EQ3 in development?

So I saw an article posted on May 1st from a former Daybreak employee, that a EQ3 has been in development for over a year and it's going to compete against Pantheon, anyone else see that?

 

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So basically, Holly has spent the last couple of years trying to come up with workable ideas for eq3.

 

I don't think this crew could come up with a good EQ3 now.

Hell, I don't think it could have come up with the games it has.

 

Yeah. I assign the probability Holly would be awarded the budget necessary to produce a decent game that stands up to competitors as close to zero.

 

Why produce a decent game that stands up to competitors when you can build a shell product and sell $1000 Founder Packs?

 

Good point. They don't actually have to deliver on a game to start selling it.

 

Heh, I don't think they could even come up with a halfway-decent cup of tea....

 

After Landmark, I just can't imagine many shelling out money ahead of time. I certainly wouldn't. I'm actually not even sure I would play after even after it's release unless it gets sold to a new company and some of the current, bitter folks are replace with people who are customer driven and positive.

 

Sell it for $100

Offer it for $20 to anybody who bought the landmark packs and already invested $100.

We all know those who paid the LM pack would likely spend an extra $20 at that price, and those who didn't would likely buy it anyway to hope.

 

Fools and their money...

 

This is just my personal take on EQ3 - and in all fairness is not based in any knowledge of its existence, development, or current possible state.

I think organizational that Daybreak burned a lot of bridges with customers for the Founder Packs that were sold for EQN and Landmark. I think they would be hard pressed to convince players to invest green dollars without a solid release. I don't foresee their present and certainly not their past customers having a "here take my money" attitude for "slideware" (i.e., software that only exists in a PowerPoint slide deck presentation).

Ignoring that "former employee" Reddit post about EQ3 being a battle-royale format as I think that just seems too far fetched...

I think if there was to be a Everquest-next or EQ3 - that it would be best developed as solely as mobile game with minimum entry price (like $20) and micro-transactions to ease gameplay. I don't foresee Daybreak having a runway of resources to create a AAA MMO title that runs on PCs or on a console platform. I think mobile title with a lesser-entry cost might attract a larger base of former nostalgic seeking players.

Understanding too that a polished mobile offering is still not cheap to produce and that market is already crowded with competitors, I would tend to think that is (assuming it still existing) a market of potential win-back-able customers if the entry cost is low enough.

And while certainly SOE / Daybreak has struggled with its past entries in the mobile area, I think this could be achievable for them given the current state.

 

Serious question for all you "insiders who know stuff".

Is the Forgelight game engine even a viable option over the next 10 years?

 

$120 for a pre-alpha game is cheaper than $10,000 for the Pantheon version

 

You just strengthened Endymion's argument, Errrorr

 

I don't think Forgelight is a factor in any of this since they're looking for software engineers with UE4 experience.

 

I was one of those people who regrettably paid the $100 for Landmark and I wouldn't give them 1 cent of my money today for anything without significant changes (to the staff/ownership) and something tangible to play and try out before buying.

What's sad is that experience has made me shy away from any pre-investing in games even though most of those have been positive experiences in the past (examples - LOTRO lifetime sub and SoTA for $25 before they even started developing). I'm not playing SoTA yet but I will probably try it out again and at least I own it already for a mere $25 and LOTRO I still play. Hopefully this CN mess won't affect LOTRO. :/

 

Yeah, after Landmark, I won't pay for a pre-release access to anything from anybody.

 

Looking at what has happened to other games and companies (I'm thinking of Radical Heights right tf now) it is very not a good idea to invest in almost any online game. Shrug.