February 10, 2004

Greetings Norrath,

• EverQuest: Gates of Discord goes live!
• The Casino is back and waiting for you high rollers. Go to Shadowhaven to try your luck.
• Tradeskillers rejoice, the new UI is here!
• Nedaria's landing has evolved further.

Gates of Discord Launches! -------------------------

EverQuest: Gates of Discord Available Now!

Epic adventures now await you in EverQuest: Gates of Discord, the seventh expansion pack now available for EverQuest. Discover the lost continent of Taelosia and come face-to-face with invaders from the realm of chaos. Join armies of adventurers on their quest to unearth long-hidden artifacts of power from temple ruins, secret catacombs, dank sewers and vast marshlands. Should you fail, Norrath, its inhabitants, and its gods may fall under control of the forces of Discord!

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Exciting New Features! 100 new AA abilities 20 new zones with all-new NPCs New Tribute System and Leadership Experience Ravage your enemies with the Berserker

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Return of the Casino ------------------------

Shandeling's Roost in Shadowhaven again houses a game of chance. To play you will need to buy a King's Court Token. You then take this token and turn it in to any of the dealers. Based on what your hand turns out to be, you will be awarded a prize. The highest hands will return a gold ticket as the prize. This Ticket can be turned in to win prizes such as a Guise of the Deceiver, Fungus Covered Great Staff, or Holgresh Elder Beads. Good luck to all that play!

Tradeskill UI now live ------------------------

Opening a tradeskill container will now open a new user interface. In the window you will find an area that has all recipes that are currently available to you. This includes recipes that are at your skill level as well as some above it. Clicking on a recipe will display what items are necessary for its completion. Clicking the "combine" button will extract those required items from the player's inventory, and perform the recipe combine, placing the results on the player's cursor. The new system is nice and neat, with no dragging and dropping unless you want to try a combine that is way out of your league, which uses the old style of combination.

Item Changes ------------------------

• The name of Berserker armor has been changed to Bladesmans armor.
• The beastlord epic weapon will no longer "proc" for wielders below the 46th level.
• Many text changes in item descriptions.

General Bug Fixes ------------------------

• A Tormentors hoof is now flagged as a tradeskill item.
• Chaotic Stab, a rogue AA, will no longer cause full damage on frontal attacks.
• Altered some NPC factions in the Plane of Tactics arena to prevent a problem with charm.

Combat Abilities ------------------------

• Fixed some text on the Focus Will Discipline.
• Assassins Strike should now work correctly.
• Sneak Attack should now work correctly.
• Thief's Vengeance is now working correctly.
• Indirection should now work as intended.

Spells ------------------------

• Corrected a few spell descriptions.
• Corrected some spell sound effects.
• Arachnae Venom and Fellspine should now stack with the warriors provoke abilities.