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Game Update 57 Reactions

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


Mastercrafted + Fabled? Why the extra tag?

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

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Feedback Sought on ‘Exile’ Status

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

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Brawler Fix: Crane Twirl Gains 20% AE Auto-Attack

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.


The Permeable Barrier of the StationCash Marketplace

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 varietyRead the rest


August 24, 2010 Hotfix Notes

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

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Tuesday Hotfix Expected

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


Notable Norrathians Winners

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



Hotbar Replacement Bug

Game Update 57 added an interesting new UI feature. As you gain adventure levels, newer spells are now supposed to replace the previous tier’s spell on your hotbar. For instance, if you have Roped… Read the rest


EQ2X Breaking Station Access Accounts

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


More on that Class Reset Quest

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


Illusionist Class Issues

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.

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Monks to be thrown a Bone?

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

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Xelgad responds to The Paladin Problem

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


Ranged AE Autoattack & Flurry, Bow Changes

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


EQ2 Live vs. EQ2X — What the New Consumer Sees

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


More to Marks of Manaar?

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


EQ2 Extended Launches

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


Brawlers and Crusaders Get an Unfunded Mandate

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


Possible Movement on Betrayal?

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


Fan Faire: Skyblade Skiff — Per Account?

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


Good news for XP: Vitality at 90

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


Over your Character Limit? 1 Week to get it Sorted

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


The “Perks” for Having a Live Multi-Month Sub

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 theRead the rest