EverQuest Next Landmark has gone dark. While its darkness was planned, it's still dark. Right now the alpha version is being wiped (read destroyed), to be replaced with the closed beta version. When closed beta opens on Wednesday, the 26th, everyone will start from square one, placing new claims and gathering resources for building. For some, rebuilding.
This may seem trivial to non-builders, but--as I learned on my last day of building there--it's not trivial to know that your work will soon be completely gone. Oh, the developers have promised that they will template each player's builds; they also warned that the templating may not work well.
For now, here's remembering what we did.
Over time tools and materials evolved greatly. Here's a later build:
Waiting for Wednesday and the next chapter....
-- Marge
This may seem trivial to non-builders, but--as I learned on my last day of building there--it's not trivial to know that your work will soon be completely gone. Oh, the developers have promised that they will template each player's builds; they also warned that the templating may not work well.
For now, here's remembering what we did.
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Over time tools and materials evolved greatly. Here's a later build:
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| Sprocks, Landmark Alpha build, Landmark Forum |
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And we all learned new methods--
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Waiting for Wednesday and the next chapter....
-- Marge
