EverQuest 2 Game Update Blog

GENERAL

Fixed a placement issue with certain moveable objects (for instance, the portals will now place properly during the Zynos fight in Anchor of Bazzul).

ACHIEVEMENTS

Characters who have completed ?Your Eternal Reward? should now receive the ?Agent of Freeport? achievement.

MERCENARIES

Shaman mercenaries should no longer continue to think they are in combat when it comes to casting wards on their group. They will still cast their out of combat preward spells.

ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION

Sundered Frontier

Fixed name on lingering slitherspines.

Vallon's Tower [Challenge]

Ambassador Grindstone will no longer reapply his Unbridled Fury of the Elements buff as soon as he has dispelled player debuffs, he waits a few seconds.

Ambassador Grindstone no longer casts Crystalline Torrent Spell.

Vallonite Sentinels no longer memwipe when they cast Sentinel?s Touch.

Vallonite Sentinels no longer taunt lock players during the fight.

Tallon?s Stronghold [Challenge]

During the Tallon Zek fight Deathbringer?s Touch is now cureable as a curse.

Tallon Zek will warn players as he teleports and will not fire his arrow volley until 10 seconds after he changes his location.

Fighters will not take as harsh a punishment if they turn their back on Tallon Zek as he is firing arrows.

TRADESKILL APPRENTICE

Tradeskill Apprentice daily reward potions are now treasured and stack to 200.

The Potion of Hastened Learning will now give +25% experience gain.

ITEMS

The Dragonflame Scale Shield is now Beastlord usable.

Corpse items can no longer be added to the broker.

QUESTS

The quests ?A Rat?s a Rat?s a Rat,? ?A Cleansing This Temple Needs?,? and ?Entering the Veil? should again update properly.

The City of Freeport

The quest ?Grobb, Not Forgotten? should now reward the proper reward. Players who have already completed the quest may seek out Viducius in East Freeport to pick up their reward.

Thurgadin

Frizella Emberblossom is now more willing to give the Thudomatonian Monotony quest if you forgot to pick it up before.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Extra Dungeon Mark Days are here from 17 January until 30 January! Dungeon Maker dungeon players and creators will receive 25% MORE tokens during this time period. To create and see listings of available dungeons, select Dungeon Maker from your EQ2 Menu button in game. Visit the Dungeon Maker category in the Marketplace to spend your tokens on items to equip your play character, as well as items to enjoy and build more dungeons.  Prepare to get your dungeoneering on!

GENERAL

Fixed a UI bug on the mini-map window.

Fixed a bug where if you had a single target maintained spell on a group member and logged out that the spell would still be there when you logged back in.

Fixed an issue that prevented respec cards from working with beastlords.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

Elements of War

Decorin Bonewing should now drop treasure each time he is killed in both the normal and the challenge versions.

Befallen: Halls of the Forsaken

Sir Loros Highgarden should no longer cast his flawless charge relentlessly.

Tower of Tactics [Challenge]

Ambassador Grindstone will not cast bullseye on anyone with Council Judgment, nor will he cast Council Judgment on any player who has Bullseye.

MERCENARIES

Fixed a bug where maintained spells on mercenaries would drop when zoning.

Fixed a display issue with mercenary salaries when mentored.

Raid leaders with a mercenary should now be able to properly add/remove players from their raid groups.

TRADESKILL APPRENTICES

Tradeskill Apprentice priest belts now have a proc.

The additional heal amount provided by Tradeskill Apprentice priest food now affects wards as well as heals.

ITEMS

Gnomish Safety Hat can now be equipped by beastlords.

QUESTS

The City of Freeport

Maldreya Darkheart?s conversation with Xolantan should no longer give players an examine box instead of a dialog node on rare occasions.

The quest description for ?Qeynos Bounty: Yewon Martrcle? should reflect Yewon?s new location in the Gorowyn Chancery.

It should no longer be possible to accidentally kill the conspiring citizens while working on the Freeport human racial quest, ?Purification.?

The corpses that show up before the sewer entrance for ?To Make or Unmake? quest in West Freeport should now disappear once the quest is completed.

