by Savanja on Feb 14, 2010
For those who were fans of the original EverQuest barbarian home of Halas, the news that its reincarnation had been pushed back was very disappointing. Yes, we won't be seeing a new Halas with Sentinel's Fate, but the zone is still in the works and Alan "Brenlo" Crosby touches upon this topic in the latest Producer's Letter. We find out what caused the delay and when we can hope to see the new starting area.
As many have noticed, Halas is not going out with the expansion, many have asked why and the reasoning is twofold. We have three pretty decent starting areas already. Darklight, Greater Faydark and Timorous Deep. We know they are not perfect and so the team has done considerable work in reworking those areas, streamlining the progress path to make for a better experience. We believe that you will find the experience in those zones to be far better than it had been. So, we went to work on higher level content for this launch, which we have with the expansion content and the new Battlegrounds.
Additionally we really want new Halas to be something special. We want more time to polish the area and make sure the progression path is fun and smooth. We also hope to get kilts in there. Currently we are looking to have Halas out with the Halas Reborn update later in the year.
You can read more news on Halas, battlegrounds, and Sentinel's Fate in this Producer's Letter posted on the EverQuest II official site!