A host of other game enhancements will ship with EverQuest II, including player-owned real-estate, player-controlled ships, reduced learning curve for newbies and a boatload of new items and spells. We also got to see the new quest system in action—now instead of wandering to specific guilds or people for tasks, you’ll be able to pick up a mission almost anywhere in the game—signs sprinkled throughout towns, animals and other seemingly random places around the virtual world. NPCs will be delving out more quests, but in an impressive turn, they’ll actually reach out to you for quests based on your current stats. That means, if you’re a certain level in hunting, an NPC will evaluate your character, and if you qualify, will ask if you want to perform a specific quest. It sounds good in writing, but seeing it in person left a lasting (read: good) impression.