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Just noticed Dark Elf in the picture has horns?
Lustmord
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wtf is up with horns on a dark elf?
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"Brute force not work? It because you not use enought of it"
-Karg, Ogryn Bone'ead.
> EQ Noob alert <
They aren't supposed to?
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no, in EQ and in EQ2 dark elf dont have horns.
"Brute force not work? It because you not use enought of it"
-Karg, Ogryn Bone'ead.
This isn't DnD. EQNext is supposed to be a re-imagining of the game isn't it? Maybe this time around they want dark elves to look a bit different than just differently colored elves.
Don't exist in EQ Lore. That's a D&D race.
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a) There is no actual confirmation that's a dark elf in the first place
b) Even if it were a dark elf, SOE has already made it clear this is an entirely different game, a "re-interpretation" if you will, on the basis that Norrath exists in a different plane. Some examples of the changes: kobolds are reptilian-like characters, goblins are going to be different, Firiona is a ranger-type, etc.
see it now
SOE & Wizards of the Coast teamup to bring..... the D&D version of EQ
Everquest with Kobolds and Tieflings D&D style
for silliness i googled and saw this
http://www.destructoid.com/magic-the-gathering-tactics-announced-153887.phtml
Wizards of the Coast and SOE are getting together to make a 3D turn-based strategy game based on the Magic: The Gathering property called Magic: The Gathering Tactics.
EQ2 fan sites
Nice reference!
We already know the D&D reptilian version of Kobold is in the game; so there are probably several more D&D elements they incorporated.
Here's the person in question:
Now compare to this D&D Drow (dark elf):
Remarkably similar to our dark-skinned lady, isn't she? Maybe those aren't all horns we're seeing but instead ears.
Now take a look at this D&D tiefling:
Also possible right? Except the horns tend to be much more prominent in these creatures.
It is looking like much inspiration has been taken from D&D so far.
In a documentary I watched last night the fellow that originally pitched EQ said he just wanted to make his version of a D&D online world. I'm paraphrasing but he did specifically say D&D.
True, but not quite so much in terms of art.
In any case, the horns is the least of what's wrong with this picture. I thought we had gotten over female characters wearing bikinis long ago? And giant weapons? And stupid looking bows?
What documentary are you referring to?
I'm honestly trying to find it. I will edit my post if I can! It isn't in my history though and it was rather long so i'm having trouble.
got it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubokT1_AZWo
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It seems to me that SoE is going for some hardcore everquest lore in regards to the Norrathian pantheon.
Dark elves reside in the underworld of Norrath, and are the children of Innoruuk.
When looking at a concept art drawing of the god of hate it is a deal easier to make out the horns than if you look at the screenshots of the in-game model.
Those are most definitely black horns, zoom in on the picture, I can see the color difference plane as day even on my cell phone.Just about NOTHING of that picture looks hardcore.
It isn't the artists fault, that's EQNext's style and SoE told them to do it that way.
Actually, it looks more like a second pair of ears, like what the Charr in GW2 have.
Or it could be some weird headband obscured by her hair that she's wearing with only the points showing.
Since when is Tuesday a direction?
Thanks. Real interesting to hear about the beginnings of MMO, this will be entertainment for the next 20 mins...
Gotta get used to Smed having a full head of hair back then.
The concept art is for EverQuest 1. The hardcore aspect I was referring to is that if dark elves are truely children of Innoruuk then it would be expected for them to have horns. On a side note I remember being level 50 and nearly wetting myself at the sight of this god during a raid.
That's the first thing that came to my mind, too. Just like the Bioware games, it's probably some aesthetic alteration for being a super evil follower of Innoruuk or something.
Either that, or it's not even a dark elf, but some type of Satyr that got hit by a fireball and burned black... the art is bad enough that it could go either way.
Just for reference, here is a webpic of the dark elves form EQ1:
And the new pic:
4 ears or 2 horns... Does it matter? There are appendages on the head that were never there before.
- Al
Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.- FARGIN_WAR
Maybe they just wanted to make the Dark Elves look more demonic to show their evil backgrounds. It's not like it's the first races to get a look change. We learned about the Kobol first.