EverQuest II: Chaos Descending Expansion Announced

Yes I know, I think 1/4th. I remember the team was halved in 2011-2012 as staff were reallocated for the EQN project at the time. Then came the acquisition and another huge layoff in early 2015. And from what I understand another massive layoff happened a few months ago all around.

 

In fairness the last layoff only saw one Dev leave the EQ2 team (Fyreflyte). The rest was somewhat dead weight like Roshen etc. who were on the 'community relations' side of things instead.

 

I think most would agree that once the vaccum was created due to lay-offs, the people who were put in/promoted to senior. positions did not earn it on merit. PR folk excluding, they are like 4 may be 5 people involved in eq2 development currently?

Kander; Gninja; ttobey; crafting person; home decor person

 

All things considered, it's kind of impressive what the team manages to put out given their size. I just wish they'd move away from the "small overland zones + dungeon grind for currency" format because I find it so nauseating now (in any MMO, not just EQ2). Unfortunately it's a pretty reliable template at this point so we're probably stuck with it till the game sunsets.

 

EQ1 is introducing a new stat this year: "Luck".

It's a mechanic that improves specific rng rolls. You can improve it by merging gear.

 

Exactly.

Still a hidden mechanic though. It's just a modifier of whatever the underlying probabilities that day are. Smoke and mirrors.

Wouldn't be suprised to see luck potions turn up on the cash shop. If people buy them, well, eq2 incoming.

Be interesting to see what happens.

 

Wi-flagging is so obviously a thing...

 

Have it on credible authority that Tekka's secret luck stat (adjusted for Castegyre) is + 220%.

Converesely, Castegyre's secret luck stat (adjusted for Tekka) is -862%.

It's likely a very complicated algorithm that factors in fluff purchases and forum bans on some level.

 

if (devs.hateyou=TRUE) then
you.screwed=TRUE
end

 

Hm, RNG on top of RNG. What could go possibly go wrong

Maybe they should ask Blizzard how that is working out for them in BFA.

 

Just sacrifice more halfling rangers to the range gods. Cant really hurt and can be a lot of fun!

Well, if you stab them quick enough, it wont hurt for long...

 

Wow... talk about unprofessional... and lack of peer review..
That's the sort of coding 'behavior' I'd expect from some 'punk' running a private server for his/her friends...
I actually had some folks back when NWN first came out (not the MMO) asking me if I'd code such 'cheat code' for him and his friends for his server. He was... perturbed.. when I told him what he did on his server was his decision, but I wouldn't HELP him do something I thought was 'wrong'.

 

Yeah, well Aeralik was a real piece of work. He was the scout dev at the time. He raided on Naggy (I seem to recall) for a guild called Onyx (or something) playing a sin.

Guess which guild was routinely getting first kills?

Then there was indeed a series of ranger nerfs starting with Focus Aim, and an epic 1.0 weapon where you had to be 7m or so for it to proc.

Want a good laugh, take a look and compare the pred aa's clustered on either side if RoK.

According to Feldon, he sabatoged a bunch of code on his way out the door.

 

This, this is the kind of thing that's why I have trust issues...

 

There was also a hard-coded buff for Rangers at one point too. I won't say who put that in...