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From the EQ2 Forums: Starting Friday, we will be updating our billing processes and the Direct Debit option will be temporarily unavailable. This will affect some players in Germany, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands who have chosen this as their method of billing. To prevent the loss of All Access Membership status during this time, we will be granting one free week of time to all affected accounts who are signed up for Direct Debit billing for an All Access Membership plan and whose next billing date falls during this period. During this time, the ability to add funds...
Month: July 2014
Thought I’d post a preview screenshot of something we’ve been working on for EQ2U for the last little while… This shows my Active Quest Journal side-by-side with an in-progress quest, which just shows how much of a slacker I am on getting quests done! Come back later today and I’ll have a screenshot of Quest Search as well as the Quest Checklist which shows EVERY quest in a Category (there are over 200) and then shows the progress of your character on all those quests. Oh and I’m really dating myself with this but…
From the EQ2 Forums: All US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on July 30th, 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 July 31st, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately one hour. GENERAL Fixed an issue related to status gain.
From the EQ2 Forums: Attention players: we will perform maintenance beginning at 3:00 AM PDT* on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. We expect this maintenance to take approximately two hours. This will impact the following SOE services: • Commerce functions, including purchases • Game, web and forum logins Thank you for your patience as we complete this maintenance. and: ALL EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on July 29th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. Time Zone Conversions PDT: July 29 @ 3:00-5:00am & 7:00-9:00am EDT: July 29 @ 6:00-8:00am &...
So a couple weeks ago, SOE had some DNS issues with one of their servers. As an apology for the up-to-3-days outage for players who couldn’t work around the DNS snafu, SOE granted 2 days extra All Access membership. This sounds great, but when this was announced, a few players were curious exactly how the 2 days time were being granted — either by moving the billing date back by 2 days, or by adding time at the end whenever people cancel. I don’t know that we ever got a concrete answer — until now. It looks like everyone’s...
Tinkerfest goes live tomorrow and EQ2ZAM and EQ2Traders have been updated with the new crafted goodies, house items, new quest, and a totally new prestige house which have been added this year! From EQ2 ZAM: Tinkerfest, the Norrathian celebration of all things Gnomish, starts Friday! Your EQII ZAM staff has the scoop on the awesome new additions to this player favorite. 2014 brings back all the old activities and adds more rewards, house items, and recipes! There’s a new quest and new achievement. If you didn’t do so last year, be sure to unlock your tinkered mercenaries! Tinkerfest 2014...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Twitter: We think we have resolved the issue with the Daily Objectives that weren’t updating. Please let me know if you’re having problems! #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) July 24, 2014
Looks like all servers are coming down today, even though Tinkerfest will not be activated until Friday. From the EQ2 Forums. ALL EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on July 22nd, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. WEEKLY FEATURE Tinkerfest begins 7/25! POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION General Corrected an issue that prevented Aerakyn body drop treasure from dropping if the victim was below level 100. Zordakalicus Ragefire – The target lock cast by Ragefire’s adds, Shock, has been changed. It should cast much less often, is no longer a curse or...
While getting the NBE-1013 error on an SOE account is certainly not a new occurrence, it seems that quite a few players have been experiencing it in the last hour or so in EQ2 as well as in Planetside 2. Here’s the error: Error NBE-1013: We have detected there is a problem with access to this game. Please “click here” for possible solutions. According to SeanF of SOE Tech Support, this is an individual account issue which must be fixed by Customer Service on a case-by-case basis: This error code typically means there is a problem with your account that...
If you made changes to your Hosts file last Tuesday to work around the DNS issues which impacted SOE games, websites, and forums, then it’s now time to undo those changes! At this point, your computer should have no difficulty finding SOE’s games and websites automatically without any manual entries. Further, by leaving manual entries, if SOE ever shuffles their IP addresses around, you will find yourself unable to play SOE games or visit their websites and not know why! 64.37.171.24 lp.soe.com 64.37.170.20 lvs-recap-01.station.sony.com 64.37.169.11 manifest.patch.station.sony.com 69.174.202.136 account.station.sony.com 69.174.204.11 forums.station.sony.com 64.37.171.32 assets.soe.com 63.140.62.141 smetrics.soe.com 64.37.171.29 auth.station.sony.com 64.37.171.22 planetside2.com 64.37.171.22 www.planetside2.com...
As announced on this week’s EQ2 Insider webcast, this is a Double Guild XP Weekend! The event will run through 11:59pm Sunday night Pacific Daylight time. EQ2 characters who complete writs, tradeskill work orders, completing certain quests, kill certain NPCs, or turn in status items receive Personal Status on their Character. 10% of that amount is also given to the character’s guild. For this Double Guild XP weekend, that amount doubles to 20%! Note that there is a rare Legends of Norrath-looted item which increases your normal amount to 11%. It’s unknown if that stacks this weekend.
Looks like Age’s End x2 raid, currently on Test and Beta, is being pushed back a bit. From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Switching schedule a bit for more testing. Moving up Vigilant House Items for Loyalty pts to July 29. Ages End event release Aug 5. #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) July 17, 2014
As an apology for the DNS issues which have prevented some players from connecting to SOE websites, forums, and games, SOE is granting All Access customers 2 free days of service. From the EQ2 Forums: Hi everyone, We deeply regret the recent service interruption that is currently impacting all SOE games. As a thank you for your patience, we have added two days of membership time to all members’ accounts. Thank you for playing EverQuest II. ~Luperza
On Monday, EQ2 Mechanics Guru Xelgad teased a new priest ability called “Gather Remains”: Oh god, why did that mob aggro?! All I did was resurrect after a wipe! Solution coming to #EQ2 priests soon! pic.twitter.com/T5LTnD307P — Xelgad (@Xelgad) July 14, 2014 At first, we assumed this would be a Prestige ability reserved for this fall’s upcoming Altar of Malice expansion, however during today’s EQ2 Insider webcast, Xelgad clarified that this ability was going to become available to priests “as soon as possible”, after it clears QA, so likely in the next few weeks. According to a followup tweet, the...
