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From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Vesspyr Isles The teleporter in the Falinpol tower now has a much lower stun duration. The Fractured Hive [Heroic] Queen Meacidaris will no longer cast Wax Prison on players while they are knocked up into the air. High Keep: The Pickclaw Depths [Advanced Solo] The number of Pickclaws that are called by Bolgin at the onset of the encounter has been reduced by half, from 20 to 10.
Year: 2013
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: For those curious, here’s a look at the new winter prestige home coming with Frostfell. So cool. đ *cough* #eq2 pic.twitter.com/ajzYrZ53ZP â Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) December 4, 2013 View the full image after the jump..
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Ethereal jewelry and adornments are dropping in Tears of Veeshan dungeons from today until Jan. 3! Good luck! #eq2 â Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) December 3, 2013 UPDATE: Looks like these new Ethereal items are not present in Census. Hopefully with the next hotfix/update, we’ll get a new export.
From the EQ2 Forums: All US servers will come down at 10:30 AM PT for a brief update to address double Etyma rewards for Gold Members. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately one horu. Bit late on this as servers are already back up.
From the EQ2 Forums: The US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, December 3rd at 7:00AM Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is approximately one hour. All EU Servers will come down at 5:00 PM PT (2:00 AM CET) on December 4th for a brief update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours GENERAL AA events should now have an icon in the guild events window. PLAYER HOUSING Prestige houses, which previously had a max item limit of 800 or lower, have been raised to 900. Players may now own up to 25 houses...
Looks like there will be a Cyber Monday sale after all. Announcement posted by RadarX: There has never been a better time to move on up to a new Prestige Home in EverQuest 2! Stop tripping over weapon racks and give your pets more room to roam in. Between now and Noon PT December 3rd, you can grab a house for 15% off! Don’t settle for a simple five room when you can own Personal Grotto! Head to the Marketplace and get yours while you can! From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Prestige Houses are 15% off until noon tomorrow...
As we’ve discussed in the past, Sony Online Entertainment got itself into a huge pickle with their unintentional devaluation of their StationCash currency. An overeager Marketing Dept held numerous Double and Triple StationCash promotions which devalued much of the StationCash entering SOE’s economy to just 1/4 of its value.  This created an untenable situation and at SOE Live, SmokeJumper was heard to say “We were losing our shirts”. Compound this with the fact that Walmart demands special incentives from their vendors to carry product. The popular 1500 StationCash cards with 500 SC bonus further amplified the devaluation effects. We are just speculating at this point, but we’re going...
From the EQ2 Forums: Cyber Monday is here! Great online deals happen on Cyber Monday, which is why SOE is offering a 25% bonus on Station Cash! Purchase Station Cash in-game, via the website, or redeem a game card for Station Cash this Monday, and youâll receive a 25% BONUS! Hurry! This offer ends at 11:59pm PST on December 2, 2013! Donât forget to check participating in-game Marketplaces for any additional Cyber Monday deals! * Excludes purchases of Station Cash by SMS payment. Commentary So 30% off StationCash (online only) on Friday: $10.50 for 1500SC calculates out to $1 per...
We’ve confirmed this in-game, but this also appeared on the EQ2 Forums: Save space and Station Cash and take advantage of a 25% off a number of bags and backpacks in the Marketplace. Available from November 30th @ 12:01 AM PST until November 30th @ 11:59PM PST this is available for one day only so ensure you stock up today! Time Zone Conversions PST: November 30 @ 12:01 AM – 11:59 PM EST: November 30 @ 3:01 AM – December 1 @ 2:59 AM GMT: November 30 @ 8:01 AM – December 1 @ 7:59 AM CET: November 30...
From EverQuest2.com: Black Friday is a day to get the best deals in your favorite SOE games, so weâre helping you out by offering 30% off Station Cash purchases! Just buy Station Cash in-game or via https://www.soe.com and youâll get 30% off the price! Log into participating SOE games throughout the weekend for more deals and fun! Donât forget Cyber Monday is coming! *Offer valid between 12:01AM PST 11/29/2013 to 11:59PM PST 11/29/2013. Excludes purchases of Station Cash by SMS payment. Commentary In fact, the best deal we got this year was Double StationCash exclusively from Best Buy midway between this...
From the EQ2 Forums on November 26, 2013 @ 11:00am PST (2:00pm EST, 19:00 GMT, 20:00 CET): All servers are coming down for an unscheduled update as soon as possible to address an outstanding technical issue. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately one hour. UPDATE: Plus or minus 20 minutes… UPDATE: Plus or minus 40 minutes… UPDATE: Plus or minus 60 minutes… UPDATE: Servers are going down at 12:15pm PST (3:15pm EST, 20:15 GMT, 21:15 CET).
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Currency can no longer be moved directly to the shared bank from the Currency tab. You will need to move it to a bag first and then to the shared bank. Corrected an issue where a player would not receive Ornate Crate of Goods if their group loot options were set to Fabled+. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION General Ground mounts can now be used in Sleeper’s Tomb: The Forgotten Catacombs and Chelsith: The Ancient Vault. Vesspyr Isles Many named NPCs in this zone were adjusted to have more health and less melee damage. Additionally,...
