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Will it end with EQ2?

WizGamerWizGamer Member UncommonPosts: 403

Okay, I just bought and installed the game tonight but will it really end in a few months? Will EQ2 take over and it will turn out I just wasted my money and time?

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  • MatervaMaterva Member Posts: 5
    Iwould say yes Eq2 will take a lot of players form eq1 but not everyone is going ; do to the high computer specs needed for eq2. So i bet we see some server merges in EQ1 so the game wil be still enjoyable for a long time . And even if you plan to move to Eq2  the learning curve for Eq2 will be a lot faster for those that have played Eq1,or  so I have read in a few of the reviews of people that have played both. Just have fun what ever game your in no game last for ever . I've been plaing theses online games since 93 and have just about played them all so have fun with what ever game your in if you not having fun its time to move to another game .
  • SylverMystsSylverMysts Member Posts: 1

    If your worry is about wondering if EverQuest itself will be cut off with the release of EverQuestII, I don't think there is anything to fret over. I have read several times from interviews posted on the EQLive website that the development team and SoE have no intention of cutting off EQ. Infact, they have a lot planned for its future, like graphic upgrades and more content, expansions and whatnot. EQ will be around for a long time to come, probably, but none of us can anticipate how many of the current players will switch from one to the other. I would not be surprised if a fair amount of them end up playing both EQ and EQII, I know I will probably end up being one of those players, as will a few friends of mine. When EQII comes out, it will be another option of game, not a replacement.

    But as Materva said, have fun with what you choose to play, that's what matters most.

  • MegaWolfMegaWolf Member Posts: 425
    There are people that will stick with EQ and there will be people that will go to EQ2... I know alot of people that play EQ that arent even concidering of playing EQ2 at all in the future.

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  • ZakorZakor Member UncommonPosts: 214
    If it can help. I already left eq 1 to go to eq 2. So i guess some ppl will do the same. I played eq1 for more than 4 yrs.

    Now playing : FFXIV
    Waiting on : TBD
    Best MMORPGs played : EQ, FFXI

  • neschrianeschria Member UncommonPosts: 1,406

    Sony says the EQ1 servers are staying up, and there will probably be plenty of die-hards playing on them for a few years to come, but it seems likely that there are going to be fewer new players coming into EQ1 when EQ2 comes along. 

    Enjoy your time in EQ now, worry about the future later. EQ2 is months away, and there are still plenty of people playing EQ right now.

     

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  • jgrant44jgrant44 Member Posts: 6
    I agree with the above posters...EQ will continue on for some time after the release of EQII, even if there is a migration of customers from one game to another.  Some people will stay to enjoy the "quieter" countryside, with fewer people to contest for content, and others will stay just from the sheer amount of time that they have poured into EQ, and won't be willing (at least in the short term) to sacrifice their characters.  There will most likely be server merges if they are deemed necessary, but I think EQ will continue on for at least 2 years after EQII and the new generation of RPGs are released.

  • QuezyQuezy Member Posts: 1
    I think the question that need to be answered is how many players will SoE loss to new games that will be coming out like WoW, Middle Earth, and (Insert Next Huge Game). I will play EQ as long as they keep the hamsters running! I do know that many of my friends plan to leave for WoW.


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  • KugelnKugeln Member Posts: 151

    MY friends that played EQ1 with me say theyarn't going to EQ2 cause they don't wannt be lvl 1 noobs again hehe

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