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Parsing Gravitas, Cures, CoB, etc. Will consider it. Determining where guild rally flag is located? Some coming has already been done for this. Auto mentoring – hail an npc and mentor to a level in 5 level increments. Old quest completion missions. Probably not on PvP. Daily double shard zone in Welcome window or MOTD? Possible. Achievements (like CoH or Xbox Live) like 500 kills, 20 heritage quests, etc. In a new tab in the quest window. Current tier upgrades are coming for bone clasped gridle. Not so much for the bloodthirsty choker. 🙂 Streamling buffing for classes. Buffing...
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GENERAL The Order of Rime illusion no longer has a minimum level for use. Fang the direbear has received some additional defensive bonuses. The Eggstractor should now only work on its intended target (which is, of course, eggs). There is a new EQ2VoiceService.exe from Vivox that should resolve some crash issues that players were experiencing. ACHIEVEMENTS Coercer Coercive Healing will once again apply properly to reactive heals. KURN’S TOWER A cinematic event when slaying Ione (with a quest requirement) has been turned on. Fear Kraytoc’s wrath! MUNZOK’S MATERIAL BASTION The void sapper adds associated with Ozyk in Munzok’s Material...
If your guild has been experiencing heavy lag in Palace of the Ancient One and perhaps noticed that you are seeing combat logs from another guild that is in their own instance ‘leaking’ into your combat logs for this zone, you’re not alone. There is an amusing screen snapshot that shows partial combat logs that demonstrate this ‘cross-talk’. It seems likely this is the cause of some of the lag in this zone. There is also another issue with regards to adds continuously spawning, to the point of hundreds of adds appearing if the zone bugs out. It’s being...
Here are the notes for GU52 which has now appeared on Test. It is unknown exactly when these changes will go live. FEATURED Charasis: Emperor’s Athenaeum The Order of Rime has managed to re-open this ancient vault of Venril Sathir’s. What secrets lie within? What terrible guardians? Venture in with a single group of adventurers to find out what awaits! Kunark Overland Quests A mysterious army has appeared upon the shores of Kunark and begun pillaging the land and slaughtering those that oppose them. Citizens of Dreg’s Landing in Kylong Plains, Riliss in Fens of Nathsar, the City of...
On May 14th, there was an EQ2 Dev Chat hosted by Zam. Bruce (Froech) – Producer Jennifer (Kirstie) – Mechanics Supervisor Ryan Favale (ImagoQuem) – Graphics Roger (patherpanchali) – Raid content Nick (GlipSOE) – Associate Producer Brett (timetravelling) – Associate Game Designer Greg (Rothgar) – Sr. Programmer Emily (Domino) – Tradeskills Chris (Aeralik) – Class Balance/Combat Jason (Fyreflyte) – Itemisation Nathan (Kaitheel) – Events and Quests Complete chat logs of that event can be found at EQ2.Zam.com, however some people might like to get the highlights that I think my readers might be most interested in… My question about...
Ok, actually it’s Game Update 52: Monument and Might. GAME FEATURES Player-written books Research Assistants Spell Naming Conventions — As spells upgrade through tiers rather than entirely new names, each subsequent spell will have a roman numeral increment afterwards. For instance Ice Comet and Ice Comet II. Rather than Apprentice I, II, IV, Adept I, Adept III, and Master I, Master II, spells will progress such as Apprentice, Journeyman, Adept, Master, Grandmaster, etc. The end result of this will be spell names such as Ice Comet II (Adept). Level 80 characters currently have their Combat XP converted into Achievement...
ITEMS The Bane Warding line can no longer be stacked by wearing three pieces of two different sets. All Bane Warding spells now deal less damage and cannot trigger more than once per second in PvP combat. The Combat Art damage displayed on the Assassin’s Thirst abilities now matches the bonuses they give. MUNZOK’S MATERIAL BASTION Yzlak Encounter – The clone adds of player priests now have reduced health. Yzlak Encounter – The clones themselves will remain longer before becoming a Yzlak Presence. Yzlak Encounter – Yzlak Presence adds can now be affected by all classes, not just the...
