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A combination of 6 speakers plus dual sub-woofers, powered by a multi-channel amplifier with bass enhancement, lets you hear critical game sound cues all around you while blocking out distractions. A removable microphone also lets you communicate with other players as you hear every nuance of the game. Also makes DVD movies sound amazing on your PC!

These headphones are VERY comfy.. light.. and sound fan-freaking-tastic.. Thank you hon!  *big kiss*

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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 Medical Canter in Burbank and pronounced Dead of a drug overdose.

Two weeks after you complete the final Quel’ule quest for Researcher Tahar, you will receive an item in the mail from him. He’s actually entrusting a relic to you, though it needs a bit of repair. This is the Shadows of the Betrayed signature quest.

The reward for this quest is a unique appearance weapon which matches your tradeskill class.

As always, Niami Denmother is on the case about all things crafting at EQ2Traders.

This weekend an exploit was found on the Battlegrounds server which allowed players to transmute items, and have those items returned when leaving the Battlegrounds.  This occured due to a change we made in the code to speed up the return process.  While we understand that this was a bug of our creation, some players chose to take advantage of it, knowing it was not meant to work in that fashion.

Many players took advantage of the bug, to varying degrees.  Some of our community however went to great lengths to abuse the bug.  For those accounts that abused this obvious bug, we have taken action.  Some have been removed from the game altogether, while others are losing all of the items on their characters.  All will face at least some time removed from the game as we sort through the various logs and track down their ill-gained platinum and items.

While we hate to remove anyone from our community, our family, there are times that for the good of the servers, the in-game economy and the community we do find ourselves forced to take action.  Unfortunately, this was one such occasion.

Thanks all for being a part of Norrath.

This action is not just limited to Transmuters:

We tracked spells, transmutations, abuse of Mender Bots, etc. We are taking action against all who reached a specific threshhold of abuse.

The most egregious offenders, who I have learned made thousands of plat off of this exploit, will find themselves suspended from the game for several days or possibly a longer ban.

It’s pretty easy to find the Bar of Brell, there’s portals outside major Norrathian cities.  But if you need a hint or maybe got started on the ale early, see our Brewday page!

This weekend an exploit was found on the Battlegrounds server which allowed players to transmute items, and have those items returned when leaving the Battlegrounds.  This occured due to a change we made in the code to speed up the return process.  While we understand that this was a bug of our creation, some players chose to take advantage of it, knowing it was not meant to work in that fashion. 

Many players took advantage of the bug, to varying degrees.  Some of our community however went to great lengths to abuse the bug.  For those accounts that abused this obvious bug, we have taken action.  Some have been removed from the game altogether, while others are losing all of the items on their characters.  All will face at least some time removed from the game as we sort through the various logs and track down their ill-gained platinum and items. 

While we hate to remove anyone from our community, our family, there are times that for the good of the servers, the in-game economy and the community we do find ourselves forced to take action.  Unfortunately, this was one such occasion.

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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.

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 or so.

and your March 9 Hotfix Notes after the jump…

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.