Feldon From the EQ2 Forums:
From 12:01 a.m. Thursday, March 21st, through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 28th, log in to EQII and take part in a look back at Norrathian days of yore.
The EQII Team has created this fun event as an homage to EverQuest in honor of the anniversary of the EverQuest franchise, and although the lore doesn’t exactly fit the current story of EQII, they decided to make it extra enjoyable for those who were around for the first iteration of Norrath. Adventurers who take part in this journey through time will find some silly nods to EQ and moments of nostalgia as we reminisce about our heritage.
This year’s event sees new rewards including equipment (the old stuff was great when the event started, but has been getting a bit long in the tooth), as well as some great EQ paintings. Zam is on the ball and has completely updated their Chronoportals section with all the new info, quests, and rewards from this event for 2013.
UPDATE: It looks like our report of new equipment was erroneous.
Haven’t seen any of the new equipment. Is it on the Chrononmerchant? All the drops I’ve been getting are the same old stuff from years past.
Three new paintings.
And the collection gives…8 Ancient Silver Coins. (Chronoportal devs, your reward is bad and you should feel bad.)
I’ve seen the paintings, I’ve been looking for the new equipment. So far, I’ve only seen the level 90 stuff from the previous Chronoportal events.
Yeah, the new equipment may just be a rumor. Haven’t personally seen any new drops from any of the zones. Also, haven’t seen anything unusual on the EQ2U ‘Latest Items’.
Yes it looks like there is no new gear after all.
from ZAM:
“No new chronoportals or drops were added in 2012 or 2013, only new merchant items.”
So no new gear =(
Just a few new paintings from the merchant
Bah! Oh well…thanks for clearing that up guys.
Reward is bad? I don’t think so. As a 95 it literally took me less than half an hour to run through all the instances. Not having done them before, it was fun and the ‘camp check for AC’ was a nice throwback to old EQ days.
I was hoping there’d be a Holly Windstalker plushie among the new rewards. No such luck. 🙁