What is Sony's Future plans for Everquest II?

ice69 · 07-23-2011, 02:52 PM

I would really like to know what Sony's future plans is for Everquest II

I didn't mind simplified stats or anything it made game a bit more relaxing as some classes were mind boggling to configure with to many stats example paladins usto need str sta agi intel wis was really a thorn in side as no gear had this

But with the talk about removal of actual video game gameplay and player progression with the new instances in the next coming expansion what will be the point to play Everquest II? It really sounds like it will be turned into a 3D virtual chat client like www.imvu.com or the sims or something and if there is any game play at all it will be as complex as sonic the hedge hog games where you just run around on a simple basic character with no customization or progression what so ever

Ciara52 · 07-23-2011, 08:06 PM

ice69 wrote:

But with the talk about removal of actual video game gameplay and player progression with the new instances in the next coming expansion what will be the point to play Everquest II? It really sounds like it will be turned into a 3D virtual chat client like www.imvu.com or the sims or something and if there is any game play at all it will be as complex as sonic the hedge hog games where you just run around on a simple basic character with no customization or progression what so ever

What exactly are you talking about? "removal of actual video game gameplay"? Where did you hear that and did you by any chance take it out of context?

Even in Free Realms you have progression.

feldon30 · 07-24-2011, 07:42 AM

ice69 wrote:

I would really like to know what Sony's future plans is for Everquest II

Sony has fully announced their future plans for EverQuest II. We've never had this much information in advance.

If you are unhappy or predicting doom-and-gloom, feel free to post such in any of the dozens of existing threads on all the items which have been announced.

thesiren · 07-24-2011, 09:55 AM

Maybe the housing improvements and making your own dungeons that others can run and rate aren't things you're interested in, but much like the crafting/AA revamp, they broaden the game for many other players. And Freeport is getting a complete makeover with zoneless progression and an interactive backdrop that changes in response to your questing there-- that sure doesn't sound like removal of game play! And how is adding a 25th class removing progression? Everyone and his brother is going to be doing the quest to unlock it then rolling a Beastlord.

Not to mention that you still have the whole game to 90 sitting there no matter what class you pl,ay. No one is removing anything. You're not making any sense.

deadcrickets2 · 07-24-2011, 11:07 AM

The real future plans of Smokejumper:

"To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!"

Gorpier · 07-24-2011, 05:05 PM

What is it that's 'being removed'? I must have missed that information OP.

BMonkeeus · 07-24-2011, 06:17 PM

Bad troll is bad.

Elomort · 07-24-2011, 08:24 PM

thesiren wrote:

Maybe the housing improvements and making your own dungeons that others can run and rate aren't things you're interested in, but much like the crafting/AA revamp, they broaden the game for many other players. And Freeport is getting a complete makeover with zoneless progression and an interactive backdrop that changes in response to your questing there-- that sure doesn't sound like removal of game play! And how is adding a 25th class removing progression? Everyone and his brother is going to be doing the quest to unlock it then rolling a Beastlord.
Not to mention that you still have the whole game to 90 sitting there no matter what class you pl,ay. No one is removing anything. You're not making any sense.

It is going to be a brilliant time as I see it, well apart from full parties of beastlords trying to handle Halls of Fate or Crushbone Keep as they all level to 90 without anyone left to power level them - that will be either rather funny or rather brilliant, like that youtube of 24 Bards taking down Venril Sathir.

The ability to create your own dungeon using rewards you get from SOEs instances - as a person who enjoys both housing and raiding - is amazing and one I think might make a few of the gear only progression players broaden their horizons. I know I am really looking forwards to that.

Chanaluss · 07-24-2011, 10:53 PM

I think his confusion comes with the fact that the expansion has the design your own dungeon feature, but no actual content. the devs have stated at least another 18 months of velious content, plus the freeport and qeynos revamps, so there will continue to be ways for players to progress.

deadcrickets2 · 07-25-2011, 02:37 AM

BMonkeeus wrote:

Bad troll is bad.

Wasn't a troll. Was levity.

Delimant · 07-25-2011, 01:00 PM

The expansion itself is going to be a features expansion. I doubt it will cost the full $40-50 that previous expansions have cost though.

As for "content", there are several GU's planned for the next couple years that add more zones to the Velious lore line.

