EQ2 Adventure Pack

SOE talks EverQuest II updates on GameSpot has advance word on an upcoming announcement of plans for an Adventure Pack for EverQuest II, a hybrid free/paid expansion for the MMORPG sequel:
The first part of the adventure pack will come as a free download. All of the game's subscribers will be able to sink their swords into a new zone, fight new enemies, and so on. There will also be some new quests in this area for all players. Some of these quests will flesh out the lore behind the game's dark elf race and at least partially explain what has transpired in the 500 years that lie between the original EverQuest and EverQuest II. If players want to continue down this story path, they will have to pay what's been described as a "small fee" to download the rest of the adventure pack's content and continue on. Players that choose not to participate will still be allowed to adventure in this new zone and experience at least some of the new content. If the idea's a hit, SOE will likely follow with more adventure packs in the same vein. Some may continue where an existing adventure pack leaves off, though it's also possible that future content offerings may tell an entirely different story. If the price is right, EQII's adventure packs could be a cool solution to provide small chunks of more involving content on a more regular basis than you'd expect from the previous model of occasional expansion packs. That said, SOE certainly hasn't completely eliminated the concept of a retail expansion for EQII, either.
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Re: Here we go...
Jan 8, 2005, 04:06
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Jan 8, 2005, 04:06
 
I'm not a MMORPG buff but the crafting in EQ2 seems unecessarily complex.

You wouldn't like crafting in SWG then.

Honestly though, I didn't think EQ2 was *that* bad. In fact, i played it when my brother got it about the same time I was getting totally sick of SWG (started playing in july) and I thought it was pretty well done. The problem is that once you leave that newbie area, it's pretty brutal in what you need to do and where you need to go. You wander around the big ass town and try to grab some quests, then you go grind. If they're adding solo content, well good. Personally, I like wow better because of pvp and the environment. EQ2 has a much better game engine (going into the dungeons with torches = badass... too bad there's no systems out there that can handle it), but WOW's gameworld seems much better crafted.

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Jan 7, 2005, 22:43
 
lol frax are you trying to tell me that when you have 200k+ subscribers you need paid expansions to support the content flow?

tool

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Jan 7, 2005, 20:46
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Jan 7, 2005, 20:46
 
Hey, feel free to ignore all the added quests, and added skills. *shrug*

Just goes to prove my point.

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Re: Here we go...
Jan 7, 2005, 19:40
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Jan 7, 2005, 19:40
 
Bottom line: both are great games which play nearly identical. The determining factor over which to play comes down to 4 things: Graphics, PvP, Tradeskills, and Race/Class Restrictions.

I'm not a MMORPG buff but the crafting in EQ2 seems unecessarily complex. So much so I haven't even bothered with it at all.

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Jan 7, 2005, 19:32
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Jan 7, 2005, 19:32
 
"Yeah, but they removed 5th Column to put in the Council because of the crybabies that couldn't handle the standard comic reference to nazis."

Actually, the 5th Column is still around, getting their butts kicked by the Council. At least they are coming up with a game mechanic to explain the conversion of the 5th Column.

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Frax
Jan 7, 2005, 18:43
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Jan 7, 2005, 18:43
 
You are a idiot period.

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Jan 7, 2005, 18:41
 
"here's what was just put into EQ2 for free" (and then a huge list with the word 'fixed' in it many many times)

mate, as far as I'm concerned EQ2 overall was below average at launch, things on that list should have been there from day one, so dont come with that 'heres all this stuff for free' crap, fixes for my broken game? free?? thanks!

lol @ the k-y comment btw

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Jan 7, 2005, 17:41
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Jan 7, 2005, 17:41
 
i hear these adventure packs come with a free tube of k-y

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Re: Bah
Jan 7, 2005, 17:20
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Jan 7, 2005, 17:20
 
Besides the first time I saw that dark elves have big floppy donkey ears.. I thought 'these guys aren't serious are they?

But they're night elves not dark elves. You never played Warcraft 3?

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Jan 7, 2005, 16:59
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Jan 7, 2005, 16:59
 
"The Council are all-new with the latest patch"

Yeah, but they removed 5th Column to put in the Council because of the crybabies that couldn't handle the standard comic reference to nazis.

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Re: Here we go...
Jan 7, 2005, 16:53
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Jan 7, 2005, 16:53
 
I haven't played COH since the first expansion they had. Is every quest still, "Go here and kill everything in sight (don't forget to click on the console/box/random object)" and do they still use the same textures/dungeons/instances for everything?

I've been playing CoH since July. It's gotten a lot better with regards to map diversity and what not. (e.g. Oranbega will take your breath away at times.)

"Go here and kill everything in sight" is not the only mission these days. They added instanced outdoor missions in Issue 2, I think. Sometimes you just need to kill the bosses, or the archvillain. And of course "click the glowie" missions are still very popular.

