EverQuest Online Adventures (EQOA) is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for the PlayStation 2. EQOA is one of the few MMORPGs released on a video game console. It is part of the EverQuest franchise that is well established on the PC. Image File history File links Boxart for the game Everquest Online Adventures: Frontiers File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Wikipedia presents. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wikipedia presents. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that is used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality and for storing data. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A computer keyboard is a peripheral partially modeled after the typewriter keyboard. ... Smaug in his lair: an illustration for the fantasy The Hobbit Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that manipulates the video display signal of a display device (a television, monitor, etc. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... The Altair 8800 was among the first microcomputers to be affordable by an individual, although it initially lacked peripherals and memory. ...

Popularity

Like other commercial MMORPGs, EQOA charges a monthly fee currently US$14.99 in addition to purchasing the game software. SOE had predicted 100,000 subscribers by March 2003, but they later reported having only 20,000 to 30,000 subscriptions most being tri or quad boxers. While the game's subscription numbers do not compare to Final Fantasy XI (another fantasy MMORPG available on the PS2), SOE has pledged that it will continue with updates and support as long as it is profitable. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Final Fantasy XI ), also known as Final Fantasy XI: Online or simply Final Fantasy Online, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix). ...

Previously it was hard to find pre-paid game cards for EQOA from retailers which made paying for a subscription to the game difficult for many. Recently SOE made a new Game Card available to retailers that may be used to pay for one month on any of the games developed by the company, including EQOA. This new game card is widely available at most electronics retailers at a price of $14.99.

Setting and gameplay

EverQuest Online Adventures is set in Norrath 500 years prior to the original EQ in the "Age of Adventure". The world features many places familiar to fans of the original and most of the differences were explained in the lore of EverQuest. Norrath is a fictional planet in the EverQuest universe. ...

The gameplay is similar to EverQuest in its focus on character development, player versus environment combat, quests, exploration, grouping, and socializing.

There are fifteen playable classes, and ten races.

Classes include Cleric, Druid, Shaman, Enchanter, Wizard, Alchemist, Necromancer, Magician, Bard, Ranger, Rogue, Monk, Paladin, Shadowknight, and Warrior.

Races consist of Dwarves, Elves, Dark Elves, Human (Eastern and Western), Gnome, Troll, Ogre, Barbarian, Erudite, and Halfling.

Development

EQOA was developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and first released on February 11, 2003. A second edition, EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers, was launched later that year and replaced the original. Wikipedia presents. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The lead game designer of EQOA: Frontiers is currently Sam Parra (Daemaas), with the recent leaving of Leah Ruben (Sapphyra). Former lead game designer Leah Ruben worked on many different games before she was involved with the launch of EQOA. Leah has worked on EQPC, as well as a few other games such as a football game that SONY came out with in 2001. Leah Ruben started out with EQOA as QA (Quality Assurance) she then moved onto becoming a GM (Game Master) under the name of Sapphyra. Once Sapphyra was born, she had become an apprentice developer and then filled in the role of lead developer after about a year of apprenticeship. As of June 8, 2007, this is Leah Ruben's final day working with SOE and EQOA project, she left the community a fond farewell message and is currently pursuing future endeavors in Texas with her family.

EverQuest Online Adventures: Frontiers, was launched on November 17, 2003. Frontiers added another playable race, the Ogre, and character class Alchemist, as well as many quests and items. The level cap was raised from 50 to 60. Also added was the continent of Odus and a newly-opened territory of Tunaria known as Rathe Mountains, as well as high-level raid-specific zones in other locations including Plane of Sky, Lavastorm Mountains, and a subset of the Plane of Disease known as Last Home. Certain portions of Tunaria itself that existed previous to the release of EQOA: Frontiers were also revamped for higher-level players given the increase in the level cap. Frontiers also added an alternate form of advancement by allowing players to dedicate a percentage of the experience points they received to obtaining Class Masteries (CMs). These CMs allow players to increase their power and gain new abilities. They also can purchase Master Classes with (CMs), further strengthening themselves in their area of combat. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Many fantasy stories and worlds call their main sapient humanoid species races rather than species. ... A character class represents a characters archetype and career in some role-playing games (RPGs). ... Experience points (often abbreviated as exp or xp) are a representation of a characters advancement and improvement in skills in role-playing games and computer role-playing games. ...

In August 2004, Sony Online Entertainment introduced a new series of quests for players of various levels between 30 and 60 to partake in the ability to transform into lycanthropes (having a choice of becoming a werewolf, wererat, werelion, werebear, or weregator), or a lycanthrope hunter. In February 2005, the game was updated to allow players to redesign their character through Training Point and Class Mastery reallocation by Rehabilitator Anja in Muniel's Tea Garden. Items, such as the Rose of Renewal, can grant an additional reallocation. Since that time, many new quests and functionalities (including a new toolbar for switching out weapons) have been added. Most recently (July 2005), characters that have attained level 60 may complete new epic quests that will result in them obtaining high level weapons and new powerful abilities. Wikipedia presents. ... In folklore, Lycanthropy is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. ... A German woodcut from 1722 A werewolf (also lycanthrope or wolfman) in folklore is a person who shapeshifts into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse. ... A wererat is a fictional creature akin to a werewolf, but shapeshifting into the form of a rat instead of a wolf. ... Barbara Minerva as the form-changing supervillain Cheetah, by Justiniano Werecats (also written in a hyphenated form as were-cats) are creatures of folklore, fantasy fiction, horror fiction and occultism that are generally described as shapeshifters who are similar to werewolves, except that they turn into creatures that are based... WereBears were plush stuffed toy bears, created by George Nicholas Creations in 1983. ...

Game developers have brought class-balancing to live servers in April 2006. These changes were tested on the test server "Hagley", offering players the chance to help with the decisions of making the game "balanced". All players were offered a chance to be rehabilitated with training points and class mastery points to perfect their characters due to the several hundred changes in which class-balancing brought about.

In order to allow those players who may have lost CMs in the class-balancing process to regain their CM points, "The Luck" quest (activated originally on St. Patrick's Day 2005, and then again on March 17, 2006) was changed from its previous duration of 1 hour to be 48 hours. After completion of the quest, the player received three charges of a group buff that doubled experience (XP). On August 1, 2006, the buffs code was changed to be self only, but the item itself was still tradeable. This buff is lost, like all others following death.

The development team has released a new zone for the game the morning of December 18, 2006. The zone, Zaoran Plateau, also known as the Plane of War is currently home to three unique factions you can align your character with. Respectively the three factions are: Soldiers of Rallos Zek, whose deity is Rallos Zek, the Honor Guard, followers of Mithaniel Marr, and the Akessan, mysterious, dimensionless beings whom worship an unknown deity. Rallos Zek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

External links

• SOE's official EQOA site

• Official EQOA Community Forums
• Quest Masters EQOA Fan Site No PoP ups!
• The Order of the Sleepless Knights- EQOA Fan/Guild Site
• Manifest Destiny - EQOA Fan/Guild Site
• Allakhazam's EQOA Fan Site
• Caster's Realm EQOA Fan Site
• Hodstock.com EQOA Fan Site
• Singz EQOA Fan Site
• EQOA Maps