E3 Rise of Kunark Video

SenorPhrog · 07-12-2007, 09:49 AM

Ten Ton Hammer caught up with EQ2 Producer Scott Hartsman who was kind enough to talk with us about the new expansion. Want to know which zones we'll see and get a look at the new race? Don't miss this exclusive video and interview.

Rise of Kunark Video

Ama · 07-12-2007, 12:01 PM

Radar-X wrote:

Ten Ton Hammer caught up with EQ2 Producer Scott Hartsman who was kind enough to talk with us about the new expansion. Want to know which zones we'll see and get a look at the new race? Don't miss this exclusive video and interview.
Rise of Kunark Video

Deffinately an interesting first look at Kunark along with Mr. Hartsman's comments.

1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"? SMILEY

2nd. Didn't quite hear it but what was he saying about the eldar dragons?

Iad · 07-12-2007, 12:01 PM

Sweet, I was waiting for a RoK video to be released.

SenorPhrog · 07-12-2007, 12:24 PM

Amana wrote:

Radar-X wrote:
Ten Ton Hammer caught up with EQ2 Producer Scott Hartsman who was kind enough to talk with us about the new expansion. Want to know which zones we'll see and get a look at the new race? Don't miss this exclusive video and interview.
Rise of Kunark Video
Deffinately an interesting first look at Kunark along with Mr. Hartsman's comments.
1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"?
2nd. Didn't quite hear it but what was he saying about the eldar dragons?

There is a lot of noise (which apparently is one aspect they haven't changed about E3). They included the highlights right below the video which name a few of the dragons.

Balrok · 07-12-2007, 12:42 PM

Good Lord... he saved the best statement for last. Tell SoE to amplify the raid zone lockout changes, where they will allow a raid force to come back and start where they left off. This is a huge improvement/change that is going to get alot of love from the community.

Thanks!

Gallenite · 07-12-2007, 01:09 PM

Amana wrote:

1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"?

Yes. SMILEY

For some reason yesterday, I kept forgetting at least one thing to talk about each time I talked with someone, so I had scribbled notes nearby.

I bet it had something to do with getting up at 6 to make it down to the hall in time.

Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of.

Ama · 07-12-2007, 01:14 PM

Gallenite wrote:

Amana wrote:
1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"?
Yes.
For some reason yesterday, I kept forgetting at least one thing to talk about each time I talked with someone, so I had scribbled notes nearby.
I bet it had something to do with getting up at 6 to make it down to the hall in time.
Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of.

You just made my day, thx. SMILEY

Kiara- · 07-12-2007, 01:28 PM

Gallenite wrote:

Amana wrote:
1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"?
Yes.
For some reason yesterday, I kept forgetting at least one thing to talk about each time I talked with someone, so I had scribbled notes nearby.
I bet it had something to do with getting up at 6 to make it down to the hall in time.
Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of.

I firmly believe that diurnal scheduling of business is biased against those of us who are nocturnal and that we really need to start being more friendly towards operating during decent hours * nod *

The_Real_Ohno · 07-12-2007, 01:30 PM

Awesome vid, cant wait for RoK to come out!

SisterTheresa · 07-12-2007, 01:47 PM

I didn't watch all of it because I do want to be surprised. But I am liking what I see and hear. Cannot wait!

Raven_Ancient · 07-12-2007, 02:20 PM

Looks good. Looks good. I am liking the idea of the instance lockout revamp. It will help people who have jobs/families and commitments (like myself) to be able to raid more than just 'short' zones like labs. I'm a devout believer that having a life outside of the game makes you no less 'hardcore' as many seem to think SMILEY

. Anyway yay. Just hope it gets parallel release in Australia this time *grumble* *grumble. SMILEY

Themaginator · 07-12-2007, 02:27 PM

yeah so great Vid but the camera moved away from the screen to much and no offense to Scott but i'd rather see the Kunark footage than Scott's ugly mug SMILEY

Winter · 07-12-2007, 02:39 PM

From what Lotus said in another thread, that doesn't look like the end PC model for Sarnak. Is it? It looks absolutely amazing! The zones look absolutely amazing - the amount of detail is awesome. I think you guys are going to have a bigger hit on your hands than EoF! SMILEY

EvilIguana9 · 07-12-2007, 02:51 PM

Maybe it's just the settings I run at, but I was not particularly impressed with the visuals in the current expansion, Echoes of Faydwer. That's why I'm thrilled by this video. Maybe I'd change my tune up close but what I could see looked pretty [Removed for Content] nice. No lack of epic vistas and whiz-bang graphic features. Even 4 months from release the artwork was impressive. I really look forward to playing Rise of Kunark.

