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		<title>It’s Almost Here…EQ2U</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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A new website from the makers of EQ2Wire is almost here&#8230;
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		<title>Gninja: Mercs Shouldn’t Dominate PvP</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last year&#8217;s Fan Faire, Leko, champion of PvP balance, stood up after Mercenaries were announced and asked &#8220;Will Mercenaries work in PvP?&#8221; and then a series of questions about how they would be balanced, tested, etc. Well&#8230;better late than never.  
From Gninja:
While I can&#8217;t really address everything being said in this post right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Omougi: Adornments Should Be About Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The announced removal of Critical Mitigation will coincide with the conversion of Yellow and Red Crit Mit adornments into Health adornments. So why will the replacement adornments have less Health (less than 250 points each) than White health adornments? According to Omougi, it&#8217;s because the EQ2 team thinks we should have other viable choices, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reminder: A Goddess Risen Prelude Event Ends February 6th</title>
		<link>http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/03/reminder-a-goddess-risen-prelude-event-ends-february-6th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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Just a friendly reminder of our friendly reminder, the Goddess Risen event ends next Monday, February 6th to make way for the upcoming Erollisi Day 2012 event.
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		<title>Holly Longdale Takes Over as EverQuest II Producer &#124; Ten Ton Hammer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EverQuest II Executive Producer Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson hands off the producer reins to Holly “Windstalker” Longdale.
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		<title>Smokejumper Introduces Holly “Windstalker” Longdale, New EverQuest II Producer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the EverQuest2.com:


A Letter from Smokejumper
Hi there, Norrathians!
As  many of you know, I’m the Executive Producer in charge of the entire  EverQuest franchise, including EQ, EQII, and the upcoming (and very  different) “EverQuest Next.” For the last two years, I’ve also been the  Producer for your EverQuest II world, and it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EverQuest II Removing Critical Mitigation Stat &#124; Ten Ton Hammer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martuk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EverQuest II Executive Producer Dave “SmokeJumper” Georgeson  explains the decision to remove the Critical Mitigation stat from the game.
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		<title>Silius: Crit Avoidance Not Going Anywhere</title>
		<link>http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/02/silius-crit-avoidance-not-going-anywhere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Silius on the EQ2 Forums:
Just to clarify some confusion.

Crit mit as a mechanic is being removed.
NPC crit bonus was countered by crit mit and we are reducing crit bonus to 0 across the board.
Critical avoidance is staying around. Critical avoidance is an NPCs way of contesting your chance to critically hit them.
Replacing  the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dethdlr’s Dungeon: EQ2’s Endgame Downfall – Critical Mitigation</title>
		<link>http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/01/dethdlrs-dungeon-eq2s-endgame-downfall-critical-mitigation/</link>
		<comments>http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/01/dethdlrs-dungeon-eq2s-endgame-downfall-critical-mitigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dethdlr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: A week ago, Dethdlr sent me a draft of an article that he had the intention of posting to EQ2Wire at some point in the future. It hasn&#8217;t been polished or edited. But in light of today&#8217;s announcement, it&#8217;s timely and provides an interesting contrast to my article.

For many years in EQ2, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Three Years of Progression Comes to an End</title>
		<link>http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/01/editorial-three-years-of-progression-comes-to-an-end/</link>
		<comments>http://eq2wire.com/2012/02/01/editorial-three-years-of-progression-comes-to-an-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Feldon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A funny thing happened when I was chatting with some folks about today&#8217;s news of Critical Mitigation being completely removed from EQ2. A few of them were surprised when I reminded them that Crit Mit has been part of EQ2 for over 3 years.
Critical Mitigation was introduced in November 2008 with The Shadow Odyssey expansion. [...]]]></description>
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