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Fortune League Brings EverQuest II to Facebook [EverQuest II]
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Sony Online Entertainment and Fastpoint Games have teamed up to launch Fortune League , a new strategy Facebook game based on EverQuest II. Players can use the live trading market to purchase a party of heroes and take on weekly quests for a chance to earn in-game rewards in EQII and EQII Extended. So why make an EverQuest II Facebook game? According to Kelly Perdew, CEO of Fastpoint Games,"Fortune League aims to provide existing players with a fun, new way of engaging with the depth and adventure of EQII, in short, snackable sessions, while also introducing new players and creating a new revenue source for the franchise." If you'd like to try out the alpha version of Fortune League, head over to http://apps.facebook.com/fortuneleague/ . Details on the in-game rewards and a short"how to play"guide can be found after the jump. How to Play Join or create a League in which to compete. Assess the current Quest to determine what combination of Hero talents you want i ...
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Patch Notes for January 4, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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This morning all U.S. servers will come down at 7am PDT for a brief hotfix. The estimated downtime is one hour. Here are the official patch notes : GENERAL Escrow deposit log entries will now be combined properly when a player makes a deposit if the player's name or ID changed due to a server transfer or server merge. QUESTS Freebloods can now complete the Heritage quest“The Journey is Half the Fun“.
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Spotlight: January Events [EverQuest II]
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The city of Gorowyn was abuzz with excitement this month as the Far Seas Caravan arrived at its docks to begin the city festival . Players can acquire the new Plain Gorowyn Door from Chris Weathers and earn more city tokens by assisting Kella Swampfoot with her tasks. The Gorowyn City Festival will end at 11:59pm PST on January 7th for most servers. Fierce trade winds delayed the start of the festival for Butcherblock and Permafrost, so it will end at 11:59pm PST on January 8th on those two servers. The season of giving will soon be over as the Frostfell live event concludes this month. A few days remain to finish seasonal crafting, the new quests and purchase goods within the Frostfell Wonderland Village. The event is planned to end at 11:59pm PST January 6th. On the 20th of this month, the phases of the moon will once again be aligned, revealing the secret grottos. Moonlight Enchantments will begin at 12:01am PST on January 20th and will conclude at 11:59pm PST on January 21 ...
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Destiny of Velious Closed Beta Begins! [EverQuest II]
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Dave"Smokejumper"Georgeson posted today that the first round of Destiny of Velious closed beta invitations have gone out. You should be receiving emails at the email address you have registered for your Sony Station Account. If you have not receive such an email by the end of the day today (1/4/11), then you weren't accepted into Closed Beta...yet. Depending on how many folks pile into the beta, and how many testers we need, we may authorize extra groups of people later this month. Stay tuned for more details! Go check your email, and best of luck! Remember, if you were accepted into beta you are under an NDA. If you'd like to contribute to ZAM's Destiny of Velious knowledge, please contact a ZAM staff member privately.
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The City Festival is Live! [EverQuest II]
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The Far Seas Caravan traveled the waters of Norrath to reach their destination, arriving early this morning in Timorous Deep to begin the Gorowyn City Festival ! The festival started on January 1st at 12:01am PST and will run until January 7th at 11:59pm PST. The Far Seas Caravan is found inside the Timorous Maw while the quest giver, Kella Swampfoot, is on the docks of Faydedar Watch. This month you can pick up one new Gorowyn themed house item: the Plain Gorowyn Door . Visit Chris Weathers and Sanya Farshore to see all the local specialities , Forum Challenge Paintings and other festival goods.
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Direct2Drive Offers 50% Off SOE Games this Weekend [General News]
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If you're looking for a last-minute holiday gift, you may want to head over to Direct2Drive. All Sony Online Entertainment titles (excluding DC Universe Online) are 50% off until Monday, Dec. 27 at 10 a.m. PST. Games that are offered in the sale include PlanetSide, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II. Direct2Drive is also currently offering sales on all sorts of indie games, including Plants vs. Zombies and Torchlight. You can grab both of these games for $5 each this weekend! If none of these deals sound appealing to you, check out the above promo codes to save up to 25% off your entire order until 2011. Happy holidays!
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Bonus Experience this Week [EverQuest II]
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EverQuest II players are enjoying double experience for most of this week. From 12:01 am PST on Monday, December 27 through 11:59 pm PST on Thursday, December 30, 2010 there is true double XP (+100% XP) for AA, tradeskill and adventure experience gained over these four days. EQ2 Players notes that this includes the French, German, Japanese, Test and EQ2 Extended servers.
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EQII Feature: Progression Guides [EverQuest II]
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Norrath is full of content to suit any style of adventuring. From the comfortable reaches of your home city through the depths of the Underfoot, players encounter an endless variety of quests and creatures to battle. Ever wonder what content you may have missed or where to adventure next? Our progression guides will help take you there! Solo Progression Heroic Progression Raid Progression
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Moonlight Enchantments Start Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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The monthly mini event Moonlight Enchantments (often called"The Grottos") starts tonight! The event will start at 12:01am PDT on December 20th and run through 11:59pm PDT on December 21st. These times apply directly with no time conversion to all servers. According to a post by Greg"Rothgar"Spence, Moonlight Enchantments will be extended by one day on servers affected by the merge of the 19th and 20th. If you need a hand with finding these mysterious mushroom rings or want to peek at the rewards, see our Moonlight Enchantments Live Event page!
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Patch Notes for December 21, 2010 [EverQuest II]
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The hotfix earlier today fixed an issue with the Research Assistant amenity still being purchasable in the guild hall. It also opens up the Child's Play charity item, the Cloak of the Snowfall , for purchase (available through 12/31/2010) and players without their server legacy titles should now be granted them. Here are the full patch notes : GENERAL This year you can support the Child’s Play charity by purchasing the new Cloak of the Snowfall from the Station Marketplace! ITEMS Auto-consumed items such as the server merge titles will now be consumed on login if they were added while the player was offline. AMENITIES Research Assistant amenities can no longer be purchased in a guild hall.
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