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Button up that winter coat – the New Halas City Festival returns from December 1-7! Spend City Tokens on local specialties, generic festival goods, appearance clothing, or food & drink. Make sure all your characters have finished the New Halas Postage Collection, speak to Kella Swampfoot to assist with festival quests, and achieve 104 seconds or less in the local Aether Race to earn the Snowflake Chaser title. WHEN: 12:01am PT on December 1st – 11:59pm PT on December 7th WHERE: Frostfang Sea, near the Cairn of the Huntress, /way 26, 148, -82 (Kella is found at /way 99,...
Month: November 2016
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From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Lost City of Torsis: The Spectral Market [Heroic] Adds in the Merchant Caniz encounter should respawn slightly slower. Crypt of Dalnir: Baron’s Workshop [Heroic and Solo] Placing the Main Valve Lever and pulling it to open the slime grate will no longer cause smaller races to be stuck with a MAIN VALVE LEVER IN THEIR HEADS. Kaesora: Xalgozian Stronghold Colonel Gozier should no longer port you out of the world. Lost City of Torsis: Ashiirian Court [Raid] Lord Ghiosk will now be guarding the library once again.
For the last two weeks, players have been hard at work on the unforgiving Kunark Ascending quests, solo zones, and dungeons. Much of it has gone smoothly, but there are always issues, and with EQ2’s expansions coinciding with the American harvest celebration of Thanksgiving, the fixes seem to arrive at a Tryptophan-addled pace. Here are some issues we’re monitoring which will hopefully see patches tomorrow and possibly Thursday… Census Updates Over the last 5 years, Census — the public data API which makes sites like EQ2U and Dragon’s Armory possible — has been incredibly reliable, with only about 3...
There’s a black Friday sale. Info here: https://www.everquest2.com/news/eq2-shady-swashbuckler-black-friday-sale-2016
From the EQ2 Forums: Status: 11/22/2016 15:59 PST – US servers will be coming down at 4:15PM PST for a brief maintenance. And Twitter: All US EverQuest 2 servers will come down at 4:15 PM PT for an unscheduled maintenance. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 1 hour.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Lost City of Torsis: Reaver’s Remnants [All Versions] You should no longer be able to kill the Spirit Flames in the Tzirathk encounter. Kaesora: Tomb of the Venerated [Advanced Solo] Icicle Storm no longer reduces potency.
From the EQ2 Forums: Hey all, Don’t miss your last chance to finish up special rewards from The Race to Trakanon Event Server. This server is scheduled to close in January 2017. Transfer tokens will go out to players on The Race to Trakanon server on Thursday, December 1 at (or around) noon PST. Players on this server can use this token to transfer to a server of their choice. If you do NOT use your transfer token before the server closes, your character will be moved to Stormhold.
It’s now a week AFTER the release of Kunark Ascending and Marketing needs to justify their existence, so they’re holding a contest! From the EQ2 Forums: We’re excited to be celebrating the launch of Kunark Ascending! To add to the festivities, we want to give YOU a chance to win some great prizes!
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. Grotto Zone & Location Collection Quest(s) Brownie Darklight Wood /way 14, -32, -238 Tree Bark Festive Flowers Strong Brew Root Beer Zygomyd Nektulos Forest /way -363, 0.42, -682 Mushroom Spores Earthly Tasks Comforting Confections Naiad Enchanted Lands /way -278, 5, 18 Naiad Scales Naiad Aid Dryad Antonica /way -696, -4, 621 Dryad Leaves Pollution Problem Fay Greater Faydark /way -132, -44, -771 Flower Petals...
From the EQ2 Forums: All servers will come down at 3 PM PT (11 PM UTC) for a brief update to address an outstanding issue. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 1 hour.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Obulus Frontier Sarnak Infiltrators are no longer quite as hearty. Players who have not completed “Kunark Ascending: Opportunity ‘Noks” will now evac inside the Crusaders’ Cave. Banker, broker, collector, and other service NPCs in the Greenmist Crusader caves no longer require you to speak sathirian.
The Kunark Ascending expansion is now live! Welcome to Kunark Ascending from #EQ2! Servers are now unlocked! — Holly Longdale (@TheWindstalker) November 15, 2016 Have any questions for the developers?
Table of Contents So what’s new in the Kunark Ascending expansion? How do I get to the new Obulus Frontier overland zone? Where do I find all the Instances (Solo, Advanced Solo, Heroic)? What are the Prerequisites for starting the Kunark Ascending signature quest line? Is there any easy way to lookup my EQ2 character and see if I have done all the prerequisites for the expansion? Do I have to do the Terrors of Thalumbra signature line before I can start the Kunark Ascending quests? The first part of the Kunark Ascending signature line has a sneaking quest...