Grimwell · 07-12-2007, 03:08 PM

Huzzah! Yeah, I have been waiting to see more get 'out' about RoK!

Ama · 07-12-2007, 03:11 PM

Grimwell wrote:

Huzzah! Yeah, I have been waiting to see more get 'out' about RoK!

hmm.... *raises hand with mouth open then puts it to his chin in thinker position*. SMILEY

Savanja · 07-12-2007, 03:17 PM

Its great footage, and thanks for posting that Radar! I think that is just a small glimpse of what we can expect. The bar was raised with EoF, so I'm expecting RoK to be even more spectacular.

Josgar · 07-12-2007, 03:30 PM

OMG I LOVE IT!

Josgar <3s kunark

Firiona Vie= In...

however...

Who owns it? BAH

TELL ME DUDE TELL ME YO QUIERO FIRIONA VIE BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa

Give me firiona vie...

we were shafted with felwithe... i cant live there so give me firiona vie

give me firiona vie!

Cyanbane · 07-12-2007, 04:06 PM

Awesome video/interview guys! Seriously, tons of cool info/visuals.

KerowynnKaotic · 07-12-2007, 04:34 PM

Gallenite wrote:

*snipped*
Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of.

6 am is for sleeping ...

I found this confusing .. " sebilis ... the froglocks are no longer in charge .. so you won't see much of the Froglocks ... what you will see is a lot of familiar faces .. Lots of Froglocks .. "

... eh?

---

side note: Bald is sexy SMILEY

-------

and a side plea to the Devs doing the Map UI work on this expansion ...

Please, PLEASE .. use shading to break up the map for the different "zones". ie: light brown to represent 1 zone .. shading into a slightly darker brown for the next .. etc .. I love the muliple tiers in EoF but it's sometimes difficult to give directions to someone who hasn't been to "X" location .. dislike getting around in Neriak for the same reason .. easy to say the Fighter Trainers are in NQ but .. I can't remeber where they are in Neriak because it's all pretty much 1 big blur of a zone. Only thing I can ever remember is the docks and the Throne room.

Wildmage · 07-12-2007, 06:04 PM

Is the shaved head look in with developers now or is there just a bunch of handsome craniums out there in california?

RoryBradwarden · 07-12-2007, 06:43 PM

Persistent combat instances! Does this mean we don't have to spend over 4 hours in a zone, we can come back? .... Please Estate of Unrest! Don't forget us Group players!

Lornick · 07-12-2007, 07:28 PM

RoryBradwarden wrote:

Persistent combat instances! Does this mean we don't have to spend over 4 hours in a zone, we can come back? .... Please Estate of Unrest! Don't forget us Group players!

He did specifically say that this would apply to group instances as well. My question is how would that apply to groups members that left the instance at different stages. For Example, say I'm in an Unrest group that clears up to the point of The Priest of Fear and then the group breaks up. Afterwards I see an advertisement for a new group forming up that wants to head to Unrest. So I join them. Now lets say hypothetically that each group member of the new group I joined had already spent some time in Unrest that day and their groups fell apart at different stages of the zone. Group member one killed the Bartender, group member two got the chef's recipe, group members three and four cleared up to the Hag, and group member five made it to the tinkerer. So would the new group zone into a zone that is cleared to the furthest point (aka the Hag)?

If that is the case then it would be relatively easy to semi-exploit the zone. For instance, say I'm two-boxing and I'm in a group that clears up to the final boss fight (Garanel). If I dropped my boxed character and brought in a different player or an alternate boxed character and finished off the zone, then I would be able to bring back the boxed character and reform a group with new people or group member's alts and kill the final boss again w/o the trouble of the 3hr clear time. If I'm understanding that right, would that be possible? Or would the persistant zone still affect the logged out boxed character too so when I log back in the zone boss is already dead?

Silverfrost · 07-12-2007, 10:00 PM

Lornick wrote:

RoryBradwarden wrote:
If that is the case then it would be relatively easy to semi-exploit the zone. For instance, say I'm two-boxing and I'm in a group that clears up to the final boss fight (Garanel). If I dropped my boxed character and brought in a different player or an alternate boxed character and finished off the zone, then I would be able to bring back the boxed character and reform a group with new people or group member's alts and kill the final boss again w/o the trouble of the 3hr clear time. If I'm understanding that right, would that be possible? Or would the persistant zone still affect the logged out boxed character too so when I log back in the zone boss is already dead?