What has improved, I think, is the diversity of the foes and the environments. The Council are all-new with the latest patch, as are many of the mission maps and zones (i.e. Striga Isle).


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Jan 7, 2005, 16:50
 
...Blue's News: We loves us some Blizzard. In fact, we'd like to invite them over just to toss their salads.

Just for those of you that are truly clueless as to what drives the MMO market, and don't understand that paid expansions are *necessary* for maintaining good content flow, here's what was just put into EQ2 for free:

Update Notes: January 07, 2005 1/7/2005 7:00 AM
*** Gameplay ***

- Fixed an issue causing tradeskill workshop zones to crash.
- Armor should no longer disappear when setting the display options to Extreme Performance on some systems.
- Fixed an issue causing a number of quests to be reset to their initial stage. Completed quests that had been reset should once again be under the Completed tab of the quest journal. * (See below)
- Removed the Buckler and Round Shield skills from monks and bruisers.
- Brawlers now receive 5 points per level in the Safe Fall skill.
- Racial Traditions related to tracking abilities will now only be offered to scout professions.
- Zoning out of Solusek's Eye now takes you to the proper location in Lavastorm.

* Note: Unfortunately quests that were reset to their initial stage while in progress cannot be restored to their previous state. For a list of affected quests, please see the following thread on the official forums: http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=news_announcements&message.id=87

- The EverQuest II Team Update Notes: January 06, 2005 1/6/2005 8:00 AM

*** Headlines ***



- Tons of new quests, mostly for solo players!
- Two new dungeons available for groups at levels 25 to 30!
- Character Differentiation choices have been reset for all characters. See details below.
- New Character Differentiation option: Training!
- Lots of artisan recipe and ability fixes!
- Eat healthy! New examine information added to explain the benefits of food and drink!
- Brawlers get built-in shields!
- Guild followers can spend the status they earn at city merchants!
- Now easier to equip rings, wrist items, and weapons!
- Slash that dot! Maps now show your current heading!
- Lots of UI tweaks and enhancements!
- More bug fixes than you can shake a moss snake at!

*** Character Differentiation ***

- All characters logging in after this update will have their previous character differentiation choices reset. This includes any selections that were pending.
- Character differentiation selections will be offered again. You may receive your selections in a different order this time. Class-dependent choices (like Tactics: Enemy Mastery) will be presented after the others. Characters who gain these abilities as they level up normally will get them in the normal order.

** IMPORTANT! **
- You will not be able to receive quest rewards until you make all pending character differentiation choices available to you.



*** Training ***

- Characters now receive a new character differentiation option every ten adventure levels: Training!
- Training allows you to choose one of four new abilities. Each of these spells or arts builds off abilities you've been using but substantially increases their effectiveness and benefit.
- The choice is yours whether you prefer a stronger attack, a more potent buff, a heartier heal, or a handier utility function. Training allows you to enhance specific aspects of your character and be a bit unique.
- These Training abilities have a longer span of effectiveness than most common spells and arts, so they'll prove very useful to you.
- Note: Characters who reach levels 10 and 20 will not be prompted to make their Training selections until they leave their current zone and enter another. This is a known issue that will be corrected in a future update.
- Remember, you MUST make all Training choices presented to you before you can receive any quest rewards.



*** Gameplay ***

- Group members can now join other group members in a specific instance of a zone even if that zone has reached its capacity.
- If a character dies and is given the option to be revived in a different zone, the revive window will allow the player to choose from multiple instances if they are available.
- Harvesting quests can no longer be completed by purchasing the items from a broker.
- Spells that debuff the target's maximum health or power now work appropriately.
- Fixed a bug that could cause you to fall under the world while swimming.
- Removed the restriction that only guild patrons can spend status points.
- You are no longer able to swap bags into your shared bank if one of the bags contains a lore or no-trade item.
- You are no longer able to drag lore items from your overflow slot into the shared bank.
- Fixed a bug that caused rare mastery quest items not to drop from solo encounters.



*** New Dungeons ***

- Rumor has it that a vile creature named Gobblerock has taken up residence in a newly discovered section of the Freeport Sewers. Those brave enough to end this threat to the Overlord's domain should consult knowledgeable individuals south of the Freeport gates.
- Sources in Qeynos tell us that a previously condemned section of the Catacombs has been reopened. This new area contains some rather formidable adversaries that threaten the city. Faithful servants of the Queen should seek out more information at the lookout point east of the Oracle Tower in Antonica.
- These new dungeons are intended for groups of adventurers around levels 25 to 30.



