EverQuest Legends

We just received notice from the Director of Web Presence, Nathan Pearce about the new EverQuest Legends. The following is what they are advertising.
Make your mark on EverQuest! Sony Online Entertainment is proud to offer a unique and rewarding opportunity for EverQuest players: the EverQuest Legends Service. Are you ready for a new, more dynamic EverQuest experience? Are you prepared to take on exciting new challenges, discover unknown treasures, become a hero of Legendary proportions? To find out more, take our guided tour of all the new features we're preparing for EverQuest Legends, then reserve your spot today!
What Everquest Legends will offer you:
  • Character Pages Part of the Legends web site, each player character will have a personal homepage featuring all the character's statistics and items, and will be updated daily.
  • Dynamic Server (Exclusive) Our dedicated team of Customer Service & Development staff will not only be providing in-game support to our Legends players, but also running new quests and adventures for players of all levels to participate in.
  • Legendary Items Some of these Legendary items will even be named after the first player who discovers them.
  • Calendar of Events This web-based calendar will be kept up to date by the Legends Team, and will let you know who, when, where, and what is going on server-wide.
  • Interactive Maps Quickly find which zone your character is bound in, and which zones you have or haven't visited.
  • Tales of Adventure The Tales of Adventure will feature the best stories submitted by Legends players, prominently displayed for the whole world to marvel in your glorious deeds!
  • Guild Halls This new service includes a guild calendar, message board, member roster, and pages to post guild news, the guild history, and more! (Including logo) This sounds like a really great idea, I can't wait to see it live. However, there are only 8000 spots available, but if you do get in, you can move 8 of your current characters on a single account with items. The monthly cost is $39.95 and will include your current subscription. Sign up is February 4, 2002. Remember ONLY 8000 lucky people will get this chance. Sign up at EverQuest Legends.com Don't forget to take the Sorta Weekly Poll on the update page.
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    It's cheap!
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:51 PM Rating: Decent
    "how many of us realy can pay for this "new" and "better" server?"

    Most adults could easily pay that. $40 a month is nothing. Hell, my cable and cable-modem bill is three times that, and just about all I use the cable modem _for_ is EQ. =)

    I might not consider it if I'd been playing for a while, but I took most of last year off from EQ and haven't made many friends yet on my new server. So, hey, sign me up -- it's worth it for the maps alone, IMO.
    don't worry
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:44 PM Rating: Default
    i would not worry to much folks, how many of us realy can pay for this "new" and "better" server? the answer is very few, so if my hopes are not blinding me,this sever will suck and be taken off /crosses fingers
    60 Wiz 40 Bard of Terris Thule
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:39 PM Rating: Default
    Verant, you ****.. increase payment monthly 3 folds and personally im here to play the goddamn game not to let people see my equipment online for ********* i can let someone inspect me in game if they wish.. /em maybe ill charge them to do that .. /shout HEY! you just inspected me, send me a check to 92374 walker st carolina.. nm anyways No this idea is crap woot! PAY 40 BUCKS A MONTH TO HAVE A QUEST NAMED AFTER ME????!!!!!!>???? i THIHNK NOT, LOL 40 BUCKS A MONTH TO HAVE MY CHAR'S GEAR UPDATED SO YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT MY GEAR?!!? NO THANKS.. ***** THIS IDEA AND ***** vERANT FOR WAVEING A STICK IN ALL OUR FACES (A 1000FT POLE) AND DAREING US ALL TO SIT ON IT SO THE CAN GET THEIR JOLLIES OFF... DONT DO IT DONT PROMOTE THIS CRAP!!!!!!!!!
    Legions or Legacy?
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:33 PM Rating: Decent
    After reading some of the points left here I have to agree that verant sees this Legions server as a possible move away from the $10/month service. It would be nice if Verant would use these resources to fix the current services and bugs but you have to figure that these resources wouldn't exist without the capitol venture of Legions to begin with.

    I think Verant was foolish not to offer a special 15-20 rate for a brief period of time to entice current players, with the option of COPYING characters and items <of course I ask too much>. The jump to $40 is too much for many of our pocketbooks to swallow, at least speaking for myself.
    Negative Waves
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:33 PM Rating: Default
    Man all the negative waves here.

