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• • EverQuest II: Kunark Best Selling of EQ2 Expansions

  • I think one of the big issues with sony, (and i see this a lot at the various companies that i've worked for) is that after a while of dealing with naysayers, thier designers just stop dreaming of what they could do, and instead focus on what they just have to do.

    I.E, they stop dreaming.

    Eq2 is good, But it could be much, much better.

    -B-

  • Posted: 5/30/08 8:28 AM
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• • EverQuest II: Kunark Best Selling of EQ2 Expansions

  • I'd like to know what SOE is basing this on - Total number of sold copies? Since everyone who purchased the expansion got the entire freakng game anyway, Thats a pretty much moot point.

    Total number of new shiny sarnaks? Well, I hate to break it to anyone but the total number of recorded Sarnak's from level 1 to 80, at last count (sunday) was 45,100. Considering that's the 4th new race (counting frogloks - which i know were supposed to be in the main game but wern't)

    Oddly enough, If you look at the Dark elf population, It's over 300k Toons, or roughly 10% of the total character population for eq2. My Self, I don't think that this is from the famed dark elf. I'm sure that if only the d&d characters were out there, they would be a hell of a lot more halflings, elves, dwarves and whatnot. Personally, I think the reason for all the dark elves is the lavish love that Aerlik gave his own race. (If your wondering, Out of all the original Races, Halflngs have it the worst, With 55k) I'm not suggesting nerfing Dark elves with this statement, Rather give the other races something a little more useful...

    I can't accuratly quote how many eq2 accounts there are, but given the population of made characters it's probably in the neighborhod of about 150k. Far, far less now that the servers are a ghost town. (Note - The total character amount dosn't take into cancelled, or banned accounts, Anything really. My count comes MMO charts - Though, I could put good money that in 3 months, if the next expansion isn't something spectacular, that eq2 will drop under 100k accounts)

    Hey I know. If 3 months from now Eq2  Dosn't drop under 100k Accounts, i'll send SOE a Think Geek Caffine Sampler gift pack. And if they do drop under 100k Uh. What do i want.... Hmm Thats a tough choice. Maybe an ingame item named after me.. (which could be utterly horrid, pending on how mean they want to be...) Just need a redname response to make it offical (And hope i don't get banned from the sony forums...)

    Summing all this up, I'd say its a fair bet to say that the next expansion, Shadow of oddessy, Will become the "Best" Sellng expansion pack to eq2, as it will have a) All the previous expansions so, it will force everyone to buy it regardless, b) Be included with any upgrades into the expanion. (Ie, buy the expansion, Buy the entire game again)

    Anyway. thats my say.

    Personally I think there's a lot of good that can be done with eq2, Hordes, It just takes a little creativity and a serious bent approach to get it done (Hey. If i can make 100k for my company by changing the way we toss out garbage, anything is possible) I'm really bent...

    -B-

  • Posted: 5/29/08 11:41 PM
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