I read in a computer gaming industry magazine that Squaresoft films had been beginning work on a CG EQ movie for Sony. I mean, makes sense too, Squaresoft and sony have been buddies for a long time. But supposedly the project was scrapped because of the disappointing failure of the FF movie. BUT! Maybe all this has something to do with it? Who knows? But all I can say is, a EQ movie would be awesome if done right. And either way, those shots from the links above look great.

I also disagree with having to have new specs on an old comp that may or may not run this New EQ2, or the whole Idea of EQ2 as another game rather than just an expansion I mean think of the gamer for once Verant. Just think we once again have to upgrade our systems to be able to play EQ2 with less "bigger" zones then they start throwing all the new expansions at us every six months at roughly 30 bucks a pop. That may or may not be choppy laggy what have you... oh and did I forget the subscription. You really think they are going to let us play month after month for only what 12 bucks a month...hmmm Makes you wonder. Verant/SOE will be thinking of their wallets and try to charge us 30-40 bucks per month for all the New Graphics a such. :(

And then we have the veteran gamer who has been playing the original for 2+ Years with all his character slots filled with epic Level 60 characters.


Xanit Kven Vallon Zek

Edited, Wed Apr 24 02:35:14 2002

I hope you all realize that this is just going to mean less and less support for the original EverQuest. There was a time when you could actually get things looked at and fixed or at least get petitions responded to. Those days are long gone, and the level of support and the quality of the support have been deteriorating for a long time.

It is sad to see the quality of our EQ experience going right down the ******* with very little hope of salvation in the light of Sony/VI's greed and disgusting lack of concern for their long-time paying customers and loyal players of EverQuest. This has been so obvious with the lack of repair on existing bugs and the unfulfilled promises of enriched content and expanded features.

I will continue to play my hard leveled characters in the old game, but I'll be damned if I am going to pay Sony/VI a dime more than I am now for what should have been an expansion/upgrade to EverQuest. EQ2 is the type of massive upgrade we all were hoping to see with Shadows of Luclin but got screwed out of because the corporate flunkies figured they could make more money with it as a new game with a whole new fee for playing and giving us a buggy, hastily produced, poorly tested, incomplete, half-a$$ expansion that will more than likely never be fixed properly, instead.

It does no good to complain, I know. No one in Sony/VI could care less about what we think or whether we leave or stay. All they want is our money, and if we quit paying them, they'll just replace us with more who will.

Capitalism at it's finest. Bite the big one, Sony/VI I only wish words could convey the contempt and disgust I feel for you and people/corporations like you.

Edited, Wed Apr 24 02:18:23 2002

Now I know why they are doing what they are doing.....It is not an improvement on a game like DAoC but rather they sound like they are starting to get rdy for Shadowbane....In Shadowbane you are suppossed to have alot of the same ideas as well as taking a guild from that to a small empire....This is what I see appearing but I am unclear as to why Verant is doing this cause Last I heard Shadowbane was pulled cause it had to many problems....You think EQ has problems now LOL just wait till you get this one.....I can already see all the problems whey will have with htis new one.....POOR Verant.....Should have just incorperated all this into the Original....

If in fact,there is to be a new EQ2 a few questions/comments come to mind:
1. Will the current EQ continue as it is, with the ?New EQ? set up on a different set of ?Servers??
2. What will happen to a Players Current Characters? Transferred or Deleted?
3. Players have established reputations (whether good or bad) based on their Chars name, so would a player be able to retain their name, if the char itself can?t be transferred?
4. Would the Current pricing for playing remain the same?
5. (The 40 dollars a month for the one Server is way over-priced)
6. I am guessing that the reason for reverting back to the Original 3 ?Lands? ( from what I have read in the above posts) is to allow for more ?Expansion Packs? to be sold on the new game.
7. I realize that SOE and VI are not in the business to ?Not? make money, but the players are constantly being required to upgrade their hardware to be able to play the game, as it evolves with the new expansions. Forcing many to leave the game. The New EQ2 will once again force many to make a choice of leaving or upgrading it seems.
8. By SOE and VI?s own recent accounts, many new players have recently joined the ranks as players of EQ. Buying the Basic Game and expansion packs. Will all this money they have spent ( along with all the money older players have spent ) be tossed away? I am hoping that the current game itself will remain, and all those that wish to play a ?New ?? Game be allowed to transfer their chars to any new version of EQ that is put out on the market.
9. I?ve seen a couple posts referring to ?Twinking?. If SOE/VI was concerned about this, they would just put level restrictions on items, that would not allow a level 1 to be running around with UBBR gear.
10. Yes a lot of ideas for New Games are ?Borrowed? ideas from other games, although you won?t get a gaming company to admit it, it?s been standard practice for years.
11. Lastly, I sure don?t want to see the current game go away. I am not a 24/7 player, nor do I get someone to ?Power Level? me. I?ve enjoyed this game for a couple years and have a long way to go in it yet, so I?m hoping (along with many others I?m sure), that this game isn?t taken away from us.

