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The Heroes'Festival is Back! [EverQuest II]
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The Heroes'Festival , an annual live event first introduced in 2009, will make its return on Friday, November 18th. Freeport and Qeynos will be filled with festivities to celebrate the 7th anniversary of EverQuest II. Centered primarily in North Qeynos and West Freeport, players are able to participate in several event quests . Returning this year is the Dream Hero series as well as Gandy's mission to light the Festive Flames. Mysterious disappearing decorations threaten to put a damper on the celebration. An appearance by the Heroes'Festival band sends players off on a mission to save the day so that the show can go on. The Heroes'Festival will run from 12:01am PST on November 18th through 11:59pm PST on November 28th. For those of you with far too many alts check out our Heroes'Festival Quest Tracker !
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New Freeport Revamp Trailer [EverQuest II]
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PC Gamer Magazine has released a new Freeport Revamp video, featuring your favorite City of Evil and a bunch of EverQuest II team members including Nathan"Kaitheel"McCall and Jonathan" Prathun" Caraker. Take a look!
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Moonlight Enchantments Start Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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The monthly live event Moonlight Enchantments starts tonight! It will turn on November 20th at 12:01am PST and run until 11:59pm PST on November 21st. The time applies directly with no time conversion to all servers. Check out our Moonlight Enchantments guide and peek at the rewards !
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Downtime - November 22, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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The U.S. Servers will come down on November 22, 2011, at 7:00 am PST for a hotfix. The expected downtime is two hours. EU servers will have their hotfix at 5am London Time on Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Estimated downtime is two hours. The patch notes are short: GENERAL Assets can no longer be listed for auction on Live Gamer servers. Here's a Time Zone Converter to help you plan.
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Bonus Experience Weekend! [EverQuest II]
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EverQuest II players will enjoy a double XP (+100% XP) promotion over the holiday weekend! According to everquest2.com the bonus applies to all AA, tradeskill and adventure experience gained this weekend. The French, German, Japanese, Test and EQ2 Extended servers will also be enjoying the increase in XP gain. Bonus XP will turn on at 12:01am PST on Thursday, November 24, and run until 11:59pm PST on Sunday, November 27. Players can also enjoy a Black Friday Marketplace Sale on Friday, November 25! Many items will be discounted, some at 50% off or more. Your ZAM team wishes you a fun, safe, and food-stuffed Thanksgiving weekend!
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Georgeson Addresses F2P Changeover Concerns [EverQuest II]
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The EverQuest II team has been debating some hot topics ever since the Free-to-Play changeover was announced on Thursday. Yesterday evening Executive Producer Dave Georgeson addressed several concerns that the playerbase have expressed. Continue reading below for the very lengthy answers to these hot topics! 1) Will current Platinum subscribers get"Age of Discovery"for free? The answer is"yes" . Platinum users technically only get"Destiny of Velious"as part of their membership, but we do remember the conversations that occurred before launch where we had talked about *possibly* giving expansions for free to Platinum. We understand why people think they should be getting AoD for free, and we are"doing the right thing"by making that happen. However,"Age of Discovery"is the last expansion that will be given for free to Platinum members because we are now discontinuing the Platinum service after this. But enjoy! 2) Will Freeport players be eligible for Veteran Rewards ...
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Downtime - November 8, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PST on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. EU servers will have their hotfix at 5am BST on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Estimated downtime is two hours. The full patch notes are available after the jump. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Challenge Mode NPCs Several challenge mode NPC effects that were incurable are now curable as curses. These include Paralyzing Venom, Mesmerizing Web, and Corrosive Residue in the Aaranae Arcimae fight. Combat Madness in the General Aakita fight. Deathtouch in the Lichlord Skulldugger fight and several others. Cooperative Strike is no longer always fatal each tick, it does about half your max health in focus damage with each tick now. Temple of Rallos Zek: Foundations of Stone [Challenge] Greater warboars during the statue of rallos zek fight have less maximum health. Tallon’s Stronghold [Ch ...
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EQII Birthday Gifts and Veteran's Rewards! [EverQuest II]
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Happy Birthday EverQuest II! To celebrate the 7th anniversary of EQ2 you can grab a free statue of Lucan D'Lere for your home (there will be an Antonia one coming out next summer with the Qeynos revamp). This item is free for a limited time (until the end of 2011) on the Marketplace! Additionally, the new eight-year veteran reward is now available, so those of you that have been with EQ2 the longest will start earning those rewards as you hit your own eight-year mark. The new eight-year veteran reward contains the following items: "Veteran Revival": A spell that allows you to rez yourself or a friend once per day. Your choice of an elemental hover disc mount (flyable if you are 85 or above, ground mount otherwise). "Vision of the Thulosian": A green particle effect on your eyes, like the Thulosians have in the Moors of Ykesha. Six XP potions (+110% xp, 1-hour duration (go alts go!) A new title:"The Veteran" *It's possible to hit the eight-year vet mark if you got ...
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EverQuest II Webcast - Thursday, November 10 [EverQuest II]
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The recording of the"Free-to-Play and Expansion Details"webcast is now available on YouTube ! On Thursday, November 10, 2011 SOE will be broadcasting an EverQuest II Webcast live on Twitch TV . Join host Linda"Brasse"Carlson (Director, Global Community Relations) as she interviews both Dave"Smokejumper"Georgeson (Executive Producer) and Emily"Domino"Taylor (Associate Producer). The exact topic has not been announced but they have promised to discuss some"very exciting news for EverQuest II". Join SOE on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at 4:30 p.m. PST , as they live stream this webcast on Twitch TV ! The webcast is expected to last about 20 minutes.
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EverQuest II Goes Free-to-Play: Producer's Letter [EverQuest II]
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This is a pretty lengthy letter, but this new letter from Dave Georgeson for EverQuest II's free-to-play transition covers all the important topics on EQ2's new shift. Let's get to it! Many of you reading this letter are long-time EverQuest and EverQuest II players. You've been part of the SOE family for a long time (earlier this week was EQII's 7-year anniversary!) and our aim is to take care of you and keep you entertained for years to come. Part of caring for our customers is listening to you and hearing what you have to say. Additionally, we need to be aware of changes in the industry, changes in player expectations, and larger economic trends in general. We've listened to your concerns about the complexity of the subscription structure, how the separate forums between EQII and EQ2X divide the community unnecessarily, that the Live Gamer servers are under-populated, and that many people want more flexibility with payment options so they can better manage their personal bud ...
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