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The Holiday's are drawing near and you can help make a hospitalized child's Holiday just a bit more cheerful. The 2006 Child's Play Charity drive is underway and looking for any gifts and donations that you can make.
Create a holiday-themed comic book featuring EverQuest, EverQuest II and/or Planetside and win a $250 AMEX gift card! Contest will run from 12/8/06 - 1/5/07. Visit http://www.station.sony.com/contests/index.vm for official rules and details.
Game Update 30: Preview[ 4 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: General News - Vault News - Official News Game Update 30: Preview Welcome to the official Preview for Game Update 30! This is a season of celebration for Norrath: the plentiful harvest is in, there is a crisp bite in the air, and the joyous laughter of the sylvan Fae rings across the land. Even the evil races are in the holiday mood, observing the season with quiet contemplation, and planning the deeds and adventures ahead.
Frostfell Frostfell is a Deepice celebration whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Some historians believe that the festival was started by a demigod during the Lost Ages, when all of Norrath was under curse and no gods helped Norrathians � save one. This one, whoever it may have been, visited Norrath in secrecy and hid gifts of food and other supplies around Norrath to aid what was left of the populace at the time. Since then, Frostfell has come to be a community event. The Dark Elves and other evil races also participate in this season, although they believe that the gifts are the result of their own hard work and prowess.
Frostfell is a time for families and friends to come together and renew their bonds of kinship, a time when food and gifts are shared throughout the community, a celebration full of singing and quiet contemplation, parades, dances and meditations, and chipmunks roasting on an open fire. Players can expect plenty of fun, quirky quests and beautiful decorations � both the store-bought kind and the hand-made kind. Plus, log in each day to claim your special present!
Tag! You're It! In addition to the customary Frostfell fun, the folks over at SOE also have a special treat for you this year: games of Frostfell Candycane Grab'n'Tag for fun and prizes! These games will start every couple of hours in Freeport, Qeynos and Kelethin. Everyone is welcome to participate � but if you aren't feeling so adventurous at first, feel free to hang around and watch the excitement from the sidelines. When you're ready to join in, just sign up with the registrar.
Here's how it works: All you have to do is pick up more candy canes than anyone else. Sounds simple, right? Well, when the game starts, one person is randomly picked to be "it". The person who is "it" cannot pick up candy canes � instead, they need to chase down and tag someone else to be "it." The games move quickly and the winner gets a prize and their name posted on the scoreboard, so don't lollygag around � get dodging and tagging!
Play the Fae As you can see, there's lots of fun headed your way with Game Update 30! But the folks over at SOE also wanted to mention a special addition coming even before that.
The EverQuest II team is extremely proud of the Echoes of Faydwer expansion. We're looking forward to sharing it with all our friends and family over the holidays � and we hope you will too! In order to make the expansion accessible to all we will be launching a new trial program called Play the Fae. Starting on December 5th, anyone with new Station Account can log onto playthefae.com (.fr and .de for French and German) and try out a new Fae character through the Play the Fae 7-day free trial. This trial is similar to the Trial of the Isle, but it adds the ability to start in Greater Faydark as a Fae or any of the other races that can begin there. Your first character has to be a fae, and once you've been in game and checked it out, you can be anything that Trial of the Isle would let you be.
This update promises to be filled with excitement and fun! Goodness knows we're excited, and we sincerely hope that you are too. So have a good weekend, and we'll see you in Norrath!
- Chat channels will allow you to chat freely again!
- The sign near the Sapling spur Outpost respawn location is even less sticky!
- Creature Catalog no longer causes targets to become aggressive.
- Dark Elves in the lands of Faydwer have had their coin purses filled up to the appropriate amounts, which is much higher than it was previously.
- You can once again get achievement xp when your raid has 24 members.
Dev Chest[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: General News - Vault News - Official News Sometimes it's hard to find the buried treasures contained within the EverQuest II forums. The Dev Chest highlights useful, insightful, or entertaining posts from the developers that you may want to check out. Get your treasure maps and shovels ready--we're about to discover a Dev Chest!
"Much has changed to the forest over the last four to five hundred years, which is easily noticeable with a quick look around. The first thing you will notice is that the zone is pretty much devoid of trees, but is now filled with huge towering mushrooms, twisted overgrowing vines and gigantic flowers."
Echoes of Faydwer Shipping[ 1 Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: General News Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, announced that EverQuest II Echoes of Faydwer is shipping to retail stores in North America and available for purchase via digital download at www.echoesoffaydwer.com. The retail version of the game is available for a suggested retail price of $39.99, and includes the base EverQuest II game, the Echoes of Faydwer expansion, and the two previously released expansions, Desert of Flames� and Kingdom of Sky�. The digital version is also available for a suggested retail price of $39.99 and includes the Echoes of Faydwer expansion (requires EverQuest II base game to play).
- Echoes of Faydwer has Launched!
- The maximum guild level has increased to 60, with new guild rewards and nobility titles. In addition, all guilds can choose various heraldry options for their cloaks once they reach the appropriate level.
- Starting at level 10, all characters can now earn and spend Achievement points.
- Check out the new and improved character generation flow!
- Horses have improved animations across the board. And they have learned how to jump!
- All characters can now wear a second earring. Go, glitter!
- Crafters and consumers alike rejoice over the new secure commission system.
