Xoxotl wrote on Nov 18, 2015, 06:22:
What ever happened to "Everquest Next"? Did that go into eternal vaporware status?

The main leaders behind that project were among the ones that got laid off when SOE was sold by Sony. While it's still technically in development, the new management has rolled back all the open development stuff the previous guys were all about.

Now they simply don't talk about the game at all and haven't for many months. In fact, on their forums, they don't even allow YOU to talk about the game. There are no sections where suggestions or speculation about the title are considered on-topic. You may only discuss the current Landmark Workshop thing, which no one cares about.

The current thinking seems to be that the project was reassessed by the new owners and deemed too ambitious with the whole fully destructible sandbox thing with persistent AI. Many believe the reason the developers aren't talking is that they are busy reworking the scope of the game into a far less ambitious title to be re-announced later on.

In short, SOE doesn't really have the money or talent to do anything interesting, so whatever Everquest Next might have been, the thing that eventually comes out will bear no resemblance to it.

wtf_man wrote on Nov 18, 2015, 09:19:
Wikipedia:

In June 2015, it was announced that Daybreak shifted the main development focus of the team from Landmark (Player made stuff) to EverQuest Next.

About time. And I thought Star Citizen was taking too long...

Wikipedia:

In June 2015, it was announced that Daybreak shifted the main development focus of the team from Landmark (Player made stuff) to EverQuest Next.


On July 22, 2015, After threatening a member of the hacker group Lizard Squad on twitter. Smedley stepped down from his position as president and CEO of Daybreak Games Company.

nin wrote on Nov 18, 2015, 08:48:

Xoxotl wrote on Nov 18, 2015, 06:22:
What ever happened to "Everquest Next"? Did that go into eternal vaporware status?

I'd totally forgotten about that!

I thought it was doa and why smeadly finally got booted out

Xoxotl wrote on Nov 18, 2015, 06:22:
What ever happened to "Everquest Next"? Did that go into eternal vaporware status?

I'd totally forgotten about that!

What ever happened to "Everquest Next"? Did that go into eternal vaporware status?

Holy shit, the suits at Daybreak must be ripped on coke charging those sorts of prices.

I thought they would've raised agnostic to 94+ in EQ2. I really like the agnostic concept. I wish all these games would let all players group with each other and give level appropriate awards for completion.