You also have mercenaries, the DYOD, housing ladders, and other stuff coming. It should be an interesting time for EQ2.

boon515 · 07-25-2011, 01:18 PM

You see, i thought the OP was talking about cross server grouping like in BGs. Where people enter a lobby and just stand there until you get a group of people that want you and then once done with the zone, just stand in the lobby waiting to do it again.

deadcrickets2 · 07-25-2011, 01:25 PM

Delimant@Butcherblock wrote:

The expansion itself is going to be a features expansion. I doubt it will cost the full $40-50 that previous expansions have cost though.
As for "content", there are several GU's planned for the next couple years that add more zones to the Velious lore line.
You also have mercenaries, the DYOD, housing ladders, and other stuff coming. It should be an interesting time for EQ2.

I've been hearing it'll probably be in the $29.99 range. We'll probably find out in a month or two when Amazon accidently puts up the information like normal.

ice69 · 07-25-2011, 08:54 PM

Charuthus@Antonia Bayle wrote:

I think his confusion comes with the fact that the expansion has the design your own dungeon feature, but no actual content. the devs have stated at least another 18 months of velious content, plus the freeport and qeynos revamps, so there will continue to be ways for players to progress.

Yes why add such an awesome feature to the game and discontinue our real characters is this the start of the end of life for our real characters in Everquest II? even battle grounds lets you use your real characters for PVP cross server battles It really should be optional for our real characters atleast in all player made dungeons content

To me it kind of sounds like Everquest II will become plug and play select a name don't bother with character appearance AA/Level just log in to player created content and play but as these are not real characters we will not gain any real progress through dungeons except for a leader board on eq2players.com? and even if there is shards what would be the point in gearing up our real characters anymore if were not allowed to participate with our real characters in new content/player made content what will be the point

Tell Me: I currently have over 11 characters level 80 plus what am I suppose do with them all in the next up coming expansion to have fun/gain achievements/and progression if our real characters are blocked in advance in player created dungeons and content

Gisallo · 07-25-2011, 08:59 PM

I think part of the issue is that they don't know what to do. Stats at end game have gotten so out of control you need more than 200% of some stats to = 100%. Whether this is simply a holding action, to give players something to do while they figure out how they fix the issue or whether it's the start of a reboot to address mudflation since everything else has been shouted down or has failed to an extent, who knows.

Silasch · 07-26-2011, 04:48 AM

ice69 wrote:

Charuthus@Antonia Bayle wrote:
I think his confusion comes with the fact that the expansion has the design your own dungeon feature, but no actual content. the devs have stated at least another 18 months of velious content, plus the freeport and qeynos revamps, so there will continue to be ways for players to progress.
Yes why add such an awesome feature to the game and discontinue our real characters is this the start of the end of life for our real characters in Everquest II? even battle grounds lets you use your real characters for PVP cross server battles It really should be optional for our real characters atleast in all player made dungeons content
To me it kind of sounds like Everquest II will become plug and play select a name don't bother with character appearance AA/Level just log in to player created content and play but as these are not real characters we will not gain any real progress through dungeons except for a leader board on eq2players.com? and even if there is shards what would be the point in gearing up our real characters anymore if were not allowed to participate with our real characters in new content/player made content what will be the point
Tell Me: I currently have over 11 characters level 80 plus what am I suppose do with them all in the next up coming expansion to have fun/gain achievements/and progression if our real characters are blocked in advance in player created dungeons and content

Just read what others have written ... all your questions are answered more than once. The Addons are for new features (player created dungeons for example), the GUs are for new content (Zones, Quests, Raids ... for example).

Nolrog · 07-26-2011, 09:53 AM

ice69 wrote:

But with the talk about removal of actual video game gameplay

I have no idea what you mean by this, so I'm going to throw in my own interpretation. . . .

Didn't they say they were going to make it easier to create actual video gameplay and load it up onto Facebook and stuff? Do that like directly from the game or something?

Nolrog · 07-26-2011, 10:00 AM

ice69 wrote:

I would really like to know what Sony's future plans is for Everquest II

http://eq2.zam.com/story.html?story=26985

That talks about the plans from GU 61 all the way thru GU65 (planned for next summer) and what they have planned.

MurFalad · 07-27-2011, 09:21 PM

deadcrickets2 wrote:

The real future plans of Smokejumper:
"To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!"

Chew slowly, that is the good stuff SMILEY

But the one thing I am curious to know on the future of EQ2 which they have not published so far is what are the plans for EQ2 when EQNext comes out?

I know they will not tell us, and I suspect they do not know themselves really, but money has been put into EQ2's hardware for a longterm payoff and further development goes on. Kind of wondering if EQNext will even be targetting the same sort of players as EQ2? Or will EQ2 move to target a more niche/hardcore player group?

