OMFG Blizzard is Comeing Through!Follow

Yes. Quite magor things. They certainly are comeing through.

The Release date a few days ago has now be set for Dec. 7. I wish it was Aug.3 I can't wait for this game to come out.

lol, august 3, december 7, amazon says October 15. My vote goes to November 43.

i laughed at the december release date because at the time they said it, i didnt see a chance. i agree that they have picked up the pace, and many things are being added.

They still dont have the hunter class, as well as some of the higher end trade skills though. and even though i doubt someone would be able to get to that point within a month or two of release, im sure someone will prove me wrong on that too.

They say "late 2004", and as much as i would love to see it happen, no offence to blizz, but, they do seem to have a track record of being semi late, but, delivering the best goods around. as long as they dont lower thier standards to get the game out by that date, and actually get everything they wish to do, then all power to them, and ill be among the first in line most likely to buy the game at my local game store.

assuming i havnt overplayed the game to death like i seem to have done for FFXI.

Well it's definately not October 15th. All games and movies are released on Tuesdays (some old, rich, bored, white man made it a rule a long time ago because he had nothing better to do). So the people who speculated August 3rd and December 7th at least had logic on their side. Electronics Boutique says the game will be shipped on November 15th (which is a Monday, meaning that overnight will have it arrive on Tuesday), though it should be noted that the game would not be available in their stores until Tuesday. Though like someone else already said, it's all speculation. There is no official release date yet and since Blizzard has now starting taking European beta applications and they still plan on doing an open beta towards the end, it will probably be towards the latter part of "end of 2004" before we see this game in retail version.

so basically if they say December 2004 that means it will actually be out in Spring 2005? Guys it sucks but this game ain't coming out for 6 months, thats a helluva long time. They dont even know when its coming out, they went from August 3 to December 7 release date just like that! If they bump it into Spring 2005 I wouldn't be the least bit surprised, would you?

lol Well someone sure is in a happy mood. I'm sure that the "Ask a tester" thread has driven JAEFo over the edge...
Anyways, he certainly didn't pull that release date out of his *** but it wasn't officially announced by Blizzard. The August 3rd date was presented by Gamestop.com quite awhile ago, which I'm sure Viniferis took as fact. Not his fault and he shouldn't be flamed because of it.
BTW, keep in mind that on August 3rd, a certain long awaited PC game is being released. I'll give ya a hint, it rhymns with Boom Tree...

A simple answer to that is that you really didn't have to answer at all. Its not really your obligation to make statements when it comes to the game in any way, shape or form especially when the statement is nothing more then a flame. Now I'm not defending everything he said but to reply in a harsh way will simply bring upona flame war. I'm not sure if this is what you want or not but it really doesn't have to come to it.

As for anyone else questioning whether the game is being released at all during this year, all I have to say to you is look at the activity of the game recently and the annoucement of the game being released by the end of this year. Currently the game has been covered so many times on various web sites and magazines that Blizzard would be foolish to push it back even further. If this happens, I'm afraid the game's popularity will fade once gamers decide to choose EQ 2 after becoming tired of all the delays and such. As for a release date, thats up in the air. As JAEFo stated many times, "end of 2004" can mean either now to December 31st. Just show patience and hope the game can finally be released.

lol Okay, okay, we don't want a dead JAEFo, now do we? No worries, I'm sure that there will be someone deserving a good ol' flame and I'll just sit back laughing while you tear the guy apart ^_~

Why are you surprised?

Blizzard has been giving a date that it that a game would supposedly come out, and then it would get kicked back 6 or 7 months. Its nothing new.

What have they been doing with those 6 or 7 months?

Look at the last Warcraft game. While not my favorite RTS game, it is still an absolutely beautiful game. It was kicked back and the game came to us with very few bugs and some great gameplay. Blizzard has always done their best to make sure that a game works correctly before sending it out. Its one of the reasons I like Blizzard so much.

Do I care when it comes out?

Not really. It will come out when they are ready to release it. I will just sit back and drewl over it until it does come out. Kind of like Half Life2, Doom3, and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. Just have to learn patience.

Well niether one of us has a crystal ball that allows us to look into the future so who knows what the population of each game will be. One thing is for sure that WoW MUST be released this year. The MMORPG market is unique in a way that it kinda prohibits the playing of two MMORPGs basically because of the cost. Now, we here are looking forward to WoW but how about the middle man? Not many people know of SOE's track record aside from the people who actually look into it and thats only a few. It won't matter if EQ 2 sucked and/or rushed out, if its on the shelf in a game store while WoW is missing, which would you buy if you knew nothing of either game?

Not only that but Blizzard has released too much info on the game. Holding back the game's release only damages the game, making the features look less appealing to the general public since it would be easy for a company to walk by and insert a certain feature that makes WoW unique into their game. I'm also sure that not releasing the game in Christmas only hurts their chance to achieve their #1 agenda: Get as much money as possible.

Keep in mind that EQ 2 will not be WoW's only worry. Matrix Online, Guild Wars (created by Arena Net, which is a studio composed of former Blizzard empolyees) and Middle Earth Online amoung others are MMOs that will give WoW some trouble when it comes to attracting the consumer. Also there has been a recent movement of companies like Turbine and Mystic trying their best to attract gamers back to their respected MMOs. This is where most people that are informed on the EQ 2 vs WoW fight are weak in when it comes to these kinda arguements. Its not really "EQ 2 vs WoW", its "EQ 2 vs WOW vs everybody else, whether the game is new or old".

*walks in* Hmm, I'll allow it! *walks out*

I don't expect EQ2 to come out until next year to be honest. They are just getting ready to start their Open Beta. I applied for Open Beta about 2 months ago and then found out from them that the people who applied for it on their website would be the very LAST people to get choosen for Open Beta. That's like their Phase 4. Phase 1 was suppose to be starting soon and only the developers and all their friends and family were going to be testing it first I think. Then the players on the Legends server would be for Phase 2. Phase 3 would be any subscribers to the original EQ and then finally Phase 4 would be people who applied for EQ2 Beta on their website. =oP By the time that happens I'll be playing World of Warcraft full speed ahead and won't even want to Beta Test EQ2.

World of Warcraft may not make it out this year either, but it seems like they are right on schedule for a late November or early December release. The next patch will give us the Hunter class, open levels to L55 and also open about 4 more locked areas with L50-L58 mobs. The game hasn't been bug free however. With over 2000 players on the Beta Server there has been noticable lag in certain towns and I still have some issues collecting loot and finding NPC characters who give me quests. Otherwise the game has been pretty awesome. Definitely one of the best Beta's I've ever been in. City of Heroes would be a close 2nd.

Xander