*** Controls, Commands, and UI ***

- Character Select: If you choose to delete a character, you will now be asked to type in the character name.
- Inventory: The overflow slot now features a context menu that allows you to examine the item, move it to your inventory, or destroy it.
- Inventory: The default behavior when dragging a stack of items or coins has changed to drag the entire stack. To choose a quantity, hold down the Shift key while dragging. Holding down the Control key while dragging still picks up a single item from the stack.
- Inventory: You can now drag bag windows if your mouse pointer is over an empty slot.
- Inventory: If you attempt to equip a weapon that is not compatible with what you're wielding, your current weapons will be unequipped for you. For example, if you are currently holding a sword and shield and attempt to equip a two-handed weapon, both the sword and shield will be unequipped.
- Inventory: Equipping items in the wrist and finger slots is much easier.
- Inventory: Double-clicking a second dual-wield weapon in your inventory should now allow it to be equipped properly.
- Inventory: Added information on the value of various kinds of food and drink in the examine window and tooltip.
- Guild UI: Class and Name columns are now sized according to their content.
- Guild UI: Guild UI now displays the guild status earned by each patron in the "Standing" column.
- Guild UI: Fixed the confirmation screen for guild demotions.
- Main UI: The society window's members list will now sort correctly on rank, level, current status, and total status when you click on the column headers.
- Main UI: Fixed a bug causing only the first embedded item link to get the link color.
- Main UI: Custom chat channels now use their assigned channel colors.
- Main UI: Maps now have a heading indicator instead of a dot.
- Main UI: Coins in your bank and in a trade window now have a tooltip.
- Main UI: Clicking on a map icon now creates a temporary waypoint and a wisp to that location. For real this time.
- Main UI: Various points of interest have been added to the city maps.
- Main UI: UI window settings should now save more consistently.
- Main UI: You will receive notification when players on your friends list log in and out.
- Main UI: The tooltip on the experience bar now reports experience debt more accurately.
- Main UI: The con color of quests is now visible on the quest acceptance window.
- Main UI: Hotkey macros can now have up to three command lines, which are executed in order.
- Main UI: Hotkeys should no longer flash when a heroic opportunity starter chain fails.
- Main UI: Only relevant hotkeys should flash during a heroic opportunity.
- Main UI: Items that cannot be equipped no longer show their condition in the examine window.
- Main UI: Items can now be dropped anywhere in the trade window. If you drop an item somewhere that doesn't make sense, it will be placed into the leftmost available spot.
- Tradeskill UI: When repeating a recipe, the components window will now remember which particular items you previously selected.



*** Quests ***

New Quests:
- A Bitter Brew
- A Change in Plans
- A Message for Kitty
- Darig Giantbane
- Desperately Seeking Ants!
- Desperately Seeking Butterflies!
- Desperately Seeking Moths!
- Duranar the Swift
- Flight of the Sage
- Granville's Restaurant, D'Lere
- Granville's Restaurant, Antonica
- Karath the Forgotten
- Kleron's Earring
- Kleron's Helmet
- Kleron's Leggings
- Kleron's Ring
- Kleron's Shoes
- Kleron's Wrist-Guards
- Kuranam of the Seven Foals
- Like a Ring in a Haystack
- Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
- No More Witnesses
- Reliving the Past
- The Age of Rediscovery
- The Curious Augur's Three Meanings of Life
- The Farmer's Ring
- The One-Eyed Chief
- The Scholar's Search
- The Traveling Augur's Three Meanings of Life
- The Wanderer's Three Meanings of Life
- Trantieral Thunderhoof
- A Menace to Berrybrook
- Angry Augur's Three Meanings of Life
- Arboreal Survey
- Bootstrutter's Trail Guide to Old Grove
- Bootstrutter's Trail Guide to West Zek
- Bootstrutter's Trail Guide to the Badlands
- Case of the Missing Person
- Case of the Poisoned Wine
- Crab Exploratory
- Defending Harold Winemaster
- Disrupting the Mining Operation
- Far Seas Requisition ENC0457
- Far Seas Requisition ENC0679
- Far Seas Requisition ENC0699
- Far Seas Requisition ENC0745
- Far Seas Requisition ENC0825
- Far Seas Requisition Special Contract #TS023
- Fauna Fecundity
- Hail to the Derris Heroes
- Hail to the Sullon Heroes
- Hail to the Tallon Heroes
- Hail to the Vallon Heroes
- Keys for Hammer
- Magical Residue Recovery
- Marine Fecundity
- Meandering Augur's Three Meanings of Life
- Mettle Testing
- Miscellaneous Request
- Native Hostile Exploratory II
- Native Melee Efficacy IV
- Native Projective Efficacy IV
- Sea Life Farmability
- Short Range Patrol
- Special Acquisitor, I
- Special Acquisitor, II
- Special Acquisitor, III
- Special Acquisitor, IV
- The Curse of the Bloody Shank
- The Grain Grog Run
- The Mysterious Dagger
- The Tallon Plunder Chests
- Undead Survey
- Utilitarian Desires of the Miners
- Utilitarian Desires of the Protectors
- Utilitarian Desires of the Toiler

