Official Site: EverQuest II
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: November 9, 2004
Genre: Fantasy Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
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EverQuesting: A guide to EverQuest II’s expansion prelude event, Against the Elements
Sometimes it feels like forever before the next expansion comes -- even when it's regular every year! That's what this year has been like...
The MOP Up: Sony’s PlayStation 3 sunset apocalypse
Sony's decision to shut down several online servers for some past PlayStation 3 games on October 25th is shaping up to be a sunset...
EverQuest II starts the holiday season with the Nights of the Dead
It's so good to see a game properly celebrating Halloween, objectively the best holiday and one best celebrated for an entire month. Sure, EverQuest...
The Daily Grind: What MMO plans do you have for the fall?
With the snap of fall and change of the leaves, the season has taken a change as we go into the last four months...
The MOP Up: Diablo III kicks off its 15th season, Telltale Games is slammed with layoffs
You're already late to the party, what with Diablo III kicking off its 15th season this past Friday! No worries, you can still catch...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG, living or dead, offers the all-time best crafting experience?
Over the last couple of weeks, when I was putting in sometimes 18-hour days working on the site, I didn't really have much time...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 187: The raid in our stars
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's new living world episode, Boundless, EverQuest II, Blizzard, Warframe, EVE Online, SWTOR, the petition to save WildStar, and our big site revamp.
EverQuest II’s Chaos Descending expansion will arrive in November
Is chaos an element? It will definitely be a major component of the EverQuest II's Elemental Planes this November thanks to the upcoming expansion....
EverQuest II confirms new expansion this year, announces Against the Elements prelude event
Today, the folks at Daybreak Games announced the commencement of a new event in EverQuest II, Against the Elements. But it's not just any...
Daybreak announces new investment, new H1Z1 and EverQuest mobile titles, and a new esports arena
Today does seem to be the day for big financial bombshells, doesn't it? Turns out Daybreak had a card up its sleeve too. The...
Vague Patch Notes: Casual no longer means anything in MMOs
Every time I see someone write something about casual players - including me because heavens know I've done it too - I feel a...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with the most needlessly obtuse stats
One of my favorite reviewers of tabletop RPGs at one point opined that percentile systems were one of the best tabletop mechanics possible, simply...
The Daily Grind: How much of an MMO graphics snob are you?
Pretty much any time that Project Gorgon comes up in discussion around Massively OP, a discussion invariably takes place among readers that weighs the...
The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World soars past 10 million copies (August 26, 2018)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Fan video covers the rise and fall of the EverQuest franchise
If you read MJ's recent column covering the history of the EverQuest franchise, you may find yourself quite nostalgic for Norrath. In that case,...
EverQuesting: The history of the EverQuest franchise
Back in 2013, I took a walk through the annals of the EverQuest franchise's history. What started as one title not only blossomed into...
EverQuest II is merging one of its progression servers into a regular server
The residents of two of EverQuest II's servers are about to get really chummy with each other.
Daybreak announced this week that on September 4th,...
Global Chat: Everybody’s burning up about that Sylvanas thing
Yes, just about every MMO blogger was sharing heated opinions about last week's World of WarCraft WarCrime. "It’s such a sad event and I’m particularly...
One Shots: Selfie school
I certainly did not have to twist readers' arms to get them to bring out a mountain of MMORPG character selfies set against interesting...
The Stream Team: Exploring EverQuest II’s GUK
You've heard about her desire to explore EQII's Guk, now watch Massively OP's MJ experience it! She'll be taking a team down into the...
