Everquest 3

Tombstone · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:11

Rroff said:
which makes sense I guess if your trying to develop a sucessful commerical title but haven't we had enough WoW clones?

To be fair we dont know barely anything about the games mechanics yet, its a bit steep to be declaring it a WoW "clone" based purely on aesthetics, takes more than simply looking like something to be a clone.

'Wes · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:29

Nothing will ever beat WoW.

/end thread.

Tombstone · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:37

'Wes said:
Nothing will ever beat WoW.

/end thread.

*checks calendar*

Nope, April 1st is a long way off yet

LateX'Dog · 8 Aug 2010 at 16:56

Always had a lot of appreciation for EQ games.

Lets hope for there sake that number 3 is the one to bring in the numbers.

Edinho · 8 Aug 2010 at 20:05

I really liked EQ2 but the engine was awful. Even on a super computer it ran like ****

Efour · 8 Aug 2010 at 22:57

They are currently in the process, and have been in the process of updating eq2 engine to run more efficiently. I cant say its hugely exciting to get things like shader 3.0 dual and quad core support. I think they are updating flora and fauna to GPU too.

They only last year moved the shadows to the gfx processor..... last year... on a nearly 6 year old game haha

It has gotten better since 2004 but yes it is still a dog compared to new stuff.

Rimsy · 8 Aug 2010 at 23:07

Rroff said:
EQ had a "nitty gritty" style tho, things kinda made sense in a fantasy kinda way... whereas the info I've looked at on EQ3 seems to have drawn a lot from wow's style of "its 'cool' so we'll throw it in whether it makes sense or not".

Your skill in backpedaling has decreased by 0.1

Would really like to know what the hell you based that statement on - I'm no fan of EQ but to say they are ripping off WoW based on their history and that press conference is one of the more idiotic things I've heard recently...

Posty · 8 Aug 2010 at 23:13

linwelin said:
I dunno what kind of figures wow has now, but surely there figures have greatly droped by now, the game is ancient and there r better mmo's out there now, and im sure most people playing it have done everything they can do in it by now, so time for people to move on.

But as i said i don't know the figures from wow so this is just my own thoughts.

WoW subscriptions have been holding steady for quite a long time now

The big drop in the chart was when WoW China was shut down for a bit and then came back

Andy90 · 8 Aug 2010 at 23:15

Hmm if Smedley has anything to do with then fully expect Microtransactions to play a part in the game. Want the big sword? Sure $10 (or whatever)....