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Originally Posted by HappyTr33z
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where we'll have an experience "similar to EQ"(supposedly), there will be no sci fi styles and whatnot,
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Well, I wanted to add two things.
First is to the similar to EQ. You're not wrong, that is something they have said, but I want to clarify this for anyone who comes through: they do not mean similar to EQ in terms of game play. You will not be getting into the type of rigid class structure, leveling through creature grind style of play. What they mean when they say they want to give an experience similar to EverQuest, is to try and grab at the first feeling of wonder every one of us had with EverQuest when we first started. When you drop into Freeport, and then head out and see the East Commonlands. When you see the spectres in the Desert of Ro. That is a powerful experience, and it is one that is inherent in exploration.
So their goal is to create a game that replicates that feeling and makes it a central point of the game. So you have a destructible world that can be built upon so that no two times you go the same path will everything be the same. You have NPCs that adjust and readjust to the changing environment so no one place has the same challenges from one time to another. You may notice the top of a mountain is blown down. What the hell? How did that happen? Lets go explore. Look at that, someone build a giant golden cock and balls. Fascinating. The gameplay revolves around trying to encourage you to explore, because exploration is the central means through which you progress.
In other words, don't get your hopes high, or expect "similar to EverQuest" as many of us understand it who have been playing this game for 15 years. They want to get at the feeling of wonder that EverQuest brought to people when they first played it. That's the goal.
Whether they will achieve it or not is another thing. I just want to get ahead of anyone getting pissed that it doesn't play like EQ.
Second point I wanted to make was no sci-fi styles. I am not sure how true or untrue that is. Certainly, they won't have insane sci-fi like Star Wars Galaxies or some shit, but even EQ, which we play now, has Sci-Fi. Look at Rodcet Nife. The Qeynos guild for Clerics and Paladins? That dude's a fucking Roswell Alien. So there may still be the presence of that type of science fiction leaning content, but yes, primarily it will be fantasy EQ that we all know.