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Those Walmart 1500+500SC cards aren’t going away, but if you redeem a 1500SC/30-day Game Card from Best Buy this weekend, you’ll also get 500SC bonus. From the EQ2 Forums: Get a 500 Station Cash Bonus when you buy a $15 SOE Pre-paid Game Card at Best Buy and redeem between August 17-19th.
As Linda “Brasse” Carlson (@Brasse), Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson (@Qixter), and presumably other SOE staff are at Gamescom this week in Cologne, Germany helping kick off the reintroduction of EverQuest II and other SOE properties to European audiences, we look at the rocky transition DC Universe Online EU players are experiencing in linking their SOE accounts with ProSiebenSat.1. Multiple Accounts One of the sticking points in the ProSiebenSat.1 terms-and-conditions which have EU EQ2 players concerned is the prohibition on multiple accounts. Indeed an earlier rendition of the ProSiebenSat.1 Terms and Conditions said this: For each person / IP only one...
Yet another finger in the pie… A press release from ProSiebenSat.1’s website: ProSiebenSat.1 and TF1 begin extensive partnership for online games in France Munich, Germany, August 2, 2012. ProSiebenSat.1 is entering into a partnership of several years with France’s biggest TV station Télévision Française 1 (TF1), covering the field of online games. The media company’s games publisher ProSiebenSat.1 Games will thus provide the French games portal www.MYTF1.fr with its portfolio in stages, starting in mid-August. The portfolio includes games from the existing licensing and content agreements with Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and 35 other partners. With more than 25...
After initially having been told: Why will this partnership not affect EverQuest 1? The original EverQuest was not included as part of the agreement between SOE and ProSiebenSat.1 Games. It appears that EverQuest, Vanguard, and 2 new games are now included in the SOE-ProSiebenSat.1 Deal. From a press release (posted at Gamasutra) at GamesCom in Germany: ProSiebenSat.1 Games expands Europe-wide exclusive cooperation with Sony Online Entertainment Munich, Germany, August 15, 2012. ProSiebenSat.1 Games and Sony Online Entertainment, LLC (SOE) are expanding their exclusive partnership with four online games for the European market. Following the successful launch of DC Universe™...
When asked about mob-specific war runes (red adornments) from earlier Velious zones being made available in Drunder, Kander had this surprising response: There is new raid content coming in September. Most of these will make a re-appearance there. At EQ2Wire, we have been very concerned that there would be no new high level content between April 2012 and late November 2012. Now it looks like we have something to look forward to!
If after your EQ2 game crashes, you’ve ever said to yourself “D*mnit this is so annoying. You’d think SOE would have some way to read my crash log and figure out what went wrong!“, it turns out they do. Unveiled during the ‘Geek Panel’ at last year’s Fan Faire, Recap allows EQ2 crash logs to be uploaded automatically to EQ2 developers. These comprehensive crash logs makes it possible for the EQ2 team see exactly what line of their code caused the crash, allowing them to quickly identify and squash these stability bugs. Recap has been mostly seamless for players,...
From the EQ2 Twitter: Reminder: there will be a US server downtime today (08/14) beginning at 1:00 pm PDT. [Dexella]
EQ2Wire updates have been a bit light lately. But it wasn’t my fault. I ran out of gas. I… I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD! Actually, I have a rather good excuse… One does not simply walk into St. Petersburg, Russia.
From the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL An Auto Attack timing window has been implemented into the default UI. You can enable / disable this feature under User Interface – Game Windows – Show The Autoattack Timing Bar. Fixed an issue with the age slider for male / female humans. Fixed some customization issues with Darkelves. Fixed an issue with skirts on humans and elves.
We recently saw the end of paying EQ2 subscriptions with StationCash (which, due to triple SC weekends and 50% off sales, allowed players to buy a YEAR’S EQ2 subscription for $14.99 — or an EQ2 sub for as little as $1.25 a month). On August 29th, the ability to buy EQ2 expansions for StationCash will similarly come to an end. With various promotions, it was possible to buy an EQ2 expansion normally retailing for $39.95 for as little as $6.65. SOE is providing this upcoming weekend as a grace period to buy expansions for 50% off with StationCash. The...
EQ2 Servers were brought down this afternoon for an ’emergency hotfix’. No word on what was changed as no update notes were provided. From the EQ2 Forums: EverQuest II servers will be brought down for an Emergency Hotfix at 2:35 PM Pacific Time. The servers will be down for approximately 1 hour. It seems unlikely that an emergency hotfix would be dedicated to fixing a (literally) cosmetic bug, but it seems that may at least partially be the case. A player asked: When I logged in this morning I had a mail with one attachment. I read it and...
Here are your Update Notes for Thursday, August 9th, 2012 from the EQ2 Forums: GENERAL The click to cure section of the group UI should display information more accurately. SOEMOTE Fix for issue where the SOEmote/Voice Bar window would display even after being toggled off with alt+v. SOEmote/Voice Bar window should now retain the toggled state. Added checkbox to show/hide the SOEmote/Voice Bar to the options SOEmote tab under both the SOEmote and the Voice Chat titles. Darkelf female mouth should close completely now. Human female skin tint should be correct once again.
