Anniversary Quest Rewards Bugged

At least two anniversary quest rewards have been reported as bugged.

The Steel Behemoths raid reward is not being give to any characters who are dead when the final mob dies. SOE has responded that a fix is planned to be pushed live on the morning of March 18. Players who have already done the raid and not received their reward may be out of luck and forced to do the raid again if they want their reward.

The SOE forum thread on the Steel Behemoths bug is here.

UPDATE: This problem should be fixed as of the March 18th Hot Fix:

Karl Kranigan will now give rewards to folks that happened to get themselves killed while defeating his Behemoths if they ask him for a [reward].

The Dragons, Dragons, Dragons task reward is also reported to be bugged. It does not seem to be properly updating if you have done the task last year and you do it again this year. Word on when a fix will go live has not been seen.

The SOE thread is here.
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11th Anniversary Begins

Starting 3/16/10, get in on the 11th anniversary in-game events until 4/26/2010

From the SOE EQ 11th Anniversary page.
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Patch Scheduled April 14, 2010

From the EverQuest LaunchPad login screen:

The next Game Update is currently scheduled for April, 14, 2010. Details will be made available as we get closer to that date.

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Emergency Patch March 12, 2010

All EverQuest Live Servers (except Al'Kabor) will be coming down on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 3:00 am PST (PST is -8 GMT: 4:00 am MST, 5:00 am CST, 6:00 am EST, 11:00 am GMT, 12:00 pm CET) for an Emergency Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for 5 hours. We apologize for the inconvenience. For accounts actively participating in the 3 day Underfoot access promotion, we are extending the access through Saturday, March 13th instead of Friday, March 12th due to the issues experienced.

From the EverQuest Discussion Boards.
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Some Tier 9 (Damascite) Underfoot Clay Bugged

it looks like head and legs are going to be "flaky" all of the "head" recipes are using the "leg" clay. The leg recipes are also using the leg clay... which is where things could act unpredictably, no telling which one the code search will hit first (possibly head...)

I am putting in a fix, but... I am not sure when that fix can be pushed to live, so... be careful with leg combines...

- Ngreth, EQ Developer

From this thread.
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More Underfoot Stuff Due in April

Exactly what is coming is unknown but some new AAs for sure.

Working on new stuff for April patch. It's coming.

- Elidroth Renato (Doug Cronkhite), EQ Game Designer

From this thread.
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Patch Day March 10, 2010

From the EQ forums:

All EverQuest Live Servers (except Al'Kabor) will be coming down on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 12:00 am PST (PST is -8 GMT: 1:00 am MST, 2:00 am CST, 3:00 am EST, 8:00 am GMT, 9:00 am CET) for a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for 8 hours. Keep an eye on the EQ Players website and the forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

The patch message can be read here.
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EQ 11th Anniversary Coming March 16th

From the SOE EQ Dev blog:

Next month [meaning March] we will be hitting our 11th Anniversary for EverQuest!!! Woot! I know where I was 11 years ago – Where were you? We’ll have to get Zat to collect your feedback on your initial steps into EverQuest way back then. I know we’ve got a few stories we can share with you… it should be pretty interesting.

Next month we will launch some new content and features for the Anniversary, turning on some previous content while giving it a twist and packing anything else in there that we can think of.

We’ll have more details about March and what is to come after, very soon.

The "more details" have not been forthcoming. Requests to SOE for more information have been ignored.

It is not known exactly when the events will start and end, however, according to one source it begins the same time every year, on March 16th, at midnight PST. Estimates on how long it will last range from one month to six weeks.

UPDATE: SOE has posted info. Go here to their 11th Anniversary page.
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Convorteum Secrecy Lifted (Maybe)

SOE has been silent on when to expect the new Underfoot zone, Convorteum. However, according to massiveonlinegamer.com, they have released some info.

EQ Players still says nothing. What is the truth? Who knows, but SOE sure doesn't make it easy for their players to find out anything.

Here is what massiveonlinegamer.com claims SOE has said:

The new exclusive Convorteum zone add-on for EverQuest Underfoot is scheduled to release on March 10th, 2010. Experience the latest and greatest expansion content with the never before released zone and a new bonus item. Underfoot just got bigger and better.

In an effort to resist the wrath of Brell, a new fortress has been constructed. Fueled by the resentment of his creator, The First Creation is plotting his vengeance. Discover the dangers of Convorteum!

In addition, massiveonlinegamer.com states:

That's not all, of course. The new add-on boasts six new raids, multiple new quests, and one new mission for players to take advantage of.

You can read what massiveonlinegamer.com says here.

EDIT NEW NEWS: We finally have official word on when it will go live:

It will be up tomorrow [March 10, 2010] following the patch when it opens to everyone (who meets the flag requirements). Right now we took it down because it has very, very old data.
- Aristo, EQ Designer

From this thread.
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UI changes coming in March update

I just wanted to give some warning. The March patch will have some changes to the inventory window (new stats pane) and mercenary UIs (alt currency cost displays). These may or may not break your custom UI. The changes are now on test, so check them out before patch day. - Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer

The full thread is here.
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Frostfell Goblin Illusion Quest Broken

The Frostfell quest to get the Mask of the Grumpy Goblin, a mask with Effect: Illusion Frost Goblin, is not available this year. Maynar Furrwik gives the task.

