From EverQuest2.com: SOE Community Webcast: SOE Live Registration Opens Registration is about to open for SOE Live! In this week’s webcast, Linda “Brasse” Carlson (Director, Global Community Relations) will chat with the Events Team, Jen Belfield (Director of Marketing Services), and Lauren Zeiger (Events & Strategy Partner Manager) about SOE Live. The gals will give you a live demo of our new registration process on our brand new site! If you are planning on attending SOE Live be sure to join us on Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 4:00pm Pacific. This webcast will last approximately 20 minutes. Time Zone...
Day: June 26, 2012
Game Update 64 “Qeynos Rises” has arrived on Test and Test Copy and the Notes for this update have been posted on the EQ2 forums. GU64 is expected to hang around on Test for about a month before going to the Live servers. Among a number of other changes, GU64 sees Qeynos rebuilt as two zones. North and South Qeynos become the Capital District, Elddar Grove and Qeynos Harbor become the Provinces. Changes to Battlegrounds, PvP, and Fighters are all headlines, with the curious change that Plane of War has been opened to all.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Halas and Darklight Wood Newbie experiences in New Halas and Neriak have been updated to make them more rewarding and fun. Neriak’s Darklight Wood got a much-needed art overhaul which adds to the ambience of eeeeevil. New and better armor sets are available to level 20 and we will be recommending players opt for New Halas or Neriak upon entering the game their first time.
Xelgad (by way of Ashlanne) has posted some additional information about the upcoming Fighter changes that come with Game Update 64. But first, Piestro has some comments about rushing to judgment: Obviously this is a change that we knew people would be passionate about. Of course until people see the actual changes any evaluation of their impact is premature. The best way to move forward is to write down your concerns, and then formulate a test plan based on those concerns. That will give you the best possible start to actually testing the changes, and seeing what their actual...