When your instance becomes persistent you get tagged with a unique ID representing the instance. You cannot reenter your instance while grouped with any character that has a different ID for that instance. You can bring people who have no ID for that instance in but they will get tagged with the ID as soon as they zone in.

Willias · 07-12-2007, 10:24 PM

Essentially, it works just like WoW's raid instances work. You zone in, kill a named, and all your raid/group members get flagged for that instance. Once flagged for an instance, you're stuck with that one until its timer resets. You can't join another raid and go into a new instance, but people can join your raid and join your instance, as long as they haven't created a unique instance for themselves and their own raid group. Once they've joined your instance, they're stuck with it as well, at least until its timer has resetl. Or at least that's what I'm getting from all this.

Aera · 07-12-2007, 10:34 PM

The interview was pretty good but why was the camera on Scott more than the screen?

Savanja · 07-12-2007, 11:26 PM

Aera wrote:

The interview was pretty good but why was the camera on Scott more than the screen?

I imagine because Scott was speaking rather than moving around in game and speaking directly to the person holding the camera. Plus Scott is a nice looking man, us girls like a little bit o' eye candy with our gaming. SMILEY

Findara · 07-13-2007, 12:06 AM

Did I catch them saying that the "froglok models where not in yet" does that mean the skeletal revamp will be in for kunark?

initoci · 07-13-2007, 12:34 AM

Will this apply to EH and such?

iceriven2 · 07-13-2007, 01:55 AM

Will there be a way to reset your ID? Not everyone u can get without an ID tag will want to be forced to skip stuff b/c of 1 or 2 members.

07-12-2007, 09:49 AM	#1
SenorPhrog Ten Ton Hammer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Fourth Wall Posts: 1,041	Ten Ton Hammer caught up with EQ2 Producer Scott Hartsman who was kind enough to talk with us about the new expansion. Want to know which zones we'll see and get a look at the new race? Don't miss this exclusive video and interview. Rise of Kunark Video __________________

07-12-2007, 12:01 PM	#2
Ama General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,833	Radar-X wrote: Ten Ton Hammer caught up with EQ2 Producer Scott Hartsman who was kind enough to talk with us about the new expansion. Want to know which zones we'll see and get a look at the new race? Don't miss this exclusive video and interview. Rise of Kunark Video Deffinately an interesting first look at Kunark along with Mr. Hartsman's comments. 1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"? 2nd. Didn't quite hear it but what was he saying about the eldar dragons? __________________

07-12-2007, 12:24 PM	#4
SenorPhrog Ten Ton Hammer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Fourth Wall Posts: 1,041	Amana wrote: Radar-X wrote: Ten Ton Hammer caught up with EQ2 Producer Scott Hartsman who was kind enough to talk with us about the new expansion. Want to know which zones we'll see and get a look at the new race? Don't miss this exclusive video and interview. Rise of Kunark Video Deffinately an interesting first look at Kunark along with Mr. Hartsman's comments. 1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"? 2nd. Didn't quite hear it but what was he saying about the eldar dragons? There is a lot of noise (which apparently is one aspect they haven't changed about E3). They included the highlights right below the video which name a few of the dragons. __________________

07-12-2007, 12:42 PM	#5
Balrok Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 862	Good Lord... he saved the best statement for last. Tell SoE to amplify the raid zone lockout changes, where they will allow a raid force to come back and start where they left off. This is a huge improvement/change that is going to get alot of love from the community. Thanks! __________________ The PvP issues are known and will be worked on "when time allows". Olihin

07-12-2007, 01:09 PM	#6
Gallenite Developer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 169	Amana wrote: 1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"? Yes. For some reason yesterday, I kept forgetting at least one thing to talk about each time I talked with someone, so I had scribbled notes nearby. I bet it had something to do with getting up at 6 to make it down to the hall in time. Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of. __________________ ____ Scott Hartsman Senior Producer Emeritus, EverQuest II

07-12-2007, 12:01 PM	#3
Iad Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 250	Sweet, I was waiting for a RoK video to be released.