Modified Quests:
- Avenge the Freeport Trooper
- Do or Die, Says Irizan
- Kill 'em All
- Lost Friend in Fallen Gate
- Narin Heirloom
- Saving the Sewage Pumps
- Slaying the Defiled Villagers
- Stopping the Grimmin Plan
- Ignatia Cellus' History of Antonica
- Iridescent Brooch

The progress text for the following quests should no longer report invalid information when completing the second stage of the quest:
- Gildas' Requests - Part III
- Gildas' Requests - Part IV
- Gildas' Requests - Part V
- Gildas' Requests - Part VI
- Selwyn's Errands - Part I
- Selwyn's Errands - Part II
- Selwyn's Errands - Part III
- Selwyn's Errands - Part VI
- Selwyn's Errands - Part V
- Selwyn's Errands - Part VI

Heritage Quests
- Some modifications have been made to the Bag of Sewn Evil Eye, Polished Granite Tomahawk, and Stein of Moggok quests.
- The tradeskill tutorial window should no longer show up during the Dwarven Workboots quest.

Quest Updates
- The experience gained when completing catalog quests has been modified.
- Catalog quests should now reward players when completed.
- The zombie mastery trophy has a new appearance.
- The access quest to Fallen Gate should now be working properly.
- Players should now be able to finish the "Vale of the Shattering" quest.
- Some modifications have been made to Ian Cathlan's armor quests.
- The "Acidic Liquid" quest will now reward an item of a more appropriate level.
- The level of the "Failed Assassin" quest has been increased to match the difficulty of the targets of the quest.
- The quest level for "The Lost Religion of Fallen Gate" has been increased. Skullsprainer weapons have been removed from the quest.
- Society tasks will now reward players with coin in the quest reward window.
- The reward for "Green Hood Ration Recipe" has been changed to something more appropriate.
- Lore and Legends quests are no longer flagged as Mastery. They'll now have their own quest category type.
- The "History of the Feir'Dal" book has been added to sage merchants in Qeynos.
- The rat collar quest in Edgewater Drains is no longer repeatable. The reward has been set to be Lore and No Trade.
- The level and experience rewarded in the "Snake Slayings" quest has been modified to better match the difficulty of the quest.
- The Leatherfoot Brigade quests can now be completed more easily.
- "Keep of the Ardent Needle" is no longer labeled as an Access quest. It is now labeled as an Antonica quest.
- "Recovery of Bloodsaber Plans" and "Into the Crypt of Betrayal" are no longer labeled as Access quests. They are now labeled as quests for Elddar Grove.
- "Cleansing of the Firemyst Gully" should now be working correctly.
- Dialogues have been modified in the "Skullsprainer" quest.
- The Collection quests for moths and butterflies should now properly reward players. Players will need to speak with the collector NPCs to have the larger collections added.
- Kregnok's Axe is no longer obtainable as a quest reward.
- The amount of experience rewarded for completing "Tillin's Gnoll Woes" has been lowered.
- "Shadow Axe" has had its reward changed.
- "Rings that Thirst" had its reward changed.
- Celeg Ixuri, Ikara V'Tahl, Obere Warrain, Narek Bonecarver, Shadowdash, and Ott Stompgut should no longer appear if the armor quest they are part of has been completed.
- Books found in adventure areas that provide quests had their respawn times reduced from 5 minutes to 15 seconds.
- The Deathfist Access quest will now work properly if the character's journal is full and has been changed to a Hallmark quest.
- The Polished Granite Tomahawk recipe and pristine piece of granite have been marked as No Trade, No Value, and No Destroy.
- Language quest items have been changed to be Lore and had their drop rate increased.
- The "Insulated Warmers" quest will now update correctly.
- All steps for the "Hundred Fold Blade" quest are no longer displayed immediately on starting.
- The Orcish Wastes creature catalog quest has been updated.
- The Qeynos Catacombs creature catalog quest has been updated.
- The Elephant Hide Boots quest will now update correctly when defeating Dervish Cutthroats.
- The Feerrott creature catalog quest has been updated.
- Mr. Burpbelly can once again be found within Fallen Gate.
- Betrayers should now be able to select their tradeskill class and subclass correctly.
- Qeynos betrayers should no longer be able to accept and complete another class quest within Freeport.
- The Bird Watching tome quest has had its reward modified.
- Several tome quests had their category changed from Miscellaneous to the zone in which they are meant to be completed.
- The Fury subclass quest in Freeport has been adjusted.
- "Pretty Ponies, All in a Row" can now be completed.
- Dancer should now give you her second quest even if you end the dialogue or happen to die in the middle of speaking with her.
- "The One Who Got Away" quest has been modified.
- "Rumble" should now update correctly.
- "Freedom" should now update correctly.
- "Virtue Belt" should now update correctly.
- "Blood Ore Basher" should now update correctly and had some typos fixed.
- Striped spiders should now update the Striped Spider collection quest.
- Vital portions of Rask Helstot's quests can no longer be deleted.
- Experience rewards have been removed from the following quests:
Report to Marauder Kindolus
Report to Disciple Telas'velle
Report to Aesthetic Winchester
Report to Missionary Jenson
Report to Sergeant Ironcast
Report to Guard Rellin'thir
Report to Baron Zafimus
Report to Shepherd Sell'ar
Report to Archivist Jindlefog
Report to Chronicler Steelwill
Report to Boatswain Fomas
Report to Liege Helvanica
Report to Naturalist Tummyfill



