The sky is falling! Now I have seen everything... - Page 2

Traxor · 10-14-2009, 12:15 PM

This whole thread should be about soe releasing content specifically to people who buy LoN cards. That being the only way to gain access to content in game is bullshit. Pay more and maybe you will get access to a taste of content we fail to release to everyone on a consistant basis. Brilliant soe. Great marketing skills there.

Thats when the sky falls.

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Calthine: We got a ton of questions about the LoN zone being introduced, so I'm going to try and summarize them. Can we get some general information about the zone like: will we be able to zone in people who have not gotten the LON loot card? Will the content be solo or heroic? Can it be repeated? What tier is the loot?

Brenlo: First calling it a zone is a misnomer. It is really more of an instanced encounter. A group can enter, and it does take a group to complete. Only one member of the group need have the key from LON. It is not repeatable unless you get another key from LON. The loot is not something we want to talk about at this point as we want to have some mystery. However I will say that it is equivalent to some stuff that can be solo'd for.

Calthine: Many players are concerned with the introduction of a zone that one must pay to enter that is not widely available. The vehicle of LoN and what makes it essentially a lottery type situation leaves many players with a bad feeling. Is this something that will become the norm or is it, as many hope, an exception?

Brenlo: Well we are not sure. We will see what the reaction is like once it is in peoples hands and they understand what it actually IS rather than the conjecture. It is for the moment an experiment

Calthine: With this LoN expansion, will LoN cards once again drop as loot in Norrath?

Brenlo: At the moment we have no plans to drop LON cards. That is why we went to giving each active player 5 packs a month. We like the current delivery method as it gives every player the cards regularly

Pink Poodle · 10-14-2009, 12:39 PM

I see EQ2 banner ads floating around but most people block those anyway. But yeah seriously SOE, advertise your goddamn game. Sure my dumb froglok videos on YouTube got EQ2... 3 new subscribers, but this would obviously work more.

Diknak · 10-14-2009, 01:07 PM

I'm glad to see it. I hope they do a serious push for the Feb expansion launch. TV spots would be nice to see.

Paiacyssa · 10-14-2009, 01:08 PM

Wow, now if only they had it on the shelves or Gamestop's "check and see if it's in a store" service actually worked. I checked online at my local Gamestop stores a few months ago when my husband wanted to pick up TSO. Gamestop's site said they had copies in all the local stores. Yeah, not so much. My husband checked the local stores and everywhere in between from Walmart to Fry's and not one copy of TSO. We then tried to order it online thru Sony's site. Their Visa Verify system made that impossible. He had to order it from Amazon and wait a week.

/cool story bro

Pink Poodle · 10-14-2009, 05:16 PM

MORE FUN WAYS TO ADVERTISE:

- Promote their YouTube channels, pretty them up, you know, like this.
- Promote their Twitters, Facebook Fan Pages, etc. etc.
- Make an insane video of the developers throwing sticks at each other or whatever.

Hoss · 10-14-2009, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Traxor

This whole thread should be about soe releasing content specifically to people who buy LoN cards. That being the only way to gain access to content in game is bullshit. Pay more and maybe you will get access to a taste of content we fail to release to everyone on a consistant basis. Brilliant soe. Great marketing skills there.

Thats when the sky falls.

So, the other 4 threads aren't enough for you? Every thread on the site needs to be about LoN?

Sylvanking · 10-14-2009, 06:34 PM

This has nohing to do with LoN but ... it is the 5th sign of the apocolypse.

Argyuile · 10-14-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sylvanking

This has nohing to do with LoN but ... it is the 5th sign of the apocolypse.

Yes I read the bible yesterday and RMT in and online video game is quite clearly stated as one of the events leading up to the actual end of the fucking world. GTFO

Sylvanking · 10-14-2009, 07:46 PM

I sense much pain in this one ^^

Kriptini · 10-15-2009, 02:39 AM

This article is legit, I have received the same e-mail from Gamestop.

Although it is my understanding that TSO was already an all-in-one deal.. so what gives?

But I do think Sony is making an honest effort to advertise. Anything Gamestop puts into a "Coming Soon!" e-mail always ends up with a spot in their "New Releases!" e-mail as well.