This looks like it will be affecting all SOE games:

Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 2:00 PM Pacific* on January 25, 2013. We expect this maintenance to take approximately 1 hour. This will impact the following services:

• Login for all SOE games may be affected, but players who are already logged in and remain logged in will not be affected
• Login for all SOE forums may be affected
• Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces, may be unavailable
• Account management may be unavailable

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

This maintenance has been canceled. Nothing to see here, move along now! :D

December 20, 2012 - Triple Station Cash!

Wheeeee!

This offer is only valid through December 21, 2012! Celebrate the holidays with Triple Station Cash! Buy Station Cash in-game, via your Station Account or redeem an SOE Pre-Paid Game Card and you'll get Triple Station Cash!

But hurry, this offer ends December 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm PST!

Plus, don't forget to login to participating games throughout the SOE 12 Days of Holidays to see what the daily special offer, sale or activity is!

*Station Cash offer valid to 11:59 PM PST on 12/21/2012. Excludes mobile/SMS purchases.

December 16, 2012 - Rain of Fear Recipe Pages Live

The recipe pages for the Rain of Fear expansion have been created and added to the main recipes home page on the EQ Traders site. These will begin to fill up as you report your discoveries to us! Also, we've added a quick guide to books and drops for Rain of Fear that might help with a few of the basics. If you can think of things that might be helpful to add to that guide (or if you have corrections to share), please post in the Rain of Fear Discussion Forum.

December 03, 2012 - LON Member Packs Changes Announced

This was just announced today:

There are some changes coming to the free pack program for Gold Members of EverQuest and EverQuest II.

First, the old “anniversary date” has been completely removed. Starting with the launch of Debt of the Ratonga, free member packs will be awarded on the member's first log in that month.

Furthermore, each player MUST log in during a calendar month to get that month’s worth of packs. Packs will no longer accumulate from month to month. If you skip a month without logging in to Legends of Norrath, you will not receive free packs for that month. Any packs that have already been accumulated (but remain unclaimed) will still remain on your account; this change only applies to future months.

The Choose-A-Pack cards awarded in December may be redeemed for any regular LON booster pack from sets 1-14.

November 23, 2012 - Black Friday!

Wheeeeeee!

One Day Only on Black Friday*: just buy Station Cash in-game, online, or redeem an SOE pre-paid game card for Station Cash to get Double!

*Offer is valid between 12:01AM PST 11/23/12 and 11:59PM PST 11/23/12. Excludes purchases of Station Cash by SMS payment.

November 15, 2012 - Rain of Fear Webcast

For those who missed it, SOE aired a webcast on the Rain of Fear expansion today. You can view it here.

October 30, 2012 - Triple SC Sunday!

We do not know yet whether this is store-bought cards, or SC purchased online, etc., but here is what we do know, taken from a Tweet by John Smedley:

We were going to run a surprise Triple Station Cash promotion tomorrow. Due to the horrible storm and our East Coast players being impacted ... we are going to move that promotion to this upcoming Sunday November 4th. We normally do not announce these, but under these conditions we ... decided it was the right thing to do. Smed

October 26, 2012 - Reap Your Rewards!

Back in May, we launched our Facebook Quest. With true Norrathian spirit, players rallied behind their games and vigorously promoted the EverQuest and EverQuest II Facebook pages. We were so impressed with the effort you've all put in over the past few months that both games will be rewarded with a Double Experience Weekend!

We're starting tomorrow with EverQuest II! The Double Experience Weekend will be from 12:00pm (noon) Pacific on Friday, October 26th through 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 28th.

EverQuest will have their weekend next, from 12:00pm (noon) Pacific on Friday, November 2nd through 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 4th.

October 21, 2012 - A Quick Note

For those folks who were interested in more from the writer, Maxwell Alexander Drake, who presented two fabulous writing panels at SOELive, be aware that his graphic novel, Downfall, only has a few more days on Kickstarter and is underfunded. If you are interested in getting in on it, act fast at this link!

