Feldon
One of the more interesting features teased at the Altar of Malice systems panel at SOE Live 2014 last summer was the concept of Adornment Set Bonuses. As described, players who applied adornments from the same set would receive a lucrative bonus effect or set of stats. However when the Altar of Malice expansion arrived, the set bonuses were found to be relatively limited and even nonsensical, leading most players to ignore them and freely mix-and-match adornments to min/max their characters. Players guessed that an interesting idea on paper hadn’t turned out to be compelling enough to require another...
Day: May 6, 2015
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Phantom Sea Werner Thunderleg can now be found hanging out in Kithicor Forrest in the Phantom Sea. F.S. Distillery: The Rum Cellar [Solo] Fixed a crash in the Rum Cellar solo instance. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Scouts Scout Offensive stances will no longer spam requires level 96 when zoning. Warden Dawnstrike Strike, Icefall Strike and Whirl of Permafrost now do more damage. Inquisitor Strike of Flames, Invocation Strike, Strike of Corruption now do more damage. Druid Howling with the Pack will now heal mercs.
Last summer, EQ2 player Errrorr created a thread championing a new type of player mount — ducks. For forty-three pages, hilarity ensued. However the thread was put to bed by lead animator Tom “ttobey” Tobey in January of this year when it became clear from higher ups that we’d likely never get such a mount. Theories were bandied about that sales of the bunny mounts had not been sufficient to justify their development effort. It may have been felt that these more frivolous and genre-bending mounts just didn’t resonate with players. Personally I stick with flying appearance mounts so...