Comments on: EQ2: Sentinel's Fate Announced http://razakius.com/games/mmorpgs-games/eq2-sentinels-fate-announced/ MMO player, Gamer, struggling Game Designer & Writer Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:26:18 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Razakius http://razakius.com/games/mmorpgs-games/eq2-sentinels-fate-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Razakius Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:41:01 +0000 http://razakius.com/?p=952#comment-193 I know they said that EQ2 was a big mistake... and I tend to agree actually, not that they released EQ2... more that they released it when they did. It was too early to release, it fractioned their player base and hurt them both because of it. I know they were scared of WoW to a certain extent but they probably would have been better off waiting a year, seeing how WoW did and then releasing it as the steam was running out. (There was a period towards the 9 months before the expansion that someone really could have stolen a lot of WoW's thunder.) I do think EQ2 is better than WoW, but I think that it is too late for EQ2. RoK really took out any steam that it had built with Faydwer. It turned off a ton of their most faithful players (myself included) and it did nothing to help bring in new players (WoW players coming over had to go through all the low level content before they could get to the wow-like content that turned off all the EQ2 players. It's too bad too. I think that EQ2 is a much better game all the way around and while they have made some really bad mistakes in the last year or two, they still have a solid foundation but they have to make more steps to right the boat and it doesn't appear that they are going to. So because of that if they want the EQ brand to keep going, they really just need to start fresh with EQ3. I know they said that EQ2 was a big mistake… and I tend to agree actually, not that they released EQ2… more that they released it when they did. It was too early to release, it fractioned their player base and hurt them both because of it. I know they were scared of WoW to a certain extent but they probably would have been better off waiting a year, seeing how WoW did and then releasing it as the steam was running out. (There was a period towards the 9 months before the expansion that someone really could have stolen a lot of WoW’s thunder.)

I do think EQ2 is better than WoW, but I think that it is too late for EQ2. RoK really took out any steam that it had built with Faydwer. It turned off a ton of their most faithful players (myself included) and it did nothing to help bring in new players (WoW players coming over had to go through all the low level content before they could get to the wow-like content that turned off all the EQ2 players.

It’s too bad too. I think that EQ2 is a much better game all the way around and while they have made some really bad mistakes in the last year or two, they still have a solid foundation but they have to make more steps to right the boat and it doesn’t appear that they are going to. So because of that if they want the EQ brand to keep going, they really just need to start fresh with EQ3.

]]> By: Bob http://razakius.com/games/mmorpgs-games/eq2-sentinels-fate-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Bob Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:32:18 +0000 http://razakius.com/?p=952#comment-192 One flaw with your comments. The Company announced that they will not release a EQ3. they said this was one of thier biggest mistakes in namining it the same thing. I tend o disagree, however being a fan and still playing it, i would love to see a new one. I bet through that if they did release a new it would be called something else and unfortunately mimick WOW too much. Personally I think eq2 has ALOT more content to offer than WOW and what made WOW popular at the time was its ability to be played on a low end system using thier cartoon graphic style. this basicaly turned on peeps who never played one before. Anyway, I would honestly just like to see them add things to EQ2 like Velious and Luclin. But there really is not muh as far as "new" MMORPG out there right now and since the are soo time consuming generally one person only plays one at a time. One flaw with your comments. The Company announced that they will not release a EQ3. they said this was one of thier biggest mistakes in namining it the same thing. I tend o disagree, however being a fan and still playing it, i would love to see a new one. I bet through that if they did release a new it would be called something else and unfortunately mimick WOW too much. Personally I think eq2 has ALOT more content to offer than WOW and what made WOW popular at the time was its ability to be played on a low end system using thier cartoon graphic style. this basicaly turned on peeps who never played one before. Anyway, I would honestly just like to see them add things to EQ2 like Velious and Luclin. But there really is not muh as far as “new” MMORPG out there right now and since the are soo time consuming generally one person only plays one at a time.

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