Cyliena
Ring in the New Year in Timorous Deep with the Gorowyn City Festival, returning January 1-7! Spend City Tokens on local specialties, generic festival goods, appearance clothing, or food & drink. Make sure all your characters have finished the Gorowyn Postage Collection, speak to Kella Swampfoot to assist with festival quests, and achieve 244 seconds or less in the local Aether Race to earn the Wind Warden title. WHEN: 12:01am PT on January 1st – 11:59pm PT on January 7th WHERE: Timorous Deep, on the dock, /loc 2339, 80, 1441 (the merchants are found at /loc 2388, 21, 1349) QUESTS:...
Month: December 2015
Feldon
Daybreak Games, Servers, and Websites are once again under attack this morning as of 7:30am PST. The attack stopped at 8:00am PST and then resumed at 11:00am and has continued unabated as of 3:20pm PST. This sustained attack is being done by a different DDOS crew than the one that targeted SOE President John Smedley, and is directed towards the game H1Z1. EQ and EQ2 (and their forums and websites) being offline is just collateral damage. NOTE: EU-based EverQuest II servers are co-located in Amsterdam, so gameplay may be possible on these servers. Original updates after the jump…
Daybreak Games websites and games seem to be intermittently offline starting at 5:15pm PDT. Update: Players have been reporting that they’re able to login for the last 15 minutes or so. I am logged in and experiencing some lag. Update from Twitter: We are aware of current connectivity issues and are working to resolve them. Thanks for your patience. — Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) December 30, 2015 The EQ2 Forums have been updated with this notice from Ops: Status: 12/29/2015 17:45 PST – We are currently investigating a potential issue with network connectivity to the game. Enter the EQ2Wire Chatroom
From the EQ2 Forums: If you’re able to find a free moment this holiday, we’re offering BONUS EXPERIENCE, DOUBLE PERSONAL STATUS, and DOUBLE GUILD STATUS to our All-Access members starting at 12:01AM PST (midnight) on Friday, December 25 and running until 11:59AM PST (noon) on Monday, December 28, 2015. The XP and Status bonuses will be available for All Access members on ALL servers. This includes our players on Time-Locked Expansion servers. Not currently an All-Access member? There’s no better time to sign up!
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Maldura: Forge of Ashes [Raid] The respawn point for Bereth’s Overlook should no longer be an available option for reviving unless Bereth has been defeated. Maldura: Bar Brawl [All Versions] Priest can now cure themselves of Dalkuhm’s “Borrow Weapons” debuff. Kralet Penumbra: The Hive Mind [Raid] The Psionists will now correctly react to those who attempt to drain their well of power. ITEMS Wrist of the Great Forge is now correctly named Ring of the Great Forge. Ethereal Onslaught will now correctly reset Sniper Squad. Primordial Burnout will now trigger on...
Last night, Daybreak Games sent out an e-mail to everyone who purchased the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion which includes a “Thank You” video and a Survey. Here’s the video: The Terrors of Thalumbra survey seems to have some really good questions which will hopefully elicit useful responses and measurements. Here’s the introduction: Thank you for your purchase of the EverQuest II: Terrors of Thalumbra Expansion. We’re grateful that you joined us for this expansion and would like to get your feedback so we can ensure the best experience for our players as we move forward. This short survey should take...
The monthly Moonlight Enchantments event begins tonight! The grottos open up on the 20th at 12:01am PT and close on the 21st at 11:59pm PT. The time applies directly with no conversion for all servers.
From the EQ2 Forums: The vote to unlock Kingdom of Sky content on BOTH Stormhold (PvE) and Deathtoll (PvP) has passed. This content is scheduled to unlock to players on Thursday, January 7, 2016. There are a lot of updates coming to Time-Locked Expansion servers after this content unlocks. To give you an idea of what’s coming: Adventure, Tradeskill and Guild Level will be raised to 70 Alternate Advancement Subclass Window will be unlocked with a 50 AA cap This launch will include a full balance pass for all TLE content level 30+, including existing encounters. Kingdom of Sky dropped or...
