Patch Scheduled Thursday October 10

From the SOE EQ forum:

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 6:00 am US Pacific*. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 2 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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SK Merchant, Wizard Mercs Among Bugs To Be Fixed

From the SOE forum:

It's a bug [wizard mercenary low dps]. We've identified the cause of the bug, haven't tested the fix yet. Once we're ready we'll let you folks know when we're patching in the fix.

 Also from the SOE forum:

It's a bug [no Ethernere Tainted West Karana Shadow Knight spell / disc vendor], we have a fix incoming for this.

Patch Scheduled Monday Night for Call of the Forsaken Release

From the SOE EQ forum:

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Monday, October 7, 2013 at 8:00 pm US Pacific* for the release of EverQuest: Call of the Forsaken! The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 14 hours. Keep an eye on the EverQuest forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

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