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Preview: EverQuest II Game Update 63: Skyshrine [EverQuest II]
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Later this week, EverQuest II (EQII) players will finally be able to open the second book in the Destiny of Velious expansion, with the release of Game Update 63: Skyshrine. With over a hundred new quests, a level cap raised to 92 and new dungeon and raid content, the update also promises a substantial slice of story for players to feast on. There’s been a steady build up to Skyshrine, it being the first major release of new content since Sony’s flagship MMO switched to a Free-to-Play model in December 2011. Since then, the development team has been hard at work developing new areas and bringing the continuing Ages End Prophecy saga to life. Although much of the Game Update has been available on the Test Server since mid-March, there’s no better way to experience a world than with the people who helped create it. Fortunately, I was invited on a tour of the Withered Lands and Skyshrine with the expert guides of EQII producer Holly Longdale and game desi ...
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GU63 Preview: Withered Lands [EverQuest II]
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Game Update 63 is on the horizon, opening up two more adventuring levels (for those with 280+ AAs), two additional crafting levels, new apprentices and mercenaries and, most importantly, new content in the form of an overlands zone and dungeon. The dragon ruler of Skyshrine, Yelinak, united Freeport and Qeynos into a wary alliance named the New Combine Empire, and instructed them on how to break through the storm barrier and reach the Withered Lands. Upon reaching the Withered Lands, adventurers are greeted by the New Combine Empire, which is having some growing pains as well as trouble progressing through the corrupted forest on its way to Skyshrine. Several times throughout the zone these soldiers call upon players for assistance with new obstacles in the foreign environment. The Withered Lands were once known as the Wakening Lands; during this time long ago, the Plane of Growth touched this region. Creatures known as the Protectors of Growth were dedicated to preserving th ...
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GU63 Downtime - April 17, 2012 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down at 7am PDT on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 for the Game Update 63 patch. EU servers will have their downtime at 5am London Time on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Estimated downtime for both regions is five hours. During the downtime you are welcome to join us in the #EQ2 channel of ZAM's IRC chat . Feldon of EQ2Wire also has set up a ZAM IRC java applet that you can use. Patch notes are now available on our Game Update 63 wiki page . Links to all content we covered is also available on that page. Be sure to check out our previews as well! GU63 Preview: Withered Lands Preview: Game Update 63
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Patch Notes - April 18, 2012 [EverQuest II]
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No official downtime announcement has gone up but the patch notes for Wednesday, April 18 are available. GENERAL Fall of Estarim items are now on display at the LoN Museum. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Updated the login message for alternate advancement point conversion to only show if you actually gained points and how many points you have gained. If you have maximum alternate advancement points and you are not max level, you will automatically be set to 0% alternate advancement conversion rate the first time you gain experience. NOTE: If you set your alternate advancement conversion slider back up after that first time it will stay and not be reset automatically again. Swashbuckler Fixed a bug which prevented Bladespinner from resetting Lucky Gambit. DUNGEON FINDER Dungeons should now show up as options for 91+ players. QUESTS Withered Lands Removed references to grelga's spade in both the base and repeatable versions of her quests. Remove ...
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SOE Maintenance: Monday April 23 [General News]
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NOTE: This information has changed since originally published. If you're logged in during this downtime you should be able to keep playing. Just don't log off. SOE will be performing maintenance beginning at 00:01AM Pacific on April 23, 2012. This will impact the following services: Logins for all SOE games will be affected from 00:01 AM Pacific to approximately 23:59 PM Pacific. Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between from 00:01 AM Pacific to approximately 23:59 PM Pacific. Account management will be unavailable starting 00:01 AM to approximately 23:59 PM Pacific. Forums will be read-only starting at 00:01 AM to approximately 23:59 PM Pacific. Here's our handy Time Zone Converserion Tool to help you plan! Source: SOE Forum Announcement
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Downtime - April 19, 2012 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down at 7am PDT on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Estimated downtime is one hour. The full patch notes are available after the jump. GENERAL The adventure experience bar now includes the requirements to level past 90 if you have not met them yet in the tooltip. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Withered Lands Withered Lands creatures should now award more experience. Skyshrine: The City of Dracur Vhodeka Prime's Crushing Weight should no longer hit others in the zone. Skyshrine: The Underdepths and Skyshrine: Betrayal of the Underdepths Modified Dozekar event to prevent the possibility of multiple copies of him spawning. Skyshrine: The Forbidden City of Dracur a Draconic Gate Caller now respawns much faster! ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT Fixed a bug with some prestige endline abilities not modifying potency properly. Illusionist Time Rampage is now properly 15% at rank 2. Shadowknight Rank 3 Death and Destruction now p ...
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Spotlight: April Events [EverQuest II]
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Antonica found itself bustling with activity early on April 1st as the Far Seas caravans arrived to celebrate the Qeynos City Festival . The local specialties merchant has stocked up on several new items that are sure to please any Qeynosian. Also featured this month is the Antonica Aether Race course, which awards a prefix title to those who can master their race times. The festival will continue to run until 11:59pm PDT on April 7th. Bristlebane Day is still being celebrated, with the main parts of the event occurring in Enchanted Lands. A new snack snatcher race is available and the older quests have some new rewards to choose from. Crafters can enjoy a new recipe book as well as a red shiny collection that harkens back to memories of old. Bristlebane Day will run until 11:59pm PDT on April 9th. During the first full weekend of April a" Spring Fever "double experience bonus is expected. We'll have more details on that as they are released. Game Update 63 is slated to laun ...
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Double XP Weekend: April 6 - 8, 2012 [EverQuest II]
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UPDATE : Double XP turned on early and is confirmed to be already active on the U.S. servers! This bonus applies to Alternate Advancement, Adventure and Tradeskill experience. You can also enjoy double Station Cash over the weekend and Surprise Beast'r Baskets on the Marketplace, which contain a dragon house pet, a spring cloak and a bunny hat! EverQuest II players will enjoy a Double Experience promotion over the weekend! According to everquest2.com the bonus experience will turn on at 12:01pm PDT (noon!) on Friday, April 6, and run until 11:59pm PDT on Sunday, April 8.
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Double SC Weekend&Limited Time Spring Items! [General News]
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SOE is having a"Spring Fever"weekend, which features Double Station Cash across all applicable titles! Get Double Station Cash from now through 11:59pm PDT on Sunday, April 8, 2012. The amount doubled applies to all purchase methods excluding SMS (text messaging). In spirit of the Spring Fever weekend, EverQuest II has announced limited edition Surprise Beast'r Baskets ! The baskets can be purchased for 350 Station Cash each on the Marketplace. Open your basket to receive one of six random colors of a dragon house pet, a spring cloak and a bunny hat. These baskets will be in the Marketplace until April 15, 2012!
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Downtime - April 10, 2012 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down at 7am PDT on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Estimated downtime is one hour. EU servers will have their downtime at 5am London Time on Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Estimated downtime is two hours. Here is the patch note: GENERAL Fixed a crash bug with loading layouts in player made dungeons. Source: EQII Forums
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