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From the EQ2 Forums: In this Marketplace update, we have a couple terrific new Nightborne weapons designed by Player Studio artist Albert Soto Jr. In addition to the new Player Studio items added to the Marketplace today, we are reintroducing the Equipment Unlocker Pack to the Marketplace for 150 Station Cash. Each Equipment Unlocker Pack can unlock five pieces of equipment that normally cannot be equipped due to account level restrictions. The goal of reintroducing this item to the Marketplace is to make things easier for our players that want to unlock specific pieces of equipment for their characters, or...
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Cobalt Scar Yeppa’s Last Stand: The othmir have moved their tradeskill forge to a less exposed location. CHARACTER ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES Auto-consume items will now auto-consume after the AA Template is committed. PLAYER HOUSING Mannequins: Resolved an issue where a player would be unable to select an outfit for a hireling after moving items between houses. TRADESKILLS The Hydra Helm recipes can no longer benefit from material conservation effects. ITEMS Dawnbreak should proc much more reliably.
Join lead artists from Sony Online Entertainment including Tim “Haohmaru” Heydelaar (EQ2), David “Covic” Brown (EQ2), Kevin Lydy (EQ), and Tramell “T.Ray” Isaac (PS2) as they talk about the Player Studio program with Director of Artistic Development Joe “Rystall” Shoopack and Player Studio head Rick “Storn” Reynolds. They walk through the item submission and approval process, including iterations and common choke points as first drafts become fantastic items that are successful and profitable for players and SOE alike. NOTE: This video does not include the brief Powerpoint presentation shown at the beginning of the panel, which highlighted the winner...
UPDATE: We are sorry to report that, due to some detective work and communication with Ms. Masson’s parents, her disappearance fits a known pattern of behavior and illness. At this time, the chances that she is “missing” are extremely remote. It’s very disappointing to hear just how much time was wasted by police, her guildmates, and friends trying to find someone who, it turns out, didn’t want to be found. Read more here.
Join members of the EverQuest II team including Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, Nandy “Zoltaroth” Szots, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée as they talk about their comprehensive plan to make Itemization awesome again in EQ2. Watch the EverQuest II: Itemization Evolves panel recorded on Friday, August 2nd at SOE Live 2013!
From the EQ2 Forums: ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Fixed an issue related to Wards. Why do I get the impression this is a fix for unintended behavior?
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: We are doing another hotfix tomorrow morning (sorry all!) to fix an issue. 🙁 #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 8, 2013
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION The Cavern of the Crustaceans The zone is now on a persistent timer instead of a lockout timer. ITEMS The Sentinel: Rewards from the quest , The Crook Cook, are now tradable. AA respec cards can now be destroyed. [eq2u]Vision of the Tranquil[/eq2u] will now persist through death. [eq2u]The Orb of Theer[/eq2u] can no longer proc in PVP combat. Celestial Motes are now classified as Fabled items.
Join members of the EverQuest II team including Akil “Lyndro” Hooper, Carlos “Gninja” Mora, Nathan “Kaitheel” McCall, Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Nandy “Zoltaroth” Szots, Kyle “Kander” Vallée, and Holly “Windstalker” Longdale as they talk about EverQuest II’s upcoming 10th expansion — Tears of Veeshan. Watch the EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan expansion panel recorded on Friday, August 2nd at SOE Live 2013!
After some less-than-pleasant debate about how the Avatar Spawn System in EQ2 was changing sans discussion, EQ2 lead designer Kander has now laid the cards on the table, spelling out exactly how (and when) Avatars will spawn in Norrath. This is a continuation of the transparency we first heard about in Kander’s interview on EQ2Talk, and is much appreciated. Sure there are a few folks out there who prefer everything be mysterious, but when you are analyzing what’s fair and what’s not, what’s broken and what’s just maddeningly rare, having some numbers goes a long way to defusing arguments...
When Kander told me that Sunday’s EverQuest II: Q&A panel from SOE Live 2013 had some good questions raised, I despaired that nobody had recorded it. That was, until I found a post on the EQ2 forums from Zictor (who I got to meet at SOE Live!) who had recorded the audio from this panel! Download the SOE Live 2013 – EverQuest II Q&A panel Audio Read Zictor‘s transcript of the SOE Live 2013 — EverQuest II Q&A panel I provide a backup of Zictor‘s transcript of the Q&A panel after the jump…
Join members of the EverQuest II team including Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, Nandy “Zoltaroth” Szots, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée as they talk about upcoming mechanics and systems changes in EQ2. Watch the EverQuest II: Systems (Mechanics) panel recorded on Friday, August 2nd at SOE Live 2013!
