Simply upgrading the graphics engine won't change anything except the possibility for artists to make nicer looking things going forward. It isn't going to make the original zones in EQ look any better, it isn't going to change character models, it isn't going to make new armor models, or anything of the sort. It'll just be a new graphics engine loading up to 15 year old art assets. In order to actually make use of any new tech, the art would have to be updated. We currently have close to 1800 zones including instances that would have to all be remade to see any benefit from a new engine.



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