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Maintenance is complete as of 11:00am PST: The general maintenance is now complete and services are back online. Please note, @H1Z1game is still undergoing a game-specific update. — Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) November 10, 2015
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One of the most popular questions about EverQuest II’s twelfth expansion Terrors of Thalumbra, which became available for Pre-order and Beta Testing last month, is whether players would later be able to pay the upgrade price to jump from the Basic ($34.99) to the Collector ($89.99) or Mack Daddy Premium ($139.99) editions. Players also noticed that the expansion could not be gifted during the Pre-order/Beta window. EQ2 Lead Designer Kyle “Kander” Vallee has provided us with answers to both of these issues! You’ll be able to purchase an upgrade to any of the sets on launch day. Gifting should also...
From the EQ2 Forums: QUESTS Power to the Tower should now update more reliably when successfully defending the Power Core.
Should be the last time we need this diagram… From the EQ2 Forums: The server consolidation for the Freeport, Permafrost, and Nagafen servers merging into Skyfire will start on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 7AM PST*. This downtime is expected to take 24 hours, which means these servers are scheduled to be unavailable until Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 7AM PST.*
From the EQ2 Forums: It’s time for the next event in Fall Frenzy! Beginning on Friday, November 6th, Etheral Adorns will begin dropping in Norrath. There will also be DOUBLE Rare Drops! This is the last Fall Frenzy event before the launch of Terrors of Thalumbra. Two important notes: While Ethereal Adorns will start dropping, they will not be double. These events do not take place on the TLE servers. Enjoy these bonuses beginning Friday, November 6th.
From the EQ2 Forums: Norrathians! It is time once again to come together and celebrate all the years of questing, raiding, tradeskilling, house decorating, and socializing that we’ve shared. Come join the fun in the cities of Qeynos and Freeport! There are new festival and Mischeva Event items available this year for either Tokens of Heroism or Micheva’s Tribute. Check with the Heroes’ Festival merchants in Freeport and Qeynos for items such as the “Final Dance of the Fey” or the various Aetoek and Enoxus Replicas.
From the EQ2 Forums last night. Perhaps this will end the login queues… Maj’Dul and Halls of Fate servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 9:00AM PST* for server maintenance. Estimated downtime is approximately 30 minutes. There are no update notes for this maintenance. Time Zone Conversions PST: November 4 @ 9:00am EST: November 4 @ Noon GMT: November 4 @ 17:00 CEST: November 4 @ 18:00
Six weeks ago, GuildPortal, the community site for guilds of over 100 supported games, went offline due to a domain registration issue. This followed a multi-day outage this summer that remains unexplained. However these outages were eventually remedied and we assumed the site would resume operations for the foreseeable future. Yet last night, a terse notice was added to the top of GuildPortal: NOTICE: GuildPortal will be going offline (permanently) by the end of the month. We can only speculate on the reasons for the site’s imminent closure. After 14 years, maintaining the site may no longer bring any...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Fixed an issue with bosses spawning in The Fountain of Life. ITEMS [eq2u]Bow of Second Life[/eq2u] now uses ammo. [eq2u]Heart of Underfoot[/eq2u] is now properly part of the Testament of the Titans item set.
On November 8th, EverQuest II will celebrate its eleven year anniversary. As EQ2’s first four expansions each awarded 90 days of bonus time when purchased, some players who have been with the game since the very beginning will soon accrue twelve years of game time. I can understand some hesitation by the EQ2 team to spend a lot of time developing rare/special rewards that few players will ever see, such as rewards from time-limited events. These rewards are discouraging to those players who missed these events. Even though it will be several years until I see this reward, this...
Here is what most EQ2 players are seeing when trying to use the Launchpad to get into EverQuest II right now. Some are able to avoid the issue by starting the EverQuest2.exe client directly. Similar issues are being experienced by some users on the forums and Daybreak websites. More as we have it. and from twitter: Some additional issues with login servers have come up. We're working on it now. Sorry for the continued inconvenience. — Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) November 2, 2015
The first two Server Merges are now under the EQ2 team’s belt, with Crushbone, Oasis, and Butcherblock becoming Maj’Dul while Guk, Unrest, and Everfrost were reborn as a unified Halls of Fate server. Soon we’ll see Freeport, Nagafen, and Permafrost become a new combined Skyfire server. The technical requirements of doing a three-way merge has certainly thrown the team some curve balls. In the hours after the Maj’Dul server came up, there were several server crashes due to memory usage. To keep Maj’Dul stable, a login queue was instituted for Free-to-Play accounts to lessen the load. The queue was then extended to the new newly merged Halls of Fate server...
From Carlos “Gninja” Mora on the EQ2 Forums: Within the cavernous depths of Thalumbra, uncounted creatures cloaked in mystery lie in wait for the unsuspecting adventurer. Adversaries range from crafty gnemlin outcasts whose creations have grown out of control, to ancient beasts of indescribable terror unlike any ever seen on Norrath’s surface. Raids range in difficulty, ensuring everyone from entry level guilds all the way up to the most seasoned raiders will have plenty of challenges in store for them throughout the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion! Investigate the laboratory of a nearly mad gnemlin by the name of Bhoughbh...
