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As we first discovered in our Critical Oversight in Public Quests Gear? article, the progression from solo quest gear, to Public Quest gear, to Group Instance gear, and on to Raid gear, has not made a whole lot of sense. In particular, Critical Mitigation has been all over the map. Silius has announced some upcoming changes in the Critical Mitigation numbers of various gear throughout the Velious itemization range.
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Today’s Update Notes for March 23, 2011, launch the Chronoportals event as well as tweaking how mounts with a number of charges work. I have corrected the notes to indicate 10 AM PDT and 17:00 GMT for US servers as the US is already on Daylight Savings but Europe is not (until Sunday the 27th of March). LIVE EVENTS Chronoportals have opened in multiple locations across Norrath! They are said to lead to an ancient time. These phenomena are being researched by Chronomancers who will reward adventurers brave enough to venture inside. Event Start Times: US Servers: 10 AM...
From EverQuest2.com: Have you ever wanted to meet the person that’s helped you out in-game? Do you have a question for them? Well now’s your chance! We are going to cover a variety of topics in this week’s webcast,featuring members of the SOE Customer Service team! Join us on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. PST [Friday March 25 @ 0:00 GMT], as we live stream this webcast on the SOE channel on Stickam! You can also tune in through the Stickam tab on our Facebook page. The webcast is expected to last about 20 minutes.
After the jump, your Update Notes for today, Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 include the addition (for real this time) of loot to trash mobs in Kael Drakkel, and the removal of Yellow Adornments from some items.
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You may have noticed this little tidbit in today’s patch notes: Kael Drakkel Base Population in the contested dungeon now has legendary and fabled drops. With this information you may be thinking of heading in there and trying your hand at killing some of the level 92 mobs to see what kind of trash drops you can get. Not so fast! Raviel on Guk apparently had the same idea and didn’t have the best of luck Raviel@Guk wrote: so ive been in here for about 2 hours now. wheres the trash gear we were promised? Kander responded with this:...
Continuing the Windslasher News Network reports… 😉 I’m pleased to report that a deities revamp is, in fact, on the schedule. I can’t make any promises on when it will happen, though, because it’s not up to me. I can tell you that the [deity] pet stats are likely to be fixed before the full revamp, though. So expect a change Soon™.
From Windslasher on the EQ2 Forums Okay, I have it on pretty good authority that a solo shard quest is on the way. Probably GU 60. It will not have anything whatsoever to do with public quests, however.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! You’ll have some time this morning to don the green, since the servers are going to be down for a while: The US servers will come down on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at 7am PDT for a hotfix and session server maintenance. The expected downtime is 1 hour. Please note that due to the maintenance occurring during this period, you may not able to log in to the forums. The UK servers are also getting a patch: This is a notification that UK worlds will be updated at 4:00 AM London Time on 03/18/2011. The...
Zatozia has posted our update notes for Thursday, March 17, 2011. They include numerous tweaks and fixes to Velious instances and Public Quests.
Public Quests have been keeping Windslasher rather busy and he had posted some detailed answers about just how Public Quests difficulty are set. The Ring War seems fairly straightforward, but the Storm Gorge PQ (which will possibly see some changes in the next few days) has sufficient complexity to worth a more in-depth analysis. From Windslasher on the EQ2 Forums: Loot is not totally and completely random. It is only partially random. I posted a complete breakdown of the baseline loot at this link: http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=30&topic_id=495127#5512456 Whether you get a humming, pulsating etc. cache is not random, but whether you...
In response to players asking why Storm Gorge PQ lag fixes can’t be implemented ASAP, Windslasher had these responses on the EQ2 Forums: There are multiple lag sources, some of which are obvious and unavoidable (Large numbers of players in combat at the same time = lag), some of which are interesting and somewhat fixable (30 players vs. 30 encounters is worse than 60 players vs. 1 encounter) and some which are too subtle & complicated to describe in one sentence without using jargon (There are scripts & abilities that load up the server at O(n^2)). I’m going through...
Are you a dedicated decorator that likes to play with house layouts? If so, check out Gracey’s course in EQ2 Layout Editor being held this Thursday, March 17, on the Test server: This Week’s Topic: New to the layout editor? We can help!! Time: THURSDAY @ 5pm PST, 8pm EST, (Friday @ 01:00 GMT) Where: Test Copy server – Gracey’s 1 Room Gorowyn house What to bring: yourself and maybe some paper and a pen for notes What level do I need to be: You can make a level 1 char on Test Copy if you don’t already have a...
Today’s Update Notes include bug fixes for progression in group zones, and a fix for the Missing Mask quest in Nektropos Castle.
