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If you haven’t read the Game Update 57 Feedback thread, it’s a real eye-opener, let me tell you.
I have always seen players who manage find a silver lining in every… Read the rest
One of the changes in today’s hotfix was that some Mastercrafted items now also show a Fabled or Legendary tag. Domino gives us further explanation.
Yep, the release
EQ2 Lead Designer Rich Waters is seeking player feedback on why players stick with Exile despite the huge disadvantages. He posed the question:
Exiles were definitely a side-effect of
From Xelgad on the EQ2 Forums:
As a quick update, internally, we have changed Crane Twirl to grant a total of 20% AE Auto-Attack in addition to the proc it currently grants.
On Thursday evening, a player logged in to discover that one of their gameplay-acquired mounts, a War-Barded Black Cavalry Horse, had unattuned itself. This led to the discovery that a variety… Read the rest
Hotfix notes for Tuesday, August 24, 2010 after the jump:
MENTORING
- Increased mentoring xp bonus given when mentoring another player.
- The experience bonus for having players mentor you adds the percentage displayed
Although there are no update notes or official announcement just yet, numerous forum posts from EQ2 devs have indicated that a Hotfix is expected on Tuesday to correct some issues caused… Read the rest
This is reprinted from the original EverQuest2.com article which seems to have gone missing.

Greetings, Norrathians!
We are thrilled to make the highly-anticipated announcement of the… Read the rest
Xalmat from Crushbone has deduced:
On Sunday, August 22, 2010, at 4:30am Pacific, one of the authentication servers for the login server seemed to crash.
Anyone that’s experiencing massive lag, or
There have been reports from several players that trying out EQ2X has wiped out all their entitlements on EQ2 Live with their Station Access account. I have two… Read the rest
It seems that ever since the new Inquisitor trainer in Qeynos prematurely offered the ability to reset any class to Inquisitor, players have let their imaginations run wild with the possibilities of switching between… Read the rest
Xelgad has responded to a detailed thread on Illusionist Class Issues:
Hey guys, long time no see! We got some good feedback at Fan Faire which I wanted to share.
In response to a detailed list of issues with the Monk Class, Xelgad has provided an unexpected commentary:
Thanks for the up to date thread!
I can’t give an
Xelgad has posted a flurry of responses to specific class issues today.
This one, in regards to Critical Heals which have been removed from all fighters. For some fighter classes, critical heals might have… Read the rest
We’ve been hearing about some ranger love for about 3 expansions now, but at Fan Faire, we heard the first concrete info. Xelgad has elaborated on just what we can expect in… Read the rest
Everquest2 Extended has launched into beta. I was curious to see what a new person to Everquest2 would see.
When you first go to Everquest2, you do get two options, just as we were… Read the rest
Marks of Manaar are the heroic armor/jewelry/weapon-buying “currency” of Sentinel’s Fate. Much like the Void Shards of The Shadow Odyssey, Marks of Manaar allow players to buy baseline armor, jewelry, weapons, charms, cloaks, etc.… Read the rest
The EverQuest II Extended (Free-to-Play) website and Beta service have officially launched. Of note on the new EQ2X website is a tremendous 2 minute trailer for the game which is getting… Read the rest
Ah… the Shadow Odyssey. The land of milk and honey… The lost dungeons of… ok I’ll stop now.
Ask players of EQ2 during the Shadow Odyssey what they thought of the expansion, and you’ll… Read the rest
With now 16 neutral character classes, available in both good and evil alignments, and with recent expansions rarely distinguishing between good and evil when handing out quests, it’s not a surprise that the question… Read the rest
Some of the buzz before Fan Faire was “Is the Skyblade Skiff housing option going to be one-per-account, or one-per-character?”
Now personally, I cannot imagine that anyone who is really into housing won’t already… Read the rest
I have to admit I have been impressed at the speed of responses to issues on the EQ2 forums yesterday. If you are at all familiar with all of the various parlour tricks which… Read the rest
So the aftermath of our brouhaha yesterday about players who have been (admittedly) taking advantage of having more than 7 characters on an EQ2 account (or more than 12 characters on a Station Access… Read the rest
After a lot of questions and a lot of waiting, we finally get an answer on what the “perks” will be for the EQ2 Live Subscription servers. This thread on the… Read the rest
