Loading... Live Ep. 12 - GU 51 Dev Chat with EverQuest 2's Bruce Ferguson

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Posted Tue, Apr 21, 2009 by Ethec

Length: 32:52

Synopsis: EverQuest 2 Senior Producer Bruce Ferguson joins the twelfth episode of Loading... Live for April 9th, 2009. After our weekly MMO news update, Bruce shares the latest on EverQuest 2 and Game Update 51. We'll learn about how the latest content to hit EverQuest 2, Game Update 51, affected adventuring, crafting, raiding, and gear and get a glimpse of what we can expect with this year's upcoming FanFaire in June.

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Participants

Hosts

Jeff "Ethec" Woleslagle
Ten Ton Hammer Editor-in-Chief
Ben "Machail" de la Durantaye
Managing Editor - Ten Ton Hammer Network

Co-Hosts

Cody Bye
Ten Ton Hammer Executive Editor
Tony "RadarX" Jones
Ten Ton Hammer Writer

Guests

Bruce "Froech" Ferguson
Senior Producer, EverQuest 2
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Introductions

0:23 Introductions

We introduce our team and special guest, then move straight to the news so we have plenty of time for questions.

Links

Loading... - Ten Ton Hammer's daily newsletter and column

News and Events

0:56 The Machail Report
0:56 - PETA Takes On Northrend
3:28 - Big Huge Layoffs, Will 38 Buy Them Up?
5:55 - Gazillion on the hook for 2012 for Marvel MMO

In this week's Machail Report, we discuss PETA's p.i.t.a. protest of baby seal slaughtering in Northrend, whether it would be a wise bargain if there's any truth to the rumors that 38 Studios is purchasing .

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Featured Q&A Session

8:20 Meet Bruce Ferguson
8:30 GU 51 questions
15:07 Audience questions, solo content
16:16 Itemization and instances
19:16 More daily quests?
29:20 How games will be made in the future
21:20 SOE FanFaire 2009
22:25 What's the team working on now?
26:24 Station Cash
31:38 Wrap-up

Bruce Ferguson tells us why Game Update 51 is a game-changing update for many players of EverQuest 2, with huge changes to the 45-55 zone of Lavastorm, a new duo instance, a promised 4x zone for level 80s, and plenty of content for crafters. Later in the Q&A session, we'll learn about plans for more solo content and zone revamps as well as a few hints about what we can expect from this year's FanFest in June.

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