Highhold Keep

[Theramor-GoV]

Greetings.Scott Hartsman did an interview over at MMORPG.com.....but for some reason the pics they put on that webpage are of Highhold Keep.I don't recall if anything has been posted about the Keep and what has happened to it since The Shattering, so I guess this is a good a time as any to ask.Is Highhold still standing?  Is it hidden away behind some mountains waiting to be rediscovered?  Or did it sink into the ocean never to be seen again?T<div></div>

[Hukklebuk]

looks pretty close to EQ2 fonts on the signs....  but that doesn't really mean anything I suppose.<div></div>

[Ama]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Theramor-GoV wrote:<BR>Greetings.<BR><BR>Scott Hartsman did an interview over at MMORPG.com.<BR><BR>....but for some reason the pics they put on that webpage are of Highhold Keep.<BR><BR>I don't recall if anything has been posted about the Keep and what has happened to it since The Shattering, so I guess this is a good a time as any to ask.<BR><BR>Is Highhold still standing?  Is it hidden away behind some mountains waiting to be rediscovered?  Or did it sink into the ocean never to be seen again?<BR><BR><BR><BR>T<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>I'm curious as well because in EQOA there was a "neutral" place where both evil and good aligned characters could venture to.  This place was called Castle Highkeep I believe but we just called it Highpass.  I believe this maybe the castle your talking about but i'm not 100% sure of that.<BR>

[Jaale]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Theramor-GoV wrote:<BR>Greetings.<BR><BR>Scott Hartsman did an interview over at MMORPG.com.<BR><BR>....but for some reason the pics they put on that webpage are of Highhold Keep.<BR><BR>I don't recall if anything has been posted about the Keep and what has happened to it since The Shattering, so I guess this is a good a time as any to ask.<BR><BR>Is Highhold still standing?  Is it hidden away behind some mountains waiting to be rediscovered?  Or did it sink into the ocean never to be seen again?<BR><BR><BR><BR>T<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>There have been hints by Dev's in these boards about Highhold being found again and possibly being used by the somewhat insular, "far seas trading company".

[Jait]

<DIV>Seems like those Screenshots are from EQ1.   Oops :smileymad:</DIV>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Yeah, Vhalen has hinted that Highkeep may still exist along with many other intentionally-left-uncharted islands in the area of what used to be the Serpentspine Mountains for the benefit of the Far Seas Trading Company.</DIV>

[Cyanbane]

<div></div>I am 99.99% (repeating of course <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) sure that those are screens from EQ1 in that article.  Someone over there must have used the wrong screenshots.<div></div><p>Message Edited by Cyanbane on <span class=date_text>07-28-2006</span> <span class=time_text>12:35 PM</span>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Hmm. Did they revamp Highpass and Highkeep with the recent expansions in EQlive? I see that the Highpass Guards still have the same graphic textures, and the female human Luclin models in the other screenshot there, but the zones never looked like that before.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>They physically redesigned those zones? That's a shame. They were my favorite zones in the game all because of the scenic beauty.</DIV>

[Saroc_Luclin]

It's been strongly hinted that Highpass Hold/Keep were rediscovered by the Far Seas Trading company and they are using that for their real base of operations. Nothing else is known about it as of yet.What you probably saw was the revamped Highpass for "The Serpent's Spine" EQLive's 12th Expansion. That expansion is taking place in lands through the mountains. Commonlands and Highpass and Kithcor are getting revamps, possibly more. (Plus the new L1 through L75 zones being added for the expansion itself)<div></div>

[Mirander_1]

<div></div>Looking at Highold's location, it's possible that Highhold is now the Isle of Refuge<div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Nah. Thats what I originally thought too, but Vhalen revealed that there are a ton of islands that the Far Seas Trading Company are intentionally keeping secret from the maps of the common adventurerer for thier own benefit and for our own safety. Islands including Kithicor Forest and Highkeep.</DIV>

[Saroc_Luclin]

Plus TSS is showing that the Serpent Spine mountains have a LOT more in them than you would think when you run throuhg Highpass or Runny eye to get through them. The Isles of Refuge would probably better fit some new zones in TSS than Highpass. (Highpass is way too rocky). (Yes I know different games, different timelines, blah blah blah)<div></div>

[Mirander_1]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Cusashorn wrote:<div>Nah. Thats what I originally thought too, but Vhalen revealed that there are a ton of islands that the Far Seas Trading Company are intentionally keeping secret from the maps of the common adventurerer for thier own benefit and for our own safety. Islands including Kithicor Forest and Highkeep.</div><hr></blockquote>Now that I think about it, I recall reading a thread a while ago, like before DoF was announced, where someone listed the landmasses that were mentioned in the pen and paper rpg.  Those locations filled in most of old Antonica that are still missing.  I can't remember all of them, but the ones I remember are: Ro (which has been already added), Moors of Ykesha (Innothule Swamp, probably), and a place called Highbourne (maybe this is actually Highhold).  Maybe these are places we can expect to see in the future</div>

[Cusashorn]

<DIV>Nah. Vhalen's post that I speak of was revealed after KoS came out.</DIV>

[KniteShayd]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>Nah. Thats what I originally thought too, but Vhalen revealed that there are a ton of islands that the Far Seas Trading Company are intentionally keeping secret from the maps of the common adventurerer for thier own benefit and for our own safety. Islands including <FONT color=#ff0000>Kithicor Forest and Highkeep.</FONT></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Good possibilities for adv packs.  I would like to see kithicor overly wooded with more defiled undead.  make it a forest to remember, even more so than it was in EQlive.  That would be cool if there were so many trees that some could get lost without using map or compass.  not only that but make it a zone over flooded with heroics and more than usual epics. skellies, zombies, and ghosts master's dream world.  i should post this in the expansion forum, huh?

[Mirander_1]

<div></div>sorry about the confusion, the thread I'm refering to wasn't Vhalen's post, but one a player put up after buying the p&p rpgEDIT: <a target="_blank" href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=futexp&message.id=3381&query.id=492043#M3381">Here's</a> that thread if anyone wants to read it<div></div><p>Message Edited by Mirander on <span class=date_text>07-28-2006</span> <span class=time_text>02:04 PM</span>

[Siufu]

That's EQ1 expansion: The Serpent's Spine picture.<img src="http://images.mmorpg.com/images/screenshots/072006/8000.jpg"><div></div>

[Cusashorn]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> KniteShayd wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Cusashorn wrote:<BR> <DIV>Nah. Thats what I originally thought too, but Vhalen revealed that there are a ton of islands that the Far Seas Trading Company are intentionally keeping secret from the maps of the common adventurerer for thier own benefit and for our own safety. Islands including <FONT color=#ff0000>Kithicor Forest and Highkeep.</FONT></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Good possibilities for adv packs.  I would like to see kithicor overly wooded with more defiled undead.  make it a forest to remember, even more so than it was in EQlive.  That would be cool if there were so many trees that some could get lost without using map or compass.  not only that but make it a zone over flooded with heroics and more than usual epics. skellies, zombies, and ghosts master's dream world.  i should post this in the expansion forum, huh?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>According to what Vhalen told us, it's been completely overtaken with undead now. There's not a single living thing on the island. Even the trees are dead.