    I assure you I am not always a fan of Vi's customer service which is an oxymoron in my expierience. But, on the other hand, as an older player who enjoys playing insted of profiting, EQ's proposal does hold some attraction to me.

    At first I thought this was an obsene increase for little gain in playability, but then I asked myself, "Would these additions make a game which, lets face it, I play habitulally already better? (no matter how frustrated I am with their unresponsive and insulting in game assistance.) The answer was an easy yes. The next question was could I afford it, and since I stopping collecting an allowance about 30 years ago, the answer was yes again.

    I would love to participate in dynamic quests, react to threats to my main's ancestral home in Felwithe, and join a guild of people who publish a little more information about their play style then "Bonecrusher Bloodrinker 49th level warrior."

    Is this worth $30 a month to me... I'm thinkin... yes. Am I stupid? Probably. Am I always happy with Vi? Nope.

    But I do take exception with some of the arguments. Let's see, profitability... Is it wrong for a company to make a profit? Is it better or worse that Sony is making a killing here? If they saw the bottom line coming up would they abadndon us and sell this off in a hurry? Wishing that a company spends more money on customer service or that they give you more for the same price is like waiting for Russia to have a balanced economy... Nice thing to hope for, but not exactly the nature of things.

    As maddening as the in game help is, I've found it universally rude, obnoxious and unresponsive... a level playing field that most people give up on trying to fool. That keeps the items and expieriance rewards from running away, and although farming is a major downside to EQ, at least they really have to kill the mobs with the occasional death from "Crap he broke mez!"

    Hope I didn't torque off those who wanted this entire thread to be negative waves... Probably won't see you guys on the legends server.
    what a rip off
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:20 PM Rating: Default
    sure there are a few new features that are pretty nice but no way worth that much money a month. I say they can take there legends server and shove it up there money grubbin asses!!!
    Good Idea but I Don't Like It
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:12 PM Rating: Default
    I think that a couple of the things they are offering would be great to have. It's unfortunate that they feel this service is so costly. as if they aren't making enough money from the origional EQ already. The idea should have been to offer this service to ALL players for free. I've paid my dues Origional EQ $30 Kunark $20 Velius $20 Luclin $30 not to mention the 10 bucks a month I have been dumping into the membership and the $400 in computer upgrades just to run the thing. All of us have payed our dues and should not have to quadrouple our payments just to get the service we deserved in the first place.
    Dont get me wrong, I've been playing since Beta and I will always love the game, but VIA is just getting greedy.
    ?????
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:07 PM Rating: Decent
    44 posts
    I don't know what to make of this news.

    After all this time playing EQ and paying my bill i thought they gave me their best product. Well now we know that they don't give anything.

    But never the less i hope it take. If they really want to maximize revenus, then they will offer 40$ membership on all the servers and then not all players in the same world will be equals.

    OR maybe offer for 100$/month the SEMIGOD subscription, where your caracter is elevated to the level of a deite with the power of a thousand warrior....

    NO,NO,NO, please don't kill this game and community. IF IT AIN'T BROKEN DON'T FIX IT!!!!!
    /sigh
    # Feb 04 2002 at 2:56 PM Rating: Good
    I'm really disappointed that they are going this way. It would have been much better for them to increase the price of the service ($15 max) and give us all this stuff that should have been in the original game in the first place. Most of these improvements are just fluff anyway. But I'm concerned that there are now two levels of EQ. I'm not sure where this is headed but I don't like it. Is it possible that before long if you have a problem you might hear something like, "Well, if you had EQ Legends, we could help you. But unforuntately, you are on one of the OLD (cheap) servers, so their isn't anything we can do."

    This is a major change to EQ and I hope they have really thought about what it will mean long-term to the entire player base to do this.

