I thought it was weird that they takled nothing of content. Is this Velious part 2? What zones will we see? Sure, there is a new class and some new features, but what about new places to visit? This is quite strange for SOE. It is also suspicious that the new expansion will be coming out this year, which makes two in one year, after taking 13+ months to make the previous one.As for Planetside, I found it to be a little underwhelming. Smed built up the hype around this great new engine, showed a beautiful picture from EQ Next using it, then showed Planetside using the engine while looking like anything other FPS on the market. I also thought it was odd that they kept referencing other games by other publishers when describing it; Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Eve Online were mentioned. The logo also reminded me of Mass Effect quite a bit, especially on the guy’s shirt (the 2 looked similar to N7).I’m very confused about EQ Next. It looks great in some screenshots and the concept art is interesting, but it is using the same engine as Planetside. I think they made a mistake to even acknowledge it last year, which made this year’s keynote a little disappointing. I also thought the presentation of the event was kind of rushed and did not flow very well. Smed was just using a PowerPoint and was having trouble using it properly (slides moving ahead before he was ready). The presentation about the authenticators was very confusing and I seriously had no idea what he was talking about until reading your post which mentioned it. It was painful to sit through the dwarf (cosplay) lady’s talk. Overall, I kind of regret even sitting through the whole thing.
You must have SOD for the MECHAMATIC BLUEPRINT to work
Comment by Slipshadow — May 23, 2011 @ 3:31 am
This is also true for any other mercenary rewards, and House of Thule is required for any housing item rewards.
Comment by Borek — May 23, 2011 @ 12:17 pm
I thought it was weird that they takled nothing of content. Is this Velious part 2? What zones will we see? Sure, there is a new class and some new features, but what about new places to visit? This is quite strange for SOE. It is also suspicious that the new expansion will be coming out this year, which makes two in one year, after taking 13+ months to make the previous one.As for Planetside, I found it to be a little underwhelming. Smed built up the hype around this great new engine, showed a beautiful picture from EQ Next using it, then showed Planetside using the engine while looking like anything other FPS on the market. I also thought it was odd that they kept referencing other games by other publishers when describing it; Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Eve Online were mentioned. The logo also reminded me of Mass Effect quite a bit, especially on the guy’s shirt (the 2 looked similar to N7).I’m very confused about EQ Next. It looks great in some screenshots and the concept art is interesting, but it is using the same engine as Planetside. I think they made a mistake to even acknowledge it last year, which made this year’s keynote a little disappointing. I also thought the presentation of the event was kind of rushed and did not flow very well. Smed was just using a PowerPoint and was having trouble using it properly (slides moving ahead before he was ready). The presentation about the authenticators was very confusing and I seriously had no idea what he was talking about until reading your post which mentioned it. It was painful to sit through the dwarf (cosplay) lady’s talk. Overall, I kind of regret even sitting through the whole thing.
Comment by Ayesa — December 12, 2015 @ 3:42 pm