I think VI should stop creating new titles and fix the ones they have now. Major bugs are still in SoL. They still haven't fix some problems with the original EQ. The Bazaar is still not up, the channels are making people using routers go LD every 10-30 minutes, epics are no long epic, some classes are unbalanced, spells need to be redone, pathing still needs to be worked on, and so on and so on.

Fix what's broken now before giving us more broken products!

I don't think EQ2 will be out anytime soon (I hope), but I might play it instead of the original so that I can start at the same playing level as everyone else. They have good ideas, they should maybe implement some of them in the current EQ.

The issue is the game has become a behemoth with problems that they obviously can't stay on top of. I already have noticed this on their re-designs of zones, with new quests that are buged or wield buged items.
There are also lots of balancing issues with new and old items. Some items are being sold much cheaper than others, and characters now have better odds at starting the game and farming bears and skeletons to get top notch lvl 40th mob items.
They just noticed that existing concepts from other games such as Asheron and Dark Ages are very feasible. In such, they started developing Star Wars already with that concept in mind.
Will there truly be an Everquest 2? Yes probably, for there is always the want for people to cast spells and slash up enemies with a sword.

I've seen this exact game. I think it's called Dark Age of Camelot.

When i read the features i was thinking , Diablo 2, i was thinking , Dark Ages of Camelot, only a few points are really nice as upgrade but why change the whole basis of EQ, we like EQ, we love EQ, i must say im really not impressed by the way Verant wants to change it into a half arcade game.

Verant -5 points

All i think is..

EQ2 must look like EQ1

Maybe lose luclin or velious and vah shir.. if they come back on future upgrades its fine with me.

And if we lose luclin and velious ... MAKE EQ2 NORRATH MUCH MUCH BIGGER more zones or mUCH MUCH bigger zones where you need to travel for hours to get to the other... there goes zoning for losing mobs 2 ... then more use for egress succor evacs ect. and more need to be in groups so you need to adapt the druid to be a more of a good group member then a good soloer.

hmm not 100% sure of picking classes later this could be a big advantage or a big disatvantage becourse there is no more class pesivic ammor needed or that just some classes can wear it.

Buying horses, carts, boots, land, houses with pp sounds nice... please make the horses cheaper in EQ1 to /smile.

The new class TRADER sounds cool and hire NPC to help you sounds great 2.. will there be enough NPC to hire to assault an nebour city for loot all for you alone?

And npc with a great AI that they will assault you and you not them sounds dangerous but verry advanterous.

Grifons as speks in sky ... they must realy be flying... so make some more birds and other wild live to fit to it and if can that you can see a wolf eat a rabbit... and not that you hunt a wolf and you find a wolf a tiger and a bear and a rabit walk together.... smaller bugs and rats ofcourse. Creatures must stay far away from eachother so you must realy hunt sounds a nice deal.

What will happen to camping so you can log... will you have to make a campfire to keep you save from preying animals? or sleep at an inn with a room you payed for or in your own house.

Can uber guilds form cities and the guild leader becomes a govenour of the land... and he plans raids hunting parties and patrols and collects monney to build new aditions to the city like a bank or a guard tower and hires npc to guard the city or even patrol it.
(you got a hole wold opend for you then. you dicide what will happen to your town even by living there.)
(key's that will be a problem can anyone enter your house where you lay down your clothing and expensive items?)

when griffons fly why cant you... can gnomes build real catapults to fire or flying machines?

Griffons attack you from the sky why not the other way you attack them from the ground with arrows to shoot them down.

More difrend coins or even coins per city so you dont be overWTH becourse of miljons of coins you carry.. and purs wher eyou must put your coins in.

Time will it go slower or faster?

... i can call tons of more things to write to make it more fair then just do this do that without thinking it trou what it will DOOOOO.
and this will make a gaint handbook for newbies dont you think?

