I'm not a big fan of EQ2. The concept of "transient" items or breakable items blows. Even tho realistic as it may seem. This is a fantasy game. Don't destroy my fantasy. I played a text based mud for 7 years. On this mud as well and millions of others, (I'm sure) When you died your magical(limited) equipment could get looted by the mobs that killed you, and could get damaged or scrapped when mobs hit you with an exceptional amount of force. The fact that EQ was not setup this way was one of the major attractions to me. On a text based mud boss mobs such as Innoruuk for example would drop the ring of pure blood everytime you killed him until the item was "maxxed" and the Limit on how many items loaded was determined by the number of register player characters on the game. As is sits now, supposed you had a ring of pureblood and you were kiting a Spiroc Proven and he got a good hit in and scrapped your ring. It might take you several months of killing Innoruuk to get you ring back. The only reason "transient" equipment ever existed in the first place was to "recycle" (limited) equipment. Since there are no maxxed items. There is truely no reason for "transient" armor. Regardless whether or not it is just the crafted armor's or not.
As far as mobs chasing players across zones. I'd love to be the first one to watch someone bring every sand giant from south ro to west freeport gates.
As far as putting a stop to twinking /twirl...whooptie do. Twinking is based on how much platinum you have. IF VI wants to control twinking then control the marketing and selling of items in freeport and platinum distribution. VI wants to push the Bazaar as a high end version of freeport so people can buy/sell/trade there ware's and then doesnt want you to have the right to do with them as you please?
Furthermore, why sell us Luclin only to take it away? Marketing strategy?...well get a better one
I only hope that I have a choice in the end to play either EQ1 or EQ2...cause you'll find me on EQ1
Rumors Swirl on EQ2
In the recent EQ newsletter, Sony put in a puzzle that led to two websites: www.nektulos.com and www.wailingcaves.com. (Congratulations to the gang at the safehouse for solving the riddle). Each site brings up an image and the Nektulos one mentions an announcement coming up in May. May is of course when E3 is held. This is the biggest gaming convention of the year, and game companies typically try to save their biggest announcements for the large group of press that comes to E3 each year.
So what is Sony going to announce in May? It may be something like a single player game based upon Everquest, or the release of some new zones. However, do not be surprised if it is the launch of Everquest 2. I don't have any positive information on this and am really just speculating, but since they already announced the PS2 version of the game and the Planes of Power expansion, it seems logical that this is not related to either of them. Why make a teaser for something everyone already knows about? And they have never put this type of effort into announcing free content for the game. EQ2, however, would be a huge announcement. In addition, I have been told that the latest version of PC Gamer mentions EQ2 (I have not read it -- I'll try to track down a copy). Plus, Sony has had www.everquest2.com registered for quite a while. So the announcement Sony plans to make in May could well be that they are making EQ2. Or they could just be announcing another expansion or something related to the PS2 version of the game or even something completely unrelated to Everquest. We will be in Los Angeles for E3, so as soon as we find out more, we'll let you know.
In the meantime, some of our visitors managed to piece together the murky pictures you see in the two sites.
Wailing Caves Full Image
Nektulos Full Image
Feel free to throw in your own thoughts about what this means.
UPDATE (Again): Link already dead.