GDC 2012 Event Coverage

EQ2 Battleground Preview

Posted Mon, Feb 15, 2010 by Savanja

EverQuest II introduces their latest attempt at giving top tier players something to froth over and many awaiting casual PvPers are left wondering, do Battlegrounds have what it takes to win them over? Battlegrounds launch later this week in a game update along side the Sentinel's Fate expansion, but Savanja made her way to the test server to get first hand experience in how Battlegrounds work and what they have to offer hopeful fans.

Teams are colored in red versus blue indicated by name text color, or gray if you’re dead, which I was…a lot. You are auto grouped with your team and communicate through the typical /g or /gsay chat command. This is not faction based warfare at all so if you aren’t queuing as a group, who you are grouped with in the battle will vary wildly but there is some balance as to what classes are grouped together. A force field will hold everyone back until the battle begins and then it’s a rush to find the first enemy.

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Sony Online Entertainment outlines plans for EverQuest II improvements and Dungeon Maker changes in May.

News, Official Announcements
Fri, May 04, 2012
Martuk
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Sony Online Entertainment maintenance period will bring down online gaming services for 24 hours on Monday.

News, Official Announcements
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
Martuk
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The Destiny of Velious saga continues today as EverQuest II returns to the ancient dragon city of Skyshrine.

News, Official Announcements
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Martuk
Skyshrine-Illusion
Ten Ton Hammer toured EverQuest II Game Update 63: Skyshrine with Producer Holly Longdale and Game Designer Carlos Mora. We got in touch with our inner dragon and came away with screenshots - lots of screenshots - of the unique characters and lofty places in this content-rich update due to hit servers today.
Previews
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Jeff Woleslagle
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Windows
Developer: Sony Online Entertainment
Genre: Fantasy
Status: Published
Release Date: November 8, 2004
Fee: F2P with P2P Option
ESRB Rating: T

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