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Update: Unrest seems to be done, however Oasis is now 4 hours overdue on returning to service. From the EQ2 Forums: The Oasis server, the Unrest server and ALL US Battlegrounds will be brought offline on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 3:30AM Pacific* for server migration and maintenance. These servers are estimated to be unavailable until approximately 2PM Pacific. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed. For those playing at home, this leaves Splitpaw, Storms, Valor, Butcherblock, Crushbone, Permafrost, Barren Sky and Harla Dar.
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The Rum Cellar update, which will be available for purchase for $15 near the end of April, and which introduces 6 new zones all based on the “Far Seas Distillery” motif, is now available for Beta testing. It’s been announced by Ry “Roshen” Schuller on the EQ2 Forums. Curiously, the announcement includes the pronouncement that EQ2 players are expected to use a cancerously atrocious third party service trollfest known as Reddit and that developers will be seeking feedback there. I believe the term “when hell freezes over” is applicable here. Fortunately, the EQ2 designers can be reached directly through...
From the EQ2 Forums: Join us for the Rum Cellar Campaign Livestream on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 starting at 1PM Pacific*on twitch.tv/everquest2 During this stream we’ll be previewing this upcoming campaign, and chatting with players via the Twitch chat! This stream will be hosted by Holly “Windstalker” Longdale, Chris “Chrol” Garlick, and Ry “Roshen” Schueller. Don’t miss your chance to get a sneak peek of this campaign! We look forward to chatting with you on Tuesday!
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 5:00AM London Time on April 8, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 6:00 CET am 08.04.2015 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 08-04-2015 pour une mise à jour du...
Normally we don’t list complete Test / Beta Update Notes so as to avoid confusion with Live notes, but in this case, we’re going to make an exception as players have been clamoring for signs that development continues on EQ2 from bug fixes to performance tweaks to mechanics and class balance changes, and this update has all of that! From the EQ2 Forums: PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS Reduced frequency of UI updates being sent to clients from the server lowering server/client and bandwidth load, specifically during combat. Improved server memory use. Various client crash fixes. Several minor performance improvements on nearly...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Twitter: We’ve got Bonus XP weekends coming for #eq2 and #everquest starting tomorrow 12pm PDT until Monday 9am PDT. (AA, TS, Adv XP in EQ2.) Official update from the EQ2 Forums: If you have some free time this weekend, take advantage of it with bonus experience! Starting at 12:01PM PDT* on Friday, April 3, and running until 9:00AM PDT on Monday, April 6, 2015 All Access members will earn double AA, Adventure and Tradeskill experience! What is your strategy to best take advantage of this double experience weekend?
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, April 2, 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, April 2, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 5:00AM London Time on April 3, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 6:00 CET am 03.04.2015 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 03-04-2015 pour une mise à jour...
The database migrations continue, this time with Antonia Bayle and Everfrost. From the EQ2 Forums: The Antonia Bayle and Everfrost servers will be brought offline on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 2:00AM Pacific* for server migration and maintenance. These servers are estimated to be unavailable for at least 12 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.
If you told me last November that nearly one third of Altar of Malice expansion purchasers would opt for the never discounted $89.99 Collector’s Edition, I’d have suggested therapy or possibly drug treatment. If you read the comments here on EQ2Wire and on the official EQ2 forums when the pricing was announced, the universal response was howls of protest. Yet to this day, the expansion not only continues to show good sales numbers, but fully one third spring for the Collector’s Edition. Perhaps we ARE the vocal minority. So with that background comes today’s Marketing-driven blitz (yes on April...
From Calthine on the EQ2 Forums: April Fools Day marks the Highest of Silly Days for the Bristlebane Day celebration. Three quests are only available on this day (one is new), given by the sphinx Imenand just off the dock in the Enchanted Lands. Test your brain by trying to solve his many riddles and take a gamble at your choice of house pet rewards. If you’ve been waiting for a Berry-fed Bovich since last year they’ll be available on the Marketplace for 2250SC. The winged version is available for 2950SC. [Editor’s Note: It was available last year for a heart-stopping 5,000SC] In your travels...
From EverQuest and EverQuest II Executive Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on the EQ2 Forums: Good day, Norrath! This week, we are starting to beta test class changes for scouts, fighters, and summoners. We have wanted to tackle some high priority issues for these classes for a long time and we’ve been working on solutions. This includes improvements like increasing DPS for scouts and fighters, which goes along with a gear revamp for fighters’ defensive armor that makes playing the game more rewarding (i.e. using abilities will matter more). For summoners, we’ve addressed some lingering issues with pets and implemented...
Update: This maintenance seems to be complete as Guk and Sebilis players have been able to login for almost an hour now. Daybreak Games‘ migration of EQ2 servers to EnterpriseDB continues with the Guk, Sebilis, and the StationCash Marketplace servers undergoing their upgrades tomorrow. This is not new hardware, but a substantial software change that will result in better performance and open the door for new functionality such as Cross-Server Dungeon Finder. The new software is also a tremendous cost savings over existing systems which you can read from this article way back in 2007. Good things come to those who...
