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Fan Faire Recap: EQII Tradeskill&Housing Forum [EverQuest II]
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Emily"Domino"Taylor, Greg"Rothgar"Spence, Nandy"Zoltaroth"Szots and Paul"Frizznik"Carrico presented Tradeskill and Housing changes to the EQ2 community at Fan Faire. The Tradeskill and Housing panel opened up with a recap of prestige housing that has been introduced to the game. Everyone was informed that the multitude of prestige home portals currently in South Qeynos and South Freeport will be changed into a single house directory in those cities from which you can choose a housing destination. Two new prestige houses will be introduced to the Marketplace over the next few months: the Felwithe Mansion and the Tenebrous Island Refuge . In Game Update 61, slated for late August 2011, a House Rating System will be introduced to the game. This feature will allow players to"publish"their home in a directory which other players can then browse and choose to visit homes from. Publishing your home will lock the items so that they cannot be moved and unlisting it will unlock the hom ...
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Rebuilding Event: Velious Spires and Dragon Ring [EverQuest II]
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UPDATE: Following an in-game announcement around 10:20am Pacific time on July 15, the rebuilding event has been suspended while they resolve some issues. Progress will be saved up through 50% completion rate. According to Associate Producer Emily"Domino"Taylor: We're temporarily disabling the event to work out a couple of issues (thanks to those who reported them!) Please see this thread for further details . We'll post in the forums when we have a firmer date for the reactivation of the event, but it won't be this weekend as it will require a hotfix . Watch this space for more information as it becomes available. The Velious Transportation Event will see the activation of the Dragon Ring (druid ring) in Great Divide and the Wizard Spires in Eastern Wastes. Once they are complete players will be able to use them for a method of transporation. According to the in-game calendar, this event is slated to begin at 12pm PDT today, July 14. The duration ...
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Watch the SOE Fan Faire Community Address Live! [General News]
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UPDATE: The community address is over, so check out our full report to see what SOE announced during the event! We're currently at SOE Fan Faire in Las Vegas and our very own Mike B. aka Fony is filming it live with GameBreaker.TV's Gary Gannon! Watch it live here: http://www.stickam.com/sonyonline . Stay tuned to ZAM for much more from Fan Faire!
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ZAM's Fan Faire Community Address Recap [General News]
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SOE Fan Faire kicked off with a bang today thanks to a handful of newsworthy announcements from CEO John Smedley and other members of the Sony Online Entertainment team that were made during the opening community address. PlanetSide 2 was the biggest reveal, followed closely by details on the EverQuest and EverQuest II expansions that are launching this November. Also, SOE is launching new security authenticators to help players protect their accounts. Keep reading after the jump for all of the details we learned during the community address, and keep an eye on ZAM for more Fan Faire news! PlanetSide 2 Smedley and Creative Director Matt Higby unveiled PlanetSide 2 toward the end of the community address, but we'll highlight it first since many players have been anticipating this game for some time. Here's the first gameplay trailer that was released today: SOE is touting PlanetSide 2 as a true MMOFPS that's set in a persistent world. We learned quite a bit a ...
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Fan Faire Recap: Freeport and the Age of Discovery [EverQuest II]
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EverQuest II's upcoming eighth expansion, the Age of Discovery, was announced Thursday night at the Fan Faire community address , and we got some more interesting details during a panel. Departing from the traditional expansion format of a large amount of content with a few new features, the Age of Discovery will be packed with only features while Game Updates will continue to add more content to the game. The upcoming new class, Beastlord, was described more and the Freeport revamp was also touched on during the panel. Continue on after the jump for detailed information on upcoming Game Updates and the expansion! Game Updates and Upcoming Content Game Update 61 will be called The War of Zek , bringing with it the Plane of War and two of the first ever dynamic dungeons, revisiting The Silent City and the Djinn Master's Prism from the Desert of Flames era. Dynamic dungeons will most likely be different each time they are run with different creatures and encounters. ...
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ZAM's Fan Faire Costume Contest Photo Gallery [General News]
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SOE Fan Faire came to a close on Saturday night with the grand banquet and costume contest, and we were there to take photos of every costume that crossed the stage . Above you'll see the top winners of the contest, who certainly turned a few heads as they walked through Bally's hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The EverQuest II ratonga on the left won the best in show award. His mouth moved when he talked! Click here to visit our Fan Faire costume contest photo gallery and view every contestant's costume . If you look closely, you'll find our very own Calthine dressed as a level 90 woodworker looking for work in EverQuest II! You can also see which costumes received awards from the audience . Which costumes are your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!
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Downtime - July 12, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All SOE games and services are expected to be offline for several hours beginning in the very early morning hours on Tuesday: Beginning July 12, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. US Pacific Time, we'll be performing maintenance on all games and services. During this maintenance, our forums, websites and games will also be unavailable. The estimated downtime for the maintenance is 7 hours. We apologize for this interruption and will resume the affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.
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Fortune League Facebook Game to Cease Operations [EverQuest II]
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Sony Online Entertainment announced yesterday that Star Wars Galaxies will be shutting down at the end of this year, but it turns out that's not the only SOE game that's closing its doors. Fortune League , the Facebook strategy game based in the EverQuest II universe, will cease operations on July 11. Here's the official announcement that was posted on the application and e-mailed to players: "As of Monday, July 11th this Facebook game will no longer be operational. In the meantime, you may continue to play and redeem prizes until the conclusion of this final season. However, the ability to add Station Cash funds to your wallet will be disabled on Friday, June 24th. Any existing funds in your wallet can still be used until the game is turned off. Beginning on Monday, July 11th, you may request a refund of the non-promotional Station Cash in your wallet if you play Fortune League and do not also currently play any other SOE game (EverQuest II, Free Realms, etc.) where you can ...
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ZAM Launches Upgraded Forum Interface [General News]
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Over the past several months, we've been working on revamping our forum interface to make posting on ZAM a more streamlined and enjoyable experience. We are proud to announce that our upgraded forums are now live! We've stripped away the clutter and added a variety of new features, from updated contact information options to the ability to embed YouTube videos in your posts. The main focus of this revamp is to make our forums easy to use. Posting buttons are more prominent, you can quickly reply to a thread directly from the thread view page, and you can now search within a thread. We've also expanded the options for our non-premium members. They can now select from a variety of pre-made avatars, use emoticons, enjoy mouse-over previews and post images and polls after reaching a specific post count. We have forums for multiple games and topics, and we've made it easier to move from forum to forum. In the top right corner of the main forum page , you can quickly jump to any ...
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SOE Slashes Prices with New All Access Pass [General News]
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Sony Online Entertainment has opened up their new"All Access"premium subscription, which replaces the former Station Access. SOE All Access features a lower pricing structure than its predecessor, as well as multi-month plans that begin at $19.99 per month. The subscription plan will give access to many of SOE's titles for a single recurring fee, including: DC Universe™ Online (PC version) EverQuest® (PC and Mac versions) EverQuest II EverQuest II Extended - Gold Membership Included! EverQuest Online Adventures™ (PlayStation® 2) Pirates of the Burning Sea® - Captain's Club Membership Included! PlanetSide® Vanguard: Saga of Heroes® Free Realms® (PC and Mac versions) Membership Included! Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™ (PC and Mac versions) Jedi™ Membership Included! If a trial version or free version of a particular game is not available, or if you would like to access the full benefits of a game that ...
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