07-12-2007, 01:14 PM	#7
Ama General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,833	Gallenite wrote: Amana wrote: 1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"? Yes. For some reason yesterday, I kept forgetting at least one thing to talk about each time I talked with someone, so I had scribbled notes nearby. I bet it had something to do with getting up at 6 to make it down to the hall in time. Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of. You just made my day, thx. __________________

07-12-2007, 01:28 PM	#8
Kiara- Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Neriak, baby! Posts: 595	Gallenite wrote: Amana wrote: 1st. Did he say he had to reach for a "Cheat Sheet"? Yes. For some reason yesterday, I kept forgetting at least one thing to talk about each time I talked with someone, so I had scribbled notes nearby. I bet it had something to do with getting up at 6 to make it down to the hall in time. Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of. I firmly believe that diurnal scheduling of business is biased against those of us who are nocturnal and that we really need to start being more friendly towards operating during decent hours * nod * __________________

07-12-2007, 01:30 PM	#9
The_Real_Ohno General Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 528	Awesome vid, cant wait for RoK to come out!

07-12-2007, 01:47 PM	#10
SisterTheresa The Vigilant Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,250	I didn't watch all of it because I do want to be surprised. But I am liking what I see and hear. Cannot wait! __________________

07-12-2007, 02:20 PM	#11
Raven_Ancient Loremaster Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 170	Looks good. Looks good. I am liking the idea of the instance lockout revamp. It will help people who have jobs/families and commitments (like myself) to be able to raid more than just 'short' zones like labs. I'm a devout believer that having a life outside of the game makes you no less 'hardcore' as many seem to think . Anyway yay. Just hope it gets parallel release in Australia this time grumble *grumble. __________________

07-12-2007, 02:27 PM	#12
Themaginator Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 833	yeah so great Vid but the camera moved away from the screen to much and no offense to Scott but i'd rather see the Kunark footage than Scott's ugly mug

07-12-2007, 02:39 PM	#13
Winter Crazy for Fae! Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 655	From what Lotus said in another thread, that doesn't look like the end PC model for Sarnak. Is it? It looks absolutely amazing! The zones look absolutely amazing - the amount of detail is awesome. I think you guys are going to have a bigger hit on your hands than EoF! __________________

07-12-2007, 02:51 PM	#14
EvilIguana9 General Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 477	Maybe it's just the settings I run at, but I was not particularly impressed with the visuals in the current expansion, Echoes of Faydwer. That's why I'm thrilled by this video. Maybe I'd change my tune up close but what I could see looked pretty [Removed for Content] nice. No lack of epic vistas and whiz-bang graphic features. Even 4 months from release the artwork was impressive. I really look forward to playing Rise of Kunark.

07-12-2007, 03:08 PM	#15
Grimwell Community Relations Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,062	Huzzah! Yeah, I have been waiting to see more get 'out' about RoK!

07-12-2007, 03:11 PM	#16
Ama General Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2,833	Grimwell wrote: Huzzah! Yeah, I have been waiting to see more get 'out' about RoK! hmm.... raises hand with mouth open then puts it to his chin in thinker position. __________________

07-12-2007, 03:17 PM	#17
Savanja Fansite Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 397	Its great footage, and thanks for posting that Radar! I think that is just a small glimpse of what we can expect. The bar was raised with EoF, so I'm expecting RoK to be even more spectacular. __________________ ~Savanja~

07-12-2007, 03:30 PM	#18
Josgar Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,606	OMG I LOVE IT! Josgar <3s kunark Firiona Vie= In... however... Who owns it? BAH TELL ME DUDE TELL ME YO QUIERO FIRIONA VIE BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa Give me firiona vie... we were shafted with felwithe... i cant live there so give me firiona vie give me firiona vie!

07-12-2007, 04:06 PM	#19
Cyanbane Guildm8s.com Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 260	Awesome video/interview guys! Seriously, tons of cool info/visuals. __________________ Come discuss EQ2 at GuildM8s (formerly EQ2-Daily)!

07-12-2007, 04:34 PM	#20
KerowynnKaotic Tormentor of Fae Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Middle of Nowhere, Arizona Posts: 1,862	Gallenite wrote: snipped Really, 6am is generally best viewed from the perspective of the night before. Not the day of. 6 am is for sleeping ... I found this confusing .. " sebilis ... the froglocks are no longer in charge .. so you won't see much of the Froglocks ... what you will see is a lot of familiar faces .. Lots of Froglocks .. " ... eh? --- side note: Bald is sexy ------- and a side plea to the Devs doing the Map UI work on this expansion ... Please, PLEASE .. use shading to break up the map for the different "zones". ie: light brown to represent 1 zone .. shading into a slightly darker brown for the next .. etc .. I love the muliple tiers in EoF but it's sometimes difficult to give directions to someone who hasn't been to "X" location .. dislike getting around in Neriak for the same reason .. easy to say the Fighter Trainers are in NQ but .. I can't remeber where they are in Neriak because it's all pretty much 1 big blur of a zone. Only thing I can ever remember is the docks and the Throne room. __________________

