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Zone Strategy: Pawbuster
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Zone Strategy: Pawbuster

Feldon September 26, 2009 4:00 pm
Pawbuster – Executioner’s Throne Room Special Attacks Whirling Attack — Every 20 seconds, Pawbuster does a trauma AE which triggers Intimidation, causing the 18 closest players and pets to be stifled/stunned for 1 minute. This will be cured by the healers. Great Cleave — Every 20 seconds, Pawbuster lifts his shoulders and does his “big swing” with his battle axe. This is a frontal AoE Knockback and Stun which cannot be cured. The main tank will be the only tank directly in front of Pawbuster, with secondary tank to Pawbuster’s left ot right ready to take agro. Stuck –...
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Zone Strategy: The Leviathan
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Zone Strategy: The Leviathan

Feldon September 26, 2009 2:28 pm
The Leviathan Chamber of Destiny The gatekeeper of Veeshan’s Peak. You cannot enter VP until you have personally killed Leviathan. Only one person on the raid who has killed Venril Sathir or Overking must be present to zone a raid into the Chamber of Destiny. To kill the Leviathan, you need 3 items: Greenmist Orb (purple X) Drops from Imzok’s Revenge, the boss of Protector’s Realm. At 15%, Leviathan will emote about the Greenmist Orb becoming Active. One party member holding this item will run to the North end of the cave and click the Statue when the green...
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Strategy – Protector’s Realm
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Strategy – Protector’s Realm

Feldon September 26, 2009 2:21 pm
The Protector’s Realm Upon entering the zone, all the named skeleton mobs are non-aggro and unattackable. To begin the storyline, search carefully for Ludmila Kystov in the room with the unactivated Doomcoil and select the option to make a deal with her via right click. She will tell you a tale about her “raid force” and discuss the possibility of a group effort between your raid and her force. After speaking to Ludmila, have a priest (it must be a priest and no other class) resurrect Jracol Binari (again via right click and not the actual spell). Once Jracol...
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Scouts and their Poisons
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Scouts and their Poisons

Feldon September 26, 2009 2:15 pm 5
Assassins, Rangers, Brigands, and Swashbucklers get as much as 40% of their damage through the use of poisons. However Bards (Troubadours and Dirges) cannot use them. These poisons not only cause additional damage but also debuff the mob which is the most important factor to allow the other classes to maximize their own DPS. Scout classes can use 3 types of poisons at one time. Poison damage can be affected by AAs. The specific numbers below are for level 72 Mastercrafted poisons. Damage (Red) — Top the parse! Caustic — Inflicts 749 poison damage on target. Vitality Breach —...
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Maximizing Fighter/Scout DPS
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Maximizing Fighter/Scout DPS

Feldon September 26, 2009 2:06 pm 7
This article is due for cleanup with the release of Sentinel’s Fate. What is Auto Attack? If you engage combat and just stand there, not clicking any Combat Arts, Spells, etc. you will still swing your weapon every few seconds. So what’s the big deal? Well for some classes like scouts and fighters, up to 40% of your damage can come from Auto Attack. Just how much damage can you get from Auto Attack? Let’s find out… First, you want to find out your Weapon Delay. Press I to bring up your character sheet and point at your weapon...
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Bonus XP Weekend – September 25~28
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Bonus XP Weekend – September 25~28

Feldon September 25, 2009 5:30 pm
Bonus XP Weekend To coincide with Game Update 53, we’ve got a 40% bonus to all forms of EQ2 experience weekend! This applies to Adventuring, Alternate Advancement (AA), and Tradeskilling. Kiara posted the announcement on the EQ2 Forums. Remember folks, if you are between level 10 and 79, you can now adjust the amount of combat and quest XP gets converted into AA XP. I’ve found this to be quite lucrative when doing quests which already award a high percentage of AA and quest XP. 🙂 It was quite nice to login and see: There will be a bonus...
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Miragul’s Planar Shard
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Miragul’s Planar Shard

Feldon September 25, 2009 4:48 pm
This year has seen the introduction of three raid zones to EverQuest II. The Ward of Elements x2 — Once some initial bugs were corrected and a few mobs adjusted, this zone is a real success story. It’s very well-balanced for its target audience with sufficient difficulty and very good rewards.  Players with T2 armor, Epic weapon, and the right group makeups are successfully clearing the first 3 named, working their way up to clearing 5 and then finally clearing the zone once they’ve geared up further. Kurn’s Tower x2 — This zone got some initial complaints, and gear...
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Bug Fixes and Bonus XP Weekend
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Bug Fixes and Bonus XP Weekend

