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From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL You will now be told to relinquish your player made dungeons before using the character transfer token. TRADESKILLS Several new sets of housing building blocks have been added to existing “carpenter essentials” recipe groups. The maximum scaling size of all building blocks has been increased.
Game Updates & Maintenance
Due to EQ1’s transition to Free-to-Play, a scheduled Account Services downtime has been announced. It should not affect gameplay/logins for existing characters/accounts. UPDATE: The original announcement has been superseded with a new one including revised information indicating that game logins will be unavailable for the first six hours of the maintenance window. Maintenance Notice: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Important: In preparation for EverQuest’s transition to free-to-play, we will perform maintenance beginning at 12:01 AM Pacific* on March 15, 2012. This will impact the following services: Voice Chat will be unavailable for EverQuest II Players from 7:00 AM to approximately 9:00 AM...
From EQ2’s Twitterbookfacespace: We are currently investigating an issue affecting logins. Thank you for your patience and we hope to have the issue resolved as soon as possible. [RadarX] UPDATE: The issue was resolved approximately 2 hours after this post.
From Xelgad on the EQ2 Forums: Prestige Points are basically Alternate Advancements that you earn automatically as you level. Details coming later this week. We’re hoping to have a lot of people on test over the next month, and I think our community team is even working on some rewards for players who are able to make it over there. To update your Test Client in Launchpad 4, click on the tools icon in your normal live launcher -> Select Game Version -> Public Test -> Apply. Looking forward to seeing what you guys think!
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SOE has laid their cards on the table for Game Update 63. First up, a level cap raise to level 92. No, that’s not a typo. As of April 17th, players will be able to gain 2 more levels, as well as a new form of player advancement called ‘prestige points’. GU63 brings the promised Destiny of Velious content of new group and raid instances, a variety of solo content includind a new overland zone and more! Also Age of Discovery owners will be able to tame new Beastlord warder types. Game Update 63 hits Test on Thursday, March...
Here are your update notes for Wednesday, 14 March 2012: QUESTS Players who have completed the quest “The Fallen Swords: All Roads Lead To…” should check their mailboxes for a letter from the Duality himself. Another chapter in the Age’s End saga is about to unfold, and he will be looking for help. Seek him out in Thurgadin once more. ITEMS Vampiric incisors are no longer labeled as junk as they are used for a mastery quest.
From Ashlanne on the EQ2 Forums: If you’re in the U.S. (except non-observing states/territories) don’t forget to “Spring Forward” this Sunday! Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 11th, 2012. Set your clock ahead one hour before you go to bed on Sunday [sic.] night. Or if you’re still awake (we know you, you crazy gamers!), the time change goes into effect at 2:00 a.m. NOTE: Tkia brought it to our attention that it’s preferable to adjust your clock either Saturday night or Sunday morning. If you wait to adjust your clocks until Sunday night, you’ll be an hour...
Here is your Update Note for Thursday, March 8, 2012: Public Quests Cloudy Velium Jewels should now be heirloom. Remember, you can get up to two Cloudy Velium Jewels per day, per Public Quest, per character. So 2 from Ring War, 2 from Storm Gorge (if you are a glutton for punishment) each day per character. Once you have 40,000 faction with Thurgadin or Ry’Gorr, you can buy an Heirloom faction token to give 50,000 faction to all your alts. There is no equivalent token for the Othmir, Snowfang, or Thurgadin Crafters.
From the EQ2 Forums: Forum Maintenance: Thursday, March 8, 2012 Important: We will perform maintenance on all SOE forums beginning at 7:00 AM Pacific* on March 8, 2012. All forums will be unavailable for 3 hours during this maintenance. We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed. Time Zone Conversions PST: March 8 @ 7:00-10:00am EST: March 8 @ 10:00am-1:00pm GMT: March 8 @ 15:00-18:00 CET: March 8 @ 16:00-19:00
From Zoltaroth on the EQ2 Forums: We got this [reproduced] again internally and are working on a fix. Just wanted to jump in here and let you guys know we didn’t forget about this issue.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed a bug where if an item icon was on top of a warder spell icon that right clicking the item would result in getting the warder flayout instead of the radial menu for the item. Fix for Mozilla in-game browser crash when Flash is installed for non IE browsers and a flash site is viewed. TRADESKILL APPRENTICES Decoration recipes now require Toxnettle Roots instead of Colossal Reactants.
From the Station Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 11:00 PM Pacific* on March 5, 2012. This will impact the following services: The following games will be unavailable will be unavailable starting at 11:00 PM on March 5, 2012 to approximately 5:00 AM Pacific* on March 6, 2012 Free Realms Clone Wars Adventures DC Universe Online PoxNora EverQuest II – (Antonia Bayle, Sebilis and Nagafen will not be affected) EverQuest – Povar Magic the Gathering Tactics Account management will be unavailable starting at 11:00 PM on March 5, 2012 to approximately 7:00 AM Pacific* on March 6,...
From MattMeyer on the Station forums (also posted on the EQ2 forums): A new version of the LaunchPad 4 (4.0.0.421) has been released with the following updates. EverQuest II Character Select Character Select now works again in the EverQuest II LaunchPad. Characters will be present in the Select a character dropdown that have been logged into game within the last few months and displayed in the order of when they were last played. If the account has no characters on it, or you have no account logged in at all, nothing will be displayed to click on. If you...
