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From EQ2’s new community manager Luperza: The US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on February 27th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately one hour. EU servers will come down beginning at 9:00 PM PT (6:00 AM CET February 27th, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours. JP servers will come down beginning at 5:00 PM PT (10:00 AM JST February 28th, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours. And no I didn’t add all those time zones. They...
Month: February 2014
Oh hey, there was an update today. A big one for PvPers. Got some personal stuff going on but will be back to 100% soon enough. From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE – NEW TUNARIA WARZONE This PvP server contested zone is accessed by right-clicking the discord portal from any city zone, the same portal that is used to access champion’s respite/battleground servers. Zone information New Tunaria Warzone has been set to have around 36 players, any more then that and it will spin up another copy of the zone and new players will be placed there. Upon entering...
Many EQ2 players received received an e-mail this week like the following. A few people thought it was a hoax or phishing scam due to the typos, while others pouted about not receiving a copy. Either way, if you are flagged for Tears of Veeshan on your account, then on February 28th you’ll receive a pair of Nightmare Flight Wings. also on Twitter: Do you own the Tears of Veeshan expansion? You’ll receive free Raident Nightmare Flight Wings on 02/28! [RadarX] — EverQuest II (@everquestii) February 20, 2014
With the news that Eric “Piestro” Cleaver (current EverQuest Community Manager and, for a brief time, Community Manager for EQ2) is leaving SOE, there has been a shuffling of responsibilities. Margaret “Luperza” Krohn (community manager for Planetside 2) will be swapping with Tony “RadarX“ who has been EQ2’s community manager since last August. From the EQ2 Forums: Salutations Norrathians, Today I put aside my guns and purple lumifiber armor, picked up a sword and dagger, and grabbed my Journeyman’s Cloak! I think this means I am ready for questing, great PvP battles and raid bosses much larger than me. Right?...
From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE Loyalty Merchant Noble Tark Validus has a new item to assist gold members who wish to change their city alignment or betray their adventure profession. Noble Toowik Mclure has new adventuring equipment available for sale. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Fabled Halls of Fate Knockbacks should occur much less frequently. Temple of Veeshan: Guardian’s Ediface [Raid] Corrected a bug in the Pyrelord and Controller fight in which the same target was selected every time for the red and blue ground AEs. Targets are now selected randomly, as intended. TRADESKILLS All Player crafted Round...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Twitter: This week’s weekly update (tomorrow) includes the Oakmyst prestige home that players voted for last year! Bug fixes too! #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 18, 2014 Also with tomorrow’s update there’s several new Gold member-only Loyalty Merchant items, including a Betrayal token and equipment. #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 18, 2014
SOE is having a companywide maintenance tomorrow. Here’s the announcement from the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 3:00 AM Pacific* on February 18, 2014. This maintenance is expected to last 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Account management, which includes logging into our websites, submitting, updating, or viewing Support Tickets. Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces. Forums will remain open during the downtime however you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects. Login for our games MAY be affected. Time Zone Conversions PST: Feb 18 @ 3:00am ~ 7:00am...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Fabled Laboratory of Lord Vyemm Fanning the Flames should no longer hit quite as hard when hitting 24 players. PVP PvP charms can once again be used within PvP zones.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL New Achievements available for dedicated collection hunters! Health Percentage will now show with the Detailed (Arrows) version of the target window if you have the option turned on. Players’ preferred auto attack mode will now be restored after their possession of a target has concluded.
UPDATE from SOE President John Smedley: EQ2 EU folks.. please try the world channel chat now. — John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 6, 2014 Original article follows… SOE has been collectively working days, nights and weekends to get EQNext Landmark up and stable. In addition to the enviably sized EQNL team, Platform, Ops, and Customer Service have all been burning the midnight oil to provide a smooth experience for those ~20,000 players who bought into Alpha. Still, EQ2’s EU players not being able to join world channels in the US, or Test regions has been a frustrating problem and one...
Erollisi Day went live this morning, and ZAM and EQ2Traders have already posted their guides with the new event information. From the EQ2 ZAM announcement: Erollisi Day is an annual Live Event which coincides with the Valentine’s Day holiday. It is held in honor and celebration of Erollisi Marr, the Goddess of Marksmanship and Love and sister of Mithaniel Marr, the Truthbringer. The Sisterhood of the Erollisi, along with Aaronolis Swornlove, are active participants in the act of spreading her word of love. Should you need a hand looking for roses to give away, sorting out the Chronomages, or...
For two months, players on EU servers (Splitpaw, Valor, and Storms) have been cut off from the rest of the EQ2 servers, unable to participate in world channels such as Homeshow, Test, and the multitude of Class-specific channels. Each week, there has been flickering hope that this isolation would end, yet each week, there has been no sign that the issue is a priority. First reported on the EQ2 forums on December 4th, players on EU servers noted that they were no longer able to join world chat channels from servers outside their region (Test, US, or Beta), and vice...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The Target Window now has an optional Health Percentage numerical display that can be toggled in Options > User Interface > Name and Chat Bubble > Show Health Percentage of Target. The bonuses granted to Spell Doublecast and Flurry chance obtained by exceeding the Ability Casting Speed and Attack Speed caps will now be displayed in the tooltips for the relevant stats in the character sheet window. Added option User Interface > Game Features > Default Double Click to Examine Effects to allow you to bring up the examine window of effects by double...