    I don't know if I will consider moving or not. I will wait and see. But I really wish I didn't have to make the choice. To those of you considering doing this: Are the things they are describing above really going to increase your enjoyment of EQ?
    One problem with faulty logic...
    # Feb 04 2002 at 2:33 PM Rating: Default
    The problem with the Legends server is that Verant is starting something new without completing the old. Now I don't mean the 'new' services the Legend sever will have - I don't need them, and never expected them. I just mean all the bugs and issues (does anyone remember the 'class balancing' from long ago - forgotten?). And while I've heard the quote "different team, so old Everquestians are not hurting", the fact is they should have hired more to help out the original than even begin Legends. The resources they have allocated to the creation of Legends, no matter how you dress it up, COULD (and IMHO should) have been used to finish their original product, or at least the bugs in it.
    On a side note, Legends will probably suck, mainly because they are allowing all items and characters (8 - enough), which will mess with the beginning economy, probably be fun for only part of the community while the others are searching for orc belts to sell for 3 plat a piece. And while the cost is not huge - basically a 'new' game cost every month - I'd rather save the money, play with friends, and have something left over for pizza and beer when the raid goes bad :)
    sorry
    # Feb 04 2002 at 2:33 PM Rating: Decent
    30 posts
    sorry about the double everyone. LAG STORM!
    EVERQUEST LEGENDS? ARE YOU SERIOUS!!
    # Feb 04 2002 at 2:30 PM Rating: Decent
    30 posts
    Wow.. Ver, i swear you never cease to amaze me. I know that you are a company and looking to make a profit, but hello? have you looked on the web lately? You want Zone maps? O-Look there is allaks with you map and a priter to hardcopy it. o wait, and you can write spawns on that... You want dynamic quests?? how about this, Ghoul bane is up, Ghoul bane is down.. Gotta get the pices and wait till they fix it, and time it so you get in while its working!! thats dynamic enough!!! And a webpage on charactors?? ok i have a webpage, it has my friends who raid with me, and thats all i need for a web page. Come on people when you are LFG do you shout 49 pally with shield x, sword x str x and sta x? NO i do not think so. You shout 49 pally LFG. And lets not forget more GMs who you will propably cripple with stupid rules that you cripple them with now. (BTW most guides do want to help, however they are so limited by rules they are not allowed to, or so overworked they just do not care anymore.) So tell me again Veriant, what are you offering for $40 a month?
    EVERQUEST LEGENDS? ARE YOU SERIOUS!!
    # Feb 04 2002 at 2:30 PM Rating: Decent
    30 posts
    Wow.. Ver, i swear you never cease to amaze me. I know that you are a company and looking to make a profit, but hello? have you looked on the web lately? You want Zone maps? O-Look there is allaks with you map and a priter to hardcopy it. o wait, and you can write spawns on that... You want dynamic quests?? how about this, Ghoul bane is up, Ghoul bane is down.. Gotta get the pices and wait till they fix it, and time it so you get in while its working!! thats dynamic enough!!! And a webpage on charactors?? ok i have a webpage, it has my friends who raid with me, and thats all i need for a web page. Come on people when you are LFG do you shout 49 pally with shield x, sword x str x and sta x? NO i do not think so. You shout 49 pally LFG. And lets not forget more GMs who you will propably cripple with stupid rules that you cripple them with now. (BTW most guides do want to help, however they are so limited by rules they are not allowed to, or so overworked they just do not care anymore.) So tell me again Veriant, what are you offering for $40 a month?
    As the old saying goes...
    # Feb 04 2002 at 1:58 PM Rating: Decent
    If ya dont like whats on the raido, change the channel.

    Same goes for EQ, If you dont like the new services, or, dont think they are worth an extra $30 a month then dont pay for them. If you dont think you are getting your $10 a month out of it now, quit.

    For all thoes that think this is another case of "the rich people getting better service" you are right. guess what, its been happening for thousands of years and will continue for thousands more. Do you get mad at Chevy because you want the corvette but can only afford a spectrum??? Heck, I even like Disney's idea of charging tripple ticket prices to be able to stand in the "special" line instead of waiting in the longer ones. I'd pony up for that. You get what you pay for.

    I have no problems with this server, but I doubt I will use it. To me its not worth the extra money, Im pretty happy with EQ the way it is.

    As for the Luclin bugs, you all are barking up the wrong tree. Building this does NOT slow down the bug fixes. Different teams working on them. Does everyone in your company work on the same project at the same time (that is a company of more the 25 emloyees)? I know a lot of you are frustrated with the Luclin bugs, heck so am I, but flaming VI every chance you get dosent do any good. They have accomplished with EQ, something that hasnt been done before on a grand scale, give them some credit, This game has changed the industry. Whens the last time something has keept you entertained for 2-3 years. Are there things I like to see done differently in this game? Yes. Are there new features I'd like to see? Yes. Do I try to get them Implemented by name calling and finger pointing? No, does no good. If you are concerned about things or want your oppinion heard, send an email to the developers. You may be supprised by the response. At least it has a better chance of being taken seriously.