Feldon September 25, 2009 4:25 pm
Like any Game Update, inevitably a few bugs slip through. Game Update #53 (Shards of Destiny) had more than a few. Some received attention in Today’s Hotfix: GENERAL /hide will once again hide illusions. Discord (PvP) tokens are no longer fabled. Saving and Loading house layouts is temporarily disabled for further tuning. ACHIEVEMENTS The Octagorgon Assassin achievement is now located under Dungeons instead of Raids. ITEMS Certain items dropped by Munzok have been upgraded. Spirit Drain on the Spirit Draining Wristguard no longer heals the target of the attack. SHARD OF LOVE Regardless of which order you defeat the...
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Updated EQ2 Client
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Updated EQ2 Client

Feldon September 24, 2009 8:57 pm
I just received a System Message that may be useful for some of you… Greetings Norrath. A new version of the client executable is available that should fix the memory crashes some of you are experiencing. If you experienced any crashes, we recommend repatching as soon as possible. For those of you on servers that have experienced performance problems, we sincerely apologize and are working diligently to fix the issue.
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Game Update 53 for Euro Servers, Database Update
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Game Update 53 for Euro Servers, Database Update

Feldon September 24, 2009 4:53 pm
The most populated servers have been struggling under the strain of Game Update 53, and now we have an update on this from Kiara. Here’s an update on the performance problems we’ve been seeing. We believe that the issues the servers have been experiencing since Shards of Destiny was pushed live relate to the volume of items being converted to heirloom and the achievement information being accessed by the new system. This has stressed the database and is causing the performance issues. We expect it to abate in a couple of days after the bulk of our players get...
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Game Update 53 Too Popular?
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Game Update 53 Too Popular?

Feldon September 23, 2009 10:06 pm 3
Looks like Game Update 53 has been very popular, as a few servers are struggling with keeping up. Rothgar reports on the EQ2 Forums: A couple of the highly populated servers are seeing some performance problems now that we are reaching primetime and many new players are logging in. This is probably due to the large number of things that happen to your character the first time you log in after GU53.  Until the performance comes back down to normal levels, we will be locking some of the servers to keep the problem from getting any worse. Currently the...
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Avatar Loot Nerfs
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Avatar Loot Nerfs

Feldon September 23, 2009 6:33 pm 7
So far, today my coverage of Game Update 53 has been entirely positive. I think Game Update 53 is actually an excellent update, with the live quest, HEIRLOOM LORE-EQUIP flag, etc. However in the long term, I think all the great things about this update may be overshadowed by some colossal mistakes. The bland Racial Trait revamp which I’ve already talked about. And an issue that a lot of people don’t take seriously, but I think needs to be discussed — the Avatar Loot Nerf. So far, I have refrained from covering these changes, hoping that cooler (and wiser)...
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Shard of Love
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Shard of Love

Feldon September 23, 2009 2:44 pm 2
The Shard of Love A lot of folks have been asking me where the Shard of Love is and how to get there. First, it should be noted that the Shard of Love is not a group zone like any of the other group zones in The Shadow Odyssey or Rise of Kunark. The Shard of Love is a very casual group zone that can be completed with 3-4 players. It scales to level (50-80) and rewards appearance items, house items, and reusable cast items. It does not reward the typical armor, jewelry, weapons you are used to in...
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Servers Back Up! ProfitUI Updated
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Servers Back Up! ProfitUI Updated

Feldon September 23, 2009 11:49 am 6
What was expected to be a 4 hour upgrade got done in about 1 hour, 45 minutes. All EQ2 Servers are back up! ProfitUI There are a lot of folks who run ProfitUI add-on for EQ2. I use some of the plugins from ProfitUI, but not the whole package. As you may know, gm9 stepped down as ProfitUI developer in April. Others have stepped in to keep it going, although I have to say I wish it were more clear just what is going on with the project now. If I go to the ProfitUI project page, the last...
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Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) Gets a Time
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Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) Gets a Time

Feldon September 22, 2009 11:58 pm
Kiara has given us the news we’ve been waiting for… As you know, Shards of Destiny is going live tomorrow (Sept 23). The US servers will be coming down at 6am PDT for the update.  We estimate about four hours of downtime and anticipate having the servers up and running again about 10am PDT.  We’ll keep you all updated should the times change for any reason. For Runnyeye and Splitpaw, the servers will come down at 9pm PDT (5am in London Sept 24th) and should be back up and running about 1am PDT (9am in London). Thank you for...
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Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) Summary
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Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) Summary

