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The Best Things About EverQuest From the People Who Made It - EverQuest Interviews
SBFord
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The Best Things About EverQuest From the People Who Made It - EverQuest Interviews
Recently we had the chance to sit down and chat with three EverQuest developers, just before both the original EQ and its sequel are to receive their 22nd and 12th expansions. We have a full week of features on EQ planned, but today we wanted to ask each developer what they love most about the storied franchise.
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I was a huge SOE fan back in those days,i loved their work but that changed as it did in my other fave game about 3-5 years ago.Some might not notice when effort becomes slack and devs appear to be rushing out content just to make a buck but i notice it all the time and it frustrates me.
I lost all hope in SOE a few years back and have lost hope in my other fave big developer Square,so reminiscing just further frustrates me that gaming has gone so far downhill.
It has been a VERY long wait for me,i was close to giving up and just going back top playing FPS's and also reason why i joined into Hearthstone when i don't even like Blizzard games.However i have this gut feeling that we might be slowly turning a corner,i feel like i might finally find a good game and maybe even have some choice in the next 2 or so years.
< p > < p > get your P's here,going cheap,wait since everyone needs these P's i should jack the price up :P
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
EQ's biggest strength was its group mechanics, and LDoN allowed them to shine more than any other content in the game.
Instead of grinding in the same spot for 5 hours, you were able to do a real dungeon crawl. And it wasnt an entirely linear experience, and while it was often similar it wasn't always the same mobs in the same exact places.
It brought a little adventure to a game that at times felt like a stale campathon.
Now later instanced content was much worse, like DoN which became 'repeat the easiest mission over and over'. But LDoN was probably the game's peak era in terms of grouping, which was EQ's strongest aspect to begin with.
To me it seemed very obvious that Vanguard was EQ3.0 an advanced better version of EQ2.
I actually liked VG and still to this day i would rank it top 5 of all time in the mmorpg list.It had some cohesion some order and direction,it looked like it had some planning behind it.Then i look at a game like GW2 that gets popularity and it looks like a mess of ideas just tossed together ,like some total rookie designed the game.
I would bet anything that if Brad had their money and could deliver 1/2 the game VG was to match the size of GW2 ,he would have made a far superior game and imo is still superior even as is/was.
Imo that was VG's problem though,having already played so much EQ>>EQ2 i could not take another game so closely related.
You can say i am biased that's fine, but i prefer the FFXI version of the EQ style game better because it had more depth,imo better classes and the whole class structure with sub classes if miles a better design.I actually cannot stand Altaholic games,if i see another Altaholic game i won't be playing it and that is a guarantee,no matter how good the game is.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
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Kyleran: "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."
John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."
FreddyNoNose: "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."
LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"
That's why it's in the state it is now, lack of leadership and focus wtf are they doing wasting time releasing expansion packs and not getting on with EQN? Both EQI and II are so easy and mainly solo crap now they not worth logging into anymore imo. All the assets and people working on the expansion could be put to better use on Next!
Like the post above Pantheon will take what people are playing to get their fix of a modern slant on old EQ so EQN will be of no consequence to anyone once Pantheon fly's out the door.
Day breaking my games wont be here in two years time mark my words...Loading please wait!!!
Asbo