SOE Says EverQuest Next Will Be "Largest Sandbox MMO Ever"

I am interested in this. I was one of the many (smart or not) that wanted SWTOR to be like SWG-2 in sandbox essence. I hope this delivers....without the suicidal players...Rest in peace.

That's exactly what I wanted TOR to b. All the kick ass stuff of SWG minus the bad with bioware's writing, sandbox style and driven single player story.

Exactly. I was on Bloodfin and the player cities and pvp population were outstanding. The depth at which people would go to have fun and at the same time piss everyone off is unbelievable... but it made for an excellent three years.

I had no idea this was being worked on. It seems like making new MMORPs is a bad idea for most companies tho,and considering EQ 1 and 2 are free, I don't know if this is the best idea

Oh look another MMO that thinks it can take on WoW. I know you were top dog back in the day Everquest, but you shouldn't try to take on WoW especially since MoP came out.

So even if WoW releases another expansion around the time Everquest comes out no ones going to really care since theyre all playing WoW. Sure WoW will take a hit like it usually does when a new MMO comes out, but after a few months people will be back on WoW. EQ may stand a chance on just its name alone, but I don't think it will beat WoW.

I love how everyone tries to try to compare every mmo with wow Ive played both everquest and wow and the difference between the two is theres more kids on wow. You hardly found anyone under 20 playing everquest simply b/c it is a harder game to play. I can lvl a toon on wow to 90 in less than 5 days which is sad and it takes you less than a week to make them just as good as any other toon on the game. sad sad stuff Panda was suppose to be an omg expansion ugh no it took me two days two get bored with it. One of the fantastic thinks that has always been about eq is that you actually have to put time and effort into your toon to make them great ie alternate advance points and time If you ran into a good toon on there it was b/c there was effort put into them. Wow has yet to do anything like that comparatively speaking yea eq has nothing on wow when it comes to a 15 year old kid debating the argument

Oh look another WoW fanboy trying to bring down the godfather of MMOs. If it wasn't for EQ, WoW wouldn't have stolen the spotlight considering WoW wasn't even a sperm in Blizzards eye while EQ2 was being developed. Yet everyone says EQ2 copied WoW or WoW is better blah blah blah. Either way WoW has nothing to do with this topic so why don't you go bother another MMO, WoW = immature non hardcore gamers, EQ = for the hardcore gamer who can actually think.

So this might seem irrelevant but I am curious as to how much longer WoW will be around before it gets a graphics and possible core overhaul if ever?

I loved EQ 2 and am super excited about this. Like chuni, I had no idea this was being made.

I, apparently, missed the heyday of Sony MMO involvement. Any Sony MMO I've touched in the past handful of years has been woefully sh!itty. I didn't play EQ in its day, but from it's rep I hope Sony doesn't **** it up like they have their more recent massive offerings.

I miss Everquest Online Adventures. It ran on the ps2 but playing from my cough with a usb keyboard attached was nice.

I miss console MMO's period. Why can't I just play SWTOR or LOTRO on my xbox? :(

Its not so much that I miss console mmos it's also that they completely closed down eqoa. Its like effectively killing off whole worlds or dimensions. I didn't play Star Wars Galaxies much but I had friends that did and they had the same kind of hurt reaction.

"It will be the largest sandbox style MMO ever designed with the **same exciting content** delivered in a new way. Something you’ve **never seen** before and the MMO world has never seen before."

This confused me.

Bigger sandbox world same bland quest design?

I am not an MMO fan, but I do wonder how this new "EverQuest" game will manage to compete with top sellers like "World of WarCraft."

Hmm, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) are going have to back up their claims about bringing something new to the table. And, let's hope whatever it is that they do bring is actually worthwhile.

Im rooting for you SOE i really miss everquest. And i miss when playing a game and being the best actually took effort and time. I really hope they keep the dynamics of it alot like the original eq. The thing about eq that you get that you dont have with wow is it actually took a group to go out and quest and it took a group to lvl up not just in raids or dungeons but if you went out in the woods you had better had someone with you to keep your butt alive. Eq always had something socially that all these kill 10 rats games dont Wow and most games ( which is 99% of them out there ) Has made it a very soloable game no group effort or interaction what so ever which is why you find alot of players losing the capability of common courtesy and manners almost obsolete. Eq made people a little more humble b/c you actually had to ask people for help. Im very very excited! cant wait to see what they bring.