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We have received numerous reports that some players cannot connect to Group or Guild text chat or Voice chat. More as we have it…
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SOEmote is now live on the EQ2 servers and we have reports that players are testing it out, especially in the Sinking Sands and other common zones. As soon as you login, EQ2 will try to see if you have a Webcam installed and if so, will bring up the SOEmote window with your face on the left and character on the right. You may need to increase the lighting in your room if you have Calibration problems. Some players may experience issues if they wear glasses or have a beard. Image from Raven-Mythic.
In the most recent episode of EQ2Talk, Dellmon and Aliscious address SOE’s notion that “We’re players too”. From SOEmote to Dungeon Maker to loot distribution and balance, the podcast asks the question — Why are so many things missed, overlooked, or left behind? Also in the podcast, EQ2U gets its moment in the sun as Ali compares it to EQ2Players. I encourage listening to the whole podcast, but if you want to focus your attention on the bit about EQ2U, that’s from 41 minutes until 46 minutes with a brief followup from 52:30-53:30. From EQ2Talk.com: If the summer sun...
UPDATE: EQ2 is back up and SOEmote has launched! rom the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 6:00 AM Pacific* on August 7, 2012. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Login for all SOE games will be affected Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces, will be unavailable Forums will be read-only Account management will be unavailable All EverQuest II US Servers will be down from 7:00 AM Pacific* for a Hotfix. The estimated downtime is one hour with an estimated two hour downtime...
Update from Windstalker: This is obviously unacceptable and we are actively looking into it. As much as possible, send a PM to Dexella or contact the TSR’s in the thread with the time (or timeframe), server, zone(s) and character name if possible where you noticed the issue. I’m going to be watching over this and trying to get some action on it ASAP. The most detail we can get from you, the more we can start narrowing this down for a fix. Again, apologies folks.
From the EQ2 Forums: Greetings Norrathians! Now that Qeynos Rises is live, we’re switching gears to a year-end expansion and working on live content and bugs. In addition, here’s some news for August. TINKERFEST July 29 to August 8 Tinkerfest returns! You will find event locations in Freeport at Inventor’s Outlook and in the Qeynos Capitol District at Inventor’s Threshold. There are also new rewards on the quests and the Tinkerfest merchant has new items – including six tinkered-theme mounts. Ethereal Weapons Fall in Summer View Ethereal items @ EQ2U A rumor has begun to spread across the world...
From Jethal’s twitter: EQII Antonia Bayle Statue for FREE
We receive word this evening that the Item Discovery data within the Data Feeds API has been refreshed, with those ill-gotten item discoveries through an exploit of Item Reforging have been removed from the data stream. Please let us know if you see any issues with item discovery data on EQ2U after this change.
The upcoming Game Update 64: Qeynos Rises includes significant changes to Player vs Player and Battlegrounds, a light polish to Darklight Woods (Neriak), itemization tweaks (normal mode Dozekar gains Breastplates, Sevelak breastplates will be boosted to match the difficulty), a Public Quest in Antonica, and of course the revamp of Qeynos with 108 new quests. Our hats off to Karen Bryan at Massively who has done not one, not two, but three preview articles on the upcoming update…
On July 19th, 2012, Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson interviewed Paul “Cronyn” Molina and Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall to tell the story and share the lore of Qeynos Rises, so don’t miss it! This webcast is now online at TwitchTV.
Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson posted the following on his Twitter: @Qixter: Syfy Channel finally aired the interview they did with me about SOEmote (at E3). Go EQII! http://t.co/kIc2kRd3
We’re anxiously awaiting the reposting of the SOE Community Webcast about the lore of the upcoming Game Update 64: Qeynos Reborn, but we now have a date! Tuesday July 24th is when we can expect this update. We expect 4-6 hours of downtime as the update is installed, and then European players will need to wait until that evening for their update. Host Dave Georgeson will interview Paul Molina and Nathan McCall to tell the story and share the lore of Qeynos Rises, so don’t miss it! Join us on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. US Pacific...
Players on the Nagafen server have had little to celebrate over the last year. Between a number of unpopular mechanics changes, and the popularity of Battlegrounds continually nibbling away at ‘proper’ PvP, it’s been a long time since there’s been any good news. But as if the forthcoming Game Update 64‘s substantive changes to PvP and Battlegrounds weren’t enough, tonight Nagafen players are celebrating the server first kill of Vyskudra the Ancient. If you haven’t heard about this, you’re not alone. Observers of GuildProgress may be puzzled to learn that this enemy has been defeated at all on Nagafen,...
Itemization of any MMO is a thankless job. If I had my way, EQ2 Itemization would be a Senior Designer position with foot massages, baskets of fresh fruit, and refreshing margaritas. Instead, it seems to be the hot potato job that everyone prays they’re out of before the music stops. A systemic problem we’ve been talking about for years with EverQuest II is that even the most obvious Itemization imbalances tend to take months to straighten out, all the while players spend hours farming and working towards items that will eventually be nerfed into oblivion. Four months after the...
