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NOTE: No EverQuest II content inside. If you’ve been following Sony Online Entertainment co-founder John Smedley‘s Twitter teases and wondering what he would be doing next, now we know… Kickstarter: Hero’s Song by Pixelmage Games Massively Overpowered: Exclusive Interview: John Smedley Reveals Hero’s Song, His New Open-World OARPG MMORPG: Smedley & Patrick Rothfuss Team Up for New ARPG PixelmageGames.com Twitch: Watch the CohnCarnage Reveal Video hosted by CohhCarnage, John Smedley, Pat Rothfuss Kickstarter video on Youtube:
What started as an odd Twitter exchange which felt like a pre-planned stunt turns into a three page backhanded compliment for EverQuest II. From Polygon.com: Touring the living remains of an 11-year-old MMO EverQuest 2 has been around over a decade, but there’s still some incredible sights to see in this odd game My name is Phil Kollar, and I had a weird weekend. Let’s start our story just over 11 years ago, on Nov. 9, 2004. That was the date that Sony Online Entertainment released EverQuest 2. I had spent a couple years in high school noodling around in the...
Have you got Stormhold (TLE PvE) or Deathtoll (TLE PvP) characters on another account and want to move them to your main account? Do you have them on your main account and want to move them to another account? Now you can. This is a manual process handled through Customer Service and it requires both accounts to be in the same name and address and, I believe, paid with the same credit card. Note that this is not opening up the much-desired ability to move characters from the Stormhold or Deathtoll servers to a standard ruleset server. From Roshen...
Like previous expansions, Terrors of Thalumbra includes shiny “collections of collections” or meta-collections. A number of the expansion’s collections reward a piece which is part of a larger collection. When the expansion launched however, some of these pieces were not being rewarded. This week, Caith went through game logs to award the correct items to the players who had completed the quests but didn’t receive the pieces. From Kander: We have started reimbursing these missed meta collection pieces. If you haven’t been reimbursed for missed metas, Please email me. KVALLEE@daybreakgames.com Email me if you have collections you have completed...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Time-Locked Expansion Servers Fixed an issue with named encounters not receiving their full mitigation. Bonemire The Humator Harridan is once again heroic. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT The final point of Enhance: Predator’s Final Trick will now increase Potency instead of Crit Bonus. Clara’s Chaotic Cacophony’s debuff component will no longer overwrite itself when cast by a different caster. ITEMS Baby Dragon Burbur (Chestnut) petamorph wand now properly converts into a house item, and back again. Amplifying Stamina and Amplifying Combo effects will once again display the effect range. Disciple’s Fervor will...
This morning came the announcement: Kingdom of Sky is now available on our Time-Locked Expansion servers, Stormhold and Deathtoll. The announcement included some artwork I’ve personally never seen… We also saw a high resolution map of the islands making up Tenebrous Tangle, the Barren Sky, and the Bonemire. Community also polled players on Twitter and Facebook asking “What have been your favorite places to explore, as you’ve adventured through the lands of Norrath?”
Tonight is the last night of Frostfell until later this year, while tomorrow sees the unlocking of Kingdom of Sky on the Time-Locked Expansion servers. Meanwhile on live servers, in addition to a number of content fixes, we will also see a potentially significant change to AAs. Abilities that used to grant Crit Bonus will now grant Potency instead. Finally we must say goodbye to a feature that has worked inconsistently at best for many years but must have proven too difficult to fix. With tomorrow’s update, the PvP Arena feature will be disabled in EverQuest II, with the rewards...
From the EQ2 Forums: Hail Norrathians, The vote to unlock Kingdom of Sky content passed last month. This content is scheduled to unlock to players on BOTH Time-Locked Expansion servers Stormhold (PvE) and Deathtoll (PvP) on Thursday, January 7, 2016. This content is scheduled to unlock at 10:00AM PST UPDATE: We’ll need some additional time to get KoS set up for TLE servers, and we anticipate these servers will unlock to players at 10AM PST. More info here. There are a lot of updates coming to Time-Locked Expansion servers after this content unlocks. To give you an idea of what’s coming: Adventure,...
