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• • 10 yr graphic upgrade

  • Originally posted by Locklain
    

    Originally posted by DeadlyMage
    

    Originally posted by Locklain
    

    Personally, they should have never made EQ2 instead they should have made a massive engine upgrade for EQ1.  There would be no games out there to compete with content plus it would have up to date graphics.

     

    you mean like EVE.

    yeah that would have been nice.

    Exactly!  I never did understand the whole "sequel" thing.  If you have a hit game already why push it out by releasing a newer and more generic version of your already established game.

     

    hmm yes.
    

    eq2 is nothing like eq. its was a step back rather than a step forward

     

  • Posted: 10/01/08 3:24 PM
    Everquest
• • 10 yr graphic upgrade

  • Originally posted by Locklain
    

    Personally, they should have never made EQ2 instead they should have made a massive engine upgrade for EQ1.  There would be no games out there to compete with content plus it would have up to date graphics.

     

    you mean like EVE.
    

    yeah that would have been nice.

  • Posted: 10/01/08 2:37 PM
    Everquest
• • 10 yr graphic upgrade

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSKI2b5FO4&eurl=http://www.massively.com/2008/08/15/everquest-seeds-of-destruction-teaser-trailer-released/

    

    

    

    

     

    for a ten year old game the graphics look fine to me...
    

    what more do you expect.

  • Posted: 10/01/08 2:31 PM
    Everquest
• • Starting the game now?

  • Yes it is worth it imo.
    well the most thing you are worried about is finding parties at lower levels, shouldn't worry to mush as its server dependent. Antonia Bayle and Nagafen are the most populated servers so you should not have any trouble finding parties at lower levels, Also there is a new update coming out which increases levelling speed allot. it should now take about 100hours to get from 20-70 rather than 250hours, and at 70 you should not have any trouble finding a party on any of the servers.
    

  • Posted: 10/01/08 12:23 PM
    Everquest II
• • Thinking about coming back

  • no. not mush has changed since summer, but game update 49 comes out soon and will change allot

    SPECIAL EVENTS

    During “Raising the Banner” (GU49): A team of dedicated excavators and researchers have begun to uncover a remarkable find in the dunes of Sinking Sands. They have numerous tasks for any recruits willing to help defend the site, excavate relics, maintain their assisting clockworks and provide crafted supplies for the team. They cannot fathom how important this project is and how it is fated to reshape the world of Norrath for years to come!

     

    GUILDHALLS

    Construction of the Guild Halls has been completed. Guilds of qualifying levels can now purchase halls in a variety of locations. Smaller halls can be found in North Qeynos, South Freeport, Kelethin, Neriak, and Gorowyn. Medium halls are found in South Qeynos and North Freeport, and large halls are found off the shores of Antonica and Commonlands. Click on the corresponding doors, or mariner bells on the docks, to access these new structures.

    With the work completed on the coastal fortresses in Antonica and Commonlands the involved parties have retired to their cities and the guards have been recalled to the barracks.

    GAMEPLAY

    The experience requirements for levels have been significantly lowered primarily affecting the 20 thru 70 level range. Along with the experience changes, the drop rate for Adept I spells has been increased slightly.
    QUESTS

    The Invasion of the Vale quest is now a more appropriate level for its difficulty. The Shattered Vale in Antonica now has an escape point inside it.
    GUILD RECRUITMENT

    Guilds will no longer appear in the guild recruiting list if they don’t have any recruiters online.
    MENTORING

    Mentoring other players now grants greater achievement reward for the mentor.
    0-5 level difference: 0% bonus

    6-10 level difference: 50% bonus

    11-20 level difference: 100% bonus

    21-30 level difference: 150% bonus

    31-50 level difference: 200% bonus

    51+ level difference: 300% bonus

    This bonus is only applied to achievement experience gained through combat or loot items, not through quests or exploration.
    Mentors will now receive experience when their apprentice has disabled combat experience.
    ITEMS

    Player made house items can now be scaled using shift+mousewheel.
    You can no longer turn auto consume on while using a griffon or sokokar.
    Bayle’s Amulet and the Trinket of the Venerated Fanatic can now be mounted and used as a house item.
    SPELLS

    Spells which do not expire have been made uninterruptable. There are some exceptions which include spells which summon pets or have limited uses.
    Bruiser

    Divide and Conquer should now properly apply hate to the entire encounter.
    Fury

    Natural Mask should now gray out when casted.
    Mystic

    The Auspice line should now toggle correctly.
    Templar

    The Redoubt line should now toggle correctly.
    Ranger

    Thorny trap should now work properly for evil rangers on pvp servers.

    
    ACHIEVEMENTS

    Defiler

    Enhance: Fuliginous Sphere will now work correctly.
    Sorceror

    Ward of Sages should now toggle properly.
    Templar

    Blessings is now toggleable and has a recast of 2 seconds.
    SHADOWS

    Shadows should no longer disappear unexpectedly.

    MULTICORE SUPPORT

    The game automatically detects if you have more than one CPU.
    EQII now runs better with more than one CPU.
    There is an option to control whether the game uses multicore mode in the Options Window under Display -> Performance.
    If you're running multiple clients on the same computer you may want to disable multicore mode.
    Setting the multicore option has no effect on machines with one CPU.

    
    TRADESKILLS

    Alchemy

    Rare cure potions have been removed and standard cure potions have been upgraded to cure the appropriate levels of effects. This in turn should help reduce some of the demand for dusts.
    Carpentry

    With the advent of scalable furniture, carpenters no longer require recipes that make items of different sizes. The following redundant recipes were removed: vale briarwood guest bed, vale briarwood corner bar, small redwood room divider, small purple lilies, small white lilies, tall redwood streetlamp, tall potted redwood streetlamp, embellished rug, eccentric alder chair. Existing items will not be affected.
    Carpenters studying the architecture of Unrest have designed a number of new recipes for furnishings in a similar style, to replace the redundant recipes that have been retired.
    Tailoring

    Artisans have designed some new recipes for threadbare and sackcloth vests, and will continue to work on more vest-type cloth armor appearances for the future.
    Scholars

    Merchants in the courts of Maj'dul are now stocking some additional "Ancient Teachings" recipe scrolls.

    
    PVP

    Illusionists on their epic quest should no longer take lose faction with Freeport when using the Lucan illusion and then removing it.

    
    USER INTERFACE

    Status values on the housing window will now display separators so large numbers are easier to read.
    There is now an option in the Persona window to block voice invites.
    ZONES

    Veeshans Peak

    The gem drop rate of Veeshan's Peak has been slightly increased to account for the more frequent patterns.
    Each of the bosses in Veeshan's Peak now drop an additional gem.
    The Taskmaster in Veeshan’s Peak has made new use of his arcane knowledge! Raiders Beware!

    
    Kelethin

    A few of the fae in Kelethin react to a good aligned arasai now.

     

    
    

    
    

     

  • Posted: 9/30/08 9:25 PM
    Everquest II