Official Site:Â EverQuest II
Studio:Â SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date:Â November 9, 2004
Genre:Â Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite MMO house of all time?
You folks know I love MMO housing systems, and in fact, we've been crowning the MMOs with the best housing systems for years. But...
EverQuest and EverQuest II up experience, faction movement, and rare spawn rates for a week of summer
It's definitely summertime! The sun is shining (oh gosh is it ever shining), birds are singing, and EverQuest II and EverQuest are going to give...
Massively Overthinking: What class is missing from your favorite MMO?
I've been obsessed with Albion Online the last few weeks - it really feels so much like Ultima Online to me. Ultima Online but...
EverQuest II begins Scorched Sky festival this weekend, PlanetSide 2 unveils the Chimera
"Scorched Sky" - is it the weather report for today or EverQuest II's summer festival? Hey, why not both? I'm not sorry. But yep,...
Battle Bards Episode 195: In the mountains
Attempting to summit the very best of MMO music, the Battle Bards head up, up, up into the mountains with this episode! What musical...
MOP’s quick and dirty guide to finding the perfect MMORPG for your tastes
Probably one of the most commonly asked questions both here on Massively OP and in various MMORPG discussions everywhere else too is simply, "What...
Ashes of Creation Lead Game Designer Jeffrey Bard leaves to pursue VR development
Out of all of the former SOE and Daybreak developers that have flocked to Intrepid Studios to work on Ashes of Creation, Jeffrey Bard...
Perfect Ten: MMO quests where you literally kill 10 rats
Webster's Dictionary describes "kill 10 rats" as "something nerds do, now shut up and read a few intelligent words." I think the editors are...
The Stream Team: Fast and fury-ous leveling in EverQuest II
Massively OP's MJ has been enjoying her Ratonga Inquisitor, but nothing ever compares to her Arasai Fury. So now she's returning to that little...
EG7 Q1 2021: The Daybreak MMOs are headed to the 4Game platform
The buyout of Daybreak by Swedish games company Enad Global 7 was one of the biggest MMO stories of 2020, and it's remained a...
EverQuest II has launched its new PvP time-locked progression server
Always an MMO that's up for experimenting with different server rulesets, EverQuest II has a brand-new offering that may excite the competitive players in...
The Game Archaeologist: Jumpgate and Jumpgate Evolution
Historically, space-bound MMORPGs have not had as easy of a go as their fantasy counterparts. For one thing, there are proportionally fewer of them...
Massively Overthinking: Is there an MMO you’d never be caught dead playing?
So today's Massively Overthinking question is entirely the fault of fanny packs. I don't care how hard retailers and fashion gurus push fanny packs...
The Stream Team: City festivals and assorted EverQuest II adventures
Massively OP's MJ is less than pleased with the bottleneck she's run into trying to work through Reign of Shadows' signature quests. Thankfully, there...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique experience mechanic in MMOs?
Bhagpuss over on MMO blog Inventory Full recently penned a piece about an experience mechanic in EverQuest II that I had completely forgotten existed:...
The Stream Team: Returning to EverQuest II’s Reign of Shadows
She never did beat that monstrous Morbigog the Pit Horror in EverQuest II's Chaos Caverns, but Massively OP's MJ does not feel like returning...
EverQuest II dives into the Plane of Shadows with this week’s content drop
The days may be getting longer, but that only means that the shadows are increasing in force. Yesterday, EverQuest II dared its players to...
EverQuest II’s producer talks up incoming events, TLE progression, the PvP server, and GU 117
Spring is slowly arriving to our hemisphere of the globe. Birds are chirping, flowers are blooming, pollen counts are rising, and the producer of...
The Stream Team: Blasting to the past through EverQuest II’s Chronoportals
Sure sure, there's still an expansion to play through in EQII, but how is Massively OP's MJ supposed to pull herself away from all...
EverQuest II’s PvP server eyes beta in early April, GU 117 beta starts March 17
The most recent Kander's Candor podcast, by Kander's own admission, was more of a general one for the most part as it brought along...
