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From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed an issue where gaining AA experience could display an invalid message. Temple of Veeshan: Guardian’s Edifice Spirit of Malice adds in the Zlandicar encounter should no longer hit players once for each player they hit with their “Bone Slice” spell.
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From the EQ2 Forums: All EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on March 4th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hour. Time Zone Conversions PST: March 4 @ 7:00am ~ 9:00am EST: March 4 @ 9:00am ~ 11:00am GMT: March 4 @ 15:00 ~ 17:00 CET: March 4 @ 16:00 ~ 18:00 AEST: March 5 @ 12:01am ~ 2:00am Here are the update notes: WEEKLY FEATURE Channelers can now be made Heroic! Brewday event begins March 6th!
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: In homage to EQ and its 15th anniversary, 2 Heritage quests launch later this month for the Hero Bracer & Zlandicar’s Heart! #eq2 #eq — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) March 3, 2014 Also, it looks like further down the road, another heritage quest will be coming — Rainmare. A preliminary version of the quest (called “Past is Prologue”) slipped out to the Test and Live servers before it was ready and players didn’t take long in finding it. Kaitheel posted that the quest is still in development and will appear later on.
Since EQ2 is going to have weekly updates going forward, we might as well get an acronym going for it. So… This Week In Norrath, we can expect: This week Lvl. 85 Heroic Channelers are coming as well as bug fixes! Brew Day, Chronoportal, and Bristlebane Day holidays in March too! #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) March 2, 2014
From EQ2’s new community manager Luperza: The US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on February 27th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately one hour. EU servers will come down beginning at 9:00 PM PT (6:00 AM CET February 27th, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours. JP servers will come down beginning at 5:00 PM PT (10:00 AM JST February 28th, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours. And no I didn’t add all those time zones. They...
Oh hey, there was an update today. A big one for PvPers. Got some personal stuff going on but will be back to 100% soon enough. From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE – NEW TUNARIA WARZONE This PvP server contested zone is accessed by right-clicking the discord portal from any city zone, the same portal that is used to access champion’s respite/battleground servers. Zone information New Tunaria Warzone has been set to have around 36 players, any more then that and it will spin up another copy of the zone and new players will be placed there. Upon entering...
Many EQ2 players received received an e-mail this week like the following. A few people thought it was a hoax or phishing scam due to the typos, while others pouted about not receiving a copy. Either way, if you are flagged for Tears of Veeshan on your account, then on February 28th you’ll receive a pair of Nightmare Flight Wings. also on Twitter: Do you own the Tears of Veeshan expansion? You’ll receive free Raident Nightmare Flight Wings on 02/28! [RadarX] — EverQuest II (@everquestii) February 20, 2014
With the news that Eric “Piestro” Cleaver (current EverQuest Community Manager and, for a brief time, Community Manager for EQ2) is leaving SOE, there has been a shuffling of responsibilities. Margaret “Luperza” Krohn (community manager for Planetside 2) will be swapping with Tony “RadarX“ who has been EQ2’s community manager since last August. From the EQ2 Forums: Salutations Norrathians, Today I put aside my guns and purple lumifiber armor, picked up a sword and dagger, and grabbed my Journeyman’s Cloak! I think this means I am ready for questing, great PvP battles and raid bosses much larger than me. Right?...
From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE Loyalty Merchant Noble Tark Validus has a new item to assist gold members who wish to change their city alignment or betray their adventure profession. Noble Toowik Mclure has new adventuring equipment available for sale. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Fabled Halls of Fate Knockbacks should occur much less frequently. Temple of Veeshan: Guardian’s Ediface [Raid] Corrected a bug in the Pyrelord and Controller fight in which the same target was selected every time for the red and blue ground AEs. Targets are now selected randomly, as intended. TRADESKILLS All Player crafted Round...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Twitter: This week’s weekly update (tomorrow) includes the Oakmyst prestige home that players voted for last year! Bug fixes too! #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 18, 2014 Also with tomorrow’s update there’s several new Gold member-only Loyalty Merchant items, including a Betrayal token and equipment. #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) February 18, 2014
SOE is having a companywide maintenance tomorrow. Here’s the announcement from the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 3:00 AM Pacific* on February 18, 2014. This maintenance is expected to last 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Account management, which includes logging into our websites, submitting, updating, or viewing Support Tickets. Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces. Forums will remain open during the downtime however you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects. Login for our games MAY be affected. Time Zone Conversions PST: Feb 18 @ 3:00am ~ 7:00am...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Fabled Laboratory of Lord Vyemm Fanning the Flames should no longer hit quite as hard when hitting 24 players. PVP PvP charms can once again be used within PvP zones.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL New Achievements available for dedicated collection hunters! Health Percentage will now show with the Detailed (Arrows) version of the target window if you have the option turned on. Players’ preferred auto attack mode will now be restored after their possession of a target has concluded.
UPDATE from SOE President John Smedley: EQ2 EU folks.. please try the world channel chat now. — John Smedley (@j_smedley) February 6, 2014 Original article follows… SOE has been collectively working days, nights and weekends to get EQNext Landmark up and stable. In addition to the enviably sized EQNL team, Platform, Ops, and Customer Service have all been burning the midnight oil to provide a smooth experience for those ~20,000 players who bought into Alpha. Still, EQ2’s EU players not being able to join world channels in the US, or Test regions has been a frustrating problem and one...