The quest ?On a Boat? should now award items appropriate for the level of the character that completes the quest. If you have already completed this quest the rewards should be available on the armor and weapon upgrade merchant within Freeport.

Moors of Ykesha

The Quest ?Swabber the Deck ? Stock the Loft? will once again grant the Deckhand Labor Boots as a reward.

Great Divide

For the quest ?It?s a Trap!? you can now re-arm the traps for the eastern and western fronts in any order.

Antonica

For the Shining Metallic Robes heritage quest line, the time breach portal and cog in Antonica should no longer be visible after the portal has been destroyed.

Betrayal

The Old ?Switcheroo,? Party Crasher, Extracting the Defector, and The Captain?s Ring betrayal quests should again update properly.

GENERAL

Fixed an issue where the client could get stuck trying to load a character into Mok Rent.

PLAYER HOUSING

The City of Freeport: The Magical Academy housing portal should no longer vanish after being placed in a house.

Fixed a bug where loading a layout of an invalid file could cause the house zone to crash.

DUNGEON MAKER

Mystic Guardian avatar for Dungeon Maker has had the zombie scare attack changed.

Fixed an issue with Dungeons being put into the Housing hall of fame.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

The City of Freeport

There is now only a single patrolling wraithguard within the passage way of the Overlord?s Plaza. The static wraithguards that were blocking the entry way from North, East, West Freeport have been removed.

Throne of Storms: Hall of Legends [Both Challenge and Normal]

Legatus Prime Mikill should wait longer before unleashing his Killing Blow if he is stationary.

Elements of War [Challenge]

Terrinon Bloodclaw has had his flurry chance removed. Health and damage has been slightly adjusted and adds should come a little less frequently.

Thundering Steppes

Griffin flight between docks and the rest of the griffin tower stations should be working properly now.

LIVE EVENTS

Goddess Risen

Love's Golden Defense and the Bow of the Loving Huntress are now heirloom.

QUESTS

The City of Freeport

It should no longer be possible to get the quest ?Arcane Science Versus Dark Faith? if you are below level 40.

The Shadow Odyssey quest ?Chapter 4: History Repeating? will once again update properly when breaking into Nasin Manor.

On a Boat: The zone ?The Salty Lass II? should properly instance now.

Steamfont

Caustic Action now requires fewer updates, and Mazkeen witch doctors are easier to find.

Qeynos

Good-aligned Beastlords can now speak to Ian Cathlan in Qeynos Harbor to begin their level 20 class armor quest line.

As Ian Cathlan in Qeynos Harbor is now offering level 20 armor quests to beastlords, Selwyn Oakheart in South Qeynos will not.  Oh Selwyn, beastlords are a scout class!

Beastlord Epic

The Path to Understanding: Dagoranon, Deep Protector?s frontal, Breath of Frost should now be much less punishing and allow 6 seconds to be cured.  Mercenaries are no longer immune to Breath of Frost.

ITEMS

Pouch of Flaying Stars should now offer agility along with its other stats.

Toxic Bow of Execution should now consume arrows instead of throwing ammo.

Drammind?s Bat Whistle, Mystic Armwraps, Tiara of Thorn, Vigorus Darkpaw Tailisman, Chained Pants of the Fearless, Intrepid Chestguard, and Fearless Boots should now be able to be used by beastlords.

Shoulder slot items from dungeon maker should now be correctly restricted to the appropriate classes that can use the armor type of the item.

GENERAL

You may now use the command ?/republish_house? to update the name and image of your currently published dungeon or house.

Note: Images can only be updated once every 15 minutes. 

BEASTLORD

The warder granted Primal ?Silent Talon? is now level 30.

DUNGEON FINDER

Adventuring in a DF group for 20 minutes will now grant you a reward once a day!

COMBAT

Fixed an issue where your character would sometimes spin and face away from an NPC they were fighting.

QUESTS

The City of Freeport

You no longer need to complete your Freeport racial questline to receive the final Freeport quest ?Your Eternal Reward.?

The ?Agent of Freeport? achievement for completing the entire Freeport questline will now work properly.  This fix is retroactive ? if you?ve already completed the final quest you will get the achievement.

