Protector’s Realm Raid | 01 DEC 08 – 6:00PM EST

Dec
5

Where: Protector’s Realm
Date: 07 DEC 2008
When: 5:30PM Muster | 6:00PM On The Move
Muster Point: Kunark | Sebilis

Please send an in-game mail to Xrath to let him know you are attending.

Note: Repair armour, bring mana potions, trauma cures and disease resist gear.

Protector’s Realm Raid 8:30PM EST

Nov
27

Where: Protector’s Realm
Date: 30 NOV 2008
When: 8:30PM Muster | 9:00PM On The Move
Muster Point: Sebilis

Note: Repair armour, bring mana potions, trauma cures and disease resist gear.

Protector’s Realm Raid 5:30 PM EST

Nov
16

Where: Protector’s Realm
Date: 23 NOV 2008
When: 5:30PM Muster | 6:00PM On The Move
Muster Point: Sebilis

Note: There will be a post raid meeting back in the Guild Hall. For more details check out the Sleep Disorder Events calendar.

Game Updates December 13,2007

Dec
13

SPELLS

  • The necromancer and brawler feign death abilities are no longer toggleable.

Game Updates December 12,2007

Dec
12


Happy Frostfell, Norrath! Visit the Gigglegibbers Gh’lad Tydingz and G’shugahplum in South Freeport, North Qeynos, Kelethin, Neriak or Gorowyn for some holiday quests and the chance to earn a Frostfell tree and wreath.

Enter the Magic Closet in Qeynos Harbor, West Freeport, Haven, Kelethin, Neriak or Gorowyn to travel to the Frostfell Wonderland Village.

Here you can gather presents to craft wondrous Frostfell goodies, see if reindeer really know how to fly, purchase Frostfell goods, and even assist Mr. McScroogle and Queen Bunny with some important tasks.

Don’t forget to log in each day and claim your extra-special Frostfell present from everyone’s favorite Frostfell elf, Gardy Giftgiver!

GAMEPLAY

  • You can now store an Achievement Profile in your home, using a device crafted from a primary component obtained in high level dungeons.
  • You can store one profile per device, and they are usable from within your own home.
  • High level crafters in good standing with their respective tradeskill societies will be able to acquire this recipe from their city’s local tradeskill faction merchant.
  • The finished device cannot be traded and will need to be crafted using the commission crafting system if you are not a high level crafter. (See the tradeskills forum for reminders on how commission crafting works.)
  • The militaristic language of the Gorowyn Sarnak, Gorwish, is now available for purchase! Check with a nearby language vendor to see if they have managed to find the new Gorwish Language Primer.
  • You can now resist the damage done by most lava. But be careful! Some areas of lava may be more potent than others.
  • Casting a beneficial spell on a hostile target without a target should now target the caster instead.

ABILITIES, SPELLS, and COMBAT ARTS

  • Drag will no longer allow Bruisers to drag “stationary” objects.
  • Intervene should now be included on the fighter training skill merchants.
  • Conjurors and Necromancers will now receive a new spell to shrink their primary pets’ size.
  • Brawler and Necromancer feign death spells can now be toggled off, and no longer have to be explicitly right-click cancelled.
  • Fixed an issue with Swashbucklers’ Sleight of Hand and added additional hate reduce or hate gain for the target of the spell.
  • Ratonga – Instruments of the Underfoot should now properly benefit weaponsmithing.
  • Doppleganger – The pet will now mitigate damage which should make it last longer in raid situations.

ITEMS

  • The Troubador ‘of Magnetism’ set now increases the proc effect by the mentioned amount, a 5% upgrade should be visible upon equipping the armor.
  • Slight modification has been made to the damage range on Trakanasaur’s Tooth. It will no longer have quite as wide of a swing in damage variance.
  • Tribunal, Bertoxxulous, and Karana deity cloaks now have appropriate deity heraldry.
  • Cockatrice housepets now have additional interactions.
  • The Pocket Golem will no longer be quite as powerful as it once was.
  • The Mace of the Eluded and The Lava Etched Leaf Blade are now classified as One Handed.
  • Virtue’s Guard is now a Buckler, and adds +Combat Arts damage.
  • Pestilence will now trigger off any hostile spell damage, regardless of damage type while using Tearful Soulspear.

FACTIONS

  • The Residents of Teren’s Grasp will now take notice of your amiable deeds and conduct business with you earlier.
  • Some merchants in Kunark have discovered new equipment, which they will guardedly sell only to their most trusted allies.