I guess Johny Ball will reveal all...

gourdon · 07-28-2011, 03:32 AM

MurFalad wrote:

deadcrickets2 wrote:
The real future plans of Smokejumper:
"To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!"
Chew slowly, that is the good stuff
But the one thing I am curious to know on the future of EQ2 which they have not published so far is what are the plans for EQ2 when EQNext comes out?
I know they will not tell us, and I suspect they do not know themselves really, but money has been put into EQ2's hardware for a longterm payoff and further development goes on. Kind of wondering if EQNext will even be targetting the same sort of players as EQ2? Or will EQ2 move to target a more niche/hardcore player group?
I guess Johny Ball will reveal all...

SJ has said that EQ2 and EQnext will not compete very much, that their target audiences will be different. This suggests that EQnext will be a console/PC game like DCUO and will be simpler. EQ2 will probably be around for a very long time. At least that is the plan.

Friyja · 07-28-2011, 03:50 AM

Doom, gloom.

Yimway · 07-28-2011, 02:23 PM

thesiren wrote:

making your own dungeons that others can run and rate aren't things you're interested in

While these features sound cool and fun, in my experience in other tittles they were not. In fact it just added tons of noise and finding the fun stuff to play became even harder.

I'd prefer to leave my dungeon design to the experts.

Silasch · 07-29-2011, 04:29 AM

Atan@Unrest wrote:

While these features sound cool and fun, in my experience in other tittles they were not. In fact it just added tons of noise and finding the fun stuff to play became even harder.
I'd prefer to leave my dungeon design to the experts.

I have to agree to the last sentence, but from wich games do you have experience with player-created dungeons?

07-23-2011, 08:06 PM	#2
Ciara52 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 504	ice69 wrote: But with the talk about removal of actual video game gameplay and player progression with the new instances in the next coming expansion what will be the point to play Everquest II? It really sounds like it will be turned into a 3D virtual chat client like www.imvu.com or the sims or something and if there is any game play at all it will be as complex as sonic the hedge hog games where you just run around on a simple basic character with no customization or progression what so ever What exactly are you talking about? "removal of actual video game gameplay"? Where did you hear that and did you by any chance take it out of context? Even in Free Realms you have progression.

07-24-2011, 07:42 AM	#3
feldon30 Fansite Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,424	ice69 wrote: I would really like to know what Sony's future plans is for Everquest II Sony has fully announced their future plans for EverQuest II. We've never had this much information in advance. If you are unhappy or predicting doom-and-gloom, feel free to post such in any of the dozens of existing threads on all the items which have been announced. __________________ .. EQ2Wire.com \| EQ2U - Character, Item, Spell, and Guild Data

07-24-2011, 11:07 AM	#5
deadcrickets2 Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 707	The real future plans of Smokejumper: "To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!" __________________ Find me on Steam, Skype and Raptr: tigerglebe Am also on Playxpert. If I have time I'll even answer tech questions.

07-24-2011, 05:05 PM	#6
Gorpier Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: USA Posts: 320	What is it that's 'being removed'? I must have missed that information OP. __________________

07-24-2011, 08:24 PM	#8
Elomort Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 851	thesiren wrote: Maybe the housing improvements and making your own dungeons that others can run and rate aren't things you're interested in, but much like the crafting/AA revamp, they broaden the game for many other players. And Freeport is getting a complete makeover with zoneless progression and an interactive backdrop that changes in response to your questing there-- that sure doesn't sound like removal of game play! And how is adding a 25th class removing progression? Everyone and his brother is going to be doing the quest to unlock it then rolling a Beastlord. Not to mention that you still have the whole game to 90 sitting there no matter what class you pl,ay. No one is removing anything. You're not making any sense. It is going to be a brilliant time as I see it, well apart from full parties of beastlords trying to handle Halls of Fate or Crushbone Keep as they all level to 90 without anyone left to power level them - that will be either rather funny or rather brilliant, like that youtube of 24 Bards taking down Venril Sathir. The ability to create your own dungeon using rewards you get from SOEs instances - as a person who enjoys both housing and raiding - is amazing and one I think might make a few of the gear only progression players broaden their horizons. I know I am really looking forwards to that. __________________ â˜¸ ÄryÄá¹£á¹*Äá¹…gamÄrga Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

