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Another puzzle for astute EQ2Wire readers… It involves mortal peril of a different sort…
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From Fyreflyte on the EQ2 Forums: Post expansion-launch, the useable effect on Najena’s Ring of Readiness will give a flat +2000 spelldamage buff. The cooldown and duration will remain the same. I realize this effect has been available to you for over a year now, but due to the way it scales, it can not be left in game as-is. Without a rating system to curb its effects, the item would have only become more powerful with each expansion, crippling our ring itemization for sorcerers. I understand this will be an upsetting change for those that spent countless hours...
When Commission crafting was altered in March 2009 to prevent crafters from using their own Void Shards and other NO TRADE/HEIRLOOM materials for other players, it closed the book for several crafters on this highly profitable market. However it was quickly discovered that a crafter could still use their own shards if the customer had at least the requisite number of shards in their own inventory to make the item. This was accomplished by swapping out ingredients in the Commission Materials window. Today’s Hotfix marks the closure of this exploit: Patch Notes January / 26 / 2010 GENERAL You...
Saints be praised! (No, not those Saints) As I was ducking in and out of Fish’s Alehouse and Inn, trying to keep out of sight, not one, but 13 parcels of mail addressed to one “Feldon @ EQ2Wire” (that’s me!) arrived at the front desk. After bribing tipping the innkeeper, I opened the packages to discover that each contained a detailed illustration of an escape route to South Qeynos! With the navigational guidance of my enterprising readers, I was able to avoid the Qeynos Harbor guards and use my tinkered spring shoes to make it to the secret exit!...
It seems after imbibing a little too much jum jum mash, I let slip a disparaging comment about Queen Antonia within earshot of a Qeynos Guard! Now I’m a wanted man and I need your help! I’m stuck in Qeynos Harbor, but I can’t risk traveling by boat or carpet. As you can see, the exits are surprisingly well-guarded. My best chance is to high tail it to South Qeynos and meet a well-connected politician who can smooth things over with the authorities. Legend tells of a secret entrance to South Qeynos. Can you help me find it? If...
Check out this new zone preview from the Sentinel’s Fate expansion at EQ2Players. The Erudin Library is designed for levels 87-89. You’ll need to rely on cunning to track down and bring a killer to justice. This is the easiest of the Erudin zones, and has a very unique flavor to it: The zone was built as a Clue-style murder mystery. In order to get the best possible rewards (and complete some quests), players must search the zone for clues and accuse and defeat the guilty Scholar Primarch. [We] set up the murder mystery such that each time through,...
Alan “Brenlo” Crosby has announced some tweaks to the Experience Curve in EQ2 that went live today (January 20th, 2010): Hey folks, I wanted to pass along some news that you will see on the live servers tomorrow. We have adjusted the experience curve in EQII. We have done so for a number of reasons; 1. It really wasn’t a curve before, more peaks and valleys. 2. Some levels had some very crazy and erratic peaks while others were far too fast. 3. We needed to adjust the curve overall for the addition of 80 to 90. What will...
Erollisi Day is now on Test and according to a forum post by Kaitheel, we should expect this event to be on Live servers from February 4th until the (February 16th). Among other things we can expect in this event are another variation on Nektropos Castle related to this event, new quests in Antonica and Thundering Steppes, and more tradeskill and house item goodness.
From EQ2Players: Greetings Norrathians! There will be a 40% bonus applied to adventure and tradeskill experience this weekend, starting at 3:00 p.m. PST on Friday, January 15th and ending at 10:00 a.m. PST on Tuesday, January 19th.
Previews of Sentinel’s Fate are coming in on a consistent schedule (thanks Kiara!!). Check out the preview of the 3rd Vasty Deep dungeon at EQ2Players.
It seems sanity has prevailed at SOE. From EQ2 Forums: The status of retail distribution for Sentinel’s Fate at launch internationally is still uncertain. However in an effort to properly serve our international community we have partnered with several digital distributors who will be providing the expansion to our international customers only starting on Feb 16th 2010. The digital downloads will be IP locked so that only the international community can take advantage of this. When it became apparent that whoever at SOE Marketing signed deals with Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy forgot about the rest of the world,...
There have been some questions popping up on the EQ2 Forums as well as EQ2Flames about whether the Sentinel’s Fate expansion will be pushed to European servers at the same time as North American servers. Kiara has this to say: All the servers will patch at the same time. I’ll be posting a schedule closer to release day, just so everyone knows what to expect. But the plan is that the servers will be up and ready for folks to begin patching their games by 8am PST. And just to clarify, we have confirmed that just as with previous...
Another zone preview from the upcoming Sentinel’s Fate expansion. This time, it’s one of the Vasty Deep dungeons. Check it out at EQ2Players.
