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Another zone preview from the upcoming Sentinel’s Fate expansion. This time, it’s one of the Vasty Deep dungeons. Check it out at EQ2Players.
If you frequently use EQ2Players especially to lookup Stats, Guilds, Characters, etc. you’d have to be blind to have missed the Site Revamp 2 weeks ago. Significant functionality was broken, the site displayed slowly on many browsers, and a lot of features were missing. Fast forward to today and EQ2Players has a review clearly written by someone not on Platform staff because it honestly and openly identifies problems in the site, and has dates when we can expect those issues to be resolved. Check out the EQ2Players Review… by EQ2Players
Today’s hotfix notes bring news that your player appearances (including illusions) can now be set in-game using a Magic Mirror type tool. Update Notes from EQ2 Forums: ITEMS Appearance customization items have been changed! This affects these items: – Shave and a Cut, Makeover (combined into the same item) – Nalana’s All-Natural Cosmetic Balsam When used, these items now open a window that allows you to customize your appearance in-game instead of returning to the character select screen. In addition, Shave and a Cut and Nalana’s All-Natural Cosmetic Balsam now affect your current illusion if it is that of...
EQ2Players has been updated with a preview of the Vasty Deep dungeons. There are some new and familiar screen shots, and more information about these zones. Check it out!
This is not been well-known until now. I’m thrilled to announce that the large contested zone part of Sentinel’s Fate — The Hole — will be playable as both a large Contested with 3 wings and 3 entrances, and 3 individual Instances for those players who prefer an instanced gameplay style and pace. Check out the preview of both the Contested and Instance versions of The Hole at EQ2Players, including interviews with Developers and some great screen shots and wallpapers from this epic sized (but group-targeted) zone. 😉 The difficulty and level range of the Instances by the way...
A zone I have been anxious to get a look at is the contested “The Hole” which will encompass an area over twice the size of Sanctum of Scaleborn, and a level range from 82 all the way to 90. We are thrilled to present the first screen shots of this zone: Around the web, others have posted new screen shots this evening including: EQ2 Zam | EQ2 Traders | Ten Ton Hammer | MMOQuests | Shattered | MMORPG-Info | kithicor.org | LoreLibrary | Archive of Ik | EQ2 Daily | TheBrasse.com | EverSeek.com
EQ2Players has been updated with a expansion zone preview covering the Northern half of Odus — the Stonebrunt Highlands. This is a level 85-90 overland zone with solo questlines. Adam “Zaphax” Stephens was lead designer on this zone and answered some questions with his thoughts on the design of the zone. Check out the new writeup as well as some new images and wallpapers of Sentinel’s Fate at EQ2Players.
illustration by Dozer Mount Up EQ2 has yet to fill out its stable of player mounts with the variety available in other MMORPGs. The hygiene-challenged Wargs and motion sickness-inducing Rhinos weren’t my up of tea. When I heard that EQ2 were getting Dire Bears, I was thrilled, until my hopes were dashed when the Sabertooth/Werewolf-like mount was revealed. In lieu of a desirable fluffy travel companion, I’ve limited myself to running barefoot. I’ve long since outgrown the 40% speed of the venerable Carpet of El’khazi, wrangled from the ever-sarcastic flying carpet dealer in Sinking Sands, the 48% upgrade in...
City Festivals City Festivals are now live. The first one is just outside of Kelethin near the Butcherblock Mts. ramp. City Festivals are held the first week of every month. If you have been doing city writs, tradeskill work orders, etc. you may have noticed a curious item — City Tokens — as quest rewards. City writs, tradeskill writs, and special quests only available during the City Festivals will all earn you City Tokens which can be spent to buy house items, special appearance gear, etc. For all those folks wishing to see more activity in the cities, here’s...
Plane of War – Page 1 Essences { an essence of war an axiom of war an artisan of war } drops: secondaries Warboars { a Warhide battlecharger a Warhide guardbreaker } drops: forearms Diakus { a Diaku warfury a Diaku doomcrusher a Diaku battlebrute } drops: boots Morlocks { a Morlock afflictor a Morlock thrasher } drops: charms, wrists Aviaks { a Hendin wardiver a Hendin battleclaw a Hendin brawlwing } drops: gloves war wraiths { a Decorin warscourge a Decorin deathmonger } drops: helms The Enraged War Boar drops: ranged, belts Berik Bloodfist drops: legs, secondaries Tagrin...
Calthine over at ZAM posed a challenge on the forums. Can you level a character from 1-80 in a day? The surprising response was a demonstration that a character could be leveled from 1-80 in 5-7 hours. Check out this article over at EQ2 ZAM.
EQ2Players has as new preview available of The Sundered Frontier, which is one half of the overland area of Odus. This includes some screen shots and an interview with gninja, leader designer of this zone. You can also find some wallpaper sized screenshots which have not previously been posted. All of this after the jump:
EQ2Wire is thrilled to present some more screen shots from the upcoming Sentinel’s Fate expansion. These images are taken from the first part of Odus players will encounter, the Sundered Frontier. It seems many things have changed, and many others have stayed the same. Odus seems to have been scooped from out of the earth and is now scattered across the Norrath sky. Visitors will likely arrive by Spire or Airship! Check out these screen shots (Scroll down to get a clickable grid of thumbnails): Also check out this exclusive Sundered Frontier screen shot available only on EQ2Wire: EQ2Wire...
