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Here are your update notes for 21 September 2010: ITEMS Torrent and Pestilential Rain no longer gain damage from attributes. PALACE OF ROEHN THEER Roehn Theer will now lock you into your rune choice should you lower his health below 75%.
Everquest 2 is holding a forum challenge for Oktoberfest! An in-game screenshot, modified in-game screenshot, or artwork of your character celebrating Oktoberfest should be submitted by Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 10:00 am PDT. First place submissions will be made into in-game paintings and will also receive the Commemorative Trophy. Honorable mentions will receive the Commemorative Trophy. Full details after the break:
Here are your update notes for 15 September 2010: GENERAL Fixed a bug causing some zones to not be available for zoning. Fixed a bug were Experts and Masters of the previous tier could be automatically overwritten in your hotbar by an Apprentice spell. TRAVEL The Stonebrunt temporal pathfinder will now properly zone you into Sundered Frontier instead of leaving you high and dry in the middle of the sky. ITEMS Ykeshan Spellbears and Warbears can be used below level 80 and no longer can be combined below level 80.
The 9/14 patch notes contained the following note: Fixed a bug with and re-enabled new spells replacing old spells in the hotbar if the new spell is more powerful. Apparently, there was more than one bug. There are reports that it is now replacing the existing spells regardless of whether they are more powerful or not. The good news is that they also snuck in a flag to turn it off. Rothgar posted this on the official forums: We are looking into the issue, it shouldn’t be replacing more powerful spells with weaker ones. In the meantime, you have...
Some people trying to load the game after this morning’s update have been experiencing DirectX errors. Rothgar has posted a temporary fix for this on the official forums and says that an updated file should be pushed to the patcher soon: After this morning’s hotfix we’ve had reports of a few different issues. So far, the issues that we’ve tracked down are related to an upgrade that we performed internally to bring our development environment up to a newer version. Some players have reported a DirectX error when launching the game client. This appears to be caused by systems...
Here are your update notes for 14 September 2010 after the break:
Here are your update notes for Wednesday, 8 September 2010: EVERQUEST II EXTENDED Fixed a bug causing Platinum subscribers to not be able to use the shared bank. USER INTERFACE Fixed a bug that would cause your AA slider to reset to 50% upon zoning. Sort by current zone for the quest journal now properly puts the current zone quests at the top of the list. We have disabled the spells from replacing old ones in the hotbar until we can track down a bug regarding it. SHADER 3.0 Fixed an issue causing parts of some structures in Halas...
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Today marks the end of not only a very lucrative Double XP weekend for both my tradeskillers and adventurers, but also the close of the Neriak City Festival in Darklight Wood. A selection of paintings from Notable Norrathians and the Heroes Festival. A key addition to the City Festival were the Notable Norrathians player-submitted in-game paintings. If you have not yet looked at or bought any of these paintings, take your City Tokens to Darklight Wood (druid ring or run from Nektulos Forest). These paintings can be placed in your house or guild hall, and do not have the...
Want some Battlegrounds items but can’t stand some of the zones? Having trouble getting into some of them as often as you’d like? If so, then changes may be coming your way soon that will solve those problems. It looks like soon you will be able to exchange your tokens for “Battleground Tokens” which can be used to purchase items instead of the three different types. Bunji wrote over on the EQ2Players forums: Test needs another update before the token exchange will be working correctly. This should be in the next Test update: You may now exchange your Gears,...
From EQ2Players.com: Platinum Memberships are now available for EQ2X players! With the Platinum Membership, players can enjoy a robust experience in the world of Norrath. Platinum members will get full access to all 19 standard character races, all 24 classes, all spell tiers and equipments grades. They can play up the the current maximum level (level 90) and get 10 character slots for making a variety of characters. In addition, Platinum members will have six bag slots, an unlimited coin allowance, and can send and receive in-game mail. This level of membership allows unlimited use of the broker system,...
EQ2Wire reported last week about individual classes and broker access being available for purchase on EQ2X in the near future. The future is now. This just in from Smokejumper on the EQ2X Forums: If you are a Bronze or Silver member, there are two new features available to you! Classes, a la Carte! You can now purchase individual classes for 750 SC each. You can either purchase them in the marketplace or at the time of character creation. All classes outside of the original eight free ones are available for purchase. (Gold and Platinum members, this doesn’t affect you...
For a while now, there have been items that give a bonus to mitigation. These bonuses are shown as the blue stat on gear that says +x% Mitigation Increase. Apparently, for a long time now, there has been a bug with how this bonus is calculated which has been granting more of an increase than intended. A fix for this has crept its way onto the test server which is lowering the mitigation of most tanks. So, on the test server, if you have any of this gear and yesterday you were barely able to survive during a given...
