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"Griffins Plight" Monster Mission Changed [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News Or you might say nerfed .... it went from one or two people doing the work and everyone in the group getting about 7% experience to something much harder today. So from very easy to very hard, according to the player community. Read more about it here on the EQLive boards.
The theme for our October contest is Halloween. Those of you with poetic nature this one is for you! Write a poem using Halloween, preferably set in the EverQuest world.
Submissions will be accepted from the time of this posting today, October 20, 2005 until noon PDT on Monday, October 31,2005. Please keep all poem content PG-13 suitable.
Raijinn and I will select three from all submissions and then let the community decide by poll which of the three is the winner.
The winner of the October contest will be announced on Monday, November 7, 2005 before 6:00pm PST. The winner will earn a unique board title, their poem featured on EQ Live and featured in an upcoming newsletter.
*** Headlines *** - Explore a haunted house and face frightening fiends as Halloween comes to Norrath! - All male player races now get to go shirtless! - Level 50 crafted armor gets improved stats!
*** Halloween Haunts Norrath *** - Jeepers creepers! Mystery and mischief are afoot as the holiday approaches! - Pumpkin patches have sprouted up throughout Qeynos and Freeport. Use them to decorate your neighborhood! - Black cats wander the cities. Don't let them cross your path! - Another crew of Gigglegibber goblins can be found in Freeport and Qeynos. They'll send you on a trick-or-treat game that you can play with local residents. Watch out for those tricks! - There are rumors of a haunted house in each city. Talk to the Gigglegibber Scalper in North Qeynos or West Freeport to find out more. Players of all levels can get in on the fun! - Ponchy Shorttoe of Windstalker Village in Antonica needs help with a baffling and mysterious problem. It seems the scarecrows have gotten riled up! - What would Halloween be without masks? Disguise yourself as a creepy critter or as your favorite monarch!
Upcoming Update Print News | Mail News The next scheduled update for EverQuest is planned for October 26, 2005. Here are some of the things that are currently planned:
New Default UI Skin
Modifications to DoD Missions & Loot
EverQuest will now use the Operating System's mouse so players can easily go between applications while in windowed mode
Take a look at Kithicor for some holiday fun
Players will have the ability to make their helms invisible
Improved controls in the guild bank
New command for opening a web browser from the game command prompt
New Audio Triggers command
Fix for the Pet HP for items
Fix for the loss of mana/HP while zoning
Please join the Test server to see some of the changes.
EverQuest Hosting Print News | Mail News We have a great new feature that has fully been activated, EverQuest Website Hosting! The Vault Network has worked close to a year building this mind blowing system that allows free hosting with promotion. Hosting under us gives you a full Control Panel, virtually unlimited bandwidth/space, emails, pre-built systems, free IGN promotion and so much more. We can host a wide range of sites, for example: Class sites, Tradeskill sites, DB sites, Interface Customization sites, Guilds sites, Mods, Guides, etc. This simple news post can't handle all the info about our new Hosting... so be sure to read on!
- Lesser Faydark and Mistmoore Castle have been returned to their previous states. [this has been a source of controversy in the community -- one day's notice of the change was not a long time when guilds spend quite a bit of time gathering components to trigger mobs in the previous zone -- Kwill]
- Depths of Darkhollow has been added to the atlas.
- The AC cap has been increased for bards levels 50+.
- The return on AC over the cap has been increased for clerics levels 50+.
- A done button has found its way back onto the Merchant Window.
SOE EQLive Developer Q&A; Print News | Mail News Have a question for the development team about game play? You can now post your questions to the development team on the EQLive message boards. Those questions will be answered by the Development team in a new feature, "Halfling Hodgepodge Extreme," which will run on the fourth Friday of every month.
You have one day to post your questions each week, according to Kytherea on EQLive: "Every week from about 5:30pm PDT on Monday until about 5:30pm PDT on Tuesday we will have this thread available to you to post your questions. "
Walk of Game Walk of Game is the first-of-its-kind landmark honoring the icons and pioneers of the videogame industry.
Walk of Game is located inside Metreon, a 350,000 square-foot entertainment complex at Fourth and Mission Streets in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
Every year, gamers worldwide cast their vote on www.WalkOfGame.com to induct the next set of honorees to receive a permanent 24"x 24", customized steel star on the Walk of Game. From the list of nominees, the top four in the category of Games/Characters and the top two in Lifetime Achievement will be inducted. Inductees to date are: Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto, Halo, Link (The Legend of Zelda), Mario, and Sonic The Hedgehog.
The list of nominees is compiled from a survey of industry members and technology, entertainment, and gaming media. SCA Interactive, a leader in online promotions, powers the Walk of Game voting interface.
You can find the details here on the SOE live boards. Vote now!
HoC Chat September 28 [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News EQStratics - HoC Dev Chat rescheduled for September 28, 2005
Our next House of Commons Developer's Chat is Thursday 28th at 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT in the usual channel #StraticsHoC.
September 21 Patch Message [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News A little late this time, but here is the latest patch message from September 21. They have been patching all week but it appears the patches after the 21st were mostly to correct in-game problems.
Community Summit at SOE Headquarters [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News Next weekend starting the 30th of September SOE will be hosting community leaders and press at their headquarters for the second community summit conference. The theme the of the summit is "Progression of EverQuest from the past, to the Present and on to the Future" according to Kytherea, community relations manager.
Attendees are bringing issues from their guilds, classes, and from the SOE EQLive boards.
The conference will consist of round table discussions about issues as well as informal conversations with the producers, developers, and other SOE staff members in San Diego.
If you have issues you would like addressed on the progression of EverQuest, please contact me at kwill@vaultnetwork.com and I will pass them along!
If you participated in the Depths of Darkhollow beta, please make sure the email address we have on record in your SOE account registration information is current. In the next week or so we will be contacting everyone who is eligible for a beta reward by email. If your email address is not correct and you do not receive an email you will not be able to claim your reward and we will not send out emails a second time.
Please be aware that playing in the beta does not automatically make you eligible for a reward.. To be eligible you will need to have earned a minimum number of tokens; I do not currently have that number.
As I have more information to share about the Beta Rewards I will let you know so watch for further announcements here.
Also, please do not petition in-game about the beta rewards, GMs do not have any information to share with you about the Depths of Darkhollow beta rewards.
Patch to Fix Name Exploit Today [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News Due to the issue posted by Rapaz about the exploit with character creation that allows someone to create a character with a name that is already in use, we will be updating at 4am. ETA for the downtime is 4 hours.
Message Edited by Kytherea on 09-21-2005 04:26 PM
Rapaz wrote: "There is a new exploit with character creation that allows someone to create a character with a name that is already in use. This exploit is used to effect other players. We know of this exploit and are in the process of permanently banning any user that has used this exploit and will ban anyone else who uses it as well. The exploit will be fixed with an update tomorrow morning, but in the meantime anyone who takes advantage of the exploit will be banned."