After allusions by EQ2 Senior Producer Holly “Windstalker” to a “very detailed list” of issues and bugs and indications that today’s March update would “answer several of the substantive questions“, EQ2 Community Manager Piestro has revealed EQ2’s March Update Plans which contain many things we’ve heard before, but one interesting surprise: There are lots of activities and events to participate in this month! And while you?re busy playing, the Dev team is preparing for the Game Update 63: Skyshrine launch. We are already playtesting internally and excited about this release. As we write this, development is wrapping up and...
@LempoOfGrobb poked us on Twitter to let us know that EQ2 devs have been combing through some recent threads addressing various long-standing bugs. Regarding the Mistmoore Catacombs: The Silver Knives (and Forks and Spoons presumably!) quests, Prathun said: I’ve modified “Silver Wares” so that the knives are always up, but you can only see them if you’re on the quest. The overeager Kaladim Picklord Ryjeka has continued to give out level 66 items despite being located in a level 30’s zone. Prathun again: Picklord Ryjeka no longer drops level 60 items.
We’ve got some vague results from SOE’s first in-game poll, notable for having only been distributed to North American players. From Piestro on the EQ2 Forums: A big thanks to all of you for participating in the first EQII In-Game Poll and helping us get to know you better! We were very happy with the number of you who took the time to go ahead and answer our poll questions and we’ve spent some time going over the data. So, on to the results! We know that the majority of you are exploring overland areas, doing quests, and playing...
From EQ2 Senior Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on the EQ2 Forums: Hey Norrathians, It’s been (too) many weeks since you last heard from me. I have been watching the forums and been eager to post as these are very exciting times for us. And here I am. I’ve come up for air! In the past month, I’ve been in the trenches with the team reviewing the state of the game and having loads of meetings about our plans as we move forward. I’m fully absorbed in EQII-ness. As you can imagine, the design and art teams continue to be hard...
Sorry we missed this late announcement. From EverQuest2.com: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 2:30 AM Pacific* on February 28, 2012. This will impact the following services: Account management will be unavailable starting at 2:30 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific* Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 2:30 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific* Forums will be read-only starting at 2:30 AM to approximately 7:00 AM Pacific* Login for our games will be affected from 2:30 AM to 7:00 AM Pacific* (players already logged in should not be impacted) We...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The beastlord bar will now use the tooltip delay for hotbars rather than the default tooltip delay. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Vallon’s Tower [Non-Challenge] Normal Mode Vallon Zek should now drop 2 breastplate patterns. Sullon’s Spire [Non-Challenge] Normal Mode Hragdold the Frenzied should now also drop 2 bracer patterns.
Believe it or not, time marches on and there are still semi-weekly updates to talk about, so… MERCENARIES Mercenaries should do much less damage in PVP combat. This should have no affect PVE combat. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Plane of War The Enraged War Boar now stands guard near the zone entry. Vallon’s Tower [Challenge] During the final Vallon Zek fight, The Vallonite Volley Commander will limit the locations he spawns at. You may be wondering what in the world those last 2 line items are about. MMO Design Suggestion: If you are designing a raid progression zone, and...
The ProSieben-Sony Online Entertainment distribution deal announced over six weeks ago has finally got some Frequently Asked Questions answered: ProSieben FAQ in French ProSieben FAQ in German ProSieben FAQ in English Can players still access the U.S. servers? Under the new partnership between SOE and ProSiebenSat.1 Games, European players of the above mentioned SOE games will be able to play via ProSiebenSat.1 Games’s service and will not have access to U.S. servers. However, existing EverQuest II players in Europe that have played on U.S. servers before the transition will be allowed to continue playing on those servers through their...
Steve Merghart, EQII Senior Character Artist and Chris Myers, EQII Senior Animator, show off Honvar, a dragon who will be appearing in the upcoming Game Update 63 this April. Honvar roamed the Western Wastes in the original EverQuest. Steve and Chris are hoping that someone will make a plushie or maybe show up in costume at Fan Faire as Honvar, or as he seems to have been known internally “Lumpy”. GamesRadar Exclusive: Watch as EverQuest II’s upcoming dragon is brought to life
From new EQ2 Senior Producer “Windstalker“: This is officially making us all weep now. Believe me when I say we are (and have been) looking into this. I’m just on my way over to chat about this with the devs. It’s one of those “OooweeeeoooooOOOo” bugs that has mysterious hamster origins. I don’t want to diminish the issue in any way, but it is bizarre. — Holly “Windstalker” Longdale, Producer, EQII
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL This update includes a speculative fix for the issues causing some assets, like NPC quest icons, not to appear correctly. Update: Alas, this has not resolved the problem. MERCENARIES Mercenaries using the spell “Solar Flame” should no longer cause players to not be able to cast “Solar Flare” ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Fixed a bug where an NPC could “double cast” a spell. Vallon’s Tower [Challenge] During the final Vallon Zek fight, only 2 Vallonite Aces will spawn per wave of adds. Fighters will no longer be hit with Tactical Dilema during the fight. ...
From Zoltaroth on the EQ2 Forums: We have a fix for this coming in the next hotfix. It was supposed to happen this morning but it’s either going to be tomorrow or next Tuesday depending on how things work out.