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There are not one but TWO deals on StationCash this July 4th, and only on July 4th! If you purchase StationCash at SOE.com, or using any of the in-game purchase screens, you get 40% off your StationCash purchase. If you redeem any 1,500SC / 30 day card from retailers like Walmart, EB Games, etc. then you get 1,000SC bonus. So a Walmart 1500+500 card ($15) would redeem for a total of 3,000SC including the bonus. So it’s almost a Double SC day if you have a Walmart handy. From SOE.com: We’re celebrating our players this July 4th! For 24 hours*,...
From the EQ2 Forums: To all beloved Norrathians! We are happy to announce that we are almost ready with GU67: Darkness Dawns, so much so that we decided to launch a week early on Tuesday, July 23! We also thought this would give everyone a chance to play the content before SOE Live (soe.com/soelive) on August 1-4! Not only that, but the once-mentioned Loyalty/Rewards program we were working on earlier in the year is finally where we want it. We expect to be launching that with GU67 if not very soon afterward. That has become a Daily Objectives system...
From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Want to help out? We are updating our Test server with GU67 content next Monday, July 8! #EQ2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) July 2, 2013
Looks like I’m not the only one who was concerned about Game Update 67: Darkness Dawns bumping up against SOE Live. As a fan site operator, I had a number of concerns about trying to report on and cover a Game Update while also trying to keep up with EverQuest II‘s 10th expansion and EverQuest Next which will both be making a splash in Vegas on August 1st through 4th, just 2 days after GU67 was slated to hit. Also, last time we had a Game Update just hours before SOE Live, there were some game issues that couldn’t...
Game Update 67: Darkness Dawns, expected to launch just hours before SOE Live 2013 officially begins, will introduce an indoor “Arena of the Gods” featuring instanced versions of the nine Avatars which have been roaming Norrath since Avatars returned as contested content. These avatars will be of the same difficulty as the open world equivalents, but provide rewards of a reduced quality. Presumably you’ll only be able to defeat one avatar per trip, although it would certainly be amusing if you could do all of them on one visit.
There have been some changes to the SOE Live 2013 schedule, including some reshuffling of LoN, DCUO, and Dragon’s Prophet panels. Most notably, the addition of 3 2 new panels: Friday 5-6pm — EverQuest II: Super Secret Testing Session 1 Saturday 2-6pm — EverQuest II: Super Secret Testing Sunday Noon-1pm — EverQuest II: Super Secret Testing Feedback Panel
When the SOE Live 2013 schedule was released, I started reading. And reading. Before long, shock set in. Two hours later, I was discovered in the fetal position, mumbling something about sleep and time paradoxes. Despite consultation with a number of scholars, including Dr. Samuel Beckett, Dr. Emmett L. Brown, and the Doctor, as well as consulting the writings of Ray Bradbury, Mrs. Helena Wells, and so forth, I am no closer to a solution to attend ALL of the EverQuest II and EverQuest Next panels. However, I will make every effort. One panel I certainly won’t miss is the “EQ2U...
Here are the update notes for July 2, 2013 from the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL Fixed an issue with the housing and dungeon leaderboards. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Siren’s Grotto: Dissension [Raid] Overlord Talan will no longer gain double crit avoidance if he levels up in challenge mode. Antechamber of the Automaton [Challenge Duo] Fixed a bug that would occur when K’zan attuned both players in the duo to a color over the course of the fight. Zone now drops coin. Temp adornments are now 100% drop rate. Furnace of Ages [Challenge Duo] Zone now drops coin. Temp adornments are...
The time has arrived at last. The SOE Live 2013 schedule including all the events, announcements, official Developer, AND Player Panels has been released. New Venue, Player Panels, No Problem! Not only is SOE Live taking up a new venue this year at Planet Hollywood (SOE Community and Events team folks were in Vegas this week enduring 117°F/47.2°C temperatures to scope the place out and ensure that the events go smoothly), but this year is only the second year of the highly popular Player-run Panels. Not only is SOE Live unveiling a totally new game — EverQuest Next — but...
