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From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on the EQ2 Forums: Greetings Norrathians, We’re all charged up and busy after a great time at SOE Live! The team is hunkered down and focused on the expansion, fixes, and updates on the schedule. Here are some details! When is the EverQuest II: Altar of Malice Beta? On Oct. 7 we will launch Limited Beta for All Access members. Most of the content will be focused on the Overlands and level increase content. We need your support! Oct. 14 will be Open Beta for everyone. We’d love you to come check out the content and help...
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Because sleep is overrated, EQ2 fan Afista spent the weekend meticulously transcribing the two EverQuest II Q&A panels and has posted them on EQ2 ZAM. Also don’t miss the notes from the all-important Mechanics panel posted by Cyliena as linked below. I got a kick out of hanging out with both of them at SOE Live and seeing what they’re doing for the EQ2 community. I’m starting to feel like a bit of a slacker now… 😉 At SOE Live 2014, the community had questions and the devs had answers! ZAM was there to keep track of what everyone wanted to know. Afista has written a...
From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE Vesspyr Isles: Pinch Aggregate, the Rare Item Procurer, now offers wares in a secluded location. QUESTS Fixed a bug where the Shinies Beneath the Moonlight automatically awarded even if someone didn’t complete the proper collections. Blaisy Bookmaker and Unlucky in High Keep Contested, and Dawper in the Fabled Sanctum of the Scaleborn will no longer temporarily disappear after you’ve completed Dawper’s mission, “Blasted Droags!” ITEMS One player cannot trigger both Practiced Tactics and Practiced Tactics II. The effects will stack when applied from multiple casters. [Fixed on 5/16/2014] Players may now obtain over...
There were some technical difficulties during the first 10 minutes of the EverQuest II: Altar of Malice keynote which was livestreamed from SOE Live last week. Instead of clearly hearing the producer and designers of our game hyping their hard work, audiences at home mostly heard frustrated AV techs trying to get things working. Fortunately, we recorded the keynote in person and are now able to provide the complete event for those who missed it!
Zone previews of EverQuest II: Altar of Malice were released at SOE Live so that we get to see flythroughs of all the zones which the EQ2 designers and environment artists have been working on. We present the best possible version of each of these videos below, edited together with some music from ToV zones…
Looks like Press gets a healthy headstart on posting expansion news for EverQuest and EverQuest II this year. After their private meetings with Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson and EQ2 Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Tuesday, they’ve had time to draft their articles and now, they’re available for all to read. My issue is, people at home have more information than those at SOE Live who may not yet have read these articles. Some Press sites (notably excluding Massively and ZAM) get a full boat ride from SOE, paying for hotel and sometimes even airfare, dinners, etc.). EQ2Wire covers EverQuest II all...
From the EQ2 Forums: Attention players: we will perform maintenance beginning at 3:00 AM PDT* on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. We expect this maintenance to take approximately two hours. This will impact the following SOE services: • Commerce functions, including purchases • Game, web and forum logins Thank you for your patience as we complete this maintenance. and: ALL EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on July 29th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. Time Zone Conversions PDT: July 29 @ 3:00-5:00am & 7:00-9:00am EDT: July 29 @ 6:00-8:00am &...
Tinkerfest goes live tomorrow and EQ2ZAM and EQ2Traders have been updated with the new crafted goodies, house items, new quest, and a totally new prestige house which have been added this year! From EQ2 ZAM: Tinkerfest, the Norrathian celebration of all things Gnomish, starts Friday! Your EQII ZAM staff has the scoop on the awesome new additions to this player favorite. 2014 brings back all the old activities and adds more rewards, house items, and recipes! There’s a new quest and new achievement. If you didn’t do so last year, be sure to unlock your tinkered mercenaries! Tinkerfest 2014...
Looks like Age’s End x2 raid, currently on Test and Beta, is being pushed back a bit. From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Switching schedule a bit for more testing. Moving up Vigilant House Items for Loyalty pts to July 29. Ages End event release Aug 5. #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) July 17, 2014
Today’s EQ2 Insider Episode #3 is now available for watching on YouTube. You can read our summary of the webcast here.
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From Bunji on the official forums WEEKLY FEATURE Lore and Legend: Awakened Aerakyn is now available. HOUSE ACTORS House Actors will now save changes made to their greeting distances between loading and reloading a house. ITEMS Colcatoth, Spine of the Leviathan can now be used by all priests PVP and BATTLEGROUNDS Ethereal and Artifact weapons may be obtained via victory daily missions in Battlegrounds. Ethereal and Artifact weapons now grant PvP statistics.
From the EQ2 Forums: All US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on July 1st, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. EU servers will come down beginning at 9:00 PM PT (6:00 AM CET July 2nd, 2014) for the same update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately two hours. WEEKLY FEATURE The city status merchants now have many new items for sale, including special house guests, as well as many upgraded adventuring items. Consumables purchased from the status merchant are now stackable items. Status merchants no longer require players to...
House Actors (placeable customizable NPCs for your house) were introduced yesterday, but now we have a trailer video highlighting this new feature. From the EQ2 Forums: You can now decorate your Norrathian homes with animated characters! Dress and animate your House Actors however you want! Add one or an army to your homes!
Kinya, webmaster of the Polish multi-game fansite Babagra, has posted a summary and notes of the second EQ2 Insider webcast which was held last Wednesday. What happen recently in EQ2: – weekly updates; – dreadscale maw – new raid; – high keep contested; – June promotion Gear Up, Level UP; – heroic characters are on sale; – discount on expansion if bought in June; – new Loyalty items added to MarketPlace. Team is focused mostly on the things which are coming to EQ2: – fabled Deathtoll (around 20 July); – big unnamed event in July; – new challenge duo...