October 19, 2012 - Quick Note from SOELive

Just a quick note for those who missed the announcements last night on Twitch TV:

• November 13: is the launch date for the EQ2 expansion, Chains of Eternity
• November 20: is the launch date for Planetside 2
• November 28: is the launch date for the EQ expansion, Rain of Fear

For anyone actually trying to find me at SOELive, during the panels today you are looking for a short-ish redhead wearing the Niami & Ngreth t-shirt. (For the pool party, well, you are on your own, as I will likely change shirts.) Tomorrow, find the costumed lady wearing skirt, bodice, furry halfling slippers, and a chocoholic apron - stop by the player panel on crafting at 4 p.m. on Saturday if you get the urge.

Love and Trail Mix to all,
~Mum

October 17, 2012 - Off We Go!

I hope to see some of you at SOELive! You will find that the House Ogre will be in the hotseat for a few panels, and, unless there are last-minute schedule changes, Mum will be co-presenting a player panel on crafting on Saturday at 4 p.m. But first, it is time to sleepwalk to the airport ...

October 02, 2012 - Beta Registration!

The Rain of Fear beta registration has been announced. See more details here.

September 19, 2012 - Server Downtime: Patch Notes

All EverQuest Live Servers will be down on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 1:00 a.m. US Pacific* for a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 7 hours.

Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (taken from the patcher):

*** Highlights ***

• Three new Hero's Forge armor sets are now available! Keep an eye out for Sylvan, Insidious, and Eternal Grove ornaments.
• Cloth ornaments are now available for Ebon, Viridian, Violet, Beryl, and Auburn Hero's Forge armor sets.
• Beryl Hero's Forge ornaments can now be obtained from light-blue or higher difficulty NPCs in Hot Zones.
• The Hero's Forge Leather Chest Ornaments can now be used on robes.
• Activating the new social integration feature will automatically display many of your in-game achievements on Twitter and Facebook.
• Level 91+ players on non-progression servers who have not received the Knowledge of Alaran Culture - Advanced alternate ability will now receive it automatically upon entering the game.
• Players who have not yet received the Hero's Journey book and alternate ability will receive both upon entering the game.
• Added the ability to turn in stacks of items to NPCs.
• Players who are dead or in the process of zoning when their raiding party completes a raid will now receive credit for the completion.

*** Items ***

• Three new Hero's Forge armor sets are now available! Keep an eye out for Sylvan, Insidious, and Eternal Grove ornaments.
• Cloth ornaments are now available for Ebon, Viridian, Violet, Beryl, and Auburn Hero's Forge armor sets.
• Beryl Hero's Forge ornaments can now be obtained from light-blue or higher difficulty NPCs in Hot Zones.
• The Hero's Forge Leather Chest Ornaments can now be used on robes.
• Alligator Egg, a summoned item, no longer has a coin value.
• The Which Came First snake item now looks like a snake.
• Grizznot's Claws, Polished Obsidian Claws, Claws of the Huntress, Patriarch Claws, Stormclaws, Claws of the Disciple, and Pale Platinum Inlaid Claws now curve the correct direction in both hands.
• The Golden Ticket now explains where to go to use it.
• Augments that do not have a solvent listed can now be removed only by using Perfected Augmentation Distillers.

*** Tradeskills ***

• Resin is now recognized as a tradeskill item.

