Our own brave and powerful Jeff "Ethec" Wholeslagle had the privilege of attending SOE's Gamer Day conference to check out the upcoming Game Update and to hear first hand, the news of the next expansion.


Jeff takes the time to visit the newest features currently available on the test server, which include the newest playable race, the Arasai, the re-discovered city of Neriak, and the starting zone of the Darklight Woods.


The biggest news, of course, was the announcement of the next upcoming expansion, The Rise of Kunark. This expansion comes with tons of new content, a new playable race, the Sarnak, and a level cap raise!

The Sarnak - which some may remember being a common enemy for Iksar player characters in EQLive - will be playable as a neutral race. Why not make Sarnak evil, when EQLive veterans are used to a lizard-like race that was almost universally reviled? "You give people a choice between good and evil, 2 times out of 3 they'll choose good. That's just how we are. We see that in the game right now."

This is one article you will not want to miss, so please visit Jeff on the main Ten Ton Hammer site, and read up on all this exciting SOE news!