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.
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