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Following on from the cryptic announcement that there "will be big news coming soon" the EQ2 team have confirmed that battlegrounds will be coming for EQ2 soon (stated to launch with the 16th of February Sentinels Fate expansion". BrenloQuote:This is still going through mid development so we are locking down details. We are working on maps, rewards, gameplay styles etc. . . We will have lots of details soon. However just one quick note. This will be for all servers, not just PVP. =) BrenloQuote:Yes it will be cross server. =) Seriously looking forward to this, my hope if that there will be some battlegrounds with NPC's we can fight or aid, getting involved in an epic lore based fight would just be awesome.
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I don't understand what you mean by this? PVP will be on all servers in specific areas?
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I'm confused also, didn't EQ2 already try battlegrounds at one point?
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kotttonmouth wrote:I don't understand what you mean by this? PVP will be on all servers in specific areas? That's what Brenlo seems to be saying, just guessing the rest whether it will be instanced or part of the game world, I would like to see it split myself, open world for the PVP servers and instanced for the PVE in an ideal world.
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Cyanbane wrote:I'm confused also, didn't EQ2 already try battlegrounds at one point? I think if WoW or WAR had their battlegrounds as private instances you can lock down that you also need to travel to they probably wouldn't have gone anywhere either. The bit about travelling to them I can understand although I think a Mara style returning jewel would be cool, but why they were not public is a mystery, the only time I saw a few people in one at Maj'dul I was locked out of joining.
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I assume this will also be on pvp servers? I wonder how the battleground gear will stack up against the overland gear? Interesting to see how that plays out on Nagafen.
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Theodoric wrote:I assume this will also be on pvp servers? I wonder how the battleground gear will stack up against the overland gear? Interesting to see how that plays out on Nagafen.
Theo My guess is that PvP servers will get shafted.
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Cyanbane wrote:Theodoric wrote:I assume this will also be on pvp servers? I wonder how the battleground gear will stack up against the overland gear? Interesting to see how that plays out on Nagafen.
Theo My guess is that PvP servers will get shafted. Nope, as it appers now this will be across all servers. I can not wait to "welcome" all of the roleplayers into the world of PvP :)
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Leko wrote:
Nope, as it appers now this will be across all servers. I can not wait to "welcome" all of the roleplayers into the world of PvP :)
So will this be an entirely different advancement system (much like WoWs?)
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Cyanbane wrote:Leko wrote:
Nope, as it appers now this will be across all servers. I can not wait to "welcome" all of the roleplayers into the world of PvP :)
So will this be an entirely different advancement system (much like WoWs?) True, not very many details about that yet. Hopefully it will show up on the test server soon.
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Leko wrote:
True, not very many details about that yet. Hopefully it will show up on the test server soon.
If done well this could breathe some serious life back into EQ2.
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Think I'll be making a battlegrounds pvp guild on nagafen. everything I wanted to happen on the pvp servers has so far:
AA for pvp kills
Easy way to get pvp writs
and pvp gear worth getting at all levels.
I just started playing eq2 again and I plan on levelling a Pally mostly through pvp. Made it from 10 to 13 yesterday with 7 finished pvp writs and 40-ish/10 kvd. It was the most fun I had in awhile.
I think I'll make a pure pvp guild named Zombie. Think it's feasible?
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Does anyone know more about battlegrounds yet? I'm wondering if it is feasible to try it on lower level toons or MUST you be level 80? Does it have tiered matching?
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Risi_Lishian wrote:Does anyone know more about battlegrounds yet? I'm wondering if it is feasible to try it on lower level toons or MUST you be level 80? Does it have tiered matching? I've not seen any information on this since the forum thread, so all we know is that they will be released with the expansion. Even there I wonder if it makes more sense for the battlegrounds to be released with GU56 (the patch after the Sentinels Fate expansion), since releasing it at the same time that everyone is busy exploring the new expansion could mean the battlegrounds start off as ghost towns. I'd be interested too to know if there are level brackets there, or maybe even having people boosted up levels? Just as long as it has a transportation system and queuing system I'm sure it'll be great though.
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I like how AOC and WAR does it, i'm hoping its similar.
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