As first revealed by the ProSiebenSat.1 EQ2 website, this weekend is a 50% Instant Rebate weekend for nearly all Marketplace items. From EverQuest2.com: This weekend the EQII Marketplace will be featuring an Instant Rebate sale where you’ll be able to get deep discounts on most items in the store. With minor exceptions* all Station Cash items in the Marketplace will receive at least a 50% rebate. How does a rebate work? Once you purchase one of the items eligible for Instant Rebate, you’ll receive a refund of 50% of your Station Cash used to purchase an item moments after...
According to ProSiebenSat.1’s new website for EverQuest II, this weekend will be a StationCash Marketplace Rebate weekend. We don’t have any official confirmation if the event will include the US or only apply to Europe, but the ending time for the event is certainly suggestive. 8:59am CEST just happens to be 11:59pm PDT Sunday night… This weekend the EQII Marketplace will be featuring an Instant Rebate sale where you’ll be able to get deep discounts on most items in the store. The sale runs Friday, June 28 – Monday, July 01, ending at 08:59 am CEST. The Instant Rebate Sale...
What can we expect in the upcoming Fabled dungeons in Game Update 67? You’ll recall this announcement from Holly “Windstalker” Longdale on the EQ2 Forums about Game Update 67: Darkness Dawns which included a list of dungeons: 1. Fabled Dungeons: We’ve taken some dungeon favorites from the very first EQII expansion “Desert of Flames” and created additional versions of them with current high-level content and loot. You can experience Clefts of Rujark, The Djinn Masters Prism, Scornfeather’s Roost, and Pedestal of Sky at a high level range! As posted by Kander on the EQ2 Forums: The Fabled zones have been...
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The /feedback command should work correctly now. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Siren’s Grotto: Dissension [Raid] Overlord Talan’s doppelganger will no longer attack instantly when it is summoned and will delay casting spells for a short duration. The combine elite adds summoned by Overlord Talan memwipe less frequently and are now immune to area of effect abilities unless directly targeted. ITEMS Dulgur Bindmagic now sells armor runes that reduce the resistibility of all spells. The cost of red and yellow adornments sold by Dulgur Bindmagic have been reduced.
Players on Butcherblock and Antonia Bayle, two of the servers which were not supposed to be affected by this morning’s 5:30-7:00am maintenance, were unable to enter housing, group, or raid zones (instances), and began receiving Server Announcements indicating that their servers were coming down at 5:30am: Originally, only Guk, Everfrost, Crushbone, Permafrost and Oasis were scheduled to be brought down for extended maintenance. But it looks like someone didn’t get the memo as now ALL EQ2 servers are down and login servers are not responding: We can only guess that all EQ2 servers will be down through 8:00am PDT (11:00am EDT, 17:00...
From the EQ2 Forums: Most US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, June 25, at 7:00 am Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is one hour. The Guk, Everfrost, Crushbone, Permafrost and Oasis servers will have an extended downtime, coming down earlier at 5:30 am Pacific Time. The EU EQ2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, June 25, at 9:00 pm Pacific Time*, and the expected downtime is two hours.
From the EQ2 Forums: POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Siren’s Grotto: Dissension [Raid] Overlord Talan Challenge Mode: The Psionic Defiler and Psionic Guardian adds have less health. Overlord Talan: Adds no longer do trauma based melee damage, they do arcane damage instead. In all fights the crippling aura/cripped armor debuff is less potent per counter. Overlord Talan Challenge Mode : The Psionic Guardians do less damage. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Enchanter Sever Hate will now properly apply if the target ally is casting a spell when Sever Hate is cast. ZONES Wurmbone’s End: Nox Incessit Overall outgoing damage from zone...
