Sony Online Entertainment have released a video showing some of the new content in Everquest II: The Shadow Odyssey.
The Shadow Odyssey is the fifth expansion for the game, and will add more than 20 new zones, and 18 dungeons. Existing players will have some idea of the lore surrounding the expansion, as there have been several prelude events taking place throughout the summer.
The video gives a glimpse into some of the new areas, including one of the main legendary dungeons, Guk. New players will be pleased to learn that the Shadow Odyseey expansion will grant access to all previous expansion content, so there's no need to hunt for every single expansion in the shops.
The massive content update called Halas Reborn is now live on Everquest 2 servers. This update adds the New Halas city for new players, two new raids, a Storyteller system, and a number of fixes and changes.
IncGamers's Bill Vaughan takes a look at the last week of MMO gaming, and sums up the biggest events which this time involve Age of Conan, World of Warcraft, Battle of the Immortals, TERA, Mytheon, Fallen Earth, Runes of Magic, EverQuest II and Guild Wars.
That Passport system for EverQuest II is utter, utter tosh. Seriously. $5 for three consecutive days, and you can't do it more than once a month? That's *ridiculous*. If I actually see anyone using that I will HIT them.
Sony Online Entertainment has introduced a new type of subscription for its MMORPG EverQuest II.
The new subscription type, called "Passport," costs $5.00. It grants players any 3 consecutive days during a 30-day month to play EQII with full-access. Playing beyond those three days requires a full monthly subscription.
Sounds like a ripoff to me pay 1/3 of the sub and only get 1/10 of the full sub time.
First let me say that EQ2 is a very good game, just because it doesn’t have 50 million people playing it, doesn’t make it bad. I prefer Lord of the Rings, but I am subbed to both games currently.
The $5.00 for 3 days is awesome, especially for my nephew who is in college and only gets to play one weekend a month. I think SOE is thinking outside the box on this topic. I hope to see other companies do different things for people with less time on their hands.