It seems my unease over EverQuest’s future may have been valid after all. Today it appears many (reports of 70-100) of Daybreak’s employees have lost their jobs due to “realigning our work...
I'm on a PUBG binge lately. I can't get enough of the mad rush to pick up guns and shoot the heck out of everyone in the vicinity. What I CAN do without is the monotony of not finding gear, wa...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2017/09/04/h1z1-wants-faster-action-packed-pubg
I have no idea where I stand on this whole “3rd party key” debate. I’m talking about keys bought from Green Man Gaming, G2A, etc. What I do know is that people are always looking for deals,...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2016/07/02/daybreak-bans-unbans-players-using-reseller-keys
Daybreak could be at “it” again. What “it” is remains to be seen, but could be a number of variable behaviors we’ve seen over the past few years. Their recent job postings point at a ne...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2016/03/31/daybreakin-more-games
Unfortunately, this day has been coming for a long, long time. To Our Daybreak Community, I’m writing today to let you know that, after much review and consideration, Daybreak is discontinuing ...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2016/03/11/everquest-next-officially-cancelled
I really have no idea what Daybreak is doing. Let me rephrase that; I think Daybreak has no idea what Daybreak is doing. At every turn they are showing how NOT to behave as a video game company. ...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2016/02/05/wtf-is-daybreak-doing
Daybreak is launching a NEW EverQuest Progression Server. That’s right, the rumors are true! And it’s better than I expected. Phinigel will be a “True Box” Progression Server. This means ...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/11/23/new-eq-progression-server-phinigel-coming-december-9th
This one wreaks of a PR stunt that five people came up with in the conference room on their lunch breaks. A prison server? Really? We get told all the time how operating servers costs this com...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/08/20/prison-server-facepalm
I’m a little grumbly tonight. Daybreak decided they could do what was originally deemed impossible because the TLP/TLE servers are pulling from the same code as the live servers: Nerf Mage pets...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/08/12/daybreak-does-the-impossible
Continuing the ride the wave, Daybreak opened up two more progression servers last week, but this time the servers are for EverQuest 2. I chose to play on the PvE version rather than subject myse...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/07/31/having-fun-on-everquest-2s-progression-server
Okay, who had 170 days? Pay the man. I was thinking Smedley would last at least 6 months at Daybreak after SOE was acquired, but it turns out he lasted just shy of that coming in around 5 mont...
I need to come up for a breath of air and actually post something! Sorry for the slow posts, but I’ve been having a blast in EverQuest on the Ragirefire server. I have a lot of stuff to write a...
Ragefire’s launch didn’t go so well yesterday. In fact, I think I called it rather nicely. I’m not going to be overly negative. The entire thing was a debacle. If you’re looking for the f...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/05/21/ragefire-server-launch-delay-debacle
Ragefire, the new EQ progression server, is launching May 20th! That turnaround is incredible, and pretty much what I expected when Daybreak started hinting at a new progression server. Ragefire ...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/05/12/eq-ragefire-launches-may-20
The issue of multiboxing finally made its way back into my gaming life. I’m playing on Ragefire beta right now, the new EverQuest progression server, and it’s already apparent that lots and l...
Lots of EverQuest news today. The official rules/outline of the Ragefire Progression Server were released. Looks like we’ll be playing Classic EverQuest for 6 months, then Kunark will come out ...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/05/06/ragefire-progression-server-details
In a recent interview discussing mostly ‘company vision’ stuff, John Smedley made the following statement: “I firmly believe the days of the WoW-style MMO are over.” He went on to discuss...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/04/30/smedley-daybreak-is-focusing-on-shorter-session-times
Ding! EverQuest Project 1999 is now officially endorsed by Daybreak Games. Nothing changes for us P99 players. Technically it has always been “legal” for us to play. P99 players actually lose...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/04/29/p99-officially-endorsed-by-daybreak
The EverQuest Progression Server FAQ was updated back on the 15th. If you follow our forums at all you’ll see that we keep the EverQuest news updated regularly; if not you’ll just have to wai...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/04/22/eq-progression-server-is-progressing
EverQuest 2 is officially leaving the expansion model behind. Content will now be released more often than ‘yearly’ in the form of “campaigns” with the first being The Rum Cellar Campaign...
I was very pleased to see the news of Daybreak’s progress on the up and coming EverQuest progression server. Friday they announced that the “Slower Progression” option won the poll. If y...
My hopes for a fast-moving Daybreak Games Company (DGC) might actually not be completely insane. My last entry was Daybreak alluding to a new progression-based EverQuest server. Throughout the po...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/02/26/youve-ruined-your-own-lands-youll-not-ruin-mine
Last week’s dev Q&A hinted (or actually sorta directly stated) there will be a new EverQuest Progression Server. I’m all about the classic EverQuest experience,  and a chance to reli...
https://www.keenandgraev.com/2015/02/23/everquest-progression-server
No, that’s not the name of the next EverQuest game. ‘Lost’ is how many of us fans are feeling today. Big heartfelt condolences go out to the many fine people at Daybreak (SOE) who were l...