Rumors Swirl on EQ2

In the recent EQ newsletter, Sony put in a puzzle that led to two websites: www.nektulos.com and www.wailingcaves.com. (Congratulations to the gang at the safehouse for solving the riddle). Each site brings up an image and the Nektulos one mentions an announcement coming up in May. May is of course when E3 is held. This is the biggest gaming convention of the year, and game companies typically try to save their biggest announcements for the large group of press that comes to E3 each year. So what is Sony going to announce in May? It may be something like a single player game based upon Everquest, or the release of some new zones. However, do not be surprised if it is the launch of Everquest 2. I don't have any positive information on this and am really just speculating, but since they already announced the PS2 version of the game and the Planes of Power expansion, it seems logical that this is not related to either of them. Why make a teaser for something everyone already knows about? And they have never put this type of effort into announcing free content for the game. EQ2, however, would be a huge announcement. In addition, I have been told that the latest version of PC Gamer mentions EQ2 (I have not read it -- I'll try to track down a copy). Plus, Sony has had www.everquest2.com registered for quite a while. So the announcement Sony plans to make in May could well be that they are making EQ2. Or they could just be announcing another expansion or something related to the PS2 version of the game or even something completely unrelated to Everquest. We will be in Los Angeles for E3, so as soon as we find out more, we'll let you know. In the meantime, some of our visitors managed to piece together the murky pictures you see in the two sites.
  • Wailing Caves Full Image
  • Nektulos Full Image
  • Feel free to throw in your own thoughts about what this means. UPDATE (Again): Link already dead.

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    difrend of keyboard
    # Feb 13 2004 at 6:15 AM Rating: Default
    What is the difrend of keyboard.
    difrend of keyboard
    # Feb 13 2004 at 6:14 AM Rating: Default
    What is the difrend of keyboard.
    Burger Boy
    # Nov 09 2003 at 8:05 PM Rating: Default
    Wanna Bite?
    Burger Boy
    # Nov 09 2003 at 8:03 PM Rating: Default
    Found My Cheese.
    Burger Boy
    # Nov 09 2003 at 7:59 PM Rating: Default
    Hey! I ordered cheese with shake!
    Twinking=cheating
    # Jul 31 2002 at 5:29 PM Rating: Default
    Quote: ''To wrap it all up, why do you people care about what my character is wearing, i will put whatever i damn well please on my twinks, it's not like i can do anything to you with it anyways.''

    erm... I play on Sullon Zek.

    Nuff said.
    you people are gay u poast that u have 5 lvl 60ies i hate to
    # Jul 28 2002 at 11:00 PM Rating: Default
    face it you lie and you sux my opnion >=(
    Buzug ownes you!!!!!!!!!!
    You are a bitch
    # Jul 09 2002 at 5:44 PM Rating: Default
    Piece of ****
    7ui7rf6dyr
    # Jun 27 2002 at 11:36 AM Rating: Default
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    RE: verant
    # Jun 07 2002 at 9:35 AM Rating: Default
    I think its obvious that you work for verant
    My 1kpp worth !
    # Jun 05 2002 at 9:42 AM Rating: Default
    Roar - Hi Souls :)

    EQ2 - Looking forward to starting a new character on a new advanced EQ realm. Better graphics. Will be upset about saying goodbye to my lovingly played monk - BUT am really looking forward to starting again - from scratch. Come on guys and gals, how many of you roleplayers out there LOVE like I do creating a new character for whatever system you play. Although yes I would like a slightly more advanced character creation style for our characters.

    Too me there is no other more exciting part of roleplay, than creation and gradual build-up thru experiences of a memorable character. I love meeting new people, interacting with them and accomplishing goals that make me a better character. With EQ2 I get the chance to start over again, I get those moments again when my stomach churns at the thought of entering a new never explored dungeon (Well by me anyway). The exciting moment when a brand new item is found for the first time.

    lol all this excitement is getting the better of me - I CANNOT WAIT !