There have been a lot of reactions to the clarification of just what types of multiboxing are permitted in SOE games and which aren’t. What most of these reactions have lacked is perspective. A careful read of the key pards Kiara‘s post in another thread on the multiboxing subject: That is what allows us to nuke the farmers and plat sellers that we all loathe so much. If you’re not doing something you shouldn’t be doing, multi-boxing is fine. People are over-reacting and troll-feeding. Please stop trying to read into it anything that says we’re going to start nuking...
The biggest loss of functionality on EQ2Players for many viewers was the ability to lookup Alt characters. This is used by guild recruiters to weed out players with a known history of troublemaking and guild bank plundering. So we’re happy to report that this functionality has been restored to EQ2Players. DarkViper has been reporting steadily on fixes to the site: The team is actively working on adding in quite a few new features, they’re just not ready yet The community team will be posting a list of the features soon with when you can expect them. Players are asked...
DarkViper, from SOE’s Platform (websites, forums, etc.) department has responded to widespread criticism of the EQ2Players revamp which went live last week: Everyone, thanks for the feedback on the web site. With Station Players becoming a free service, I hope you’re checking out all of the sections of the site if you’ve never had access to it. It’s important to keep hearing this feedback so we can continue to evolve the site. To address the browser crashing: We’re already planning on making a version of the site that is ‘lighter’ for the in-game browser. It has always been the...
>> Download Highland Stalker Preview HD Video [22.5MB WMV]. << >> Download Highland Stalker Preview SD Video [13.8MB WMV]. << Guarding of the Reasoned and Guarding of the Learned The Guarding of the Reasoned (right) comes with the retail boxes The Guarding of the Learned (left) comes with the digital downloads.
SOE has clarified their policy on using third party software to broadcast or duplicate keypresses on multiple computers for multiboxing purposes. An exclusive EQ2Wire Commentary… It Started with /Follow Since the first time someone discovered the /follow command in EverQuest II, ingenuous players have been fascinated with the possibilities of building a force of players all under their control. Naturally, it started with having a healer tag along to spot heal mobs that were too challenging to solo. Then players realized they could handle 3 or even 4 toons on separate accounts playing simultaneously with multiple keyboards and strategically...
Please take this Multiboxing/Dual boxing survey, even if you do not multibox/dual box. Results will be posted soon.
SOE is bringing back Double Station Cash for nearly two weeks just in time for Christmas. Starting December 23, 2009 and lasting through January 3, 2010, redeem any StationCash card for double credit. Cards may be purchased anytime in advance, but must be redeemed successfully during the promotional period in order to receive the bonus. These are currently branded as FreeRealms Station Cash cards but are applicable to all SOE games. Points can be redeemed at FreeRealms.com or the Station website. Starter and Month Subscription cards do not count. Press Release at EQ2 ZAM
Some of you may be interested in these Frostfell-themed items coming to StationCash Marketplace on December 22, 2009. Red Baby Dragon Plushie and Merry Frostfell Backpack Posting on EQ2Players
The phase of the moon is just right and the mushroom rings will be active again for a short time. There are more house items and other rewards than ever for the Moonlight Enchantments event this time around. The event will turn on at 12:01am PDT on December 20th and run until 11:59pm PDT on December 21st. These times apply directly with no time conversion to all servers.
EQ2Players has undergone a revamp and the results went live this morning. Actually, it’s more than just a revamp. All trace of EQ2Players has been wiped away! This is now the main EverQuest2 website. Searching The first thing we noticed is that to Search for Characters, Guilds, or Items, you must either be on the Home page, or click the Search link in the upper right corner. It used to be possible to search from anywhere on the site. We also noticed that simply typing a character name and pressing Enter no longer works. You must now specify Character,...
While there is still a lot we don’t know about the PvP Battlegrounds feature first mentioned in October and slated for inclusion in the Sentinel’s Fate expansion in February, we have sussed out a few details. Battlegrounds will be cross-server. Specifically a shared instance or instances accessible by players from different servers where you can meet in battle. Battlegrounds will be available on both PvE and PvP servers. It is currently unknown if these Battlegrounds will be the full PvP Ruleset (which is quite different than dueling on PvE) or a hybrid. PvP gear is quite powerful compared to...
Hotfix Notes for December 15: ACHIEVEMENTS The Butcherblock Bloodhound achievement will now acknowledge players that had previously completed the Butcherblock quests: “Silent Beckon”, “A Dim Light”, “For the Dogs”, “A Mind Of My Own”, “Sarnak Sympathizer: Part 2”, “Dark Tides”, “Picking up the Pieces”, “Ain’t No Monkey Business”, “Simple Grunt Work”, “When You Mess With An Angry Dwarf” and “Solid Foundation”. QUESTS The intended pages of “Hrath’s Journal” are now readable while on the quest “Hadden’s Earring”. Learning the Path quest should now update correctly when completing a PVP writ. Sinking Sands quests should now scale to the difficulty...