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There could be a hidden danger lurking on your character… A tragic mistake that could be costing your character dearly… CONFLICTING PROCS ! Many Procs/Effects in EQ2 will not stack with other procs of the same name (or same type) on other items or adornments. In the past, it has been difficult to find out if you have two or more of these overlapping procs/effects which aren’t giving you any additional benefit. EQ2U‘s new Procs & Adornments Report feature lets you see at-a-glance, which Procs you have (both on items and adornments), as well browse your complete Adornments list....
Month: August 2013
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Double XP Weekend starts tonight at 5pm through Monday at midnight PDT! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 29, 2013 Time Zone Conversions PDT: Thu Aug 29 @ 5:00pm ~ Mon, Sep 2 @ 11:59pm EDT: Thu Aug 29 @ 8:00pm ~ Tue, Sep 3 @ 2:59am BST: Fri Aug 29 @ 1:00 ~ Tue, Sep 3 @ 7:59 CET: Fri Aug 30 @ 2:00 ~ Tue, Sep 3 @ 8:59 AEST: Fri Aug 29 @ 10:00am ~ Tue, Sep 3 @ 4:59pm Update with official announcement: In EverQuest, enjoy Double XP beginning at 5:00pm...
From Polygon.com: In a company-wide email that was forwarded to Polygon, Sony Online president John Smedley expressed intense distaste for having to lay off employees, calling it a “horrible, sickening experience.” According to Smedley, while many of the company’s games are performing well, layoffs were necessary to bring expenses in line with revenue. “For the past year we’ve done everything possible to avoid this situation,” said Smedley. “We rightfully should have done this nearly a year ago but we have been fighting very hard to keep this from happening.” “I know most of the people we’re laying off today....
After a hard-fought public relations battle, players in France, Germany, and other European countries were allowed to continue playing EverQuest II with their SOE/Station accounts. However that may be a Pyrrhic victory, as it has always been SOE’s intention to hand off support in these other languages to ProSiebenSat.1. Today comes the announcement that the French, German, and Japanese EQ2 official forums are being shut down. Players needing support in French or German will need to reach out to other players, seek help on Wikis or other forums, or attempt to find help on the Pro7Sat.1 forums. As for Japan,...
From Linda “Brasse” Carlson on the EQ2 Forums: Today we announced a reduction in our workforce at SOE. As a company, our goal is to focus on our core expertise of MMO games and as part of these efforts, we had to make the difficult decision to eliminate positions to help reduce costs, streamline our employee base and strategically align resources towards our current portfolio of games and upcoming slate of MMOs, including EverQuest Next Landmark and EverQuest Next. We deeply value our employees and are grateful for all they’ve contributed to our company and games. They will be missed by colleagues and friends, and...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Siren’s Grotto: Dissension [Raid] During the Hydra fight mages & priests can now damage the kelp fiend adds, while fighters/priests and scouts can damage the abyssal titan adds. The Fabled Djinn Master’s Prism The Djinn Master now allows multiple scepters to be active during his fight. He will no longer ignore scepter effect when it is on more than one player. ITEMS Level 90+ regenerating ward adornments will now disable if the owner mentors below level 90.
From EverQuest2.com: PAX Prime When: August 30 through September 2, 2013 Where: Washington State Convention Center in Seattle Washington Who: Linda “Brasse” Carlson, Trammel “TRay” Isaac, Rod “Dartok” Haza, Terry Michaels, Jeff “JButlerSOE” Butler, and Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson Panels include “As Beta as You Wanna Be”, “The Future of Online Games”, careers in the game industry, “Live at PAX Prime”, and “Veterans in Gaming”. Dragon Con When: August 30, 2013 through September 2, 2013 Where: Hyatt Regency, Marriot Marquis, Hilton, Sheraton, and Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta Georgia Who: Tony “RadarX” Jones, Aimee “Ashlanne” Rekoske, Colette “Dexella” Murphy, and...
A curious tweet from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale last night has us wondering… @diverscuba23 details coming this week! We are working out those things. Trying an 85 will definitely be free. — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 26, 2013
You’ve likely heard whispers of just how powerful Refined and Experimented items can be, but until you’ve seen the final “as delivered” stats on the best examples of said items, either in a screenshot, or by examining another player in-game, it’s hard to know just how awesome these processes are. A Refining/Experimentation Primer If you grasped everything in Niami‘s EQ2Traders primer on the subject back when the Chains of Eternity expansion was new, then you already know the how-to and formulas at work here, but if not… A Refined item is a Mastercrafted weapon, armor, or piece of jewelry which has been...
From Holly Windstalker Longdale‘s twitter: Doing some usability testing on heroic characters tomorrow to help define some features. More news to come soon! I promise! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 23, 2013 We’ll be using a snowy pegasus flying mount for the Heroic Characters! #EQ2 pic.twitter.com/NOg7sOTDTw — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 23, 2013 What we know about Heroic Characters or Insta-85’s: Create a Character at level 85 Free (not StationCash) An AA profile will be pre-selected for the character Hotbars will be pre-arranged/setup Exclusive Class-Specific armor set You will get a flying mount (as shown above) This...
Join members of the EverQuest II Art & Animation team including Tim “Haohmaru” Heydelaar, Tom Tobey, Dave “Covic” Brown, and Aaron “Gnobrin” Bisnett as they talk about what it takes to create new zones, characters, and weapons for EverQuest II, as well as previews of upcoming zones and artwork! This video includes: a detailed reveal of the reimagined Bixie characters a behind-the-scenes look as the team at first worked towards a different visual approach for Siren’s Grotto before building what was eventually delivered flythroughs of upcoming Highkeep, Temple of Veeshan, and Nexus zones in EverQuest II’s 10th expansion: Tears...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Plane of War Rallos Zek now drops his cloaks 100% of the time. The Fabled Clefts of Rujark The encounter consisting of Crushbone Adepts, Gak, Nihx, & Shrakt should now start to respawn again based on its respawn timer under the condition that Ambassador Vuzur is not currently spawned. The Fabled Djinn Master’s Prism Base population Djinns have lower health. Each mini boss now drops a Scepter of Unchained Melodies, all 3 can be activated in the final fight. ITEMS “Power of the Freeblood” is now Lore. The Wurmslayer can now...
