EQ2 Adventure Pack [Jan 07, 2005, 10:57 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
SOE talks
EverQuest II updates on GameSpot has advance word on an upcoming
announcement of plans for an Adventure Pack for EverQuest II, a hybrid free/paid
expansion for the MMORPG sequel:
The first part of the adventure pack will come as a free download. All of the game's subscribers will be able to sink their swords into a new zone, fight new enemies, and so on. There will also be some new quests in this area for all players. Some of these quests will flesh out the lore behind the game's dark elf race and at least partially explain what has transpired in the 500 years that lie between the original EverQuest and EverQuest II. If players want to continue down this story path, they will have to pay what's been described as a "small fee" to download the rest of the adventure pack's content and continue on. Players that choose not to participate will still be allowed to adventure in this new zone and experience at least some of the new content. If the idea's a hit, SOE will likely follow with more adventure packs in the same vein. Some may continue where an existing adventure pack leaves off, though it's also possible that future content offerings may tell an entirely different story. If the price is right, EQII's adventure packs could be a cool solution to provide small chunks of more involving content on a more regular basis than you'd expect from the previous model of occasional expansion packs. That said, SOE certainly hasn't completely eliminated the concept of a retail expansion for EQII, either.
Beta-tested both and they both suck IMHO.
EQ2 is like a big chocolate candy. Like one of those cadberry(sp) eggs on easter. You bite into the thin chocolate shell hoping to find a rich creamy center and.. theres nothing there but the shell.
WoW was supposed to take what others had done and improve upon them. THing is from what I experienced in a few months in beta was that the improvements aren't even there. I STILL spent time playing a generic based fantasy MMOG. I still spent my time camping a field with 25 other people trying to kill 10 pigs. But only 5 pigs spawn every minute.. it sucked. It got better and some quests are definately cooler but I'd rather play my two currents any day. SWG and CoH.
People say that this is typical SOE. No it's not. Do you see Planetside or SWG releasing expansions or partial expansions every 6 months (this is more like one of CoH's 'mini-expansions, that you get for FREE every 4 odd months). Do you see SWG or Planetside offering partial content or trying to get you to pay more for stuff that you should have gotten for your $15 in Planetside or SWG? No, you don't. This is the EQ crew relying on the old ways of milking people for every penny. SWG has released one expansion, it cost $30 bucks, required no additional fee's and that expansion was 10 times better then ANY EQ ever had.
EQ & EQ2's team is just greedy little biatches. "Adventure Pack' please...
Out of the two, WoW is way better. But it's still far to generic and same-old same-old for me. Besides the first time I saw that dark elves have big floppy donkey ears.. I thought 'these guys aren't serious are they?'
This comment was edited on Jan 7, 14:34.
EQ2 is like a big chocolate candy. Like one of those cadberry(sp) eggs on easter. You bite into the thin chocolate shell hoping to find a rich creamy center and.. theres nothing there but the shell.
WoW was supposed to take what others had done and improve upon them. THing is from what I experienced in a few months in beta was that the improvements aren't even there. I STILL spent time playing a generic based fantasy MMOG. I still spent my time camping a field with 25 other people trying to kill 10 pigs. But only 5 pigs spawn every minute.. it sucked. It got better and some quests are definately cooler but I'd rather play my two currents any day. SWG and CoH.
People say that this is typical SOE. No it's not. Do you see Planetside or SWG releasing expansions or partial expansions every 6 months (this is more like one of CoH's 'mini-expansions, that you get for FREE every 4 odd months). Do you see SWG or Planetside offering partial content or trying to get you to pay more for stuff that you should have gotten for your $15 in Planetside or SWG? No, you don't. This is the EQ crew relying on the old ways of milking people for every penny. SWG has released one expansion, it cost $30 bucks, required no additional fee's and that expansion was 10 times better then ANY EQ ever had.
EQ & EQ2's team is just greedy little biatches. "Adventure Pack' please...
Out of the two, WoW is way better. But it's still far to generic and same-old same-old for me. Besides the first time I saw that dark elves have big floppy donkey ears.. I thought 'these guys aren't serious are they?'
This comment was edited on Jan 7, 14:34.
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