Today’s EQ2 Insider Episode #3 is now available for watching on YouTube. You can read our summary of the webcast here.
Just mentioned on EQ2 Insider… Double Guild XP Weekend! July 18 @ Noon until July 20th at Midnight
Today, Margaret “Luperza” Krohn, Akil “Lyndro” Hooper, Kyle “Kander” Vallee, and Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall took to Twitch for the third episode of the EQ2Insider video show. Notes from Today’s Show Double Guild XP Weekend! July 18 @ Noon until July 20th at Midnight 66 Slot Bag was shown — will be given to everyone at SOE Live A code was given out for free 500SC. Looks like I’m the only one who got to redeem it. Tinkerfest being demoed. Showing off the Tinkerfest house.
When nobody is happy, that means you’ve reached a successful compromise, right? Some players are upset at the announcement that the Age’s End prophecy, which has dominated EverQuest II’s storyline for almost a decade, will not be directly experienced by solo players. Others are incredulous that it will not be a difficult 24-person raid. EQ2 Lead Designer Kyle “Kander” Vallee took to the forums to give the thinking behind why Age’s End: The Final Chapter is a x2 (12 person) raid and to encourage players to playtest the content: So a few things. We opted to make this an...
So… didn’t we just have an EQ2 Insider? So the original EQ2 Insider Developer Q&A was scheduled for June 19th, but got postponed til July due to scheduling issues. Rather than just lose an episode, the EQ2 team are going to cram in a second helping of EQ2 Insider into July on their original scheduled date. This time, Kyle “Kander” Vallee is joined by Akil “Lyndro” Hooper and Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall. From the EQ2 Forums: This month on EverQuest II Insider episode 3: Cast: Margaret Krohn, Holly Longdale, Akil Hooper, Kyle Vallee, and Nathan McCall! News, Announcements and What’s New? July’s Contest Details Dev Picks: Submit your...
Some players were unable to connect to SOE websites, forums, and services in July 2014 due to an issue with SOE not renewing the SonyOnline.net domain. This problem has long since been remedied. If you are still having problems… The first thing you should try is to open your Start menu, choose “Run…” and type “ipconfig /flushdns“. A black box will momentarily flash. This will make your computer forget all the DNS lookups it has performed, so when you try to access SOE websites, forums, and games, the correct addresses will load and you’ll be able to see them...
UPDATE: As of about 6:05am PDT, NetworkSolutions.com is reporting Sony Online Entertainment owns SonyOnline.net again. SOE websites and games should start resolving properly for all customers around the world over the next few minutes/hours. To refresh your DNS info, go to the Start menu, choose “Run…”. Type ipconfig /flushdns. Now relaunch your web browser and/or game launchpads. Original article follows: We are in the process of researching this issue, but it looks like the domain registration for the domain SonyOnline.net expired this morning, reverting back to being the property of NetworkSolutions. While SOE did not use the domain publicly,...
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From Bunji on the official forums WEEKLY FEATURE Lore and Legend: Awakened Aerakyn is now available. HOUSE ACTORS House Actors will now save changes made to their greeting distances between loading and reloading a house. ITEMS Colcatoth, Spine of the Leviathan can now be used by all priests PVP and BATTLEGROUNDS Ethereal and Artifact weapons may be obtained via victory daily missions in Battlegrounds. Ethereal and Artifact weapons now grant PvP statistics.
From the EQ2 Forums: By: Margaret “Luperza” Krohn Yesterday, on EverQuest II Insider, the EverQuest II Development Team announced that they are having a double experience weekend for All Access members from Friday, July 11th, 2014 at 12:00 PM PDT until Sunday, July 13th, 2014 at 11:59 PM PDT! This will include adventure, AA and tradeskill experience. In the future, we’ll run more double bonus experience weekends of different types, so stay tuned! Also, the Development Team heard your cries for an extension on the much loved “Gear Up! Level Up!” goodness, so they have extended it throughout the month of July! This...
From the SOE Forums: If you’ve ever attended San Diego Comic-Con before, you know just how crazy the entire weekend can be, and how welcomed any break from the madness is. For those attending SDCC for the first time this year, trust us when we say a chance to slow down and relax is quite appealing after a day on the show floor. Getting away from the crowds and noise, relaxing with friends, and imbibing an alcoholic beverage or two (if you’re of legal drinking age), is the recommended treatment for any weary con-goer according to me…SOE’s own Dr....
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Veeshan: Dreadscale’s Maw New items in the Dreadscale’s Maw are now correctly usable by all classes. DUNGEON MAKER Fixed an issue related to experience gain. ITEMS Ethereal Scythes have been changed to crushing weapons. [eq2u]Scythe of the Sun[/eq2u] is now a crushing weapon. [eq2u]Warblister, Scythe of Fury[/eq2u] is now a crushing weapon. Corrected a bug that was preventing the Greater and Superior Redemption of Failure from resurrecting allies outside of the targeted group. QUESTS A new shiny collection ? in Vesspyr Isles is no longer obscured by the giant...