If you frequently use EQ2Players especially to lookup Stats, Guilds, Characters, etc. you’d have to be blind to have missed the Site Revamp 2 weeks ago. Significant functionality was broken, the site displayed slowly on many browsers, and a lot of features were missing. Fast forward to today and EQ2Players has a review clearly written by someone not on Platform staff because it honestly and openly identifies problems in the site, and has dates when we can expect those issues to be resolved. Check out the EQ2Players Review… by EQ2Players
Today’s hotfix notes bring news that your player appearances (including illusions) can now be set in-game using a Magic Mirror type tool. Update Notes from EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Appearance customization items have been changed! This affects these items: – Shave and a Cut, Makeover (combined into the same item) – Nalana’s All-Natural Cosmetic Balsam When used, these items now open a window that allows you to customize your appearance in-game instead of returning to the character select screen. In addition, Shave and a Cut and Nalana’s All-Natural Cosmetic Balsam now affect your current illusion if it is that of...
EQ2Players has been updated with a preview of the Vasty Deep dungeons. There are some new and familiar screen shots, and more information about these zones. Check it out!
This is not been well-known until now. I’m thrilled to announce that the large contested zone part of Sentinel’s Fate — The Hole — will be playable as both a large Contested with 3 wings and 3 entrances, and 3 individual Instances for those players who prefer an instanced gameplay style and pace. Check out the preview of both the Contested and Instance versions of The Hole at EQ2Players, including interviews with Developers and some great screen shots and wallpapers from this epic sized (but group-targeted) zone. 😉 The difficulty and level range of the Instances by the way...
A zone I have been anxious to get a look at is the contested “The Hole” which will encompass an area over twice the size of Sanctum of Scaleborn, and a level range from 82 all the way to 90. We are thrilled to present the first screen shots of this zone: Around the web, others have posted new screen shots this evening including: EQ2 Zam | EQ2 Traders | Ten Ton Hammer | MMOQuests | Shattered | MMORPG-Info |Â kithicor.org | LoreLibrary | Archive of Ik | EQ2 Daily | TheBrasse.com | EverSeek.com
EQ2Players has been updated with a expansion zone preview covering the Northern half of Odus — the Stonebrunt Highlands. This is a level 85-90 overland zone with solo questlines. Adam “Zaphax” Stephens was lead designer on this zone and answered some questions with his thoughts on the design of the zone. Check out the new writeup as well as some new images and wallpapers of Sentinel’s Fate at EQ2Players.
illustration by Dozer Mount Up EQ2 has yet to fill out its stable of player mounts with the variety available in other MMORPGs. The hygiene-challenged Wargs and motion sickness-inducing Rhinos weren’t my up of tea. When I heard that EQ2 were getting Dire Bears, I was thrilled, until my hopes were dashed when the Sabertooth/Werewolf-like mount was revealed. In lieu of a desirable fluffy travel companion, I’ve limited myself to running barefoot. I’ve long since outgrown the 40% speed of the venerable Carpet of El’khazi, wrangled from the ever-sarcastic flying carpet dealer in Sinking Sands, the 48% upgrade in...
City Festivals City Festivals are now live. The first one is just outside of Kelethin near the Butcherblock Mts. ramp. City Festivals are held the first week of every month. If you have been doing city writs, tradeskill work orders, etc. you may have noticed a curious item — City Tokens — as quest rewards. City writs, tradeskill writs, and special quests only available during the City Festivals will all earn you City Tokens which can be spent to buy house items, special appearance gear, etc. For all those folks wishing to see more activity in the cities, here’s...
Plane of War – Page 1 Essences { an essence of war an axiom of war an artisan of war } drops: secondaries Warboars { a Warhide battlecharger a Warhide guardbreaker } drops: forearms Diakus { a Diaku warfury a Diaku doomcrusher a Diaku battlebrute } drops: boots Morlocks { a Morlock afflictor a Morlock thrasher } drops: charms, wrists Aviaks { a Hendin wardiver a Hendin battleclaw a Hendin brawlwing } drops: gloves war wraiths { a Decorin warscourge a Decorin deathmonger } drops: helms The Enraged War Boar drops: ranged, belts Berik Bloodfist drops: legs, secondaries Tagrin...
Calthine over at ZAM posed a challenge on the forums. Can you level a character from 1-80 in a day? The surprising response was a demonstration that a character could be leveled from 1-80 in 5-7 hours. Check out this article over at EQ2 ZAM.
EQ2Players has as new preview available of The Sundered Frontier, which is one half of the overland area of Odus. This includes some screen shots and an interview with gninja, leader designer of this zone. You can also find some wallpaper sized screenshots which have not previously been posted. All of this after the jump:
EQ2Wire is thrilled to present some more screen shots from the upcoming Sentinel’s Fate expansion. These images are taken from the first part of Odus players will encounter, the Sundered Frontier. It seems many things have changed, and many others have stayed the same. Odus seems to have been scooped from out of the earth and is now scattered across the Norrath sky. Visitors will likely arrive by Spire or Airship! Check out these screen shots (Scroll down to get a clickable grid of thumbnails): Also check out this exclusive Sundered Frontier screen shot available only on EQ2Wire: EQ2Wire...