    CHARACTER: Grimscale. CLASS: Disciple.
    GUILD: Souls of Peace.
    SERVER: Tunare - May the ***** rot in hell !
    I don't know about ya'll
    # May 31 2002 at 10:57 PM Rating: Decent
    I don't know about ya'll but I have had this game for 2 years and the highest level I have is a lvl 20 SK because there are so many different races/classes to chose from! And I don't think they should even bother to make an EQ2 it amy justscrew our pc's up worse or take more memory to make our ps slower like Luclin, my pc is really slow now and worst of all it took me 2 years to get 15 lvl 15s and 1 lvl 20 think how long it will take for me to get that back. 8 characters on sevtnh hammer and 8 on Innoruuk I think that there should be more contests for n00bs you know?
    LOL
    # May 30 2002 at 12:56 AM Rating: Default
    I dont have to much to say about EQ2, Twinking, or crying over lost characters but i do have to say this all you guys are reall Damn Funny good day
    Who Really Cares
    # May 21 2002 at 3:39 AM Rating: Default
    You know I havent been playing to long, I have a LVL 23 Mag, I see twinked i see non twinked. What does it really matter. twinked sweet you got a high LVL player or some good friends, not twicked sweet one day you will be the twinked or not, your choice. TO TWINKE OR NOT TO TWINKE THAT IS THE QUESTION!!!
    twinks
    # May 18 2002 at 10:20 AM Rating: Default
    LOL my monk is lvl 23, main char, and he is using a knucle duster robe of the lving fungus, he has 159 agi, and he is my first char.
    newbs perspective
    # May 17 2002 at 12:48 PM Rating: Good
    I have just started eq last weekend, played for almost 7 days now. I have lvld fast, gotten fairly decent items for a lvl 9 gnome mage, and become completely addicted to the world of eq, and I've explored less than 1/4 of it so far. I came from Diablo2, where I loved it, but eq is a step above it in my opinion, in many ways. Yes, it costs money. Yes, it has problems, but I ask you, what computer system doesn't? I don't cheat, I don't twink, but I love every second (or hour, or day, or weekend-long play episode) that I play. I don't know what eq2 has to offer, but I'm going to wait and see, not speculate on what I don't know. It can only be bigger and better, if they stay true to their awesome form. Let's remember, when eq came out to begin with, it was far above any other computer rpg to date! it may be old and outdated now, but with technology the way it is, we're due for some huge surprises that will probably blow all of our minds. It'll be completely different from eq, I'm sure, but it'll be amazing anyway you look at it. By the way, if you see a little gnome running around by the name of Dilettante, be sure to say hi!
    RE: newbs perspective
    # May 18 2002 at 6:01 AM Rating: Default
    Quote "I don't twink"

    /em chuckle you will it just takes time
    verant
    # May 15 2002 at 11:39 AM Rating: Default
    i thikn some of us may be giving verant hard time. Yes, they cant get the game un bugged even after 3 years, yes every oatch that comes out seems to fix maybe 5 or 6 things but then screws 7 or 8 things up, yes they have tech support that sucks, yes they dont help in arguments with pc's. But i mean come on. What other company has ever created a game as addicting as everquest. What other game has caused people to comite fake suicides just to play the game more. What other game constantly changes the in game enviromnt and creates constant wars between races. what other company has provided tournaments and actually given away prizes. And what other game has over 1500 quests and many that r not solved yet where people get reconginez for solving them. What other game has over 13000 items with many that are not found yet? What other game has an economy that actually expands to E bay to sell eq items and character for hundreds of us dollars.

    Please keep this in mind as we complain about verant
    RE: verant
    # May 31 2002 at 8:21 AM Rating: Default
    Life, the other online gamine experince
    OMG
    # May 15 2002 at 10:03 AM Rating: Default
    Sometimes I read some stuff on pages like this and it makes me wondure why half of you talk like you do.

    Don't reply to me I prolly whonte read it but if you'se must talk and talk and talk go to a chat I wanted to read about EQ2 and all i hear is a book long story about twinking and yap yap yap jessus christ make a book allready

    BTW I bet you'se would'nt use you're real names because you'de end up haveing some one come up to you're house half the time

    and for the record twinking is cheating and when it comes to cheats peaple are goin to do it because if you dont haveto suffer when leveling than why should you peaple who are ugenst it are mad because thy can't cheat but you wait theres goin to be tons of posts after this about some one prolly saying OH well and so on I don't care so like i said dont bother replying

    email rooky4000@yahoo.com if you want to beat the **** out of me in life i welcome you to try

    60 druid
    56 mage
    60 wiz
    49 enchanter
    29 beastlord

    and you %$#$%# right I twink if you had a cheat code you'de do the same
    RE: OMG
    # Jun 02 2002 at 4:59 PM Rating: Default
    Grouping is cheating! Don't group, that makes the game too easy!
    not
    # Jun 13 2002 at 12:10 PM Rating: Default
    grouping is not cheating, or they wouldn't have put the option in the game.


