Depths Of Darkhollow EQ Expansion

Gamespot has details on the new Depths of Darkhollow Everquest expansion. From the article: "Depths of Darkhollow will feature seven new zones to explore, populated with 30 unique creatures, including sporali, werewolves, and clockwork gnomes. There will also be 15 new, small in-game events, as well as a 're-envisioned' Nektulos Forest." The expansion will also harken back to the days of Project M by allowing players to take on the roles of monsters. More commentary available at the always excellent Mobhunter.

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Anyone Care

[superpulpsicle]

This is crazy. I have never seen an article sit out in the open this long and not have a first post. Does anyone give two shits about EQ anymore.

I probably will get first post, and I'm typing slowly with my toes.

Re:Anyone Care

[ureshii_akuma]

Interstingly, in recent weeks I've seen a number of people who have ended up back in EQ after following this path: EQ -> EQ2 -> WoW -> EQ.

I think this is because some people are finding they prefer the more "hardcore" elements of EQ, as opposed to the nice "casual friendly" features that most new MMORPGs are offering. Me, I only have the time to play casual friendly games anymore, so I won't ever be returning to EQ. Still, remembering back to the early days of EQ when I did have 5+ hours to dedicate to a gaming session, the game does have a certain feel and appeal that is not present in the current gen of games.

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[grumpygrodyguy]

Interstingly, in recent weeks I've seen a number of people who have ended up back in EQ after following this path: EQ -> EQ2 -> WoW -> EQ.

Yeah it's funny you mention that. A few weeks ago I was in an EB Games store talking with 2 or 3 of the guys who worked there. They had all played WoW, and had gone back to playing EQ. We agreed that SOE was the worst, but I think the ghost of Verant lives on. Those original EQ developers really knew fantasy gaming.

About 6 months before I started playing WoW I discovered Winter's Roar, a great EQ mod that's available to you if you can figure out how to configure eqemu. I really enjoyed it, but they are all volunteers there and the content/bug fixes are pretty slow going. So I got kinda bored and WoW was creating huge hype in December so I 'took the plunge'. After about 4 months of 'hardcore' WoW play I got very bored with it. The absolute first rule of MMORPGs is to never ever ever create a system where gamers can 'max out' their characters. Hitting 60 was a breeze in WoW, and I waited 2 months for them to implement some kind of AA(alternate advancement) system to no avail.

So I quit playing WoW a few weeks ago and have been playing CS1(not CS:S), DiabloII and Zangband(heh), I'm wondering about playing standard EQ again. Hmm...