dcx4610
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Yes. It's the crafting component of EQN.
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Yes. It's the crafting component of EQN.
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Deleted member 17706
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We don't know much about EQN, but I don't think mining and building will be a major aspect of the game.
TomcatTheLion
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I'm so close to picking this up after a long day at work.
Any testimonies/impressions so far to help me go over the edge?
Any testimonies/impressions so far to help me go over the edge?
Not really, crafting in EQN will be very in-depth considering what Smed has said about it in relation to SWG's crafting.
Material gathering and housing will be quite a big part of EQN, more than people are expecting.
On going from now till they shut the game down in X amount of years, server downtimes/crashes aside.
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Deleted member 17706
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It's ongoing. Obviously there may be downtime here and there, and there will most likely be server wipes, but the servers are up and will stay up until the game launches, I believe.
That sounds great, but do you have a source for this? Or are you the source (no idea who you are)?
The only thing I know about EQN is what they showed in the reveal, and it didn't look like they were very far along at all other than having an engine and a lot of nice art assets to use.
That sounds great, but do you have a source for this? Or are you the source (no idea who you are)?
The only thing I know about EQN is what they showed in the reveal, and it didn't look like they were very far along at all other than having an engine and a lot of nice art assets to use.
Robobandit
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It's ongoing unless they bring the servers down to fix things or if they crash.
Smedley tweeted about SWG having a very large influence on their crafting systems for EQN.
The tiers that Landmark will soon have, will also be in Next when it launches. That includes the resources that can be gathered. It is also known that the adventuring class that is in Landmark will be transferable to Next. It was mentioned that we need higher tiered picks to be able to dig down further into each new tier.
Housing will need a land grant from a nearby city in order to build first, so it won't be anywhere as easy to have land in Next as it is for Landmark.
As far as crafting, we don't have much info on that. I don't really trust anything that Smedley talks about, he runs his mouth too much and a lot of what he says is often pipe dream shit.
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Deleted member 17706
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Did they post all of this information on the EQN website? I haven't really checked it out since they launched the thing and were first doing polls.
That stuff is all from interviews and the EQN panels that were at SOE Live.
Such suspense. I have to go to the dentist after work, which means I won't be home until 4 hours from now. Seems like the chances are good that the new server might be up sometime during that time.
For anyone claim hunting tonight, remember to log out and back in after zoning to refresh your view, otherwise you'll see ghost copies of the claims from the previous zones. (I think the word still hasn't really gotten around on that, so it'll work in your favour)
Edit: Let's try going for Pingo [Tier 3] on the new server first to try to get some coordinated settling going on. People probably aren't going to go for that one as much as the other T3 zones with more appealing names like Oasis.
BTW, here's what it means - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingo. Go Canada!
For anyone claim hunting tonight, remember to log out and back in after zoning to refresh your view, otherwise you'll see ghost copies of the claims from the previous zones. (I think the word still hasn't really gotten around on that, so it'll work in your favour)
Edit: Let's try going for Pingo [Tier 3] on the new server first to try to get some coordinated settling going on. People probably aren't going to go for that one as much as the other T3 zones with more appealing names like Oasis.
BTW, here's what it means - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingo. Go Canada!
RadioactiveLobster
Member
The servers are coming down for maintenance in about 6 minutes, for approx 30 minutes. Hopefully that fixes that back (they haven't posted any patch notes as of yet)
Dammit!! We were so close to reaching the clouds...
It's just not realistic for us to pursue 32-bit OS any longer.
Landmark (and EQN) will be 64-bit OS games *only*.
If your machine is a 32-bit OS and you purchased a Founder's Pack, then you only have two options:
a) Upgrade
b) Request a refund from Customer Service
We're sorry, but it's just not technically feasible for us to pursue 32-bit OS any longer. We apologize for the disappointment should you choose to not upgrade.
State of Alpha 2/3/14
Claims
We overestimated how many claims we thought would fit on a single world. So, now, we have too few worlds for the number of players we have in Alpha.
Solution: Spin up more worlds. As soon as humanly possible. The first such world (Serenity) will open tonight if possible. Tomorrow morning if we run into snags. We are acquiring hardware for more right now and will let you know ASAP when were ready to fire them up.
Also, the map and claim interfaces are practically impenetrable with the huge number of claims on a single Island. What looked decent when we had 10-15 claims looks horrific with hundreds.
Solution: We are completely overhauling the map and claims interface to make it extremely easy to understand at a glance.
