7/17/2008


Here's a sneak peek at the update for Thursday


*** Highlights ***

- Spells and procs will no longer reset swing timers for any class, PC or NPC.


*** NPC ***

- The NPCs that were made easier in our previous patch will now have their proper consider message.


*** UI ***

- Fix a problem that was causing some custom UIs to crash while drawing buff icons.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Spells and procs will no longer reset swing timers for any class, PC or NPC.
- Improved an issue that was causing poor performance in outdoor zones.
- Fixed an issue that was causing poor performance when switching between background and foreground modes.


*** Previously Updated ***

- Laiyken should once again allow you in to Crystallos if you're on the proper step of his quest. If you were refused access before, hailing him again should allow you to enter the zone.
- Laiyken will no longer consume your Oil-Covered Crystal if you are not yet at the correct point of his quest.
- The Kirkoten Minders will now update the Combat task given by Fenden Helter for the Brownie Rebels.
- Beltron in Frostcrypt will once again take damage from Banish Shadows procs.


- The EverQuest Team



7/12/2008


*** Hotfix ***

- Laiyken should once again allow you in to Crystallos if you're on the proper step of his quest. If you were refused access before, hailing him again should allow you to enter the zone.
- Laiyken will no longer consume your Oil-Covered Crystal if you are not yet at the correct point of his quest.
- The Kirkoten Minders will now update the Combat task given by Fenden Helter for the Brownie Rebels.
- Beltron in Frostcrypt will once again take damage from Banish Shadows procs.





- The EverQuest Team




7/09/2008


*** Highlights ***

- A series of quests have been created within and around the Secrets of Faydwer expansion. See Fenden Helter in the Ladies of the Light tower for more information. These tasks include various Secrets of Faydwer faction rewards as well as a new currency that can be used to purchase items from Fenden.

- The spell information window has been changed. For buffs that are on you or your pet, you will be able to see the name of the caster, the full duration of the spell, the level required to cast the spell, the skill required to cast the spell, the mana cost of the spell, and the spell description. Non existing buff based spells will display the total duration of the spell in a new format, hours, minutes, and seconds.

- New visual indicators have been added to the buff window icons, and short duration buff window icons. Additionally, the spell counter information has been moved to facilitate the visual display of the buff timer on the respective buff icon. There have been four pieces of visual information added to the buff icons. This includes a visual indicator to show each of four possible pieces of information. The new pieces of information are Buff Timer, Buff Counters, Song Timer, and Song Counters.

- With the description changes added, all relevant counter information for BARD songs, all short duration effects, and regular buffs in either the spell window buff icon or short duration buff icon respectively will also be displayed.

- The buff icon will now display the time remaining in the form of hours (h), minutes (m), or seconds (s) whichever is greater. This significantly reduces the amount physical space used on the icon to print out the remaining time, in effect showing more of the buff or short duration buff icon to the player.

- Several NPCS in the Barren Coast, The Buried Sea, Atiiki, Katta Castrum, and Goru'kar Mesa have been lowered in difficulty to help facilitate easier soloing for many players. These NPCs will have a special consider message to indicate they are easier than your average NPC.


*** Returning Players ***

- If you're returning to the game following a break, be sure to visit the Scholars in the northeast portion of the Plane of Knowledge. They can help guide you through the many changes to the land of Norrath over the years.


*** Items ***

- Fixed some typographical errors in a few instruction manuals.
- Ornament Mutation Tools are now available for purchase from Magus Alaria in the Guild Lobby. They can be used to permanently change Ornament items into single use Ornamentation containers.
- Secrets of Faydwer monk armor will now have the special monk appearance. Armor that monks share with other classes was unchanged.
- Added Battlerager's Strength to SoF Raid Tier 3 and 4 Berserker Class Gloves.
- Changed the colors on the Bridles of the Commanded and Ferocious Ferans to match the image on their cards.