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 5:00AM London Time on April 1, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 6:00 CET am 01.04.2015 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 01-04-2015 pour une mise...
We tried to get this posted sooner, but Roshen posted this news last night on the EQ2 Forums: On April 1st, Berry-Fed Bovochs return to the Marketplace for 2250SC. That’s not all! There’s also a version of this mount with wings… Winged Berry-Fed Bovoch Matriarch will be available for 2950SC! Don’t hesitate once these become available in the Marketplace! These are only available for a limited time, and both of these mounts will only be in the Marketplace until 11:59PM Pacific on Monday, April 6, 2015. Also Roshen dropped a reminder about Duck Mounts which we’ll see in April as...
From the EQ2 Forums: The Guk server, the Sebilis server and the Marketplace for ALL servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 2:00AM Pacific* for server migration and maintenance. These are estimated to be unavailable for at least 12 hours. Thursday, April 2: We’ll be taking Antonia Bayle and Everfrost down for server migration and maintenance. We’re looking at the same downtime (offline starting at 2:00AM Pacific* on April 2, 2015 and unavailable for at least 12 hours), and we will update players later next week if this has to change for any reason.
From the EQ2 Forums: Bristlebane Day is a holiday that celebrates mischief of all sorts. Bristlebane Day 2015 starts on Friday, March 27 and runs until 11:59PM Pacific on Thursday, April 9, 2015. New for Bristlebane Day 2015! New Quest – Plethora of Patchcraft Parts New Tradeskill recipe book, “Perfectly Serious Items to Craft VI.” 7 new event items purchasable from “a Bristlebane Day Merchant.”
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 4:00AM London Time on March 25, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. and from the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Corrected an issue that was preventing achievements for Avatars from showing up in Census. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Ossuary: Altar of Malice [Raid] Ritual Keeper V’derin has had his health...
From the EQ2 Forums: The Freeport server will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 2:00AM Pacific* for server migration and maintenance. This server is estimated to be unavailable for at least 12 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed. Here’s the scoreboard so far: Nagafen — migration complete Test & Beta — migration complete Freeport — tomorrow All other EQ2 servers — TBD
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter (at 3:45am PDT I might add!): Nagafen is looking stable, so Freeport server is up next with extended downtime Tuesday from 2am to 2pm PDT. #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@TheWindstalker) March 21, 2015
Just can’t get enough of the upcoming flying duck mounts? There’s an EverQuest II update on Facebook for you. For the rest of us who don’t use Facebook much, here’s the update…
No update notes yet, but… From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, March 19, 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, March 19, 2015 at 9:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 4:00AM London Time on March 20, 2015). Estimated downtime is one hour. Alle deutschsprachigen Server werden um 5:00 CET am 20.03.2015 zwecks einer Serveraktualisierung heruntergefahren. Die vorgesehene Stillstandszeit wird etwa 1 Stunde(n) betragen. Le serveur de langue française sera arrêté à 5:00 CET...
EverQuest just celebrated its 16th anniversary and for the last few years, that’s meant celebrations not only in EQ but in EverQuest II by way of the Chronoportals event. From the EQ2 Forums: Portals to the Age of Turmoil have, once again, opened up in Antonica, Enchanted Lands, Thundering Steppes, Steamfont, Lavastorm, Sinking Sands, Feerrott, and Moors of Ykesha. Will you adventure through these portals to investigate them? The Chronpportals event starts at 12:01AM PDT on Thursday, March 19, and ends at 11:59PM PDT on Thursday, March 26, 2015. New features for 2015 New Quest – Hunt the Past Seek out...
This is it boys and girls! EverQuest II has begun migrating to EDB, and the first server up is Nagafen. If all goes well, then presumably we’ll start see the other servers migrate. From the EQ2 Forums: The Nagafen server will be brought offline on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 2:00AM Pacific* for server migration and maintenance. This server is estimated to be unavailable for at least 12 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed. and from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on Twitter: Nagafen server...
From the EQ2 Forums: US EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 7:00AM PDT* for an update. Estimated downtime is one hour. EU EverQuest II Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at approximately 5:00PM PDT* for an update. (Approx. 00:00AM London Time on March 18, 2015). Estimated downtime is two hours. and from the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed an issue causing NPC name plates to flicker when using the Simple(Frames) selection under Name and Chat Bubble. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION General Corrected an issue that prevented NPC’s...
This Saturday, EQ2Talk listeners with a Podcast RSS feed setup on their iDevice, Android, etc. may have experienced a bit of a shock as the first new episode in over six months rolled out to their devices! There’s been a lot of history since their last episode, including an expansion (Altar of Malice), a company in transition, and layoffs. Dellmon and Osgz recorded this episode just prior to PAX East and now from the snow-capped mountains of Boston, it’s time for EQ2Talk episode #78! Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated. Dellmon and Osgz finally once again sit down...