QUESTS

  • Deputy Nettlebrine will now update the quest “Surveyor Says” if the quest “A Thousand Words.” is in the same quest journal.
  • Pen Keeper Valjik in Fens of Nathsar has discovered that more spotted budlings are necessary for her to make an effective frog stew. Luckily, many more of the budlings have been seen growing throughout the Swamp of No Hope.
  • The budlings required for the quest “Frog Stew” now grow a bit larger, which will hopefully make them easier to spot.
  • Removed the requirement to examine the packet of plant food while in New Tunaria while on the quest “Interception”. You should now be able to examine the packet in any zone.
  • Caretaker Velshin in Gorowyn now will direct new citizens of Gorowyn to their housing in the Wards.
  • Classes that can use the Reclaimer’s Buckler should now be able to see it as a reward upon completing the appropriate quest.
  • Keeper Chorwin in Gorowyn now stocks egg warmers.
  • Those who accepted “Cut the Head from the Beast” before completing “Lambs to the Slaughter” should no longer find themselves gated.
  • Those who accepted “Danger Zone” from Ireka Nazan before completing “Deliver the Lunch Pails” should no longer find themselves gated for “Deliver.”
  • The blyzurite nodes should now be more plentiful and faster to respawn while on the quest “Queue’s Blyzurite”.
  • Final Retrieval: There are now instructions on where the Di’Zok intelligence is in the quest journal.
  • Project Xakhiz: It is no longer necessary to “wrangle” the coerced mudfin. Instead, merely netting it will automatically “wrangle” it after a period of 5 seconds.
  • You can no longer receive Ganak’s Phylactery to spawn Dominus Ganak..
  • The totems set up by the spirocs in Butcherblock Mountains should no longer mysteriously vanish when the surrounding spirocs are defeated.
  • The spiroc emissary and the aviak emissary, both found in Butcherblock Mountains, should no longer show as Heroic encounters.
  • The NPC “Borgil” is less greedy if you decide to pay him to use his mailbox.
  • Field Chief Ry’zilk’s fourth quest should no longer be given out before his third quest is completed.
  • Taskmaster Gax’s third quest should no longer be given out before his second quest is completed.
  • Sonjaz Manx should no longer respond to invisible characters
  • Minegineers in the Mines of Nurga will activate their diabolical creations from further away now.
  • Hammin, found in the Bellywhumper Burrows, has given the family trading business over to his son, Blugie.
  • Deposits of Pi’ter Sahlt and submerged lost coins should be easier to spot now.
  • Gorowyn citizens should now be allowed to do some of the quests they were previously barred from in Feerrott.
  • It is no longer possible to share the quests: “A Strange Creature,” “Another Strange Creature,” “Yet Another Strange Creature.”
  • Anaphylaxis and Veeshan’s Feast should now drop quest item updates to all party members rather than a single group member.
  • Shaman Medicus can now create more than one spiritual projection at a time, thus allowing multiple adventurers a chance to guide his spiritual projection out of Skyfire.

BROKER

  • Clicking a collection item in your quest journal will now submit a search for that item while in a broker transaction.

TRADESKILLS

  • Armorers and Tailors have discovered ways to improve the quality of mastercrafted armor across all level ranges.
  • Harvest nodes in Kylong Plains now require 340+ skill to harvest, like all other level 70+ zones.
  • You can now harvest under attack.
  • A number of tradeskill writ and recipe issues have been addressed.
  • The carpenter-made redwood streetlamps have been pruned to a more reasonable size.
  • Duggin Brandywine at the Thundering Steppes docks may be looking for a helping hand from travellers with a talent for harvesting.
  • Tradeskill skill-ups will once again increase based on your tradeskill level and not your adventure level.
  • Bathezid, Danak and Riliss recipe books issued can now be destroyed if you no longer wish to proceed with the writs.
  • Carpenters have acquired a couple of festive new recipes, just in time for Frostfell!

PVP

  • PvP – Killing another player will always reward experience now even if the player has their adventure experience disabled.
  • Good players on PvP servers should have somewhere to evac to in the Fens of Nathsar now.

INTERFACE

  • Added “Hide Completed” checkbox to collection quest journal window.
  • Added right click menu option in the tradeskill window to disable icon dragging.
  • Tooltips can now be disabled in the tradeskill window.

