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From EverQuest2.com: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Harrow’s End [Raid] Drinal should no longer have a chance to cast more than one curse on the raid force at the same time. Drinal should no longer drop hate on targets in the first half of his encounter. Spiritual Exhaustion should no longer hit the entire raid 4 times. Instead the person in group that has to react will affect only their specific group with the damage. This damage has been made unable to be AE blocked. Concussive Mindmeld can no longer be AE blocked. Drinal should no longer occasionally cast spells...
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From the EQ2 Forums: We will be doing some work on the EverQuest II forums on Monday, April 15, 2013. The forums will be inaccessible from 12:00 pm (Noon) to 5:00 pm PDT*. We apologize for the inconvenience, and look forward to chatting with you again once the forums are back up and running! During the forum downtime, you can find news and updates on our website, Facebook, and Twitter. Remember: Never give up! Never surrender!
All EQ2 servers are being updated at the same time today (7am PST, 15:00 BST and 16:00 CET). This one is catching folks who play on EU servers by surprise because EU updates are typically the next morning so as to avoid disrupting afternoon gameplay in Europe. Here’s the tweet from last night… UPDATE — ALL EQ2 servers will come down at 7:00 am PDT (3:00 pm London) for the hotfix. ow.ly/jUJdJ — EverQuest II (@everquestii) April 10, 2013
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.
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
After years of anticipation, nail-biting, and player feedback on both sides, the day has finally arrived. With Game Update 66, the way that Platinum is awarded from Group and Raid zones will change to a per-player amount rather than a total that is split between players. In addition, Platinum will be added to current zones in Skyshrine, Chains of Eternity, and Scars of the Awakened. The Protector’s Realm Plat Machine For years, players have been able to complete the Kunark raid zones of the Protector’s Realm and the Shard of Hate, earning upwards of 170 Platinum each. These zones,...
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!
This article contains no EverQuest II content. From PennyArcade.com by Ben Kuchera: Former LucasArts composer Jesse Harlin has written a eulogy for the company, and the words have been matched with a series of images taken of employees on what was reported to be their last day of work. The eulogy is moving, and it provides a look into a group of people who are passionate about what they did, but a few lines stand out as stark reminders of how much you give up to work in this industry. “In the trenches of game design, work was hard. Crippling crunches...
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...
On Beta, Protector’s Realm, Shard of Hate, and other Kunark/SF zones are dropping a lot less plat. This has launched a 20 page thread with a lot of rage and arguments. Well, I have just spoken to Kander and there is a lot more to the situation than just nerfing PR and SoH. People should be able to do CURRENT content and get more than enough plat to buy their consumables. People will be able to acquire plat from CURRENT solo, group, or raid zones. Article tomorrow!!
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 Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Beta and Test are unlocked! We have turned off character copies for the time being, but in-game email includes a Beta buffer!#EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) April 2, 2013 The house market testing on Beta is currently not available, but the team is working on that! Code gremlins. 🙁 #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) April 2, 2013
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.
On Friday, a hilarious video of Tom Tobey and Christopher Atkins introducing new Meatbeast mounts and house pets was released. The video was extremely well-received and I and many others ran out to buy the new mounts and pets and galloped all over Norrath mooing all the way. But today, it seems the EQ2 team may have pushed the April Fools joke too far. As was announced on Friday, a pink version of the Meatbeast matriarch mount is available TODAY ONLY (April 1st). What has players stunned is the price: 5,000SC. If you stocked up on StationCash over the weekend...
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...
Oh. My. God. When Beastlords were added to EQ2, the first thing an alarming number of people wanted to tame was Bristlebane‘s very own Bovinasauros Rex or the Meatbeast! Inexplicably, a month later the Meatbeast was taken away and there were rumblings that not all on the EQ2 team were quite so excited about the idea of players running rampant with them. We thought that was the end of it, but the Walter Bishopesque love for the Meatbeast in the EQ2 community just wouldn’t die! After a year of players clamoring, the Meatbeast was once again available to Beastlords and all was...
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!