    One thing I wouldnt mind seeing is the Zone map code made avaliable to the live servers, even if it cost an extra $5 a month. I'd pay for that.

    Finally, If ya dont like my post, then dont read it :-P
    RE: As the old saying goes...
    # Feb 04 2002 at 7:52 PM Rating: Default
    This really sucks. Setting up a premium service spells the death of the regular Everquest servers. Who will VI give priority to? It's premium service or the cheaper paying regular servers?

    Since the premium service will have "active" support, you can bet your *** that it will be the squeky wheel that gets the grease when problems arise. Problems on the regular servers will be considered lower priorty.

    Oh well, it was fun the last two years, guess it is time to look for greener pastures. How is DAoC looking in this regard? Anyone know?
    RE: As the old saying goes...
    # Feb 04 2002 at 2:39 PM Rating: Decent
    Unfortuantely its not quite as easy as saying "if you don't like it, don't use it."

    This has already affected the level of service we are getting on the regular servers and it will continue to do so. How could it not? This is time they could have spent fixing all of the many issues that are still unresolved in the game. Now when you think back on every time they have said "that is a bug but fixing it is not high on our priority list", you know what was high on the list --- Everquest Legends.
    RE: As the old saying goes...
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:17 PM Rating: Decent
    Really? a company trying to increase its market and make moe money then it currently is?????

    Unheard of, burn them to the ground.

    And it actually is as easy as saying if ya dont like it, dont play it. Nobody is forcing your to keep paying $10 a month.

    I do admit you have some valid points, i am also pointing out that a company as large a VI has teams deticated to different tasks and creating a new "server" is probably done by a different team then the one deticated to bug fixes their . I will say it would be to their advantage to hire more programmers to help implement fixes, but there will be a BIG learning curve involved in getting to know the code.
    Good Luck EQ
    # Feb 04 2002 at 1:53 PM Rating: Good
    I'm a newbie here and just started playing EQ recently. I'm amazed at the low quality level the whole thing is at. All I've heard is how great it is, but playing it for a few weeks revealed that no single player game could ever get away with the things VI has. Every game I've played in the last 5-10 years has had an autojournal, an automap, decent or at least existent pathing and polygon checking (monsters stacking and going right through walls is unforgivable in my book), etc. etc... And now, after starting to play for a bit, I read that VI/Sony is offering *some* of this stuff that should never have been excluded. All for a monthly fee of one decent single player game, and you get to pay for it over and over again, as opposed to a good single player RPG that you can just PLAY over and over (in lue of playing broken quests over and over). Good luck EQ crowd. You'd be better off alt-tabbing between a chat room and good single player RPG.
    aarkreaper
    # Feb 04 2002 at 1:43 PM Rating: Default
    I think the whole thing is a bad idea...it sounds the the developers got tired of fixing the old problems,so they decided to create a bunch of new ones.I like playing EQ,but i would never pay for the game to be enhanced.it should make people WANT to play,not make them question...why the hell am i playing this.I have played for 2 yrs,i wanted to get a player high enough to go anywhere,I finally have a 56 pally,but i find that even at my level,some of the easy quests arent easy becouse you have to kill the same mob for hours to make a named one pop,then maybe it drops the item...i wonder how much more DYNAMIC that can be.They should make the game more fun to play,rather than keep making more of the same mistakes...just my 2cp...
    Neat
    # Feb 04 2002 at 1:30 PM Rating: Decent
    More GM's, More events... and still, the only GM response will be: sorry, I can't help you.

    -bort
    RE: Neat
    # Feb 04 2002 at 4:11 PM Rating: Decent
    32 posts
    Thats what I've said, more useless people.
    Learn to READ
    # Feb 04 2002 at 1:05 PM Rating: Default
    Ok first off for those of you Flaming about transferring servers and losing ALL that you worked so hard for, READ the begining post:

    "This sounds like a really great idea, I can't wait to see it live. However, there are only 8000 spots available, but if you do get in, you can move 8 of your current characters on a single account with items." (Darkflame)

    Please make note of the part "WITH ITEMS." Hopefully this will cut down on the flames with no basis.
    Second, I would like to say that I totally disagree with the implementation of this server. Many of the items being offered on this server ARE items which SHOULD have been offered to regular Live servers. The recent crash of dot.coms in the NYSE has shown evidence that they cannot make money, so STOP trying to steal it from us VI!

