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Here are some of the most Frequently Asked Questions we are seeing about the new EverQuest II expansion Tears of Veeshan. This article will be updated as more details are found! How do I get started in Tears of Veeshan? The Tears of Veeshan expansion begins with the Tears of Veeshan: The Eternal Broodlands Signature quest, which you will receive an in-game mail about, and which you can pick up in either Qeynos or Freeport. Once on the quest, you will begin a path that takes you to the Vesspyr Isles. How to travel directly to the new zones without doing the...
Game Updates & Maintenance
From a notice on the EQ2 Forums: Status: 11/13/2013 11:39 PST – EverQuest II servers will be coming down at 11:55 am PST for an Emergency Patch. Time Zone Conversions PST: 11:55am EST: 2:55pm GMT: 19:55 CET: 20:55
Last night, the EQ2 team were able to temporarily fix the requirement of knowing the Draconic language to speak to Slymar, however this is now a permanent change. Anyone who purchased the Tears of Veeshan expansion gains access to this monk mercenary. From the EQ2 Forums: MERCENARIES You no longer have to speak draconic to hire the ToV Aerakyn Merc. Mercs no longer steal experience for kills. NOTE: There was a lot of confusion about this last night, but you DO NOT have to pay StationCash to bring back your current mercenary! Either click on the Active Merc in your Mercenaries...
The US EverQuest II servers are back up as of about 10 minutes ago and it looks like Tears of Veeshan is live! No word on when EU servers will be up.
Here are the Update Notes for the Tears of Veeshan expansion (ie Game Update 68) from the EQ2 Forums: TEARS OF VEESHAN After rediscovering Yelinak, now the steward of Vesspyr Isles alongside other fallen and familiar dragons, players learn of the time/space powers behind the Tear of Veeshan stolen by prismatic dragon Kerafyrm the Awakened. With Kerafyrm’s fearsome power looming over Norrath, players are called upon to shine light into the darkness brought on by the Awakened’s draconic army, and set the stage for a new Age to begin! Features: New class – Channeler! New Dragon-themed AAs AA limit...
From the EQ2 Forums: All servers will come down November 12th, 2013 at 7:00 AM PT for an update to introduce the Tears of Veeshan expansion. Downtime is anticipated to be less than 5 hours and you can find update notes when posted in the Game Updateforum. Time Zone Conversions PST: November 12 @ 7:00am~Noon EST: November 12 @ 10:00am~3:00pm GMT: November 12 @ 15:00~20:00 CET: November 12 @ 16:00-21:00
From the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 4:00 AM Pacific on November 11, 2013. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Account management Commerce transactions — including purchases on our websites and in-game Marketplaces All SOE Forums — Login for all SOE forums may be affected, you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects Login for all SOE games Players who are already logged in may be disconnected and unable to log back in until 7:00AM PST We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon...
Anything can change in Beta, but at least right now on Tears of Veeshan beta, a new “Point of Need” option is being tested in the Revive window: The large “Revive Instantly!” text and Double Up icon at the bottom of the window ONLY APPEAR when the player selects the small yellow “Revive Instantly!” text within the list of revive spawn points. In last year’s Chains of Eternity beta, I believe this feature was much more “in your face” as I recall the large double arrow icon and text appearing at all times. At SOE Live 2012 in the Business of EverQuest Franchise...
As one door closes, another opens. While we’re in the final week of the Nights of the Dead celebrations (the event concludes when Tears of Veeshan goes live on Tuesday, November 12th), we’re already looking ahead to the Heroes Festival which this year has new rewards, quests, and a new achievement. While the Heroes Festival event will run from Friday, November 15th until Monday, November 25th, you can test it now by logging into the Beta server! Here are the Beta notes for Heroes Festival from Kaitheel on the EQ2 Forums: The Heroes’ Festival has begun! A call has gone out to all Norrathian...
From RadarX on the EQ2 Forums: All EU Servers will come down at 5:00 PM PT (2:00 AM CET) on 05-11-2013 for a brief update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 3 hours. Time Zone Conversions PST: November 5, 2013 @ 5:00pm GMT: November 6, 2013 @ 1:00-4:00 CET: November 6, 2013 @ 2:00-5:00
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed an issue related to spells causing lag in certain situations.
This was posted last week, but better late than never. 😉 From the EQ2 Forums: Testing for EverQuest II’s 10th expansion, Tears of Veeshan, is in full swing on the Beta server. Not only can you get a preview of what’s to come by heading over to take a look, but also earn rewards that you can claim on your live character! There are three separate rewards that you can earn for testing different facets of the expansion: [eq2u]Blessed of Veeshan Reward Bundle[/eq2u] is for testing overland quests in Vesspyr Isles. [eq2u]Thread Jumper’s Reward Bundle[/eq2u] is granted for testing...
