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Normally we don’t list complete Test / Beta Update Notes so as to avoid confusion with Live notes, but in this case, we’re going to make an exception as players have been clamoring for signs that development continues on EQ2 from bug fixes to performance tweaks to mechanics and class balance changes, and this update has all of that! From the EQ2 Forums: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS Reduced frequency of UI updates being sent to clients from the server lowering server/client and bandwidth load, specifically during combat. Improved server memory use. Various client crash fixes. Several minor performance improvements on nearly...
Month: April 2015
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Twitter: We’ve got Bonus XP weekends coming for #eq2 and #everquest starting tomorrow 12pm PDT until Monday 9am PDT. (AA, TS, Adv XP in EQ2.) Official update from the EQ2 Forums: If you have some free time this weekend, take advantage of it with bonus experience! Starting at 12:01PM PDT* on Friday, April 3, and running until 9:00AM PDT on Monday, April 6, 2015 All Access members will earn double AA, Adventure and Tradeskill experience! What is your strategy to best take advantage of this double experience weekend?
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 5:00AM London Time on April 3, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 6:00 CET am 03.04.2015 zwecks einer Serveraktualisierung heruntergefahren. Die vorgesehene Stillstandszeit wird etwa 1 Stunde(n) betragen. Le serveur de langue française sera arrêté à 6:00 CET le 03-04-2015 pour une mise à jour...
The database migrations continue, this time with Antonia Bayle and Everfrost. From the EQ2 Forums: The Antonia Bayle and Everfrost servers will be brought offline on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 2:00AM Pacific* for server migration and maintenance. These servers are estimated to be unavailable for at least 12 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.
If you told me last November that nearly one third of Altar of Malice expansion purchasers would opt for the never discounted $89.99 Collector’s Edition, I’d have suggested therapy or possibly drug treatment. If you read the comments here on EQ2Wire and on the official EQ2 forums when the pricing was announced, the universal response was howls of protest. Yet to this day, the expansion not only continues to show good sales numbers, but fully one third spring for the Collector’s Edition. Perhaps we ARE the vocal minority. So with that background comes today’s Marketing-driven blitz (yes on April...
From Calthine on the EQ2 Forums: April Fools Day marks the Highest of Silly Days for the Bristlebane Day celebration. Three quests are only available on this day (one is new), given by the sphinx Imenand just off the dock in the Enchanted Lands. Test your brain by trying to solve his many riddles and take a gamble at your choice of house pet rewards. If you’ve been waiting for a Berry-fed Bovich since last year they’ll be available on the Marketplace for 2250SC. The winged version is available for 2950SC. [Editor’s Note: It was available last year for a heart-stopping 5,000SC] In your travels...