Howdy, folks, and welcome to the brand-spanking new EverQuest II Developer’s blog. I’m Bruce “Froech” Ferguson, and I’ll be your sometimes host through the weird and wacky world of game development, along with a host of other team members who will be bringing their own perspective and comments to this blog. I’m actually quite excited about this new venture, as we’ve promised ourselves that we’ll post much more “off the cuff” than we tend to in our forums, and it will give us a chance to speak about what we want to, quickly and easily. Of course, some folks are naturally more verbose than others, and we all have our distinct writing styles which I think you’ll get to enjoy as we take this journey together.
So, this being the first post, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our various communities for their support. It’s easy as a developer to fall into the trap of listening to only one group or another, as they “shout” louder, or post more information than other groups. In fact, we, as a team, are listening. We’re listening to the hard core raiders. We’re listening to the casual players. We’re listening to the people who attend Fan Faires. We’re listening to the people who post on our boards, and other boards as well. We’re looking at information we gather in game to see what the vast non-vocal majority is doing. We’re constantly trying to gather as much information as we can so that we can steer the game in a direction that satisfies the majority. Sometimes, we miss the mark, and have to do a course correction further down the road. But we’re certainly trying.
We all have pretty full plates right now, but we do appreciate your feedback in all forms, and we continue to read it in as many places as possible, even though time restraints often do not permit us to reply individually. When we do have time to respond, we’ll post here in this blog, or in the SOE boards. However, that doesn’t mean that we’re not reading! Frankly, we value the input.
I’m looking forward to some interesting discussions here on this blog. Thanks for taking the time to read….and the time to play. We certainly appreciate your continued support, and the enjoyment you take from the game.
Bruce “Froech” Ferguson
Senior Producer - EverQuest II
