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In a change that has so far received mostly positive feedback, Destiny of Velious will likely alter the methods Tradeskillers will choose to level up most efficiently. While the Destiny of Velious NDA remains in effect, Domino has been allowed to share this change with the community to provide an opportunity for feedback before Velious (and its associated game update which we are calling Game Update 59 — SOE has yet to name it). Most tradeskillers level up by first crafting new recipes (thus receiving a 200% Crafting Pristine Bonus), and then move on to writs (Rush Orders or...
Day: February 15, 2011
Kerane has brought to our attention some special pricing by DLGamer for past customers and families to purchase EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious at a discount. The official SOE (and Direct2Drive) price for the Destiny of Velious expansion is 34,95 €. EverQuest ® II Destiny of Velious ™ All-In-One X2 (Familly pack) 59,99 €. Two copies of EQ2 for your friends/family. And according to an e-mail received by Kerane: All who ordered the previous expansion from DLgamer can buy Destiny of Velious for 31.99 €“. If you did not receive such an e-mail from DLGamer, shoot them an e-mail...
From the EQ2 Forums: The Lucan D’Lere and Crushbone servers will be taken offline at 12:00am PST on Wednesday, February 16th [Thursday 16 Feb @ 8:00] and will be offline for an estimated 24 hours. The merged Crushbone server should be back online sometime around 12:00 am PST on Thursday, February 17th. The following services will be affected for all EQII servers during this downtime and may experience interruptions: Cross-server chat Chat channels In-game mail Friends Lists We apologize for any inconvenience and will resume all affected services when the merge is complete. and this update: Lucan will be...
From EverQuest2.com: Upcoming Dev Chat Webcast #4: This Friday, February 18th, members of the EQII Development Team will join us again to give an exclusive tour of Destiny of Velious! Friday, February 18 at 4:00 pm PST [Midnight-1:00 GMT on Feb 19]: Live Tour of Destiny of Velious! Join members of the EQII team for a live walkthrough of the new expansion. Producer Dave “Smokejumper” Georgeson and Game Designer Paul “Cronyn” Molina will be on hand to give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Destiny of Velious. Tune in on Facebook or on Stickam to watch the fourth webcast...
Despite prophecies and predictions declaring EQ2X overpriced and underdelivered, it seems EQ2X’s popularity has nonetheless led it to be a victim of its own success in recent weeks. Several threads on the EQ2X forums about server crashes, instability, and lag have been created which got some reaction from SmokeJumper. Currently, EQ2X runs on but a single server called Freeport. Hmm, lets make SOE notice us.. Sony, you’re going to have to allow Freeport copies to live. Now I keep getting flung back to character select screen…. BING BANG SONY WAKE UP After the jump, responses from SmokeJumper…
I wanted to bring you an update on an issue we raised over the weekend regarding Direct Debit from your bank as a Payment Option for EQ2 Expansions, Subscriptions, and StationCash. Amnerys, EQ2 Community Manager, has raised the issue with the appropriate departments and is seeking an answer. There is no need to panic yet, as no orders have been cancelled or affected. From the EQ2 Forums: I am currently in talks with a few departments so we can get this straightened out. It sounds like the option to use Direct Debit might be removed for purchasing SC going...
Here are your February 15, 2011 Update Notes from the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL An issue that stops ambient characters in city zones from wandering has been fixed. ‘Follow’ should once again be an option on group member’s right-click menu. LIVE EVENTS Sister Thog Macgilly will now update the quest “Premonitions of Disaster” even while Erollisi Day is being celebrated. Creatures within the Shard of Love now have a significantly higher chance of dropping love loot while Erollisi Day is being celebrated.