Details:
o You will never see a Claim buffer again. We still HAVE claim buffers, but theyll be invisible. You will have claimable space and unclaimable space. Claimable space is blue, and unclaimable is red.
o This is just a paintover of the terrain on the map. No more 3D representations of buffer spaces. Those are dead, dead, dead.
o To place a claim, you just open the map, look for a blue section and go place your claim there.
o On the other hand, your claim boundaries will still be shown as a 3D box. That way you can see where the claim is located vertically. (up in the sky, on the surface, or below-ground)
o Theres a few more nice things getting added since were touching it, but those will be obvious when you see the new interface.
· We intend to get this improved interface up and running this week sometime.
So what else are we working on?
PLEASE NOTE: Just because something is not on this list does not mean we are unaware of it. There are many things to improve and add to this game, but this is the list of immediate stuff that we're attacking right now.
Server stability
o The memory leak fixes helped a LOT, but although they are smaller, there are still other memory leaks. Eliminating those will extend periods of time between Island resets.
Fixing Templates
o These dont persist between logins right now. Which is terrible because thats exactly the opposite of whats intended. Fix coming ASAP.
Logout position needs to be maintained so that players dont login to some bizarre position instead.
Were setting things up so that having a tool equipped doesnt force you to unequip it in order to use a building tool. (Should auto-de-equip instead.)
A means to get back inside the world if someone manages to get stuck outside of it
o Players are using the ADD block functionality to get out of the world. Were creating a rescue plan for those folks as well as looking into ways to prevent that from happening.
Invert Y-Axis functionality
o Many folks are used to having reversed Y-axis controls and they get very turned around without it.
To prevent our voxel database from crashing under load, we are converting it to 64-bit processes. That will make our DB very stable, and we can then ensure that any other issues no longer have this variable in the discussion so we can narrow down any other voxel loss issues quickly.
Bug fixes for a few recipes and salvage rewards
The 20% resource potion is supposed to last two weeks but wears off when you log out right now. (Obviously, thats much less useful.) Were fixing this and restoring the effect to players.
More character customizations (art team)
More props (art team)
More biomes (art team)
Landmark (and EQN) will be 64-bit OS games *only*.
If your machine is a 32-bit OS and you purchased a Founder's Pack, then you only have two options:
a) Upgrade
b) Request a refund from Customer Service
We're sorry, but it's just not technically feasible for us to pursue 32-bit OS any longer. We apologize for the disappointment should you choose to not upgrade.
State of Alpha 2/3/14
Claims
We overestimated how many claims we thought would fit on a single world. So, now, we have too few worlds for the number of players we have in Alpha.
Solution: Spin up more worlds. As soon as humanly possible. The first such world (Serenity) will open tonight if possible. Tomorrow morning if we run into snags. We are acquiring hardware for more right now and will let you know ASAP when were ready to fire them up.
Also, the map and claim interfaces are practically impenetrable with the huge number of claims on a single Island. What looked decent when we had 10-15 claims looks horrific with hundreds.
Solution: We are completely overhauling the map and claims interface to make it extremely easy to understand at a glance.
Details:
o You will never see a Claim buffer again. We still HAVE claim buffers, but theyll be invisible. You will have claimable space and unclaimable space. Claimable space is blue, and unclaimable is red.
o This is just a paintover of the terrain on the map. No more 3D representations of buffer spaces. Those are dead, dead, dead.
o To place a claim, you just open the map, look for a blue section and go place your claim there.
o On the other hand, your claim boundaries will still be shown as a 3D box. That way you can see where the claim is located vertically. (up in the sky, on the surface, or below-ground)
o Theres a few more nice things getting added since were touching it, but those will be obvious when you see the new interface.
· We intend to get this improved interface up and running this week sometime.
So what else are we working on?
PLEASE NOTE: Just because something is not on this list does not mean we are unaware of it. There are many things to improve and add to this game, but this is the list of immediate stuff that we're attacking right now.
Server stability
o The memory leak fixes helped a LOT, but although they are smaller, there are still other memory leaks. Eliminating those will extend periods of time between Island resets.
Fixing Templates
o These dont persist between logins right now. Which is terrible because thats exactly the opposite of whats intended. Fix coming ASAP.
Logout position needs to be maintained so that players dont login to some bizarre position instead.
Were setting things up so that having a tool equipped doesnt force you to unequip it in order to use a building tool. (Should auto-de-equip instead.)
