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The City Festival Starts Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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Tomorrow is September, which means it's time for the Neriak City Festival ! The festival is planned to start on September 1st at 12:01am PT and will run until September 7th at 11:59pm PT. You can find the Far Seas Caravan in Darklight Wood just over the chasm outside of Neriak. Visit the Far Seas caravan merchants to see all of the local specialities and other festival goods , and don't forget to check out the four City Festival achievements. An Aether Race will also be available in Darklight Wood during the festival. Participate and finish the race in 89 seconds or less to earn the Fearless Flyer prefix title! Begin the race by speaking to the referee near Neriak.
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Downtime - Wednesday, September 3, 2014 [EverQuest II]
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All US servers will come down on September 3rd, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for a hotfix. The expected downtime is approximately one hour. EU servers will come down beginning at 9:00 PM PT (6:00 AM CET September 4th, 2014) for the same hotfix. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately one hour. Here's the patch notes: WEEKLY FEATURE Collection items and adornments now sell for status to specific status merchants! POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Veeshan: Guardian's Edifice Members of the Aerakyn Commanders ring event have had their health lowered.
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Double Status Weekend [EverQuest II]
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EVERYONE can enjoy double status this weekend from Friday, September 5th, 2014 at 12:00 noon PDT, until Sunday, September 7th, 2014 at 11:59 PM PDT! A footnote to the announcement clarifies: This event doubles the base status earned by defeating encounters, or rewarded from quests. Guild status is rewarded from that base amount, so yes it is in effect doubled.
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EverQuest II: Autumn Producer's Letter [EverQuest II]
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Holly"Windstalker"Longdale , EverQuest II 's Senior Producer, posted a Producer's Letter which itemilzes not only the update schedule for September through November, 2014, but the entire timeline for the launch of Altar of Malice , EverQuest II 's 11th expansion! Here's the important dates for Altar of Malice : Limited Beta (All Access Members): October 7 Open Beta: October 14 Preoder dates: none All Access member purchase and play date: November 11 Launch date for everyone: November 25 For more details about the expansion and the complete update schedule for the next three months, see the entire letter below or check it out on the official forums . Greetings Norrathians, We’re all charged up and busy after a great time at SOE Live! The team is hunkered down and focused on the expansion, fixes, and updates on the schedule. Here are some details! When is the EverQuest II: Altar of Malice Beta? On Oct. 7 we will launch Limited Beta for All Access mem ...
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Downtime - Thursday, August 7, 2014 [EverQuest II]
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All servers will come down on Thursday, August 7th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for a hotfix. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. Patch notes are available after the jump. QUESTS Age's End Questline The zone should no longer revert players if anyone lags during an update. Hailing Jorlak will no longer revert quest stages unless it is a new zone. Firiona Vie should now update the entire raid when giving her staff back. Roehn Theer should now update the entire raid when giving his swords back. Players hailing any of the quest NPCs should no longer cause the scripts to trigger more than once. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Veeshan: Dreadscale's Maw Zlandicar will now drop 2 weapon patterns when defeated.
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SOE Live Attendees to Receive Loot Cards [General News]
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In previous years, registered participants of SOE's annual convention would typically receive their in-game swag items in the weeks following the event. SOE is going a different route this year with the introduction of the SOE Live Loot Card . Registered attendees will receive these cards on-site in their swag bags and can redeem them on any account that they choose. Additional cards will also be available on-site for $35 each. Anyone who registered but does not attend will receive their Loot Card key via email on or around August 22, 2014. These cards are single use and will grant the account items for all of SOE's game, plus a mysterious mention for EverQuest Next . Only one card may be applied per account. Check out the full list of goodies after the jump. EverQuest II 2014 Claws of Veeshan Pack - A 66 slot back pack adorned with the symbol of Veeshan, The Eternal Wurm Mother Each character can claim once EverQuest Guise of the Ancient Gods - This ...
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Downtime - Tuesday, August 12, 2014 [EverQuest II]
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All US EverQuest II Servers will come down on August 12th, 2014 at 7:00 AM Pacific Time for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. EU servers will come down beginning at 9:00 PM PT (6:00 AM CET August 13th, 2014) for the same update. EU Downtime is also anticipated to be approximately two hours. Patch notes are below. WEEKLY FEATURE The Nexus Core [Challenge Duo] Having faced near-destruction at the hands of careless adventurers, The Nexus Core has assembled the ultimate automaton to defend its delicate systems. Great rewards await those strong and cunning enough to defeat him. Certain death awaits all others. Can you outwit the mechanical mind of Mechanoct? This encounter is balanced for two extremely well-geared players containing at least one tank or one healer. QUESTS Age's End Questline Doomscale crystalweavers will no longer spin when attacked while healing their designated crystal. The crystals will no longer reset to full heal ...
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SOE Live 2014: EverQuest and EverQuest II [EverQuest]
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SOE Live kicked off its opening ceremony last night, and while the keynotes are still to come this afternoon, we have some great information on the upcoming expansions and more for EverQuest and EverQuest II ! EverQuest is continuing its 15th anniversary with an emphasis on player feedback. Next week we'll see new Player Studio robes, with lots of customization possibilities including textures and colors. An advanced looting feature will roll out later this year. It will be a hybrid of a random rolling and a master looter system– an adaptive system that you can'teach'. The game's 21st expansion, The Darkened Sea , is set to launch on October 28th for All-Access members and November 11th for F2P players. The expansion pays tribute to The Buried Sea by revisiting storylines and characters, bringing back classic characters such as Lanys T`Vyl and Firiona Vie– a battle of good and evil. Level cap will raise to 105 with the expansion. A mount keyring ...
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EQII Downtime, Tuesday August 19, 2014 [EverQuest II]
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ALL EverQuest II Servers will come down on August 19th, 2014 at 4:00 AM PDT for an update. The expected downtime is approximately two hours. Patch notes are below. WEEKLY FEATURE Moonlight Enchantments begin on 8/20! The Moonlight Enchantment merchants have new items available! All sorts of trees and shrubbery based on Ethernere foliage can now be purchased. With Kerafyrm's defeat, Freeport and Qeynos have finally broken the Awakened siege, and Luclin - now whole - shines brightly in the skies. GENERAL YouTube integration has been removed due to incompatibilities with Google's API updates. Options are being explored to return video functionality. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION The Fabled Deathtoll Cruor Alluvium's Watery Grave ability now teleports players to more centered locations, ensuring they will not be as far out of heal range as they previously were. Watery Grave no longer adds the'sink like stone'effect, which may have been causing a minor b ...
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SOE Maintenance Notice: July 29, 2014 [General News]
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Sony Online Entertainment has announced a maintenance period: Attention players: we will perform maintenance beginning at 3:00 AM PDT* on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. We expect this maintenance to take approximately two hours. This will impact the following SOE services: Commerce functions, including purchases Game, web and forum logins This is separate from any game patches, which usually happen later in the day.
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