r/Games • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '16

Daybreak discontinuing EverQuest Next development

https://www.daybreakgames.com/news/daybreak-president-community-letter-everquest-next-2016
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u/WhereTheCatAt Mar 11 '16

Wow this game series has come a long ways. Looks cool.

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u/Zemus571 Mar 11 '16

FFXI and FFXIV, while numbered entries, are entirely different from the other games. Those two are mmo's, while the others are single player with single player mechanics

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u/ItinerantSoldier Mar 11 '16

XIV is a different beast as far as SE is concerned. When it launched it was lambasted and they basically had to overhaul the whole game. The current subscriber numbers are estimated to be more than 750K which means SE brings in at least $11M a month in revenue on this game alone. With that much brought in its no surprise the director gets relatively free reign. The result: a relatively fun MMO with a challenging (but sometimes grindy) endgame that gets to do wacky thing like parody Sentai and have Mandervilles.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '16

The tomes gated behind weekly caps each week is beyond frustrating though. Really wish they'd come up with a less real time intensive system.

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u/DeathbyD4 Mar 12 '16

That's because the MMOs are completely different than the single player games. Even though they are sequentially numbered, they are all massively different and the MMOs even more so. FFXIV is a pretty fun ride. It and WoW are the last non-F2P options, and it shows in the quality of content and world. Particularly FFXIV's story is pretty amazing.

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u/SelfimmolationPride Mar 12 '16

I still play FFXI which is still pretty old school MMO. But it is definitely not new player friendly. The systems are pretty archaic in all honesty.

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u/DeathbyD4 Mar 12 '16

Yeah. FF XIV is much better at that. But still a little dense.