Beastlord Epic

For beastlords on the quest ?The Path to Understanding?, it should now be possible to respawn Dagoranon if he is somehow despawned before you can defeat him.

When speaking with Grim Stormshield for the quest ?One Door Closes, Another Door Opens,? and ?A Way All Mercy is a Way Unjust,? you should no longer be gated if you stop speaking with him before the quests update.

The Spiritual Wound in the Fens of Nathsar should remain properly visible until you have finished speaking with Ralissk for the quest ?One Door Closes, Another Door Opens.?

You should no longer be prevented from finishing the quest, ?A Chance for Redemption? if you delete it and restart it.

GENERAL

All Membership levels may now claim Veteran rewards.

Fixed a bug where expertise AAs would not load properly from a mirror.

When using an AA mirror to switch profiles you will no longer be spammed with onscreen messages or having icons autopopulate into your hotbars.

Fixed a bug where the character tree would not show in the respec window when attempting to purchase AA respecs.

PLAYER HOUSING

Prestige house portals should no longer disappear when placed.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION

General

• The following NPCs now buy back any status item:
• Zula Tazil <Dismal Rage Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Zur <Dismal Rage Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Zargga <Freeport Militia Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Gorga <Freeport Militia Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Karila T'zel <Arcane Scientist Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Brinegaggle <Arcane Scientist Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Zafira <Seafury Buccaneer Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Exmarch <Seafury Buccaneer Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Polycethes <City Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Progenitus <City Merchant> (City of Freeport)
• Aothis Warmbreeze <City Merchant> (Kelethin)
• Celea Warmbreeze <City Merchant> (Kelethin)
• Shulzel Mek'nan <City Merchant> (Gorowyn)
• Ornulf Sweettongue <City Merchant> (Halas)
• Mirva Kilgour <City Merchant> (Halas)
• Peregrine Helgreth Iceweaver <Ravens of the North Merchant> (Halas)
• Phyrra S'Vivirr <City Merchant> (Neriak)
• Jander S'Tryx <City Merchant> (Neriak)
• Acquisitions Expert Kyri Velkyn <Dark Bargainers Merchant> (Neriak)
• Dalion D'Abth <City of Neriak Faction Merchant> (Neriak)
• Lambent <City Merchant> (The Elddar Grove)
• Mirthmire <City Merchant> (The Elddar Grove)
• Trillium <Tunarian Alliance Merchant> (The Elddar Grove)
• Pottsby <City Merchant> (Qeynos Harbor)
• Rabbleson <City Merchant> (Qeynos Harbor)
• Meredeth <Celestial Watch Merchant> (Qeynos North)
• Aldermun <Qeynos Guard Merchant> (Qeynos North)
• Stetts <City Merchant> (Qeynos North)
• Tatterhorn <City Merchant> (Qeynos North)
• Fhara Hanford <Ironforge Exchange Merchant> (Qeynos North)
• Celes <City Merchant> (Qeynos South)
• Jowling <City Merchant> (Qeynos South)
• Shinolio <Concordium Merchant> (Qeynos South)

The City of Freeport

Guards that are level 95 in Freeport Militia House have been lowered to Level 65.

Added a provisioner in Freeport Block & Tackle in South Freeport.

BEASTLORDS

Fixed a bug where you would get the “Your warder has gained a level” onscreen message when the warder did not actually gain a level.

LIVE EVENTS

Frostfell

Permafrost Crypt: Decorating Retribution – The music has been silenced.

Permafrost Crypt: Decorating Retribution – The zone is now persistent in the case of disconnection. So, players should be less likely to lose advancement.

The crafted snappy red, blue & green helmets are no longer heirloom.

QUESTS

General

Good-aligned characters should be able to speak with the Shades of the Great Truespirit.

The City of Freeport

Weaponsmith Xass has set up a new place of business within the Coalition of Tradesfolke building.  You can find him near Jonak Harvester.  He?s a bit picky about where he sets up shop, you see.

The Functional Clockwork used on the quest ?Battle of Wits? should no longer attract undue attention.