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From a notice on the EQ2 Forums: Status: 11/13/2013 11:39 PST – EverQuest II servers will be coming down at 11:55 am PST for an Emergency Patch. Time Zone Conversions PST: 11:55am EST: 2:55pm GMT: 19:55 CET: 20:55
Year: 2013
Last night, the EQ2 team were able to temporarily fix the requirement of knowing the Draconic language to speak to Slymar, however this is now a permanent change. Anyone who purchased the Tears of Veeshan expansion gains access to this monk mercenary. From the EQ2 Forums: MERCENARIES You no longer have to speak draconic to hire the ToV Aerakyn Merc. Mercs no longer steal experience for kills. NOTE: There was a lot of confusion about this last night, but you DO NOT have to pay StationCash to bring back your current mercenary! Either click on the Active Merc in your Mercenaries...
The Embargo on EQ2’s Tears of Veeshan expansion news dropped today at noon, so here’s your opportunity to read writeups (with some interview questions from Holly, Akil, and Carlos) about the expansion by the lovely MJ Guthrie who works hard to keep EQ2 on the front page of Massively and for that we have much respect! Dragons Take Flight in EQII’s Tears of Veeshan today and here’s a writeup by Curse who also got to ask some developer questions… EQ II’s Tears of Veeshan Expansion Takes Wing We’ll be back tomorrow with our EQ2Wire Tears of Veeshan: Frequently Asked Questions article...
Dethdlr and I updated EQ2U this afternoon as new information rolled in from the Census data feeds. Here’s what’s been updated: Alternate Advancement data – Completely updated with new spell data. AA: Dragon tab – new Dragon AAs for all 4 archetypes. Channeler class Spells Support for Purple adornments on Character pages. Tears of Veeshan armor now shows gems. Things we are still working on: Tears of Veeshan armor with upgradeable gem slots is not exporting in a way that we can display the number of gems installed. Heroic Endlines Buying a 2nd Heroic endline costs 20 AA points....
EQ2 ZAM has released their full coverage of Tears of Veeshan including an overview of the entire expansion, and extensive details about everything new to explore, as well as detailed writeups of all the new quests! Read Tears of Veeshan Coverage @ EQ2 ZAM
From the EQ2 Forums: Sony Online Entertainment, LLC (SOE) today announced the launch of EverQuest®II: Tears of Veeshan™, the 10th expansion for the hit massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The Tears of Veeshan expansion features engaging new content, including a compelling storyline to experience, a new overland realm to explore, massive dungeons, dragon-themed Alternative Advancements (AAs), the new Channeler class, and a host of challenging quests and items.
The US EverQuest II servers are back up as of about 10 minutes ago and it looks like Tears of Veeshan is live! No word on when EU servers will be up.
Tears of Veeshan offers new Tradeskill quests, tradeskill collections, recipes, new tradeskill apprentice recipes, purple war runes you can craft, and Gemstones which can upgrade Advanced Solo and Heroic gear as well as many other new features. There’s also a great change to building blocks and a new pack pegasus. From Niami Denmother of EQ2Traders: There is quite a bit going on regarding crafting in the Tears of Veeshan expansion, and since one of the SOE Dev team, Caith, went to the trouble of putting together a master list for us for beta, I am taking that list and...
Here are the Update Notes for the Tears of Veeshan expansion (ie Game Update 68) from the EQ2 Forums: TEARS OF VEESHAN After rediscovering Yelinak, now the steward of Vesspyr Isles alongside other fallen and familiar dragons, players learn of the time/space powers behind the Tear of Veeshan stolen by prismatic dragon Kerafyrm the Awakened. With Kerafyrm’s fearsome power looming over Norrath, players are called upon to shine light into the darkness brought on by the Awakened’s draconic army, and set the stage for a new Age to begin! Features: New class – Channeler! New Dragon-themed AAs AA limit...
From the EQ2 Forums: All servers will come down November 12th, 2013 at 7:00 AM PT for an update to introduce the Tears of Veeshan expansion. Downtime is anticipated to be less than 5 hours and you can find update notes when posted in the Game Updateforum. Time Zone Conversions PST: November 12 @ 7:00am~Noon EST: November 12 @ 10:00am~3:00pm GMT: November 12 @ 15:00~20:00 CET: November 12 @ 16:00-21:00
A New Design It is 21 months to the day since we launched our EQ2U Character, Item, and Guild armory site. In that time, a staggering 840,000 characters in 30,000 guilds have been looked up. We have over 8,500 registered users, and we’ve generated over 8.5 million forum signatures. In that time, Dethdlr and I have never forgotten how we got here, and why so many players call EQ2U their home for keeping track of their characters, researching upgrades, and learning lessons from others. Believe it or not, when we launched EQ2U, the original style of the site was only ever...
From Cyliena on EQ2 ZAM: Qeynos and Freeport are under assault by the forces of the Awakened. Kerafyrm has possession of the Tear of Veeshan. The commander of the New Combine army lay in his grave, with his daughter, Antonia Bayle, grief-stricken and alone. The darkest days are coming to EverQuest II. Ages End is just around the corner. Over the past month your EQII ZAM team has toiled away on the Beta server, working to bring you the coverage you’ve come to expect. Continue reading at EQ2 ZAM…
EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan launches tomorrow, and one of the benefits of an Open Beta is, we don’t have to wait for any pesky embargoes to take a look at what zones players will be journeying to in less than 24 hours. NOTE: All screenshots in the article were taken by me. Tears of Veeshan includes nine new Instances which are available in both Advanced Solo and Heroic versions. The new solo/heroic zones are all accessible from the Vesspyr Isles (which are another realm of the Ethernere, sharing vestiges of the Tenebrous Tangle). The Fractured Hive The Nexus Core...
