid that I absolutely hated, that was a friend of a friend introduced my buddy to it. My buddy told me how amazing it was, and convinced me to go halfsies with him to buy the game and pay for the subscription. We were stupid though, and bought the Kunark expansion not realizing that we...

Cazic-Thule shouts, "Celebrindal!" Cazic-Thule's Death Touch hits YOU for 9001 damage! You have been slain by Cazic-Thule. LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...

Just go in man, what you afraid of?!?! I somehow became the unofficial Fear raid savior on my server. This basically consisted of me attempting to kite the entire zone while people scooped up their corpses and ported out. It was a rush every single time, and nothing I've experienced in...

And considering some builds will only work with specific gear, it might make 'cookie cutter' builds not as big of an issue in EverQuest Next because they'll take some work to achieve, and not just a matter respecing.

By actually being difficult to complete? Heroic WoW raids are actually difficult. WoW has implemented difficult solo encounters as well, the Warlock Green Fire Quest for example. Hell, even TBC era 5-man Heroics are a decent example of difficult content. At the end of the day, you're right -...

There's plenty of actual difficult content in modern MMOs. Yeah leveling might be easy, but that's because it's supposed to be.

This sounds like a terrible standard to uphold.

What do time sinks have to do with difficulty?

Lol? It was said once only in reference to complete darkness in noob starting areas. You guys are the ones using it out of control.

At this point I'm not sure if it's dumbing it down. From what it seems, they're trying to make your individual choices matter more than having your status predisposed by race or religion. It could certainly end up being dumbed down if your choices end up not really mattering, however. There's...

Have you guys read the lore? There's basically no evil races at this point. I know you guys love your EQ Lore, but it's just not applicable to EQ Next.

They should just makes raid encounters scale with the amount of players, above a certain amount.

Eh, I don't think anyone got their feelings hurt - except qwerty, being butthurt that EQNext didn't turn out to be EverQuest HD. He just didn't hardly ever contribute to the conversation. I don't really give a shit personally, I could just ignore him like I have to other non-contributing posters...

No big loss. He gets banned for every post because every post he's made since the EQ Next reveal has included personal attacks.

Good post Dumar. They're constantly saying EQ Next is going to be like nothing we've seen/played. I really wonder if their solution is going to be something no one here has thought of.

The AI could be amazing, but that doesn't change the basic mechanics. I think combat is going to be some mix between Guild Wars 2 and WildStar, even if SoE doesn't want to admit it. I guess the real key is whether they can ensure various 'roles' feel unique and useful, without being required...

Well, because what some people are speculating seems to go against what little we do know (which I quoted). The rest was just my speculation based upon their comments, however.

It's not going to be about kiting, it's going to be about avoiding damage. In some group compositions, that could mean kiting, I suppose. But I don't think a mob is going to be sitting there auto attackinganyone. The melee fighters (even the 'tank') are going to be moving around constantly to...

I think some of you guys are seriously envisioning combat the wrong way for EverQuest Next. No one is going to just be sitting there and getting beat on because I suspect that's not how combat is going to work at all. I'm getting the feeling that just about every mob attack is going to be...

That's about the only good thing.

You're an idiot for not even comprehending what they were saying or meant by it.

I didn't play much pen and paper DnD personally, but I really likedthis postfrom someone on Reddit who did:

Hm. Doesn't sound quite like the "Fuck DND" as Flex makes it sound.

Yeah I don't know where he keeps 'quoting' that from. Seems to me that with StoryBricks, the game will be more DND-like because the game will be much smarter.

From watching the goofy promo video for it, in EQ2 they actually show each character's face in the group window, and all the SoEmote animations.