EverQuest 2 Game Update Blog

Everyone was wondering what was in the Mystery Box that Elquin was teasing me with last night, so here ya go!

The Ear Force HPA2 5.1 channel Surround Sound PC Headphones combine the comfort and isolation of professional- grade gaming

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Actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38.

The co-star of the 1987 hit, “The Lost Boys”, was found unresponsive inside a Oakwood CA apartment at 3:30 am this morning.  The Canadian-born actor was rushed to Providence St.Joseph’s…

I know it has been a while since I have posted anything on this blog! Sentinel’s Fate has been out for almost two weeks and our guild Dracos Argent has progressed quite well through content.

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While not breaking news, some folks may not be aware that Sentinel’s Fate offers a Signature quest to level 85+ crafters who have completed the Quel’Ule portion of the Paineel crafting timeline.

Two weeks after you complete…

As we have reported, players have been abusing an exploit which allowed them to login to Battlegrounds and consume/transmute/craft items and then get those items back upon being returned to their home servers. SOE have stepped up and shown they…

Brewday, the Norrathian holiday celebrating all things beer, I mean, Brell, hits live servers March 11 and will run through March 22.  ZAM’s own Cyliena has been on Test drinking her way from tavern to tavern and brings us news…

Alan “Brenlo” Crosby, EQII Senior Producer, posted on the official forums addressing the recent Battlegrounds transmuting bug and actions taken against players who exploited it.

This weekend an exploit was found on the Battlegrounds server which allowed players

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We’re kickin the Tires, Lightin the Fires.  Brew Day is coming up and that can only mean one thing… It’s Jethal’s Birthday!  It’s time to play Pin the Tail on the Gnoll!  Hang that orc from a tree and beat…

Big fan of the raid Updates for today!

GENERAL
It should be more difficult to get out of PvP combat after engaging someone in PvP combat.
You can no longer break PvP encounters by using /yell.
All raid mobs have had their damage and melee reduced by 10-20%

BATTLEGROUNDS
You will now only get a death credit in a battleground if you actually die.
Ungrouped members on the same team should be autogrouped after a few seconds.
The old group icons are back. So custom UI group icons should work normally now.
Russian names now display properly in the battleground leaderboard window.
Healing from wards will now count as healing given and healing received in the battleground leaderboard.

ITEMS
The descriptions for Clarissa’s Content Countenance and Criggle’s Chaotic Characteristics have been updated to resolve some confusion issues.
The following items have been changed from heirloom/lore-equip to no trade/lore:
exquisite woven boots
exquisite woven pants
exquisite woven shoulder pads
exquisite woven tunic
female tradesman boots
female tradesman gloves
female tradesman pants
female tradesman tunic
male tradesman boots
male tradesman gloves
male tradesman pants
male tradesman tunic
striking woven boots
striking woven pants
striking woven shoulder pads
striking woven tunic
dragon fastened robe
exquisitely stitched robe
female gold blouse
female gold skirt
formal wear female ensemble
formal wear male ensemble

QUESTS
Rewards from the ‘Shadows of the Betrayed’ signature quest are now correctly flagged as one-hand weapons.

TRADESKILLS
Tradeskilled adornments would not work on a large number of low-level items. This has been fixed.
The Hua Mein daily crafting missions now include only 1 mission that requires harvesting, equivalent to the Kerra and Quel’ule factions.

LAIR OF THE DRAGON QUEEN
Toxxulia should do less damage with her spells and melee.

PALACE OF ROEHN THEER
Maalus Shadowfyre will now cast his AOE spells at least 12 seconds apart from one another, rather than 8 seconds, giving players more time to recover after the previous AOE spell ticks.

PERAH CELSIS ABONIMABLE LABORATORY
Perah Celsis should do slightly less damage with his spells.

Posted by Kiara:

We’ll be having our usual Tuesday hotfix starting at 6am for the US servers and at 9pm (5am GMT Wednesday March 10) for Runnyeye and Splitpaw.The downtime will be the usual hour

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