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[Agatha]

Originally Posted by HawkMasterson1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

EQ next is gonna suck bro

people expect some kinda awesome game like everquest, but this type of game has long since past.

MMORPG makers are trying to take a slice of WoW's market, that means catering to that market, that means, maps, mounts, ezmode.

Basically the only thing EQnext is going to offer is WoW + some kinda feature WoW doesnt have but will in the next expansion.

Anyone who doesn't see this doesn't know how mmorpg development works.

so yes, EQnext will suck. but not for like 3-4 months.

[Genedin]

have you seen the character models for EQ next? looks like wow makes me sicky

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by Visual [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

it's actually slated for december [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Indeed. They said they could have given the public a playable version at E3, but chose to delay it until SOELive.

[HappyTr33z]

SOE Devs said that one of the surprises of the reveal at SOE live will be how far along it actually is. They purposefully made it sound like it was far off and it's actually in a friends and family alpha stage I believe they said, probably gonna hear about closed beta signups soon.

[myriverse]

I would not be surprised if they were handing out closed beta invitations at SOELive, with Beta starting within a month or so.

But I could easily be wrong.

[Bantam 1]

I don't get why people say it will suck.... Historically its somewhere between the might and probably suck.

There is a HUGE hole in the market for harder/more difficult MMORPGs. Its not the majority of the market by any means, but damn a good chunk of people miss dungeons that have some danger involved.

EQ is a bit of a grindy game, but its countered by the fact that you can do some interesting stuff sub max level. Frankly if they just used EQ1's design with some better class design & more dungeons it would be grand.

[Tiggles]

Originally Posted by myriverse [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I would not be surprised if they were handing out closed beta invitations at SOELive, with Beta starting within a month or so.

But I could easily be wrong.

I just got my Alpha/Beta information yesterday so I'm assuming its much farther along then they say.

[Sadres]

Originally Posted by HawkMasterson1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

EQ next is gonna suck bro

Hey, that's not true.

It's just 99.9% likely to be a steaming pile of shit, be fair.

[Champion_Standing]

EQnext is going to be a groundbreaking, genre defining, next-gen MMORPG experience. With an evolving world where players will feel like they are truly having an impact. It's a sandbox, that means players decide where to go and when. YOU are in control of your gaming experience with the new revolutionary Pay to Play Your Way system that will be in place.

[Agatha]

Originally Posted by Champion_Standing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

EQnext is going to be a groundbreaking, genre defining, next-gen MMORPG experience. With an evolving world where players will feel like they are truly having an impact. It's a sandbox, that means players decide where to go and when. YOU are in control of your gaming experience with the new revolutionary Pay to Play Your Way system that will be in place.

It's soundbites like this that makes me believe for sure its going to be shit. also pay to play systems just make me think about how shit it is going to be too. its all money orientated, so its going to be wow clone. how to get the biggest market share. god this is going to be terrible.