Hi, I am curious if the Plane of War is going to be implemented this year some time? Numerous players been waiting for that zone since Plane of Powers came out back in or around 2000 or so..
It was announced that Plane of War would be going live during this year's anniversary events. So we should see it some time next month or the first week of April.
Oh yes, I've been waiting and waiting... not done anything else in the mean time, just popped in every now and then... clicked on the stone... nothing. Back to waiting.
IIRC, PoWar will use the 'broken' stone in PoTranq. It will also use the same zone geometry as the original (unreleased) PoWar zone; they've apparently worked out the pathing and/or other issues that made the zone unworkable. (IIRC, the zone was designed on a 45degree slant, which was/is a PITA for EQ's pathing algorithms.) Lore wise, I don't know if they've released any info about what we can expect in there. Going off of my own faulty memory, it was originally going to be Vallon and Tallon Zek's zone (and lead into PoTactics for the final Rallos Zek fight; PoTactics is basically a tower within the PoWar zone).
Right when the fabled went live, I ran over, clicked the stone, and nothing. I wonder if it will be like the revamped sol b: a regular static zone for xp and fun, then a raid zone! Would be so fun. The Plane of War... where Tallon and Vallon play Wargames while their Father Rallos sits on his throne, laughing at child's play. Rallos Zek... the one who with his mighty Ogre creation destroyed the Twelve Mystical Rathe Council...
Please use the existing stone in PoTranq for the PoWar zone in; don't haphazardly throw another NPC in PoK by the GL zone in like you guys love to do. Enough already with that.
I hope they do use that existing stone in PoT. I was just thinking that while doing Brick of Knowledge quest for an alt.
Gorynn sounds like he's related to Goro from Mortal Kombat... Cool lore in that link, thanks Danille.
They did say at SoE live that the unused stone would become active for PoWar. I got all giddy when they announced it. It's going to packed for the first month, however it's so going to be worth it.
What would you like to know? Answers to the questions in the thread so far: Yes, the zone will be going live this year. The zone in to the Plane of War will be the previously inactive stone in the cave in the Plane of Tranquility. Depending on your progression through the Plane of War there may be a second zoneline inside the Plane of Tactics. The loot will be modern. Some of it to be among the best available in game. The rewards will come at the price of the content being legitimately challenging.