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When it comes to EQ2 Crafting Previews and Guides, nobody does it better than Niami Denmother at EQ2Traders. Once you’ve finished ogling the new Apple tablet, check out her Erollisi Day 2010 crafting preview!!
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If you have not yet had a chance to work out the puzzle we posted an hour ago (with corresponding pieces being posted on EQ2 Zam, EQ2 Traders, etc.), then don’t click this link:
Another puzzle for astute EQ2Wire readers… It involves mortal peril of a different sort…
From Fyreflyte on the EQ2 Forums: Post expansion-launch, the useable effect on Najena’s Ring of Readiness will give a flat +2000 spelldamage buff. The cooldown and duration will remain the same. I realize this effect has been available to you for over a year now, but due to the way it scales, it can not be left in game as-is. Without a rating system to curb its effects, the item would have only become more powerful with each expansion, crippling our ring itemization for sorcerers. I understand this will be an upsetting change for those that spent countless hours...
When Commission crafting was altered in March 2009 to prevent crafters from using their own Void Shards and other NO TRADE/HEIRLOOM materials for other players, it closed the book for several crafters on this highly profitable market. However it was quickly discovered that a crafter could still use their own shards if the customer had at least the requisite number of shards in their own inventory to make the item. This was accomplished by swapping out ingredients in the Commission Materials window. Today’s Hotfix marks the closure of this exploit: Patch Notes January / 26 / 2010 GENERAL You...
Saints be praised! (No, not those Saints) As I was ducking in and out of Fish’s Alehouse and Inn, trying to keep out of sight, not one, but 13 parcels of mail addressed to one “Feldon @ EQ2Wire” (that’s me!) arrived at the front desk. After bribing tipping the innkeeper, I opened the packages to discover that each contained a detailed illustration of an escape route to South Qeynos! With the navigational guidance of my enterprising readers, I was able to avoid the Qeynos Harbor guards and use my tinkered spring shoes to make it to the secret exit!...
It seems after imbibing a little too much jum jum mash, I let slip a disparaging comment about Queen Antonia within earshot of a Qeynos Guard! Now I’m a wanted man and I need your help! I’m stuck in Qeynos Harbor, but I can’t risk traveling by boat or carpet. As you can see, the exits are surprisingly well-guarded. My best chance is to high tail it to South Qeynos and meet a well-connected politician who can smooth things over with the authorities. Legend tells of a secret entrance to South Qeynos. Can you help me find it? If...
Check out this new zone preview from the Sentinel’s Fate expansion at EQ2Players. The Erudin Library is designed for levels 87-89. You’ll need to rely on cunning to track down and bring a killer to justice. This is the easiest of the Erudin zones, and has a very unique flavor to it: The zone was built as a Clue-style murder mystery. In order to get the best possible rewards (and complete some quests), players must search the zone for clues and accuse and defeat the guilty Scholar Primarch. [We] set up the murder mystery such that each time through,...
Alan “Brenlo” Crosby has announced some tweaks to the Experience Curve in EQ2 that went live today (January 20th, 2010): Hey folks, I wanted to pass along some news that you will see on the live servers tomorrow. We have adjusted the experience curve in EQII. We have done so for a number of reasons; 1. It really wasn’t a curve before, more peaks and valleys. 2. Some levels had some very crazy and erratic peaks while others were far too fast. 3. We needed to adjust the curve overall for the addition of 80 to 90. What will...
Previews of Sentinel’s Fate are coming in on a consistent schedule (thanks Kiara!!). Check out the preview of the 3rd Vasty Deep dungeon at EQ2Players.
It seems sanity has prevailed at SOE. From EQ2 Forums: The status of retail distribution for Sentinel’s Fate at launch internationally is still uncertain. However in an effort to properly serve our international community we have partnered with several digital distributors who will be providing the expansion to our international customers only starting on Feb 16th 2010. The digital downloads will be IP locked so that only the international community can take advantage of this. When it became apparent that whoever at SOE Marketing signed deals with Amazon, GameStop, and Best Buy forgot about the rest of the world,...
There have been some questions popping up on the EQ2 Forums as well as EQ2Flames about whether the Sentinel’s Fate expansion will be pushed to European servers at the same time as North American servers. Kiara has this to say: All the servers will patch at the same time. I’ll be posting a schedule closer to release day, just so everyone knows what to expect. But the plan is that the servers will be up and ready for folks to begin patching their games by 8am PST. And just to clarify, we have confirmed that just as with previous...
Another zone preview from the upcoming Sentinel’s Fate expansion. This time, it’s one of the Vasty Deep dungeons. Check it out at EQ2Players.
Today’s hotfix notes bring news that your player appearances (including illusions) can now be set in-game using a Magic Mirror type tool. Update Notes from EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Appearance customization items have been changed! This affects these items: – Shave and a Cut, Makeover (combined into the same item) – Nalana’s All-Natural Cosmetic Balsam When used, these items now open a window that allows you to customize your appearance in-game instead of returning to the character select screen. In addition, Shave and a Cut and Nalana’s All-Natural Cosmetic Balsam now affect your current illusion if it is that of...
