SOE Becomes Daybreak / Russian shutdown

Big Flex · Feb 25, 2015

what a good solution to that problem

Xeldar · Feb 25, 2015

So this is how EQ dies.

sukik · Feb 25, 2015

Siddar_sl said:
I'm starting to think maybe within a few weeks. They seem to be gutting most games down to skeleton crews. Designed to maintain and maybe produce a few minor droplets of new content a year. Not enough to actually make a expansion out of. I don't see what there doing as being able to maintain current revenue streams from existing gamse let alone being able fund EQ Next development.

This is starting to look like bringing in outside management whose main goal is to restructure and fire people in order to prepare company for sale to others ready to actually invest money into making EQ Next.

There current plans reduce existing costs but also place existing revenue at risk in the medium term. A quick resale seems to be one very likely option at this point.

My bet is EA EQ within six months.

IF EA bought the franchise we'd at least see new EQ games.

tad10 · Feb 25, 2015

sukik_sl said:
IF EA bought the franchise we'd at least see new EQ games.

So true. I thought EA's Ultima XI through XXII were the best Ultimas.

Big_w_powah · Feb 25, 2015

tad10_sl said:
So true. I thought EA's Ultima XI through XXII were the best Ultimas.

I dont know if you're serious right now. I'm fucking perplexed.

But goddamnit, EA would at least have management capabilities. We MIGHT get a playable game with EA. The way its looking now? We'll be lucky to have any form of EQ in 2016.

tad10 · Feb 25, 2015

Big W Powah!_sl said:
I dont know if you're serious right now. I'm fucking perplexed.

But goddamnit, EA would at least have management capabilities. We MIGHT get a playable game with EA. The way its looking now? We'll be lucky to have any form of EQ in 2016.

What's to be perplexed about? EA bought Origin and pretty much killed all of Origin's franchises: sure Ultima Online limps along but then again there are folks out there still using aol email accounts.. Thinking EA would save EQ is ridiculous.

Dumar_sl · Feb 25, 2015

I would rather EQN be vaporware than EA touching it.

Furious · Feb 26, 2015

Dumar_sl said:
I would rather EQN be vaporware than EA touching it.

Well good news for you, EQN is vaporware.

Bruman · Feb 26, 2015

Dumar_sl said:
I would rather EQN be vaporware than EA touching it.

Agreed. Better to be left wanting more than to get it and it be shit.

Like those rumored Matrix sequels that thankfully never happened. Just left with a great stand-alone movie!

sukik · Feb 26, 2015

Bruman_sl said:
Agreed. Better to be left wanting more than to get it and it be shit.

Like those rumored Matrix sequels that thankfully never happened. Just left with a great stand-alone movie!

There's no place to hide from reality.

Reht · Feb 26, 2015

sukik_sl said:
IF EA bought the franchise we'd at least see new EQ games.

They would probably spin it off to Broadsword games along with Ultima and Dark Age Camelot. Probably wouldn't see new EQ games, but less chance of it getting sunsetted any time soon while there was still money to milk out of it.

tad10 · Feb 26, 2015

sukik_sl said:
There's no place to hide from reality.

Sure there is: no copies of the Star Wars prequels or the Matrix Sequels will survive the coming Asteroid Armageddon - so while future generations will know blood, sweat and toil as they work to recover our now lost civilization and culture, they will remain blissfully and forever unaware that such abominations ever existed - other than as myths, like Grendal.

And who said Armageddon didn't have a silver lining?

/rerail

Anyway, EQN will see the light of day as a much simplified, very dumbed down version of what was promised - possibly as early as next year.

Mr Creed · Feb 26, 2015

Can we stop calling the shutdown of a game sunsetting? That's corporate talk to make it sound less bitter to the few players left, you can take off the kid's gloves here. /rustled

Kuro · Feb 26, 2015

They could call it Funsetting to make it sound even less threatening!

zzeris · Feb 27, 2015

Mr Creed_sl said:
Can we stop calling the shutdown of a game sunsetting? That's corporate talk to make it sound less bitter to the few players left, you can take off the kid's gloves here. /rustled

Exactly. It's more like what happened to Bobbi Kristina. The game basically died years ago but has been kept in an unnatural state of life for an extended period. The few die-hards just cant admit it will never recover...but it never does.

overbyte · Mar 1, 2015

Jimbolini_sl said:
I liked the idea of /pizza, it was badly implemented.

I will give them this...at least they tried some new ideas. (May not always have worked, but kudos for trying)

Project M (i think thats what it was called), where you could log in and play a mob instead of a PC was the best idea that they dropped.

Draegan_sl · Mar 1, 2015

LOTRO did it already in some fashion.

Tananthalas · Mar 1, 2015

Project M was like 5 years before LoTRO dropped.

Mario Speedwagon · Mar 2, 2015

Project M was the best. Especially since half the newbs you attacked as a snake or an orc pawn had no idea what was going on. Jumping around and shit so other players knew you were a person and then running around as a snake murder squad.

Kuro · Mar 2, 2015

Every god damn time I got the stupid level 13 Fire Beetle in Rathe Mountains and uselessly suicide bombed into people kiting giants since there was never anyone you could actually kill around.

Randomly interrupting people meditating and then scampering away was fun, though.

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