Possibility of 1 character slot to start out as or 1 total (I doubt 1 total though).

Georgeson's response to why more MMORPGs don't allow characters to switch to other roles like in FF11

Originally posted by Magicabbage

I really have a feeling a lot of you are going to be real disappointed and not because EQnext will be a bad game, because I don't think it will. It will be because you really want to rekindle what EQ1's experience was when you first played it. That kind of MMO doesn't exist and probably never will.

Sony wants to make money and EQnext ,like WoW, will appease the masses. That isn't a bad thing to most people, but I feel a lot of fanboys will be pissed.

I know for a fact (ok well maybe not 100% fact) EQnext will be a lot different. I read somewhere that, like EQ1 pretty much created and made a new genre called MMORPG and made it main stream. In the same article it said that EQNext will be built the same way. I predict the game will be an MMO in the basic sense of the word.

Not really, at least not in my case. I realize that no game is going to recreate the feeling that EQ had as being my first MMO and all of that. However, I do think earning loot is something I would enjoy even today, and it's not just rose-colored glasses.

I think bringing back that feeling of accomplishment of obtaining gear is plausible, instead of turning everything into a loot pinata.

Originally posted by kellian1

This poll doesn't really give alot of options does it.

Yes I want unique looks and loot to be hard to get...but yes just camping one spot for hours/days is dated and shows no skill whatsoever.

There are ways to have meaningful, difficult, rewarding content without camping. I'm all for having loot that is hard to get and is rewarding...I'm against camping spots for days to get it. To me that shows no player "skill" at all.

I had more options, but I went to post and it messed up. Then I forgot to include a few. lol

Does anyone else want to see EQ go back to where the majority of toons looked ordinary, which made the people with rare items stand out a lot more than in MMORPGs released today. I know it's highly unlikely, because people want instant gratification, but "earning" most gear in today's MMOs doesn't feel anywhere near as satisfying as it did in early EQ days after obtaining a manastone, Yak, FBSS, fungi tunic, etc., etc.

Also, while I was leveling up my first toon, it was immediately obvious that a person I was looking at had rare loot. Seeing people with rare weapons and armor was motivation for me to want to go attempt to obtain the loot myself. Nowadays it is difficult to tell toons apart to the same degree as old EQ, because everyone has cool looking stuff.

Originally posted by SavageHorizon

Not fare i want all of them,i also have fond memories of making my way to Crystal Caverns for the first time, fighting my way down to the bottom and heading into the dwarf city.

Sometimes i would levitate down to the bottom.

Crystal Caverns is one of my favorites zones too. Also Velketor's Labyrinth is up there for me. Velious was an amazing expansion in general, especially considering how quickly it came out.

Choosing just 1 zone is difficult. I would have to go with City of Mist though.

If my decision was purely based on nostalgia, then I would choose Commonlands.

Originally posted by Shadanwolf

IF this game is the next coming..why in the world would you saddle it with old names/places.That choice would immediately say to me this is just Everquest 3...more of what I'm not interested in.

 

for me...old names/places is really a dumb idea.

It's still Norrath, it will have similar names and places, why wouldn't it? If it didn't, there would be no point in calling it Everquest.

Originally posted by Waterlily

Originally posted by Iadien

Well, there won't be much zoning, so if mobs aren't leashed, it would be pretty hilarious training mobs all over the place. AKA it won't happen. :(

It's possible there is zoning, in cities like City of Mist it actually makes sense.

Another thing is that many MMO today still have zoning, FFXIV ARR for example is completely zoned.

No, it is known that the world is seamless (unless Smed and Georgeson are lying).

I'm sure there will be SOME zoning, of course, but if mobs are able to be trained into lower level zones that is not a good thing. lol

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

Originally posted by BTUndertaker
i know its kinda silly but man do i miss that sometimes =)

I hope we get that back.  Trains kept you on your toes and made the zones lively.

Well, there won't be much zoning, so if mobs aren't leashed, it would be pretty hilarious training mobs all over the place. AKA it won't happen. :(

I want the artists to capture the feel of the old cities, but I want them to feel new as well.

Originally posted by knightaudit

I would have to say without any screens or details .. this is just hype. How many times has this happened .. Lots of hype and then poof .. nothing. Show us something, prove the hype, or is it they got paid to build hype?

Sorry but all flash and no substance.

Of course it's just hype for those that haven't seen it. What else could it be?

Originally posted by Storm_Cloud

Another Smed twitter comment...

 

We know the reveal is coming on August 2nd.

This is a guy asking on his twitter about if we're getting preview of the game. His answer, should be a simple yes, because we all know we are getting exactly that. But no, he decided to answer differently.

 

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/347086138684633088

 

Now, wth does that mean? This means everything? Release date, etc, etc... ?!?!

 

Based on his tweet, Dave Georgeson's tweets, and what the producer said during a e3 live stream show, I would say that SoE Live is at the very least the start of revealing everything about the game and also the start of SoE's marketing campaign.

Skip to 51:30 to listen to what the Producer says about what will be happening at SoE Live: http://www.twitch.tv/soe/b/416468155

Originally posted by Wizardry

They apparently scrapped it a year and a half ago,NOBODY  makes a quality game in 18 months.Actually no apparently,they DID scrap it.

It seems you think scrapped means SoE started completely over from scratch... Yeah, that's not what happens.

Very early development? lol

Originally posted by Waterlily

Originally posted by SoMuchMass

How do you know it is "very early" in development?

current job openings at SOE

they've been looking for those for months

how does a game that doesn't even have a senior graphics, physics or general programmer, get best of show

I think they show nothing yet to the public, because there is likely nothing to show

 

As was already mentioned. Senior just means someone that has a lot of experience.

I'm not sure if some of you are ignorant or just trolling.

Originally posted by Mtibbs1989
Lol, it seems that all the media sources have been paid off on this title. It smells horrid and I'm not biting.

You seem so sure of yourself, I'm going to go ahead and assume that means you saw the game for yourself and know the game is crap?

Originally posted by Roxtarr

A bigger concern to me is this: how many decades of Everquest fans are out there, but the media get the first look? Where is the fan loyalty here? Why the closed doors and secrets? 

It won't be shown publicly until SoE Live. These websites are being shown this game so that they can have articles ready to put up right after SoE Live. Dave Georgeson mentioned that marketing has big plans, so SoE Live will be the start of the marketing campaign.

I think people should be excited for the game, but I also won't be too happy until I'm able to play it for myself, regardless of how much is shown.