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gogojira_sl said:

They need to move that armor on the second screen and give us a glance at that map. Hopefully Kunark will be there day one, but I'm betting against it.

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The north eastern landmass looks like the south eastern tip of Faydwer (steamfront/dragonscale hills area).... But that continent to the southwest of it doesn't look like the eastern coast of kunark. Such a tease...

holy shit they actually spilled something, I'm betting they spill a bit more at E3 even if it's just another render.

I just want to know some details, goddamn it.

And hopefully they bring back the areas of EQ1 and actually make them resemble EQ1. EQII sucked until the areas actually started looking like EQ1 zones.

Quaid_sl said:

The north eastern landmass looks like the south eastern tip of Faydwer (steamfront/dragonscale hills area).... But that continent to the southwest of it doesn't look like the eastern coast of kunark. Such a tease...

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The NE Landmass is covered by clouds. The so-called "continent' in the "southwest" is not. It's likely an image of something in front of the map but not actually part of the map (perhaps an EQN logo with a dragon or wtf). So if it is a map of EQN (a pretty big if), and if that is Faydwer, then there is no Kunark at release, which would make sense.

/derail
Anyway, that's enough posting on Draegan's terribad overmodderated site for this year. For board old timers going to SOE Live this year I'm up for drinks after the announcement whether to mourn (if it has too much grey), to celebrate (if it's got potential and we got beta keys) or to circle in confusion (if Smed starts talking in tongues).

Thumbs Highyou bastards.

I don't think there's much of a question that it'll be designed around third person. People like seeing their armor sets and given that there will be a store with SOE and player created cloaks, armors, etc., it'd be cutting out a large chunk of how they'll be making money with EQ Next if they go with first person being the primary perspective. The biggest thing is getting the scale right as third person games tend to shrink the world. I want everything to feel massive, which the Forgelight Engine seems to be more than capable of pulling off.

So who is going to SOE live? I've just decided I'm definitely going. I noticed here (https://www.soe.com/soelive/pricing.vm) that the Friday only passes don't get access to Keynote Addresses, does that mean I'll have to shell out the $149 to see the EQN reveal? I'll probably get a better shot at beta if I go with the more expensive option anyway.... This also interested me...

Following the keynote, SOE Live passholders will be able to ask questions and learn more in-depth information from the developers during a number of panels

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I've never been to any kind of gaming convention, so this is all new to me. I'll ask as many questions from this forum as I can, since it looks like I'm going to buy the $149 pass anyway, so post em up.

gogojira_sl said:

I don't think there's much of a question that it'll be designed around third person. People like seeing their armor sets and given that there will be a store with SOE and player created cloaks, armors, etc., it'd be cutting out a large chunk of how they'll be making money with EQ Next if they go with first person being the primary perspective. The biggest thing is getting the scale right as third person games tend to shrink the world. I want everything to feel massive, which the Forgelight Engine seems to be more than capable of pulling off.

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i agree 100%. i'm hoping for first person, but if it is 3rd, at least make the world appear massive.

I'll probably have a million questions to ask once we actually see something, but for now it's 100 percent speculation. They're not even wanting to say who the composer is at this point. A good OST can really bring everything in and I'd like to see who's scoring it. Jeremy Soule does some pretty good work so I wouldn't mind seeing his name on the list.

gogojira_sl said:

I'll probably have a million questions to ask once we actually see something, but for now it's 100 percent speculation. They're not even wanting to say who the composer is at this point. A good OST can really bring everything in and I'd like to see who's scoring it. Jeremy Soule does some pretty good work so I wouldn't mind seeing his name on the list.

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john williams!

etchazz_sl said:

john williams!

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I just looked him up. Based on his background, he looks like he'd cost a fortune, haha.

gogojira_sl said:

I just looked him up.Based on his background, he looks like he'd cost a fortune, haha.

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Given his work, I'm sure he's a house fucking name in nerd culture. But no, I wasn't kidding.

I just spent the last hour Twitter fighting about DRM policies of the new consoles, I make no claims to not being a nerd -- I just don't know my movie composers.

Man, I'll be honest. Just drop some City of Mist redux on me with updated graphics and gameplay mechanics. Toss in some NToV with a dash of Lake of Ill Omen.

Sign me up.

At this point, anything to take away the sting of D3.

But what if I told you that Diablo 3 has just been announced for the 360? Would that make all your dreams come true?

And Ill Omen is the best. I started playing EQ just after Kunark launched, I love that expansion so much and Ill Omen might have been the highlight of my time back then.