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Want some Battlegrounds items but can’t stand some of the zones? Having trouble getting into some of them as often as you’d like? If so, then changes may be coming your way soon that… Read the rest
From EQ2Players.com:
Platinum Memberships are now available for EQ2X players!
With the Platinum Membership, players can enjoy a robust experience in the world of Norrath. Platinum members will get full access
From EQ2Players.com:
Platinum Memberships are now available for EQ2X players!
With the Platinum Membership, players can enjoy a robust experience in the world of Norrath. Platinum members will get full access
EQ2Wire reported last week about individual classes and broker access being available for purchase on EQ2X in the near future. The future is now.
This just in from Smokejumper on the… Read the rest
For a while now, there have been items that give a bonus to mitigation. These bonuses are shown as the blue stat on gear that says +x% Mitigation Increase. Apparently, for a long time… Read the rest
Here are your hotfix notes for September 1, 2010 after the break:
EVERQUEST II EXTENDED
- Classes can now be purchased individually off the Marketplace and through character creation.
- Armor
The previously reported rumor of bonus XP has been officially confirmed on EQ2Players.com. Those playing during Labor Day weekend will be enjoying Double XP:
This coming weekend, from 10:00 am PDT on Friday,
If you’re familiar with the Battlefield of Ganak, the Capture-the-Flag arena for PvP/Battlegrounds, you’ll know that players have demonstrated an uncanny ability to collect the opposing team’s flag and then hide somewhere that the… Read the rest
EQ2 Extended (Free-to-Play) may seem to be “set in stone”, but in fact, changes are still being made and considered during its Public Beta/Soft Launch. Of particular discussion have been the price of race… Read the rest
What’s on Test this weekend? Here are just a few items:
- UI: The XP bar will now stay put between logins.
- UI: Designers of custom UIs can now set the XP bar to
Players have been advised about The Dangers of Buying Plat and/or Power Leveling services for a couple of years now, including the consequences such as compromised accounts.
However this July, SOE… Read the rest
SmokeJumper dropped this hint in response to the question…
*whistles innocently*
Check back Monday’ish.
One aspect of the EverQuest 2 Live vs. EverQuest 2 Extended (Free-to-Play) debate has been how Station Access fits into the picture. Many Station Access players are using the account not to play multiple… Read the rest
SmokeJumper posted on the EQ2 Forums:
Hey, folks,
Just wanted to let you know that we recorded all the sessions at Fan Faire, transcribed all the questions, and the team leads
When you target another player (say your group’s tank, or the raid Main Assist) to channel your damage through, it is sometimes helpful to not only see the Target Arrow (who you have selected),… Read the rest
From Silius on the EQ2 Forums:
Hello again,
I just wanted to update everyone on the situation. We will be unable to get this fix live until Tuesday. Once
The hits keep coming for GU57, and we don’t mean critical heals. Some quick updates on GU57 from the overnight dev responses all in one handy post…
From Rothgar on the… Read the rest
Players on a variety of servers (in two different threads) have reported that yesterday’s change to how players reach the Palace of Roehn Theer, requiring each… Read the rest
From the EQ2 Forums:
This is a notification that UK worlds will be updated at 5:00 AM London Time on the 08/25/2010. The estimated downtime will be 2 hours.
- SOE
Remember when Player-vs-Player was the red-headed stepchild of EQ2? Remember when there wasn’t even a PvP developer, but instead those tasks were delegated to developers who already had a full workload? Fast forward to… Read the rest
Players on standard EQ2 accounts with more than 7 characters in a region, or players on Station Access accounts with more than 12 characters in a region were locked out of accessing these “hidden”… Read the rest
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
