everquest II

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

Perfect Ten: Times when MMOs brought about world-shattering cataclysms

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The notion of an in-game cataclysm is hardly the sole domain of Activision-Blizzard; on the contrary, large-scale apocalypses pop up all the time in...

The MOP Up: RuneScape’s community is ‘smashing’ that Necromancy skill

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Jagex said that Necromancy has proven to be a huge hit in RuneScape, with the community taking to this new skill line like a...
You're making a fine choice, sure.

EverQuest II opens test servers for its next major update, Shattered Overture, on August 29

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Darn it, EverQuest II, we told you not to run while playing with your overture! Now it's all shattered! That means when players log...

EverQuest II reruns the Oceansfull Festival with new rewards and adjusted encounters

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The final portion of EverQuest II's Summer Jubilee series of events is back once more, as the 2023 Oceansfull Festival is back with new...

Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre

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As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...

EverQuest II brings Rise of Kunark to Varsoon server, reschedules Shattered Overture open beta to August 29

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It's not often that a beta test gets pushed to an earlier date instead of a later, but that's just what has happened for...

Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past

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Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...

Trion Worlds’ Scott Hartsman ruminates on the tricky business of MMO sequels

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As the former lead of EverQuest II, SOE and Trion Worlds' Scott Hartsman knows a thing or two about working on an MMO sequel....
Yeah, we're boned.

The MOP Up: MapleStory rebuilds the legendary guild castle

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MapleStory broke out the second part of its two-part summer Savior update which is "packed with a new mystical land to discover, a new...

The MOP Up: Gamescom and QuakeCon prepare to storm August

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As the end of summer approaches (ack! how?), gaming conventions rev up again - and that includes big industry galas like GamesCom and in-house...

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Mac, the O.G. classic server

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In 2003, Sony Online Entertainment tried an experiment to reach out to the (then) small-but-growing community of Mac users. The company released EverQuest Macintosh...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 429: Push button, receive bacon

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Justin and Bree discuss New World, World of Warcraft, WildStar, EverQuest 3, and EverQuest 2, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and WoW, plus a mailbag topic on MMO systems we want simplified vs. complexified, which is too a word!

EverQuest II gives three more expansions away for free, EverQuest teases its next expansion

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It's been a few months since Daybreak's released producer's letters for its EverQuest franchise, so it's probably high time during high summer to hear...

Massively Uplifting: Spring and summer philanthropy and farewells in MMOs

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'Tis the season! What season? Why, spring and summer! Spring is a time of growth, and our gaming-verse certainly saw growth of the generous...

EverQuest II burns it up with the Scorched Sky Celebration

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It's always interesting to see how MMORPGs attempt to fill up the summer season with a variety of events. And here to take our...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best ‘shopping’ experience?

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We're talking about in-game shopping, mind you, not photoshop or cash-shop or workshops or whatever. I've joked before - not entirely facetiously - that one...

EverQuest II adjusts ability procs, item effects, and various instances in its latest patch

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Last week's EverQuest II patch is a big one for those who use items and abilities that engage when there's a damage proc. A...

Massively Overthinking: When an MMO has everything and so much of it

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Last week, when No Man's Sky released its native Mac client, MOP's Chris and I fell into a discussion about the game being so...

EverQuest II begins Tinkerfest as Classic EverQuest sends you back to Blackburrow and Crushbone

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The EverQuest franchise is heading into midsummer events this week, both in EverQuest II and Classic EverQuest. In original flavor EverQuest, Daybreak has unleashed...

EverQuest and EverQuest II hand out free Pride-colored lion pets

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This year's Pride Month has been celebrated across multiple MMOs and MMORPGs with free cosmetic items, and it looks as if both EverQuest and...

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