Posted by Kiara: GENERAL Overpaying shard chests in Guk Upper, Guk Lower, Guk Stronghold, Nu’Roga, Veksar and Korsha have had their platinum payouts decreased to be inline with the other zones. ATREBE’S LABORATORY Sannik the Unfinished in Atrebe’s Laboratory has had his damage significantly lowered. PALACE OF THE ANCIENT ONE Players in combat should now be able to harvest energized crystals within Anashti Sul’s room in Palace of the Ancient One. The Void Handlers associated with Pentaclypse and Ultaclypse in Palace of the Ancient One now do slightly less damage. YKESHA’S INNER STRONGHOLD The unstable minions that spawn in...
Lest ye think that the Ward of Elements zone is the only x2 raid zone we will be seeing for a while, Kander has given us an update. Timetraveling and I have no plans to make this zone any easier, we feel that the challenge vs reward is about right. If there is anything you feel that is a flat out bug and needs to be fixed, please feel free to PM either him or me and we’ll look into it ASAP. In other news, we have another x2 coming soon, that will be a tad more… challenging. The Ward of...
GENERAL Players will now see a new Welcome Screen upon login. The Welcome Screen can be disabled by adding cl_show_welcome_screen_on_startup 0 (that’s a zero) to your eq2.ini. You can now ctrl+left click the armor crates in the Station Marketplace window to see all of the armor pieces in the dressing room at once! MUNZOK’S MATERIAL BASTION A mysterious and powerful void entity has made its presence known on Norrath. Although its motives aren’t clear, its powerful presence has sent shivers through even the most powerful denizens of the realm. This zone represents its stronghold and should prove a challenge...
Thanks to Denyo who has posted this great screen snap and list of all the epic encounters in EQ2 which reward a trophy: EQ2: Darathar, Vox DoF: Djinn Master, Godking KoS: Lord Vyemm, Tarinax TFD: Chel’Drak EoF: Wuoshi, Mayong, Clockwork Menace RoK: Venril Sathir, Trakanon, Leviathan TSO: Gynok, Ykesha, Zarrakon, Aiden
One boulder won’t solve your Aiden problems anymore in the x2 raid zone… Posted by timetravelling: The adds were not intended to ALL be prevented by the boulders. Please try it again, and let me know if y’all have any issues. From Kiara: There will be a quick hotfix at the usual times (7am PDT for US servers and around 9pm PDT for EU servers) to fix the bug with Aiden in Ward of Elements.
GENERAL An issue that was causing UI icons or elements to look blurry and low-quality has been resolved. An issue that was causing low-quality textures on player characters after switching from third person to first person view has been resolved. EVERNIGHT ABBEY Marcus Thex should turn aggro now once all five clan leaders have been slain. ITEMS The Dancing Satyr has learned how to dance and is anxious to show off his new moves. Bite of the Wolf will now trigger properly and apply to the warden. Restitution Master 1 should no longer drop from spell tables. The Signet...
From Kiara: Hello all! We’re going to bring the servers down at the usual time (7am PDT) for a hotfix. We’ll post the notes tomorrow. Included will be a fix for the overly proccerific procs. The x4 raid zone, Munzok’s Material Bastion, was planned to be activated tomorrow, but we’re going to hold off until next week for a few more tweaks. We’ll have the servers back up and running as soon as possible. Thank you and happy gaming! From EQ2 Forums
From Kiara: The fix for the Ward of Elements is planned to go in on Tuesday (4/7) along with Munzok’s Material Bastion (the x4 zone). People have to have finished Ward of Elements to get the level boosting item that will allow them to kill things in the x4 zone. No further info just yet on what will happen for people who have completed the x2 zone but had Najena being shy. When I know more about that, I’ll let you all know. Here you go.
The new x2 Ward of Elements zone is certainly creating a lot of discussion! Some say it’s too hard and requires full fabled/mythical. Some say it’s easy. Some say the 5 day lockout is too long, but I am with those who feel that if each named drops 2 patterns or 1 pattern and 1 exceptional fabled item, and the whole zone is on Smart Loot, then folks can get upgraded very quickly in this zone. So far I think it is a good zone to bridge the gap between grouping and raiding and helping to gear folks up...
It seems it is my duty after each Live Update to report those bugs which managed to slip through. It’s not a job I enjoy, but someone’s gotta do it. Here’s what to watch for: Warden Mythical/Epic proc is feeding power to the target instead of the Warden. Hire an extra illy or switch weapons until the hotfix. Druid AA “Tortoise Shell” AoE blocker spell is now broken as of LU51. No word on a fix. [discussion] The x4 Raid zone (Munzok’s) did not go live. No word as to why, only to expect an explanation later. Possibly because...