If you’ve been saying to yourself “I’ll buy a Marketplace mount when pigs fly”, now’s your chance… From EverQuest II’s twitter: Additional Frostfell themed items are available in the Marketplace starting TODAY! Which items are your favorite? — EverQuest II (@everquestii) December 15, 2015
From the EQ2 Forums: As we get ready for the winter holiday, we’re offering 100% BONUS EXPERIENCE to our All-Access members starting at 12:01AM PST (midnight) on Friday, December 18 and running until 11:59AM PST (noon) on Monday, December 21, 2015. The Bonus XP will be available for All Access members on ALL servers. This includes our players on Time-Locked Expansion servers. Not currently an All-Access member? Now’s the time to sign up! NOTE: It seems that XP bonuses on the TLE servers are capped at 40%.
We are happy to report that our update of EQ2U Players for the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion is now complete. We have loaded all of the Quest data for the expansion, including the new Signature lines, adventure, and tradeskill quests. This required updating Factions, Zones, Rewards, and QuestGiver info. This brings us up to 12,183 Quests on EQ2U. We have also re-imported Recipes and can now report that we have 30,948 Recipes on EQ2U. We’re missing 3 and have submitted a bug report on this. You can see what else we did to update EQ2U in our article from last week....
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Qeynos Province District Players will no longer get stuck in Frostfell decorations when zoning out of Agnostic Dungeons. Kralet Penumbra: Uzulu Deep [Event Heroic] Urzzra-Uzulu now opens dialog with you during combat through a separate dialog window for greater accessibility. Kralet Penumbra: The Master’s Chosen [Heroic] Xal’Gilah has slightly slowed the rate at which he gains concentration for resurrecting his minions. Kralet Penumbra: Tepid Depths Depths prowlers no longer cast Aberrant Assault. Maldura: Bar Brawl [Event Heroic] Dalkuhm’s “Borrow Weapons” debuff can now be cured by means other than Cure Curse.
From the EQ2 Forums: For the first time, we’re putting the most popular pack of Krono – the 5 Krono pack – on sale! Beginning at 12:00AM PST on Friday, December 11 through 11:59PM PST on Sunday, December 13, you’ll be able to purchase the bundle of 5 Krono for only $69.99 USD*. Currently available in EverQuest and EverQuest II, Krono are in-game objects that can be redeemed for 30 days of membership time. They may be purchased from the Daybreak marketplace for real money only, or from other players via the broker or private trades for in-game currency. The Krono sale will be happening...
EverQuest II has one of the most advanced decorating systems of any MMORPG. It likely has more house items than any other game, as evidenced by the frequently updated, screen-busting fansite EQ2Furniture which allows players to see a spinning preview of all 16,325 house items in Norrath. However this paradise of customization has become a huge data storage problem for the EQ2 team and players alike. Although the Dungeon Maker feature never lived up to its hype or even the lowest expectations due to the anemic customization and storytelling options it offered, it provided mass storage and an almost...
Today is the last day for All Access subscribers to use Free Server Transfer Tokens as the program ends at Noon PST (3pm EST, 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CEST). And that’s important because these special freebie tokens expire (will stop working) at Noon: Remember, to use these tokens, you must meet these requirements: Your account must be at least 30 days old A character must be level 5 to transfer You can move more than two characters per day. An account will be able to move up to 100 characters (although each character can only move for free one time)....
EQ2U has received several updates since the launch of Terrors of Thalumbra: Loaded all Terrors of Thalumbra Recipes*. Loaded all Terrors of Thalumbra Collections. Extended the Lore & Legend page to include Cepholex, Fathomlurker, and Poxfiend. Updated Guild Achievements. Added RELIC, PRESTIGE, etc. flags to item popups and details. Added INFUSED support to equipped items on the Character Details page. Updated Item Search to include RELIC, PRESTIGE, etc. flags. We’re evaluating turning the flags menu into a row of checkboxes to allow the selection of multiple flags. Updated Tradeskill Report to include the 21 new quests in the Terrors...
‘Tis the season once again for Santa Glug gifties, ice dragons, crafting binges, and more. Frostfell kicks off following an update on Thursday, December 10th (eta 8am PT/11am ET) and runs through 7am PT/10am ET on Thursday, January 7, 2016. Last year’s content makes a return appearance, and due to my insane finals week I’m going to just point you here for those older guides (the 2014 quest tracker is here). Frostfell won’t be on the TLE servers, but look for Frostfell trees in Freeport and Qeynos, where merchants will be selling seasonal items! Read more here. This year...