07-23-2011, 02:52 PM	#1
ice69 Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 39	I would really like to know what Sony's future plans is for Everquest II I didn't mind simplified stats or anything it made game a bit more relaxing as some classes were mind boggling to configure with to many stats example paladins usto need str sta agi intel wis was really a thorn in side as no gear had this But with the talk about removal of actual video game gameplay and player progression with the new instances in the next coming expansion what will be the point to play Everquest II? It really sounds like it will be turned into a 3D virtual chat client like www.imvu.com or the sims or something and if there is any game play at all it will be as complex as sonic the hedge hog games where you just run around on a simple basic character with no customization or progression what so ever

07-24-2011, 09:55 AM	#4
thesiren Loremaster Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 697	Maybe the housing improvements and making your own dungeons that others can run and rate aren't things you're interested in, but much like the crafting/AA revamp, they broaden the game for many other players. And Freeport is getting a complete makeover with zoneless progression and an interactive backdrop that changes in response to your questing there-- that sure doesn't sound like removal of game play! And how is adding a 25th class removing progression? Everyone and his brother is going to be doing the quest to unlock it then rolling a Beastlord. Not to mention that you still have the whole game to 90 sitting there no matter what class you pl,ay. No one is removing anything. You're not making any sense.

07-24-2011, 06:17 PM	#7
BMonkeeus Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 321	Bad troll is bad.

07-24-2011, 10:53 PM	#9
Chanaluss Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 133	I think his confusion comes with the fact that the expansion has the design your own dungeon feature, but no actual content. the devs have stated at least another 18 months of velious content, plus the freeport and qeynos revamps, so there will continue to be ways for players to progress.

07-25-2011, 02:37 AM	#10
deadcrickets2 Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 707	BMonkeeus wrote: Bad troll is bad. Wasn't a troll. Was levity. __________________ Find me on Steam, Skype and Raptr: tigerglebe Am also on Playxpert. If I have time I'll even answer tech questions.

07-25-2011, 01:00 PM	#11
Delimant Server: Butcherblock Guild: Legacy Rank: Primary Raiders Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 45	The expansion itself is going to be a features expansion. I doubt it will cost the full $40-50 that previous expansions have cost though. As for "content", there are several GU's planned for the next couple years that add more zones to the Velious lore line. You also have mercenaries, the DYOD, housing ladders, and other stuff coming. It should be an interesting time for EQ2.

07-25-2011, 01:18 PM	#12
boon515 Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 47	You see, i thought the OP was talking about cross server grouping like in BGs. Where people enter a lobby and just stand there until you get a group of people that want you and then once done with the zone, just stand in the lobby waiting to do it again.

07-25-2011, 01:25 PM	#13
deadcrickets2 Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 707	Delimant@Butcherblock wrote: The expansion itself is going to be a features expansion. I doubt it will cost the full $40-50 that previous expansions have cost though. As for "content", there are several GU's planned for the next couple years that add more zones to the Velious lore line. You also have mercenaries, the DYOD, housing ladders, and other stuff coming. It should be an interesting time for EQ2. I've been hearing it'll probably be in the $29.99 range. We'll probably find out in a month or two when Amazon accidently puts up the information like normal. __________________ Find me on Steam, Skype and Raptr: tigerglebe Am also on Playxpert. If I have time I'll even answer tech questions.

07-25-2011, 08:54 PM	#14
ice69 Loremaster Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 39	Charuthus@Antonia Bayle wrote: I think his confusion comes with the fact that the expansion has the design your own dungeon feature, but no actual content. the devs have stated at least another 18 months of velious content, plus the freeport and qeynos revamps, so there will continue to be ways for players to progress. Yes why add such an awesome feature to the game and discontinue our real characters is this the start of the end of life for our real characters in Everquest II? even battle grounds lets you use your real characters for PVP cross server battles It really should be optional for our real characters atleast in all player made dungeons content To me it kind of sounds like Everquest II will become plug and play select a name don't bother with character appearance AA/Level just log in to player created content and play but as these are not real characters we will not gain any real progress through dungeons except for a leader board on eq2players.com? and even if there is shards what would be the point in gearing up our real characters anymore if were not allowed to participate with our real characters in new content/player made content what will be the point Tell Me: I currently have over 11 characters level 80 plus what am I suppose do with them all in the next up coming expansion to have fun/gain achievements/and progression if our real characters are blocked in advance in player created dungeons and content

07-25-2011, 08:59 PM	#15
Gisallo Server: Lucan DLere Loremaster Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,910	I think part of the issue is that they don't know what to do. Stats at end game have gotten so out of control you need more than 200% of some stats to = 100%. Whether this is simply a holding action, to give players something to do while they figure out how they fix the issue or whether it's the start of a reboot to address mudflation since everything else has been shouted down or has failed to an extent, who knows. __________________