UPDATE Ok folks, we just got word from Dexella on the EQ2 Forums at 11:54am PDT that this is a BUG and will be fixed soon: Hey all, We are looking for a fix to the issue that caused the removal of the countries from the credit card list. In the meantime, you can update your account by using account management on the SOE General site (rather than EQ2-specific). On soe.com, select “My Account” from the top navigation and proceed from there. Thanks, Dexella A number of European EQ2 players who are currently “free-to-play” or otherwise do not have an active credit card...
If you are a member of a Guild, then over the last few months, you’ve gained the ability to pay your rent on all of your houses, visit them with one click, and also visit the houses of friends and guildmates, all without having to venture beyond the confines of your guild hall. Now, these abilities have come to those who are between guilds or simply prefer to adventure on their own. With this new window, you can travel directly to any of your houses anywhere in Norrath as long as you are within a city zone. You can...
From EverQuest2.com: If you’re a Gold Member this summer (June 21 – September 21), you will have access to a special daily spell that provides bonus coin loot (increase of 15%), an experience bump (increase of 10%), and additional mount speed (increase of 5%)! This spell grants these benefits for four (4) hours each day, all summer long! This is in addition to all of the other perks you receive with Gold membership. You will find this spell in your hot bar or in your spell book under abilities. Look for “Gold Rush.” For more about membership levels in EverQuest II, visit our membership matrix. Go...
From EQ2 Zam: POST-PATCH UPDATE: If you are receiving a “MainHUD Map2_clone_0” UI error, it is because you are running custom maps. EQ2Map users can run the auto-updater to fix this error. Other solutions are checking over on EQ2Interface for further updates, /loadui default, or copy the default map UI files to your custom directory. This update is needed to support the new “Instant Travel” functionality which replaces the [eq2u]Portable Globe of Swift Travel[/eq2u] purchasable from the Marketplace. Instead of buying the travel Globes in stacks of 5, now you can navigate to any map in EQ2 and travel to certain demarcation points through...
From the EQ2 Forums: PLAYER HOUSING Added a new window, “Housing and Leaderboards”. This window, which can be accessed via the EQII menu and from the main menu bar, allows easy access to many housing related features. It allows you to manipulate all your current houses, browse and buy new houses, visit houses associated with the current zone you are in, and view the current housing leaderboards. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Furnace of the Ages [Challenge Duo] Fire Thief now has custom text to clarify how the effect works. and after the jump, almost every class’ has had at...
Looks like there might be some update notes for tomorrow’s extended downtime after all. From Holly “Windstalker” Longdale‘s twitter: Our new housing UI will go live in our update tomorrow! Home sweet home… #eq2 — Holly Longdale (@WindstalkerEQ2) June 20, 2013 The new combined Housing / Leaderboards window hit Test on May 15th and received mostly positive reviews, although some players expressed frustration at the addition of another zoning step for touring houses. This extra zoning happens between each house your tour, so touring houses will take twice as long. Still, the rest of the new features have been...
From the EQ2 Forums: All EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Thursday, June 20, at 4:00 am Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is four five hours. There are no game update notes associated with this downtime. Time Zone Conversions PDT: June 20 @ 4:00-8:00am 9:00am EDT: June 20 @ 7:00-11:00am 12:00pm BST: June 20 @ 12:00-16:00 17:00 CET: June 20 @ 13:00-17:00 18:00 AEST: June 20 @ 9:00pm ~ June 21 @ 1:00am 2:00am
From the EQ2 Forums: Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and ProSiebenSat.1 Games Group will be furthering their partnership with the launch of EverQuest® II on or around June 20, 2013. As we approach the transition, we want to clarify some final points. We have put together an updated FAQ that further addresses some of the most common concerns and questions from our online player community. Importantly, we want to address up front the most common concern that players have had, which is server accessibility. SOE and ProSiebenSat.1 Games have determined that it is in the best interest of the players...
A tip of the hat to Kinya who pointed out to us this morning that EverQuest II forums have appeared in English, French, and German on the Alaplaya forums.