Might be the same reason Naxxaramus was a pretty fun in WoW. The progression through each of the elements/wings and the fact that each boss fight was pretty different made the game pretty fun. Keying up wasn't all too fun in the expansions after that... seemed like people got sick of people leaving and then having to redo keys for new people.
SOE Becomes Daybreak / Russian shutdown
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I worked with her on EQ1 for a few years. She was always one of the better designers on the team. I think her being in charge of EQ/EQ2 is a good thing for both games. Also, I think Caraker(Prathun) is now the Lead on EQ1 if he escaped the layoffs. He is another great designer who should have that team being pretty solid.
My experience with her is she's a pretty much up-front no bullshit kind of person. She tends to swear a lot in meetings, but never AT people.. so that's kinda funny.
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I nearly suggested that earlier but not sure she is ready for that quite yet being her first couple of days on her new job. lol
Holly is good people they should put her in EQNext IMO.
I mean she is Holly Windstalker the same bitch that would kill you in Qeynos Hills for attacking bears in your newbie char.
Anyone who wants their NPC to be a notorious griefer is good in my book.
I mean she is Holly Windstalker the same bitch that would kill you in Qeynos Hills for attacking bears in your newbie char.
Anyone who wants their NPC to be a notorious griefer is good in my book.
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oh man hahahaha this picture wants me to quit MMOs and throw my computer awayShe's learned from the best.
The next picture is brutal. Holly is just standing there in a pool of Dave's blood, sword dripping with crimson betrayal.
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Not to bring up any political stances but remember when SNL and everyone was making fun of Bush endorsing McCain and how it was political "kiss of death"? Well... this is about the same thing.
If I was Holly I would distance myself from Georgeson as much as possible and make some changes as quick as possible just to make a statement that things are going to be different.
Ice. Flex you give any more shits about EQN now that him and Dave are out? Pretty confident it was Butler forcing his shit vision.
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Well, it all depends on the emphasis Daybreak intends on putting on the franchise. If PS2 was a primary point of interest for acquiring SoE then I'm sure EQN was as well. It will take them 12-24 months of untangling everything post acquisition to get the wheels in motion again, including time for Daybreak to recalibrate what their Vision(tm) for the game even is at this point (given that Georgeson and Butler apparently had a monopoly on what the direction EQN was to take) so I'll have to answer with a noncommittal maybe. I think they're in too deep to change the current design direction in any substantive fashion, much less reboot it for the fourth time. The cancer that is the Butler/Georgeson legacy on EQN is inoperable.
Voxels, digging, and building don't do a lot for me, the current art direction, class design, etc do equally little. Personally I just want Crowfall set in Norrath, but I'd add my voice to the many here who opine for a re skinned EQ1 = EQ3 which we both know won't happen. So, I guess "Ask me after SoE live 2017".
Trust me, I'm right there with you on EQ3. I'm generally more lenient and willing to see an idea out, but I've cursed the voxel move since day one. I've yet to see the justification for completely destroying the amazing looking world from before to what it is now, delaying the project by however many years. I'll get over that if the vision alters enough to not run in complete bitch mode and they dump all that DoS nonsense, which I'm assuming will happen.
Also, bring back trolls and remove those fucking dark elf horns.
Also, bring back trolls and remove those fucking dark elf horns.
tad10
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EQNext is a fundamental misunderstanding of their MMORPG playerbase. In terms of tech improvements, MMO players just wanted more dynamic mobs, perhaps a bit better interactivity with the environment then current MMOs allow (say the ability for a rogue to climb a wall to break into a castle) and of course more appealing graphics then EQ or EQII.
Nobody was asking for EQcraft the MMO for the very simple reason that when we thought about it for more than a vodka-fueled weekend that EQcraft the MMORPG wouldn't work very wall on the scale of an MMO. It's like the old American Folk Song: How Many Giant Dongs Must be Built in a Game Before You Can Call it a Day?
With respect to the first or second vision of EQ3 I believe there is a Smed or Butler interview where they admit it was basically EQI with better graphics, which though not my ideal game, would have been much better than the current mess and would either be in beta or full on operational now.