    Goldwine
    HIE ENC
    Karana Server
    Not Saying...
    # May 15 2002 at 9:11 AM Rating: Default
    I agree with prior statements, there should be some kind of transfer allowed. Obviously, EQ2 will be very different from EQ1, but I imagine they could come up with some way to reward loyal players of EQ1 who have played long enough to build some very high-lev characters, and aren't going to be too keen on dumping them. Otherwise, they may find themselves supporting EQ1 while developing EQ10. Assuming they will do something like this, I'm quite looking forward to it. I'm glad they're going for a more realistic community thing, I'm particularly looking forward to (what I hope to be) an expanded trade skill system. Breakable items sounds painful at first it will do wonders for the player to player ingame business industry. (I do assume, however, they will make some items that don't break. Maybe major quest items like Epics that are NO DROP, which will effectively avoid mass genocide due to your huge quest item biting the dust. Making them NO DROP would help avoid twinks, and being NO DROP, it wouldn't seriously harm the trading community.) I'm not sure what to think of buying land. It sounds very risky in so far as size and server support, but SO fun. ^_^

    As for twinks...I don't do it, myself. Being broke at first is half the fun. However, I can understand why someone would. What's annoying is when you sit in GFay offering free mega-buffs and decent gear (and sometimes some coin if I really like them) to the newbies, and having some twink with better gear than you come up and ask for stuff. Twink away, if you want it, but one would think doing so kills your dibs on high-lev freebies. (I've actually been tricked by twinks. I'd shout my offer for freebies, and the person came up in typical naked newb gear and because I was insane that night, I gave them a Trueshot, then 20 minutes later, on an alt in the same zone, I caught them with insane gear, trying to auction off the very same bow, citing that they had a better one. Nasty.)

    If you're wondering why I'm still yammering, it's because that happened to me not an hour ago and I'm still steaming. >.<
    Emotional
    # May 13 2002 at 3:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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    I am not going to get to emotional over EQ2. Bottom line is, with the time invested, it will be hard to leave EQ1. Verant claims they will support EQ1 for a long time, and sites as evidence the upcoming expansion. That is good.

    On the other hand, with all the twinks in EQ1 I will look closely at 2. Coming up thru my 20s and 30s I (a Half elf Bard) would go back to Kelethin to drop some minor gear on the newbies (stuff, at that level, I could only dream of with 2pp in the bank). I would send a tell to the new bards and 1/2 would show up in full suits of Lambent or Singing Steel at lvl 8. Then they would flame me for only offering free banded or velium weapons.

    Even now, I get 4k in the bank and go to buy something and a bunch of lvl 20 something twinks are paying 10k for SS Greaves and 40K for the SS Breastplate...still a dream for an unguilded bard.

    The whole thing seems a little out of hand. What saved Diablo 2 for me was the servers that prevented hacking...maybe EQ2 will do something similar for twinking.
    RE: Emotional
    # Jun 13 2002 at 12:12 PM Rating: Default
    I agree completely
    RE: Emotional
    # May 14 2002 at 4:10 PM Rating: Good
    All items should require a skill level associate with it.

    It makes sense in the game and from a real-world perspective.
    WOW
    # May 13 2002 at 1:05 PM Rating: Default
    World Of Warcraft will destroy all. It will put all other MMORPG's out of busines.
    Interesting
    # May 11 2002 at 6:02 PM Rating: Default
    In Everquest 2, you are allowed to have desendants of your original everquest characters, for instants, you have a lvl 60 cleric, you can use him on Everquest 2, and if you do not like the idea of that, then dont say everquest 2 sucks, because im sure everquest will loose a lot of people cause most will come to EQ2, and if your computer cannot support the much better grafics and that is why your mad, cause you cant play, then go get a new pc, go build one, not to get on anyones bad side... And to close this paragraph, remember, everquest is a game, don't take offence cause one likes it and other does not, because it will all result to the same thing.... "Thank you for reading"
    ""(ZEBUXORUK SERVER CHAR LIST)""
    Vemun Spiritcaster 60 wizard
    Morlek Spiritcaster 60 necromancer
    Veldamord Bladeharnest 59 Shadow Knight
    Valmenak Truthteller 60 Paladin
    Veldarus Woodman 35 Shaman
    Veldavern Woodman 31 Warrior
    EQ will rule forever
    # May 10 2002 at 10:55 AM Rating: Decent
    Well...I started playing EQ 10 moths ago and i think its simply the best game ever made, and Eq2 will not be better at my opinion EQ1 its insuperable, at least in adiction ^^.

    Guazas Warrior lvl 58
    Warrilla Druid lvl 52

    Antonius Bayle server
    BAH!!
    # May 08 2002 at 4:50 PM Rating: Default
    From what I am understanding, there will be an EQ2 for BOTH the PS2 and the PC.

    I will not be getting either version of EQ2. I don't care if EQ2's graphics are 1000 times better, I will be sticking with EQ(1). I have played EQ for almost a year and have 3 very high level toons. I'll be damned if I am going to through all that away to start over again. Verant wants me to throw away all the time and money I spent on EQ to go over to EQ2? LOL!

