the hype makes me suspicious

saving up for my new laptop just for this game. Hope it doesn't disappoint

they are porting eso to console...prety much given up on it now

The hype scares me too. Like I'm getting prepared for an ugly blind date

The things that are hyping the game for me:

1. Brad McQuaid was brought back to work on EverQuest by SOE. Perhaps he has a hidden "development" role with EQNext moving forward?
2. Smed has been making these games for almost 2 decades now, so they definitely have the experience
3. I greatly enjoyed how they handled the Planetside 2 release. They listened to players and just did an overall solid job.

The only real question is, how much can the MMO market be milked nowadays? No game, no matter how great, ends up losing players at an insane rate after 1 year. It's hard to make a successful MMO now. But, I have hope.

This, coupled with the fact that Elder Scrolls is entirely about you becoming the single hero of the entire era, that doesn't translate to MMO no matter what way you swing it.

It's just going to end up being another generic MMO that grabbed an audience with the name/setting. I predict F2P in 2 years.

Vanguard Saga of Heroes. Nuff said. :(

darkfall is the closest i've come to finding a game that compares to eq for me. the time factor and patience, but darkfall fails horribly in the return for effort part.

Well here's to hoping he doesn't pick up vicodin again.

I have beta for it. It's just meh. And as you said, now that it's going to console, PASS. Wildstar beta is super fun though, VERY promising game.