Feldon September 22, 2009 7:34 pm
Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) goes live tomorrow, Wednesday September 23rd. Most notably absent from the Game Update 53 notes are whether the Avatar Gear changes are going live, and whether the Racial Traits received any changes based on the significant feedback posted on the forums. If you want to read the full Gu53 Update Notes you can read them by clicking right there. I did some significant cleanup for readability and a few clarifications. It’s worth a read, even if you’ve read the official notes. HOWEVER… we do understand that the full Update Notes are a lot...
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Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) Notes
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Shards of Destiny (Game Update 53) Notes

Feldon September 22, 2009 6:13 pm
UPDATE: Servers will go down September 23rd from 6am to 10am PDT. And you can read the complete update notes from EQ2Players. However you might want to read my revised notes… NOTE: I have gone through these notes and slightly improved them for readability specific to issues I’m familiar with. If that bothers you, go and click on the EQ2Players link above.
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Nights of the Dead House Items
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Nights of the Dead House Items

Feldon September 21, 2009 12:27 pm
Thanks to Mistal who got the scoop over on Test about what House Items we might be seeing in the Nights of the Dead event this fall. I believe this is on top of all the rewards from last year, but don’t quote me. EQ2 Forums
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Double StationCash
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Double StationCash

Feldon September 19, 2009 8:53 am
If you meet these criteria: Live in the U.S. Have access to a big-box store or games store. Desire some item or items on StationCash. then you may be interested in the retail-only “Double StationCash” deal cooked up by the EQ2 Marketing Department. Head to Wally World, Buy More, etc. and look not for the 30 day EQ2 cards, but the FreeRealms-branded 500, 1000, or more SC cards. If you redeem them this weekend, you will get double credit. You can then spend those points at any time. More Details at EQ2 Forums (and for a snapshot of what...
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Talk Like a Pirate Day – Sept 19th – with Extra Monkeys
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Talk Like a Pirate Day – Sept 19th – with Extra Monkeys

Feldon September 18, 2009 6:26 pm
Note: No EQ2 Content So what have I been doing instead of updating EQ2Wire? Why getting ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day. 🙂 How? By going back and playing the Monkey Island games of course! Set in the Carribean, these hilarious point-and-click adventure/puzzle games started in 1990 and have continued since. The latest are Tales of Monkey Island, and the first adventure is available FREE as a gift on Talk Like a Pirate Day. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition came out just this summer and was completely rebuilt from the original 1990 game with 1920 x...
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Nagafen Server Goes 64-bit; Venekor merge delayed
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Nagafen Server Goes 64-bit; Venekor merge delayed

Feldon September 15, 2009 11:41 pm 2
Some very good news for Nagafen players who have been experiencing significant performance issues with the server for several months now. However this news is bittersweet for Venekor players who have been anticipating this server merge for several months now. Brenlo has posted this news on the EQ2 Forums: I know many of you are looking forward to the upcoming server merge.  Sadly, you will have to wait just a bit longer.  We are postponing the merge until October 20th.  So an additional month.  As many of you know, Nagafen has had continued issues with the Database and while...
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The Spires of Norrath
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The Spires of Norrath

Feldon September 12, 2009 7:53 pm
Currently on Test, the Ruined Ulteran Spires of Norrath in Zek, Everfrost, Lavastorm, and the Loping Plains will be revitalized in an upcoming Live Event. Tradeskilling is a significant part of this event. I have not tested it out personally. Currently on Test Servers
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Stat & Skill Caps
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Stat & Skill Caps

Feldon September 10, 2009 4:23 pm
This article is due for cleanup with the release of Sentinel’s Fate. Some skills in EQ2 can be increased by practice. These include Slashing, Ranged, Piercing, etc. All others can only increased by Equipment, Alternate Advancements (AAs), buffs from themselves and other players and in some cases, racial traits. You can view all of these traits in the Persona window (press P). Ranged/Piercing/Slashing/Parry/etc. Skills: Multiply your level by 6.5. This works out to 520 at level 80. Double Attack/Ranged Double Attack: 100%. Double Attack and Ranged Double Attack only affect Auto-attacks. Casting Haste: 100%. At 100%, the casting time...
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EQ2Wire URL
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EQ2Wire URL

Feldon September 10, 2009 1:20 pm 4
UPDATE: We have migrated to https://eq2wire.com/ Please update your links to this site.
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SoE Games, Forums, and Services Back Online
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SoE Games, Forums, and Services Back Online

Feldon September 9, 2009 1:50 pm
Go Play! Besides, the EQ2Flames server can’t take much more of this. 🙂
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