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Featured Guide: Destiny of Velious Crafting [EverQuest II]
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Crafters are quickly immersed in the local Velious culture as soon as they step foot in Great Divide. The local Othmir, Snowfang Gnolls and Coldain all look for skilled artisans to assist them with their various wants and needs. In Destiny of Velious, tradeskillers are offered a Flying Mount quest series of their own with unique gryphon appearances to choose from. The conclusion to the new crafter quests is the first tradeskill Heritage Quest, What Dreams May Come , which rewards the fabled Blessed Coldain Prayer Shawl . For a walkthrough to all the quests available along with shopping lists, check out our Destiny of Velious Tradeskill Guide !
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Hotfix - March 17, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Thursday, March 17, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have their hotfix at 4am London Time on Friday, March 18, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. The full patch notes are available after the hop. USER INTERFACE Fixed a display issue with debt percent at level 90. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Kael Drakkel Base Population in the contested dungeon now has legendary and fabled drops. Tower of Frozen Shadow (Raid) Fixed an issue related to Tserrina's"Curse of the Tower"spell which was causing extreme zone lag and crash issues. Tower of Frozen Shadow: Shadowed Corridors Vethilot the Cropsemonger has been adjusted in difficulty. Shadowed Tome of Ages Past has been adjusted in difficulty. Tower of Frozen Shadow: Umbral Halls VhalSera has been adjusted in difficulty. High Priest Mohnt has been adjusted in difficulty. Dizzina the Lulled has been adj ...
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Hotfix - March 9, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PST on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have their hotfix at 5am London Time on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. The full patch notes are available after the hop. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Tower of Frozen Shadow (Raid) Tserrina may now be damaged while she is in the air biting a victim. Tower of Frozen Shadow: Haunt of Syl’Tor Tserrina may now be damaged while she is in the air biting a victim. QUESTS Great Divide The Thunderbeard quests in Great Divide are no longer sharable. Heritage Kalus Frostreaver will be visible in the Ring War camp if players have completed“Casting a Long Shadow.” Removing the quest“Beauty’s Only Skin Deep” will now delete any related sub-quests from your journal or quest items from your inventory. Village of Shin The salt crystals required by ...
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Aether Races Today! [EverQuest II]
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Join your friends and guildies in the Aether Races today! Dave"Smokejumper"Georgeson posted this announcement on the official forums : Race course signup NPCs are close enough to globe or wizard spire zone-in positions that *any* level of character can participate in these races, despite the courses being set in zones that are normally too difficult for some folks. Prizes include: Cool new titles that show how awesome you are at racing. The ability to toodle around the zone in the racer that you used...as long as you beat the course time when racing. (This goes away when you zone or log out.) A new mount to use after you complete the Velious flying mount quests! (This is a permanent object and can be used after you complete the Gryphon quests in Velious.)Cool new titles that show how awesome you are at racing. This event is scheduled to start at 10am Pacific today, March 1, and is for today only (although there's a possibility it might become part of Tinkerfest) ...
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Hotfix - Thursday, March 3, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down on March 3, 2011, at 7am PST for a hotfix. Expected downtime is 1 hour. The full patch notes are available after the hop. GENERAL Fixed a crash bug. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Fixed an issue preventing some boss mobs from spawning. Fixed a crash in the Tombs of Night. Fixed a bug that could cause Butcherblock to crash. Great Divide Adventurers have renewed the fighting spirit among the Goahmari. Defenders can now be seen pushing forward against the forces of Rime. Trokk Curseslinger: Trokk’s splash of poison AE will inflict much less damage. Sundered Frontier The teleporter in Paineel should once again allow travel to all destinations that the player is entitled to. Kael Drakkel Evocatus Tutr should no longer spam his ability Slam. Tower of Frozen Shadow (Raid) Empowered ghostly scholar and slain ghostly students are now less punishing. ...