GAME UPDATE 51 March / 31 / 2009 FEATURED Weapon Appearance Slots Players now have access to primary, secondary and ranged appearance slots. The wield style (one-handed, two-handed, shield) of the weapons must match the weapons that are currently equipped. Bristlebane’s Day (3/31/2009 – 4/8/2009) Jesters, thieves, bards and fans of mischief are invited to enjoy the festivities that surround Bristlebane’s Day! You never know what laughs and pranks are to be found, during this enjoyable time of year. Celebrators are present in every home city, and the oddest of objects have been spotted in Antonica, The Commonlands, Darklight...
Here is the new Tier 3 Void Shard Armor. NEWLY REVISED FOR 3/4/09 — T3 Set Bonuses have been adjusted. Note: Just in case it’s not clear, I have Photoshopped out the Set Bonuses from all but 1 item in each screen shot. Every T3 Void Shard Armor set has set bonuses for having (2), (3), (5), and (7) pieces from the set. Bard, Enchanter, Predator Druid, Rogue, Cleric Summoner, Sorcerer, Shaman* * You know those whacky Shamans… always running around buck naked wearing just twigs and funny hats. 🙂 Actual screen shots BTW. Crusader, Brawler, Warrior [placeholder] Bard/Shaman,...
Ok, I hopped over to Test and got the scoop on how the T3 Void Shard Armor seems to work. There are two NPCs: Assilus Poisonbolt <Elemental Pattern Quartermaster> Borden Chargehammer <Elite Void Shard Armor Quartermaster> As you run the new x2 Raid Zone “The Ward of Elements”, one or more Molds will drop from raid bosses. To buy your T3 Void Shard Armor Pattern from Assilus, you must have the necessary Mold and the requisite number of Void Shards. Borden will take your Pattern and the requisite T2 Void Shard Armor piece and turn it into a T3...
BROKERS Players should no longer get an erroneous message about vendor slots being full when first opening the broker after a fresh login. ORCISH WASTES The Avatar of War will now cast Furious Axe of War at the start of each combat, rather than waiting. QUESTS / MISSIONS An issue that could prevent some players from getting daily missions if they had completed the previous mission has been fixed.
Looks like loot, AA, and the enjoyment of doing an x2 raid won’t be the only reasons folks will be packing like sardines into the new x2 raid zone. Posted by fyreflyte here: (The 12 new armor appearances being introduced in GU51) will indeed require some additional void shards (though not a staggering amount), but they won’t be directly purchased off the merchants. You’ll have to complete some of the x2 content to be able to get your hands on them =) Thus far the appearances have only been used on loot that will require some running of the...
From timetravelling‘s post here: The x2 (new raid zone) is going to be balanced specifically for people who do Not have mythicals. Our aim is that once you get some good TSO gear, such as the tier2 legendary set, you’ll be able to clear–or at least begin clearing–this zone. Mythicals should not be required for any stage of the instance. In fact, I created a brand new buffbot for test-copy so that we can put intrepid testers into legendary-ish gear and test the zone that way, sans-mythical. And, when I said new armor appearances, I didn’t mean recolors. That’s...
UPDATE: I have stricken out all parts of the strategy which are no longer applicable as of July 14th hotfix. Venril Sathir, leader of the Sathirians, will challenge us in ways we have not had to deal with before. Venril Sathir is not a DPS fight. Venril Sathir does not hit very hard or require a lot of healing. Venril is just a totally different kind of fight than most of us have ever had to deal with before. What Venril Sathir does is require intense concentration by each and every player on what is going on with your...
I was really surprised to see this item linked in open chat. Bjorn’s Whistle Summons Bjorn, Elder of the Western Wastes FABLED LORE NO TRADE Applies Summon Bjorn when Activated. Summons a mount to ride that increases your speed by 70% If level 80 or higher Increases Heal Crit Bonus of caster by 1.0% Increases Heal Crit Chance of caster by 3.0% Increases Max Power of caster by 350. \aITEM -329826907 573012519:Bjorn’s Whistle\/a DROPPED BY Gynok in Tomb of the Mad Crusader. There is also a Fighter bear whistle that drops from Anasthi Sul in Palace of the Ancient...