Erollisi Day went live this morning, and ZAM and EQ2Traders have already posted their guides with the new event information. From the EQ2 ZAM announcement: Erollisi Day is an annual Live Event which coincides with the Valentine’s Day holiday. It is held in honor and celebration of Erollisi Marr, the Goddess of Marksmanship and Love and sister of Mithaniel Marr, the Truthbringer. The Sisterhood of the Erollisi, along with Aaronolis Swornlove, are active participants in the act of spreading her word of love. Should you need a hand looking for roses to give away, sorting out the Chronomages, or...
For two months, players on EU servers (Splitpaw, Valor, and Storms) have been cut off from the rest of the EQ2 servers, unable to participate in world channels such as Homeshow, Test, and the multitude of Class-specific channels. Each week, there has been flickering hope that this isolation would end, yet each week, there has been no sign that the issue is a priority. First reported on the EQ2 forums on December 4th, players on EU servers noted that they were no longer able to join world chat channels from servers outside their region (Test, US, or Beta), and vice...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The Target Window now has an optional Health Percentage numerical display that can be toggled in Options > User Interface > Name and Chat Bubble > Show Health Percentage of Target. The bonuses granted to Spell Doublecast and Flurry chance obtained by exceeding the Ability Casting Speed and Attack Speed caps will now be displayed in the tooltips for the relevant stats in the character sheet window. Added option User Interface > Game Features > Default Double Click to Examine Effects to allow you to bring up the examine window of effects by double...
From Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson on the EQ2 Forums: Hail, Fellow Norrathians! We’d like to talk to you about how we’re delivering new adventures and new features into your worlds in both EQ and EQII. We’ve listened to you on the forums, across social media, and face-to-face at our many events. There have been some common topics that come up about the things you like and don’t like with what we’ve been doing, and we’re using that information to customize our new direction.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Veeshan: Guardian’s Edifice Corrected an issue that would occasionally prevent Tavekalem’s buff, Relentless, from decrementing to zero and wearing off. Added messaging explaining the bloodlust ability for Harin, Merig, and Gerid. Harin, Merig, and Gerid should give slightly longer time to react to their bloodlust ability. In the Harin, Merig, and Gerid encounter “Bloodlust” has been made more damaging. In the Harin, Merig, and Gerid encounter “Advanced Tactics” should no longer be quite as damaging. Orbs of Lethality in the Harin, Merig, and Gerid encounter should no longer require...
The in-game petition system, which uses the in-game browser to display a currently offline website, is not the only way to open a petition. Simply login to SOE.com under Support and Create a Support Ticket.
“Is nothing sacred?” In an unexpected (and undocumented) change today, it appears that players are now receiving Veteran Rewards from their account’s opening date, rather than actual time played as it has been calculated for many years now. This means that players who rolled a character in November 2004 and have not played a lick since may stand up and be counted along with those who have been actively supporting the game for 10 years, dutifully paying a monthly subscription. It’s a puzzling change to be sure, and the motivation may have been a genuine hope to attract returning...
SOE President John Smedley skipped SOE’s traditional communication streams and took to Reddit tonight to participate in one of their popular Ask Me Anything livechats to answer candid questions about today’s announcements about All Access, the sunsetting of four SOE games, and more. When asked what we can expect from SOE this year, we got: Everquest Next Landmark will launch…. we have expansions for EQ and EQ2 and an unannounced MMO that we’re working on. Wait… what? A new MMO? completely new IP. The data is on the interwebs.. someone just has to find it. SWG PLAYERS – OUR...
The Sony Online Entertainment belt-tightening continues, with the announced shuttering of the following games: FreeRealms – March 31, 2014 Clone Wars Adventures – March 31, 2014 Wizardry Online – July 31, 2014 Vanguard – July 31, 2014 As Clone Wars and Wizardry Online were the intellectual property of other companies, LucasArts (since purchased by Disney) and Gamepot respectively, so there may have been some contractual reason for these games to end. Also, the Clone Wars show went off the air this year. Vanguard has a long troubled history that included substance abuse, parking lot firings, and copious drama which...
As we found out recently, SOE is making all of their customers who currently have a Gold membership, through credit card, Krono, or game cards, into All Access customers. Players will be able to login to their favorite game once per month and claim 500SC for being loyal subscribers, as well as enjoying a 10% flat discount in all Marketplace prices. Finally, All Access customers will be able to access all of SOE’s games including DC Universe Online (PC), PlanetSide 2 (PC), EverQuest, EverQuest II, Dragon’s Prophet, EQN Landmark, and EQNext when it launches in 2015. NOTE: The upcoming changes...
From EQ2 Forums: Although Erudites are known for their magical talents, not all would use their powers for good. Many years ago, a group of Erudites began to study necromancy in secret, led by the great mage El’Arad. He and his followers, the Quellithulians, were denounced by the other Erudites as heretics, and their activities would eventually lead to a bitter civil war. El’Arad specialized in teleportation, and he was responsible for the construction of the Ulterian Spires throughout Norrath. In his experiments, he discovered the Overrealm and made a deal with the dragons: in exchange for destroying the...