From the EQ2 Forums: DUNGEON MAKER Fixed a bug with Amygdalan Protectors in Dungeon Maker Dungeons.
From the EQ2 Forums: EverQuest II Webcast Qeynos Rises on July 24th! Host Dave Georgeson will interview Paul Molina and Nathan McCall to tell the story and share the lore of Qeynos Rises, so don’t miss it! Join us on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. US Pacific Time* on Twitch TV! The webcast is expected to last about 20 minutes. See you on Twitch TV! Time Zone Conversions PDT: July 19 @ 4:00pm EDT: July 19 @ 7:00pm BST: July 20 @ 0:00 CET: July 20 @ 1:00
It looks like a further exploit has been discovered in Dungeon Maker with regards to Rewards and/or XP. One such issue, specifically a certain debuff item that could be placed in Dungeon Maker dungeons to reduce the hitpoints of surrounding enemies, was corrected this morning. The EQ2 Forums are failing to load, but the announcement indicates that Dungeon Maker rewards and XP have been disabled for the time being until an issue with them can be addressed. Hi Everyone, Due to some issues that have been reported with Dungeon Maker, the tokens and XP are currently disabled (set to...
A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Michele Marvel, a doctoral student at Walden University. She and her husband have played MMOs together for some 13 years, including Aion, Conan, Everquest, Everquest 2, Guild Wars, Rift, Star Wars Galaxies, etc. As a Psychology student, she has been very interested in research into why people play MMOs, and the communities that develop between like-minded players. To that end, she has put together an intriguing MMO player survey Characteristics and Motivation to Play in Adults Who Play Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. It took me about 20 minutes...
From the EQ2 Forums: DUNGEON MAKER Corrected an issue that caused some buff objects in Dungeon Maker to reduce NPCs hit points by too much. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Withered Lands Daerlina and Swampmaw will now return to battle more frequently after a defeat. Plane of War x4 Raid Commander Goreslaughter and Corpsemaul – The diaku war riders will spawn near commander goreslaughter instead of on top of random players. Commander Corpsemaul no longer has Unbridled Fury of the Shadows. Mauler’s Affliction no longer interrupts casting. QUESTS The quest “Etch the Stone” is now properly repeatable.
It’s time for another in-game poll for EQ2 players. The two questions in this month’s poll address the recent Game Update 63: Skyshrine content as well as the upcoming Game Update 64: Qeynos Reborn. None of the questions touch on the quality or content of the question, only asking players to identify what content they have or have not been playing. NOTE: As mentioned in the past, only the first poll entry for each account is measured. After the jump, we provide the questions for posterity’s sake…
After the last two week blitz of news about Dungeon Maker, including the winners of the Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker contest, the addition of more Dungeon Maker items, and this week’s “Play As Yourself” feature introduction, there were a couple of glitches affecting DM dungeons.
From EverQuest2.com: Starting Wednesday July 18, get 25% OFF when you buy a NEW or UPGRADED multi-month recurring membership! Players who sign up for a new or upgraded multi-month recurring membership to any of the following games will receive 25% off the regular price: EverQuest, EverQuest II, and DC Universe Online (PC only). If you have an existing recurring membership, this offer is only valid for a new recurring membership with a longer term (e.g., upgrade from a 3-month recurring to a 6-month recurring) or for an upgrade from a single-game recurring membership to an All Access recurring membership....
We’ve been remiss on reporting this but wanted to give credit to the designers who put a ton of time and effort (despite some bugs including proximity-activated text not working) into the new Poet’s Palace Dungeon Maker layout. The winning entries: SCARS OF LOVE Created by Pixiewrath on Freeport (See the video trailer!) THE LOVELY BONES Designed by Severiss on Oasis AREA 51 Constructed by Raferty on Unrest (See the video trailer!) COLLECTION OF RECOLLECTIONS Devised by Jamisia (and Luvil) on Butcherblock
Want to give the Game Update 64 Battlegrounds changes, including Level Agnostic Battlegrounds a test drive and give useful feedback to developers? From EQ2 Community Manager Duxella on the EQ2 Forums: Level Agnostic Battleground testing from 5-7 PST – bring a character below level 35 to the Level Agnostic buffer, set up your character and then get into a battleground! Buffers will be located on the docks in Kylong Plains, and at the Champion’s Respite zone-ins in Qeynos and Freeport. Level 92 testing from 7-8 PST – visit a level 92 PVP buffer, set up your character and then...
In an encouraging post, EverQuest2.com today introduced five new and recently joined members of the EverQuest 2 development and design teams. Abby “Ahma” Watt is perhaps best known for her work with the Data Feeds API which powers such sites as EQ2Players and EQ2U. She has now stepped into the role of EverQuest II’s Associate Producer. Chris “Chrol” Garlick is an Associate Game Designer, so far filling whatever role has been needed in adding and polishing game content. Kenneth “Terrogaunt” Roecks has quickly earned a name for himself by adding the oft-requested Auto-attack Setting, Quest Target icons which highlight...