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EQ2Wire has been trying to get some answers about the EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate Pre-Order for the past 2 1/2 weeks. We contacted the SOE PR department with a detailed list of questions. We received an e-mail which quoted the Press Release but which did not answer any of our submitted questions. We sent an e-mail to SOE President John Smedley on November 19th with those same concerns and additional questions. At present, we have received no response to this e-mail. Where do we Stand? Going into December 2009, just where do American, North American (Canada, Mexico), and International...
Month: November 2009
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Available for Thanksgiving week only, there are 10 new paintings available in Norrath from the City Merchants in Qeynos and Freeport. As I was writing this article, I discovered a writeup at EQ2 Wiki with the names, screen snapshots, and descriptions of each painting. A merchant window retouched to show the 10 winning paintings: The First Prize winning “Destroyer of Ordanach” by Citadelli. One of the nine Second Prize winners “Prayer of the Righteous” by Enna. All 10 paintings can be viewed at your local City Merchant or at EQ2 Wikia. These items may be available later on, but...
Xalmat brings us this news from the Test server: On Test, they opened up starting cities to all races that can be of that alignment. That means: If you pick a good race, you can start in Qeynos or Kelethin. If you pick an evil race, you can start in Neriak, Freeport, or Gorowyn. If you pick a neutral race, you can start in any city. In summary, the new starting locations for races: Fae can now start in Qeynos (Willow Wood) Frogloks and Halflings in Kelethin Gnomes and Half Elves in Neriak Barbarians, Erudites, Humans, and Kerrans in...
From EQ2 Forums: The Heroes’ Festival has begun! A call has gone out to all Norrathian adventurers to commemorate the five years that have passed since the Refuge Islands first began collecting those lost in the turbulent oceans. Celebrators, happy to share in the festivities, can be found in North and South Qeynos or West and South Freeport. Quest starters are in North and South Qeynos, as well as West and NORTH Freeport. EQ2 ZAM Wiki page with Heroes’ Festival info EQ2 Forums discussion on Heroes’ Festival Post on Facebook Note: This is the EQII 5th Anniversary event, which...
We’ve seen an excellent response to the first ever EQ2Wire Reader Survey with nearly 200 submissions. This will help us guide the site into the new year and the next expansion of EverQuest II. On the subject of EQ2Wire adding updates on Twitter (without affecting our regular site updates), you’ve spoken loud and clear. 81% of readers don’t use Twitter and only 7% of readers would change their visiting habits if we offered a Twitter service. Your votes on what kinds of articles, news, strategy guides, and amount of commentary we provide will help shape the future of EQ2Wire....
If you’d like to see a complete chart of all the Chronomage Missions in the order they are given as well as the rewards (house-placeable plushies), check out Elquinjena’s writeup at Kithicor.org.
A Bibliophile’s Guide to the Books of Norrath We’ve been following Aurelis‘ progress on documenting every book currently available in the world of Norrath. She has now posted the results of her extensive research. Some facts and figures she discovered: 428 confirmed books 2 unconfirmed books 20 books that exist only in the database and have never been discovered 1 book that was once a house item and is kept on the list in memoriam of its untimely demise. Of course these are subject to change if someone out there finds another book! Please see her full announcement. A...
Windslasher brings us news that the Qeynos/Freeport World Event first mentioned a few weeks back will be activated on Test and Test Copy hopefully this evening. This should be the source of storylines and lore expected to lead us into the Sentinel’s Fate (Odus) expansion. As soon as we have more info about this event, and whether it will go live with Game Update 54 (Will of the Tyrant), we’ll let you know!
Kiara has posted the following update regarding SoE’s efforts to locate one or more international distributors for EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate. Answers! Not all the answers that everyone wants, naturally, but definitely better than nothing, for certain. 1) The coupon in the retail box for the $10 in the Station Store is for the DD version of SF only. Good for folks with more than one account or for those who want to gift to a friend to get them into the game. 2) Still waiting on the lists of where Amazon and GameStop will ship. Sharp sticks have...
Kander brings us news that Emperor’s Athenaeum and Kurn’s Tower: Breaching the Void have been added to the Hot Zone rotation. Post on EQ2 Forums.
On the fence about that Race Change Potion? Thinking twice about changing your Name? Contemplating a Server Transfer? If these questions, or the thought of grabbing some furniture or clothing while nobody’s looking, has occurred to you, here’s some news you might use. Next week — November 23 ~ November 29 — all StationCash cards will redeem with a 25% bonus. So for $10, you get 1250 StationCash, instead of 1000SC. In short, a Race Change potion should work out to $20 instead of $25 if you redeem the points during next week. Now, just like last time, these...
EQ2Players.com has always had some features locked away behind an optional $2.99/month subscription. The most notable of these features for me have been looking up Alts and Item Discovery information. The rest of EQ2Players.com has always felt rather unfinished to me, especially the oddly formatted Alternate Advancements display. While EQ2Players.com has recently seen renewed developer attention in the last few months (check out the EQ2Players Forum), it’s premium features have always been a bit skimpy to justify the $2.99/month subscription in EQ2Wire’s opinion. So we were impressed by today’s news that, starting December 17th, the extra fee for EQ2Players...
