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Tomorrow is the launch of Terrors of Thalumbra, EverQuest II’s twelfth expansion! From the EQ2 Forums: All EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 7:00AM PST* for the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion update. Estimated downtime is approximately five hours. EverQuest II: Terrors of Thalumbra is scheduled to unlock to players at noon pacific** on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Time Zone Conversions PST: November 17 @ 7:00am – Noon EST: November 17 @ 10:00am – 3:00pm GMT: November 17 @ 15:00 – 20:00 CEST: November 17 @ 16:00 – 21:00 and your Update Notes from...
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From the EQ2 Forums: It’s time for the next event in Fall Frenzy! Beginning on Friday, November 6th, Etheral Adorns will begin dropping in Norrath. There will also be DOUBLE Rare Drops! This is the last Fall Frenzy event before the launch of Terrors of Thalumbra. Two important notes: While Ethereal Adorns will start dropping, they will not be double. These events do not take place on the TLE servers. Enjoy these bonuses beginning Friday, November 6th.
From Robert “Caith” Fouts on the EQ2 Forums: We’re getting closer to Terrors of Thalumbra. So far, we’ve shared two zone previews (Thalumbra and City of Maldura), and we’ve talked about what’s in store for Tradeskillers. Now, here’s an introduction to two new systems that will be introduced with the expansion: Deity Abilities Delving into the depths of Norrath has awoken a deeper connection between the gods and the physical realm, allowing them to channel power more directly through their chosen instruments in the form of powerful new miracles. As you gain adventuring experience you will also gain tithe experience, and tithe points. Tithe...
From the EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Chest of Wondrous Booty will now display the correct items that it rewards.* QUESTS Rum Cellar and Fabled Echoes of Faydwer missions have been added to the Mission Timer Window. *Editor’s Note: This is the random chest which can be purchased from the Altar of Malice Rare Loot Merchant. Also, Kander indicated that several rare items missing from this merchant will be added with tomorrow’s update.
Yesterday, a merchant offering the rare heroic drops from Altar of Malice zones appeared on live servers. Players were quick to report how much was missing from this merchant and how high the prices were. It seems EQ2 Lead Designer Kander agrees, at least on the first part… More rares coming. We missed an entire directory. Sorry all, we are really in full tilt for the expansion and things slipped by. More items soon. and: An update with lots more stuff, rare, bows, etc coming Thursday, September 17th. Apologies everyone, we are marching forth with the expansion.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Phantom Seas The Rare Drop Merchant for Altar of Malice can now be found in the Phantom Seas! Precipice of Power [Raid] The stone adds in the Brell Serilis encounter should no longer kill pets unless directly attacking them. ITEMS Sturdy armor molds will no longer refuse to grant the quest for players that did not have enough city faction. The passive effect for Finsher III now grants potency, instead of offensive only potency. Commentary A merchant selling rare heroic drops from the previous expansion’s dungeons has been a late-summer mainstay...
From Kander on the EQ2 Forums: Altar of Malice Rare Drop Merchant! Coming soon! More info next week! Short and sweet. Not that Kander is short. Or sweet. Unless you mean the colloquialism “sweeeeeet”. He then added in another thread: Going to say it right now. It will not include the ethereal weapons. Those effects will be readily available in expansion 12 on a new item tier. More info super soon.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed an issue where renaming a guild would revert after a server restart. TLE General Fixed an issue where players could visit published houses from anywhere. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Assassin Villainy – Corrected a bug that granted more mitigation than intended below level 80. Ranger Hunter’s Instinct – Corrected a bug that granted more mitigation than intended below level 80.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed a client issue with animations taking too much memory after running the game for a long time and zoning around a lot. You no longer get an experience penalty if you are unable to get a hit in on an NPC that your group kills. CENSUS Fixed a bug where PvP KvD stat [a new leaderboards stat] was not exporting with decimal places to census. PVP SERVERS Harvesting time has been reduced by 50% for players who are adventure level 10 or above. ITEMS [eq2u]Dire Balm IV (Adept)[/eq2u] and [eq2u]Dire Balm IV (Master)[/eq2u] will...
From the EQ2 Forums: Greetings Norrathians! Here’s a quick update on what’s coming up for EQ2. Server Consolidation EverQuest 2 is best with friends, and in August we’re working on bringing players from different servers together! Our engineers have continued with database work that will allow not only cross-server dungeons and true cross-server battlegrounds, but also server consolidation. It’s a very complicated process, but we are targeting the end of August for US Servers to start testing at the very least.
From the EQ2 Forums: PVP General Fixed an issue where players could mentor below the minimum PvP mentor level while inside PvP exempt zones. Time-Locked PvP Pumice stones are now available from gratified merchants. Qeynos and Freeport now correctly flag opposing faction players for PvP. ABILITIES PvP Evac spells will no longer work on characters that are in PvP combat. ITEMS [eq2u]Spirit Totem of the Wolf[/eq2u] will now grant a small “in combat” speed bonus. Fixed a bug with personal depots that increased status and coin rent for the houses they were placed in. MARKETPLACE Increased the size of...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Kelethin Philosopher Yubee in Kelethin will now give the same advice pertaining to Erollisi Marr, as Philosopher Rhimes. ITEMS Boots from fabled EoF dungeons have had their weapon damage bonus and spell weapon damage bonus corrected. The Wild Divine will proc when Healing Arrow or Healing Barrage are cast. Crafted and Merchant versions of the altar to Erollisi Marr are now available. Hand of Thule’s Avatar now grants stamina, instead of ridiculous amounts of strength. QUESTS Power to the Tower – The damaged core should only be resetting when it is...
