Orignal EQ beta zone: Designer Apprentice

gernblan · #1 10-11-2007, 01:33 PM

NO, it was part of the live beta. Same engine as the original release.

Richardo · #2 10-13-2007, 04:13 AM

The EQ LithTech engine has been around forever, they just keep adding more crap to it. It's a terrible graphics engine and eats memory like Rogean eats Wendy's Burgers.

gernblan · #3 10-13-2007, 11:23 AM

Yup. Same engine they did Blood 2 on. Blood 2 was a great game hehe

**TheLieka** · #4 10-14-2007, 03:00 PM

If you get your hands on this, I would definately be interested also. =)

Dax

gernblan · #5 10-22-2007, 03:21 AM

I'm starting to doubt that zone will ever see the light of day again.

Sakrateri · #6 10-22-2007, 04:07 AM

Well , heres some cool screenshots while your thinking about it

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/gallery/alphabeta.html

gernblan · #7 10-23-2007, 11:56 AM

Neat!

Thanks!

None of those shots are of Designer Apprentice, though. Let me try to describe it.

it was a rectangle area with two floors.

On the bottom were rows of weapon racks and barrels. Many boxes too. Most were containers that they put "testing items" in, some weapons, armor, tradeskill items, etc.

Every type of tradeskill was there also.

Some mobs were also up that you could fight and test things on. The repop time was very short (of course, so that you could keep testing).

It was a NEAT part of the EQ beta.

And since I lost my copy, I'm really afraid it's lost forever (just like any solid info on what PoM used to be like so that someone (like me, given the chance) could recreate it and "De-revamp" the travesty that it is now.