From the EQ2 Forums: ZONES / POPULATION Encounters from Kunark Ascending should no longer periodically remain stuck in a stunned or rooted state. Castle Highhold [All Versions] Defeating Gudre Blackhand too quickly will no longer prevent him from dying by chandelier. Lost City of Torsis [All Versions] Meld of Vapor will no longer chain cast Spell Diffusion.
Year: 2017
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: ZONES / POPULATION Defeating the final boss in Kunark Ascending [Solo] and [Advanced Solo] instances now grant bonus experience. Expert Zones All expert versions of heroic and raid zones will now exit players to Obulus Frontier near the portal summoner. Normal versions of the zones will continue to exit players into their respective entrance locations. Kaesora: Tomb of the Venerated [All Versions] Implosion will no longer break Chatizad’s and Zannaska’s pathing. Lost City of Torsis: The Shrouded Temple [Heroic] The Meld of Haze should now return to combat after all group members are cleared of...
I have been remiss in reporting on this, as the bombshell came nearly a month ago. Emily “Domino” Taylor, Tradeskill maven in EverQuest II for nearly a decade, will be leaving Daybreak Games and heading home to her native Canada. John Smedley leaked the news on Twitter in advance of Emily’s planned announcement. Anyone who follows her on Twitter has A) learned a lot about baking and B) knows that she endured a month’s stranding in Canada by US Customs in December 2015/January 2016 despite having a valid work visa. After that unbelievable inconvenience, it seems more than plausible that she...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION General Corrected an issue with expert zone encounter mitigation where it was not applying the full mitigation package for some encounters. Raids Corrected an issue that caused all players zoning into the Crypt of Dalnir: The Kly Stronghold [Expert-Raid] and Arcanna’se Spire: Order and Chaos [Expert-Raid] to be put into their own instance. Xalgoz should no longer cast his heals during the few seconds he is looking for a new target. Boss progression in expert raid zones have become a bit more strict. For example, the first boss needs to be...
After eight and a half years, it is time for me to step back and see if there is anyone else in the EverQuest II community with writing ability and a desire to lend their voice to this site. I have barely played EQ2 in the last few years and it shows in the lack of coverage exhibited. Other than Update Notes, there has been limited discussion about the Kunark Ascending expansion, the race to discover Epic 2.0 Weapons, Public Quests, Burnt Keys, and all other elements of gameplay which EverQuest II players wish to know about. Keeping this site...
From EverQuest2.com: The dungeons and raids of Kunark Ascending are now even more dangerous! Today, with the introduction of Expert dungeons and raids, players will be able to experience a more challenging version of this great content. Speak to Prissaia, the Expert Dungeon Portal Summoner, within Crusdaers’ Cave in the Obulus Frontier zone to begin an Expert instance. The following dungeons are now available in Expert Mode: Arcanna’se Spire: Vessel of the Sorceress Arcanna’se Spire: Forgotten Sanctum Arcanna’se Spire: Repository of Secrets Kaesora: Tomb of the Venerated Kaesora: Xalgozian Stronghold The Ruins of Cabilis Crypt of Dalnir: Wizard’s Den...
I’d heard some of this information from the Discord chat but I’ve been asked not to repost said information here until it’s official. So, here’s the official thingy from the EQ2 Forums: ASCENSION Members now receive five bonus Guided Ascension scrolls per week from the Ascension masters. When these bonus scrolls are claimed you will be not be able to receive any more bonus scrolls for six days and 20 hours. Ascension Masters will now continue to grant Guided Ascension scrolls until all four Ascension classes are level 10. You are still limited to one scroll per day. EXPERT ZONES...
This survey seems to be going out to certain EQ2 players and apparently it will be sent out on a semi-periodic basis, perhaps quarterly. I received a copy on each of the e-mail addresses associated with my accounts: 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the EverQuest II development team is developing the game? Approve Disapprove No Opinion 2. How would you rate your enjoyment playing the latest expansion, Kunark Ascending? Highly Enjoyable Enjoyable Neither Enjoyable Nor Unenjoyable Unenjoyable Highly Unenjoyable I have not played this expansion
It’s time to stock up on blue marble – the Neriak City Festival returns to Darklight Wood from March 1-7! Spend City Tokens on local specialties, generic festival goods, appearance clothing, or food & drink. Make sure all your characters have finished the Neriak Postage Collection, speak to Kella Swampfoot to assist with festival quests, and achieve 89 seconds or less in the local Aether Race to earn the Fearless Flyer title. WHEN: 12:01am PT on March 1st – 11:59pm PT on March 7th WHERE: Darklight Wood, outside Neriak, /loc -554, -53, -74 QUESTS: Special Delivery, Special Order Crafting,...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Tower of Frozen Shadow [X2 Raid] Tserrina should no longer be able to be killed, bypassing her exit script. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Primary and Swarm pets will now share 20% of the casters DPS stat, and 100% of the casters strikethrough. Combos involving Telluric Rending and Terrestrial Coffin will now properly trigger. QUESTS Ornate metal lamps for the quest “Key to Curing the Spellpox” should be a bit easier to find. Geobotany – Gathering 100 crystal dusts no longer spams updates. It now only updates the quest on the 100th...