UPDATE: 1:47pm PST We’ve got word that the Login server instability has been solved! As of 4:30pm EST, 1:3pm PST, 0:30 GMT, 1:30 CET, Dexella has reported a momentary issue with the SOE login servers which affect Game and Forum logins… Hey folks! We’re looking into issues with both the website and forums right now. Thanks for your patience. [Dexella] â EverQuest Next (@everquest_next) November 25, 2013
If you haven’t checked out the EQ2Wire Tears of Veeshan Frequently Asked Questions guide since the launch of the expansion two weeks ago, we’ve added some new questions and details! Armor slots — Which armor slots drop from which Adv Solo and Heroic zones. Bonus “column” heroic named — These appear at the end of heroic zones for players who have completed the Tears of Veeshan signature quest and drop tradeskill materials. More ways to acquire Draconic Etyma — including the “Ancestral Champion” quest, as well as weekly and daily Tradeskill missions. Cryptic (Adv Solo) and Arcane (T1 Heroic) armor upgrades...
Players are reporting a couple of issues with items not being looted to player’s inventory but disappearing instead: Ornate Crate of Goods in Advanced Solo Tears of Veeshan zones Waxy urchin roe which drops in Siren’s Grotto and is needed to defeat a named It turns out that both of these are caused by Loot Options. Endymion has posted a description of the problem and a workaround until the issue can be fixed next week: This is similar to the issue with people not receiving their Ornate Crate of Goods from the end of the Tears of Veeshan advanced solo...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Accursed Sanctum Corrected an issue where Yurit in the Matri Marn encounter would dispel himself when he shouldn’t. QUESTS The Chamber Warden in Ssrez’Ras: Chamber of Stasis [Heroic] now updates the Weekly heroic mission, Running the Temple.
Tears of Veeshan introduced a new healer class, the Channeler, but one thing this class has been missing is an Epic Weapon quest. Apparently, this will soon be remedied! Which of the concepts below is your favorite? From the @everquestii twitter: Here is a concept of the Channeler epic? Are you waiting for the challenge? [RadarX] â EverQuest II (@everquestii) November 22, 2013
From the EQ2 Forums: MEMBERSHIP Now until Feb. 25th, Gold members earn DOUBLE on all alternate currencies! POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Vesspyr Isles Delvakin in Falinpol now sells an item that can be used to turn fully upgraded Cryptic, Arcane, or Potent armor into an upgrade gemstone. Cryptic armor converts into a Brilliant Blue gemstone, both Arcane and Potent armor convert into a Deep Green gemstone.
Over the last year, Free-to-Play has become less and less inhibited by restrictions and additional costs. This has unbalanced the equation such that even diehard EQ2 players have pondered whether a Gold Subscription is worth keeping when so much is simply given away.Recently, the EQ2 team seems to have realized the inequity of the current situation and the need for more carrots for Subscribers. Tomorrow, we’ll get a rather big reason to keep an EQ2 Gold Subscription up. From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: With our patch tomorrow, until Feb. 25, 2014, Gold Members will receive DOUBLE for all alternate...
From SOE.com: On November 9th EverQuest II celebrated its 9th birthday; to honor that special occasion, the November Employee Spotlight is a member of the EverQuest II Development Team. Meet Nathan âKaitheelâ McCall, in-game holiday events designer and new dog owner. What do you do here at SOE? How long have you been working here? I work on the Everquest II game team. My official title is Senior Game Designer (because wearer-of-many-design-related-hats didn’t fit well on a business card). I’ve been working at SOE since 2003, and started on the EQII team as an apprentice in 2005.
From the EQ2 Forums: All gamers know itâs not a holiday until you see your favorite MMO decked out for the season! This year, Sony Online Entertainment invites you to get in the spirit by creating holiday-themed items for your favorite games. Since the unveiling of the Player Studio program, your fellow players have shown off their creativity and talent by creating in-game items for EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide 2, and Free Realms. In addition to epic bragging rights, creators get a split of the profits for sales of their item, which is pretty much the definition of “win/win.”...
Some good updates tomorrow. White Critical Chance adornments will now work in nearly every equipment slot, allowing players to boost their crit chance until they can get ToV gear replacements. Also, lots of little fixes to zones which players have been reporting. From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION General Challenge Duo zones will now drop purple adornments instead of red adornments. City Sages are now willing to put a price to A Thexian Log Book, Clockwork Chirurgeon User Manual, and Day Log of R.F. for those that completed the accompanying quest. Cobalt Scar Cobalt Scar tradeskill harvestables...
From the EQ2 Forums: It has been many years since the moon Luclin mysteriously exploded, sending debris crashing to Norrath. The catastrophic damage split the surface of the planet into the divided islands now known as the âShattered Lands.â Despite the near-destruction of their homelands, the survivors of the Shattering and their descendants went on to accomplish great deeds, and all Norrathians celebrate their triumph at the annual Heroesâ Festival. New for 2013: Earn Tokens of Heroism as you participate in the festivities and trade them for brand new rewards. Complete all the quests to get the âBadge of...
The servers came down this morning at 10:00AM PST with no automated warning message, but c’est la vie. Here’s the update notes from the EQ2 Forums which were posted last night: MERCENARIES When opening the mercenary window, the active mercenary will now be auto-selected so the button defaults to âReturnâ for suspended mercenaries. Daeron Ashenwing [ed note: the ToV pre-order merc] has been made more formidable. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Vesspyr Isles You can now accept both Heroic and Advanced Solo weekly missions from Veehzz the Bloodwing in Vesspyr Isles. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT General AE Auto-Attack Chance buffs should...
Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions we are seeing about the new EverQuest II expansion Tears of Veeshan. This article will be updated as more details are found! How do I get started in Tears of Veeshan? The Tears of Veeshan expansion begins with the Tears of Veeshan: The Eternal Broodlands Signature quest, which you will receive an in-game mail about, and which you can pick up in either Qeynos or Freeport. Once on the quest, you will begin a path that takes you to the Vesspyr Isles. How to travel directly to the new zones without doing the...