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A number of players are reporting that their EverQuest II launchpad is trying to re-download the entire 14GB game. Some suggestions: Close and reopen the Launchpad. Click the Tools icon on the lower left of the Launchpad and choose a Full File Scan Validate Game Assets. If all else fails, close the Launchpad, navigate to your EverQuest II install directory and run the EverQuest2.exe application directly. There is no patch today and certainly no reason to re-download gigabytes of the game you already have. Update: We are aware of the issues with LaunchPad and are actively working on a...
Year: 2013
What makes people competitive? What makes people want to put their reputation on the line and be compared and judged by others? At the conclusion of any sports event, one team experiences the euphoria of victory while the other is left asking themselves where they went wrong with their offensive or defensive strategies and what they could do better. But while sports are the obvious example, competition can be found everywhere. In academics. In Barbecue. In growing the largest tomato. People will make fools of themselves on national TV just for the chance to win a few bucks. So it’s...
Today’s update is all about Itemization, specifically Group and Raid zones in Chains of Eternity. Heroic Itemization Players have been clamoring for Chains of Eternity Heroic zones to drop items even as good as some of the powerful items found in Advanced Solo zones, and it looks like those sentiments have been heard. (Don’t worry Soloers, the solo zones still drop a ton of loot). Sleeper’s Tomb (Contested) has had a bigger problem as players quickly abandoned it when they found that the loot was hardly better than that from the much easier instanced heroic zones. Pre-Adorned Items After...
From the EQ2 Forums: GUILD HALL AMENITIES Depots You can now set tradeskill access separate from withdrawal and deposit access on each Depot’s UI. Transmuting components are now labeled properly and can be added into the harvest depot by selecting the appropriate choice in the deposit dropdown. Treasured – Fragments and Powders Legendary – Infusions Fabled – Manas ITEMS Augmented Blessing and Augmented Smite no longer stack proc chance. They now increase in effectiveness for each similar effect you wear. Augmented Blessing and Augmented Smite no longer proc in PVP combat. Augmented Blessing and Augmented Smite’s “On Damage Received”...
Even the most jaded player must admit that the EQ2 team have spent a lot of time in the last 18 months tweaking and balancing the classes, both in PvP and PvE situations. Every class in EQ2 now has a role to play, and the tools necessary to play that role, even if that role may not be the most engaging or fun to play. On Friday, Mike “Xelgad” Ganz, EQ2’s Mechanics Lead, posted threads in each of the Class forums seeking feedback not for further balancing, but what tweaks could be done to make each class less tedious...
Due to some family health issues, things have been slow at the Wire the past couple of weeks short of Update Notes. That’s not to say there hasn’t been a slow resurgence in news on the EQ2 forums as the devs come back from winter break…. The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Ever since the first Massively Multiplayer Online game arrived on the market, players have been seeking the shortest route to fortune, glory, and player experience (XP). In EverQuest II, Pet classes (Beastlords, Summoners, and Enchanters) have always had an advantage with the TOS-bending concept of unattended gameplay....
Here are your Update Notes for January 10, 2013 from the EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Ammo Conservation adornments have been removed from red and yellow dropped adornment tables. QUESTS Quest items Listenomitron and Voice Modulator now work as quest baubles during their associated quests in the betrayal quests.
Here are your Update Notes for Tuesday, January 8, 2013 from the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL You can now invite another player to create a raid even if they have a mercenary but you do not. You can now fill remaining spaces in your bags from your overflow via /empty_overflow or from right-clicking on the overflowing inventory icon. GUILD HALL AMENITIES The standard bearer should now offer guild markers for use in marking strategic locations within instances. Only those marked as a raid looter can remove these markers. TRADESKILLS The Refine ability icon should now refresh instantly, as the recast...
From the EQ2 Forums: QUESTS Sleeper’s Tomb [Contested] now has dropped and POI quests that can be used to earn [eq2u]Obol[/eq2u], spirits and more! Alma Marigold will now offer Kelethin: Dreadooze on more than one occasion. TRADESKILLS Maker’s Marks should now appear on all items crafted through the Quantity Crafting system. BATTLEGROUNDS You can no longer accept a battleground match while dead.
On the EQ2 Forums, players are reporting login issues with the Freeport server. Reports include players having trouble zoning, looting items, etc.