With EverQuest II’s end-of-the-year expansion already in testing and ready for preorders, you had to figure that Classic EverQuest wouldn’t be far behind, and indeed, Daybreak has dropped a little bit more info about the older game’s next expansion in its latest producer letter.
“As you already know from Fippy Fest back in June, the name of this expansion is The Outer Brood,” studio head Jenn Chan says, gearing up for her lore pitch. “In the sky over the hills of the long-ignored Hodstock looms a massive behemoth. A creature so large that it appears to have an entire city on its back. Terrifying monsters fly down from that city. Beasts that have never been seen in Norrath before! Where have they come from, and what could they possibly want?” We don’t know, Jenn! We don’t know! Tell us!
“Norrath has faced assault before, but this time the foe is different. Some farseers have spotted what can only be dragons in the sky around the great leviathan as it floats at the top of the sky. These beings are so large that few elder Norrathian dragons would stand above its knees! All around the massive leviathan flows a force that defies the understanding of any magic users of Norrath, with power exceeding anything they have seen before. Norrathians of all types, mortal and Dragon alike, have banded together to face this unknown power and attempt to drive them back to wherever they came from. Can you lead the charge against such danger, one that seems to have caused even the fiercest elders of the dragon clans to hesitate?”
The roadmap for the next three months promises the beta and preorder for the expansion – its 31st! – later in October; we’re also expecting the requisite holiday events over the period, and then the full launch coming in December.