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Spotlight: March Events [EverQuest II]
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The Far Seas Caravan cleared its way through Darklight Woods’ resident undead as they set up outside the gates of Neriak for this month's city festival . Chris Weathers has recently stocked the new local specialty , an Ornate Neriak Door. The city festival will continue until 11:59pm PST on March 7th. Patrons of Norrath's pubs will be heartened to hear that Brewday will be returning! The Bar of Brell is expected to open its portal around 12:01am PST on March 10th and should remain in business until 11:59pm PST on March 22nd. This event has not been spotted on the Test server yet, so anything new is a mystery, but you can take a look at last year's guide for a refresher! Later in the month the denizens of the enchanted grottos will welcome assistance from those who seek them out. Players can search for those elusive pieces to their Moonlight collections and earn tokens toward purchasing house items or mounts. Moonlight Enchantments will begin on March 20th at 12:01am PST ...
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Hotfix - March 4, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PST on Friday, March 4, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The full patch notes are available after the hop. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Tombs of Night Dvith Nzur will no longer crash the zone when attacked. Tower of Frozen Shadow (Raid) Fixed an issue with the final boss loot drops. Kraytoc’s Fortress (Raid) Taltak the Mighty has stopped sharing his loot table with Eirreen the Broken. He now has his own loot for you to plunder. QUESTS Public Quests Public quest adornment drops should now offer a selection of adornments based on the archetypes they are meant for. Public quest adornments should now offer a red and yellow adornment option. Public quest adornments are now flagged as no trade which is consistent with other rewards from public quests. ABILITIES Targeted and group buffs with a base avoidance component should now properly apply the avoidance component. ITEMS ...
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SOE's $10,000 G.I.R.L. Scholarship Program [General News]
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Sony Online Entertainment is accepting applications through April 6 for their annual Gamers In Real Life Scholarship Program . $10,000 will be awarded to encourage students toward career paths in the creative and applied arts, with the ultimate goal of developing video games that are more interesting for women to play. Applicants should review the G.I.R.L. Game Design Competition 2011 official rules, determine if they are eligible to enter the competition and win, register and apply with Scholarship Management Services, and submit concept artwork, captions and an essay to SOE. One winner will recieve: A $10,000 scholarship award to be applied toward tuition, room and board and other education-related expenses at the school in which the winner is enrolled. An internship of up to 10 weeks at SOE's headquarters in San Diego, California or at one of SOE's studio locations (Austin, Seattle or Denver). Location to be decided by SOE. So what are you waiting for? G.I.R.L up!
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Hotfix - March 8, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PST on Tuesday, March 8, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The full patch notes are available after the hop. USER INTERFACE Fixed a bug and optimized the AA Respec window. Third-party UI's that have customized this window will need to be updated. Fixed an issue with NPC casting bars sometimes getting cleared before the spell completed. Fixed an alignment problem with some NPC names in the Target and Implied target window. ZONE PROGRESSION / POPULATION Exploring the flight pads in Great Divide and Eastern Wastes should now always give you access to that destination. Updated locations include Scar Bridge, Ry’Gorr Keep, Caverns of Living Stone, and the entrance to Kael Drakkel. Charmed Brontotherium Bulls can no longer do percentage-based damage to heroic& epic targets. Several other creatures with the same problem have also been fixed. Great Divide The Pirate Garb rewarded from Dor ...
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Destiny of Velious - Flying Mounts [EverQuest II]
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In Destiny of Velious players can earn gryphon mounts that will take them high above Norrath, giving them a new perspective of the lands. Their journey begins in a village that is nestled high in the mountains of the Great Divide. The Goahmari who dwell there are a peaceful tribe that cares for the local gryphons. They are willing to impart their knowledge of gryphon care and training to those who prove their reverence for life. Level 85+ adventurers and tradeskillers can learn the arts of gryphon training from the Goahmari. Read all about the quests that will lead to this exciting new feature and more in our Flying Mount Guide !
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