Over the past few weeks or so, I’ve been really enjoying a sideline business in EverQuest 2 Void Storm chasing. Fire Festival blossoms were a ton of fun too, don’t get me wrong, but I have a lot of appreciation for what SOE’s put out there as just the first part in a multi-month live event. The Void Storms supposedly tie into the next EQ2 expansion. I imagine they presage a wider-scale invasion … leading up to a full-on assault for the expansion proper? One can only hope!

Let me put it this way: if this is the kind of live event we can expect for the rest of the year, SOE is definitely going to be looking at an upswing in subscriptions. The event itself is simple enough: grab a pair of goggles, go find a storm, free the souls besotted by the void, kill a few beasts, and head back to the city. There’s a quest required to get the goggles and anti-void potion, and the quest is simple as dirt: 10 saved souls for a win. Each completed quest nets you a token.

These tokens can be turned in to a vendor very nearby to where you obtain the quest. If you pick your zone right, you can make the run to the storms and back lightning fast. You should keep in mind, basically, that the storms level-adjust themselves to your character. IE: doesn’t matter what zone you go to, you can complete the quest and get your tokens. You’ll only need 18 to get the full set of appearance armor – even fewer if you just want a nice robe or the friendly goblin companion pet.

It’s so simple, but still fun, an easy-to-complete enterprise that just begs for on-the-spot grouping. It’s the kind of thing I’m extremely hopeful we’ll see more of in the expansion – meta currencies for concrete rewards, ways to encourage players to get together in the short term as well as long term.

Check below the cut for a few videos and screenshots from my time with the live event content.