Below is a portion of the latest press release regarding EverQuest’s ninth anniversary. We have a ton of events planned around this anniversary and they will be rolling out over the next few months.
Sony will be celebrating the 9th anniversary of the launch of EverQuest with a variety of in-game and fabled events beginning this weekend.
The first events marking the occasion will be connected to the Planes of Power, the 2002 expansion that introduced new game zones in the form of non-planetary “Planes.” Beginning March 16, an NPC in the Plane of Tranquility named Garin Tvalish will begin handing out bags and clue books to players as part of a scavenger hunt for items featured in the Planes of Power expansion. Players will have to decipher the book’s hints, then collect the items and combine them in the bag to receive a special in-game reward.
Another month-long event linked to the divinities and servants introduced in the Planes of Power will begin on the same day, with familiar characters including the Thunder Giant Hreidar Lynhiilig and Rallos Zek the Warlord having their might increased to provide a proper challenge for current players. Loot value has also been cranked up to properly reward gamers willing to throw down with the Gods.“
It’s a great feeling to know that after nearly a decade, and fourteen expansions, EverQuest still resonates so positively with people all over the world,” said Sony Online Entertainment Producer Clint Worley. “Alongside its flourishing community, the in-game world is still going strong and changing daily, further proving EverQuest is a living and breathing virtual world that will stay active into the foreseeable future.”
I saw this posted on one of the gaming news sites I frequent. I was happy to see most of the posters had fairly positive things to say, (though not many of them still play), about EQ. Those are the sort of people that I would hope might one day be lured back.
By: xsi on March 13, 2008
at 5:55 am
When one is on a ship (EQ), it is great to see improvements and enhancements, but as a passenger, it is also nice to not see things like rust and find not some basic equipment in a sad state of repair.
EQPLAYERS is a piece of the basic equipment of EQ that does not work. Basic EQPLAYERS’ features are considered a part of our subscriptions. But this basic equipment is faulty, breaks down, and is inaccurate. Since EQPLAYERS is a scoreboard by which we can see how we advance, this is the equivalent of going to the Royal Ascot 2008 and finding several horses racing missing from the program and then seeing some of the winning horses fail to show up on the board.
While the EQ “ship” sails ahead, this passenger requests that the crew pays some attention to the rust and to basic features that keeps the ship afloat.
By: Saeldaan of Povar on March 13, 2008
at 7:34 pm