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Players have discovered an unexpected change in yesterday’s update which introduced Heroic Characters. From GrouchyMouse on Unrest on the EQ2 Forums: As I was in game tonight, there was chat about the NPC at Tenebrous Tangle who’d normally flag a epic’d toon for ER (talk to him and then go to Lavastorm to get the quest) was handing out a “Shattered Weapon“. The person who’d gotten the item hadn’t done the epic for their non-HC [Heroic Character] toon. I meandered up on my HC toon and also received the item. The dialog, however, was near exact for the dialog...
Year: 2013
A number of players have reported that their Free Heroic Character token (granted for each existing SOE account) is being consumed even while login servers are down, or because a character name they chose was already in use. In addition, the button to upgrade a character seems to be hidden if you are running a UI mod like DrumsUI, ProfitUI, etc. These screenshots by Airos illustrate the issue:
Update from Windstalker on Twitter: Hamsters are slower than we hoped. We’ll give everyone 15-minute notice for the downtime. Should be soon ™. #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) October 1, 2013 From RadarX on the EQ2 Forums: All servers will come down at 1:30 2:00 2:30 Soonish PM PT for a brief update to address an outstanding issue with Heroic Characters. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 30 minutes. In the interim players should avoid completing the Heroic Character quests until this maintenance is completed. Time Zone Conversions PDT: October 1, 2013 @ 2:00pm EDT: October 1, 2013 @ 5:00pm...
And… Tears of Veeshan is now available for Pre-order… $39.95 for the Standard Edition, $59.99 for the Collector’s Edition. 25% less if you are an All Access subscriber. UPDATE: To avoid any confusion, I have removed the screenshot which showed a $29.99 and $44.95 price for Tears of Veeshan expansion. Those prices are only applicable if you have an All Access account. SOE Live UPDATE: If you attended SOE Live, then you get the Standard edition free, and there will be an upgrade option to get the CE. UPDATE: This upgrade will be $20.
Our invite was once again misfiled, but if you are curious to catch all the info about Heroic Characters, including a few quotes from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale and Dave “SmokeJumper” Georegeson, you’ll want to check out the writeups by Cyliena (ZAM) and MJ (Massively) who endured SOE’s PR firm to bring you the scoop! Heroic Characters Come to EverQuest II @ ZAM Interview expounds on today’s Heroic Characters patch in EverQuest II @ Massively And is it just me, or are the 3 screenshots provided by PR kinda the opposite of what you’d expect to see in marketing Heroics?...
In response to a number of questions by players about Heroic Characters on the EQ2 Forums, Caith and RadarX had some answers… Q (by Errrorr): When will Channellers become available as heroic characters? We don’t have a date on when Channelers will become available as a Heroic option. Q (by Errrorr): Is it possible to have certain long and tedious questlines already completed (For example Speak as a dragon)? Heroic characters are not going to have any quests completed for them. If a quest is so tedious as to be off putting, and is also something that cannot be avoided, I would rather look...
UPDATE: The EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, October 1st at 7:00AM Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is approximately 5 hours. From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Memberships have changed! We’ve removed Item restrictions from Free and Silver accounts. Permanent 10% Mount speed and 15% Coin Loot Bonus to Gold membership! Destiny of Velious expansion content is now free for everyone too! HEROIC CHARACTERS & 1 FREE HERO’S CALL OFFER Heroic characters can now be created! Answer the Hero’s Call! From now until Oct. 15, you can take part in our 1 FREE HEROIC CHARACTER...
From the EQ2 Forums: Greetings fellow adventurers! We’ve got more exciting news to talk about today with regard to Age of Discovery expansion as well as a few changes to our membership structure that will launch on Oct. 1. They are pretty simple, so I’ll get right to it!
So there’s been some confusion on the EQ2 forums about this section of Holly’s initial announcement: First, for a limited time, players can create a Heroic Character for free. Oct. 1 until Oct. 15 is our “Hero’s Call” event which invites new players to create one free new Heroic Character per household. Existing accounts can create or upgrade to a Heroic Character for free too! This breaks down into two distinct things: Existing accounts, which will each be entitled to create one Heroic character New accounts will be entitled to create one Heroic character per household Clearly, this only restricts...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Resolved a common issue that would cause Call of Veteran (and other travel methods) to think players were still in combat when they were not. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Dreadcutter: The Pirate Kings [Raid] The encounter should no longer occasionally reset when witchdoctors spawn. BATTLEGROUNDS Gears of Klak’Anon Damage from the relic will no longer be attributed to the player holding it.
