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From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Mercenaries no longer take a split of the coin in a group. ITEMS The damage of Elemental Eruption and Elemental Detonation can now only trigger once.
Game Updates & Maintenance
Perhaps coincidence, or perhaps in line with the Plat distribution changes currently on Beta, here is an interesting tweet from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale: With tomorrow’s hotfix, mercenaries are less…mercenary…and will stop taking a cut of the coin loot! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) April 9, 2013
From EverQuest2.com: Get a look at Cobalt Scar, part of the Scars of the Awakened Game Update! Our talented Development team takes you through a preview of the zone. Check out the stunning visuals explained by those who created them. Scars of the Awakened goes live April 30th!
From the EQ2 Forums: This week the EverQuest II team want share Sirens Grotto with you! Your host Dave “Smokejumper” Georgeson (Director of Development) will be joined by Tim “Haohmaru” Heydelaar (Art Director), Christopher “Phatkins” Atkins (Character Artist), and Chris “Chrol” Garlick (Game Designer) to give you an inside look at these Scars of the Awakened zones! Join us on Thursday, April 11th, 2013, at 5:00 PM US Pacific Time* on Twitch TV! The webcast is expected to last about 20 minutes. Don’t miss this chance to answer the Sirens’ song!
From the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 4:00 AM Pacific on April 9, 2013. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Account management will be unavailable starting at 4:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM PDT* Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 4:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM PDT* Login for all SOE forums may be affected, you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects between 4:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM PDT* Players who are already logged in may...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed a bug where messages sent with gifts would not make it to the receiver of the gift.
From the EQ2 Forums: We will perform maintenance beginning at 6:00 AM Pacific* on April 3, 2013. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 2 1/2 hours. This will impact the following services: Account management Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces Login for all SOE forums may be affected, you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects Login for all SOE games may be affected during the maintenance. Players who are already logged in may be disconnected and unable to log back in. We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon...
From Gninja on the EQ2 Forums: Just thought I would drop a few notes in here before everyone starts asking. Q: How can I access the new raid zones? A: The raid content in this update is closed beta. You will not be able to access this content as general population. Q: How can I join the closed beta? A: Feel free to shoot myself or one of the other developers a private message on what sort of raid content you would like to test and what you can offer in terms of times and players/classes. If we feel...
Logo Mockup by EQ2Wire In addition to the new content in Game Update 66, which hits Beta today and will go live on April 30th, there are numerous class tweaks. But instead of class balance (although there is some of that), the overriding theme of the class improvements in this update could best be summed up as “What Bugs Your Class Most?” All those things about your class that drive you crazy, like having to be directly behind the mob to use your biggest hits as a Dirge, or having to be exactly 5 meters from the mob to do...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on the EQ2 Forums: Good day, adventurers! We are excited to begin our Open Beta for Game Update 66: Scars of the Awakened today! There are a bunch of new topics opening today in our Beta forum. Each topic will be manned (or womanned) by Dev staff. We are very appreciative of all of the constructive feedback and bug reports we get, so please use our forums or use /feedback or /bug commands from inside the game. We have plenty for you to test in this update we affectionately refer to as “Scars.” Our team hit...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed a bug where expired missions were not being removed correctly. ITEMS Nocturnal Aggression and Nox Incessit can no longer apply multiple times from the same caster.
Not everyone has the time to watch a Twitch or Youtube video talking about upcoming Game Updates, Expansions, Features, etc. Some are not able to watch videos at work and would rather read a transcript. And there are a number of EQ2 players who are hearing impaired. So for you guys, I am happy to present another EQ2Wire exclusive Transcript of an SOE Webcast. This week’s session is about the upcoming Game Update 66: Scars of the Awakened which lands on the Beta server next Tuesday and goes live April 30th. Inside this transcript, you’ll find out… The Othmir...
From Dexella on the EQ2 Forums: Hey everyone, We’ve seen a few posts recently about daily missions/quests not disappearing once they are completed and expired. We are aware of this and have a fix scheduled to go in next week. In the meantime, if you click on the daily in your journal, it will make it go away. Thanks! ~Dexella
This was posted over a week ago, but I wanted to post some commentary about the forthcoming ability for house decorators to sell their house layouts on the Marketplace. And since that time, there have been a number of clarifications from EQ2 Programmer Kenneth “Terrogaunt” Roecks which further shed light on what we can expect. Here’s Holly “Windstalker” Longdale’s initial announcement: Greetings to our decorators – existing and potential, These are very exciting times for passionate decorators! On April 2, when we start Open Beta for Game Update 66 “Scars of the Awakened,” we will also be inviting you...
