EverQuest

Last month saw the release of EverQuest’s 22nd expansion. To honor the occasion we asked a few questions of one of the original designers and visionaries behind the project, Brad McQuaid. Read on for what Brad had to say.

For those looking for a true old school feeling to their MMO, Daybreak Game Company has announced that a 'true box', one account per player, progression server called Phinigel. Players will need to make friends, participate in chat and talk to be able to make it in the game world. The new server is scheduled to open on Wednesday, December 9th.

An inside look at the many coders who have implemented their work into the game and how those early code threads have evolved with the game (e.g., Legacy of the Baby Dragon). Here to shed some light on the franchise’s evolution is Jennifer Chan (Technical Director) and Terry Michaels (Senior Producer) from Daybreak Games.

Daybreak Game Company has announced that the twenty-second EverQuest expansion, The Broken Mirror, is expected to launch later today, Wednesday, November 18th. Players can look forward to four expansion zones, three reworked zones as well as a pair of "scalable" raids among other things.

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 EverQuest planned, but today we wanted to ask each developer what they love most about the storied franchise. Here’s what Holly Longdale (Executive Producer), Jonathan Caraker (Lead Designer) and Alan VanCuvering (Assistant Lead Designer) had to say.

EverQuest will be growing soon with its twenty-second expansion, The Broken Mirror. We had a chance to chat with the team behind the expansion to find out more about its systems, features and new zones.

The Broken Mirror, the 22nd (!) expansion for the original EverQuest, will launch on Wednesday, November 18. The Daybreak developers recently demoed the expansion during a livestream event, and we’re recapping it all for those who missed it.

During a special live stream event yesterday, Daybreak Game Company revealed that the next Everquest expansion will be named The Broken Mirror. TBM marks the twenty second expansion to the game and will contain two instanced versions of the Plane of Hate and the Plane of Fear. Also, new quests, missions, spells, alternate advancements and much more will be included.

EverQuest: The Broken Mirror Expansion is available for pre-order NOW! Don't miss out on special pre-order bonuses We announced EverQuest: The Broken Mirror live on a stream that we ran October 1, 2015 Join the EQ team as we talk about this upcoming expansion, walk through expansion zones, and answer player questions.

EverQuest's Holly Longdale has posted a new producer's letter to announce that the team has been working for the past year on a full-fledged expansion for the game. Longdale indicated that this expansion will bring content to high-level players along with new and updated 105 zones, fifteen raids, level-scaling missions, Heroic Adventures and two instanced raid zones, Plane of Fear and Plane of Hate, for players from 75-105 to experience together.

EverQuest II's Holly Longdale has posted a new producer's letter to announce that the team has been working for the past year on a full-fledged expansion for the game. Longdale indicated that this expansion will bring content to high-level players along with new and updated 105 zones, two instanced raid zones, Plane of Fear and Plane of Hate, for players from 75-105 to experience together.

The Daybreak EverQuest forum has been updated with the announcement that a second progression server is in the works. The first, Ragefire, was built to be twice as large as those that came before, and it is packed to the rafters. The result of that is the forthcoming Lockjaw server now in the preparation stages.

Daybreak Game Company has announced that the Everquest progression server, Ragefire, has reopened. The server will run alongside current servers, but players will be able to experience the game as it was at launch in 1999 and as expansions launched over the years.

Every MMO gamer knows of the title “EverQuest.” Some of you actually played it, but the rest usually listen wearily while EQ veterans wax and wane about the so-called glory days. Regardless of your position on the game, there’s no doubting that EQ fans are some of the most passionate you’ll meet, and their insatiable appetite for nostalgia goes unrivaled.

No, we're not talking about daylight savings time, but the official launch date for the EverQuest progression server coming on May 20th. Named "Ragefire", the team anticipates that the server will be ready to go on the 20th in the afternoon after receiving a bit of "attention" after it's enabled earlier in the day.