*** Zones ***

Commonlands
- The zombie maid should no longer be dropping inappropriate treasure.
- Ghostly orcs are no longer classified as living orcs.

The Down Below
- Several items that drop in the zone had a stat increase.
- Fallen Nobles should no longer spawn inside walls.

Fallen Gate
- Some areas within the zone have been re-leveled.
- Players should now be able to retrieve their corpses from the Fallen Gate doors if they do not have a key to the zone.

Nektulos Forest
- A dragoon guard near Theeral the Nomad has been removed.

The Sprawl
- Giantslayers are now more plentiful.

Thundering Steppes
- The class type of a Varsoon apprentice has been modified.
- Doomsquall and Grimfeather will no longer camp players at the zone line.
- The drop rates for items obtained from Doomsquall and Grimfeather have been modified.
- An additional respawn camp has been added into the zone.

Vermin's Snye
- Triggers for the level 20 priest hallmark quest should now only appear when the player is on the proper stage.
- Infected burrowers and infected tomb vermin should no longer have pets.

Antonica
- The Bandits involved in the Flowing Black Silk Sash quest will now despawn after a set amount of time if they are left untouched.
- Additional marine life has been added to water areas.
- Scarecrows should now show their names.

North Qeynos
- Executor Adept Sal`ynelle has been moved to the Ironforge Estate.

Runnyeye Citadel
- A Runnyeye armorer will no longer drop treasure associated with another NPC.

The Ruins of Varsoon
- The Creator should no longer break encounters when attacked.

Stormhold
- The secret entrance door linking Antonica and Stormhold must now be unlocked from inside Stormhold before it can be used.

Miscellaneous Updates
- Several spells have been added to the treasure tables in Stormhold, Thundering Steppes, Nektulos Forest, the Crypt of Betrayal, and Edgewater Drains.
- The re-use timers for epic and instanced zones have been changed based on the level of the zone.
- Changes were made to instanced zone junctions to only allow up to the maximum number of people intended to enter the zone.



*** NPCs ***

- Kizdean Gix will no longer disguise himself as a female. He has also decided to carry a certain key.
- Lady Faideth will no longer attempt to appear to be male.
- Icsillinatis the Marrow Fiend and Captain Surestout should now drop items appropriate to the difficulty of their encounters.
- Bosses in Permafrost, Runnyeye Citadel, and Feerrott should now behave appropriately.
- Scribe Zizwold will no longer drop an owlbear feather.
- Players who end their conversation with Investigator Targok can now continue to receive their quests.
- The spawn time on Tinmizer's astounding frostdisruptors in Orcish Wastes and Enchanted Lands has been reduced.
- Tangle Weed's minions should now follow properly and not wander off on their own.
- Mender Manus will wait until you are closer to him before calling out.
- Chaplin Graveguzzle can now be found by looking in the proper location.



*** Mechanics ***

- Dual Wield is now listed in the skill window for all professions who can use dual wield weapons.
- Slightly increased the block rate of round shields.
- Adjusted shields to provide a more noticable benefit at higher levels of quality.
- The Safe Fall skill will now increase through use.
- The cost of light and higher armor types on vendors has been reduced.
- Scouts can attempt to disarm traps beyond their current skill level. Even if unsuccessful they have the chance to gain skill through use.
- Removed the ability for bralwers, monks, and bruisers to equip shields.
- Increased brawler Deflection to provide the equivalent of always having a buckler equipped.
- Increased monk and bruiser Deflection to provide the equivalent of always having a round shield equipped.



