SOE wants to know what you want at Fan Faire
EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, Events, real-world, The Agency, The Matrix Online, Vanguard, Everquest Online Adventures, Free Realms, Legends of Norrath, DC Universe Online
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Looks like things over at Sony Online Entertainment are really gearing up for this year's Fan Faire in Las Vegas. Sure, you know something big has to be coming because it's the 10th anniversary of EverQuest this year, but to sweeten the deal SOE is looking for player input. Did you hate that you didn't have enough time for Q&A on your favorite SOE title last year? Would you have preferred to hear John Smedley sing something other than Guns & Roses at karaoke? Did you really enjoy the silly competitions that Brenlo held during dinner? Perhaps you'd like to suggest a whole new panel that they haven't considered doing yet? Whatever your reasons, be sure to pop by the Fan Faire forums and let them know!
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 12:17PM BaduhJooJoo said
What do I want at fanfaire? I don't want anything at fanfaire. i want Free Realms to be out now!!
*singing* I want it noooowww... I want the whole wooorrrlldd... I want to lock it all up in my pocket, its my bar of chocolate! Give it to me!
*singing* I want it noooowww... I want the whole wooorrrlldd... I want to lock it all up in my pocket, its my bar of chocolate! Give it to me!
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 12:35PM (Unverified) said
I would like to hear that they are going to actually "commit" to their games.
I would like to hear that they are actually going to put some effort into SWG. I would like to hear they are going to do something...anything interesting to Vanguard. I would like to hear that they are going to put some money into advertising their products.
PotBS didn't do so great at launch so they consolidated servers and walked away within a few months.
I want to hear they are going to stop using their older titles as experimentation grounds for Freerealms i.e. trading cards and cash shops in the EQ's and SWG.
The Matrix and Planetside......what is there to really say aside from nothing?
I just don't "get" SOE management philosophy with their games.
The SOE station pass "your ticket to a bunch of half hearted, deserted games"
I would like to hear that they are actually going to put some effort into SWG. I would like to hear they are going to do something...anything interesting to Vanguard. I would like to hear that they are going to put some money into advertising their products.
PotBS didn't do so great at launch so they consolidated servers and walked away within a few months.
I want to hear they are going to stop using their older titles as experimentation grounds for Freerealms i.e. trading cards and cash shops in the EQ's and SWG.
The Matrix and Planetside......what is there to really say aside from nothing?
I just don't "get" SOE management philosophy with their games.
The SOE station pass "your ticket to a bunch of half hearted, deserted games"
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 1:01PM fzzzt said
I'd like Kunark EQ again, with a new engine. They can just delete everything else. :)
Honestly, I'd like them to merge EQ, EQ2 and Vanguard together, relaunch EQ, and not screw it up. Get rid of out-of-game purchasing/selling. Add innovative new mechanics, current graphics, with the same lore and feel of original EQ. Challenge, risk, fear, lore, immersion. Add good AI, more involved scripts (higher-level scripts, like NPC breeding, dynamic quests/resource gathering, etc.). You know, progress.
Somehow I doubt I'd make a good lead designer for SOE. :)
Honestly, I'd like them to merge EQ, EQ2 and Vanguard together, relaunch EQ, and not screw it up. Get rid of out-of-game purchasing/selling. Add innovative new mechanics, current graphics, with the same lore and feel of original EQ. Challenge, risk, fear, lore, immersion. Add good AI, more involved scripts (higher-level scripts, like NPC breeding, dynamic quests/resource gathering, etc.). You know, progress.
Somehow I doubt I'd make a good lead designer for SOE. :)
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 2:12PM Temploiter said
SWG Classic Server
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 2:57PM (Unverified) said
This is what I was going to post, SWG rollback server.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2009 2:11AM (Unverified) said
Seriously. Even after all that's happened, I'd come back to SWG in a heartbeat if they did that.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2009 2:18PM (Unverified) said
Boobies
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 3:10PM (Unverified) said
I would like to see Everquest 2 advertised at all. WoW gets ozzy osbourne, and I'm left trying to recruit everyone on myspace to play eq2. You would not believe the number of times I get "Everquest2? What is that?" I don't want to bash WoW, I believe games are meant to be, and should be fun, and that everyone should play what they enjoy, but everyone I have ever spoke to that has played both games, has said that eq2 is the better game. So why don't WE have 3 million subscribers? It's not that WoW is sooo much easier, and that all the 12 year olds are playing it, trust me eq has its fair share of kids, it's because Sony has never advertised this game, and now with it being largely available by download only, I think that it is imperative to the game's health, that it be advertised to the general public via television, or other means. Plus it would be cool to see Norrath on television, and say "Hey that's my game!" I want Sony to take action now! Hell they have a day named after them in California, surely they can afford it???? SONY ADVERTISE EVERQUEST2!!!! Stop leaving it up to us to recruit new players damn it. It's not our job, it's yours! And I'm sick of this. I've recruited my cousins, my sister, my brother, my inlaws. Now it's your turn! Do your job and keep our game alive please!
Posted: Apr 7th 2009 6:37PM (Unverified) said
I think you're all missing the point of this post. It's what you want at FanFaire, not from SOE in general. Something tells me FanFaire won't result in any of the above suggestions, wishes, needs, etc.








