Anyone else get the Everquest Beta invite?

It\'s a PS2 game.. it should have eye stunning (or at least pleasing) visuals. Were we talking about a PC game that is built so most everyone can play regardless of system specs, then I\'d agree with you. The point is.. it\'s ugly.. for no good reason other than to save a few bucks.

Ugh...

And yet.. a little bit of blur in an Xbox game makes you weep. :rolleyes: Don\'t become the pstwo of EQ mm....

ive stated repeatedly

gameplay over graphics, especially with mmorpg\'s

shall i print it out and mail it to you so u might understand it?

Oh I understand perfectly.. but hey.. if you wanna waste your credibility and money on this hodgepodge slap-together spin-off of a popular PC game.. then hey.. don\'t let me get in the way of your double standards.

HEY!   I enjoy DAoC.  It falls behind EQ int he raids and epic adventures but i love RvR even as my gimped warrior.  Plus it doesnt take a year just to go from 40-50 like EQ took 50-60.

As for graphics.  I am glad to sacrifice some graphics for smoother and less laggy gameplay.  When you get 100+ people runnin around casting spells and the game looks more like a slideshow you will understand this.

A: Graphics have nothing to do with lag. That\'s bandwith, and you\'d have a problem with it when over a hundred people\'s IP\'s are sending the servers (and you) data packets over limited bandwith. It could be 2d and you\'d still have the same problem.

B: FFXI seems to have pulled off gorgeous looking graphics with massive amounts of players all interacting together on the same screen. Least, I\'ve yet to hear a complain from any importers I know. Wonder where Kokopuphz is at so he can confirm this so that it\'s not just "MY" word?

I have the 1st beta but im not playing it, as i think its absolutly rediculous that i need 4mb free on my memotry card....im not deleting saves nor am I getting a naw card anytime soon. Im at 2MB left, so ill proably dust these bad boys off hwen i finish up my card

Hmm, those of u who have not even reached lvl 50 in EQ, realy dont know much about the game, so no need to whine about it at all. I respect those of u who dont have time to play a game like EQ, but dont play it at all then, EQ is for the geeks that have time for it and enjoy doing big quests that require time, challenge and even some camping. EQ is all about having a goal in the game, first it may be lvl 20, then 50 , lvl 60, epic, getting different keys to different dungeons, killing a bad ass mob together with your guild and be the first to do it on the server. Most of this goals can be achieved, if u have time to it. If u know u dont have time to camp those jboots, or dont have time to lvl to 60, the game can quickly be very boring... because u dont play it enough to achieve any goal at all, and u end up just fooling around. MMORPG`s is not for casual gamers at all, go back and play GT3 or something if 1 or 2 hours is what u can spend for 1 day or so.
As for EQ for PS2, I doubt it will be better then the original. I also doubt any hardcore EQ gamers from the pc community will even try it, and I also doubt FFXI will be a big success compared to PC MMORPG titles. The reason is simple as this, MMORPG`s is designed for PC, same as FPS games is designed for PC and RTS. It simply dont work in the same good way on a console. And to the guy who said DAOC is better then EQ, I kinda disagree, even though we all can have different opinions ofcourse But the graphic is worse then eq, and it should not be since it is a newer game. The world is smaller, the gameplay isnt as good as EQ, not as many mobs, the characters looks boring (lvl 50 character doesnt look as cool as a lvl 60 eq character).
As for me, EQ2 is the only mmorpg that interest me, and Shadowbane. But Shadowbane I wont have the time to play, so I wont even try it

got a email today.. damn u england and your no online ps2

Well damn it.  My ethernet cable is fried and I just got the EQOA Beta disk in the mail today.  This would happen to me...  I gotta figure out something...

Your not missing anything Giga.  I just tried to connect... servers are going up and down every couple of minutes tonight.

I was on for a while earlier... but I got lost in my starting city, heh.  This thing is way different than PC EQ.

Tell me this though, is the same old camp heal/med wait for respawn stuff though?

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Tell me this though, is the same old camp heal/med wait for respawn stuff though?

Wasnt that half of the charm with eq and all other mmorpgs ?

Not really - now I wouldn\'t want to see it too easy, but a little less downtime would be nice.

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Not really - now I wouldn\'t want to see it too easy, but a little less downtime would be nice.

I can play eq with no downtime at all, if u have downtime during exp... it is mainly because your group sucks. As for camping stuff, I would not see it in another way realy, if u want good equipment, u better work for it... noone force u to camp items, but if u do, the reward is there. The only downtime I can see in this game that is boring, is CR. But then again, that is your own fault most of the times, or your guild,  but this has been fixed already in POP. U get your corpse to the zone in if u die. "Downtime" have to be in mmorpgs, its not final fantasy u are playing, those who spend time will get the item he want, better this way then to see a noob who spend 4 hours a week getting a item some other guy spent 4 hours a day to get.