After six years attending gaming conventions, namely Fan Faire and then SOE Live, one learns to carry a healthy dose of skepticism into any keynote or panel. The Age of Discovery (2011) and Chains of Eternity (2012) panels dazzled us with glitzy new features, beautiful new zones, and tweaks to itemization and mechanics. But by and large, these nips and tucks to itemization have remained in the well-worn rut of “Stamina + Main Stat increasing on a straight line” introduced with the Destiny of Velious expansion. In Kyle “Kander” Vallée‘s interview with EQ2Talk this spring, he candidly shared his...
From the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 4:00 AM Pacific on November 11, 2013. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Account management Commerce transactions — including purchases on our websites and in-game Marketplaces All SOE Forums — Login for all SOE forums may be affected, you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects Login for all SOE games Players who are already logged in may be disconnected and unable to log back in until 7:00AM PST We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon...
The EQ2 Team have let us go behind the scenes and see how the art and animation for the upcoming Tears of Veeshan expansion came together.
The hits keep on coming, as Dellmon and Aliscious from the popular EQ2Talk podcast have landed an unprecedented third interview with EverQuest II Senior Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale. Their past interviews with Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson, Kyle “Kander” Vallée, and Holly have been a joy to listen to, including the kinds of detailed questions we all wish we could ask these folks. Don’t miss this week’s episode from EQ2Talk.com! EQ2 Talk is thrilled to have EverQuest 2 Senior Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale back for the third time! Tune in as she lets us sneak a peek at EQ2’s upcoming expansion, Tears of...
From Erin Oakley on the EQ2 Forums: First announced at SOE Live 2013, the Channeler is a new player class coming on November 12 with the EverQuest II Tears of Veeshan expansion. Here’s an overview of this unique DPS healer: A Priest with a Bow? You heard right! The Channeler uses magically-charged shots to deal damage and heal their Construct and party members. Channelers can also wear leather armor, allowing them to take a few extra hits and keep on firing.
EQ2 ZAM has checked in with the second half of their Tears of Veeshan interview: In the conclusion to our interview with the EverQuest II team, we take a look at Game Update 68 features, future updates and Player Studio. Tears of Veeshan is not the only thing launching on Tuesday, November 12. Game Update 68 is happening at the same time, which will add two new features: Tier 4 Guild Halls and Mercenary Slots. In the final part of our interview with the EverQuest IIteam we spoke to them about these features, tried to discern some information on the future...
Anything can change in Beta, but at least right now on Tears of Veeshan beta, a new “Point of Need” option is being tested in the Revive window: The large “Revive Instantly!” text and Double Up icon at the bottom of the window ONLY APPEAR when the player selects the small yellow “Revive Instantly!” text within the list of revive spawn points. In last year’s Chains of Eternity beta, I believe this feature was much more “in your face” as I recall the large double arrow icon and text appearing at all times. At SOE Live 2012 in the Business of EverQuest Franchise...
As one door closes, another opens. While we’re in the final week of the Nights of the Dead celebrations (the event concludes when Tears of Veeshan goes live on Tuesday, November 12th), we’re already looking ahead to the Heroes Festival which this year has new rewards, quests, and a new achievement. While the Heroes Festival event will run from Friday, November 15th until Monday, November 25th, you can test it now by logging into the Beta server! Here are the Beta notes for Heroes Festival from Kaitheel on the EQ2 Forums: The Heroes’ Festival has begun! A call has gone out to all Norrathian...
We don’t know the classes, and we don’t know if they require Age of Discovery, but here’s a teaser of the ten-year veteran rewards for EverQuest II: As we approach the anniversary of EverQuest II, this means a brand new Veterans Reward to say thank you to those who have been with us for so long! This year you’ll be able to grab your very own unique mercenary who will bring the might of justice or dominance of oppression to your next encounter! EQ2Wire Note: Veteran reward time is calculated based on active account time, plus 90 days for each...
From EQ2 ZAM: In the first part of our interview with the EverQuest II team, we take a look at the new content, progression and more. Tears of Veeshan is quickly approaching, with less than one week remaining to pre-order EverQuest II’s 10th expansion pack. As the launch date of Tuesday, November 12 looms, we took some time to speak with the EQII team about Tears of Veeshan and beyond. Read the full article over on ZAM!
From the EQ2 Forums: Purchase and receive $5 off on either a $15 SOE or a $15 PlanetSide 2 Game Card from any participating U.S. GameStop or EB Games Canada from November 4th, through November 24th, 2013. A trip to your local GameStop or EB Games might be in order so you can get a head start on your holiday shopping! Pick up one of these bad boys up for that special gamer on your list or tuck one away for your own stocking! *Offer valid from store opening on November 4, 2013, through store closing November 24, 2013,...
From Ry “Roshen” Schueller on the EQ2 Forums: Kerafyrm has turned Temple of Veeshan into a floating fortress! Suspended by Kerafyrm’s magic, the Temple of Veeshan hovers ominously above Norrath. The first Tear of Veeshan has increased Kerafyrm’s power by an order of magnitude, and he is using the power of the Tear to force Temple of Veeshan through the veil between Norrath and Ethernere.