I also watched a stream last night.
It looks great, but I don't get how the claim system is supposed to work. I fear that when ever I log on to some server, all of the land will have been taken and I cannot even chop down trees.
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EverQuest Next Landmark Alpha |OT| Settle in, Trailblazin' is afoot.
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It looks great, but I don't get how the claim system is supposed to work. I fear that when ever I log on to some server, all of the land will have been taken and I cannot even chop down trees.
There are places that cannot be claimed by anyone, in order to avoid this from happening.
bloodreign
Member
after watching a few of the videos out there, I am really excited about this. Think I will pick it up after work today!
OK, makes sense.
The map looked awfully busy though, all those bigger and smaller boxes of claimed lands. Which kind of leads me into thinking that only the first lucky few will get a "good" spot, the rest will have to traverse for ages to collect certain materials.
Though I am pretty confident the game knows these niggles and has addressed them.
MHWilliams
Member
Claims have huge buffer zones around them, which are there to later allow players to expand their claims with multiple claim flags. You can't mine or harvest within another player's claim, but you can mine/harvest within their buffer. Anything outside of a claim will heal over time, so even if you crater the buffer zone around a player, it'll come back eventually.
King of Custard
Member
Confused by the claim system as well what happens to players claims who stop playing, what's to stop people,guilds creating multiple characters and mass claiming and entire zone?
maverick40
Junior Member
I cant believe it will support Occulus Rift! Game of the century!!!
There should be a new server later tonight at some point.
I literally had to run to the very south east corner of the map, in the desert, on top of some big mountain to claim my spot. I am all alone, top of the world, with no trees around...feels odd but lol fun.
that's awesome. much needed right now it seems
I was able to lay a claim in a spot that didn't appear it was possible. After looking for an hour, I finally just opened the claim map, and started clicking everywhere, and eventually it asked if I wanted to make a claim.
theMrCravens
Member
Not interested in Landmark, but what's the potential of Next with the game's engine and graphics (bugs aside) ?
Everyone, make sure you log out and re-enter after you go into a new zone if you're claim hunting. There's a display bug where the previous map's claims aren't cleared when you go to a new zone.
There were still a few spots in my map Liberation
ingo[3] last night. Look for my claim with the ridiculous BELIEVE sign in the NE. http://imgur.com/4Qsf0CT.pngThe art style has amazing potential for people who enjoy dressing up their characters. The engine seems to be very promising. As far as I can tell there's no limit on draw distance with max settings, and it handles the LOD well. (Someone glitched it and built a massive spire on top of the center portal and it was visible from the corner of the continent)
Things are going to be very cool I think. It'll be a big deal when they add water.
Azzurri
Member
It's built on the same lightforge engine so it should be the same.
The potential,honestly without any hype attached to it, is huge from a technical point of view.
OverturePT
Member
Could you share your system specs?
I'm getting similar results. With everything on max, about 45-60 FPS with:
i7 2600k
Titan
8GB RAM (1600MHz)
Older SSD RAID with OCZ Vertex 3's (about on par with a single Samsung Evo)
Yep, seems pretty common. They are working on fixing the problem.
Make sure you are on the right server. I've had the panic set in a few times when I crashed and it logged me back into the same island on the other server, so I'm standing on an empty plot instead of my claim.
There were still a few spots in my map Liberation
yay, managed to claim a spot right next to it. thanks for pointing it out!
Checking out some cool little creations that are popping up.
http://www.twitch.tv/peeohcee
Have to head out shortly to the dentist (ugh!) but I'll be back afterwards.
http://www.twitch.tv/peeohcee
Have to head out shortly to the dentist (ugh!) but I'll be back afterwards.
EternalTruth
Member
Everquest Next will support the Oculus Rift!! (confirmed by SOE president: Feb. 3rd)
Polygon article - http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/3/5373590/everquest-next-oculus-rift-support-sony-online-john-smedley
Polygon article - http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/3/5373590/everquest-next-oculus-rift-support-sony-online-john-smedley
At work now, but was sad to see my claim already reset after last night. I had a stone forge, wood carving table, and the foundation for my first cabin all together there. Damn, oh well.
I've got myself mining tier 3 minerals now. Finally got enough topaz together to build a selection tool, that's my first order of business when I get back tonight.
I've got myself mining tier 3 minerals now. Finally got enough topaz together to build a selection tool, that's my first order of business when I get back tonight.
Seriously, people were hooked on the original EQ and this is going to take things to a whole new level.
Yep, definitely getting one.
Go try out planetside 2. It uses the same engine minus the terrain deformation. If you can run that game, you will more than likely have similar results when EQN is out.
Selection tool is pretty much mandatory for building anything more complicated than a box. Before I had it, I managed to build a wall (and a couple of additional wall outlines) over the course of about 45 minutes. It all got deleted as part of one of the weekend server resets, but by that time I had the selection tool. I was able to reproduce the same results, build the other 3 walls, a floor and a ceiling in about 3 minutes. Just select the region that will contain the wall (adjusting the sides as needed), click add, then pick the material and click on the selection. Instant wall.
I still don't have access to the line tool yet - I need to build one of those tin workbenches and refine some marble so I can construct a marble forge. Then, I should be ready to start crafting tier 3 capable gathering tools (and the line tool along with it).
Tree chopping is pretty boring but the thing that makes the mining enjoyable for me is how organic the voxel deformation is with each strike of the pickaxe. A bit less monotonous than just destroying identical block after block in something like Minecraft, you can really carve and unearth deposits in a more enjoyable way.
http://landmark.wikia.com/wiki/Slash_Commands
This will come in handy for providing our locations to each other. (Probably only really need the X/Y)
Could update the OP with a list like:
Raticus79 | Liberationingo [Tier 3] | [-123, +123] | (comments, available crafting stations, etc)
Probably better to have a Google doc for it so it's not too much work for Ashodin to maintain.
This will come in handy for providing our locations to each other. (Probably only really need the X/Y)
Could update the OP with a list like:
Raticus79 | Liberation
ingo [Tier 3] | [-123, +123] | (comments, available crafting stations, etc)Probably better to have a Google doc for it so it's not too much work for Ashodin to maintain.
http://landmark.wikia.com/wiki/Slash_Commands
This will come in handy for providing our locations to each other. (Probably only really need the X/Y)
Could update the OP with a list like:
Raticus79 | Liberation
Probably better to have a Google doc for it so it's not too much work for Ashodin to maintain.
good idea
zeox | Liberation
ingo [Tier 3] | [2876, 952]the world got reset again also
Contact SOE. They will probably refund you for that copy since they are issuing refunds to people who request them.
Just contact SOE, they already stated that if your unsatisfied with the Alpha you get a full refund.
I'll probably be posting what I find here: http://imgur.com/a/FFKww#0
Not much at the moment but this one small castle place that I would really like to see when it's all finished and the owner has all the tools to make it look pretty.
Not much at the moment but this one small castle place that I would really like to see when it's all finished and the owner has all the tools to make it look pretty.
terrisus
Member
What do you mean "were?"
One of the reasons I've been looking forward to this is because no MMORPG has been able to surpass how awesome and addictive the original EverQuest was for me.
Granted, I don't play it as much as I did back in 1999-2001, but it still has me hooked.
Great work with the light coming through the windows there. I'm going to work on getting some cool light play happening in my tower.
Shadow effects based on getting separated elements to line up at certain times of day are cool, but I think they might not work well with templated buildings that are cloned to other locations (different sun angle). Worth testing I suppose.
Honestly the transformation SoE has made in the past 10 years has been pretty damn huge. They're certainly not the same company that made EQ2 anymore.