All I have to say is: KILLER! From what I have read sofar about Everquest2 is EXACTLEY what I want! 8D Im stoked, just totally stoked! This new game is gonna probably keep me going.. Im soo damn thrilled right now... bye bye old EQ, hello new!

Right now in EQ I have but a few complaints. Lag, my computers propensty to freeze in EQ, and some class balancing concerns. I personally disagree with Verant's policy of no twinking. I do it, I like it, without it I'd probably quit. Anyway from what I am hearing about EQ 2, I think I'll stay with what I got. The reasons being: They took away all the EQ expansion continents(you'll likely pay for them again later), The further no twinking stuff, Banking sounds like hell, and Finally the biggest problem to me is that this is just a release to make players pay more. The good features and graphics etc. can be integrated into the current EQ. Why go through it all again? I hope when this does get released that they have the foresight to leave the old EQ alone because I for one, and probably others too, am not interested in further filling their pockets and starting all over. I like EQ, I will play EQ until they change it to make it suck or it gets closed down.

To me 'more detail' = more lag = less fun = don't want. to me the original graphics were fine, but then again, i played Wizardy I, when it first came out, so i am not overly picky.

This has to be the PS2 or maybe an Xbox version. I can't believe they'd be so assinine as to announce a new expansion and begin revamps, adding new content, and the like, if they were going to shaft all of us into starting fresh with a new game. If that's the case, I'll cancel my account as I can't afford the comp upgrades that are required to play the game. I can still play Team Fortress on Quakeworld for crying out loud. Can't SOE get their collective heads out of their ***** long enough to think straight about where their developement money is coming from?

I've already downloaded maps of all the EQ zones that I could find, planes included. I won't sign up for EQ2. If/when VI/Sony stops supporting EQ1, then I will obviously stop playing. Until then, I'm making maps of those zones on grid paper, for everyone's favorite role playing game before EQ. I'll run a game for me and my friends at home. We only play EQ because none of us want to run a game anymore. I've also heard that Alan Absor has/is going to leave Verant and start up his own game company, and release a EQ-like game, which gets rid of all the hassles that EQ now presents. I personally think that EQ2 will bomb, just like DAoC has, and that this is going to be the end of online gaming entirely. The differences between AO, DAoC, and EQ were what were good, people had a choice, but if all the games are exactly the same, what chioces do we have? They are shooting themselves in the feet with this, especially if they stop supporting EQ1.

So, Verant throws out another expansion (PoP) before the last one (SoL) is even finished...and now they're basically saying "don't worry if we don't get things fixed in EQ...we're giving you EQ2!" On top of that, they're putting out a version for a console game...

You know, even the most talented jugglers in the world can only juggle SO MUCH before things start crashing to the ground. That's exactly what Verant is doing. Instead of focusing on just EQ, and making it better, they're slapping the "EverQuest" name on anything and everything they can and cramming it down everyone's throat. It's a desperation move for companys that are struggling, and it'll probably do more harm than good.

I've only just started playing EQ and i've been wishing that i was there in the beginning, ya know when everything was new and interesting, now it is still cool, but a lot of everything is well charted.I am a little curious about why they are releasing PoP anyone know?

they should let people move their characters over to this damn game. if they dont thatll be extremly messed up, know ill get this when it comes out, and i wont be the psycho with a lvl 60 in 1 week, botting a whole group of chars alone, so when everyone saw a lvl 60 bst 2 weeks after luclin came out or any vah shir dont ya just feel well bad?thats insane they need help, great graphics lol ; )