EQ2Players has been updated with a preview of the Vasty Deep dungeons. There are some new and familiar screen shots, and more information about these zones. Check it out!
A zone I have been anxious to get a look at is the contested “The Hole” which will encompass an area over twice the size of Sanctum of Scaleborn, and a level range from 82 all the way to 90. We are thrilled to present the first screen shots of this zone: Around the web, others have posted new screen shots this evening including: EQ2 Zam | EQ2 Traders | Ten Ton Hammer | MMOQuests | Shattered | MMORPG-Info | kithicor.org | LoreLibrary | Archive of Ik | EQ2 Daily | TheBrasse.com | EverSeek.com
EQ2Players has been updated with a expansion zone preview covering the Northern half of Odus — the Stonebrunt Highlands. This is a level 85-90 overland zone with solo questlines. Adam “Zaphax” Stephens was lead designer on this zone and answered some questions with his thoughts on the design of the zone. Check out the new writeup as well as some new images and wallpapers of Sentinel’s Fate at EQ2Players.
illustration by Dozer Mount Up EQ2 has yet to fill out its stable of player mounts with the variety available in other MMORPGs. The hygiene-challenged Wargs and motion sickness-inducing Rhinos weren’t my up of tea. When I heard that EQ2 were getting Dire Bears, I was thrilled, until my hopes were dashed when the Sabertooth/Werewolf-like mount was revealed. In lieu of a desirable fluffy travel companion, I’ve limited myself to running barefoot. I’ve long since outgrown the 40% speed of the venerable Carpet of El’khazi, wrangled from the ever-sarcastic flying carpet dealer in Sinking Sands, the 48% upgrade in...
Plane of War – Page 1 Essences { an essence of war an axiom of war an artisan of war } drops: secondaries Warboars { a Warhide battlecharger a Warhide guardbreaker } drops: forearms Diakus { a Diaku warfury a Diaku doomcrusher a Diaku battlebrute } drops: boots Morlocks { a Morlock afflictor a Morlock thrasher } drops: charms, wrists Aviaks { a Hendin wardiver a Hendin battleclaw a Hendin brawlwing } drops: gloves war wraiths { a Decorin warscourge a Decorin deathmonger } drops: helms The Enraged War Boar drops: ranged, belts Berik Bloodfist drops: legs, secondaries Tagrin...
EQ2Players has as new preview available of The Sundered Frontier, which is one half of the overland area of Odus. This includes some screen shots and an interview with gninja, leader designer of this zone. You can also find some wallpaper sized screenshots which have not previously been posted. All of this after the jump:
EQ2Wire is thrilled to present some more screen shots from the upcoming Sentinel’s Fate expansion. These images are taken from the first part of Odus players will encounter, the Sundered Frontier. It seems many things have changed, and many others have stayed the same. Odus seems to have been scooped from out of the earth and is now scattered across the Norrath sky. Visitors will likely arrive by Spire or Airship! Check out these screen shots (Scroll down to get a clickable grid of thumbnails): Also check out this exclusive Sundered Frontier screen shot available only on EQ2Wire: EQ2Wire...
There have been a lot of reactions to the clarification of just what types of multiboxing are permitted in SOE games and which aren’t. What most of these reactions have lacked is perspective. A careful read of the key pards Kiara‘s post in another thread on the multiboxing subject: That is what allows us to nuke the farmers and plat sellers that we all loathe so much. If you’re not doing something you shouldn’t be doing, multi-boxing is fine. People are over-reacting and troll-feeding. Please stop trying to read into it anything that says we’re going to start nuking...
The biggest loss of functionality on EQ2Players for many viewers was the ability to lookup Alt characters. This is used by guild recruiters to weed out players with a known history of troublemaking and guild bank plundering. So we’re happy to report that this functionality has been restored to EQ2Players. DarkViper has been reporting steadily on fixes to the site: The team is actively working on adding in quite a few new features, they’re just not ready yet The community team will be posting a list of the features soon with when you can expect them. Players are asked...
DarkViper, from SOE’s Platform (websites, forums, etc.) department has responded to widespread criticism of the EQ2Players revamp which went live last week: Everyone, thanks for the feedback on the web site. With Station Players becoming a free service, I hope you’re checking out all of the sections of the site if you’ve never had access to it. It’s important to keep hearing this feedback so we can continue to evolve the site. To address the browser crashing: We’re already planning on making a version of the site that is ‘lighter’ for the in-game browser. It has always been the...
>> Download Highland Stalker Preview HD Video [22.5MB WMV]. << >> Download Highland Stalker Preview SD Video [13.8MB WMV]. << Guarding of the Reasoned and Guarding of the Learned The Guarding of the Reasoned (right) comes with the retail boxes The Guarding of the Learned (left) comes with the digital downloads.