    IMHO, EQ2 should be nothing more than a major overhaul of EQ(1).

    Not to mention the Legends server costs $40/month. How much is EQ2 going to cost those who convert?

    I tried DAOC and hated everything about it. EQ2 seems to have a lot of similarities.

    And then I read here that mobs can zone while chasing you. No thanks.

    If and when I finally leave EQ, it will not be for EQ2. That's just ridiculous.

    Everyone I have talked to says they do not plan on getting EQ2 but might try Star Wars Galaxies when it comes out. I don't see EQ2 getting the following that EQ has, especially by those/us EQ(1) fanatics :-)

    Verant keeps ******** up.
    GOD SHUT UP
    # May 03 2002 at 8:03 AM Rating: Default
    you konw for some of you this game has become to serious if i was you id quit EQ1 and play EQ2 just to regain my snaity all of you are so concerend about twinking and having to start over that you have fail to realize the good points about the game:

    it lets you get away from the real world and just relax now you can pay $13 a month or pay
    250$ dollars a night a strip bar the choice is yours but for all you verant bashers let me tell you something VI DOESNT GIVE A GOOD GODDAMN ABOUT YOU GET USE TO IT AND IF YOU CANT COPE PLZ LEAVE ALL THEY ARE DOIN IS GIVING YOU THE OPTION TO PLAY YOUR THE ONE WHOS PLAYING SO BE MAD AT YOURSELF

    personally ive been playing for about 3 years now and i do still find the game fun becuze i didnt twink and i have 1 character and hes lvl 46
    and he has great gear. what i dont understand is that you people complain about player advantages. think for a sec if verant gave you a advantage then the game wouldnt be even remotely fun just like console games and cheats. for example like on mortal kombat when you unloked all the characters masterd all the moves and memorized all teh fatalitys it was not fun anymore. so honestly why are you guys complaing about a game you dont have to play go play DAoC i hear its better anyway but personally im goin to play EQ2 cuz over all i love the game and thinks its the best on earth and im getting kinda board with EQ1. and if you think about it thats prolly why they are doin EQ2 like they are for sane players like me who are growing board cuz the armor and weapons now if you havent noticed are way to good. hell i remember when a yak went for 6k and thats not even a pair and players where much happier but it was that thrist for power that made it boring for most.
    personally i feel that if EQ2 can provide me witha fun new enviroment and allow me to make a player that can DW a pair of axes cast spells and not be a little B_ITCH when it comes to meleeing then im good.


    but a couple of suggestions for verant:

    1. in EQ2 make the cloaks visible that is really aklso letting a guild have more custumization like putting their symble on a cloak or tunic
    2. make battleing and dueling more dimesional. im not saying make EQ tekken but lets face it we need more then just push A kick /spell combo becuase doin it th at way totally takes out all player control and battle know how and i tink if you do it. it will draw alot of new customers (like console players who are looking for more than just a tekken or street fighter)like for instance pushing a allows attack mode but you have to push certain buttons to hit certain ways like on console games hell make the num pad like a joy stick like every different button do a different action
    3.find a different way to carry your weapons. to me standing with your weapons in your hands all the time is really uncalled for. make it so you can put them at your side or across your back. then when you hit a they whip them out in some fashion that makes the player say DAM_N that was F_CUKING AWESOME then you can choose how,where and when you want to hit cuz to me a bunch of people in a big mob just hacking away with no control over what they do SUCKS BIG FAT FLOPPY DONKEY DYCKS
    4. let the hybrid classes have better spells and for god sakes give the ranger some dignity i mean what the hell. VI do you hate us rangers what did we ever do to you. now dont ge the wrong idea i love my ranger but something needs to be done either give give us more ac, HP, or better yet give us a spell that gives us a pet that might help save our biscuits. becuaze for a class taht has no evac plan you sure nudered our abilities
    5. give as much custumization options as possible the one thing and only one ting about DAoC i like is that no one in the same server (or realms in DAoC terms) is exactly alike
    6. the only way your goin to beat all the competition is to deliver something thats not availible. it seems to me that your trying to keep up instead of does something new. well my advice is GROW SOME FU_CKING BALLS AND BEAT THE HELL OF GALAXIES, SHADOWBANE,AND DAoC FOR CRYING OUT LOUD YOUR SONY HE BEST IN THE GAME ACT LIKE IT

    truly yours

    aegolin destructionbringer
    lvl 47 ranger of tunares hedgemen
    erollissi server
    "A CREATURE OF MASS SESTRUCTION"
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