EverQuest Turns 21 Years Old Next Month, New ‘Overseer’ Feature Coming Soon

everquest group art bannerEverQuest will be turning 21 next month and Executive Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale can’t be more excited. In her latest Producer’s Letter, Longdale talks about the future of the game and a new feature coming to the classic MMORPG.

“Can you believe EverQuest is entering its third decade? 21 years old this year! For this year’s anniversary in mid-March this year, we are releasing a new feature that has been a passion project for us that should enhance the lives of many around Norrath. We call it ‘Overseer.’

As an Overseer, you will be able to send out agents that you earn on Overseer Quests to gain rewards. This new system is designed to help players catch up to current content by giving access to rewards that are found in past content. Its goal is to help you build up your characters faster. Overseer is accessible starting at level 85 and with its launch we will grant all members a free level 85 heroic character. More details on Overseer will be coming very soon.”

Longdale also talks about the status of the new progression servers. “Not today!” writes Longdale. “But we are planning to launch in late spring/early summer. We have some work to do on tech and game health overall as well as fully rounding out the rule sets before we can launch them.” According to Longdale, work also includes merging a few servers in preparation for the new ones.