07-12-2007, 06:04 PM	#21
Wildmage Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 841	Is the shaved head look in with developers now or is there just a bunch of handsome craniums out there in california? __________________ Anurman/Malbi/Metronome/Hydrake/Guttspawn/Perihelion/Cogwise/Popojingles Najena Server Tranquil Waters Guild

07-12-2007, 06:43 PM	#22
RoryBradwarden Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 88	Persistent combat instances! Does this mean we don't have to spend over 4 hours in a zone, we can come back? .... Please Estate of Unrest! Don't forget us Group players! __________________

07-12-2007, 07:28 PM	#23
Lornick Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,114	RoryBradwarden wrote: Persistent combat instances! Does this mean we don't have to spend over 4 hours in a zone, we can come back? .... Please Estate of Unrest! Don't forget us Group players! He did specifically say that this would apply to group instances as well. My question is how would that apply to groups members that left the instance at different stages. For Example, say I'm in an Unrest group that clears up to the point of The Priest of Fear and then the group breaks up. Afterwards I see an advertisement for a new group forming up that wants to head to Unrest. So I join them. Now lets say hypothetically that each group member of the new group I joined had already spent some time in Unrest that day and their groups fell apart at different stages of the zone. Group member one killed the Bartender, group member two got the chef's recipe, group members three and four cleared up to the Hag, and group member five made it to the tinkerer. So would the new group zone into a zone that is cleared to the furthest point (aka the Hag)? If that is the case then it would be relatively easy to semi-exploit the zone. For instance, say I'm two-boxing and I'm in a group that clears up to the final boss fight (Garanel). If I dropped my boxed character and brought in a different player or an alternate boxed character and finished off the zone, then I would be able to bring back the boxed character and reform a group with new people or group member's alts and kill the final boss again w/o the trouble of the 3hr clear time. If I'm understanding that right, would that be possible? Or would the persistant zone still affect the logged out boxed character too so when I log back in the zone boss is already dead? __________________

07-12-2007, 10:00 PM	#24
Silverfrost Developer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 48	Lornick wrote: RoryBradwarden wrote: If that is the case then it would be relatively easy to semi-exploit the zone. For instance, say I'm two-boxing and I'm in a group that clears up to the final boss fight (Garanel). If I dropped my boxed character and brought in a different player or an alternate boxed character and finished off the zone, then I would be able to bring back the boxed character and reform a group with new people or group member's alts and kill the final boss again w/o the trouble of the 3hr clear time. If I'm understanding that right, would that be possible? Or would the persistant zone still affect the logged out boxed character too so when I log back in the zone boss is already dead? When your instance becomes persistent you get tagged with a unique ID representing the instance. You cannot reenter your instance while grouped with any character that has a different ID for that instance. You can bring people who have no ID for that instance in but they will get tagged with the ID as soon as they zone in. __________________ Don Neufeld Technical Director, EverQuest II Lead Programmer Emeritus, PlanetSide

07-12-2007, 10:24 PM	#25
Willias Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA Posts: 182	Essentially, it works just like WoW's raid instances work. You zone in, kill a named, and all your raid/group members get flagged for that instance. Once flagged for an instance, you're stuck with that one until its timer resets. You can't join another raid and go into a new instance, but people can join your raid and join your instance, as long as they haven't created a unique instance for themselves and their own raid group. Once they've joined your instance, they're stuck with it as well, at least until its timer has resetl. Or at least that's what I'm getting from all this.

07-12-2007, 10:34 PM	#26
Aera Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Orleans Posts: 170	The interview was pretty good but why was the camera on Scott more than the screen? __________________

07-12-2007, 11:26 PM	#27
Savanja Fansite Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 397	Aera wrote: The interview was pretty good but why was the camera on Scott more than the screen? I imagine because Scott was speaking rather than moving around in game and speaking directly to the person holding the camera. Plus Scott is a nice looking man, us girls like a little bit o' eye candy with our gaming. __________________ ~Savanja~

07-13-2007, 12:06 AM	#28
Findara General Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: La Porte, Indiana Posts: 238	Did I catch them saying that the "froglok models where not in yet" does that mean the skeletal revamp will be in for kunark? __________________

07-13-2007, 12:34 AM	#29
initoci General Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 273	Will this apply to EH and such?

07-13-2007, 01:55 AM	#30
iceriven2 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 632	Will there be a way to reset your ID? Not everyone u can get without an ID tag will want to be forced to skip stuff b/c of 1 or 2 members.