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Norrath Chronicle 1998-07-07 — 2026-06-24

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Live

December 19, 2000 3:00 am

*Patch Day* Today's patch primarily consists of tuning of Velious zones as well as content and other additions. In addition, the following changes have been implemented on the Live servers: - High-end items that have a activatable (right-click) healing effect have in several cases had their casting times increased. …

342 words 11 changes 3 sources
Live

December 12, 2000 2:00 pm

*New Velious Subscribers* Please don't forget to run the "Velious Patch" off of the patch program. *New Server* We have a new server that will be coming up next week before the holidays. It will be a split server for Solusek Ro, Karana, and Cazic- Thule. Solusek Ro (which had about 200 people moved off about 9 month…

251 words 1 changes 3 sources
Live

December 7, 2000 4:00 am

*Patch Day* Today's patch addresses a few issues brought up by players over the last several days: - Fixed an issue with /split that would cause people to go linkdead in the event that they used the command in quick succession. - Fixed a bug where you could not edit socials or skills (via the hotbutton window right …

269 words 11 changes 3 sources
Live

November 21, 2000 3:00 am

*Patch Day* Today's patch addresses a few problems noted by customers since last week's big patch. The following changes were made: - Fixed some problems with sound volume being set above the maximum or below the minimum. - Fixed a problem that caused sound volume to be reset regardless of the slider setting upon zo…

247 words 10 changes 3 sources
Live

November 15, 2000 3:00 am

***Patch Day*** Today's patch includes the announced code-updates to use technology included with DirectX 7. You MUST have DirectX 7 or higher installed in order to play EverQuest. Please refer to http://everquest.station.sony.com/f_requirements.shtml prior to contacting technical support for procedures prior to con…

1,079 words 1 changes 3 sources
Live

September 28, 2000 7:00 am

***Patch Day*** The following changes have been implemented on the production servers as part of today's patch: *General Changes* - NPC corpses level 55 or over will now last 30 minutes before decaying. This should help those on large multi-group encounters who need some prep-time before looting items. - The item "W…

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Live

September 19, 2000 7:00 am

*Level 1 Character Purge* The Level 1 character purge announced several weeks ago will take place on Wednesday, September 27, 2000, at 7:00am PST (GMT-7). Any level 1 characters that haven't been played within the previous 30 days will be deleted. If you wish to keep any level 1 characters that you may have, please …

1,047 words 10 changes 3 sources
Live

August 16, 2000 7:00 am

*File Patched* This patch contains eqmain.dll, which is used by the EverQuest login/chat frontend. The following changes have been implemented: - #help now accepts arguments. #help #command will return help for the requested command. - Errors issued within the chat/login server frontend now display an "Error Number"…

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Live

July 26, 2000 12:00 pm

*Chat and Login* Today's patch contains some new features for the EverQuest chat and login servers. In addition, it enables support for some international keyboard layouts. - Tab again switches between fields in login and registration. - #time will display a time/date stamp. - #reply will send a private message to t…

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Live

June 6, 2000 8:00 am

*Patch Day* Greetings! The live servers have been updated to reflect the newest data on the Test Server: *General* - Some new spells are available for the hybrid classes. Check your Kunark spell vendors. - Found and corrected a problem causing people to fall to their deaths upon zoning. The majority of these issues …

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Live

February 17, 2000 7:00 am

***Announcements*** The City of Paineel, home to the infamous Heretics of Erudin, is now available via the Optional Patch. In addition, Erudites may now also be Shadowknights in addition to the other classes available to them. All Erudite Necromancers, Shadowknights, and Clerics who worship the God of Fear, Cazic-Th…

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