Unfortunately, Maynar was removed due to technical difficulties so the secondary quest is not active this time. - Zatozia, EQ Community Relations Manager

Read the entire thread here.

Campfires and Guild Banners Not Working In Underfoot

In the most cases, it looks like the campsite/banner teleport disables were unintentional. We will look into it, but I have no ETA for you, or even if it will make it into the patch on the 15th.

There may also be a reason for it in some zones, so this is also not a promise that it will be relaxed in all zones, or really any zone. Just that we will look into it.

- Ngreth, EQ Designer

The entire thread is here.

Frostfell Live December 9th through January 8th

From EQ Players News:

Frostfell Adventures

As the air starts to chill and the frost begins to cover the ground, the season of Frostfell begins. No holiday season is perfect though and a couple of your fellow Norrathians need your help to make Frostfell a merry holiday for all! Visit your favorite major city and the Plane of Knowledge to find out how you can help.

The season of Frostfell will embrace Norrath from December 9th through January 8th. Various events will be available at different intervals throughout the season. So make sure you join in the fun before Frostfell is over for another year.

Although there are no new events for 2009, most of the past quests can be done at this time.

Patch Scheduled December 15, 2009

From the main Official EQ Forums page:

All EverQuest Live Servers (except Al'Kabor) will be coming down on December 15th at 1:00 am PST (PST is -8 GMT: 2:00am MST, 3:00am CST, 4:00am EST, 9:00am GMT, 10:00am CET) for the main launch of the Underfoot expansion and a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for about 7 hours. Keep an eye on the EQ Players website and the forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed!

Extended Patch and Underfoot Preview Info

The servers will be coming down again at 8:30am PST [December 10, 2009] to address the Underfoot access issues. I guess the network maintenance finished early, so they brought the servers back up.

There will be no rollbacks for those of you who got your bonus Underfoot preview for two days. However, if you camp out in an Underfoot zone, you will be moved to Plane of Knowledge after you log back in. Those that pre-ordered, but did not qualify for early access will of course be able to return to Underfoot this Tuesday morning.

- Steven S. Klug, EverQuest Lead Programmer

The SOE post is here.

Patch Scheduled December 10, 2009

Beginning at 1:00 AM PST on Thursday, December 10, 2009, all SOE game servers will be offline for hardware maintenance. This includes all of our MMOs as well as TCGs. We expect this downtime to last around 5 hours.

In addition, All EQ Live servers will be undergoing an additional downtime until 11am for a Game Update to correct issues with the Early Access for Underfoot.

We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.

The link to the SOE post is here.

EQ Players Going Free

From a SOE EQ forum post by Zatozia, SOE Community Relations Manager:

We are pleased to announce that beginning December 17, 2009, SOE will no longer charge separately for access to Station Players premium features for each of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, EverQuest and EverQuest II. Access to standard and premium Station Players features will now be included at no additional cost for all subscribers to each of these games (with active, paid subscriptions in good standing.) Station Access subscribers with active, paid subscriptions in good standing will continue to have access to all Station Players standard and premium features.

Station Players subscribers currently in a paid billing cycle will continue to have full access to the Station Players premium features they have already paid for through December 16, 2009. Station Players subscribers who have prepaid subscription time that extends their subscription period past December 16, 2009 will receive a pro-rated refund for any such pre-paid excess subscription payments*. Such refunds are expected to be issued by January 17, 2010.

We appreciate your loyalty and commitment to SOE's games and look forward to bringing you more enjoyable products and game features in the future.

*Please log in to your Station Account to update your billing address. If a valid credit card is active on your account, refunds will be applied to such credit card. If your account is paid via SOE Game Card or other SOE accepted payment method, we will send a check in the refund amount to your current billing address. No refunds will be given for Station Access accounts as a result of SOE no longer charging separately for Station Players premium features.

Not mentioned but it is fairly obvious that EQ Players is going free for the reasons that it has never worked right, few people have been paying, and, most importantly, the key reason to use it (finding out what quests/flags/keys you have) is obsolete with the Underfoot in-game "Achivement System" to tell you.

Patch Scheduled December 7, 2009

From the EverQuest LaunchPad Update Notes (updated by SOE to fix time zone errors):

Game Update News: All EverQuest Live Servers (except Al'Kabor) will be coming down on December 7th at 10:00 pm PST (PST is -8 GMT: 11:00pm MST, and the morning of December 8th at 12:00am CST, 1:00am EST, 6:00am for GMT) for the Early Access Launch of the Underfoot expansion and a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for about 10 hours. Keep an eye on the EQ Players website and the forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

Underfoot NDA Lifted

From this SOE forum post:

Greetings!

As of 10:00am PDT Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Beta participants are now released from the confidentiality requirements of the EverQuest: Underfoot Beta Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Thank you to everyone who waited patiently for the NDA to be lifted before sharing information with their friends!

Please note that even though the NDA has been lifted, there are still some limitations. Also, the Underfoot Beta forums remain under restriction. You are not permitted to share information from that section of the EQ Forums.

Thank you for participating in the Underfoot Beta. We hope you enjoy it once it goes live!

- The EverQuest Team