EverQuest Next (Discussion)

[Acreon]

So is this(and landmark) the next line in EQ games or a bit of a...what's the term..branch off? Uh like is this basically EQ3?

Either way I'm gonna try it for sure

[kuturu4FA]

looks like a WOW killer,im sure it wont be F2P ;O

It's SOE so it won't kill WoW.

[Phenoca]

Looks too much like planet side 2.

Oh noooes. I better not play, because Planetside 2 is totally NOT the awesomest thing in existence.

[Felore]

I'm more interested in EQ NEXT Landmark

Minecraft community is going to love this.
You can build anything you want with Voxels, you can shape the materials to anything you can imagine.

But yeah EQ NEXT Landmark keep eye on this thing when it comes out, you will see some crazy stuff ever created...

[moizeus]

Hopefully they keep the MMORPG aspect of the game. Unlike what they did to the Planetside franchise. A great mix of RPG/Shooter elements into a BF3MMO.

[Heartyace]

Who do I gotta suck up too, to beta test this.

Looks phenomenal... Kind of reminds me of Fable.

[ApocaRUFF]

I want to cry. This game looks amazing.

[Acreon]

A lot of people are worried that the "weapon skills" will be a problem like GW2, but if people would listen and watch, it seems like what skills your weapon has will be different based on luck, or who crafted it.
Personally this alone makes crafting worthwhile, a lot of games it just isn't worth it a lot excluding the utility ones, like potion crafting and enchanting

[Havox]

Well it is F2P. We'll have to see what they do with those Station Coins or whatever their called, I don't know much about SOE's history with cash shop shit... hopefully they don't ruin it.

[Jermatoo]

Well it is F2P. We'll have to see what they do with those Station Coins or whatever their called, I don't know much about SOE's history with cash shop shit... hopefully they don't ruin it.

If its like anything I've played which is mainly DCU. They'll charge for content updates although I'm alittle hesitant about the "put your shit on display and charge others to use it" business. But eh, it's their choice so if it bombs then it bombs.

[Viney1]

Well it is F2P. We'll have to see what they do with those Station Coins or whatever their called, I don't know much about SOE's history with cash shop shit... hopefully they don't ruin it.

I kinda hope this time around that SOE opens up Everquest Next with a hybrid F2P model involving premium account types which would - among other things - give players a more detailed tool set for creating things in the world. In my opinion, as long as the game isn't developed like a streamlined MMO, then giving players a little boost wouldn't have too much of an effect on the entire world.

I'd be fine with a premium system that could do things like give people a more wider array of building items (or ability to get special building items such as a monthly premium currency allowance that could be used to buy special building materials. xD)..

[Technikal]

Looks really impressive and promising, wasn't expecting too much seeing I'm not a huge everquest fan but this looks like something I would try for sure.

Really like the graphic style too seeing I usually play anime inspired games it has that type of feel and not such a serious realism feel which I don't really like.

[NeoJaz]

[NightAir]

This game looks promising! Totally going to give it a shot, so far it looks very dynamic which I like, I hate static MMO's.

[Professor Cena]

You mean giving players a small handful of skills that they'll use all the time instead of hundreds of skills that'll never be used because only 3 are considered the "meta" or best?

They didn't go into the combat system much, so there's not much to say until we learn more.

no, tying skills and weapons together is ridiculous.
and e.g look at everquest 1, 2, wow, archeage etc. - they all have A LOT of skills that are constantly used.
a small handful of skills is never the way to go in an mmo, i want to be unique - i don't want to be like everyone else in the game.
and even so, in gw2, some weapons are completely useless and are never utilized.

[xDrac]

no, tying skills and weapons together is ridiculous.
and e.g look at everquest 1, 2, wow, archeage etc. - they all have A LOT of skills that are constantly used.
a small handful of skills is never the way to go in an mmo, i want to be unique - i don't want to be like everyone else in the game.
and even so, in gw2, some weapons are completely useless and are never utilized.

I agree, I hate that skill/weapon system in GW2 that EQN is gonna use too.
But I'm still eager to try it out and see for myself :P

[Seya]

This is no longer an EQ game ... Just some different mmo using its name -.- .

[Professor Cena]

This is no longer an EQ game ... Just some different mmo using its name -.- .

what
they're keeping it hardcore and the everquest aspect of exploration and risk/reward is still there.
what's not everquest about it? they haven't even revealed a lot about the game - only the core gameplay.

[Seya]

exactly , what ive read about it till now , i hate it

only thing i like is the destruction

[Heartyace]

I'll play the devil's advocate here and say that there's no way they're going to be able to deliver on all their promises. As much as I want them to and as much as I want a game that has what they're promising, there's no way it's going to happen. Their "fully destructible environment" will probably be broken down into certain areas only, and only with certain abilities/only if a boss uses a certain ability, and their public quest system is going to be dumbed down into having a single path instead of "multiple random paths and the clear condition changes each time so you never know what will cause the event to change to the next phase!"

OR people will whine that it's not a WoW-clone, and the game'll slowly but surely be turned into yet another generic gear grinder game.

Naw, we're going to over hype it and get disappointed.
I already saw a the "Wow-killer" statement.

[Acreon]

no, tying skills and weapons together is ridiculous.
and e.g look at everquest 1, 2, wow, archeage etc. - they all have A LOT of skills that are constantly used.
a small handful of skills is never the way to go in an mmo, i want to be unique - i don't want to be like everyone else in the game.
and even so, in gw2, some weapons are completely useless and are never utilized.

As I posted earlier it was hinted crafters play a roll in what skills weapons will have...but we won't know what thats means til later.
hopefully it will be something like a fair size pool of skills vs what gw2 did.

[DarkAztaroth]

I was kinda hyped until seeing this, is it me or the movement and camera looks clunky ?
(especially the camera)

[Acreon]

I was kinda hyped until seeing this, is it me or the movement and camera looks clunky ?
(especially the camera)

It's all tech demo, so unpolished.

[DarkAztaroth]

It's all tech demo, so unpolished.

Well on the bright side, the video with the combat and bosses looked pretty awesome.
(and wtf the big monster destroying the castle xD)

TBH I was hoping for something along the lines of EQ2 though, so now I understand better their change in name for the game.

Oh... and ... that has to be the funniest picture I've seen in a while:


I loled so hard when I saw that

[mydude]

Nice! Combat reminds me of dragon nest. and action MMO's do allow for some uniqueness based on the playstyle of the player and their preferences. Examples: Lunia, Lost saga, Elsword etc.
Sure some skills are just so strong that they are hard to just skipp but its not as though there is no freedom of decission at all.