EverQuest Receives 21st Expansion Pack

Remember EverQuest? It's one of the very first MMORPGs that has yet to kick the bucket. The game originally launched in 1999, and now it's celebrating its 15-year anniversary with the launch of its 21st expansion pack, The Darkened Sea. This expansion takes place in the Buried Sea, which was introduced in the 13th expansion pack released in February 2007.

According to Terrazas, the new expansion pack will provide new quests, new mission raids, new spells, AAs, items, trade skills, cultural armor and more. Also introduced will be a mount keyring so that the inventory isn't crammed full of mounts, allowing players to store up to 128 mounts in a single "keyring" container. The video below also talks about a new loot system, which will "learn" the player's preference so that undesired loot never appears on the loot screen.

Creative director Akil Hooper and lead designer Jonathan Caraker also provided some details as seen in the video below. The main plot will see Tunare at the Buried Sea trying to heal the Emperor of Katta Castrum, but somehow the Emperor was kidnapped by a splinter cell of the Combine Empire. Naturally, it's up to the player to save the Emperor.

The Darkened Sea follows Call of the Forsaken, which was released in October 2013. Before that was Rain of Fear (2012), Veil of Alaris (2011), House of Thule (2010), Underfoot (2009) and Seeds of Destruction (2008). Before that, SOE was releasing two expansion packs per year after the release of The Planes of Power in 2002.

The expansion will be made available this October 28 for All-Access customers, and then on November 11 for the free-to-play crowd, giving the premium members a head start on the expansion. The video below also provides a Q&A session with the EverQuest team that covers some of the expansion's details and changes to EverQuest in general.

So what were you playing 15 years ago?

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  • lelutinbanni
    God, save them.....please
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  • clonazepam
    A lot of us are tired of Firiona Vie and Lanys.... but it is what it is. SOE's banked on Firiona Vie as their mascot, so we're stuck with her. This year's FV was pretty hot. She was the EQ Next/Landmark version and so she was upgraded for the 21st century. She's stronger, better armored, and hiding that cleavage!
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  • clonazepam
    13984076 said:
    God, save them.....please

    It might be time better spent saving the WoW people, since there's millions of those. :P
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  • ChiefScooter
    "So what were you playing 15 years ago?"

    I think I was playing Ultima Online.
    Reply
  • skit75
    "So what were you playing 15 years ago?"

    I was playing Worms Armageddon. Pro-roper matches had me buying a new keyboard every month.
    Reply
  • EthanG
    "So what were you playing 15 years ago?"

    Rainbow Six baby!
    Reply
  • fkr
    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

    nuf said
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  • Aragorn
    star craft
    Reply
  • boytitan2
    Fooling around in ut single player. Bought one of the most awesome games by chance. Reason I am a P.C./console gamer. Got into multiplayer for it a little late by then 2004 was out and I got that late also lol.
    Reply
  • alz_solstice
    "So what were you playing 15 years ago?"

    Half-Life 1
    Reply