From Emily “Domino” Taylor on the EQ2 Forums: In the ancient times of the Elder Age, the god Prexus claimed the mighty oceans of Norrath of his own and filled them with creatures of beauty, power, and terror. Among these early creations are the Aberrant (so called by the residents of Maldura who cannot pronounce the name they call themselves), a monstrous race of chitin-domed humanoids innately gifted in the arcane arts. While some abandoned the oceans eons past and dedicated themselves to Cazic-Thule, those who remain still honor their creator, who they know only as the Ill-Seen Master....
Please read our FAQ below for answers to the most common questions you might have once the new combined Halls of Fate server is online (scheduled for 7:00am PDT). This new server combines all the characters and guilds from Guk, Unrest, and Everfrost. The EQ2 dev team have been logged into the new Halls of Fate server, monitoring the situation, and answering questions. Frequently Asked Questions Q: Help I’ve lost my hotbars! A: Type /load_uisettings and choose your character from your previous server. Q: My EQ2 Launchpad still shows characters from Guk, Unrest, or Everfrost. How do I fix this?...
From the EQ2 Forums: There will be periods of time that UChat and Marketplace services will be unavailable on all servers starting Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7AM PDT* and ending Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7AM PDT.* We’ll be performing maintenance on UChat and Marketplace services during period of time that the server consolidation happen for Guk, Unrest, and Everfrost servers merging into Halls of Fate (get more info on this server merge here). Note: These services will not be down for the entire 24 hour period. There will be periods of time while these services are interrupted or unavailable during this...
Last week we wrote about how Terrors of Thalumbra Beta Copies have been running extremely slowly (well over 24 hours). Some players noted that beta copies taken from inside instances such as Houses and Guild Halls were failing and that players should copy from a public zone such as Antonica. Now EQ2 developer Jamiss has posted an update explaining some of the issues: The beta copy process has changed a little bit for this expansion due to some underlying technology changes. Unfortunately, this has caused the process to be a bit slower than in the past. It was, however,...
Months ago when the upcoming Server Consolidation was announced, we were given extensive documentation about how Guild Names would be preserved for the most active guilds. Then it was announced that a more traditional Server Merge process would be used instead. Now we’ve seen the result of this choice as countless active, large guilds from Butcherblock, Oasis, and Crushbone have forsaken their names for abandoned guilds inactive for up to half a decade. Players who have petitioned this issue have been informed that Customer Support cannot address this issue and instead players must raise the issue on the EQ2 Forums....
From the EQ2 Forums: The server consolidation for the Guk, Unrest, and Everfrost servers merging into Halls of Fate will start at Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7AM PDT* and this downtime will take 24 hours. These servers are scheduled to be unavailable until Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 7AM PDT.* A couple of important notes for players: Players should pick up soulbound items BEFORE the merge. This will prevent losing ownership of placed items due to renaming. When the consolidation is complete on Thursday, players should delete their “logincache-us” or else LaunchPad character logins will fail. Note that the Terrors...
From the EQ2 Forums: The EQ2 team will be hanging out in Thalumbra during an expansion beta livestream starting at 2PM PDT* on Monday, October 26, 2015 on twitch.tv/everquest2 During this stream, the EQ2 team will share highlights from the Terrors of Thalumbra beta, chatting about the beta reward, and showing off some things you haven’t seen yet! Want to check out the Terrors of Thalumbra beta NOW? Pre-ordering gives you immediate access to the beta servers and Altar of the Ancients, a special housing item that grants daily XP gain. If you haven’t already pre-ordered Terrors of Thalumbra, you can do so here....
From Emily “Domino” Taylor on the EQ2 Forums: The border between the plane of Underfoot and the mortal realm is often hard to define. Deep within the wilds of Thalumbra, the Stygian Threshold is one of those rare locations where a gate to the Underfoot exists permanently. Such close proximity to Brell’s realm has had strange effects on the adjacent region.
How many EQ2 players want to Beta Test the new Terrors of Thalumbra expansion using copies of their live characters via the in-game Beta copy toool? So many that the system is now backlogged by up to 24 hours! From the EQ2 Forums: The transfers are going through but its taking a few hours for some. Also sometimes you may need to reload your character list to get it to show up. Either create or delete a character or try logging in and back out to refresh it. Just got an update and it looks like we’ve gotten through...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Maj’Dul: The “/guild rename NewGuildName” command will be available after the update to guilds that were renamed during the merge. ITEMS [eq2u]Dark Fury Sword of Anuk[/eq2u] is now required level 57 to use. The [eq2u]Deific Underfoot Jewel[/eq2u] now correctly counts toward the Testament of the Titan item set. QUESTS An Eye for Power – Frosthorn minotaurs have returned to the Jagged Plains in Everfrost, despite the Sundered Ground nearby. Setri Lur’eth now offers “A Dream, By Any Other Name” even if you completed it last year. Servers are back up! Maj'Dulers will now get...
Update as of 3:45pm PDT: After 33 hours, and despite a false start mid-morning, the new Maj’Dul server is now up and running! Please read our FAQ below for answers to the most common questions you might have. This new server combines all the characters and guilds from Butcherblock, Crushbone, and Oasis. The EQ2 dev team have been logged into the new Maj’Dul server, monitoring the situation, and answering questions.
The Beta test for EverQuest II’s twelfth expansion Terrors of Thalumbra is now OPEN! Click the following links to get what you need: Frequently Asked Questions about the Terrors of Thalumbra beta! Terrors of Thalumbra: Deity & Infusion Systems Terrors of Thalumbra Zone Preview: City of Maldura Terrors of Thalumbra Preview: Tradeskilling in Thalumbra Preview: Journey to Thalumbra