EverQuest II’s fifth expansion The Shadow Odyssey unlocked on the Stormhold [Time-Locked Expansion] server on January 12th. Now, players are being asked whether they want to see TSO’s post-expansion content unlocked. From the EQ2 Forums: Now is the time to make your voice heard! Vote now on whether you would like to unlock Kurn’s Tower, Charasis, and 4 raid zones in The Shadow Odyssey expansion. This vote will remain open until next Friday so vote now!
After various server crashes last night on Halls of Fate, we now have an unscheduled downtime today for all EQ2 servers. From the EQ2 Forums: All US Servers will come down at 2 PM PT for a brief update to address a few outstanding issues. Downtime is anticipated to be less than 2 hours. The EU server will come offline at 9 PM PT (5 AM UTC) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be less than 2 hours.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Obulus Frontier Reduced the mitigation on solo encounters in Obulus Frontier. The Lost City of Torsis: Ashiirian Court [Raid] Lord Rak’Ashiir has been allowed to summon his adds more freely. Ruins of Kaesora: Ancient Xalgozian Temple [Raid] Xalgoz’s failure effect “Vampiric Lifeleach” will now heal for slightly more.
From the EQ2 Forums: Don’t miss your chance to take up to 50% OFF classic Marketplace items, before they’re gone. Love it… or leave it… because all of the items that are part of this sale will go into the Norrathian Vault on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 11:59PM PST. Want to see what’s on sale? All items that are part of this sale can be found in the “Vault” category tab in the Marketplace. Happy bargain hunting, Norrathians!
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: Hail Norrathians, Are you working to level up your Ascension classes? If so, you’re in luck because you’ll get TWO Ascension Scrolls every time you visit your Ascension trainer until Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 11:59PM PST. Not sure what an Ascension Class is? Check out the full write up on Ascension Classes here. Not sure where Ascension Trainers are? Chosooth, Thaumaturgist Master – Located in Crusaders’ Cave in Obulus Frontier Miragul, Etherealist Master – Located in Nye’Caelona in Obulus Frontier Najena, Elementalist Master – Located in Crusaders’ Cave in Obulus Frontier Aranolh Tol’Ren, Terramancer Master –...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Arcanna’se Spire: Forgotten Sanctum [Heroic] Sabellah’Xen, Keeper of Fire’s adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset. Caelan’Gael, Keeper of Growth’s adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset. Lachina, Defender of Magics’ adds now despawn when she is defeated or when his encounter is reset. Kaesora: Xalgozian Stronghold [Heroic] General Janosz’s adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL A filter has been added to the missions list in the quest journal. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Mystic Replaced a dropped digit in the adept Strength of the Ancestors.
Not sure what else to say about the nearly week-long Login problems at this point, except that maybe @DaybreakGames shouldn’t tweet the suggestion that login problems are likely the fault of the customer’s computer or internet connection. This tweet rubbed more than a few people the wrong way: Are you having trouble connecting to your favorite @DaybreakGames game? You can find solutions here: https://t.co/FOJ9BM5bJc. #DaybreakHelp — Daybreak Games Help (@DaybreakHelp) February 7, 2017 Thursday afternoon as issues were resolved: We're continuing to monitor, but it seems at this time that most connection issues have been resolved. Game on! —...
From the EQ2 Forums: Trakanon will close at 4:00 AM PT (Noon UTC) February 9th. Migrations to Stormhold will take at least a few hours.
Love is in the air: Erollisi Day has returned! This year the event will begin at 12:01am PT on Thursday, February 9th and conclude 11:59pm PT on Tuesday, February 21st. There is one new quest, a new recipe scroll, several merchant items, and a new achievements to enjoy on top of all previous returning content. Check out EQ2 Traders Corner for DenMum’s pictures of this year’s holiday items. TLE servers can enjoy the entire event! Guide Sections: Achievement List Quest List New Quest Walkthroughs Returning Quest Walkthroughs History and Trivia Too many alts? Get the Erollisi Day quest tracker!...
Update Notes from the EQ2 Forums posted as of 8:00am PST: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION All raid encounters above tier 1 now have a base mitigation increased based off of expected mitigation debuff values.
As players have been reporting in several threads: Launchpad saying unable to connect Launchpad not working Game Installation Feb 4 unable to login / connect [Suggestion] can we please finally get new login servers? and according to several twitter posts by Daybreak Games, the company is having issues with its Login Servers. This issue has been ongoing for at least two days, with some players having issues prior to that. We are still investigating intermittent login issues that are affecting all of our titles. Thank you for the reports and your patience. — Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) February 7, 2017
From the EQ2 Forums. And ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Soulburn will now cooperate with Reaper. Reduced the autoattack damage for Savage Allies. Elemental Unity will now trigger when under an ascension buff. ITEMS Imbued Void Capsule now properly equips to the Charm slot. QUESTS Consolidation of Power – The Ethereal Catalyst will now drop 100% of the time if you are on the appropriate stage of the quest.