EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky - Announced

[Guiness]

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/e...ge.id=179#M179

JOIN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE IN EVERQUEST® II WITH KINGDOM OF SKY™

Evil Dragons and Player Versus Player Combat Unveiled For EverQuest II

SAN DIEGO, CA – January 4, 2006 – Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, today announced that the second expansion for EverQuest® II, entitled Kingdom of Sky™, is schedule to be available at retail and for download on Feb. 21. The retail SKU of Kingdom of Sky a recommended price of $29.99 and will contain the full version of the base EverQuest II game, the new expansion and a special in-game item. The digital version will contain the new expansion for $26.99.

“Kingdom of Sky offers something for all of our EverQuest II players,” said Laura Naviaux, senior brand marketing manager, Sony Online Entertainment. “For the seasoned EQII player, Kingdom of Sky increases the amount of high level content in a world filled with intrigue and the potential destruction of Norrath by the evil dragon lords. The second expansion pack brings the excitement of dragon battles and is timed to coincide with the newly-added Player vs. Player (PvP) action.”

Kingdom of Sky pushes the boundaries of character development and adventure to new heights. An entirely new form of advancement introduces a structured Achievement system of skills and abilities to further specialize and individualize your character, while level caps for characters, artisans and guilds are all increased. Kingdom of Sky expands the arena challenges with four deadly new arena champions and two new arena zones. Ten new adventure zones, from lush jungles to temples of unimaginable splendor, 25 new enemies and troves full of new treasures all open up fresh game play and visual experiences within the online world of EverQuest II.

Player versus Player combat will “go live” in EverQuest II near the time of the launch of Kingdom of Sky, a highly anticipated addition to the game that will allow players to fight each other. PvP will be a part of the regular updates that take place within the game world, and will be available to all EQII players for no additional cost. PvP will feature good versus evil combat, pitting citizens of the two rival cities of Qeynos and Freeport against each other. Players will earn items, titles, fame and experience while engaged in combat with other online gamers around the globe. Combat will happen in the wild or within the gates of your opponent’s city. PvP will be activated on new servers so all players will be able to compete from the ground up.

About Kingdom of Sky High above the mightiest peaks of Norrath, a secret world exists. This Overrealm, made up of enormous islands of land suspended in the air, is home to aviaks and creatures never-before seen, but it is the splintered and warring dragons who rule it. Driven by their lust for power, religious zealotry, and all-consuming rage, the most ancient of the world’s creatures now find common cause in a plot to destroy all of Norrath! Populated by dragons, aviaks, and other new creatures never before seen in EverQuest II, all eyes turn toward this new realm — even those of the mighty dragon Lord Nagafen!

Features:

Higher level advancement—now reach level 70 as an adventurer or artisan
All-new Achievement system to further enhance and specialize your character’s abilities
Guild advancement expanded to level 50
Four new arena champions and two new arenas
All new Heritage Quests allow players to gain amazingly powerful items, personal status, adventure experience and even a reward made famous in the original EverQuest
Signature Quests which reward large experience bonuses, personal status, new items, and advance the lore of EverQuest II
Over 30 new Collections expand upon one of the most popular features exclusive to EverQuest II. Find them all and earn all new rewards
Challenging new zones, from floating islands to menacing dungeons
25 new enemies to fight
Brand new pieces of armor, such as Profession Hats, Helmets and Pauldrons, will make your character look more distinct
Over 30 new items to put in your player house
All new player titles
For more information, visit http://www.kingdomofsky.com

About Sony Online Entertainment Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Digital Inc., is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers around the globe. SOE creates, develops and provides compelling entertainment for the personal computer, online, game console and wireless markets. Known for its blockbuster franchises and hit titles including EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Champions of Norrath®, Untold Legends™, and PlanetSide®, as well as for developing Star Wars Galaxies™: An Empire Divided™, SOE continues to redefine the business of online gaming and the creation of active player communities while introducing new genres on various entertainment platforms. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, with additional development studios in Austin, TX, Seattle, WA, and Taiwan, SOE has an array of cutting-edge online games in development.

EverQuest is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. SOE, the SOE logo and PlanetSide are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment Inc. Untold Legends is a trademark of Sony Online Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.

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Ryan "Blackguard" Shwayder

[Iannis]

STOP ADDING IN COLLECTIONS.
Oh my, I think I just channeled the collective voice of all the thousands of people who have 50 or so collections all in various stages of incompletion, and never shall complete them.

Guild mages are hoping they're mage HQs. SMR would be a hella good HQ to put in, Gallenite. When you look at it the balance really does highly favor melee. Mages can only use...what, eboots and the eebag? La dee da.

[Mazuli]

Why does every everquest expansion have the word "of" in it?

[FuckYou]

“Kingdom of Sky offers something for all of our EverQuest II players,” said Laura Naviaux, senior brand marketing manager, Sony Online Entertainment.

has there ever been an expansion anywhere, that didnt include this claim?

[Lyrical]

Originally Posted by Guiness

An entirely new form of advancement introduces a structured Achievement system of skills and abilities to further specialize and individualize your character, while level caps for characters, artisans and guilds are all increased.

I really hope this is aa like in Eq1. That kept me playing the game for a little over four years.

[Frantic]

Not even pvp can save eq2 now

[FuckYou]

Originally Posted by Mazuli

Why does every everquest expansion have the word "of" in it?

dude its not even that, its noun of noun.

ruins of kunark
scars of velious
legacy of ykesha
planes of power
dragons of norrath
omens of war
whateverthefuckelse

complele lack of creativity.

[Iannis]

I wish they'd just channel the work into something people like/will use. Adding in PVP to EQ2 will go over as well as adding in PVP to CoH did. Anyone with any interest in PvP is currently playing the shambling old tiger DAoC or sitting in a queue in WoW.

[Soygen]

It's so you can do easily recognizable acronyms for all of them: SoV, RoK, SoL, etc. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[Guiness]

Nice pics
http://www.pcgames.de/?menu=browser&...=485600&page=1

[Iannis]

Originally Posted by Soygen

It's so you can do easily recognizable acronyms for all of them: SoV, RoK, SoL, etc. Yeah, that's the ticket.

hell yeah! doesn't get all the ridiculous fighting over a name. DO WE CALL IT VANGUARD OR VG OR VGSOH?
Vgsoh sounds like and Elder Thing.

Originally Posted by Guiness

Nice pics
http://www.pcgames.de/?menu=browser&...=485600&page=1

Play City of Heroes long enough to see the Shadow Shard. Those 4 zones gave me a stiffy. Pitiably they weren't in a game with a population that could admire them for the sheer awesomeness they were.

[Dynalisia]

What are collections?

[Trebla]

Originally Posted by FuckYou

dude its not even that, its noun of noun.

Sometimes there might be an adjective... "Lost Dungeons of Norrath"

[Etadanik]

Originally Posted by FuckYou

complele lack of creativity.

Or naming consistency. You know, the type that authors use for different books of the same series (ie Martin - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords)?

If you knew anything about creativity, you would know that coming up with different shit under strict guidelines is harder than coming up with different shit when you've got no limits.

[Tolanin]

Originally Posted by Etadanik

Or naming consistency. You know, the type that authors use for different books of the same series (ie Martin - A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords)?

If you knew anything about creativity, you would know that coming up with different shit under strict guidelines is harder than coming up with different shit when you've got no limits.

a feast for crows shows that martin can think outside the box and use other words too tho! ;p