*** Quests & Events ***

- A series of quests have been created within and around the Secrets of Faydwer expansion. See Fenden Helter in the Ladies of the Light tower for more information. These tasks include various Secrets of Faydwer faction rewards as well as a new currency that can be used to purchase items from Fenden.
- The bears in Wulfnor the Gladiator's event in Frostcrypt will once again look like bears.
- Eron in the Dragonscale Hills has figured a slightly better method for making spools of energized brownie hair. You can now make it if the denizens of the zone are nearby. It still requires that you be by the specific energy charge within the main power room, and not any of the auxiliary power rooms. Be aware that being in the energy charge is painful and not compatible with invisibility or stealth. This new method will also not work if you are lying down. You will not need to go back to him to get the new method, as he has communicated it to everyone.


*** NPC ***

- Brinda's assistant, Findlewill, has returned from a restful vacation and can now be found in the Mansion.
- Several golems have had their body type switched to Construct.
- Fixed several minor text errors on various NPCs.
- Several NPCS in the Barren Coast, The Buried Sea, Atiiki, Katta Castrum, and Goru'kar Mesa have been lowered in difficulty to help facilitate easier soloing for many players. These NPCs will have a special consider message to indicate they are easier than your average NPC.


*** Spells ***

- Made a change to all spells and abilities that use Fade-like functionality to no longer kill your pets, auras and familiars when the Fade-like ability is used.
- Fixed an issue causing negative focus effects to not function correctly (sorry!)
- With the changes made for displaying the spell decriptions, there may be some NPC spells that display incorrect data. We will be adjusting these descriptions at a later time. The description shoud not affect gameplay.
- The shadowknight Decrepit Skin line, paladin Ward of Tunare spell line, and druid Skin of the Reptitle spell line have been adjusted.- Upon death, Divine Arbitration should no longer split the influence to the group members.
- Shaman spell Ancestral Intervention and the druid spell Survival of the Fittest should be able to produce a crit again.


*** Tradeskills ***

- NPC pricing of powersources have been altered.


*** Tasks ***

- Fixed one of the chests in the Uncovered Treasure task that was spawning under the world.
- Fixed various issues in the new Secrets of Faydwer tasks that start with Fenden Helter in Dragonscale Hills.


*** AA ***

- Changes have been made to the Harm Touch ability for Shadow Knights. The Ranks of Harm Touch that are purchased via AA points (and not automatically granted) will now have an immediate amount of damage as well as a Damage Over Time component. The Damage Over Time component is in addition to the damage that Harm Touch previously did. The Damage Over Time will scale along with the maximum value of the instant damage for each rank.
- Increased the duration of Pact of the Wurine AA.
- A number of AA lines that had a previously meaningless recast delay have been changed to have no recast delay. This is to address larger-than-intended returns on Heal Amount mods being applied due to how the calculations for those spells work. The AA lines changed include: Act of Valor, Hand of Piety, Lay on Hands, Mend Companion, Rejuvenate Companion, Replenish Companion, and Touch of the Divine.


*** Zones ***

- We've adjusted the fog settings in all zones to allow for better visibility.
- Adjusted pathing around the Goblin huts in the Buried Sea.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- More fixes for corpse looting problems when using /hidecorpse looted.
- Added the Background FPS slider to the Options->Display window. Allows setting the frame rate for the EQ window when it is not the foreground window. Sliding all the way to the left (the default) will use "Min. CPU" mode. Increasing this above "Min. CPU" can improve auto-follow behavior when the client is not in the foreground.
- 'alpha' and 'ralpha' added to /tracksort command.
- Added new SoF stats to the bazaar search options.
- Fixed a problem causing a client disconnect when consuming or using the last item in a stack.
- Made an optimization that will slightly improve lag in loping plains. This is not a full fix.
- Changed the way CPU affinity assignment works so that when you have multiple clients running and exit one and restart it, you still get correct distribution of CPU assignment. Previously, this could cause both clients to be assigned to the same CPU.