07-26-2011, 04:48 AM	#16
Silasch Lord Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5	ice69 wrote: Charuthus@Antonia Bayle wrote: I think his confusion comes with the fact that the expansion has the design your own dungeon feature, but no actual content. the devs have stated at least another 18 months of velious content, plus the freeport and qeynos revamps, so there will continue to be ways for players to progress. Yes why add such an awesome feature to the game and discontinue our real characters is this the start of the end of life for our real characters in Everquest II? even battle grounds lets you use your real characters for PVP cross server battles It really should be optional for our real characters atleast in all player made dungeons content To me it kind of sounds like Everquest II will become plug and play select a name don't bother with character appearance AA/Level just log in to player created content and play but as these are not real characters we will not gain any real progress through dungeons except for a leader board on eq2players.com? and even if there is shards what would be the point in gearing up our real characters anymore if were not allowed to participate with our real characters in new content/player made content what will be the point Tell Me: I currently have over 11 characters level 80 plus what am I suppose do with them all in the next up coming expansion to have fun/gain achievements/and progression if our real characters are blocked in advance in player created dungeons and content Just read what others have written ... all your questions are answered more than once. The Addons are for new features (player created dungeons for example), the GUs are for new content (Zones, Quests, Raids ... for example).

07-26-2011, 09:53 AM	#17
Nolrog Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 487	ice69 wrote: But with the talk about removal of actual video game gameplay I have no idea what you mean by this, so I'm going to throw in my own interpretation. . . . Didn't they say they were going to make it easier to create actual video gameplay and load it up onto Facebook and stuff? Do that like directly from the game or something?

07-26-2011, 10:00 AM	#18
Nolrog Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 487	ice69 wrote: I would really like to know what Sony's future plans is for Everquest II http://eq2.zam.com/story.html?story=26985 That talks about the plans from GU 61 all the way thru GU65 (planned for next summer) and what they have planned.

07-27-2011, 09:21 PM	#19
MurFalad Loremaster Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tonbridge, UK Posts: 1,360	deadcrickets2 wrote: The real future plans of Smokejumper: "To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!" Chew slowly, that is the good stuff But the one thing I am curious to know on the future of EQ2 which they have not published so far is what are the plans for EQ2 when EQNext comes out? I know they will not tell us, and I suspect they do not know themselves really, but money has been put into EQ2's hardware for a longterm payoff and further development goes on. Kind of wondering if EQNext will even be targetting the same sort of players as EQ2? Or will EQ2 move to target a more niche/hardcore player group? I guess Johny Ball will reveal all...

07-28-2011, 03:32 AM	#20
gourdon Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 632	MurFalad wrote: deadcrickets2 wrote: The real future plans of Smokejumper: "To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!" Chew slowly, that is the good stuff But the one thing I am curious to know on the future of EQ2 which they have not published so far is what are the plans for EQ2 when EQNext comes out? I know they will not tell us, and I suspect they do not know themselves really, but money has been put into EQ2's hardware for a longterm payoff and further development goes on. Kind of wondering if EQNext will even be targetting the same sort of players as EQ2? Or will EQ2 move to target a more niche/hardcore player group? I guess Johny Ball will reveal all... SJ has said that EQ2 and EQnext will not compete very much, that their target audiences will be different. This suggests that EQnext will be a console/PC game like DCUO and will be simpler. EQ2 will probably be around for a very long time. At least that is the plan. __________________

07-28-2011, 03:50 AM	#21
Friyja Server: Antonia Bayle Guild: The Unfettered Hand Rank: The Mistress of the Hand Loremaster Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 27	Doom, gloom.

07-28-2011, 02:23 PM	#22
Yimway Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,707	thesiren wrote: making your own dungeons that others can run and rate aren't things you're interested in While these features sound cool and fun, in my experience in other tittles they were not. In fact it just added tons of noise and finding the fun stuff to play became even harder. I'd prefer to leave my dungeon design to the experts. __________________

07-29-2011, 04:29 AM	#23
Silasch Lord Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 5	Atan@Unrest wrote: While these features sound cool and fun, in my experience in other tittles they were not. In fact it just added tons of noise and finding the fun stuff to play became even harder. I'd prefer to leave my dungeon design to the experts. I have to agree to the last sentence, but from wich games do you have experience with player-created dungeons?