Here are your hotfix notes for September 1, 2010 after the break:
The previously reported rumor of bonus XP has been officially confirmed on EQ2Players.com. Those playing during Labor Day weekend will be enjoying Double XP: This coming weekend, from 10:00 am PDT on Friday, September 3rd, until 10:00 am PDT on Tuesday, September 7th, we will be running a true Double XP promotion (+100% XP). The bonus applies to AA, tradeskill and adventure experience gained this weekend. Our French, German, Japanese, Test and EQ2 Extended servers will also be enjoying the increase in XP gain. Happy adventuring!
If you’re familiar with the Battlefield of Ganak, the Capture-the-Flag arena for PvP/Battlegrounds, you’ll know that players have demonstrated an uncanny ability to collect the opposing team’s flag and then hide somewhere that the other team cannot reach. Various tools have been used, from in-game tinkered spring shoes, to 3rd party jump/hack/positioning software. There was a thread soliciting feedback on how the EQ2 team could solve this problem. Already, there is a Truancy system in place, where if enough players vote that a player has gone AFK simply to collect Battlegrounds tokens. So how could this new problem of...
EQ2 Extended (Free-to-Play) may seem to be “set in stone”, but in fact, changes are still being made and considered during its Public Beta/Soft Launch. Of particular discussion have been the price of race packs and just how limiting the lack of broker access is on the Bronze level. A possibility is to sell races individually, and looking at other options for in-game economy.
What’s on Test this weekend? Here are just a few items: UI: The XP bar will now stay put between logins. UI: Designers of custom UIs can now set the XP bar to not “snap” to top/bottom. UI: The Character window has seen multiple improvements. UI: The Implied Target arrow now reflects the ‘con’ color of the enemy, and can have its opacity adjusted. Items: 2-handed Weapons and Ranged Weapons have had their damage ratings increased. Ranged weapons will also have a bit of a damage penalty in PvP to compensate. The Guardian class has had over 25 changes...
Players have been advised about The Dangers of Buying Plat and/or Power Leveling services for a couple of years now, including the consequences such as compromised accounts. However this July, SOE became aware of a more insidious and direct attack upon the EQ2 playerbase. We’re talking about an Account Phishing Scam that encourages players to login to an official-looking website using their SOE Station credentials. Personal information including logins, passwords, e-mail addresses, account names, are logged and eventually used to strip characters and otherwise compromise accounts for plat and item distribution within the game. In the Account Fraud panel...
SmokeJumper dropped this hint in response to the question… *whistles innocently* Check back Monday’ish.
One aspect of the EverQuest 2 Live vs. EverQuest 2 Extended (Free-to-Play) debate has been how Station Access fits into the picture. Many Station Access players are using the account not to play multiple SOE games, but for the extra 5 character slots. With the “EQ2 Subscription Perks” announced by SmokeJumper for monthly, quarterly, and yearly subscriptions, designed to offset and contrast against the EQ2 Extended servers, Station Access players have been feeling left out. In a thread entitled “Station Access Accounts – No Multi-Month, No Extras, No Nothing“, SmokeJumper has hinted at some possible changes going forward.
As we posted earlier this week, players have been experiencing an issue with hotbar icons being replaced in random ways as they level. Abilities on hotbars have been replaced with different spells entirely, for instance a group heal being replaced by an apprentice combat spell. After the jump, the latest update on this frustrating bug.
SmokeJumper posted on the EQ2 Forums: Hey, folks, Just wanted to let you know that we recorded all the sessions at Fan Faire, transcribed all the questions, and the team leads have spent the last couple of days pouring over the lists and prioritizing them for action. We’ll be spending several weeks making fixes and changes based on the feedback we got there and then update the game with those fixes in mid-October. We’ll post the list of what’s changing much closer to when we launch so that we don’t accidentally overcommit, but we think you’ll be pleased with...
When you target another player (say your group’s tank, or the raid Main Assist) to channel your damage through, it is sometimes helpful to not only see the Target Arrow (who you have selected), but the Implied Target Arrow (the enemy which your target has chosen). This can be especially important for scouts. So players have asked for a way to customize or more easily distinguish the color and opacity of the Implied Target Arrow. Rothgar’s comments after the jump…
From Silius on the EQ2 Forums: Hello again, I just wanted to update everyone on the situation. We will be unable to get this fix live until Tuesday. Once again I am sorry for the inconvenience but I offer some assistance. If you are unable to get into the same instance please do the following: 1. Have your raid leader petition so their is only one petition generated for the raid. 2. Place the petition in the stuck character category. The CS team is aware of this issue and they will do their best to promptly assist by pulling...
The hits keep coming for GU57, and we don’t mean critical heals. Some quick updates on GU57 from the overnight dev responses all in one handy post…