EQ Never

Laerazi_sl · Dec 21, 2015

Halas competition is over.. some really impressive work:

http://i.imgur.com/8l4yuEt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Gaz8Izz.png
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...72209644_o.jpg

I think it's safe to say, at this point, that the players are making work that is as good as (or even surpassing) what we've seen from the EQN team.

Khalan · Dec 21, 2015

We havent seen anything from EQN team lol.

Ukerric · Dec 21, 2015

Khalan_sl said:
We havent seen anything from EQN team lol.

Yea, at that point, it's at best something that's on the back burner. That's too bad, there was a something that was promising in the EQ Next game.

Boobietastles_sl · Dec 21, 2015

Why does everything have a haze to it? Is it like this in game?

Laerazi_sl said:
Halas competition is over.. some really impressive work:

http://i.imgur.com/8l4yuEt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Gaz8Izz.png
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...72209644_o.jpg

I think it's safe to say, at this point, that the players are making work that is as good as (or even surpassing) what we've seen from the EQN team.

Laerazi_sl · Dec 21, 2015

Boobietastles_sl said:
Why does everything have a haze to it? Is it like this in game?

I think that's the arctic biome people were building in. Different biomes have different daytime lightning, fog, color tinting, etc.

Lenas · Dec 21, 2015

Boobietastles_sl said:
Why does everything have a haze to it? Is it like this in game?

It's the Planetside engine they use. Atmospheric bloom effects all over the place.

gogojira_sl · Dec 23, 2015

Finally an actual screenshot:In Summer

Convo · Dec 23, 2015

gogojira_sl · Dec 23, 2015

I made it slightly less mean.

Xexx · Dec 27, 2015

How has this not officially been cancelled yet? Its the final fantasy versus of the EQ series

Malakriss · Dec 27, 2015

False equivalence. The tech and engine being developed for Versus/FFXV has been used in many other products so they are getting some value out of it. Meanwhile, Landmark is simply a pit of worthless assets.

Quaid · Dec 27, 2015

Malakriss_sl said:
False equivalence. The tech and engine being developed for Versus/FFXV has been used in many other products so they are getting some value out of it. Meanwhile, Landmark is simply a pit of worthless assets.

Forgelight was used for both H1Z1 and Planetside 2, so it's not a total waste.

Besides, the EQN team is still going to work and getting paid. I'm hoping against hope that Columbus Nova has made the Daybreak community interaction go dark because they are cracking the fucking whip. They see the dream that was Landmark (open development and player creation) was a failure, and now they are trying to get shit done quickly in a traditional way.

gogojira_sl · Dec 27, 2015

Jeremy Soule said he's still making music for the game, it's still making progress and said to hang in there so obviously they aren't ready to throw the towel in just yet.

Followed him on Twitter which triggered a PM from him so I casually mentioned my lack of faith in EQN. Not exactly news but with the project in complete secrecy again, I guess it's better than nothing?

Muligan · Dec 27, 2015

It wouldn't hurt my feelings at all if they went back to the drawing board and simply make a true sequel to the original EQ. I would like to see the EQ world possibly post-Sleeper or something like that... possibly post Plane of Time. There are several angles they could take and appease the old playerbase and interest the new. I just want to see Norrath with a new engine and have some modern touches in terms of features. They really don't necessarily do anything ground breaking to be successful. They just need to make smart decisions.

Runnen · Dec 27, 2015

To be honest, at this point their best bet isn't to take any new angle because the only reason people are even remotely interested in EQ anymore is fueled solely by nostalgia. Just remake the goddamn original game with modern graphics and gameplay and call it a day.

Hell, even the MMO angle is tired, just recreate a beautiful Norrath like we used to explore, and make single-player or small-group adventures for people to play with chapters or some shit.

I don't miss the lame ass gameplay from EQ, I don't miss the clunky shitty interface, what I miss is the WORLD. If they simply made a pretty copy of Norrath to explore freely and put it on a disk I'd so fucking buy it. Just to run around and listen to the music, see the places again..

Quaid · Dec 27, 2015

Runnen_sl said:
To be honest, at this point their best bet isn't to take any new angle because the only reason people are even remotely interested in EQ anymore is fueled solely by nostalgia. Just remake the goddamn original game with modern graphics and gameplay and call it a day.

Ya man. They could all be thousandaires! Honda Accords like whaaaaaaaat?

Xexx · Dec 27, 2015

Pretty much, and give me back my precious trinity!

I didnt "mind" where EQN was heading but it pretty much sucks that it went from "eh, i guess i will try it" to "eh, so....i guess we arent getting shit?!"

Marketing for SoE games has always been kinda shit and now its Daybreak so its even shittier? Id just like to see what kind of progress they are making.

Jysin · Dec 27, 2015

Runnen_sl said:
To be honest, at this point their best bet isn't to take any new angle because the only reason people are even remotely interested in EQ anymore is fueled solely by nostalgia. Just remake the goddamn original game with modern graphics and gameplay and call it a day.

Hell, even the MMO angle is tired, just recreate a beautiful Norrath like we used to explore, and make single-player or small-group adventures for people to play with chapters or some shit.

I don't miss the lame ass gameplay from EQ, I don't miss the clunky shitty interface, what I miss is the WORLD. If they simply made a pretty copy of Norrath to explore freely and put it on a disk I'd so fucking buy it. Just to run around and listen to the music, see the places again..

I don't have faith in them to remake EQ with updated graphics. Have you seen some of those shitty zone revamps? (Freeport in particular)

Siddar · Dec 27, 2015

Freeport revamp was from the bland to much brown era of SoE. Where they were trying for as much realism as possible with a very antiquated engine. They have turned back towards a more artistic style sense then and no longer chase suedo realism.

They actually do design zones better these days

slippery · Dec 27, 2015

Quaid_sl said:
Forgelight was used for both H1Z1 and Planetside 2, so it's not a total waste.

So your argument is this game the started making after this other game isn't having it's resources go to waste because it's the same engine as a game they made before it?

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