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 NCsoft has released this video briefing introducing the Caves of Donn to players.

Caves of Donn Mission Briefing  Here's the mission briefing for one of the first instances available to players, the Caves of Donn.

Check out more videos here.

 Hey Everquest 2 fans!  We're putting together a Q&A with the SOE dev team about the upcoming expansion Rise of Kunark.  We're asking the community to help us out and submit questions!

So what are you waiting for?  Head over to the forum thread and post your questions!

Originally posted by bezado

Looks entirely like the same old crap. Everything in EQ2 is either reskined content or same creatures. This Sarnak looks like garbage and the crabs are nothing more then crabs from all over EQ2 Norrath. Why not special new crabs, maybe blue ones or black? This is the lack of detail I have came to hate with EQ2. Every expansion is the same content it seems, like reskins and just horrible ART. Armors always come out unpopular in the look so ROK will certainly be the same.

Actually these new areas look much different than existing EQ2 content.  Admin and I had a chance to run around in the beta some more today and got some screens of the incredible new areas.  Lots of new mobs and some familiar ones kicked back from EQ1.  Next week we'll have these for you all the check out.

Yesterday I was able to get into the EQ2 Rise of Kunark beta and got some screenshots approved by SOE to be published on our site.  Check out the couple screens below and click on the feature link at the bottom of the news post to view all thirteen!

To view the rest of the new screens, go here.

 Check out this new trailer for Fury.  It's done as a story board which makes it interesting.

Story Board Trailer The people over at Fury have released this story trailer so check it out.

More videos here.

Well it's over and with almost 500 people in attendance our Dev Chat with the WAR dev team rocked!  In case you missed it we've posted the transcript of the event. 

MMORPG.com: Sinkael :asks: My question is this, when DAoC came out and for some time afterward, there was a feeling of realm pride that slowly faded as time went on and people started realm hopping between realms. This realm pride was one of my favorite "features" of DAoC and I want to know what you are doing to folster this, if anything at all.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: So an underpopulated realm will always have a good chance at defending and attacking in RvR due to the balancing that scenarios can offer.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: Eek. Another question!

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: Okay. My slow reading skills have now caught up.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: And, to be honest, not necessarily a bad thing in all cases.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: But one of the major ways we intend to foster that sense of pride and place and belonging is via the guild system.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: We're aiming to build into the guild experience a sense of purpose and direction that will make it worthwhile to stick with a guild long-term.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: That said, we certainly hope people try lots of things out in-game.

[WAR]EAMythic_Josh: Since... well... we love the whole thing and want people to see what we've been building. MMORPG.com: Godban :asks: how big will the groups/party/raids will be

[WAR]EAMythic_Gersh: Looks like I'm up

[WAR]EAMythic_Gersh: Groups currently at 6 people, we are supporting larger raid or "battlegroups" for RvR scenerios etc however the final size is YTB

[WAR]EAMythic_Gersh: We'll be locking that down after we get a good feel for the needs of a large scale event

Read the whole enchilada here.

 Today NCsoft sent out a new dev diary written by Mission Designer Rebekah Tran.  They also included a short video showcasing the area of Tabula Rasa, Torcastra Prison.

In Tabula Rasa there are many steps involved in creating the rich story line of the world. First of all, we’ve amassed an overarching story which includes lots of detailed back-story the player may never see and branches far out into plot twists and turns that we’ll touch on in future expansions. Next, that fiction is trimmed down leaving the content that the player will visit in game. This is then split amongst all the overland maps (the persistent maps that are shared amongst all players) in the game world. Each overland map then links to about three or four instance maps that provide more unique content for individual parties. It is here that we can more intimately progress the story for each overland map.

Torcastra Prison Video NCsoft has provided us with this video featuring one of the areas in their upcoming MMO, Torcastra Prison.

Read the entire dev diary and watch the video here.