EQ Next: Best of show at E3!

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I hear it's even better than eq2

[Ahldagor]

the hype makes me suspicious

[Anderdale]

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

[Telin]

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

[kaleran]

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.

[Kagatob]

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

Brad McQuaid

Vanguard Saga of Heroes. Nuff said. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Millburn]

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

Vanguard Saga of Heroes. Nuff said. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

[Ahldagor]

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.

[t0lkien]

Smedley's design style is well known to those who played EQ during the handover from Verant to SOE and beyond. No thanks (I'll be very happy to be wrong about this where EQN is concerned, but I doubt I am).

ESO has three separate levels of instancing. No thanks.

Wildstar is (if possible) even more cartoony than WoW, and triter. Again, no thanks (yes, it matters a lot).

There's a huge hole in the market right now. I'm amazed noone has the nous to step up and fill it.

[Kagatob]

Originally Posted by t0lkien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ESO has three separate levels of instancing. No thanks.

I thought it wasn't going to have instancing at all. Shit. Not even going to consider touching that garbage then.