Today’s hotfix notes are brief: ITEMS The Legends of Norrath “Mysterious Key” is now flagged No Trade as intended. The Legends of Norrath “Draught of Ingenuity” potion is now flagged Heirloom instead of No Trade. MUNZOK’S MATERIAL BASTION Munzok’s Edict no longer persists through death.
Welcome to the first Reader Survey for EQ2Wire. Depending upon participation and feedback, we’ll hopefully have one per month. This survey will be of particular importance to frequent Twitter users. 🙂 Survey after the jump:
EQ2Wire is working on a story covering the overseas marketing and distribution strategy for EverQuest II’s sixth expansion — EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate. While there have been some concerns expressed on the EQ2 Forums regarding the 7-day headstart release strategy of Sentinel’s Fate from American customers (specifically within the 48 contiguous states with guaranteed arrival by February 16, 2010), specifically from American customers who have traditionally purchased the Digital Download, this has been nothing compared to the outcry from hundreds of international EverQuest II customers. According to the EQ2Players Announcement, the only means for EQ2 players outside of the...
If you attended Fan Faire 2009, you may have watched the Jace Hall production “EverCracked”. It is a humorous documentary about the history of EverQuest, and the slightest hints about EverQuest Next, the 3rd EverQuest game currently in development. Today marks the debut of the epic documentary EverCracked! The Phenomenon of EverQuest, available exclusively on IGN.com. The five-part weekly series, hosted and produced by Jace Hall, chronicles the trials and tribulations leading to the development, launch and success of the genre-defining massively multiplayer online game which celebrated its tenth anniversary in March 2009. EverCracked! celebrates EverQuest’s legacy by taking...
Niami DenMother and Kaisha of EQTraders.com can always be counted upon to provide excellent coverage of Crafting and Live Events. There are 3 articles worth checking out, and they are still being updated as more items are discovered, so be sure to check them out again at the end of the month to see anything news! From Niami: Check out the EQ2TC GU54 Crafting Overview for more details – it already has the furniture shots for the first City Festival event (clothing shots will be incoming as time permits), as well as a page showing both the returning and...
The EQ2Wire often produces articles and opinion pieces which would benefit from a comic or cartoon to illustrate the salient points. We are looking for an Artist who would be interested in producing illustrations or cartoons at least twice a month for the EQ2Wire. This is not a paying position, but the artist retains viewing and portfolio rights to artwork created for the EQ2Wire. This artist will also receive a link to their own personal site (if they have one) in the EQ2Wire sidebar. Some illustrations will have a specific theme and/or dialogue written by EQ2Wire. Others will offer...
The main EverQuest 2 site at Station.Sony.com has been updated with a dozen new screen snapshots for the new EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate expansion. Check them out (choose ‘Sentinel’s Fate’ from the filter menu on the bottom right). Featuring a few below:
If the EQ2 team are trying to keep the secrets of February’s expansion Sentinel’s Fate under wraps, they might want to avoid sending out data files containing Sentinel’s Fate textures and zone art with the EQ2 Patcher. We’re not even in Beta yet (expected sometime in December) 🙂 If you wish to remain ignorant about Sentinel’s Fate a bit longer and you’d rather be surprised in February, then don’t click:
The trailer we saw yesterday for Sentinel’s Fate, the sixth expansion for EverQuest II, has been posted on EQ2Players in High Definition (1280 x 720). You can download it as well as grab some more screen snapshots at EQ2Players. Note it’s a large file (120MB) so I recommend downloading it to your PC first before trying to play it.
The news is coming quickly about EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate’s new Retail strategy. Kiara brings us this: Fan Faire attendees with accounts in good standing will receive a complimentary digital copy of the retail version. You will have the early access and items associated with the retail version of the game. We’re looking into Best Buy not having the listing yet. Amazon and GameStop are shipping overseas. I’m trying to get a list of the countries that will be shipped to. Retail boxes ordered online and shipped, SHOULD be shipped in time to arrive on release day to allow...
You can now watch the EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate Teaser Trailer at EQ2 Zam: and you can check out some EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate screen snapshots as well: To find more information about EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate, you can check out EQ2Wire’s recently updated Fan Faire News Rollup with all the information about the expansion. From watching the trailer, we’ve also learned the Sentinel’s Fate will contain: 4,000 new items 400 Quests 5 Heritage Quests
EverQuest II: Sentinel’s Fate Getting a jump on the holiday season (and a full 100 days before its official launch), the EverQuest II Sentinel’s Fate expansion has been made available for pre-order!! The most remarkable part of this announcement is the extraordinary measures being taken to get EverQuest II back onto Retail shelves and getting retailers to take the game seriously. With Sentinel’s Fate, it is now clear that the preferred version of EverQuest II will be the retail Collector’s Edition. Not only with in-box and in-game exclusive items, but the release schedule. The Retail version will be available...