I think the game could use a rewrite. The game has been around for many years and they can still not get a group to last trough a ld leader. Also group information is hard to get, other than hp.

I played DAOC and thier grouping system rocks, as a leader you can see who is close and looking for a group, you can even check their lvl and class type. when someone goes ld it is not a problem, I've never had to logout due to some bug. Also you can check who has w/ buffs, mana, and hp.

I also think that they probably could rewrite the protocol that they use for client to server comunication. As far as I suspect now you get all the information of all the mobs in the done when you log into the zone, there is no reason to do this.

I would like it if they remade the game and actually made a well coded version of it. The current game is best described at a mud w/ a gui, and no amount of parching will ever change that.

One thing I've noticed, is that EQ players like to complain. When they try to make something harder to accomplish, such as item decay or nerfing a powerful item, people complain. When they do something like eliminating CR for sub-level 10 characters, I see a bunch of people complaining in game that now verant is "just handing the game to n00bs". I really hate that term "n00b," by the way. Personally, I think the existing game would be better off if they eliminated "hell levels", corpse runs, and the whole bind point problem. That could be done now, and maybe then you wouldn't see people complaining so much about the tedium of pre-50 levels, and the fact they need to twink just to have fun. When I die, it's bad enough that I lost xp, but now I have to spend 20 minutes running across three zones naked and defenseless after my body just to get killed again . . . When you actually have a life outside EQ and can only play a couple hours at a time, one ill-timed death can spoil an entire evening session. That and the bad economy are the two things I think they need to fix asap. I for one, with a dial-up connection, would not miss the current game's minute-plus zone load times either.

I have only one problem with this new game, and it's largely a roleplaying problem. Where the heck are Kunark and Luclin?!? My two characters are Iksar and Vah Shir, and I love the moon! That is most annoying is that I apparently won't be able to create an ancestor/descendent of my Vah Shir Beastlord, who I'm sure is shaping up to be my favorite character. The rest of the game sounds like it has potential. I'll definitely continue to check on it as more information is available, and then make an INFORMED decision whether or not to purchase it.

I'll be blunt. If you're only interested in feeling superior with your level 60 collection of polygons, then don't buy the new game. If you have any ability to imagine the expanded potential of MMORPG games that aren't running on 3-4 year old code, then think about picking it up when it comes out almost 18 months from now. I guarantee by then the system requirements won't look so steep. I'm looking forward to a healthy economy, smarter AI mobs (the ones now really border on retarded), and more options than "I sit, one guy pulls, we whup, repeat for 3 hours, roll for loot." I play EQ because I'm a D&D player and I really like the fantasy world they've created. To me, the EQ world is top-notch right up there with the best D&D worlds I've seen. I plan to buy the EQ dice-and-paper game when it comes out. Right now it's my favorite computer game, but even the first time I picked it up I thought "just imagine what the next generation of these games will be like." If you can't stand the fact of starting over . . . well, you should've thought of that when you began playing. No computer game lasts forever, and if everyone starts fresh, I just can't see what the problem is. Maybe it's because I'm still kind of new to the game, but I did come into it realizing that all my time and effort will ultimately leave me with nothing but some memories. It still beats watching inane TV programs.

-HengeWolf

Xarekil Nidhoggr, 23 Iksar Necro
Ocelotl, 8 Vah Shir Beastlord
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i wonder if there is a way to get verant to read what people are posting here so that they see their own customers approval and disapproval of this new announcement? it would be nice if someone took a poll that asked how we all feel about eq2 maybe verant should make one up just my thoughts

Verant is not capable of competently maintaining and operating EQ1. What makes them think I would be masochistic enough to be their guinea pig for a new character creation system, experience system etc when they haven been able to properly fix the existing one???

To Anonymous 2 posts below...I trust Verant like I trust a train of KC Drovlags to not make mince meat of me while I med. Why should I be required to update my computer yet again? A crisp, pretty backdrop and oodles of polygons are for naught if I have to spend $200-300 to upgrade my system (which is already far beyond the requirements of 99.8% of all game requirements out there) for ONE game that will most likely run buggy for the next year. If I become bored with EQ at level 60 I'll be trying a completely different game (not EQ2, ever notice sequels suck?). One would suspect you of being a VI employee.