*** Quests & Events ***

• The Order of Three (Mission) - The debuffs cast by the mini-bosses in will not trigger the raid-level out-of-combat timer.
• The Order of Three (Raid) - Moderately reduced the power of the large towers.
• Morell Ascendant (Mission) - It is no longer possible to accidentally kill Morell Thule.
• A Death Sentence - Handing in items while surrounded by hostile NPCs will no longer cause those items to disappear.
• No Freedom in Death - The lost souls will now begin going insane after 35 minutes.
• Dissolution of Reason - Vorga will now respawn near the lake if you lose your Profane Heart and are unable to defeat him.
• The Gardener - The zone-out point now places you next to the mission giver.
• Have Note Will Travel - The letter-collecting step is now easier to understand.
• Screw Loose - This task in Mechanotus now requires a fifteen minute wait before getting the task again after completion.
• Clearing the Vermin Nests - This task in Gloomingdeep no longer gives updates for killing more vermin nests than required.
• Spider's Eye - For evil factions, you now have to turn in the stones to Pericolo instead of Gordish.
• Rain of Ruin - The task can be completed now if Pyrrdan dies before the ambushers are killed. You will have to wait for him to come back before trying again.
• Bile From Below - Corrected an issue that occasionally caused the quest to become gated.
• Players who are dead or in the process of zoning when their raiding party completes a raid will now receive credit for the raid completion.

*** Spells ***

• Bard - Moved the song Chant of Battle to the Statistic Buffs -> Armor Class right-click category.
• Beastlord - Empathic Fury has been updated to behave like Savage Fury. It no longer requires targeting your warder.
• Druid - Corrected spell descriptions for the healing portions of Bracing Breath and Encompassing Breath.
• Enchanter - Twincast Aura will now refresh itself if the effect is overwritten.
• Magician - Updated the spell descriptions for Kindle and Blazing Stance to indicate which fire pets they can affect.
• Paladin - Corrected the spell descriptions for Purify and Cleanse to reflect that they are group cures.
• Shadowknight - Cloak of Discord will now properly overwrite Cloak of Luclin.
• Shaman - Corrected the cast/recast times of Fury, Rage, and Voice of the Berserker so they don't lock out other spells.
• Warrior - Corrected the spell descriptions for Bracing Defense and Staunch Defense.
• Wizard - Corrected the spell descriptions for Blazing Beam Refraction and Beam of Rime Crystals Feedback.
• Wizard - Corrected a problem that caused Concussive spells to enhance only two spells rather than three.
• Updated the descriptions of all PC spells that are restricted by zone type to indicate what zones they can be used in.
• In multiple spell descriptions, corrected the misspelling "firey" with "fiery."
• Visage of the Hideous Harpy and Visage of the Siren Enticer no longer overwrite Familiar of the Emerald Jungle.
• The Little Black Book and Solusek Ro Puppet familiars now leave when their buffs are removed, though they might remain an extra few seconds before leaving.
• The spells Morell's Compulsion and Vision Jolt no longer leave a particle on the player when the effect ends.
• Pets that have Divine Aura or similar spells on them can no longer attack.

*** NPC ***

• Broodmother can now be triggered and made active.
• Vergalid can now be triggered and made active.
• Queen Klaknak's placeholder guard no longer spawns under the world in Al`kabor's Nightmare.
• Alchemist Krizzia in Stone Hive now returns to her spawn location if she's not attacking anyone.
• The looters in Argath now give a small amount of experience when killed.
• Merchants in Lavastorm Mountains are now findable.
• Bella Straw is significantly harder to harm than she was.
• Armsmaster Vohlen in Old Kithicor no longer responds positively to players that do not have the proper faction.
• The guildhall merchant Yenny Werlikanin will now be able to help you send and receive parcels.

*** AA ***

• Enchanter - Enchant Feymetal now has the correct level requirement of 80.
• Paladin - Divine Stun AA will no longer trigger Healing Light procs. This change is temporary until an exploit can be resolved in code.
• Wizard - Fixed the spell description of Kerafyrm's Prismatic Familiar Rank 2 to correctly reflect its effects.
• Fixed a bug with Companion's Blessing Ranks 14 & 15 that was causing these ranks to be shorter duration than previous ranks.
• Summon Resupply Agent, Clockwork Banker, Permutation Peddler, and Tribute Master veteran rewards now have their reuse timers properly reduced by Blessing of the Devoted.
• Level 91+ players on non-progression servers who have not received the Knowledge of Alaran Culture - Advanced alternate ability will now receive it automatically.

