| City Festival Starts Tonight! [EverQuest II] 
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  | Tomorrow is the beginning of October, bringing us the Qeynos City Festival !   The Festival should start on October 1st at 12:01am PDT and run until October 7th at 11:59pm PDT.  You can find the Far Seas Caravan in Antonica just beyond the bridge to North Qeynos.  This month you can pick up two new Qeynos-themed house items: a Qeynos elaborate sconce and a Qeynos display counter .  Visit Chris Weathers to see all the local specialities and Sanya Farshore to pick up the Forum Challenge Paintings that were introduced last month. 
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  | Featured Guide: Lore and Legend Hot Spots [EverQuest II] 
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  | Did you know there are 42 Lore and Legend quests in EverQuest II?  Lore and Legend mobs can be found all over Norrath, but some zones tend  to have a higher density of certain mobs than others. Certain species of  mobs can also be difficult to track down due to their obscure names,  and sometimes when you find a hot spot, you may discover that you  detrimentally impacted a quest hub's faction.  We've done the research for you! Please enjoy this handy Lore and Legends Hot Spots Guide ! 
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  | Moonlight Enchantments Start Tonight! [EverQuest II] 
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  | The monthly mini event  Moonlight    Enchantments  (often called"The Grottos") should start tonight!  The event is planned to turn on at 12:01am PDT on September 20th    and run through 11:59pm  PDT on September 21st. These times apply directly with    no time  conversion to all servers.    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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  | EverQuest II Oktoberfest Parties [EverQuest II] 
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  | In celebration of Oktoberfest the EverQuest II Community Team will be hosting in-game parties in the Community Lounge!  And if you can't make those, they will also be opening up a  portal for the Community Lounge across all the regular live servers  shortly after each party for you to have your own parties!  The hosted party schedule is after the jump.  See EQII Players for more information!        Th  ursday, September 23rd   11:00am to 12:00pm PDT  Valor     Thursday, September 23rd   12:30am to 1:30pm PDT  Innovation                Thursday, September 23rd   12:00am to 1:00pm PDT  Storms                Friday, September 24th   8:00am PDT  Sebilis                Monday, September 27th   6:00pm to 7:00pm PDT  Test Copy     Tuesday, September 28th   6:00pm to 7:00pm PDT  Test Copy     Wednesday, September 29th   1:00pm to 2:00pm PDT  Test Copy     Thursday, September 30rd   1:00pm to 2:00pm PDT  Test Copy 
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  | Featured Guide: Alternate Advancements (AA) [EverQuest II] 
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  | Alternate Advancements, or AAs for short, are a means of further  enhancing your character. They can give your character powerful new skills and enhance existing skills. In addition to levels, they are a means of  measuring how powerful your character is relative to other characters of  the same class.   We are pleased to bring you this Alternate Advancement guide , submitted by Xalmat, which explains the basics of the AA system. 
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  | SOE Official Podcast #94: Star Wars and More! [Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures] 
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  | Sony Online Entertainment has published its newest official podcast this week (it's #94 for those of you keeping track), and this one  focuses on Dragon*Con and Star Wars. Fans of Star Wars Galaxies and the  new Clone Wars Adventures game may want to give this podcast a listen. In fact, two members of  the Clone Wars Adventures dev team stop by to talk about the free-to-play, kid-friendly MMO.  Of course, players of all other Sony Online Entertainment games should get some enjoyment out of the podcast.  For example, Jason"Pex"Ryan gives a rundown on the latest updates for SOE titles. The podcast is a little more than 60 minutes long, so relax  and enjoy the show ! 
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  | SOE Maintenance - Thursday, September 23, 2010 [General News] 
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  | According to posts on most SOE forums:      Account services, including account  maintenance, all commerce, and Station Store, will be down for  maintenance for 3 hours on Thursday, September 23, 2010, from 9:00 pm  PDT to 12:00 am PDT.  The Station Store and all commerce avenues  will be unavailable for the duration of maintenance. This may also  affect the performance of the forums and any or all accounts'abilities  to log in.   Here's our handy Time Zone Conversaion Tool to help you plan. 
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  | Hotfix - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 [EverQuest II] 
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  | Since this morning's hotfix, players have been plagued with zoning issues.  According to Greg"Rothgar"Spence the issues has been fixed internally, but must be hotfixed to take effect.  The hotfix is scheduled for       September 15, 2010, at 7am PDT and should last an hour.                Here's our handy         Time Zone Conversion Tool to help you plan. 
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  | Patch Notes for September 15 [EverQuest II] 
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  | A bug introduced with yesterday's hotfix caused several zones, such as Frostfang Sea, to be unavailable for zoning into through the travel system. Today's patch today fixes that bug, as well as the Stonebrunt to Sundered zoning bug. The full patch notes are listed below.    GENERAL     Fixed a bug causing some zones to not be available for  zoning.  Fixed a bug were Experts and Masters of the previous tier could be  automatically overwritten in your hotbar by an apprentice  spell.     TRAVEL     The Stonebrunt temporal pathfinder will now properly  zone you into Sundered Frontier instead of leaving you high and dry in the  middle of the sky.     ITEMS     Ykeshan Spellbears and Warbears can be used  below level 80 and no longer can be combined below level 80. 
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  | UPDATE:  Friday Hotfix Canceled [EverQuest II] 
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  | UPDATE: Amnerys posted just a few minutes ago that the Friday update has been canceled.  Please return to your regularly scheduled gaming! 
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