From the EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Vanquisher’s PVP Armor is now NO-VALUE
From Twitch.tv: Watch live video from sonyonlinetv on TwitchTV Hopefully I can get a Transcript of this panel posted soon!
EQ2 Designer Aaron “Gnobrin” Bisnett has tweeted a few screenshots of the upcoming Siren’s Grotto zone which hits the EQ2 Beta server next Tuesday, and goes live at the end of April: For those still thinking Siren’s Grotto will take place underwater… Siren’s Grotto is *NOT* an underwater zone. You’re fighting sirens, there’s seaweed everywhere… no water. #EQ2 — Aaron Bisnett (@Gnobrin) March 28, 2013 These are being posted during the Game Update 66: Scars of the Awakened Lore Webcast:
So it turns out that the issue players have been having with purchasing Krono from the Broker is more complicated than we’d originally thought, as evidenced by the feedback from players who have been able to buy some of the Krono on the Broker but not others. The issue is that the game thinks some Krono are invalid and so is not allowing their sale. From Nandy “Zoltaroth” Szots: Krono that return the error are in a bad state and should remove themselves from the Broker. In the next hotfix, they will remove themselves automatically. If you move down...
From the EQ2 Forums: The Saga of the Swords and the Age’s End Prophecy has captured EverQuest II fans for the last three years, and the Velious saga continues now with Game Update 66: Scars of the Awakened! Your host Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson (Director of Development for the EverQuest Franchise), with Kyle “Kander” Vallee (Lead Designer), Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall (Assistant Lead Designer), and Carlos “Gninja” Mora (Game Designer), will recap the story thus far and take a look at what’s to come as Norrathians march together under the banner of the New Combine army. What awaits adventurers in Cobalt...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Dreadcutter: The Pirate Kings The Pirate Kings encounter should no longer gain increasing latency over the course of the fight. ITEMS Creeping Fingers, Tri Color Leaf Tree, Five Leaf Bush Drooping Fern Plant, and Blooming Jacaranda can now be sized even larger.
From the EQ2 Forums: BAG SORTING UPDATES Bag Sorting: Added Fuel, Food, and Drink filters. Added Tier sorting method “/sort_bags tier”. Added Ascending and Descending parameters for sorting called with “a” and “d” respectively (ie: “/sort_bags tier a”). Bag Dumping: Restored old bag swap functionality. Dragging a bag over another bag in your equipment window will swap the position of those bags (without moving their contents). To dump the contents of a bag into another, open the destination bag and then drag and drop the source bag into the open destination bag’s window. Bag Dumping now supports partial dumping....
From EverQuest2.com: MEMBERSHIP UPDATES The following restrictions have been removed on Free and Silver accounts: Class selections (Beastlord still requires Age of Discovery) Race selections (Freeblood still requires purchase) Bag slots Shared Bank slots Active journal quests allowed GENERAL There is no longer a broker fee for buying Krono from the broker.
Logo mockup by EQ2Wire From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on the EQ2 Forums: To all Norrathians, The Velious saga continues! New lands and adventures will be uncovered on April 30 with Game Update 66 entitled EverQuest II: Scars of the Awakened! Ever vigilant, Norrathians march united under the banner of the New Combine army, deeper into the perilous continent of Velious. Finally, the army breaches the borders of a region known as Cobalt Scar – a majestic, lush, but tormented region. And from within dark passages in the surrounding mountains, the inhabitants of Sirens Grotto beckon to all.
A number of players have been reporting an issue over the last two weeks that leaves them in a “phantom group”, lumped together with ghost players or mercenaries who aren’t actually grouped with them. As a result, these players are unable to join any other group, despite trying /leave, /disband, or even /camping to character select. Some have only found relief from server reboots. From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Big apologies to folks dealing with group issues. We are trying to fix a historic bug and it has exposed other problems. We are on it! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale...
From the EQ2 Forums: QUESTS Obol Plains Lujien, Not Lycan now provides a group update when gathering moonstones. One Hungry Bug now provides a group update when gathering stone for Scuttles. The Harrowing Hoard now provides a group update when buying a Cardin Ward Stout. Jenni’s Stained Pants now requires fewer flower bulbs to gather. Throne of Fear Baelon should once again drop his monolith for Gulthga’s quest series.