From the EQ2 Forums: KUNARK ASCENDING Norrath remains in danger from Lanys T’Vyl, God of Malice, and her pursuit of power! Return to Kunark and adventure through unexplored lands full of strife as a powerful force of iksar plan to overthrow the lich emperor, Venril Sathir. Uncover dungeons long sealed or lost, amassing power and piecing together the history long buried, in an attempt to keep the last Chaos Stone out of Lanys’ evil clutches! It will take great courage to stand against the coming darkness and stop her from ushering in a new age of dominance by the...
From the EQ2 Forums: All servers will come offline November 15th at 7:00 AM PT (3 PM GMT) for an expansion update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 5 hours. We’ll see you in Kunark!
From EverQuest2.com: A struggle exists between the gods. Lanys T’Vyl, upon being resurrected, has summoned forth the once forgotten demigods Terris-Thule and Saryrn using the remnants of power from their planes, forming a new realm dubbed Vaedenmoor. Along with these powerful beings, some of their followers have reemerged to protect them. The fearsome Hobgoblins, Shades, as well as the Kaniz werewolves will defend their newly formed plane to the death… preferably yours! There are six raid zones to discover, from the magical Arcanna’se Spire, to the former cities of Kaesora and Torsis; from new and difficult foes in the...
From Kander on the EQ2 Forums: Coming November 22nd for Stormhold [TLE]. Shard of Hate [Raid] Runnyeye: The Gathering [Heroic] Veksar: The Invasion [Heroic] Barring any major issues with the Kunark Ascending expansion release, we should have these 3 zones ready to go for Stormhold. More info soon. Meanwhile, we can report that as of yesterday, the guild Dread Army was the first to defeat Trakanon on the Race-to-Trakanon server. At one time, Race-to-Trakanon was seen as a threat to the existing Stormhold server, however good old Trakky was defeated there months ago. Word from Kander is that transfers off...
From the EQ2 Forums: EVENTS Heroes Festival The patchwork bosses should now grant extra damage per buff on the player when fighting them. This includes TLE servers.
From the EQ2 Forums: There will be a general maintenance on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 beginning at 5:00AM Pacific Time*. The estimated downtime is up to four (4) hours. The following services may be impacted during this maintenance: Game Logins Forum Logins Account Management (including filing Customer Support tickets) Commerce Please follow @DaybreakGames on Twitter for any necessary updates. Thank you for your patience as we complete this maintenance.
From EverQuest2.com: We’re approaching the end of Gear Up, Level Up, but the bonuses haven’t stopped yet! From 12:00PM PT (Noon) on Friday, November 4, 2016 until 12:00PM PT (Noon) on Friday, November 11, 2016, ALL Players will be awarded with Double Currency(Including Public Quest Rewards) AND Double Loot! Head into Norrath to take advantage of these limited-time bonuses! Commentary Just a reminder that the exact definition of “Double Loot” has not been explained. As far as we’ve been able to confirm, it’s a 25% chance to get a second batch of loot off of certain enemies in Thalumbra zones. Update! Here’s an explanation...
From EverQuest2.com: It has been twelve years since we first caught sight of the Isle of Refuge and made our way into this magical realm of Norrath. In that time, we have built cities, fought dragons, and – most importantly – formed lasting bonds of friendship with our fellow adventurers. To celebrate this momentous occasion, the Heroes’ Festival is returning to Norrath once again. And this year, there is a special reward for anyone who participates! Earn the Twelfth Anniversary Celebration Mount if you complete six Heroes’ Festival Quests during the event. On the TLE server Stormhold, the Twelfth Anniversary Celebration Mount will behave like a...
From EverQuest2.com: Kunark Ascending makes Ascension classes available as a form of progression for all max level characters. Ascension classes are the apotheosis of a facet of energy, and are the gateway to ascended power. Once you have completed the Kunark Ascending signature quest line you may speak with one of the four masters in the Obulus Frontier to begin down the path to Ascension. Ascension Forms Each Ascension class grants the character the ability to shift into an avatar of that Ascension, converting all damage done from any ability that does not deal damage based on your weapon’s damage...
The EverQuest II developers have gone on a Twitter spree, posting animations of many of the Epic 2.0 weapons. Here’s what we have so far… Berserker posted by Community: Inquisitor posted by Community:
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Veeshan’s Peak [Raid] Trakanon’s hitbox has been reduced. Silverwing should no longer charm players. ITEMS Yha-lei Oracle’s Ring now gives the correct amount of DPS. Corrected some appearances on level 100 boost cloth armor. No more mooning! QUESTS The Name of Fear – The ancient idol which offers this quest can now also be found at the beginning of “Emperor Atrebe’s Laboratory: The Fabled City of Kor-sha”. RACE TO TRAKANON Corrected an issue with the achievement “Race: Complete the Assassin Epic Quest” that would prevent it from updating if you completed...