IRL - With NetEase gone will EQ see a huge China player influx?!?!

[MrFrog]

The title says it all really. Looking like millions from China are going to be looking for a new gaming experience now. Anyone on RG have any insight on this and what do people think of the possibility of so many possibly landing in EQ?

 

[kaen01]

i doubt eq will have a draw on the chinese players who are more common to much more modern and different styled mmo's

 

[MrFrog]

With so many players without WoW access now, it would only take a small percentage of them to eclipse EQ's current users. It may take a miracle but it's not an outrageous possibility.

 

[Cybris]

nah, Tencent is basically making a clone of that other game that shall not be named LOL.
New Tencent game

 

[delfnec]

no dont think so... (a eq player from China here)
WoW's market has nibbled by other competing products as @Cybris said。

 

[Grpsmashin]

nah, Tencent is basically making a clone of that other game that shall not be named LOL.
New Tencent game

Not going to lie, graphics on it looks good

 

[Cybris]

I know I watched that beta test boss fight and was like I want to play LOL.
No idea what the combat system or progression is like.

 

[MrFrog]

Most new games don't have the depth, history or track record but I hear what you're all saying. Was just thinking of the numbers and even 20k new/returning players would make an impact on EQ.

 

[Grpsmashin]

20,000 * 14.99/month = 299,800/month is a good chunk. will be interesting to see how many come

 

[v1ndi]

No. Chinese population heavily skewed towards mobile gaming. You can't pay2win in EQ through DBG, so little incentive for that market.

 

[Redfrog]

Possible incentive for the Real World money making though...Plat/Krono/Named hogging/Char selling. Its easy cash for some lonely bored souls. Could bring some back to servers and impact things.

 

[an_image]

No. Chinese population heavily skewed towards mobile gaming. You can't pay2win in EQ through DBG, so little incentive for that market.

Kind of disagree there @v1ndi ...with some of the community tools you can certainly make a living out of eq.
You can see evidence on some servers:

• JeromePowell 24/7 krono buying-re-selling
• Provider's 24/7 afk pwlvl sellers...for kr...
• etc...

 

[v1ndi]

It's not about making a living, it's about paying so you can show you're better than people - which is a huge cultural portion of gaming in Asia. Pay2Win is seen as a means of showing off your wealth and status, and isn't nearly as frowned upon over there. My point is about the ability to pay for power directly through in-game means, which is a staple in Asian MMOs (Blade n Soul, BDO, Lost Ark, etc). Additionally, my main point of why China losing WoW will have virtually no impact on EQ's population is because mobile gaming accounts for about an 80% market share for all gaming in China (https://www.statista.com/topics/4642/gaming-in-china/#dossierKeyfigures)

Possible incentive for the Real World money making though...Plat/Krono/Named hogging/Char selling. Its easy cash for some lonely bored souls. Could bring some back to servers and impact things.

IDK, I see the same accounts on ECT not selling for months at a time. Powerleveling can be lucrative, but it's a one and done transaction. Recurring RMT (e.g. selling clear runs, selling dungeon carries, raid clears, mount drops, etc, is way more $$$ than a 10 dollar krono). As an example, my FF14 group used to sell ultimate raid clears for $1000 a run, and we would pilot 8 characters. So ~8 grand for about 20 minutes of work.

 

[Kazimere]

The fact that someone would pay 1k for a totle and weapon glam is….sad. For them. Not your static.

 

[519helvis]

The fact that someone would pay 1k for a totle and weapon glam is….sad. For them. Not your static.

when i was on riz i knew a guy who fronted his own cash for 36 accts a month, some people just have a large enough expendable income to do things like paying for a raid clear etc ... thats the great thing about games, play how you see fit its your money spend it how you like ... me personally i spend my extra income collecting records lol

 

[Kazimere]

Yeah, I know. It is there money, so they can do what they want. Not gonna stop me from saying it's sad though.

 

[brainiac]

BTW the whole thing about netease is that people in china cannot play western games unless they have a chinese provider. So i'm not sure how _any_ chinese players would be able to play everquest. Chinese laws ban *all* personal information from leaving the country, so you cannot even host everquest servers for chinese players outside of china.

 

[Lord Sivion]

Too many hurdles to suggest any real possibility of an influx of players from that region. There may be some, but EQ is certainly not of this era in gaming. I wouldn't be worried about it.