File this under “better late than never” but I’ve been busy with two EQ2 friends visiting from out of town and other activities so I didn’t get a chance to repost the news dropped on New Year’s Eve morning about Bonus XP and 50% Off the Marketplace. Sorry about that. The 50% Off Marketplace promotion is already ended, and the Bonus XP will drop 90 minutes from now. So I’m just posting these here for posterity. From the EQ2 Forums: If you’re able to find a free moment this holiday, we’re offering DOUBLE BONUS EXPERIENCE to our All-Access members...
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Ring in the New Year in Timorous Deep with the Gorowyn City Festival, returning January 1-7! Spend City Tokens on local specialties, generic festival goods, appearance clothing, or food & drink. Make sure all your characters have finished the Gorowyn Postage Collection, speak to Kella Swampfoot to assist with festival quests, and achieve 244 seconds or less in the local Aether Race to earn the Wind Warden title. WHEN: 12:01am PT on January 1st – 11:59pm PT on January 7th WHERE: Timorous Deep, on the dock, /loc 2339, 80, 1441 (the merchants are found at /loc 2388, 21, 1349) QUESTS:...
Daybreak Games, Servers, and Websites are once again under attack this morning as of 7:30am PST. The attack stopped at 8:00am PST and then resumed at 11:00am and has continued unabated as of 3:20pm PST. This sustained attack is being done by a different DDOS crew than the one that targeted SOE President John Smedley, and is directed towards the game H1Z1. EQ and EQ2 (and their forums and websites) being offline is just collateral damage. NOTE: EU-based EverQuest II servers are co-located in Amsterdam, so gameplay may be possible on these servers. Original updates after the jump…
Daybreak Games websites and games seem to be intermittently offline starting at 5:15pm PDT. Update: Players have been reporting that they’re able to login for the last 15 minutes or so. I am logged in and experiencing some lag. Update from Twitter: We are aware of current connectivity issues and are working to resolve them. Thanks for your patience. — Daybreak Games (@DaybreakGames) December 30, 2015 The EQ2 Forums have been updated with this notice from Ops: Status: 12/29/2015 17:45 PST – We are currently investigating a potential issue with network connectivity to the game. Enter the EQ2Wire Chatroom
From the EQ2 Forums: If you’re able to find a free moment this holiday, we’re offering BONUS EXPERIENCE, DOUBLE PERSONAL STATUS, and DOUBLE GUILD STATUS to our All-Access members starting at 12:01AM PST (midnight) on Friday, December 25 and running until 11:59AM PST (noon) on Monday, December 28, 2015. The XP and Status bonuses will be available for All Access members on ALL servers. This includes our players on Time-Locked Expansion servers. Not currently an All-Access member? There’s no better time to sign up!
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Maldura: Forge of Ashes [Raid] The respawn point for Bereth’s Overlook should no longer be an available option for reviving unless Bereth has been defeated. Maldura: Bar Brawl [All Versions] Priest can now cure themselves of Dalkuhm’s “Borrow Weapons” debuff. Kralet Penumbra: The Hive Mind [Raid] The Psionists will now correctly react to those who attempt to drain their well of power. ITEMS Wrist of the Great Forge is now correctly named Ring of the Great Forge. Ethereal Onslaught will now correctly reset Sniper Squad. Primordial Burnout will now trigger on...
Last night, Daybreak Games sent out an e-mail to everyone who purchased the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion which includes a “Thank You” video and a Survey. Here’s the video: The Terrors of Thalumbra survey seems to have some really good questions which will hopefully elicit useful responses and measurements. Here’s the introduction: Thank you for your purchase of the EverQuest II: Terrors of Thalumbra Expansion. We’re grateful that you joined us for this expansion and would like to get your feedback so we can ensure the best experience for our players as we move forward. This short survey should take...
The monthly Moonlight Enchantments event begins tonight! The grottos open up on the 20th at 12:01am PT and close on the 21st at 11:59pm PT. The time applies directly with no conversion for all servers.
From the EQ2 Forums: The vote to unlock Kingdom of Sky content on BOTH Stormhold (PvE) and Deathtoll (PvP) has passed. This content is scheduled to unlock to players on Thursday, January 7, 2016. There are a lot of updates coming to Time-Locked Expansion servers after this content unlocks. To give you an idea of what’s coming: Adventure, Tradeskill and Guild Level will be raised to 70 Alternate Advancement Subclass Window will be unlocked with a 50 AA cap This launch will include a full balance pass for all TLE content level 30+, including existing encounters. Kingdom of Sky dropped or...
