Originally posted by Zlayer77

If you look at what games Funcom has made before.. AOC.. anarchy online. You know they never release a bug free product.

i was at both of those buggy launches

I do have interest in this game but will wait 2 months post launch before I go near it

I personally like EQ2 f2p but i do recognize its flaws

- if you were an exsub you get silver membership for free, otherwise its 5.00 to be a silver member

silver membership is not that restrictive to level to 90 but you will want to sub at 90

EQ2 has 40 slot bags you buy for 20gold from other players

-- effectively giving you 160 inventory slots

there is no need to buy unlockers while leveling

if you do try EQ2, I recommend the Freeport server, plenty of players at all levels and its not a top heavy server

(server is less than 2 years old)

Originally posted by asf131

i'm not good at english..

this game only have  korean web.. . This game is for asia and NC is supporting gw2 for Eu and north america.  So i think this game may not release in eu and north america in 2012.

closed beta test in China planned for 2012

http://news.mmosite.com/content/k/2011-11-21/blade_and_soul_1st_cbt_slated_for_2012_in_china_1.shtml

Tencent revealed the Chinese name and logo for the highly-anticipated Blade & Soul(Official Site: http://bns.qq.com/) at TGC 2011 held on Nov. 19 in China. It also announced that the 1st CBT for Blade & Soul is slated to be launched in China in 2012.

A Chinese trial version created by Blade & Soul developer NCsoft specially for TGC 2011 was offered at TGC 2011 for the players attending TGC 2011 to experience Blade & Soul first-hand.

Since Tencent announced the obtaining of the publishing right of Blade & Soul in China, Blade & Soul has received great attention from the Chinese audience. The Five Guesses Event recently held on the Chinese Blade & Soul official site was participated by a large number of players who all expected the early launch of Blade & Soul in China. Chinese Blade & Soul's being officially named as "??" marks the start of the operation of Blade & Soul in the Chinese market.

Originally posted by Davirok

 theres the fact that NCSoft is showing us a new MMOG in G-Star 2011 all along with Guild Wars 2 and it isnt supposed to be BnS.

GStar2011 already came and went - the new game announced was Lineage Eternal

http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=28213

B&S has at least 2 official sites

http://bns.qq.com/

http://www.bladeandsoul.com/global/en 

(english site seems more like a placeholder until China launch)

sounds favorable

http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/12/12/rise-and-shiny-recap-linkrealms/

If you've played Ultima Online, you will be very familiar with Linkrealms. Don't worry, though; despite featuring many of Ultima's key UI elements, style and skill system, Linkrealms does not feel like an Ultima "clone." It feels like a game that was made by Ultima fans as an attempt to improve on Ultima in many ways. And they have, in many.

the op is asking about paying *anything*  -- even if its just a sub for a game you no longer play

for me probably around 1200.00 for my 5 years of playing everquest from 1999 to 2004

(monthly sub and expansions - no cash shop)

Originally posted by Chelmo

Originally posted by fony

this is just a copypasta of the old Neo GAF thread, but this link has less value since it goes to GW2Guru.

Anywhere you've seen it has been done by me (chelmo/jira/omlech).

great to see it here at mmorpg.com --- nice work

Originally posted by Dameonk

If you had asked me 13 years ago, when I spent more time playing UO than going to school, what I thought MMO games would be like today...

ouch - and I agree

mmos were not that popular until wow hit and then companies wanted a piece of the wow pie

Lineage was an exception in popularity, prewow,  with millions of subs but not in US/EU

Originally posted by Suraknar

Betrayal and friendships being broken? Why? because someone pressed need instead of greed?

that made me smile - thank you )

its being made for the xbox360 only -- at this time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undead_Labs

im not a zombie or a survivalist fan

but i am a Jeff Strain fan  -- cant wait to try his games

Originally posted by TruthXHurts

Originally posted by yaminsux

Did I left anything out?

My god do you know how frustrating it is to see you all beg on here daily for the game I've been playing for 4 years? It's infuriating. Then people say oh that game looks liek shit and it has bugs... You people are insane. You keep performing the same actions and expecting different results.

i guess people care about looks too - but i hear ya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarQuest_Online

Features include:

• Scientifically accurate starmap containing over 17,000 unique star systems
• Play as a person, not a starship, in fully realized starship interiors with interactive control consoles
• Open player vs. player combat, with safe zones patrolled by police or security forces
• Open starship vs. starship combat, with safe zones patrolled by military warships
• Serve on military starships in a number of crew positions
• Advance in rank to command your own starship
• Player owned starships
• Player owned housing
• Player owned colonies
• Time travel through hyperspace ruptures

the store probably never updated their site

AOC on XBOX is dead  -- news article form a year ago

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-25-no-plans-for-age-of-conan-on-xbox-360

Three years on and Funcom has finally given up on Age of Conan for Xbox 360.