*** User interface ***

- Moved the Max FPS and Max background FPS sliders to the advanced display options window.
- The spell information window has been changed. For buffs that are on you or your pet, you will be able to see the name of the caster, the full duration of the spell, the level required to cast the spell, the skill required to cast the spell, the mana cost of the spell, and the spell description. Non existing buff based spells will display the total duration of the spell in a new format, hours, minutes, and seconds.
- New visual indicators have been added to the buff window icons, and short duration buff window icons. Additionally, the spell counter information has been moved to facilitate the visual display of the buff timer on the respective buff icon. There have been four pieces of visual information added to the buff icons. This includes a visual indicator to show each of four possible pieces of information. The new pieces of information are Buff Timer, Buff Counters, Song Timer, and Song Counters.
- With the description changes added, all relevant counter information for BARD songs, all short duration effects, and regular buffs in either the spell window buff icon or short duration buff icon respectively will also be displayed.
- The buff icon will now display the time remaining in the form of hours (h), minutes (m), or seconds (s) whichever is greater. This significantly reduces the amount physical space used on the icon to print out the remaining time, in effect showing more of the buff or short duration buff icon to the player.

- Changed -

EQUI_AdvancedDisplayOptionsWnd.xml
EQUI_OptionsWindow.xml




- The EverQuest Team






6/19/2008


Legends of Norrath Oathbreaker is Here!

Your job as an Inquisitor for the Tribunal is coming to an end, and not a moment too soon. The work was dangerous and unsettling, even for a hardened adventurer like yourself. Towards the end, it seemed as if some very odd orders were coming from the Tribunal, ones that just didn't sit right with you. Your skills as an Inquisitor will enable you to discover the Chaos plot within the Oathbound and save the Tribunal!

The latest expansion to Legends of Norrath offers over 250 cards with new abilities, items, avatars and races, as well as new scenario rewards and raids. Fight your way past former allies and friends to join the final battle with the Mistress of Chaos herself, and become a true Legend of Norrath.

Check out all the fantastic details on the Oathbreaker page!


Game Update Notes: June 19, 2008

*** Items ***

- Scorpion sandwiches no longer have a weapon delay on them. They do, however, still have scorpions.
- The Temporal Chrysalis will no longer disappear if it is used before its proper time.


*** Quests and Events ***

- The lockout for Goru Uldrock, the Reincarnate is now spelled correctly.
- Killing Emperor Draygun should properly update his task once again.


*** Tasks ****

- Fixed the spelling of the quest NPC in the task Simple Arrow for Crescent Reach.


*** NPC ***

- Fixed the reset issues with Bargangle Tinkerson in Meldrath's Mansion.



- The EverQuest Team

I enjoyed reading through it!

wtf with making fog less foggy though... I remember my first week playing EQ wandering around in the dark fog of Erudin Forest, getting completely lost and thinking this game was awesome! I also remember a short time where I worried that the lightning could actually hurt me :p.

I wish you could get struck by lightning in game that would be fun.

There is lightning in WoW too...I forget the zone name, but the first zone in TBC, where lightning hit the ground, I always tried to get hit by it (it seemed randomish). I was really disappointed when I finally caught one and it did nothing.

for fucks sake Worthy no one gives a shit about patches.

The same could be said about 90% of the posts on these boards

Anyways, it's weird seeing the changes in EQ between PoP era and now.
I'm trying the Living Legacy out for shits and giggles as some friends are there too, and we wanted to run around and train everything in Western Wastes one last time.

Movement, combat, everything essentially, is so foreign to me now. It's bizarre.

Oh, and I managed to snare myself and die lastnight.
I rock.

*edit*
Oh, and it took me 3 casts of Flame Lick to realize I didn't have a damn beetle eye. Bloody hell, I had forgotten all about that.

I also remember a short time where I worried that the lightning could actually hurt me :p.

Everyone hangs out in the guild lobby.

I am getting a lot of the new Lower Guk Armor, but, I still have some of my old Hall Of Testing Quest armor. When I linked it, people asked me why I was wearing THAT JUNK.... A few of us in the guild I joined started talking about how easy they had it now, that "Back in my day we had to get a Necro to help you do CR"..etc... Hehe.. good times.

PS - my casting skills are borked. Going to have to spend a day or 3 sitting in PoK working them up :/

To bad Im not 80 or I would love to run in Black Burrow.