From the EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Fixed an issue with the platinum and silver keys of Rujark that would prevent them from delivering rewards. MERCENARIES Mercenary group chat can now be enabled/disabled with /cl_ignore_merc_chatter [true|false]. Related Links [eq2u]A fabled platinum key[/eq2u] [eq2u]An ancient silver key[/eq2u] Protip The Mercenary group chat slash command above is only temporary and must be applied every time you login. If you wish to permanently silence your mercs, then add this line to your eq2.ini file inside your EverQuest II folder: cl_ignore_merc_chatter true
It seems yesterday’s fixes to EU server hardware did not have the desired effect, as players on Splitpaw, Storms, and Valor have continued to report issues of long zone times (10+ minutes), unavailable zones, Broker nonresponse, mini-rollbacks, and so on. RadarX posted a comment this afternoon: Appreciate you guys reporting this. We are noticing an issue and have a group of folks tackling it now. There are no plans for server transfer tokens, etc… at this time. Our intentions are to fix this problem permanently. I’m going to ask you focus the feedback on what you are experiencing. We’re...
In several threads on the EQ2 Forums, players have documented a bug first reported today that has low level characters being auto-granted high level spells which they cannot use. The new spells replace the older ones on player’s hotbars, yet cannot be cast due to level restrictions. The temporary workaround is to crack open one’s Knowledge book and rummage around for the the level-appropriate versions. Today’s Update Broke Something Bad — Getting Spells Not My Level Zoned and Got Spells I Cannot Use I Can’t Use Half My Spells Now The issue has been brought to the attention of...
Some update notes are more vague than others, especially when dealing with exploits, but tomorrow’s update documentation may set a new standard for obfuscation: GENERAL Fixed an issue related to creating new characters.
UPDATE at 4:00pm PDT (23 Oct @ 0:00 BST; 1:00 CET) from RadarX: Everything we are seeing from our end and from talking with players indicates this particular issue has been resolved. If you still are seeing significant load times for zones, please begin a new thread. Thanks! UPDATE at 5:00pm PDT (22 Oct @ 1:00 BST; 2:00 CET) from RadarX: Unfortunately there were some hardware issues that were only affecting the EU servers. The problem surrounding this hardware has been identified and it is being replaced as soon as physically possible. An interim solution has been rolled out which should resolve the...
From the EQ2 Forums: Open Beta for EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan will open tomorrow, on Tuesday, October 15, 2013. This is a great chance for players to check out the new Channeler class and new dragon-themed Alternative Advancement (AA) systems for each archetype. We’d love your feedback on these features, as well as other parts of the expansion! Beta will last until the launch of Tears of Veeshan onTuesday, November 12, 2013! How to copy your Live and/or Test character over to the Beta server: You can click the ‘Beta Copy’ button on the character create screen to copy the currently...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed a message about losing 0 coin when looting a treasure chest in certain situations. QUESTS Channeler Prelude: Players will now find some help on the docks of the Danak Shipyards in Jarsath Wastes. It seems someone has placed an animal handler on retainer. Channeler Prelude: Instances are now more group-friendly. MERCENARIES Mindbender Talid should no longer apply “Peaceful Calm” on fighters in the group. BATTLEGROUNDS Fixed an issue with raids not forming correctly when entering a battleground.
We’ve gotten a report of SOE Login servers experiencing an outage. More as we have it.. Forums and in-same eCommerce also seem to be affected…
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From the EQ2 Forums: Hello again, Norrathians! We are all getting ready to usher in our next expansion, EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan (ToV)…and not a moment too soon! Open Beta is being prepared now for Oct. 15 and launch is coming on Nov. 12! In ToV, our next epic chapter unfolds! Kerafyrm, the great, evil prismatic dragon, has stolen a powerful artifact known as the Tear of Veeshan and slain Yelinak – Norrath’s wisest and eldest dragon. The New Combine Army that united Norrath’s peoples is fractured and powerless and it is said that Kerafyrm’s plots now reach...
I’m a bit late on this as the bug has already been fixed, but I wanted to get this out there just the same. Shortly before the introduction of Heroic characters, a few players noticed that Experience gained from the contested zones of Skyshrine and Kael Drakkel had dropped by as much as 90%. Conspiracy theories abounded that the EQ2 team was secretly reducing XP rates for these zones to prevent discourage grinding of Heroic characters to 95. However I knew that this was not an intentional change. How? At past SOE Lives, I’ve informally asked for the EQ2...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The Gold Member buff now gives 10% to flying mounts as well as ground mounts. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Siren’s Grotto: Dissension Psionic Aura no longer interrupts when it does damage.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Adjusted group experience gain.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Level range chat channels have been retired; in their place, General, LFG, and High Level chat channels have been added. The High Level channel is available starting at level 80. HEROIC CHARACTERS Heroic Characters that did not receive their heroic gear after logging in should receive it the next time they log in that character. Resolved an issue when trying to create a Heroic Character with a name that is invalid or already taken. ITEMS [eq2u]Superior Metallic Hoop of the Void[/eq2u] should now trigger properly. The [eq2u]Superior Djinn Bracelet of the Sky[/eq2u] now has...