EU servers are now 3 hours late patching and Holly has an update that it will be another 2 hours before EU servers are back up. That’s 2pm PDT, 5pm EDT, 22:00 GMT, 23:00 CET. The #EQ2 Beta servers are up after the EU patch which is delayed by internet funk. We're hoping for about 2pm if all goes well. — Holly Longdale (@TheWindstalker) July 7, 2015 Original article follows…
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Fabled Echoes of Faydwer Collectibles in the Fabled Echoes of Faydwer dungeons will now lock you to the instance when looted. The Fabled Crypt of Valdoon [Advanced Solo and Heroic] You can now click Valdoon while he’s giving his speech to initiate combat sooner. Fabled Freethinker’s Hideout [Challenge Raid] The werewolf guards at the entrance should now have the intended amount of health. ITEMS Corrected the spell description for the solo and raid versions of All for One, they now correctly say 48 to 148 potency for the solo version, and...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Fabled Acadechism [Advanced Solo and Heroic] Kelzaral the Animator should be much less destructive. The Fabled Freethinker Hideout Drops for The Fabled Freethinker Hideout have had the following adjustments: Moved armor drops from Treyloth to Othysis. Moved accessory drops from Makonis to Treyloth. Makonis will now always drop 2 armor pieces. Precipice of Power [Raid] You can now combine two cruxes from the same boss drop table to form the other from the same drop table by examining the cruxes. ITEMS The effect “Bolstered Block” can now be triggered by...
From EverQuest II Lead Designer Kyle “Kander” Vallée on the EQ2 Forums: Greetings Fellow Norrathians! Just stopping in to give everyone the low down on the new Fabled Echoes of Faydwer zones we will be releasing today. People are asking what zones will become Fabled and what play styles will be covered. The answer is we tried to cover as many as possible with this release. We have 3 Fabled Echoes of Faydwer heroic zones: The Acadechism, The Court of Innovation and the Crypt of Valdoon. We also decided to make an advanced solo version of each of these zones...
Downtime Notice US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately two hours. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 3:00PM London Time on June 23, 2015). Estimated downtime is two hours. Echoes of Faydwer Fabled (Level 100) That was fast! After a week on the Beta and Test servers, the Echoes of Faydwer Fabled solo and group dungeons plus a raid zone are patching live tomorrow, providing new content...
As posted by Chrol on the EQ2 Forums on Tuesday, June 16th: Hey all, The following instances from Echoes of Faydwer (expansion 3) are now available on Test and Beta servers as Fabled level 100 versions: The Fabled Acadechism [Advanced Solo & Heroic] The Fabled Court of Innovation [Advanced Solo & Heroic] The Fabled Crypt of Valdoon [Advanced Solo & Heroic] The Fabled Freethinker Hideout [Raid & Challenge Raid] You’ll find the entrance to these dungeons (a door!) just off the dock in Butcherblock Mountains at approximately 724, 24, 581. They can also be accessed individually through their original entrance locations...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Precipice of Power [Raid] Tribunal adds should despawn even if you do not kill the original copy of the Tribunal boss. Ossuary: Cathedral of Bones [Raid] Villadre’s adds should now despawn when she resets or is defeated. ABILITIES Consistent Strike and Consistent Smite will now do damage at low levels. PVP Kylong Warfields will now grant Marks of Bloodshed to players over level 95. BATTLEGROUNDS Battleground of Theer tiles will no longer apply buffs or debuffs to players on the tiles, with the exception of the Order tile which will still...
From the EQ2 Forums: ITEMS The description for Allied Energy II now correctly lists the maximum increase of 115. Ethereal Weapons will now drop much more commonly. Ethereal drop rate is going to be fixed this time. We promise!
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION F.S. Distillery: Stowaways [Event Heroic] and [Challenge] The curable version of Supply Chain will no longer target mercenaries. MERCENARIES Lady Gretta Cheroon should now be a female when casting illusions on her. and from Kander on the EQ2 Forums: Guys, there is an issue with the Ethereal weapons. Yes, they are dropping but no, its not correctly. This should be correctly dropping tomorrow morning. and from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Morning update for #EQ2 tomorrow. We'll be increasing the drop rates of the summer ethereal weapons. — Holly Longdale (@TheWindstalker) June...
Today Robert “Caith” Fouts, Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall, and Kyle “Kander” Vallee were joined by EQ2 Community Manager Ry “Roshen” Schuller to talk about upcoming changes in this fall’s expansion-sized Campaign, or as the EQ2 team has been calling — the Campansion. Here are my rough notes, subject to my interpretation and these are mostly not direct quotes. Any mistakes are my own! Amplifying Infusing Players have be able to upgrade armor through Gems and adding Essences to change the Damage type on Weapons. However this has been very limited as it requires the devs to create hundreds of items...
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 3:00PM London Time on June 4, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 16:00 CET am 04.06.2015 zwecks einer Serveraktualisierung heruntergefahren. Die vorgesehene Stillstandszeit wird etwa 1 Stunde(n) betragen. Le serveur de langue française sera arrêté à 16:00 CET le 04-06-2015 pour une mise à jour...
With the Altar of Malice expansion and its related Signature quest, players earned the unlimited ability to safely break off adornments from their gear without destroying either the items or the adornments. However there was a catch! All adornments returned — whether from this quested Ability OR from the crafted Adornment Dislodgers — became NO TRADE. Feedback on this choice has continued at a dull roar and it looks like we can expect some more flexibility… From Kander on the EQ2 Forums: We’re going to change it so that it now returns heirloom instead of no trade. Look for...
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 5:00AM London Time on May 28, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 6:00 CET am 28.05.2015 zwecks einer Serveraktualisierung heruntergefahren. Die vorgesehene Stillstandszeit wird etwa 1 Stunde(n) betragen. Le serveur de langue française sera arrêté à 6:00 CET le 28-05-2015 pour une mise à jour...