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

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Live

December 23, 2003

** Stability Issues ** The team here at the EQ Lab has isolated a memory leak which was causing server instability after 10 to 12 hours of uptime (which we are sure you have noticed) We hope to have this issue resolved during tonight's update. We would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding during…

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Live

December 19, 2003

** Shadowhaven Casino goes on vacation ** We're sorry to have to say this, but the new casino has become too popular. The huge number of players gambling at the casino is causing issues with the servers, and has been responsible for a few zone crashes. Unfortunately, this means that we have had to remove the casino …

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Live

December 18, 2003

Headlines! Melee Enhancements Part 1 New Spell Effects Live Casino Now Open In Shadowhaven HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Check with your Town Crier for new editions of your hometown paper! *** AA REFUND *** - Extended Notes 3 and Sionachie's Cresendo have been refunded (More details below). If you had these bard AAs and were cl…

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Live

November 5, 2003

** Quests, Adventures and Encounters ** - We have added one more new LDoN raid to Stormhammer. This raid was created with Elemental capable characters in mind. - Changed the minimum required number of group members to request an adventure from 4 to 3. - We have increased the consolation prize on level 65 hard advent…

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Live

October 9, 2003

* Zones and NPCs ** - Two new raid zones have been added to the Lost Dungeons on the Legends server. These are Guk-themed raids, one for Elemental Plane and one for Time Plane capable raiders. - The revamped Plane of Mischief is now available on all Live servers. - There were some situations where the warders in Vex…

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September 9, 2003

*** Lost Dungeons of Norrath Launches! *** Make sure to check out this groundbreaking new expansion! EVERY new zone has something fun and rewarding just waiting for everyone levels 20-65, and there's always something available for you! For the first time in EverQuest you have the ability to interact with your enviro…

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August 28, 2003

- Two Bastion of Thunder keys and one key in the Plane of Air that were supposed to open up a location for your entire group were only taking the key holder. We have fixed that problem. Also, the Enchanted Ring of Torden will now attach to your key ring the next time you use it. - The "base" population in the Tower …

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Live

August 26, 2003

** Zone Revamps ** - The Deep, Charasis (Howling Stones), Dragon Necropolis, Siren's Grotto, The Hole, The City of Mist, and The Accursed Temple of Cazic- Thule have been partially revamped. Gameplay in these zones has been improved, based on feedback from players and careful review of the content. The changes are n…

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Live

August 19, 2003 10:00 pm

** Lost Dungeons of Norrath Downloads ** If you ever plan on ordering or buying Lost Dungeons, we recommend starting the downloads now. You can start downloading files *before* you make any decision to pre- order the expansion! We have been introducing the LDoN files in small bits for several days now. This is the m…

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Live

August 7, 2003 7:30 pm

** Lost Dungeons of Norrath Adventures ** The Lost Dungeons of Norrath is our largest expansion to-date, featuring the most content ever delivered in an EverQuest expansion. The Lost Dungeons expansion features 48 new dungeons that span the old world of Norrath, focusing on several long lost locations, including the…

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Live

August 7, 2003 3:00 am

** Items ** - Ghaib's Flame-Forged Longsword will no longer give an out of charges message. - Shinai of the Ancients has had its delay lowered to 20. - Elemental and bane damage weapons are once again working correctly. ** Events ** - Caverns of Exile - An event NPC who was doing too much damage has been corrected.

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August 6, 2003 3:00 am

Note: Some internal data restructuring created a delay in the introduction of the new platinum slot in the shared bank and the new text filters. We will bring those to the Live servers as soon as we can. ** New Adventure in Lavastorm! ** In the depths of the Lavastorm Mountains there is only one ruler. But even his …

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Live

August 6, 2003 12:00 pm

** Live Update Addendum ** Just a brief update, as we'd like to get the word out quickly. Two issues with items being sent to the live servers have been discovered. Both will be fixed in another update at 3:00am. - Weapons that have "special" types of damage, such as elemental and bane damage, are not working proper…

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Live

July 10, 2003

** Information Gathering ** You will soon notice a new dialogue box appear when you log in (it appears after logging in three times to prevent spam for new players). We are asking you to let us gather a bit of information about your computer that will help us build the future of EverQuest. The important thing here i…

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Live

July 1, 2003

Effective immediately, customers who reside within the European Union will be charged VAT equal to 17.5% of their subscription fees. To comply with changes in the law in the European Union, EverQuest subscribers who are residents of EU countries will be charged VAT equal to 17.5% of the subscription fees. These chan…

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June 24, 2003

Stability - we have made some changes that should increase server stability. Pathing issues - Corrected some issues with pathing that were causing warping in the Halls of Honor and allowing NPCs to teleport to places that they shouldn't have (in Highkeep, for example). Also, creatures should no longer spin after ret…

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June 17, 2003

We have updated the Run, Walk and Turn animations for the Luclin models. As you can tell, new animations require a lot of data. We're sorry for the size of the update, but we think you'll like the changes. Thank you.

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June 11, 2003

** Experience System Change - Grouping ** We've made some improvements to the way experience is rewarded in EverQuest. These improvements are aimed at positively reinforcing the act of grouping. After all, this is a Massively Multiplayer game. Prior to this update groups gained a 2% to 20% experience bonus for havin…

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Live

June 2, 2003

We are looking for some help solving an issue with Linksys BEFSR41 routers. If you have a Linksys BEFSR41 router at home, are using it as a NAT device (where multiple computers share a single connection), live in the San Diego area, and you are experiencing frequent and easily repeated disconnects while playing any …

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Live

May 27, 2003

** Experience System Change - Grouping ** We've made some improvements to the way experience is rewarded in all of EverQuest. At its core, the idea is to positively reinforce grouping. There should never be any penalty to adding "that sixth person over there," whatever class they may be, into your group. That is exa…

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May 14, 2003 3:00 am

** Hate Plane ** The new Plane of Hate is now available on all servers! The Plane of Hate is an old favorite of many players, and we were careful to retain as much of its old charm as possible (and all of its old quests). At the same time we created all new geometry for the zone using our newer tools and newer desig…

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April 30, 2003

We've taken the opportunity while the servers are unavailable for maintenance to update a couple of things. - Increased the difficulty of the mini-bosses in the Planes of Fire and Water to bring them in line with the reward they give. - Added a 12% backstab modifier to the Reinforced Mephit Talon and the Gold Runed …

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April 23, 2003

** Tip of the Day ** When you first log in you will be presented with a Tip of the Day window. We've added this window to provide helpful insight to new players, and perhaps a few tips for experienced players as well. ** Gameplay ** - Any character 10th level and under that attempts to attack a 'red' /con NPC will r…

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