In a perfect world, SOE would have the vast resources it would take to go back through EverQuest II’s 9 years of content and rework it so that it’s all fresh, challenging, and relevant again. But we live in the real world, and for many new and returning players who want to play with their friends, level 1-85 is now a relic, a reminder of days when heroic bands of gnolls traveled the Antonican countryside flattening all who stood in their way. The meaningful, perilous, and team-building adventure in that challenging content has faded with the passage of time...
It’s a slow EQ2 news week, and an interesting article came up about Diablo III, a game whose Auction house aligns with a desire expressed by a small but vocal group of EverQuest II players: Fully tradeable Fabled/Mythical raid drops, sellable on the broker. So what’s the verdict? Effective March 2014, Blizzard will be phasing out their Gold and Real Money Transaction Auction Houses. The video their lead designers have released (and which I have embedded below) leaves no doubt about how the Auction house was impacting Diablo III… From Ars Technica: The blog post and embedded video note that Diablo...
From the EQ2 Forums: ITEMS When examining a pre-adorned item, the classes that can equip the item should properly display. BATTLEGROUNDS Gears of Klakanon The damage received from holding the relic has been reduced. The relic now gives a toughness debuff that increases in effectiveness over time. The relic now gives a lethality buff that degenerates over time, eventually becoming negative. The amount of points required to win has been reduced to 650.
From the EQ2 Forums: Looking for an experience boost or maybe another character slot? Move that alt you’ve been sitting on to another server. Get a discount for a short time only beginning September 11th and ending September 15th!
As a result of the recent SOE layoffs which saw the departure of long-time Community Managers Virrago and Zatozia, there has been some reshuffling of responsibilities. Among these changes, Tony “RadarX“ assumes the role of EQ2 Community Manager. Here’s his introductory post on the EQ2 Forums: The position of Community Manager for EverQuest II has a proud tradition with some great folks who have the opportunity to interact with a passionate community. This week marks the “changing of the guard” for a few communities and I’ll be replacing Dexella here on EQII. No she isn’t gone or critically injured, although if she...
Players trying to login to EQ2 for the last 3 hours are receiving this error: Login rejected: The client’s version does not match the server’s. Please re-run the patcher. This is being discussed in these threads: https://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/index.php?threads/server-downtime-notice-tuesday-september-10-2013.539333/ https://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/index.php?threads/login-rejected.539348/ https://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/index.php?threads/login-servers-down.539342/ From Piestro at 9:45am PDT: We’re currently involved in investigating the causes of this issue, and will do our best to update you when we have more information. From RadarX at 10:13am PDT: We are currently looking into an issue with the patch and will update this thread as we have more information. Thanks for your patience! and: We understand...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Siren’s Grotto: Dissension Pysllon’Ris’ abyssal titan and kelp fiend adds have had their health reduced by 30%. Pysllon’Ris’ abyssal titan and kelp fiend adds should no longer automatically kill certain classes. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT It is now possible to cast abilities whose mana costs have been reduced to zero (either via AAs, the Enchanter ability “Channeled Focus”, or similar modifications) when the caster has zero mana. ITEMS [eq2u]Swallowed Helmsman’s Compass Needle[/eq2u] has been returned to its correct stats. The potency on Perpetual Lamentation now properly stacks with other effects. The...
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From the EQ2 Forums (emphasis added by me): Mighty Norrathians! Since SOE Live and Game Update 67: Darkness Dawns there’s been a lot of focus and excitement here about Heroic Characters and this year’s expansion, Tears of Veeshan. We’re well on our way and working hard! To begin with, we have some date adjustments. Our expansion launch date has moved out a bit to mid-November and our Level 85 Heroic Characters are likely coming in the first week of October. We got some great feedback on Heroic Characters and we wanted to polish it up to make it more user-friendly...
From the EQ2 Forums: TRADESKILLS When commission crafting helms of Psionic Shielding the crafter should no longer be able to use their components in place of the commissioner’s materials. QUESTS Corrected an issue where the visual and audio notifications for quest updates would not trigger.
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....
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...