*** Achievements ***

• Activating the new social integration feature will automatically display many of your in-game achievements on Twitter and Facebook.
• Players who have not yet received the Hero's Journey book and alternate ability will receive both upon entering the game.
• Players will now receive credit for non-repeatable tasks they completed before beginning the Hero's Journey.
• Fixed a bug in "The Triune God" mission preventing the Divine Charm achievement from being completed.

*** Zones ***

• The evacuation point in Fear Itself is now safer than it was before.
• House of Thule, Upper Floors is now considered an "indoor" zone.

*** Progression Servers ***

• The Harm Touch ability will now function similarly to the ability on standard servers once Gates of Discord has opened.

*** Miscellaneous ***

• Dragons and other various NPCs will no longer "bounce" when moving. This also fixes issues where some NPCs and their events could not be activated by player proximity.
• Added the ability to turn in stacks of items to NPCs.
• When wearing visible wrist armor, the right wrist is now the only wrist slot that affects appearance.
• Players who possess a large number of items when they unshroud will no longer crash.
• Players will no longer be dropped from the "General" chat channel when leveling from 90 to 91.
• Casting Path of Tunare while under certain illusions will no longer cause the caster or nearby players to crash.
• In the Map window, if editing mode hasn't been entered, the map will no longer be saved to disk unnecessarily.
• Real estate plot layouts are now automatically saved whenever you place an item in your plot.
• In the bazaar, you can no longer set up buy lines if your inventory is full. If you have buy lines active when your inventory becomes full, the lines will be deactivated.
• Renamed the "Gukta Portal" label on the Plane of Knowledge map to "Grobb Portal."
• Players with both Dragons of Norrath factions above the point where the factions grant alternate abilities will now have their factions adjusted, if they have not been adjusted already.
• Corrected an issue where pre-Luclin human and half elf helmets no longer had transparencies on their visors.
• Corrected an issue where a number of pre-Luclin character models were incorrectly displaying black textures or splotches of black on their otherwise working textures. This was most noticeable on dark elf and halfling breastplates, and on nearly every model's boots.
• Corrected an issue where the Eye of Zomm had been changed from white to black.

*** UI ***

• Changed tooltips for augment slots to show hints on adding, removing, and purchasing ornamentations.
• Added logic preventing players from entering the game from the character select screen, or remaining in-game, if they have removed portions of any of the alert windows from their UI. This change also prevents some cases of crashing when logging out of the game.
• Corrected a problem where the Achievement window would display the wrong achievements as having been completed until the window was closed and reopened.
• Removed an extra newline character in the skill mod string of the item display window.
• Added dragitem115.tga to the animations file.
• Augments that do not have a solvent listed now display text indicating they can only be removed using Perfected Augmentation Distillers.
• Added text that displays plot expiration times at the bottom of the real estate management and purchase windows, indicating that plots will expire after a certain number of days.
• Changed the default buy quantity for spells/songs from the max stack size to 1. This should prevent accidentally purchasing 20 copies of a spell when the intent was 1.

- Changed -

• EQUI_Animations.xml
• EQUI_MarketplaceWnd.xml
• EQUI_RealEstateManageWnd.xml
• EQUI_RealEstatePurchaseWnd.xml

- The EverQuest Team

September 13, 2012 - Rain of Fear Features Announced

New Rain of Fear Game Features:

