Comments on: The next EQ2 expansion is…? http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/ A blog about EverQuest, EverQuest II and MMORPGs in general Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Minnie http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-2/#comment-6235 Minnie Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:46:36 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6235 I heart Grimwell.........that is all. =D /minnie blows Grimwell a kiss. I heart Grimwell………that is all. =D /minnie blows Grimwell a kiss.

]]> By: Tipa http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6089 Tipa Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:49:42 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6089 lol :P lol :P

]]> By: Steve http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6087 Steve Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:23:28 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6087 Actually we found out about the scei deal the same day the rest of the world did. Actually we found out about the scei deal the same day the rest of the world did.

]]> By: Openedge1 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6033 Openedge1 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:45:25 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6033 My preference EQ2 - No Crash Exciting adventures await you ye of new hardware and updated OS's. No more of the evils of the CTD or the "Blue Screen of Death", a 4 gig raid quest using only your 8800 and X-Fi's... Step further into the nether reaches of the dungeon called Vista, and feel the glory of stability and no stutter...for hours on end, and not minutes as you experience now... Yep...there is my expansion! Who am I kidding...I will still buy it, download whatever it is, and play it to death... Which reminds me...more HQ's to do...later! My preference

EQ2 – No Crash

Exciting adventures await you ye of new hardware and updated OS’s. No more of the evils of the CTD or the “Blue Screen of Death”, a 4 gig raid quest using only your 8800 and X-Fi’s…

Step further into the nether reaches of the dungeon called Vista, and feel the glory of stability and no stutter…for hours on end, and not minutes as you experience now…

Yep…there is my expansion!

Who am I kidding…I will still buy it, download whatever it is, and play it to death…
Which reminds me…more HQ’s to do…later!

]]> By: Tipa http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6022 Tipa Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:31:23 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6022 I'm betting Kurn's comes out as free content. Maybe we'll finally find out what that mysterious room in the top was for. I never did get a sense of the lore of the place in EQ1, likely because I never played an Iksar through there so I didn't have any quests there. I’m betting Kurn’s comes out as free content. Maybe we’ll finally find out what that mysterious room in the top was for. I never did get a sense of the lore of the place in EQ1, likely because I never played an Iksar through there so I didn’t have any quests there.

]]> By: Taymar http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6021 Taymar Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:07:16 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6021 Probably Luclin, though I think Gunthak is a contender, with all the pirate flags they've been spreading around. Cobalt Scar would be awesome. I loved the feeling of "oh wow, I remember that" on Kunark - and although I did see some people comment that they felt they might be missing something, having not played eq1, I don't think they actually minded. Or rather, they mainly felt that way because me and other eq1 people wouldn't shut up. :) I'd not noticed that it has gone very silent about Kurns until yesterday's reference to upping the faction for the Bellywhumper repeatable. Probably Luclin, though I think Gunthak is a contender, with all the pirate flags they’ve been spreading around. Cobalt Scar would be awesome.

I loved the feeling of “oh wow, I remember that” on Kunark – and although I did see some people comment that they felt they might be missing something, having not played eq1, I don’t think they actually minded. Or rather, they mainly felt that way because me and other eq1 people wouldn’t shut up. :)

I’d not noticed that it has gone very silent about Kurns until yesterday’s reference to upping the faction for the Bellywhumper repeatable.

]]> By: Tipa http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6007 Tipa Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:01:08 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6007 I didn't mention subscription numbers. I certainly hope they are increasing. EQ2 is my favorite game and I want it to do well. I didn’t mention subscription numbers. I certainly hope they are increasing. EQ2 is my favorite game and I want it to do well.

]]> By: Kendricke http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6006 Kendricke Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:43:10 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6006 Though I agree with some of your criticisms, you lose me when you start basing your conclusions on assumptions that the subscriptions aren't increasing. Though that may be the case, it's not something you're able to prove or reference -and so it's just an assumption, one which may not even be correct. Though I agree with some of your criticisms, you lose me when you start basing your conclusions on assumptions that the subscriptions aren’t increasing. Though that may be the case, it’s not something you’re able to prove or reference -and so it’s just an assumption, one which may not even be correct.