*** Items ***

- The price of the Market Bulletin Board has been reduced.
- The colors of certain ranger and monk armor quest rewards have been modified.
- The appearance of the level 20 bruiser quest armor has been changed.
- Band of the Soulstripper no longer looks like a chain chestpiece.
- The names of some Heritage Paintings have been corrected.
- The Ghoulbane will now do bane damage to the undead.
- The Fishbone Earring has been modified slightly.
- The Greater Lightstone will now shed a yellow light.
- The Charred Bone has been changed to No Trade, No Value, Lore.
- The stats of Cap of the Ethernere have been increased.
- A Glowing Black Stone has been changed to No Trade.
- The following items have been set to No Trade, Lore, and No Value: Crude Blueprint, Tattered Diary, Acidic Gland, Rat Collar, and a Trooper Signet.
- All Legend and Lore quest items should now be using the correct icon.
- Assault Axes have been changed to be one-handed instead of two-handed.
- The Shiny Brass Halberd has been made No Trade and Lore.
- Starfall no longer appears as a scourge and is more like the description given in the quest.
- Many new quest rewards and loot drops have been added to the game.



*** Spells ***

- The spells Odyssey and Graven Embrace can now only be cast on group members.
- The berserker's Rampage ability has been adjusted to have a duration of 36 seconds and a reuse time of 60 minutes. It can now affect a maximum of five targets and will proc eight times. There is no longer a power cost for the proc effect.
- The success chance of all priest "divine intervention" spells is now based on the tier of the spell. For example, an Adept I version of the spell is more likely to succeed than the Apprentice II version. In addition, all such spells now have a 30 second reuse timer.
- The amount of health restored by the inquisitor's Redemption spell has been adjusted to be in line with other divine intervention spells.
- The damage on Lanet's Excruciating Scream has been increased.
- All spell scrolls should now list the tier after the name instead of before it.
- Apprentice IV ward spells can now absorb an increased amount of damage.
- Class and subclass "Vitae" lines of spells should now stack correctly.
- Protection of the Seasons now adds heat and cold resistances correctly.
- Ensnaring Roots, Grasping Roots, and Seizing Vines affect movement speed correctly.
- Decree of Decay has been fixed to allow the lifetap effect to work correctly.
- Wisdom of Zephyl increases skill with updgrades correctly.
- Frozen Manacle's root duration has been increased.
- The description for Venomous Runes was changed to be more reflective of the actual spell effect.
- Runic Shield had its description changed to be more clear.
- Spirit of the Rhino was fixed to allow application to the group. Note that this ward only protects against elemental and noxious damage.
- Umbral Fortitude should now increase divine resistance as intended.
- Sibyllant should now have its damage effect working properly.
- Noxious Bolt had its description clarified.
- Boon of the Lifeless had its description clarified.
- Flaming Agony now includes a DoT effect and had its spell icon changed.
- Quicksand had its movement decrease effect increased.
- Mend Bones should now cost the caster health as was intended.
- Spiritual Seal had its description clarified.
- Favor of the Phoenix should now only allow revival of the correct classes.
- There were many additional updates and fixes to address spell bugs and balance issues.



*** Combat Arts ***

- Escape has been changed to a 5-second cast time with a 30-minute recast.
- Power Cleave should now be available on the appropriate merchants.
- Stealth abilities no longer stack.
- Focused Rage had its description clarified.
- Unfriendly Reminder should now lower the target's agility as intended.
- Ignore Pain should now increase in effectiveness with upgrades.
- Intimidating Orders should now increase in effectiveness with upgrades.
- Watery Shot should now reduce the target's power correctly.
- Break Through now has the correct skill requirement.
- Bob and Weave should now increase in effectiveness with upgrades.
- Kidney Blow had its description clarified.
- Haymaker should now increase in effectiveness with upgrades.
- Bouncer had its description clarified.
- Fury should now increase in effectiveness with upgrades.
- Grapple now includes a stun effect.
- Bloodlust should now increase in effectiveness with upgrades.
- There were many additional updates and fixes to address combat art bugs and balance issues.



