Day: July 23, 2013
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From EverQuest2.com: Game Update 67, Darkness Dawns, is now live! The oracles still see chaos and uncertainty on the horizon even with victory for the New Combine army in Cobalt Scar. Join Field Marshal Vishra at Scarstone as he tirelessly guards the newly found Tear of Veeshan – an artifact that could turn the tides of war forever in this time of delicate peace. Is it the key to preventing the end of the world foretold in the Ages End prophecy? Those that have completed “Tear in the Grotto” are being summoned to find out! Darkness Dawns includes: Fabled...
Game Update 67: Darkness Dawns greatly improves the process by which characters can store, retrieve, and share their Alternate Advancement profiles. Store up to 3 AA Profiles First up, characters can now store up to 3 AA profiles on their character and access them from anywhere in Norrath, without calling to their house where the correct Mirror of Reflected Achievements is stored. Now, you can switch between up to 3 AA profiles for each of your characters. You can also name them appropriately. Load & Save your AA Profiles Even cooler, you can now Load and Save your AA setup...
From Roshen on the SOE Live Forums: It does NOT look like we’ll be able to add rooms to the SOE Live room block. If anything does free up to us before the event, it doesn’t look like it will be at the same prices listed in the SOE Live FAQ. It looks like some people have good suggestions for other nearby or cheap hotels in Vegas. Before walking the Las Vegas Strip, just be aware that a Vegas ‘block’ isn’t as short as you think it is. So if you waited til the last possible moment to book...
These were posted just a few minutes ago on the EQ2 Forums: DARKNESS DAWNS The oracles still see chaos and uncertainty on the horizon even with victory for the New Combine army in Cobalt Scar. Join Field Marshal Vishra at Scarstone as he tirelessly guards the newly found Tear of Veeshan – an artifact that could turn the tides of war forever in this time of delicate peace. Is it the key to preventing the end of the world foretold in the Ages End prophecy? Those that have completed “Tear in the Grotto” are being summoned to find out!...
Tomorrow morning, we’ll see Game Update 67: Darkness Dawns roll out to the EQ2 servers, and you’ll probably have a few questions about where to reach the new content. Well, Zammit! From Cyliena on the EQ2 Forums: Your dedicated ZAM staff brings you our coverage of GU67: Darkness Dawns to help guide you through the new content and features! Daily Objectives Personal Depots (crafted by Tinkerers) Darkness Ascending (signature series) Waters of Norrath (heritage quest) All ZAM Coverage
Surprisingly, it’s 1:46am EDT and Game Update 67’s Update Notes have yet to appear on the EQ2 Forums. Here’s the downtime announcement… All EQ2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, July 23, at 6:00 am Pacific Time* for Game Update 67, Darkness Dawns. The expected downtime is four hours. Time Zone Conversions PDT: July 23 @ 6:00am-10:00am EDT: July 23 @ 9:00am-1:00pm BST: July 23 @ 14:00-18:00 CET: July 23 @ 15:00-19:00 AEST: July 23 @ 11:00pm-July 24 @ 3:00am
EQ2Wire has been providing extensive coverage of EverQuest Next for some 4 years now, ever since its development was hinted in the EverCracked documentary. But now the time has finally come for our coverage of the next EverQuest game to venture out on its own as a dedicated site — EQNWire.com. There are a number of reasons for this division. While the EQ and EQ2 player communities have many things in common, they are still, at their core, quite different. I’ve seen this in the tenor of discussions on the EQ and EQ2 forums, in livecasts, and in chatrooms. There’s...