• Level cap increase from 95 to 100 – Achieve a new max level of 100 and set a new standard of gameplay.
• Hunter System – Gain special rewards and titles for defeating large numbers of foes.
• Aggro Meter – A brand new tool to help better manage your aggro. You can now see your aggro level relative to your group.
• Collection System – Discover items throughout Norrath and collect sets for exciting rewards and titles.
• Improved Brokering System – Sell items in the Bazaar while being offline! More flexibility as a buyer to search and purchase from anywhere in the world.
• New Linear Item Progression – Stats on armor collected will increase as you move up from one tier to another.
• Customization with non-visible armor – All non-visible armor in Rain of Fear can be worn by all. You'll be able to customize your stats for every encounter.
• Class-specific stat distribution – Collect items that are designed specifically for each classes' abilities.
• More than 1800 New Spells (Ranks 1, 2 & 3) – Exponentially add to your spell arsenal.
• More than 550 AAs – Elevate your power and abilities like never before.
• More than 3500 New Items – Create your own identity with thousands of new items.
• More than 3000 New Tradeskill recipes – Increase your value across Norrath by creating items only available by your craftsmanship.
• More than 110 Quests – Challenge your skills and gather useful loot.
• 13 Raids – Collect valuable rewards from all new adventures.
• 9 Zones – Be the first to discover untouched lands of Norrath.
• 19 Missions – Experience intriguing lore and immersive Missions.
• Continued opportunity to kill off Halflings.
• Legends of Norrath™ – 5 Digital Booster Packs

September 07, 2012 - Player Studio Announced

Mum sat in a lovely sunpuddle outside her home, enjoying the smells and sounds of late summer in Norrath. Squirrels squabbled over the bounty now falling from the nut trees, children trudged dutifully (or not so dutifully) towards their lessons, the lovely smell of her first pumpkin pie of the season wafted out of her home. Life was good for the wee halfling.

Her hands fidgeted with the thick vellum of the letter that had arrived the day before, mind still awhirl with the possibilities. She was not sure if she would take up the challenge contained within, but she knew of several creative folks who would be more than up to the task. What an exciting time for the crafty folk in Norrath lay ahead!

Have you been waiting in vain for specific items to become available in your favorite SOE game? Do you think you have what it takes to create such an item from the ground up? It may not be as easy as it sounds on the surface, but in the near future, you will have a chance to try it and see for yourself!

SOE has announced the future release of the Player Studio, which will initially allow players from EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, Vanguard® Saga of Heroes™, and Free Realms® to try their hand at creating items for possible release in the Station Cash marketplace (with the lucky creator receiving part of the proceeds from the sales of the item, if I am reading this correctly). This new studio is still in development, and more details will be available at SOELive next month, but you can get started on learning the nuts and bolts now! Check out this FAQ for more information.

September 06, 2012 - Next Expansion Announced

SOE has announced the next EverQuest expansiom, Rain of Fear. You can read the annoucement here.

August 31, 2012 - Double Station Cash Weekend

Want some SC to go with your double xp?

Celebrate Labor Day Weekend with DOUBLE STATION CASH! Get double Station Cash from 12:01AM PDT 9/1/2012 to 11:59PM PDT 9/3/2012!

August 28, 2012 - Double XP Weekend Incoming

From the EQ site:

Starting at 10:00 am Pacific on Friday, August 31, 2012, and lasting until 11:59 pm Pacific on Monday, September 3, 2012, we'll offer a Double Experience in EverQuest! Take advantage of this Double Experience Weekend and watch those XP bars skyrocket!

August 15, 2012 - Downtime Extended

This was posted on Facebook just a little after 10 am Pacific today:

Server Status Update: Hey folks, there was a minor issue with one of our builds that caused us to take the servers down again. We expect to be up soon, and will update you again if it looks like it will take more than another hour. Thanks again. - Piestro

August 03, 2012 - Server Downtime for Game Update

From EQ Live

All EverQuest Live Servers will be down on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 6:00 am US Pacific* for a Game Update. 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.

*** Emergency Update ***

- Corrected an issue that was causing server CPU use to spike and adversely affect game performance.

*** Previously Updated ***

- All players who are level 91 or above will be granted Knowledge of Alaran Culture - Advanced upon zoning in to any Veil of Alaris base zone.

- The EverQuest Team

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