A means to get back inside the world if someone manages to get stuck outside of it
o Players are using the ADD block functionality to get out of the world. Were creating a rescue plan for those folks as well as looking into ways to prevent that from happening.
Invert Y-Axis functionality
o Many folks are used to having reversed Y-axis controls and they get very turned around without it.
To prevent our voxel database from crashing under load, we are converting it to 64-bit processes. That will make our DB very stable, and we can then ensure that any other issues no longer have this variable in the discussion so we can narrow down any other voxel loss issues quickly.
Bug fixes for a few recipes and salvage rewards
The 20% resource potion is supposed to last two weeks but wears off when you log out right now. (Obviously, thats much less useful.) Were fixing this and restoring the effect to players.
More character customizations (art team)
More props (art team)
More biomes (art team)
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Deleted member 17706
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Yay for 64-bit only focus.
By the way, Smokejumper on the Alpha forums is Dave Georgeson, right?
By the way, Smokejumper on the Alpha forums is Dave Georgeson, right?
Yes.
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Deleted member 17706
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Cool. I've heard some shit talked about him before, but he seems pretty damn awesome in my book.
Exploding8
Member
Yeah I've never played a game where the devs were so transparent about everything before, its nice for a change.
I think people just think his personality is fake (it isn't). They also blame him for ruining Planetside 1, etc.
StickSoldier
Member
So like, I finally found a spot to claim but what do I do now? I can get more resources like copper and tin, but I'm not sure how to get higher tier resources. Anyone got some tips?
Get to crafting, son. You need higher resource rating picks to mine better stuff, and there are 3 other crafting stations beside the stone forge. You'll need the sawmill one first after the stone forge.
The wikia page is starting to get good info now that the NDA is dropped.
http://landmark.wikia.com/wiki/EverQuest_Next_Landmark_Wiki
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Deleted member 17706
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First thing, gather a bunch of copper and tin and chop a bunch of wood. You'll need a lot of burled wood to make the better picks, especially.
I wouldn't hold my breath. The voxel system is still very much based on a cube-like grid like minecraft. They just smooth it over graphically. I'm sure you will be able to make a house diagonally by cheating with the line tool but the cube shapes will always be based on the grid.
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Deleted member 17706
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Indeed. In fact, you can turn of the voxel smoothing in game and get a very blocky world. It's pretty interesting to look at.
Oh man, this TweetDeck desktop app is way better than trying to keep an eye on twitter using their web site. Stuff just pops up instead of having to click to see what it is. Got a column set up for the #Landmark tag. Thanks whoever suggested a desktop app here - not sure if it was even the same one but this is working pretty well.
Now to slay some forests while I wait.
Now to slay some forests while I wait.
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Still nothing happening when I click play in the launcher. I wonder if they are working on this. The president of SOE said he brought it up to his tech team this morning but still nothing....
So sad paid 99 dollars and can't even get past launcher.
Servers are down at the moment, which may be causing that.
I have had similar problems in the past, though. Does the game window pop up at all, or just no response? Have you tried "spam clicking" the play button?
Still nothing happening when I click play in the launcher. I wonder if they are working on this. The president of SOE said he brought it up to his tech team this morning but still nothing....
So sad paid 99 dollars and can't even get past launcher.
Is your OS 64bit or 32bit?
They're the same company that also made Planetside 2, and the on going debacle that's been though. One of the worst handled well known IPs to date.
Now Jeremy Soule is teasing: "More music being created today for Everquest Next Landmark. People might find a new theme around their castle #Landmark"
The same team is making this game? EQ has and will probably always be SOE's main game.
The same team is making this game? EQ has and will probably always be SOE's main game.
Not the same team, sure. But same management, aka Smedley, who was "involved" he said and that has been a train wreck. So yeah, I would be very skeptical of how these games will be at launch, and most definitely the support after launch.
They're free. Either you like them or you don't, very little investment other than time is involved.
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I had the impression that Planetside 2 was pretty well liked. I had fun during the open beta.
Not really my type of game, though.
Not really my type of game, though.
Yeah, I've had no issues with it, but there are people that do, obviously. That applies to any game though.
The fact that Jeremy Soule is this pumped to be making his classic grand themes is great news. The current composition alone has been ringing through my brain all night. I archived a couple of streams I did just because the music fit so perfectly with what was happening at the time. This guy is a pure genius.
Yeah, there's only two songs so far.