Game Updates December 06,2007

Dec
6

QUESTS

  • Paive and Hysolin resume updating their steps in Learning Faerlie, once again allowing adventurers to join Kelethin.

ITEMS

  • Newly acquired items with the Dispersion effect will now proc differently for non-cloth classes. See the item examinations for details.
  • Existing items with the Dispersion effect continue to proc as before for non-cloth classes, at a reduced rate.
  • The Fallout effect on RoK armor should no longer aggro NPCs who have not yet engaged in combat.
  • The Worker’s Sledgemallet has had its damage reduced.
  • The weapon rewards from the Anaphylaxis quest are now of legendary quality, thereby bringing them in line with the challenge.
  • The Anaphylaxis proc itself is now more usable: it’s maintained and cancelable by the wielder.
  • We’ve been evaluating who’s been using which new items since the expansion’s release. We’ve also been evaluating the comments being made about the loot that’s available and various sources of it (quests, groups, raids) and taking that into account. Some Kunark treasured items with item effects have had their effects’ strengths modified to bring them in line with the Treasured loot quality moniker.
  • Expert Collection reward items are more beneficial to solo and single group players. They were previously interacting with raid buffs in a way that made these solo/group rewards more beneficial to raiders than solo or single group players.

STABILITY

  • A rare problem that could cause two characters on an account to “merge” if one logged out of a zone, and another logged into the same zone while in a state of extreme server load, has been fixed.

Game Updates November 29,2007

Nov
29

GAMEPLAY

  • The NPC “Borgil” is less greedy if you decide to pay him to use his mailbox.

TRADESKILLS

  • Tradeskill skill-ups will now increase based on your tradeskill level, not your adventure level.

PVP

  • The Locket of Escape will now work properly for Gorowyn, Neriak and Kelethin players.
  • Choosing the Skyfire revive point in Jarsath Wastes will work correctly now

Game Updates November 27,2007

Nov
27

QUESTS

  • Gorowyn citizens should now be allowed to do some of the quests previously barred from them in the Feerrott.
  • It is no longer possible to share the quests: “A Strange Creature,” “Another Strange Creature,” & “Yet Another Strange Creature.”

Game Updates November 21,2007

Nov
21

ITEMS

  • The Forest Giant Trinket is no longer wearable by any non-cloth classes. For those players having selected this reward already, the other rewards will be available for purchase from Gorbil after the next update.
  • Slight modification to the damage range on Trakanasaur’s Tooth.
  • The stats on the quest rewards for Sarnak Sympathizer have been balanced.

GUILDS

  • Sarnaks loyal to Gorowyn attempting to form a guild from Byrzyk will no longer get an error about citizenship.

QUESTS

  • Coin, status and faction quest rewards are now given immediately when the quest is complete rather than waiting for the quest reward to be accepted.
  • Quest journal sorting will now work correctly in numbered instances (i.e. Kylong Plains 2).
  • “The Bellywhumper Harvest”: This quest should no longer become bugged occasionally upon logging in.
  • “Queue’s Blyzurite”: The blyzurite nodes should now be more plentiful and faster to respawn.
  • “Final Retrieval”: There are now instructions on where the Di’Zok intelligence is in the quest journal.
  • “Project Xakhiz”: It is no longer necessary to “wrangle” the coerced mudfin. Instead, merely netting it will automatically “wrangle” it after a period of 5 seconds.
  • “The Journeyman Service”: This quest can now be obtained by speaking to the tradeskill Grandmasters.
  • Those who accepted “Cut the Head from the Beast” before completing “Lambs to the Slaughter” should no longer find themselves gated.
  • Those who accepted “Danger Zone” from Ireka Nazan before completing “Deliver the Lunch Pails” should no longer find themselves gated for “Deliver.”
  • Anaphylaxis will now offer scouts an item more suited to their class.

TRADESKILLS

  • Bathezid, Danak and Riliss writs will now provide more favor upon completion!
  • A number of tradeskill writ and recipe bugs have been addressed.

ZONES

Gorowyn

  • Caretaker Velshin in Gorowyn now will direct new citizens of Gorowyn to their housing in the Wards.

UI
Pressing ESC will open the EQ2 menu if there’s nothing else for it to do.

Game Updates November 19,2007

Nov
19

Highlights

GAMEPLAY

  • Win 98/ME users should be able to run the client again.

QUESTS

  • Classes that can use the Reclaimer’s Buckler should now be able to see it as a reward upon completing the appropriate quest.