Welcome to Ultima-Quest.
The ultimate merge between EQ and UO in an attempt to gain more money to verant.
If eq2 comes out, not only will i not restart but i'll probably quit

I like most of what i am hearing with the new game. Buuut, I i absolutely hate the idea of losing items when you die. I think i work hard and pay well for the gear i get, and the last thing i need is it to be taken from me. They said that only certain situations will merit item removal, which i hope means only fighting a boss and dying will cause that.

I didnt like the level restrictions on items in DAOC, and i will not like it in EQ2. all that did was made everyone in the game have the same gear(depending on their level range). every low level melee class that could wear chain armor had the FORLORN armor set, including myself. but i really did like that u could actually buy armor from a merchant, unlike in EQ where it costs 500pp for a piece of plate. Making more low level item drops in newbie dungeons should fix some of those problems though. everything wouldnt be so repetitive.

and i dont like the idea of starting over either, but why do we need to leave EQ1? its not like it is going anywhere. Making a sequel isnt taking anything away from EQ1. the reason why there are so many bugs is the technical support team for the game are just idiots who are probably play the game more than they fix it. :) they are addicts, just like us.

Nhonac - 43 Level Barbarian Warrior
Erollisi Marr

some of eq2 sounds great but some sounds soo stupid.like building your own town xp debt, come on were did the basic's go? improve on the old eq, raise the lvl cap on pc add new monster new BUT useful spell how about new trades. there are alot of ideas eq2 is just about money i am sad to say (

With all the hooplah surrounding the Planes of Power, you'd think that Sony/Verant has plans to keep EQ1 active almost indefinitely. But, we know that this can't -truely- be the case. What company is going to support an EQ1 and EQ2 indefinitely?

I know it takes YEARS to get your characters up to the high 50's playing just an hour or two a day. Is Sony/Verant telling me that the game I've enjoyed playing for months now -- is going to be obsolete when my character finally starts entering their prime?

Sony/Verant can re-enhance EQ over and over again, building on their established user base and continuing to sell more expansions (eg: Planes of Power).

Gandalo

1. Probably wont come out for a Loonngg time.
2. As long as EQ makes money they'll keep it up.
3. It seems to me that another game where all those who constantly complain about "twinking" can go would be a good thing. BTW alot of those who complain about twinking only complain because there not.
4. What we( myself included ) forget is that VI is not nonprofit. They made eq to make money, and money, not consumer relations or anything else is their goal. Isn't it yours too? Why do we all want a higher paying job?

Some good some bad news i guess.

Good:
1) Graphics look awesome
2) Most items appear on you when you die
3) Xp debt from death...marginally better
4) Imporved tradeskills sounds like
5) Faster leveling, more levels
6) PC houses, etc - should be fun )
7) starting over

Bad:
1) Mobs chase through zones.. hehe i think this >may< change before release, just a guess
2) Item decay - this sucks. A big part of why i dont play DAoC. Twinking rocks, its a huge asset for EQ wether pple admit it or not, taking this part of the game away will severly cripple the new EQ2.
3) Splitting customers - what will become of EQ1
4) Starting over

I am very much looking forward to EQ2! I feel like the world of EverQuest is rather crowded and I am bored when I log on because it seems repetitive. I am glad to see Verant/Sony doing some experimenting. There are so many games and play styles. As for the money thing, EQ and all online games are your choice whether or not to pay to play them. It takes so much time and tedious effort to create and maintain these games! I for one am very glad to see video game designers making a very good living doing what they do. Not only do they make things that are fun for me, it gives me hope that there are indeed ways to make a good living doing what you love. I would rather pay to play these games than pay to watch television with commercials,programing I don't really have a choice in, & no interaction whatsoever. Cable $50 per month or EverQuest1, EverQuest2, & Star Wars Galaxies $50(or less!!)per month. Not a hard choice for me!! :)

Nimwen Naminuial
Wanderer of Terris-Thule

Edited, Wed Apr 24 10:36:25 2002