everquest

Official Site: EverQuest
Studio: SOE, now Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: March 16, 1999
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Optional Sub)
Platform: PC

Global Chat: Saying farewell to City of Steam

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No doubt by now you have heard that the indie steampunk City of Steam has been shuttered. And while its demise won't change the...

EverQuest fixing aggro issues, adjusting progression server XP flow

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Taunting may not be the sexiest feature of an MMO, but for tanks it's as vital an issue as they come. Happily for those...

The Game Archaeologist: Ten strange pre-release facts about World of Warcraft

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An endless ocean of words, a tsunami of thoughts, and a riptide of fan devotion has flooded the gaming world about World of Warcraft...
I suppose it's cheaper than actually hiring someone to design these spaces?

GameSpot lists EverQuest Next as a missing game in 2016

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Even GameSpot appears to have lost faith in EverQuest Next. "We're not really sure what's going on with MMORPG EverQuest Next," the site said in...

Massively Overthinking: Old MMORPGs, disco, and pop culture phenomena

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A reader named Rob provides this week's Massively Overthinking topic. It's a really good one! "Why isn't playing an old MMO from a previous decade...

Amour strikes in EverQuest and EverQuest II

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Expressing affection for one's fellow player, bringing like souls together in love, and gorging on many things covered in pink frosting -- 'tis the...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO easter egg?

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The other day someone pointed me to the direction of a big ol' page of EverQuest II Easter eggs. As someone who only lightly...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO dev brains we’d like to pick

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This week's Overthinking question comes to us from longtime Patron Roger. "If you guys could magically open a connection to any dev team, which team...

Here’s how Hero’s Song’s gods and races work according to Smed

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How do gods work in Hero's Song? What races can you play? John Smedley's just posted a new and lengthy explanation on both to Reddit. In his upcoming...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best pay-to-win MMORPG?

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Here's an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What's the best pay-to-win MMO on the market? I know pay to win is a dirty,...

Massively Overthinking: Just how massive is massively multiplayer?

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Recent tweaks to the taxonomy structure of Massively OP and coverage of what we formerly called "Not-So-Massive" games prompted a resurgence of internal discussion about the types...

EverQuesting: A 2016 franchise forecast for EverQuest Next, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark

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We've looked back at 2015 for the launched games EverQuest and EverQuest II, the long-lasting beta of Landmark, and the MIA-and-presumed-dead (by some) ...

Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions

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Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...
You either didn't like the last answer or you didn't care then or now.

The Daily Grind: Are you a one-MMO gamer?

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A year ago, Kotaku published a piece called The People Who Only Play One Game. The author was talking about the rabid, cult followings that blockbuster...

Check out what World of Warcraft looked like 17 years ago

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In 1999, the year that EverQuest released, work was already underway for another fantasy MMO called World of Warcraft. It wasn't until a couple...
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Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015

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The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...
At last, good stuff.

EverQuest II’s time-locked expansion servers reach the Kingdom of the Sky

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Get ready for another expansion in EverQuest II on the game's time-locked expansion servers! Players voted to move the timeline along once again, and...

The Stream Team: Galavanting in EverQuest II’s Gorowyn city festival

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MassivelyOP's MJ has run many of EQII's city festival races, and each has its own little quirks. In Gorowyn, a wrong move can leave...

John Smedley on player emulator projects: ‘Good for them’

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Ex-Daybreak President John Smedley took to Twitter last night to throw his support behind MMO emulator projects. While most studios publicly ignore or condemn these...

EverQuesting: EverQuest, EverQuest II, Landmark, and EverQuest Next in 2015

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When it comes to the EverQuest franchise, looking back at 2015 is a much different experience than looking back at 2014 was. That previous...

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