From EverQuest2.com: Don’t put away your wrenches just yet! Tinkerfest has been extended through Sunday, August 12th, 2012! For more information on Tinkerfest, including a list of new features for 2012, click here! But remember, time is ticking!
We have received numerous reports that some players cannot connect to Group or Guild text chat or Voice chat. More as we have it…
SOEmote is now live on the EQ2 servers and we have reports that players are testing it out, especially in the Sinking Sands and other common zones. As soon as you login, EQ2 will try to see if you have a Webcam installed and if so, will bring up the SOEmote window with your face on the left and character on the right. You may need to increase the lighting in your room if you have Calibration problems. Some players may experience issues if they wear glasses or have a beard. Image from Raven-Mythic.
In the most recent episode of EQ2Talk, Dellmon and Aliscious address SOE’s notion that “We’re players too”. From SOEmote to Dungeon Maker to loot distribution and balance, the podcast asks the question — Why are so many things missed, overlooked, or left behind? Also in the podcast, EQ2U gets its moment in the sun as Ali compares it to EQ2Players. I encourage listening to the whole podcast, but if you want to focus your attention on the bit about EQ2U, that’s from 41 minutes until 46 minutes with a brief followup from 52:30-53:30. From EQ2Talk.com: If the summer sun...
UPDATE: EQ2 is back up and SOEmote has launched! rom the EQ2 Forums: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 6:00 AM Pacific* on August 7, 2012. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 4 hours. This will impact the following services: Login for all SOE games will be affected Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces, will be unavailable Forums will be read-only Account management will be unavailable All EverQuest II US Servers will be down from 7:00 AM Pacific* for a Hotfix. The estimated downtime is one hour with an estimated two hour downtime...
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From EverQuest2.com: SOEmote Your Way SOEmote is finally ready to go live on August 7! After showing the feature at E3 in Los Angeles earlier this year and getting a lot of interest and feedback, we opted to spend more time developing it to make it fit easily into the game experience so it felt fun, natural, and easy. You will find the SOEmote listed in the main EQII menu in game, as well as in the game Options. Some features we added are: Auto-Enable SOEmote with Webcam. To start with, we wanted the feature to be easy to...
Update from Windstalker: This is obviously unacceptable and we are actively looking into it. As much as possible, send a PM to Dexella or contact the TSR’s in the thread with the time (or timeframe), server, zone(s) and character name if possible where you noticed the issue. I’m going to be watching over this and trying to get some action on it ASAP. The most detail we can get from you, the more we can start narrowing this down for a fix. Again, apologies folks.
From the EQ2 Forums: Greetings Norrathians! Now that Qeynos Rises is live, we’re switching gears to a year-end expansion and working on live content and bugs. In addition, here’s some news for August. TINKERFEST July 29 to August 8 Tinkerfest returns! You will find event locations in Freeport at Inventor’s Outlook and in the Qeynos Capitol District at Inventor’s Threshold. There are also new rewards on the quests and the Tinkerfest merchant has new items – including six tinkered-theme mounts. Ethereal Weapons Fall in Summer View Ethereal items @ EQ2U A rumor has begun to spread across the world...
From EverQuest2.com: GENERAL Options for who to display a casting bar for, as well as special coloration for allied casting bars, have been added. These options can be found under User Interface (Advanced) – Targeting Windows. PVP PvP Hot Zones have been added! Defeating players while in these zones will be more rewarding. You can check the current Hot Zones on the Welcome Screen or use the /gethotzones command. PLAYER HOUSING Concordium Tower Magical Manor home portals will now be visible when placed in a home.
Tinkerfest has returned once again to EQ2! The festivities start on July 29, 2012 and run through August 8, 2012. There’s all sorts of new stuff this year and for those that didn’t get everything from last year, all those goodies are returning. For a full writeup of the whole event, where else would you go but Niami Denmother’s EQ2Traders. From EverQuest2.com: Like clockwork, Tinkerfest has returned! Take up your favorite wrench and celebrate all things gnomish, be they metal, combustive, mathematical, experimental, or a combination thereof! Adventures, rewards, buyables and crafted items await you, both new and familiar....
From Jethal’s twitter: EQII Antonia Bayle Statue for FREE
Here’s what’s on Test for Thursday July 26th. Some or all of these changes may go live today or next Tuesday. From the EQ2 Forums: This update should occur around 1pm PST. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Baubbleshire Changed spawn timers on the injured Baubbleshire citizens from six minutes to two minutes. ABILTIES Fixed a bug where reckless stance could increase taunt amounts. PVP UPDATES The effects of Blood Ritual and Blood Symphony have been reduced in effectiveness in PVP combat. Mage Damage has been reduced in PVP combat. The effectiveness of Lethality and Toughness has been increased.
From EverQuest2.com: We will perform maintenance beginning at 12:01 AM on Thursday, July 26, 2012; this will impact the following services: Game Logins (across all SOE games) will be unavailable from 12:01 AM Pacific* Thursday, July 26, 2012, to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific* Thursday, July 26, 2012. Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces, will be unavailable from 12:01 AM Pacific* to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific* Thursday, July 26, 2012. Account management will be unavailable from 12:01 AM Pacific* to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific* Thursday, July 26, 2012. Forums will be unavailable from 12:01 AM Pacific* to approximately 6:00 AM Pacific* Thursday, July 26, 2012. Players who are already...