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This was a LIVEBLOG of the Destiny of Velious Webcast #2 (February 4th). Chat today was originally going to be Itemization. Instead, it was about Flying Mounts. Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson, Senior Producer EverQuest II Greg “Rothgar” Spence, Lead Programmer EverQuest II Moderator: Greg Aguis, Brand Manager (Marketing) for EverQuest II
Month: February 2011
From Rothgar on the EQ2 Forums: Things are going very well and considering the extra time we expected from moving the data a long distance, we’re actually running ahead of schedule. Our QA department is checking things out now and if we don’t find any issues we hope to have the server up early. Thanks for your patience during this downtime! and later: Update: We are still having some issues with the chat portion of the merge, its just taking a little longer than expected to move friends lists, mail, etc. Everything else looks good so as soon as...
With 6 and 7 room houses now outstripping the storage capacity of even medium-sized Guild Halls, some players figured out that the StationCash Marketplace Item Expanders could be placed in guild halls. Today’s hotfix changes that: Fixed a bug where players could use marketplace item expanders on guild halls. Players who have done that will have the item expander applied to their personal house when they next zone into their personal house and the item expander will be removed from the guild hall. If this puts a guild hall over its item limit it will still have the items...
We did our afternoon check of EverQuest2.com and were surprised to see an announcement about a webcast scheduled for tonight. Here’s the scoop: Are you in the mood to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day in a non-traditional way? The SOE Community Team knows just how you feel! Join the Community Team along with some members of SOE Development Teams as we chat about the upcoming in-game Valentine’s Day-themed activities. Learn more about what’s going on in-game for our Valentine’s Day celebrations straight from the folks that work on the games you love to play. Also on the agenda for this...
Instead of two downtimes, the Runnyeye -> Splitpaw merger will happen in one fell swoop. From the EQ2 Forums: The Runnyeye and Splitpaw servers will begin merging on Thursday, February 3, 2011. Runnyeye will be taken offline for the last time at 2pm PST (10pm GMT) on Thursday, February 3. Splitpaw will be taken offline at 9pm PST on February 3 (5am GMT on February 4). Splitpaw will then undergo the regular weekly hotfix before merging. Once the hotfix has completed, the server will stay offline for another estimated 27 hours while the merge takes place. The merged Splitpaw...
From SmokeJumper on the EQ2 Forums: There are now official EQII Mobile forums so we can discuss the app and troubleshoot issues. It’d be fantastic if you could direct all conversation on EQII Mobile to that location so the dev team (AFK Interactive) can pull out issues and resolve them as quickly as possible. Thanks all! EQII Mobile Forums
From Kaitheel on the EQ2 Forums: Barring any unforeseen issues arising, the current plan is: Erollisi Day will be activated on all servers (international and & test included) Wednesday Feb 9th. Erollisi Day will be deactivated at the end of day on Sunday Feb 20th for most servers. For servers that are affected by merges during the event’s time period, we will extend Erollisi Day to the end of day on Monday Feb 21st. Also, if you have a bunch of tokens from other seasonal events taking up valuable bag space: There is going to be an NPC that...
Revising a previous announcement, here is a notice from the EQ2 Forums: This is a notification that Splitpaw will be updated at 12:00 AM London Time on 02/02/2011. The estimated downtime will be 18 hours. – SOE Operations team A new date for the Splitpaw/Runnyeye merger has yet to be announced.
From the EQ2 Forums: All SOE forums will be undergoing maintenance on Wednesday, February 2, 2011, from 10:00am PST until around 11:00am PST [18:00~19:00 GMT]. During this time the forums will not be accessible. We will return to regular functionality as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience!
From the EQ2 Forums: The Lucan D’Lere and Crushbone servers will be taken offline at 12:00am PST on Wednesday, February 16th 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.
A brief update from the EQ2 Forums: The merge has been postponed temporarily while we work out some of the back-end logistics. We will update again when we have more information.
The Itemization Battle When examining any piece of equipment, players must evaluate whether that item is an upgrade for their class based not only on their existing stats, but also whether the stats and effects on that item are of benefit to their class. The character’s spells, combat arts, AA setup, and existing gear must all be considered. Choosing item upgrades has never been an exact science. At one time, all 5 main stats including Intelligence, Wisdom, Stamina, Agility, and Strength had a part to play in the effectiveness of an item for every class, not just hybrid classes....
The video of the Destiny of Velious webcast #1 which took place on January 29th has now been posted. From EverQuest2.com: Upcoming Dev Chat Webcasts: This Friday, February 4th, members of the EQII Development Team will join us again to talk about itemization in Destiny of Velious. This is the second in our series of four Live Webcasts leading up to the Destiny of Velious launch! Be sure to tune in to learn more about the upcoming features and get the scoop straight from the people who work on EQII every day. Friday, February 4 at 4:00 pm PST:...
The Runnyeye to Splitpaw European server merge has been announced. This server merge was initially delayed because of the necessity of a database upgrade to support the merged server. All told, Splitpaw will be down for virtually all of February 2 and 3. For some folks, February will only have 26 days this month. Details after the jump.
We haven’t posted about City Festivals in a while so thought we’d repost this one. If you have completed city tasks such as tradeskill writs and adventure writs, you’ll notice you have received City Tokens. These tokens can be used to buy items from the travelling merchants of the City Festival. Each month, a few unique items are available only to each city (including themed tiles, dividers, and columns), as well as a selection of items which are always available. This month, the festival is parked at the gates of the City of Kelethin in Greater Faydark.
Legends of Norrath brings a unique time-limited in-game item to EQ2 this month. Naturally the folks at SOE would like us to play Legends of Norrath and buy lots of packs of cards. But they keep adding more and more tantalizing items and whether you play LoN or not, we thought we’d post this as it may be of interest to housing designers.