It was an oversight.
- Ngreth, EQ Developer
The full thread on the SOE forums is here.
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Halloween events turn on on the 24th and run until Nov 7th.
Look for an article on the Players page outlining this year's events
- Kiara, EQ Community Manager
Greetings all,
The servers will be down for a brief update to correct some minor issues.
The downtime should last the usual time (from about 1am PDT until 8am PDT).
We'll post more information (including notes) closer to Thursday.
Much like my postings in the beta forums for House of Thule.. I figured it'd be a good idea to have a single place you could reference for AA updates. So.. this is it. I'll try to post here at least a couple times a week to let you know what's up..
- Elidroth Renato
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Doug Cronkhite
Game Designer
Sony Online Entertainment, LLC
I'm trying to collect data on specifically where, when and how is it happening and was just pointing out that giving me a ping time that's higher than what you're used to but still quite excellent doesn't really help identify the problem. So for those having issues:
What server?
What zone?
What time of day?
What kind of internet connection?
And perhaps even what part of the world you live in?
- Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer
We haven't yet announced when the next patch will be. We're still assessing what needs to get fixed, etc.
- Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer
Last I heard they were flagging all collector's edition purchasers with the 16 slot bag. So if you bought the collector's edition and didn't get the 16 slot bag, please /petition about it..
- Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer
If you have bloom lighting turned on that can slow down some kinds of video cards. Try turning it off in Options->Display->Advanced.
You shouldn't need to turn off post effects as they are only used under certain circumstances. But it may provide a slight boost for some people with old graphics cards (nvidia 5xxx series being the big offenders)..
- Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer
We apologize for the network connectivity problems experienced over the weekend. Our operations guys and the upstream provider are working to get them fixed.
Unfortunately the outages are triggering a memory problem on the world servers and we have had some instability issues. I am having operations shutdown and restart the servers at 5am PDT to make sure the servers are stable for the Monday before expansion launch.
I wanted to let you know we have decided to extend the xp, rares, and faction bonuses until Monday night when the servers go down to prepare for House of Thule launch.
I'll be sure to set the bonuses again by 6am PDT.
- Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer
House of Thule launches on Tuesday, October 12th!.
We're all very excited and hope you are too.
The EQPlayers page will come down on Sunday, October 10th and will not be available again until launch. This will also affect the welcome screen. We'll be posting updates on the forums and on our Facebook page. You can also find us on Twitter!
The servers will be coming down around 10pm PDT on Monday, October 11th.
Pre-orders for House of Thule will no longer be available as of 11:59pm on Monday, October 11th, so if you haven't pre-ordered yet, make sure you do it before then!
At this time, Fan Faire attendees will have their accounts entitled with the expansion, so if you don't see it there yet, don't worry!
Members of the Community team will be arriving at a ridiculously early hour to prep for the Ustream event that starts at 6am PDT. We'll be providing updates on the downtime via Ustream chat, posts on the forums, and updates on Facebook!
We're planning to bring the servers back up at 8am PDT, provided that the gnomes don't get into the works and delay things!
YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO OUR PARTY!!!!!.
Special invitation from EverQuest Producer Thom "Phathom" Terrazas
To Celebrate the HoT Expansion Launch next Tuesday and to thank everyone for their dedication to EverQuest, we are throwing you a bit of a party starting tomorrow.
Starting at 10:00am PDT, Friday October 8 through October 11 at 10:00am PDT, we will be delivering the following:
1. All Accounts Closed (but in good standing) will be given access to the game!
2. Double Experience!!
3. Rare Mob Spawns Increased!!!
4. Faction Gain Increased!!!!
....and our guide program is on full alert for games, quests and tomfoolery!!!
So Enjoy! ---and thank you on behalf of the EverQuest Team!