Feldon Bunji dropped the news that Game Update 61 is hitting Test today:
We plan to push the current GU61 content to Test tomorrow morning.
GU61 (or most of it) is scheduled to hit Test around 7-8am PST tomorrow morning, 7/28.
What’s in Game Update 61?
- Dynamic Dungeon: Silent City [60~90]
- Dynamic Dungeon: Djinn Master’s Prism [60~90]
- Plane of War: heroic dungeon (normal and challenge)
- Plane of War: x4 raid (normal and challenge)
- Reitemize Level 20-90 dropped, quested, and crafted Items
- Alternate Advancement (AA) Revamp, especially Subclass (Monk, Templar, Paladin, etc.) tree.
- Tradeskill AAs [25 pts]
- House Rating System
- Dungeon Finder — Dungeons of any level, same-server only
- Fae/Arasai Flying
- New content in Eastern Wastes
- Beastlord Prelude Event for Good or Evil (Exile may choose one)
- Velious Signature Quest continues
The disclaimer above makes it clear that not all of Game Update 61 will be on Test today, but we’re anxious nonetheless. Read more about Game Update 61 in the Fan Faire EQ2 Panel.
Note: The Freeport Revamp, Tradeskill Apprentices, Item Reforging, Mercenaries, Design Your Own Dungeon, Beastlord Class, etc. are all part of the EverQuest II: Age of Discovery expansion to be released this November.
Can any one tell me and possibly others also, the normal procedure needed to get into test copy PLZ?
Do you mean, how to add a Character to test or how to Launch the Test Server?
To add a character from live type “/testcopy add” from the toon you want copied over in game.
To access the Test Server navigate to your Everquest 2 folder and there will be a “TestServer” folder, there is a launcher within that folder. It is a good idea to copy you Pak/Music/LoN/etc files from live into that folder too so that you don’t have to re-download them all.
I do believe this will entice me to cash in my 45 free days on Live. To access Test. Isn’t that an oxymoron of sorts? Well, regardless, I’ll be cashing them in after the double-exp weekend, because I really can’t pass up this opportunity to push my alts up closer to that sweet, sweet veteran bonus for my beastlord in November.
Re: The Test Copy Server, what Luminata posted is exactly correct. It’s been a while, but isn’t there a 12-36 hour delay in getting your character copied to Test Copy? Or have they managed to do away with that? Regardless, if you don’t have a Live sub and Live build on your machine, you can’t access Test or Test Copy at all. Which kinda stinks for those of us subscribing to Extended, but also makes a good amount of sense.
Clarification: The Live build is only important if you don’t want to re-download most of the game. Extended uses a different type of assets files than a Live build does. Unless they did away with this with the ‘full install’ option. Yeah, too busy playing to really keep up to date. Um, beastlord?
*cackles off into the wilderness*
I have known hot to do “/testcopy add” but i know they they have changed the logging into test/testcopy, so thank you 🙂
Just checked and I copied some a couple of hours ago and they are now on Test 🙂
One word if you are going to /testcopy your live characters: Unless they’ve changed things recently (I have toons on the test server already) you have to at least create one character on the test copy server to see any characters you /testcopy over. You can delete that new character, but unless you have at least one character there, you won’t see any characters you /testcopy over.
Like I said, they MAY have changed that, but if you don’t see ANY characters there, try creating one on test copy, logging back to character select, and seeing if you can choose your copied characters are there.
When did the Mercenaries come´s in game ? AT GU61,GU62 or at the new addon?
Read the last line in the article.