From EverQuest2.com: Hello, Norrathians! We’re incredibly glad to have our worlds back online again and we really appreciate you all being so patient with us while we strengthened the castle walls. It’s been quite odd working on the game without it running. We’re glad you’re back! So, you’re probably wondering, “What has your Dev Team been doing for the last couple of weeks?” Here’s a small list of things that happened during that time: Figured out the Fan Faire panel details. The “New Stuff” panel is going to be a heck of a show this year, I think. Continued...
Day: May 19, 2011
Less than a week after restoring its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, Sony temporarily took down the password reset pages to fix a vulnerability that allowed hackers to change a user’s password if their birthdate and e-mail address were known. These data were among the pieces of information believed to have been obtained by the attack last month. There has been no known effect on Sony Online Entertainment and by extension EverQuest II, however this new problem has players nervous that Sony has not taken appropriate steps to lock down the most critical points of attack such as the...
From EverQuest2.com: Beginning at 7 AM PDT (15:00 BST, 16:00 CET) on Thursday May 19, 2011, the Login Server, SOE Account and Commerce flow and the Station Store will be unavailable due to maintenance. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 2 hours. This may also cause some forum accounts to temporarily lose permissions, due to the inability to verify account status while the maintenance is taking place. This is only temporary and normal permissions will return automatically once the maintenance is complete. We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.