EQ lured me away from Counterstrike almost a year ago ...."broken economy" "twinks" and all. I suffered through their patches, updates and ugrading my system once but will not do it again. I have leveled 3 characters beyond 45 and made a lot of friends. But take away EQ1 and I'll be oiling and cleaning my MP5's to wreck havoc on Counterstrike. No monthly fee, no loot order, no exp treadmill and you are only as good as your last kill.

First of all, like it was said earlier, EQ will probably not be cancled. As long as there are people willing to pay, they will keep the servers running, as people begin to leave, they will probably decrease the number of servers moving characters from different servers all onto one, until the game stops being profitable. Once that happens, they will probably give a warrning and eventually shut down their service.

EQ2... why would people switch to EQ2 when they have level 60's in EQ1? Because EQ2 is new. Because when your done with farming NTOV, or killing the same rhino in OT, depending on what level you are, you will probably want to try the brand new game, one where you can have a brand new start, something unexplored and a little different that will allow for new experiances.

EQ2's hardware requirements are steep, but not horrible. www.pricewatch.com has the current prices on the market for memory, motherboards, processors and video cards. You can get a DDR capable board that can go up to 4gigs of ram for about $80 I believe, the ram shouldn't be that bad and a Celeron 1.3mhz or so isn't much more then $150 right now... give that another year and you should be able to upgrade most P2-P3 comps for not much more then $200-400. It does not require buying a new system and it really isn't that bad for an upgrade considering that your upgraded system should last you another good couple of years.

The features of EQ2 are nice... sure they might be borrowing ideas from UO, and DAoC and they should have done a lot of this to begin with in EQ.. they promised horses on release, when did we get horses, with their 3rd expansion? Non the less, although I don't really trust VI when it comes to having all that they promise upon release, if they can manage atleast some of these things it will be good. There is nothing wrong with leveling up to 6 without having a specific class, it will not take that long and is it really any different from EQ? A warrior, a monk, a paladin and a shadowknight are not that different from levels 1-6... it's not a big deal.
The breakable items is not only nice, it's crucial to an MMORPG economy, there is a good post earlier called "Things that break? Good !" that explains why.
As for twinking, personally I do not see too much wrong with it, nor do I see E-bay as a bad influence on the game. Infact I believe E-bay has a huge effect on keeping the game alive and increasing its popularity, along with providing people with incentive to play. It will be seens just how VI handles this, and just how viable trade skills are when it comes to crafting items to appropriate levels.

well i am kind of a newb , i have a 24 rogue on lanys and i hear about this eq 2. Well i dont think that they will ***** us like we all think perhaps they will expand the limit camp to level 70-80? and have or characters trasferable cause no one wants to start ALL over i mean i dont and i have a 24 think of the people with a couple 60's

All I can say is TGI'm a beta tester for NWN.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/

i'll play this before I'll play EQ's version of MMOG Diablo 2...

well im kinda a newb, my highest is 25. But i think that i will not like EQ2 because of the item decay and stuff. EQ1 i think is still great. IF they make EQ2 they HAVE to keep the first one running. besides who has the kind of money to just go out and buy a new topline computer for just 1 game. I Love the first eq, im not done with it hehe, id like to get to lvl 60. I dont like the new system of lvling and chosing ur class at 6. its not as much selection as the first 1. i saw only 5 diff classes u can pick(EQ2). well i think that prolly didnt make much sense, but my point is they MUST keep the first EQ running, because i dont have the $ and my parents dont have the money for the new computer and i just dont like the way EQ2 seems to be modeled.

breakable and durable goods sounds like diablo 2 to me. and if they have to get rid of EQ1 and make everyone play EQ2 thats bull i want to know what the hell i just spent all that time and money on if my charachter is just going to be deleted and not transfered. the graphics look like they are cinematics and if those are the in gmae graphics adn not movies well im my card will be gasping for air every 5 mins.