*** Tradeskills & Societies ***

- Artisans level 15-19 and 25-29 should now receive tasks of a level near or slightly below their own.
- Several alchemy potions/poison recipes have been fixed.
- Society task rewards have been reduced.
- The Manastone Heritage quest recipe should now be working correctly.
- New raids are now available for guilds level 20 and 25.
- Alchemy Potions and Poisons have been changed to Baubles. They are no longer stackable and will use their charges properly.
- Multiple city writ quests can no longer be obtained from the same NPC.
- Fixed a bug that allowed city task NPCs to issue quests to players whose citizenship did not match that of their guild leader at the time of the guild's formation.
- The kill quotas have been reduced for the level 15+ Social Structure quests.
- New tradeskill quests have been created that reward players with guild experience and status points.
- Power Cleave can now be created using a tradeskill recipe.
- New tradeskill tasks are now available for players between level 30 and 50.
- Spell and combat art creation has been changed to allow for different qualities of scrolls to be created. Apprentice IV spells and arts will now result when a pristine spell or art is successfully made.
- Multiple fixes were made to advanced craftsman recipes.
- Reactive arts now share reuse timers across the same crafting lines.
- Stacking rules for the benefits received from reactive arts have been revised.
- Some special events have been changed in frequency and severity.
- Refine basil has been added to the Tradeskill Essentials 3 book. Players who have scribed this book automatically gain the ability to refine basil.
- Tin Plate now uses the correct tradeskill techniques to counter negative events.
- Player-crafted food and drink durations have been adjusted.
- Cream cheese has been added to tradeskill wholesalers.
- Edible refined components were removed from tradeskill vendors.
- Advanced Crafting Volumes should now work properly.
- Missing Adept III spell and art scrolls have been added to recipe books.
- The Outfitter Essential recipe for the Iron Crescent Axe has been fixed.
- Essence of Bully: Adept III has been added to Advanced Alchemist Vol. 45.
- Liquefied Sycamore has been added to scholar recipes.
- The iron bar recipe has been changed to use the correct knowledge types and techniques.
- Pristine versions of Carbonite Vanguard armor can now be created.
- Loss of harvesting skills should no longer occur when a character's tradeskill level is higher than the adventuring level.
- The burlap thread recipe has been changed to use the correct knowledge types and techniques.
- The iron plate recipe has been changed to use the correct knowledge types and techniques.
- The burlap yarn recipe has been changed to use the correct knowledge types and techniques.



*** Player Housing ***

- A one-room apartment in Qeynos now allows a hundred furnishings to be placed inside it, and two vendors can now operate from a single merchant board.



*** Status ***

- Status gain messages have been add to Social Structure tasks.
- Status defrayment values have been added to in-game furniture items that did not previously have them.
- Guild followers can now use their status points to purchase items from City Merchants.



*** Art ***

Creatures
- Fixed shaders on fire beetle and gnoll LODs.
- Fixed combat states for knolls and giants.
- Fixed skin weights on orc skeleton LODs and adjusted shaders, improved LOD tolerances.
- Fixed Venekor's breath attack.
- Made flies on diseased skeletons visible from further away.

Characters
- Whips can now be holstered when wielded in the secondary slot.
- Fixed orbs to show up when wielded in the secondary slot.
- Added eight new one-handed spears.
- Added eight new fighting sticks.
- Fixed some robe issues to allow helmets, hair, and bracers to display properly.

Zones
- Fixed bugs that caused players to fall below the world in Stonestair Byway, Starcrest Commune, and Freeport five-room apartments.
- Fixed some disappearing NPC issues in Graystone Yard and the Orcish Wastes.

- Made some minor cosmetic fixes to Qeynos Harbor and South Qeynos.

- Opened access to the bear caves in Nektulos Forest.
- Fixed some rock placements in Antonica.
- Improved the environment settings for the boats leading to Everfrost and Lavastorm.
- Improved door functionality in Solusek's Eye.

FX
- Removed erroneous sound triggers from all harvesting visuals: fishing, gathering, mining, forestry, and trapping.
- Fixed these persist effects so they display on the creature and follow it better: stun, stone, poison, mesmerize, mental, energy, ice, divine, debuff, and fire.
- Shortened the initial result visual used on these spells: Eidolic Ward, Spectral Ward, Wards of Spirit, Oberon, Wakinya's Skin of Spirits, Everling's Cadaverous Ward, Cursed Affliction, Curse of Shielding, and Eidolic Savior.
- Fixed the dust fall effect used on many combat arts.
- The skull effect is now more visible in lifetap spells.
- Lightning bolt effect now displays properly on non-humanoid creatures and objects.
- Optimized the lightning bolt effect.
- Missing glows fixed in spell crystal pieces.
- Fixed all "animal" spell visuals so the initial conjuring effect is displayed.



*** Audio ***
- Horses used as mounts now have footstep sounds.



*** The Following UI Files Have Been Modified ***
UI\Default\eq2ui_community.xml
UI\default\eq2ui_journals_quest.xml
UI\default\eq2ui_mainhud_editmacro.xml
UI\default\eq2ui_mainhud_guild.xml
UI\default\eq2ui_mainhud_map.xml
UI\default\eq2ui_mainhud_socials.xml

- The EverQuest II Team

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Re: Here we go...
Jan 7, 2005, 16:44
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Re: Here we go... Jan 7, 2005, 16:44
Jan 7, 2005, 16:44
 
lol @ #2, nice.

And for the record, Planetside did in fact have a paid expansion in under 6 months of the game's release. Just pointing that out.

WoW is very very fun. Say what you want, but the talented devs at Blizzard must be doing something right for having the fastest selling PC game of all time that also happens to be an MMO. And yes, I am a Blizzard fanboy.


