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The following changes were made to the test server:
Gameplay
* Like Estate of Unrest, but just don't have the time? Well now you can get both rest and Unrest, as the Estate of Unrest is now persistent!
* Upon reaching level 20, you'll be able to access new appearance item slots on the inventory window.
* Equipping items in the appearance slots will change the way you look without affecting your stats.
* Only items usable by your class, and heavier than your currently equipped armor can be worn.
* Some clothing items, such as city rewards will be wearable by everyone.
* Ranged weapons will no longer trigger procs on weapons equipped in the primary or secondary slot.
* +damage and +heal items have been changed. Instead of normalizing by casting time you will get the full benefit on non aoe spells if the casting time is greater than .5 seconds and the reuse time is greater than 2 seconds. AoE spells gain 1/3 of the amount per target as do triggered reactive spells. Lifetaps continue to function the same. Also, damage is applied up front based on the amount of damage/healing the spell will do over time. Combat art damage has also been added to the system and the Bruiser Brutality line will buff this raid wide.
* There is now a 2-second usage delay for using most widgets in the world (i.e. quest widgets). Using the widgets will also unhide you.
Items
When selling guild status items, guilds now only advance via sales of level-appropriate items. Members of higher level guilds can still sell lower level items for personal status gain.
There is now a text description at the bottom of status items that tell you what level guild will gain advancement from selling those items. Generally, items found in the nearest 10 level range will continue to advance your guild. (e.g. A level 50 guild will be able to gain advancement from level 51 items and higher, which drop from T6 creatures and above.)
If you go to an NPC who will buy your status item and your guild is too high level, you will see the status points in YELLOW instead of the normal teal. Those are the items that will only grant you personal status
Spells/Combat Arts
Completing the bloodlines quest which gives out the vampire bane spell will also grant vampires to the master strike.
Bruiser
* The Brutality Line now grants +combat art damage instead of dps.
Ranger
* The Miracle shot line now requires the ranger to acquire the target with line of sight. The actual shot does not require it though.
Test Only
Brawler
Reduced the damage of devastation fist against epics to be direct damage that scales with level.
As Legends of Norrath beta gets further underway we are seeing more and more getting their invites. But how?
Grimwell had this to say:
If you a player of either EverQuest, or EverQuest II and you would like to beta test Legends of Norrath, please send an email with the subject header "LON" to eq2beta@station.sony.com. Please include your Station Account name (not the password) in the body of the email.
To read more about this go check out the post on the official forums!
In this edition you will find another set of posts worth a read, over at the official forums. Keywords for this collection of gameplay treasures are ...
* Commissioned Work for LORE items now checks the player who would receive the product rather than the crafter.
Quests
* Items that offer language quests also now update the language quest. There is no longer a separate update item by the same name.
Test Server
* To test out dual wield and other future changes, PvP Test is now a PvE server that anyone can copy too. Use /testcopy add to copy your character to the open test server. Copies occur nightly so once you execute the testcopy command expect to see your character there the following day.
Legends of Norrath Beta
* Legends of Norrath will now honor the following EQ2 keybindings: Screenshot & Game Menu Window.
* There is now a section for LoN issues in the /bug window.
Well, after the hours of downtime here are the updates notes for today:
Legends of Norrath Beta Test Begins
* Fan Faire attendees can access Legends of Norrath by clicking on the icon in the EQ2 menu, or via the /tcg command.
* If you are not in the Beta Test you will still be able to see and use these menu items; however you won't be able to connect to the Legends of Norrath game itself.
Gameplay
* The �Return of the Light� Heritage Quest is no longer gated for Exiles.
* Rare harvests are now a bit rarer than they have been since GU37 launched, although not as rare as before GU37.
Looting Changes:
* Attempting to loot a chest/corpse that gives you the �There are no items that you can loot� message will now destroy the chest/corpse as long as no one in your group can loot the item.
* When access restrictions wear off of a chest/corpse, all items that are picky about who can loot them will be removed. If this would leave the chest/corpse empty, it will be removed.
Achievements
* Conjurors may now properly use the Subclass Achievement Respec Card.
Tradeskills
* Recipes that involve crafting a LORE item will now work.
Are you going to be in Indianapolis later this week for Gen Con? SOE is! To celebrate some of the best days in gaming, we are throwing a party at Jillian's in Indianapolis on August 17th! Be sure to make plans to stop by and hang out with folks from SOE, as well as gamers from all over the place!More Details.
The scheduled maintenance for Tuesday, August 14th, has been expanded to include all international servers and will include an update to the SOE sessions servers. As such, the maintenance period will last for approximately eight hours, beginning at approximately 4:00 AM PDT and ending at approximately 12:00 PM PDT.
With the maintenance now involving the session servers, all services requiring a login will be unavailable during the maintenance period. This includes (but is not limited to) the game servers, all forums, Station Exchange, Character Transfers, Customer Service, the SOE Store, and the subscription tools. This maintenance period will also include the EQII international servers in the same period of time.
Thank you for your understanding and patience during this extended maintenance period. EQ2Players.com will be updated with any additional updates should new information become available. Source : eq2players.com
Kelly and Nathan got married this year at the SOE Fan Faire, and so did their EQII Characters. SOE's photographer was there to capture the moment, both in pictures and on camera.
"Enter the EverQuest II Comic Book Creator Contest for a chance to win $1,000. Create your very own EverQuest II Comic Book with the demo disc that was distributed at Fan Faire. If you did not have the chance to attend Fan Faire please visit www.mycomicbookcreator.com to download a trial version and get started now! This is your chance to let your imagination go the extra mile and to get rewarded for it! Simply, create and submit a four to eight-page comic book entry using the SOE Comic Book Creator software utilizing your own video game screen shots from EverQuest II. No purchase required to enter."
Linda "Brasse" Carlson, winner of this years costume contest, has posted 3 reports covering each day of the Fan Faire over at mpogd.com. Don't cheat yourself from a good laugh, they're definately worth the read.
You can find them here : Day1 .. Day2 .. Day3
The Gamasutra website has an interview up with Nick Beliaeff, the head of our San Diego studio, about a wide range of SOE topics including EverQuest, The Agency, Free Realms, and even marriage. You can read the full interview at Gamasutra by following this link.
Some EQ2 servers have been having some lag supposedly caused by some broker changes made last patch. Grimwell had this to say about it on the official forums:
In order to better combat some lag that joined us in the last update, the reset timer for the broker on the servers listed below is being changed from seven days to two. In plain English, you will need to log in at least once every other day to keep your items active on the broker. The changes to the broker have introduced some unanticipated lag and we are taking this temporary measure to keep things responsive while we work out a solution internally. I'll make another post to let you know when we put the timer back on seven days, or make further adjustments.
Here is the listing of servers that now have a two day refresh:
Antonia Bayle
Befallen
Blackburrow
Butcherblock
Crushbone
Everfrost
Guk
Kithicor
Mistmoore
Nagafen
Nektulos
Oasis
The Bazaar
In this edition of the Treasure Chest, you will find links to posts made on the SOE Forums on the following topics:
� Fan Faire player recaps, including blogs, announcements and Youtube links.
� How to provide feedback on the the spam filter functionality.
� New furniture
� Legends of Norrath
� Post Cards
� Hammerfist's Screenie gallery
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