]]> By: Tipa http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6005 Tipa Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:11:25 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6005 Well, those of us who did play them when they came out would like something new; after all... we've done all this before. And Kunark, at least, was *not* better. The experience was horrid, several favorite dungeons -- Kurns, Kaesora, Dalnir, and Droga are missing entirely, and Nurga has become something smaller. All of this expansion was smaller -- I think it may have been the smallest expansion yet, whereas EQ1s expansions went from strength to strength, until Planes of Power and Gates of Discord put signs on the expansions shouting "RAIDERS ONLY!" Omens of War changed that somewhat, but EQ had hit its peak and the only thing to do for most people was to wait for WoW to come. Delving into nostalgia may please people new to EQ, and even old EQ1ers may stop by to see the differences, but to attract NEW people, they are going to have to do something very original. EQ1 revolutionized and invigorated their game with Lost Dungeons of Norrath, which gave near-raid gear to casual players in much the same way WoW's battlegrounds and arena battles do. Well, not through PvP, but getting a guaranteed reward for grouping. And it even adapted to the size of your group and had two or three difficulty levels. That's the sort of innovation EQ2 needs. Something that people will buy the game for. Giving us what we got seven years ago won't cut it, and it won't bring in people who have heard nothing but bad about EQ2 from other people. Each EQ2 expansion has to do something incredible and new. Because if you aren't pushing the envelope, you're dying. That's why I'm so eager to hear about the next expansion. I want them to blow me away so much that I am writing all my EQ1 friends who went to WoW and tell them they better get their butts into EQ2 NOW so they'll be ready to be utterly blown away as well. Well, those of us who did play them when they came out would like something new; after all… we’ve done all this before. And Kunark, at least, was *not* better. The experience was horrid, several favorite dungeons — Kurns, Kaesora, Dalnir, and Droga are missing entirely, and Nurga has become something smaller. All of this expansion was smaller — I think it may have been the smallest expansion yet, whereas EQ1s expansions went from strength to strength, until Planes of Power and Gates of Discord put signs on the expansions shouting “RAIDERS ONLY!” Omens of War changed that somewhat, but EQ had hit its peak and the only thing to do for most people was to wait for WoW to come.

Delving into nostalgia may please people new to EQ, and even old EQ1ers may stop by to see the differences, but to attract NEW people, they are going to have to do something very original. EQ1 revolutionized and invigorated their game with Lost Dungeons of Norrath, which gave near-raid gear to casual players in much the same way WoW’s battlegrounds and arena battles do. Well, not through PvP, but getting a guaranteed reward for grouping. And it even adapted to the size of your group and had two or three difficulty levels.

That’s the sort of innovation EQ2 needs. Something that people will buy the game for. Giving us what we got seven years ago won’t cut it, and it won’t bring in people who have heard nothing but bad about EQ2 from other people.

Each EQ2 expansion has to do something incredible and new. Because if you aren’t pushing the envelope, you’re dying.

That’s why I’m so eager to hear about the next expansion. I want them to blow me away so much that I am writing all my EQ1 friends who went to WoW and tell them they better get their butts into EQ2 NOW so they’ll be ready to be utterly blown away as well.

]]> By: Michael http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/comment-page-1/#comment-6003 Michael Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:27:52 +0000 http://westkarana.com/index.php/2008/03/13/the-next-eq2-expansion-is/#comment-6003 I actually really like the idea of delving into old expansions with a new eye. (Hopefully lidded.) I never got to 'experience' a lot of the EQ1 content the first time around, and "like the old days but way better" has a big appeal to me. I actually really like the idea of delving into old expansions with a new eye. (Hopefully lidded.) I never got to ‘experience’ a lot of the EQ1 content the first time around, and “like the old days but way better” has a big appeal to me.

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