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Re: Here we go...
Jan 7, 2005, 16:30
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Jan 7, 2005, 16:30
 
I believe he was making a joke about Stormwind.

I still spent my time camping a field with 25 other people trying to kill 10 pigs. But only 5 pigs spawn every minute.. it sucked. It got better and some quests are definately cooler but I'd rather play my two currents any day. SWG and CoH.

I haven't played COH since the first expansion they had. Is every quest still, "Go here and kill everything in sight (don't forget to click on the console/box/random object)" and do they still use the same textures/dungeons/instances for everything?

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Jan 7, 2005, 15:57
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Jan 7, 2005, 15:57
 
SOE is losing it's customers to WoW plain and simple. They are doing anything now to get people and bring players back. When I play Counter Strike Source, all I hear people talk about are WoW and some even have their name set to WoW Rules and stuff like that. When you have a game name as a player name in another game, you know it's popular. I don't think Blizzard expected the amount of players that joined and I'm happy for them. They take time with their work and it shows. They commit to their fans, and the fans keep them in buisness because of it. You can say what you want whether Blizzard does all this good stuff just to make money or not, though guess what, if your getting stuff and are happy for it, why the hell would you not want to pay them?

Face your Fears, Live your Dreams, No Fear -Manny Pacquiao
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Eh...
Jan 7, 2005, 15:27
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Jan 7, 2005, 15:27
 
My roomate the die hard EQ fan went out and bought the CE edition of EQ2. He has maybe played 10 hours of it. So I got him to play the 10 day pass from my WoW CE. And guess what. He's looking to get WoW. And he cannot stand EQ2. As for me I tried EQ2. Got my little newb off the island only to find out the 'rail' system doesn't stop there. Now there is this lady in my apt who just won't go away. She sent me on a quest to the catacombs. Hell if I know if I got there, and good luck asking in game as I spent 2 hours trying to find this place.

When 5 gig processors with 2 gigs of ram and one hell of a graphics card come out I might try EQ2 again but as it stands I don't care for it.

And Free expansion? Please, this is probably left over content that didn't get shipped with the game, and SOE is trying to get more players either to come back or try EQ2.

WoW happy and loving it.

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Re: Here we go...
Jan 7, 2005, 14:41
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Re: Here we go... Jan 7, 2005, 14:41
Jan 7, 2005, 14:41
 Kxmode
 
Are you kidding? Stormwind in EQ2? Ummm... there's a Stormwind in WOW too and it happens to be a human strong hold.

"...and in stonks, Fizzy Squeezy Stocklebocks leaped over Droopy Whoopy Bondfluffs, hitting 300-gigglebits to their 150-snorebucks. Meanwhile, in Whimsyland's market, the pancakes reached parity with pogo sticks."
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Jan 7, 2005, 14:33
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Jan 7, 2005, 14:33
 
LoL, I wonder if SOE is now hesitant on when to release their first $$$ expansion pack for EQ2 while waiting for Blizzard to make it's first move. Hmmm.

Face your Fears, Live your Dreams, No Fear -Manny Pacquiao
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Re: Bah
Jan 7, 2005, 14:31
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Re: Bah Jan 7, 2005, 14:31
Jan 7, 2005, 14:31
 
Beta-tested both and they both suck IMHO.

EQ2 is like a big chocolate candy. Like one of those cadberry(sp) eggs on easter. You bite into the thin chocolate shell hoping to find a rich creamy center and.. theres nothing there but the shell.

WoW was supposed to take what others had done and improve upon them. THing is from what I experienced in a few months in beta was that the improvements aren't even there. I STILL spent time playing a generic based fantasy MMOG. I still spent my time camping a field with 25 other people trying to kill 10 pigs. But only 5 pigs spawn every minute.. it sucked. It got better and some quests are definately cooler but I'd rather play my two currents any day. SWG and CoH.

People say that this is typical SOE. No it's not. Do you see Planetside or SWG releasing expansions or partial expansions every 6 months (this is more like one of CoH's 'mini-expansions, that you get for FREE every 4 odd months). Do you see SWG or Planetside offering partial content or trying to get you to pay more for stuff that you should have gotten for your $15 in Planetside or SWG? No, you don't. This is the EQ crew relying on the old ways of milking people for every penny. SWG has released one expansion, it cost $30 bucks, required no additional fee's and that expansion was 10 times better then ANY EQ ever had.

EQ & EQ2's team is just greedy little biatches. "Adventure Pack' please...

Out of the two, WoW is way better. But it's still far to generic and same-old same-old for me. Besides the first time I saw that dark elves have big floppy donkey ears.. I thought 'these guys aren't serious are they?'

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Re: Here we go...
Jan 7, 2005, 14:30
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Jan 7, 2005, 14:30
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lol!

Get on your mount and I think it is somewhere past Darkshire.

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