The barbaric MMO was announced for Microsoft's console in 2006. Two years and many game delays later, we heard that the 360 version would arrive a year after the PC game.

In the months and years after Age of Conan was released on PC and clearly needed lots more work, Funcom staunchly stood by the 360 version's existence on - four - separate - occasions.

Today, however, executive producer Craig Morrison throws in the towel.

"There's no plans for it at the moment," he told Eurogamer.

"We would like to go there [console] at some point in the future but there's no concrete plans for Conan at this time.

Originally posted by tixylix    The games have been so dumbed down and turned into easy mode, Everquest 2 especially it was even easier than WoW which made me laugh when I played it last year.

i guess its a matter of taste but i find wow much easier than EQ2

in the last patch -- Blizzard removed all outdoor quest heroics from the game under level 80

at least EQ2 still has heroic nondungeon quests

Originally posted by Cuathon

Well obviously its much harder to make a game that appeals to casuals while also being awesome. That is because games have to pick their audience.

Vanguard tried to offer a game for noncasuals but Sigil ran out of cash developing their game

- can only hope someone else tries to create a noncasual game and does not run out of cash ;)

Originally posted by thedarkess

Also, why do people seem to think B2P = F2P?

the way i see it

f2p = free to play games w cash shops  (that launched as f2p)

freemium = pay to play games gone f2p but have restrictions unless you sub

b2p = must buy the client to play anything at all

regarding the same quote - "no updates"

whats he smoking?  EQ has annual expansions

the most recent expansion was their 18th -- and a BEEFY one at that

http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/news_article.vm?id=52402&month=102011

New Veil of Alaris Game Features:

* Go from 90 to 95 – Achieve a New Max Level of 95 and set a new standard of gameplay
* Improved Hotbars! – Have better control of your characters experience with a revamp of the Hotbar system including the ability to display more hotbars with more buttons; assign icons to individual buttons; link and click on items from your hotbar instead of hot-swappping; and cool-down timers!
* Parcel & Coin Delivery system – Mail items and coin to your friends while they are offline; share profits from your adventures with your friends and receive items from them easier than ever before!
* New Guild Halls – Take Guild Halls to new heights with an integration of Tools and Functionality derived from EverQuest's robust Housing System. Customize and place your guild hall in one of our housing zones including multiple exterior and interiors.
* New Guild Rank-Based permission system – Personalize your Guilds with namable ranks and customizable permissions
* New Guild Trophies with varying bonuses!
* More than 800 AAs – Elevate your power and abilities beyond the norm
* 13 Raids – Collect valuable rewards from all new adventures
* 12 Zones – Be the first to discover untouched lands of Norrath
* 500+ Spells – Exponentially add to your spell arsenal
* 20 Missions – Experience intriguing lore and immersive Missions
* 110+ Quests – Challenge your skills and gather useful loot

Originally posted by xpowderx

I resubbed Eq about a week ago, Alot has changed but much has stayed. All in all, im subbed 6 months! glad I did!

side topic

im assumg next month when Everquest goes f2p,

you will also get 500 SC credit for each month you sub  --- thats a perk that EQ2 players currently get

http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/10/introducing-eq2u-all-you-can-eat-character-guild-and-item-data/

EQ2Wire is proud to introduce a new website built on the remarkable new EQ2 Data Feeds API. As a guest, you get all the functionality of the original EQ2Players site such as searching for Characters, Guilds, Items, and Spells in EverQuest II. But we see that as just the beginning.

We strongly encourage EVERYONE to take just a few moments and read the Help & FAQs page as it contains answers to a lot of questions you may have about Privacy.

Please remember that EQ2U is a Beta site and we have many more features in mind, as well as tweaks to the style and site layout.

http://u.eq2wire.com/

Ive been using it - they did a nice job!

http://eq2wire.com/2012/01/27/smokejumper-teases-game-update-63/

DoV, Book 2, Chapter 1! (GU 63) : Withered Lands and Skyshrine.

A big new overland, group instances, a contested dungeon, raids, and more!

Originally posted by Finbar

 no high end raiding

what game offers free to play raiding?

almost all f2p mmos, that also offer a sub,

you are better off subbing if you are serious about the game