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Downtime - Thursday, February 12, 2015 [EverQuest II]
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All US servers came down for a weekly hotfix this morning. EU servers will come down at 9pm PT (5am London Time). Here are the patch notes: GENERAL Map Fog has been removed. ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT General Expert Spells of a higher tier will now do more damage than the same spell Master previous tier. For example: Level 91 Faith Strike (Expert) will now do more damage than level 81 Faith Strike (Master). ITEMS Bound transmutation stones purchased from the loyalty merchant may now be transmuted correctly. Corrected an issue where some pvp adornment added red gem armor lost its ability mod. QUESTS Altar of Malice and Tears of Veeshan Weekly Missions are now classified as Weekly Missions in the Quest Journal. Altar of Malice Weekly Solo Dungeon, Weekly Heroic Dungeon and Weekly Raid missions will now award Malice Gemstones.
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Layoffs Begin at Daybreak Games [General News]
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UPDATE, Feb 12th : Thanks to everyone who has reached out to us regarding this news. I doubt we'll get an exhaustive list, but it's obvious that the community team, producers and developers were all hit pretty hard. You can contact us at news@zam.com or directly to @Cyliena on Twitter if you have more information. One year ago I took the above picture of a smiling Linda"Brasse"Carlson , the Director of Community Relations, in her expertly handmade dwarven regalia, on the Sony Online Entertainment campus. About an hour ago the first confirmed layoff from the transition to Daybreak Games hit, with Linda posting on Facebook that"I have been released from the best and most challenging job I have ever had. I thank you all for being part of that incredible experience. Too many people to thank personally, but know that I am extraordinarily grateful and very curious where life takes me now." Linda isn't the only one affected. EverQuest franchise Director of Development Dave"Smokej ...
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EverQuest&EverQuest II Producer's Letters [General News]
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UPDATE - Saturday February 14 : Daybreak had connection issues overnight; forums are back up, but login may not be completely stable yet. It is being worked on. 12:30pm ET : Smed , Holly and Emily (Domino) have all confirmed that there are DDOS attacks going on. They're doing what they can, but expect things to be unstable until it's mitigated. 3:30pm ET : Everything should be back online now! Holly posted a bit more this morning on the EQ2 forums, and twice on the EQ forums, both of which we've included after the jump. If you're unfamiliar with Holly, read this comment . Holly"Windstalker"Longdale , now the Executive Producer for both EverQuest & EverQuest II , has posted letters on the EverQuest and EverQuest II forums. She introduces herself to EverQuest players, and offers reassurances that both games will continue development. You can read and comment on both letters (linked above) on the official game forums. The main point seems to be to invite ...
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Your Next: About People [EverQuest Next]
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I suppose there’s only one thing to talk about this week. Sony Online Entertainment broke away from its parent company to become Daybreak Game Company , thanks to investment from Columbus Nova. As is the all too common and incredibly unfortunate nature of deals like these, the company had to let some people go . When costs are too high for projected revenue, tough decisions have to be made. The important thing to remember in times like these is that it’s people making these decisions, and these decisions affect people. For all that we care about the games (which is less than the current and former employees of Daybreak, by the way), what this means to us as players is insignificant compared to what it means to the people whose lives were affected. I want to take a moment to state that I am in full support of the talented, passionate people still at Daybreak, their amazing work continues to inspire me, and I have complete faith they will continue to blow us away. ...
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Unrest Server Downtime [EverQuest II]
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The Unrest server is having some downtime overnight. Roshen posted on the official forums : The Unrest server will be brought offline on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 4:00AM Pacific for server maintenance. This server is estimated to be unavailable for approximately four hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed. Here's our handy time zone conversion tool to help you plan.
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Everfrost and Butcherblock Server Downtime [EverQuest II]
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The Everfrost and Butcherblock servers are having some downtime overnight. Roshen posted on the official forums : Both the Everfrost and Butcherblock servers will be brought offline on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 4:00AM Pacific for server maintenance. This server is estimated to be unavailable for approximately four hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest II forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed. Here's our handy time zone conversion tool to help you plan.
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EQ2 Livestream - February 18 (Recap) [EverQuest II]
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Executive Producer Holly Longdale and other members of the EverQuest II developer team will address the community and answer some questions during the Wednesday, February 18 Twitch livestream . It kicks off at 3pm PT/6pm ET. THE LIVESTREAM HAS ENDED! Notes we took during it are after the jump ; the recording is now available below. EQ2 Wire has also posted a recap of the stream. NOTE : I saw a lot of people complaining about how vague the livestream was afterward in the Twitch chat. While I don't speak for the EQ2 team, I'm fairly certain that the intent of the stream wasn't to give us their detailed plans, but rather to reassure everyone that development is still happening. -Cyliena 5:20pm ET : Just getting the article set up, see you all at 6! 6:00pm ET : Cue the swelling music! On the couch we see Holly"Windstalker"Longdale , Nathan"Kaitheel"McCall , Tom"DuckMount"Tobey , Kyle"Kander"Vallee , and Chris"Chrol"Garlick (thanks for the spelling clarific ...
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Moonlight Enchantments Start Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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The monthly live event Moonlight Enchantments starts tonight! The grottos will open on the 20th at 12:01am PDT and close on the 21st at 11:59pm PDT. The time applies directly with no conversion to all servers. Check out our Moonlight Enchantments guide and peek at the rewards !
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The Kelethin City Festival Starts Tonight! [EverQuest II]
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The Kelethin City Festival is back! It will run from February 1st at 12:01am PT through February 7th at 11:59pm PT. The Far Seas Caravan can be found in Greater Faydark on the Green Knoll. Visit the caravan merchants to see all of the local specialities and other festival goods , and check out the Greater Faydark Aether Race !
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Columbus Nova Acquires Sony Online Entertainment [General News]
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UPDATE : Linda"Brasse"Carlson confirmed there will be no convention this year. "For those asking about SOE Live: we are taking a hiatus from our annual Live event to shift our focus to our exciting transition and the future of Daybreak Game Company." This morning, Sony Online Entertainment announced that it was acquired by a company called Columbus Nova and will be rebranded as" Daybreak Game Company ."SOE will operate as an independant studio and will even branch out into the Xbox platform. Continued after the jump. "Sony Online Entertainment, newly rebranded as Daybreak, is a great addition to our existing portfolio of technology, media and entertainment focused companies. We see tremendous opportunities for growth with the expansion of the company's game portfolio through multi-platform offerings as well as an exciting portfolio of new quality games coming up, including the recently launched H1Z1 and the highly anticipated EverQuest Next to be released in the ne ...
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