The zone crashes occurring in the x2 Tower of Frozen Shadow instances involving boss Tserrina have been identified by the development team, but cannot be immediately fixed, says Gninja: We have found the crash issue with Tserrina and it should be getting cleared up within a patch or two. For now if you do not cure the curses it should not crash. Looks like Tserrina found a way to make her curses stick!
EQ2 Designer Windslasher is working on the lag issues in the Storm Gorge public quests, but apparently it’s not an easy problem to solve: I am working on changes to reduce lag. I’m very aware of how bad it is, and I consider that the #1 problem to fix. It also happens to be the hardest, which is why the going is slow. That is all.
Oh hai there was an update! From the EQ2 Forums: ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Throne of Storms Bosses in Throne of Storms heroic should mem-wipe less. Temple of Rallos Zek Heroic Challenge Neocorus Rikrlander the Defender’s golem adds should now properly cast their Aureate Legion abilities. QUESTS Public Quests It is no longer possible to assemble a Lovers’ Gazebo in a PQ area. An issue where Goredeth Maulhammer’s encounter on Storm Gorge could spawn after allowing the dwarven siege to die off has been fixed. They must be protected through the whole battle in order to trigger the hardest...
The player base has started a very interesting discussion thread on how long the Public Quests will remain popular. Currently, everyone is scrambling to get gear — raiders, non-raiders, casual players. The PQs are packed, players are complaining no one wants to group or do anything else, and for most people who are participating, they are getting most of their gear slots filled with the best upgrades. Being nearby a successful raid seems all that is necessary. But how long will the gearfest last? Once everyone gets what they need, why would they continue to join the PQs? The...
Not getting any Public Quest loot? It may be your personal loot settings if you’ve got Auto-Loot or Auto-Decline enabled. urgthock responded to a player who was unable to access the loot in a Public Quest chest. Make sure you don’t have auto greed or auto decline turned on. Since you keep saying “access to”, I am guessing you are probably getting the red message saying you are not entitled to any of the treasure, but just in case you are simply not getting anything instead… make sure auto greed or auto decline are not turned on. From Windslasher:...
From Olihin on the EQ2 Forums: Greetings, With GU60, a new battleground will be added that will allow for a 18 vs. 18 combat setting. We are currently working on possible additions to the achievements earned while in a battleground and we would like to hear some thoughts on what you may want to see. We will also evaluate the current achievements and look for ways to reward those that have earned or are in the process of earning them. We believe that someone that can help control all the towers while at the same time having the highest...
So not everyone is enamored with the Flying Gryphons. Shock! There has been discussion on the EQ2 Forums about the appearance of Flying Mounts, their origin, and when we might see either our existing flying-type mounts (carpets, hovering clouds, discs, and a selection of flying horses) become flyable as appearance flying mounts, or new flying mounts added as quests. At least on that last question, it appears it is only a matter of time. I’ve personally enjoyed flying on my 2 gryphons (I’m also working on the tradeskill one — although it seems we must repeat the 5 day...
The Update Notes for March 10th, 2011 address a series of issues with progression, encounters, and quests with the Destiny of Velious dungeons and beyond.
I have a confession to make… I did few quests in The Shadow Odyssey, and fewer still in Sentinel’s Fate (Odus). Beyond grouping, raiding, and the quests associated with such, my heart just has not been “in it”. After dragging three characters each through Kunark‘s 400 mostly runaround timesink errand quests, few of which had much impact on the overall storylines of Norrath, I vowed to level and earn AAs in future expansions by grouping — even if it had the rush of excitement and expedience of watching paint dry. So after basically taking Sentinel’s Fate off, I vowed...
Here are your Update Notes for today, March 9th. Of note, Frost Gryphons acquired by crafters are now usable without being a Guide, and a mysterious note that Critical Mitigation values are being reduced on some items.
If you’ve been keeping your Burynai house pet (from the Kunark Pre-Order) on a steady diet of fertilizers and letting the shinies roll in, you’ve probably noticed that they have had no luck producing any of the collections from Odus (Sundered Frontier, Stonebrunt Mountains), Velious (Great Divide, Eastern Wastes), or associated dungeons. It turns out, a new Guild Hall amenity has been added for these Tier 9 zones. Here’s Gninja to explain the new Herbalist Hirelings which accept fertilizer items in exchange for collectable rewards: .. Right now you should be able to feed the “Herbalist Hireling” any combination of...
The March 8th Game Update Notes contain an interesting item: The anti-slacker threshold has been raised on all PQ’s [Public Quests]. The Developers are serious about this! Windslasher said: Freeloading was not part of the public quest design and will not be allowed. I’m approaching the problem slowly and carefully, to avoid denying loot to players who deserve it, but measures are being taken to tighten up the participation requirements. The next hotfix [March 8] will make a slight change to address the problem, and depending on the response, I may take progressively stronger measures. We reported earlier this...