Server Downtime: Thursday, January 17, 2013

From the SOE EQ forum:

Server Downtime - Thursday, January 17, 2013

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7:00 am US Pacific* for a hot fix to fix instability related to commerce servers. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 2-3 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest website and the forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

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Art Imitates Art?

I was going to call this Life Imitates Art, but this isn't real life .

I'm wondering if someone at SOE is also a fan of The Noob comic or they just got the idea independently.

Because here is Fred the Dread from The Noob:


and here is what I discovered in today's patch:


Coincidence? Either way, it looks like I've spoiled the surprise coming soon. I like the hats a lot. I just hope they also don't hide your eyes like too many EQ hats do for some strange reason.

Patch Scheduled Wednesday, January 16, 2013

From SOE EverQuest Community News:

Server Downtime – Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Posted On 01/15/2013

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 4:00 am US Pacific* for a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 4 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest website and the forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

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Bugs and Fixes To Come

Several bugs have been reported over the past few weeks and SOE is working on fixing them.  In addition, some changes are coming to the tracking skill (no, druids and bards still won't get to sort, the Devs think a basic UI function is a "class skill").

Collection achievements have been giving far less experience than designed:

You will receive approximately 20% of the XP that would be necessary for the level each collection is intended for, as well as another 20% for completion of the entire zone. Some collections also come attached with items and titles!

Collecting the Collection items is often impossible.

I totally understand how frustrating it is to have the items slip right through your fingers and disappear into nothingness right when you think you've got it. This is the most critical issue for Collections, and we're working to get to the root of what's causing this bug ASAP.

Ancient Wurm Hide Robe item has incorrect focus.

This was an error with the focus. It will be fixed in a future patch. 

 

 Pets and Mercs will be able to be hidden from tracking results sometime in the future.

Druid / Shaman Paralytic Spores AA Rank 2 is broken.  If you have Rank 1, it is recommended that you do not buy Rank 2 until it can be fixed.

<@Elidroth> Paralytic Spores is on my list to fix already

The Charm of the Crystal Circle, reward for doing the Shard Experiences task, is bugged.

Yes, the charm is broken. It was looking at quests unstead [sic] of faction. It will be fixed next patch.

Double XP Extended on Bertox Server Until Midnight January 2

From the SOE forum:

Double Experience has been extended on the Bertox server until 11:59 PM on January 2nd, 2013.

Enjoy!