EverQuest sets sights on March 16th for free-to-play

@Vgk

Well, that was because the vets didn't want maps in game. They liked the old exploration system. SOE is now going to hold the hands of all the new players coming in.

@Jenks

Also great art for Vanguard. He was a wonderful artist and I have a selection of his art on my wall.

@Miffy "I really doubt making this game Free 2 Play will make new people want to play it as it's just too dated."

No, but on the other hand with EQ2 currently in danger of going up in a puff of smoke there are an awful lot of SOE customers likely to be looking for something else to play, and for a good many of them EQ will be a lot more appealing than any other current MMO.

@Seffrid Talking out of your arse or do you have proof that EQ2 is "going up in a puff of smoke"?

@(Unverified) he's probably talking about the splitting of the community issue that SoE is currently trying to resolve so that it does not happen.

@(Unverified) "do you have proof that EQ2 is "going up in a puff of smoke"? "

First of all, I did not say it was going up in a puff of smoke, I said it was in danger of doing so.

Second, I was indeed talking about the haemorrhaging of accounts on both sides of the Atlantic since the decision to sell off the European playerbase to a cowboy German outfit and its associated ramifications for American and other players too.

SOE are trying to repair the damage but remain silent as always in such situations and whether they will be able to save the game this time around or whether it will go the way of SWG before it is far from clear.

It isn't just a few digruntled "rage-quitters" in the usual way of these things, it is multiple accounts being closed and whole guilds being disbanded, not a single poster has supported the action by SOE and virtually every poster has either cancelled and/or knows people who have done so.

The future of EQ2 is looking far from certain at the moment, and the longer that SOE remain silent the harder it will be for them to bring people back. As independent MMO journalists I'm surprised Massively aren't making more of the story to be honest, it's the biggest one they've had since the launch of SWTOR!