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Alan “Brenlo” has chimed in on the EQ2 Forums with the news that GU53 will be appearing on Test servers tomorrow. He’s also spilled the beans on Hot Zones and what this means for you. Tomorrow morning, Shards of Destiny is going to the Test server! Woo Hoo! We hope you are as excited as we are to see the new content and try it out for yourselves. I encourage you, if you have time in your busy schedules, to jump onto Test and try the new content out. We would love to hear your feedback and the more...
Day: August 26, 2009
We’re now less than 6 months from EverQuest II’s Sentinel’s Fate expansion and Domino, EQ2 Tradeskill Developer, is starting to dig deep into Transmuting. If you’d like to see her preliminary ideas and give feedback on the EQ2 Forums, you should check out the EQ2 Tradeskill forums. And here’s a completely unrelated Fan Faire photo:
Rothgar brings us an update on Game Update 53. The EQ2 Team wants to get Gu53 on the test server soon, to allow 1 full month of testing. However Shaders 3.0 won’t be ready within the next few days. As a result, Shaders 3.0 are slipping to Gu54 expected in November. If you attended our last Fan Faire or have been following the forums you’ve probably heard about a major overhaul to the EverQuest II rendering engine where we are upgrading all of our existing shaders from version 1.x to version 3.0. This upgrade will result in a performance...
Here are your EQ2 Patch Notes for August 26th: ACHIEVEMENTS Fury Enhance: Hibernation should trigger properly when falling below 15%. ITEMS The focus effect on the Robe of Shifting Visions will increase the damage properly now. MISC The Welcome Screen now lists the current Daily Double. Rothgar reports further at the EQ2 Forums: Also, the Welcome Screen has been updated to include information about the current Daily Mission as well as support for upcoming Hot Zones.* My understanding is that Hot Zones will be a rotation of zones that offer extra XP, AA XP, or other rewards.