I’m not late on this announcement at all! From the EQ2 Forums: Get double Station Cash® when you redeem SOE Game Cards from any participating U.S. Best Buy store for Station Cash from Friday, August 16 to Sunday, August 18, 2013. You can purchase your SOE Game Cards from participating Best Buy stores any time, but to get double Station Cash you must redeem them before the offer ends at 11:59PM PDT on August 18, 2013. Reminder: You only get double Station Cash when you redeem SOE Game Cards from a participating U.S. Best Buy store between 12:00AM PDT on...
Dethdlr and I are thrilled to introduce support for Alternate Advancement Profiles to EQ2U. The new row of buttons just above your AA tabs let you view your Current AA Spec or view the contents of one of your three Stored profiles: It’s important to note that your Current AA Spec can either be one of your Stored AA profiles, or a Server-defined Template. It is our intention in a future update (once we get the right data) to light up your currently active Stored profile once we can determine it.
From the EQ2 Forums: In this Marketplace update, we have a couple terrific new Nightborne weapons designed by Player Studio artist Albert Soto Jr. In addition to the new Player Studio items added to the Marketplace today, we are reintroducing the Equipment Unlocker Pack to the Marketplace for 150 Station Cash. Each Equipment Unlocker Pack can unlock five pieces of equipment that normally cannot be equipped due to account level restrictions. The goal of reintroducing this item to the Marketplace is to make things easier for our players that want to unlock specific pieces of equipment for their characters, or...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Cobalt Scar Yeppa’s Last Stand: The othmir have moved their tradeskill forge to a less exposed location. CHARACTER ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES Auto-consume items will now auto-consume after the AA Template is committed. PLAYER HOUSING Mannequins: Resolved an issue where a player would be unable to select an outfit for a hireling after moving items between houses. TRADESKILLS The Hydra Helm recipes can no longer benefit from material conservation effects. ITEMS Dawnbreak should proc much more reliably.
Join lead artists from Sony Online Entertainment including Tim “Haohmaru” Heydelaar (EQ2), David “Covic” Brown (EQ2), Kevin Lydy (EQ), and Tramell “T.Ray” Isaac (PS2) as they talk about the Player Studio program with Director of Artistic Development Joe “Rystall” Shoopack and Player Studio head Rick “Storn” Reynolds. They walk through the item submission and approval process, including iterations and common choke points as first drafts become fantastic items that are successful and profitable for players and SOE alike. NOTE: This video does not include the brief Powerpoint presentation shown at the beginning of the panel, which highlighted the winner...
UPDATE: We are sorry to report that, due to some detective work and communication with Ms. Masson’s parents, her disappearance fits a known pattern of behavior and illness. At this time, the chances that she is “missing” are extremely remote. It’s very disappointing to hear just how much time was wasted by police, her guildmates, and friends trying to find someone who, it turns out, didn’t want to be found. Read more here.
Join members of the EverQuest II team including Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, Nandy “Zoltaroth” Szots, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée as they talk about their comprehensive plan to make Itemization awesome again in EQ2. Watch the EverQuest II: Itemization Evolves panel recorded on Friday, August 2nd at SOE Live 2013!
From the EQ2 Forums: ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Fixed an issue related to Wards. Why do I get the impression this is a fix for unintended behavior?
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: We are doing another hotfix tomorrow morning (sorry all!) to fix an issue. 🙁 #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 8, 2013
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Cavern of the Crustaceans The zone is now on a persistent timer instead of a lockout timer. ITEMS The Sentinel: Rewards from the quest , The Crook Cook, are now tradable. AA respec cards can now be destroyed. [eq2u]Vision of the Tranquil[/eq2u] will now persist through death. [eq2u]The Orb of Theer[/eq2u] can no longer proc in PVP combat. Celestial Motes are now classified as Fabled items.
Join members of the EverQuest II team including Akil “Lyndro” Hooper, Carlos “Gninja” Mora, Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall, Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Nandy “Zoltaroth” Szots, Kyle “Kander” Vallée, and Holly “Windstalker” Longdale as they talk about EverQuest II’s upcoming 10th expansion — Tears of Veeshan. Watch the EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan expansion panel recorded on Friday, August 2nd at SOE Live 2013!
After some less-than-pleasant debate about how the Avatar Spawn System in EQ2 was changing sans discussion, EQ2 lead designer Kander has now laid the cards on the table, spelling out exactly how (and when) Avatars will spawn in Norrath. This is a continuation of the transparency we first heard about in Kander’s interview on EQ2Talk, and is much appreciated. Sure there are a few folks out there who prefer everything be mysterious, but when you are analyzing what’s fair and what’s not, what’s broken and what’s just maddeningly rare, having some numbers goes a long way to defusing arguments...
When Kander told me that Sunday’s EverQuest II: Q&A panel from SOE Live 2013 had some good questions raised, I despaired that nobody had recorded it. That was, until I found a post on the EQ2 forums from Zictor (who I got to meet at SOE Live!) who had recorded the audio from this panel! Download the SOE Live 2013 – EverQuest II Q&A panel Audio Read Zictor‘s transcript of the SOE Live 2013 — EverQuest II Q&A panel I provide a backup of Zictor‘s transcript of the Q&A panel after the jump…