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*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. …
*Movelog Reminder* We want to remind players on Solusek Ro, Karana, and Cazic-Thule that registration for move to the new split-server will open 10am PST (GMT- 8) today and will remain open until 12:00am Monday. To register all of your characters on those servers for the move, you must type "/movelog yes" while in-g…
*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…
*Velious Subscribers* Please run the "Velious Patch" off of the patch program. *New Patch* We appreciate everyone's continued patience over the past couple of days, and are happy to see that the problems that have been experienced are relatively minor compared to those of the past. Tonight's patch is expected to be …
*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 …
*Velious Patch* Today's patch requires that Velious subscribers press the "Velious Patch" button on the patch program UI. *Emergency Patch* We appreciate everyone's patience while we address a few issues as tens of thousands of new players check out Velious. This emergency patch addresses several issues: - The trans…
Expansion era
*SBLive Soundcards and Hardware Acceleration* Due to some past problems with SBLive cards, users of those cards who called into tech support were asked to turn "Hardware Acceleration" down one notch in DXDIAG. The last patch corrected those problems and most users should again increase hardware acceleration to maxim…
*Patch Day* Today's patch includes updates to the client to address some problems reported by people in regards to the DX7 update, as well as other gameplay issues: - Corrected an older bug that would cause people to stop gaining or losing faction with associates when the primary faction was at its maximum or minimu…
*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…
*Follow-up Patch* Today's follow-up patch addresses the following issues from yesterday's patch: - The spell Torpor received an unintentional reduction in effectiveness - Illumination in game was not as bright as it should have been. - Pet using classes unintentionally gained the ability to summon multiple pets. - B…
***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…
*Important System Configuration Announcement*. As many of you know, over the past couple of months we've made numerous enhancements to the EverQuest client. In addition to things such as new /-commands and other changes of that nature, we've enhanced the UI itself to allow moveable and resizable windows, among other…
Expansion era
Greetings everyone! This morning's update is one of the final updates necessary for the EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark launch scheduled to take place on Monday. As part of this update, a new EverQuest Patch Program was sent to your system. For those who have installed the Ruins of Kunark, this update has added a but…
As part of the emergency update completed last night, a change was implemented that increases the amount of damage done by someone wielding a 2 handed weapon. This change was made due to a statistical imbalance in the way that damage is calculated at the mid-to-upper levels. A person wielding a one-handed weapon of …
EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (upgrade) should now be arriving on doorsteps around the world. Please note that attempting to create an Iksar character will not work until the expansion zones are officially opened within the next week. We ask that if you attempt to create an Iksar character out of curiosity that you…
***Patch Day*** The following is a list of changes that were implemented on the Live EverQuest servers today: *Spells* - You will now receive a message when attempting to mesmerize a creature that is immune to that type of spell. - You can now right-click-and-hold on bard songs to determine what instrument skill is …
This morning's update consisted primarily of server-side changes to improve performance of the game engine in general. No items, spawns, spells (with the exceptions below), etc., were changed as a result of this patch. Area Effect "Fear" spells will no longer work in PvP. This affects a bard song, as well as the Cle…
Today's patch was primarily comprised of server-side changes in preparation for the release of EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark. Only one gameplay-affecting issue was updated as a result of this patch: - Being killed by another player in a duel will now cause you to re- spawn with zero mana. This change was implemente…
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