If you’ve been saying to yourself “I’ll buy a Marketplace mount when pigs fly”, now’s your chance… From EverQuest II’s twitter: Additional Frostfell themed items are available in the Marketplace starting TODAY! Which items are your favorite? — EverQuest II (@everquestii) December 15, 2015
From the EQ2 Forums: As we get ready for the winter holiday, we’re offering 100% BONUS EXPERIENCE to our All-Access members starting at 12:01AM PST (midnight) on Friday, December 18 and running until 11:59AM PST (noon) on Monday, December 21, 2015. The Bonus XP will be available for All Access members on ALL servers. This includes our players on Time-Locked Expansion servers. Not currently an All-Access member? Now’s the time to sign up! NOTE: It seems that XP bonuses on the TLE servers are capped at 40%.
We are happy to report that our update of EQ2U Players for the Terrors of Thalumbra expansion is now complete. We have loaded all of the Quest data for the expansion, including the new Signature lines, adventure, and tradeskill quests. This required updating Factions, Zones, Rewards, and QuestGiver info. This brings us up to 12,183 Quests on EQ2U. We have also re-imported Recipes and can now report that we have 30,948 Recipes on EQ2U. We’re missing 3 and have submitted a bug report on this. You can see what else we did to update EQ2U in our article from last week....
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Qeynos Province District Players will no longer get stuck in Frostfell decorations when zoning out of Agnostic Dungeons. Kralet Penumbra: Uzulu Deep [Event Heroic] Urzzra-Uzulu now opens dialog with you during combat through a separate dialog window for greater accessibility. Kralet Penumbra: The Master’s Chosen [Heroic] Xal’Gilah has slightly slowed the rate at which he gains concentration for resurrecting his minions. Kralet Penumbra: Tepid Depths Depths prowlers no longer cast Aberrant Assault. Maldura: Bar Brawl [Event Heroic] Dalkuhm’s “Borrow Weapons” debuff can now be cured by means other than Cure Curse.
From the EQ2 Forums: For the first time, we’re putting the most popular pack of Krono – the 5 Krono pack – on sale! Beginning at 12:00AM PST on Friday, December 11 through 11:59PM PST on Sunday, December 13, you’ll be able to purchase the bundle of 5 Krono for only $69.99 USD*. Currently available in EverQuest and EverQuest II, Krono are in-game objects that can be redeemed for 30 days of membership time. They may be purchased from the Daybreak marketplace for real money only, or from other players via the broker or private trades for in-game currency. The Krono sale will be happening...
EverQuest II has one of the most advanced decorating systems of any MMORPG. It likely has more house items than any other game, as evidenced by the frequently updated, screen-busting fansite EQ2Furniture which allows players to see a spinning preview of all 16,325 house items in Norrath. However this paradise of customization has become a huge data storage problem for the EQ2 team and players alike. Although the Dungeon Maker feature never lived up to its hype or even the lowest expectations due to the anemic customization and storytelling options it offered, it provided mass storage and an almost...
Today is the last day for All Access subscribers to use Free Server Transfer Tokens as the program ends at Noon PST (3pm EST, 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CEST). And that’s important because these special freebie tokens expire (will stop working) at Noon: Remember, to use these tokens, you must meet these requirements: Your account must be at least 30 days old A character must be level 5 to transfer You can move more than two characters per day. An account will be able to move up to 100 characters (although each character can only move for free one time)....
EQ2U has received several updates since the launch of Terrors of Thalumbra: Loaded all Terrors of Thalumbra Recipes*. Loaded all Terrors of Thalumbra Collections. Extended the Lore & Legend page to include Cepholex, Fathomlurker, and Poxfiend. Updated Guild Achievements. Added RELIC, PRESTIGE, etc. flags to item popups and details. Added INFUSED support to equipped items on the Character Details page. Updated Item Search to include RELIC, PRESTIGE, etc. flags. We’re evaluating turning the flags menu into a row of checkboxes to allow the selection of multiple flags. Updated Tradeskill Report to include the 21 new quests in the Terrors...