    Enuff said,

    Daeandor Arrowslinger, 51 Ranger
    Zbones Zgatherer, 35 Necromancer
    Swiftbones, 27 (Iksar) Monk
    Sol. Ro
    Forty Dollars a Month?
    # Feb 04 2002 at 12:40 PM Rating: Decent
    /em folds.

    Well, in this card game called EQ the stakes have become too high for me. I guess that must be the price that there cost analysts gave them to maximize their profit from the 8000 or so people who would be willing/able to pay that much, but as for me I'd have to say they'd make a much better profit over time at half that much b/c what I see happening is 8000 people signing up for a month with only 20 percent or so staying on for the second month. Forty dollars a month is a rather prohibitive cost for computer entertainment. Sure, you could equate it with the price of your cable bill and rightfully so b/c both are NEEDLESS entertainment, and both cost about the same. But just because the cable company overcharges for dumbing down the people all over the world (that's why they call it the 'idiot box') that doesn't mean that Verant should do the same. Two wrongs doesn't make a right.
    Maybe they are telling the truth, maybe it will only be profitable to them to add all of this stuff at 40 dollars a month. If that truly is the case, then my answer is don't do it. EQ was just fine before these additions, for my taste anyway. If they do add it, I truly doubt that they are gonna go out of business if they run it for 20 dollars a month, and more people would be willing to pay that much. But at 40 dollars a month, they had better come up with more than that crappy list of improvements above. If I paid 40 bucks a month I'd at least want to be able to lvl 4 times as fast. =)
    Well, I didn't mean for any of this to come off as griping, or possible even jealousy of the people that can/will pay 40 dollars a month, but I just wanted people to think about what they are subjecting themselves to. Next thing you know they will be making people pay more for the regular content. People who still pay 10 dollars a month will probably be moved to a server where you can't fight dragons or go to the planes b/c "Verant really couldn't afford to offer that content at 10 dollars a month anymore." If my argument seems unfair maybe it is. But then again, maybe it isn't. Maybe it isn't unfair at all.
    /ponder
    RE: Forty Dollars a Month?
    # Feb 04 2002 at 3:21 PM Rating: Default
    hell man ill admit it...im jealous of the schmucks that get duped into paying $40 a month for that crap they call improvements. cuz if i had enough money to pay for that ***** then id prolly drive a nice car instead of a rustwagon...and maybe work in an office instead of a factory...and maybe...
    Waste of time
    # Feb 04 2002 at 12:40 PM Rating: Default
    40$ for some new items, dynamic quests and features that should have been already included in regular game ?

    Err no thank VI
    Try to release some unbugged products instead .
    Ill do it
    # Feb 04 2002 at 12:21 PM Rating: Default
    If im not paying any extra fees, i would do this
    confused
    # Feb 04 2002 at 12:18 PM Rating: Default
    Wait a second, so you pay an extra $30 or whatever a month? Or you replace your old fee with this new one and pay only the new fee? what if you have charachters on multiple servers, do they remain? Also ive never transfered a charachter to a diff server, does the equipment stay or go?

    Shriaxit


    Blue servers suck
    dynamic quest
    # Feb 04 2002 at 12:06 PM Rating: Default
    what the hell is a dynamic quest? is this what im missing out on? no wonder eq sucks so much for me.
    tell me what a dynamic quest is and how to get one!

    Shriaxit
    lvl 24 shadow knight
    Rallos Zek
    HMMMMM
    # Feb 04 2002 at 11:23 AM Rating: Decent
    Bah, should have been incuded in the first place.
    # Feb 04 2002 at 11:08 AM Rating: Decent
    At the very least, the maps should have been part of the Luclin upgrade for everyone. This is something that would add enjoyment to the game, and something that i wished for when i started playing EQ. It is NOT worth $40 a month, it should already be included in the expansion costs and our monthly fees already.

    I think that people will decide that it is not worth it when the novelty wears off. And they will charge less for it, later on. These features would be a nice addition to the game, but are not worth $30 more a month.

    Just like when new computers come out, just wait, the price will eventually get down where people can afford it.

    Just my 2cp.

    Gulk Mastersmiter 40 warrior Povar
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