Downtime - August 2, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. Unrest, Guk and Everfrost will be taken offline at 2am PDT on August 2nd and are expected to be down for 6 hours . This extended downtime is for hardware upgrades to those servers. The full patch notes are available after the jump. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Rallos Zek: Foundations of Stone [Challenge] Challenge Mode Statue of Rallos Zek no longer has a Knockback effect associated with his Titanic Swipe AOE. Tallon’s Stronghold x4 raid The tallonite banners of protection that spawn during the Tyrax Terrolus fight now have less health. Orcish Wastes Dying near the keep at the northern edge of Northern Wastes will now respawn you at a safe spot along Citadel Road inst ...
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Downtime - July 26, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. It has been announced that this hotfix will not address the current quest issues with the Velious Transportation Event . Another hotfix later this week will address those problems. View the full patch notes after the jump . GENERAL Fixed a bug that would cause /camp login to sometimes go to character select even if a character was given. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Sullon’s Spire and Tallon’s Stronghold x4 raid zones (NOT challenge mode) Several of the encounters in these zones have been made less powerful so that the challenge from these zones is more in line with the rewards. QUESTS Heritage It should no longer be possible to create a situation where the Head Usher ...
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Downtime - July 27, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Thursday, July 28, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. The full patch notes are available after the jump. LIVE EVENTS Dragon Ring and Wizard Spire Rebuild Events Entering the event area should now check what quests the player has and what stage the event is on. If the player has a quest from a previous stage the quest should be updated. If the player does not have the current quest it will be offered to the player. For the final encounter in both events when a player engages the encounter they will be offered the quest for that encounter if they do not have it already. The Wizard Spire Replica should now be purchasable for 25 tokens if the event has been completed. The Pocket Wizard Spire is now heirloom instead of no trade. ...
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Bonus Experience Weekend [EverQuest II]
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EverQuest II players will enjoy a true double XP (+100% XP) promotion this coming 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 PDT on Friday, July 29, and run until 11:59pm PDT on Sunday, July 31.
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Tinkerfest Returns to Norrath! [EverQuest II]
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It's time for Tinkerfest , the Norrathian celebration of all things Gnomish! Your EQII ZAM staff has gotten the scoop on all the new additions to this popular live event. This year features new recipes, a new quest, more goodies and new rewards. Don't forget to hone your skills in the Gnomish language! Tinkerfest will run from 12:01am PDT on July 29th through 11:59pm PDT on August 8th. If you need a hint or just want a sneak peak before the festivities explode upon us on Friday, see our Tinkerfest Guide ! For those of your with far too many alts, check out our Tinkerfest Quest Tracker .
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The City Festival Starts Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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Tomorrow is the beginning of August, bringing us the Kelethin City Festival ! The festival is planned to start on August 1st at 12:01am PDT and run until August 7th at 11:59pm PDT. The Far Seas Caravan can be found in Greater Faydark on the Green Gnoll. The festival's newest wares were introduced early due to all city festivals being activated in May. You can pick up three newer Kelethin themed house items: the Kelethin Banquet Table , the Kelethin Leaf Chair and the Kelethin Pedestal Table . Visit the Far Seas caravan merchants to see all of the local specialties and other festival goods. The Far Seas Trading Company has caught wind of the popularity of the Aether Races and have arranged for each city festival to have one of its own! The newest addition will kick off this month in Kelethin and be available throughout the event. Continue after the jump to see a video of the new aether race course.
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Downtime - July 21, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Thursday, July 21, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Friday, July 22, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. The full patch notes are available after the jump. GENERAL You can now use"/camp login"to get back to the client login screen. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Temple of Rallos Zek [Challenge] The Idol of Rallos Zek’s falling debris should work normally now. ITEMS The Heirloom tag has been removed from a few crafted Drunder weapons. The Incandescent Swiftwing is now flagged as heirloom. QUESTS Tower of Tactics The Art of War: It should no longer be possible for one of Vallon’s maps to spawn in a ledge in Lady V’uul’s room that is inaccessible. Source: EQII Forums
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Downtime - July 22, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Friday, July 22, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. There are no patch notes for this update but it will enable the reactivation of the Velious Transportation Event later in the day.
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Downtime - July 19, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. The full patch notes are available after the jump. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Debuffs cast by enemies that inflict health and power damage when casting spells should no longer interrupt the caster or cause certain spells to get stuck in reuse. Eastern Wastes You may now respawn at the bridge in Eastern Wastes if you die nearby. Fortress of Drunder Players should now be able to zone back out to Fortress of Drunder again using the exit door in the following instances: Strategist’s Stronghold Tallon’s Stronghold Tallon’s Stronghold [Challenge] Tower of V’uul Temple of Rallos Zek [Challenge] The Idol of Rallos Zek’s falling debris should no longer tar ...
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Moonlight Enchantments Start Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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The monthly live event Moonlight Enchantments starts tonight! It is scheduled to turn on July 20th at 12:01am PDT and run until 11:59pm PDT on July 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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