Holly “Windstalker” Longdale couldn’t resist… Heck ya! Goblins…with buckets on their heads! Coming to High Keep in the ToV expansion. #eq2 pic.twitter.com/snjTfR3997 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) August 6, 2013
The above logo is a medium resolution screenshot from the EverQuest II keynote. Highkeep More screenshots after the jump…
If you didn’t see the EverQuest II keynote live on Twitch or on the replays, you can watch it on Youtube. I’ve set the video to start at 27:30 which is right after Holly “Windstalker” Longdale gives ladies man Mark Tuttle a well-earned hard time and launches into the keynote. 😉
From the EQ2 Forums: The US and EU EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, August 6 at 5:30AM PDT (8:30am EDT, 13:30 BST, 14:30 CET, 10:30pm AEST) for an update. The expected downtime is one hour. Guk, Everfrost, Butcherblock, Crushbone, Permafrost, and Oasis will require an additional two hours of downtime. and here are those update notes: CHARACTER ACHIEVEMENT TEMPLATES Basic Leveling Profiles now include Tradeskill Prestige points. Players can now purchase AA points as they are gained in ‘View’ mode, versus always having to build and commit a profile.
During the Expansion panel at SOE Live, the issue of returning players was raised, specifically the cost-prohibitive need to buy two expansions just to get back into the game. This is something we’ve been asking about since the day the EverQuest II:Age of Discovery expansion was announced. We always wondered — could we just buy the features we want like Reforging, Mercs, and Beastlords a la carte? It looks like all the roadblocks have been cleared and this will now be happening! Holly responded that, in the near future, Age of Discovery will be broken up into separate features to buy. Also,...
Back: Carlos “Gninja” , Holly “Windstalker” , Akil “Lyndro” Front: Kyle “Kander” , Nandy “Zoltaroth” , Mike “Xelgad“
The curtain has gone down on another Grand Banquet, and just a few panels left to go due to the extended SOE Live schedule this year, it’s hard to believe that another event has come and gone so quickly! Every year things seem to go faster, with barely time for a breath. There are a few panels today for those folks who aren’t East coast or who are staying Sunday night) including EverQuest Next Writer‘s panel, Channeler feedback panel (naturally there will be more feedback taken in the Tears of Veeshan beta forums) and the EverQuest II Q&A panel....
Welcome to the EverQuest II: Itemization Evolves panel from SOE Live 2013. Panelists are Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée. Disclaimer: All things discussed about the expansions are subject to change! More slides after the jump…
Welcome to the EverQuest II: Itemization Evolves panel from SOE Live 2013. Panelists are Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée. This is a LIVE BLOG hosted by Blyve: http://blyve.com/event/5138f951143e787b3a000000 Powered by Blyve
Welcome to the EverQuest II: Tears of Veeshan Expansion panel from SOE Live 2013. This is a LIVE BLOG hosted by Blyve: http://blyve.com/event/dc37f951bddea0042f000000 Powered by Blyve
Welcome to the EverQuest II: Systems panel from SOE Live 2013. Panelists are Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée. Disclaimer: All things discussed about the expansion are subject to change! Itemization will be discussed in our next systems panel: EverQuest II: Itemization Evolves. More slides after the jump…
Welcome to the EverQuest II: Systems panel from SOE Live 2013. Panelists are Michael “Xelgad” Ganz, Brian “Omougi” Ferguson, and Kyle “Kander” Vallée. This is a LIVE BLOG hosted by Blyve: http://blyve.com/event/f936f951ce62705701000000 Powered by Blyve
So Kinya from the Polish EQ2 fansite Babagra.pl caught something during the SOE Live 2013 keynote specifically the EverQuest II segment — that the Channeler class will not only be playtested here on Saturday in a 4 hour open workshop/panel, but that the class will be available on the EQ2 Beta server. The Beta server is currently down, but hopefully it is brought up at least for Friday-Sunday: @EQ2Wire Windstalker said “we also are openning Channeler on Beta during SOE Live for evryone to try”… — Kinya (@BabaGraPL) August 2, 2013