This will be my last comic before leaving for FanFaire.

My sixth - imagine that! My first FF was in Orlando, and it was just EQ. Now we have so many more games to look at; some of them brand new and eminently sneak-peekable.

The Agency and Pirates of the Burning Sea are both drawing a lot of attention of course, but I also hope to see more of Gods and Heroes (it looked great at GDC). I am curious to see new info on what is happening with Vanguard, SWG, The Matrix and Planetside as well. I need six of me. Maybe someone will bring a cloning tank along.

The game dearest to my heart is still EverQuest II, and I cannot wait to see what is revealed about the Rise of Kunark expansion.

In some ways, the dizzying pace of development is good - particularly for powergamers who get bored as soon as they reach max level in any game. But for a more stop-to-look-at-the-roses type of gal like me, there is just too much. Reminds me of the scene from the movie UHF: "YOU GET TO DRINK FROM... THE FIRE HOSE!"

Heck, I am only level 32 in LOTRO, and we have tons and tons of content still to document for our site.

When Kunark lands, all three of us (and friends) will be diving in; Wren headfirst, me feet first, and Brakk in a cannonball. Before then, I still have a large backlog of EoF maps to finish.

Speaking of maps, I heard that EQII will be releasing more detailed in-game maps for players... I sure hope it doesn't make me and my beloved cartography vocation utterly redundant!

There is a lot to take in at the SoE FanFaire, and I hope I manage to cover half of it! The other half involves a lot of beer, and I am all over that.

;-)#
Brasse

P.S. Time to get back to finishing this ruddy armor. I have leather dye stains all over my hands already, bleh. No matter how careful I am...