From Ann “Cyliena” Hosler on MMORPG: The ancient kingdom of Maldura, not heard from since before the Shattering, has made a desperate call for help to those residing aboveground. Their messages, unclear by the time they reached the surface, prompt the heroes of Norrath—those who have achieved level 100—to take action and delve into the unknown. EverQuest II’s 12th expansion, Terrors of Thalumbra, introduces new content for level capped adventurers and tradeskillers. A plethora of new dungeons (13 Heroic, 6 Advanced Solo, and 1 Contested) and four raid zones can be found within the vast underland zone of Thalumbra, the...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The /summon_chest command can no longer be used while on a transport. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Maldura: Palace Foray [Heroic] Dragoon Z’Koz will always drop a treasure chest. Kralet Penumbra: Temple of the Ill-Seen [Advanced Solo] Should now spawn shinies properly. Kralet Penumbra: The Master’s Chosen [Heroic] Necromantic Concentration buff can now appropriately be dispelled.
If you didn’t get your fill of testing during the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion beta, or you just can’t wait until Frostfell arrives on non-TLE servers, you’re in luck. Frostfell has now been activated on the Test server and you can check it out, report bugs, and provide feedback! From the EQ2 Forums: Now that Test has been updated… Frostfell is active on Test! There’s plenty of Frostfell cheer throughout Norrath this season! Gigglegibbers and Frostfell elves are busy celebrating the holiday within the player cities, and encouraging everyone to visit the Frostfell Wonderland Village, accessed through the Magic...
Shortly after SOE’s data breach in May 2011, the company partnered with Vasco to provide security key fobs for its customers. These were made available for purchase as well as being given out to all Fan Faire 2011 attendees. Since then, requests to produce a mobile security app serving the same purpose on iPhone and Android have been numerous. Now it looks like an EQ2 player (SandsMans) has stumbled upon an official Daybreak Defender app on the iPhone app store, apparently published without fanfare on October 24th, 2015, which should theoretically offer the functionality of a mobile authenticator keyfob. iPhone users who...
Dedith, creator of the Dragon’s Armory website, has posted an update regarding his EQ2 fansite. He now supports equipped items which have been Infused, as well as further clarification of which stats are available or disabled on Time-Locked Expansion servers. From the EQ2 Forums: While I do update the news at Dragon’s Armory, I’m certain many folks have their characters linked in directly. So, I am taking the time to post here to let folks know of updates that have recently been applied: Terrors of Thalumbra support I’ve added support to show on each worn item the details of any infusion...
After a six multi-month absence, Dellmon and Osgz are back with another installment of EQ2’s best only podcast EQ2Talk to review the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion. Is there anything in the expansion that Dellmon likes? You’ll have to tune in to find out! From EQ2Talk.com: In this episode Dellmon and Osgz judge the newest expansion for Everquest II, Terrors of Thalumbra. While both hosts struggle in the swimsuit portion, they soar in the talent competition as they both discuss some of the high flying points of the new content and zones. Feathers did get a bit ruffled over just how much...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Maldura A Far Seas Trading Company representative has arrived in Maldura and will now sell Age of Malice blank runes in exchange for Coin of the Grand Artificer (they are still also available for far seas tokens from the original sources). She can be found in the Mushroom Bar and Grill. Maldura: Algorithm For Destruction [All Versions] The electro-charged battery is now automatically placed in your inventory, when appropriate, during the encounter with X-O Arachmech. Kralet Penumbra: Uzulu Deep [Event Heroic] Urzzra-Uzulu’s Thought Graze now drains more power. Urzzra-Uzulu’s Thought Overload...
In my time covering EverQuest II, we’ve had three really great Community Managers — Christine “Kiara” Renzetti, Margaret “Luperza” Krohn, and Racheal “Afista” McKenny. Yesterday as part of their Daily Grind column, MassivelyOP asked “What Makes a Really Great MMO Community Manager?” When Funcom hired new community managers a few weeks ago, some readers questioned why we’d cover it. Big whoop, community managers are glorified retweeters, right? Yeah, not so much. A talented community manager can work a playerbase and keep everyone happy even in dark times. “Sinking, panicking games dump their CMs overboard first, not realizing their CMs are the best...