From the EQ2 Forums: Attention Potential Player Studio Creators! Special testing help is needed from residents of Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Since a big part of Player Studio is earning royalties, and since you can’t make money without taxation, we built this system to help get folks set up with their tax paperwork. Tax registration is necessary before you can list items for sale and earn royalties. This feature costs SOE money each time someone uses it. SOE pays a partner to validate data as part of the feature. For this reason, the finished feature will...
From the EQ2 Forums: Check out the latest video featuring the Producers from EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Landmark talking about what happened during May and what’s coming up over summer! Here are the bullet points for EQ2: The EQ2 team are looking forward to this year’s expansion which will increase the level cap to 100. In June, we want you to Gear Up and Level Up your characters. All Access gets 25% Bonus XP, 25% off Heroic Characters (insta-level 85), four times the amount of Etyma currency from Tears of Veeshan missions, and 15% off the Tears of Veeshan...
From Luperza on the Official Forums – a new contest sponsored by EverQuest 2. As of the date of this post – there are only two entries. It does appear you must have a Facebook account to enter. Salutations Norrathians! If you didn’t catch our first episode of EverQuest II Insider, you may have missed one of our announcements about future contests! Starting in May, we are doing a monthly contest. These may vary in theme, requirements, and rewards, so if you have any good ideas for future contest ideas, send them our way! May’s contest is all about housing décor...
On Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 at 2:00 PM PDT, EQ2’s new community manager Margaret “Luperza” Krohn (aka PurrfectStorm), hosted the first EverQuest II Insider livecast on Twitch. This 1 hour broadcast included EQ brand manager Adam Key, Holly “Windstalker” Longdale, Akil “Lyndro” Hooper, Chris Garlick, Gary Daugherty, and Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall. Alas, a recording of the livecast was not preserved either by SOE or Twitch (due to a settings glitch), so this episode joins Doctor Who and other vital shows as missing presumed wiped. That said, a few resourceful players who watched the Livecast were good enough to take notes and so we can...
From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE Bristlebane Day event starts on 3/28! POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Tears of Veeshan Corrected an issue that was causing some spells to ignore wards. Temple of Veeshan: Guardian’s Edifice Klandicar and Zlandicar should no longer heal from non-player kills. Zlandicar’s spell “Necrotic Evisceration” can now trigger reactive spells. Klandicar’s spell “Cognitive Evisceration” can now trigger reactive spells. Klandicar’s spell “Chaos Storm I” has been changed to “Chaos Bolt I” and can no longer be area effect blocked. Klandicar’s spell “Chaos Bolt I” can now trigger reactive spells. Merig, Harin, Gerid’s spell “Commanding Leadership”...
Cyliena over at EQ2 ZAM has reported the appearance of a new Guild Hall type, based on the upper and lower parts of High Keep. This new Guild Hall choice is currently on Test, and was first noted by Kuulei. It’s unknown how the High Keep hall will be acquired/earned, or when it will become available. We’re still hoping for a Halas Tier 1 guild hall. Most smaller guilds only need a 5 room, and Halas has a beautiful exterior and great overall appearance. Read More
From the EQ2 Forums: All EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on March 11th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hour. Time Zone Conversions PDT: March 11 @ 7:00am ~ 9:00am EDT: March 11 @ 10:00am ~ Noon GMT: March 11 @ 14:00 ~ 16:00 CET: March 11 @ 15:00 ~ 17:00 AEST: March 12 @ 12:01am ~ 2:00am From the EQ2 Forums: WEEKLY FEATURE Weapon Damage Bonus and Spell Weapon Damage Bonus are now displayed under the Autoattack category in the character sheet window. Max Health % is now...
From the EQ2 Forums: It’s Brewday once again in Norrath, and there’s nothing like the Dwarven celebration of Brell and beer to bring your spirits up! Adventurers across Norrath are invited to sample exotic brews, complete festive quests, and visit the mysterious Bar of Brell. New for 2014: Beer Tokens: Better than real money (because beer!), this special currency is a new quest reward option and can be used to purchase event-exclusive items. Brewday Recipes: Take a break from drinking to craft some brand new Brewday items! Balin Copperfoot in the Bar of Brell has copies of “Brewday...
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
From the EQ2 Forums: QUESTS The Channeler Epic Quest is now available for all level 95 Channelers. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Vesspyr Isles Zaszae’s Armor Exchange in the Falinpol area of Vesspyr Isles will allow you to convert any Cryptic, Arcane, or Potent armor that has not been upgraded with a gemstone into a Token specific to that tier and slot. Seven of these tokens can then be used to purchase a piece of armor from Zaszae. Anex and Onerind Fe’Dhar in Vesspyr Isles no longer turn toward players hailing them. Accursed Sanctum (Raid) The tomes unlocked around the...
From Erin Oakley on the EQ2 Forums: The weather may be wintery, but the denizens of Norrath are full of holiday cheer! The annual celebration of Frostfell features gift giving, fabulous feasts, holiday crafts, and of course, Santa Glug and his helpers. Interested in joining the fun? Travel to the Frostfell Wonderland Village by finding a magical wardrobe in Qeynos Province District, Freeport, Haven, Kelethin, Neriak, Gorowyn, or New Halas. Frostfell will begin December 12, 2013, and run through January 9, 2014, so bundle up and join the fun!