Beginning at 11:30 p.m. PDT on Monday, September 24th, all SOE services will be unavailable so that we can perform significant upgrades to our authentication and account management systems.
Currently we expect this maintenance to take approximately 14 hours. But as first indicated, it could extend to as long as 24. Customer service, chat and support will also be unavailable at this time. Phone support will still be accessible. SOE websites will continually be updated throughout the day as to the progress of the maintenance.
We apologize for this interruption, however when service is resumed you will have an enhanced user experience to manage your accounts at Station.com. Source
Posted by Chidori
on Monday, September 24, 2007 (02:26:58) (196 reads)
Avatar of Fear Down! EoF Cleared!
Congratulations guys and gals! With the pwning of Fear, Revelations has now cleared the original content for the Echoes of Faydwer expansion completely. We await RoK with great eagerness to make our World Wide mark.
A big congrats to Handi, who discovered the most rare and uber Star Forged Bo!
Posted by Chidori
on Friday, September 14, 2007 (05:18:27) (430 reads)
Legends of Norrath: A Ten Ton Hammer Close Look
The folks over at TenTonHammer have come up with a nice guide for the new Legends of Norrath CCG, here's a snippet from their article:
You may have heard of it in passing, stumbled upon it while scouring fan sites, or you may be one of the lucky few in the beta. Regardless of how you know its name, the same question still remains;
“What IS Legends of Norrath”
Legends of Norrath (Here on out known as LoN) is a digital card game based on the many worlds of EverQuest and EverQuest II, the popular MMORPG’s hosted by Sony Online Entertainment.
The game, while digital, is a true representation of the many “physical” card games on the market today. Closely resembling Magic The Gathering in many ways, it manages to break free of the usual card game mold by offering a few surprises that make this game a unique experience.
Posted by Chidori
on Thursday, August 23, 2007 (17:38:05) (259 reads)
Scheduled Maintenance: Tuesday, August 14th, 4:00 AM PDT
Update: Scheduled Downtime: Tuesday, August 14th, 4:00 AM PDT
The scheduled maintenance for Tuesday, August 14th, has been expanded to include all international servers and will include an update to the SOE sessions servers. As such, the maintenance period will last for approximately eight hours, beginning at approximately 4:00 AM PDT and ending at approximately 12:00 PM PDT.
With the maintenance now involving the session servers, all services requiring a login will be unavailable during the maintenance period. This includes (but is not limited to) the game servers, all forums, Station Exchange, Character Transfers, Customer Service, the SOE Store, and the subscription tools. This maintenance period will also include the EQII international servers in the same period of time.
Thank you for your understanding and patience during this extended maintenance period. EQ2Players.com will be updated with any additional updates should new information become available.
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Craig "Grimwell" Dalrymple
EQ2 Community Manager
Sony Online Entertainment
Posted by Chidori
on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 (12:43:13) (326 reads)
Game Update #37, July 31st, 2007
HIGHLIGHTS
* You can now sell items on the broker with more than one character.
* Emerald Halls is now a persistent instance raid zone! See below for details.
* You can now buy back items you most recently sold to NPC merchants!
* Items that offer or are needed by quests will now display that information.
* Achievement points spent are no longer locked to a single tree. When you respec, you will be able to spend them on either tree (up to 50 per tree).
* Crafters now gain tradeskill experience from completing tradeskill writs.
GENERAL
* Nektulos Forest content has been touched up to be more playable.
* Harvesting and Adornment application will be immediately interrupted by taking any damage when in combat.
* Content in Antonica has been touched up to be more playable.
* Combat music should now terminate properly when fighting and zoning.
* Tinkered pets should no longer be useable against players in PvP.
* Brigand Thugs will now more consistently attack their target
* You may only buy language books if you don’t already know the language.
* Casting skill debuffs will have improved results against NPC targets.
* Human males who visit their local barber will discover that hairstyles once reserved for alternate appearances are now available!
* Rumors regarding a series of attacks on both ships belonging to the cities of Qeynos and Freeport have residents in Qeynos Harbor and East Freeport abuzz with excitement. Numerous sailors and other individuals have gathered around to exchange stories and speculations about these events.
* The residents of the Scale Yard are all astir with the news of Iksar ships being sighted. Speak with the residents there to find out what they believe.
* If someone finishes harvesting the same node before you do, you will stop harvesting immediately.
* Shrub type harvest nodes can now yield a rare root! Other harvesting changes should result in pelts being a bit more plentiful than meats, and yield only one type of imbue harvest item per level range instead of four.
• Primus Pilus Gunnr
• Legatus Prime Mikill
• Imperator Kolskeggr
• Arch Magistor Modrfrost
• King Tormax
• Primus Pilus Gunnr [Challenge]
• Legatus Prime Mikill [Challenge]
• Imperator Kolskeggr [Challenge]
• Arch Magistor Modrfrost [Challenge]
• King Tormax [Challenge]
(10/10)
Temple of Rallos Zek
(10/10)
Temple of Rallos Zek
• Prince-Cornicen Munderrad
• Prim-Curator Undr
• Proto-Exarch Finnrdag
• Supreme Imperium Valdemar
• Statue of Rallos Zek
• Prince-Cornicen Munderrad [Challenge]
• Prim-Curator Undr [Challenge]
• Proto-Exarch Finnrdag [Challenge]
• Supreme Imperium Valdemar [Challenge]
• Statue of Rallos Zek [Challenge]
(10/10)
Sullon's Spire
(10/10)
Sullon's Spire
• Ragebourne Gregor Haldane
• Hragold the Frenzied
• Mrogr Bloodtaint
• Aaranae Acrimae
• Sullon Zek • Ragebourne Gregor Haldane [Challenge]
• Hragold the Frenzied [Challenge]
• Mrogr Bloodtaint [Challenge]
• Aaranae Acrimae [Challenge]
• Sullon Zek [Challenge]