tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post95040521006572450..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: What Landmark Might Tell Us About EQNextBhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-22080322402057655942015-12-18T09:24:25.742+00:002015-12-18T09:24:25.742+00:00I somehow got the impression it had nothing to do ...I somehow got the impression it had nothing to do with gaming as such. I imagine it's Dave Georgeson indulging his very obvious Mick Jagger fantasies in some kind of vanity project. <br /><br />I'm very firmly in the camp that feels the departure of both DG and Smed from Daybreak in general and the EQNext project in particular can only be a good thing. I'm very much not a fan of super-strong, cult of personality style leadership, which both of them exemplified during their time at SOE amusing and entertaining though it always is to watch and comment on. As a customer, I much prefer the current, quiet, more professional approach we're seeing these days. I think the EQ franchise feels steadier and more stable now than it has since around Planes of Power.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-22985508100927586282015-12-18T08:35:19.586+00:002015-12-18T08:35:19.586+00:00Yeah I see that. It would be utterly bizarre to se...Yeah I see that. It would be utterly bizarre to see SOE sold to a company that then never made anything out of it really, rofl....but stranger things have happened.<br /><br />Tangentially, have you heard about the secret project Dave G. and Jeremy Soule have teamed up for? What's your speculation? Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-40146758987775006242015-12-16T21:02:31.100+00:002015-12-16T21:02:31.100+00:00I logged onto Stormhold for the first time in ages...I logged onto Stormhold for the first time in ages at the weekend and bought a bunch of Frostfell furniture for my SK's inn room. Then I did several stages of the Ratonga racial storyline in Temple Street (surprised that's available on Stormhold). Pretty pointless seeing I could do any of that on a Live server but it was fun all the same.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-43228023952892272112015-12-16T20:59:25.066+00:002015-12-16T20:59:25.066+00:00The key reason to think something will eventually ...The key reason to think something will eventually appear with an "EQNext" label attached has to be Columbus Nova. They clearly didn't buy SOE just to run the existing games and there were no physical assets to strip (real estate). The only way they can get a return is either to have DBG launch something that makes a lot of money or put DBG into a position where it looks to someone else as if it will, then sell it on. <br /><br />Assuming you write off any meaningful growth from the two existing EQ titles you're left with DCUO, which is a licensed deal DBG doesn't own (as far as I understand it), Planetside2, which is going downhill fast, H1Z1, which has potential but may already have been tapped for much of what it's worth and EQNext. Oh, and whatever mysterious project they are secretly working on. <br /><br />Blizzard were in the very fortunate position of being able to afford to write off the development costs of Titan. If DBG literally can't produce EQN due to technical shortcomings, which I wouldn't rule out entirely, then they might be forced to do the same but short of that I would say they have to launch something at some point. <br /><br />Whether it's something anyone will want by then is another matter. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-61929209665948507322015-12-16T20:02:45.365+00:002015-12-16T20:02:45.365+00:00Landmark - the endless beta.
As for EQN, I don'...Landmark - the endless beta.<br />As for EQN, I don't believe in that any more. It's one of my 2015 predictions really and am still expecting Daybreak to do a Titan on this project. Is there anything at all to suggest otherwise?Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-83025982922095178112015-12-16T17:34:01.621+00:002015-12-16T17:34:01.621+00:00I loved my time in Landmark and this is a reminder...I loved my time in Landmark and this is a reminder I should go back in. I haven't since combat was introduced.<br /><br />I am still loving TLP servers in EQ, but I am so cautiously optimistic about anything EQNEXT. Emphasis on cautious. It is so hard to trust that anything is (or will) happen(ing) there... still, dare to dream.Iseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489936780809266112noreply@blogger.com