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

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Live

December 17, 2004

We apologize for the recent issues with our attempt to ease backflagging. Our coders and designers have worked tirelessly through the night to come up with tonight's update which should resolve the backflagging solution issues. We have also identified a few other issues and added corrections for them as well. - Back…

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December 15, 2004

*** Update Headlines *** ___________________________ * Backflagging * Gates AA point refunding * New Hot Spots * Mistmoore Backflagging * ___________________________ As you know, when a guild gains or loses members, they often find themselves dedicating a large amount of time re-playing content that they have long s…

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October 25, 2004

Headlines! Items for Anguish! New Storybook entry. Omens of War ________________ Due to a database error, itemization of the Anguish zone was lost. We have re-itemized the zone and wish you luck in uncovering its riches. Tradeskills ________________ - Fire Beetle Eyes now stack. - The Smithing Chisel is no longer fl…

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October 13, 2004

- Summoned pets no longer vanish when their owner turns invisible - Froglok animations are now fixed, seriously, no really we mean it this time. - Continue the Adventure! Read the first in the new series of EQ Novels. Warrior Epic ______________________ - Modified the way Decaying Lord Galuk Drek is spawned in Veksa…

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September 23, 2004

Monk Epic - Speaking to certain monk epic mobs will no longer reset the monk's progression. - Monks that turned in their letters will now be able to continue the quest from where they currently are. - Monks should have an easier time locating the lost Disciple. Guild Tribute - Players with Gates, but not Omens, shou…

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Live

September 14, 2004

Headlines ___________________ Omens of War is live! New Teleportation Spells to Barindu. Just me and my shadooooow! Reflective Water? Register now for the New Orleans Fan Faire. Omens of War ___________________ Explore the war torn lands of Kuua and reap the benefits of new AAs, spells and items including the new, p…

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August 11, 2004

Headlines! _____________________ New PVP System goes live * Raid Leaders can set up and change groups from the Raid Window * Special Skies are back! New Hot Zones EQ will now be more friendly in Windowed mode All New PVP System for PVP Servers * _____________________ The Watch List: - Safe Zones: We’’re still lookin…

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July 15, 2004

- Issues for shaman and druids with the Healing Adept AA have been corrected. - Finishing Blow will correctly be capped by level. - Kick Mastery, Vicious Smash and Strengthened Strike no longer increase the damage on all melee attacks. They now only apply to their intended attacks. - You will again have to hide to u…

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July 14, 2004

Headlines! Veeshan's Peak has been re-worked. Enjoy the new challenge. A new Adventure Zone appears on Stormhammer. You can now remove augments without losing them. Veeshan's Peak! With this revamp we have Updated the level and NPC list for the zone: Please note that this zone is now an elemental level zone! The ent…

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June 30, 2004

Headlines Download EQ Trilogy and play for 30 days free! EverQuest: Platinum offers EQ and all 7 expansions in one box. The Guide Program is looking for volunteers. EQ Trilogy. Have friends interested in EQ? Have them try the new EQ Trilogy download. You can now download EQ Trilogy and try out an EQ account for 30 d…

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June 16, 2004

Headlines! -Collision sees more improvements. -A portal to Gunthak has been added to the Plane of Knowledge. -/guidehelp is now available! -Gates of Discord sees more changes. Collision Updates Many remaining collision issues have been fixed. -Floating NPCs in the Plane of Disease should be more down to earth. -NPC …

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June 2, 2004

Collision fixes collide with servers! Collision - When you are summoned by NPCs or players smaller than you, the collision system will now scan a limited area near the destination to find a place to put you so that you will not be stuck in the terrain. - A problem related to collision data being out of sync on the c…

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May 27, 2004

Omens of War has a new expected live date of August 31, 2004. We appreciate your pre-order and if you wish to leave it in place, you do not need to do anything. We will not charge your credit card until the day the expansion actually goes live. If you wish to cancel your pre-order you may follow the steps below. You…

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May 12, 2004

Headlines! Gates of Discord content retuned! Gates of Discord - Zone experience modifiers were increased in all zones from Tipt/Vxed and beyond. - Natimbi, Qinimi, Barindu, Riwwi, and Ferubi should be tuned more appropriately for their intended level ranges. - NPCs will no longer hit for max damage as often. Knights…

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May 5, 2004

Happy Cinco De Mayo! EverQuest 2 Beta Sign Ups are now open! Make sure you sign up for the exciting EverQuest 2 beta! Join the folks who have already added their name to the rapidly growing list for this amazing beta opportunity. Go to www.everquest2.com and click on the beta link to get your chance at a beta slot! …

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April 28, 2004

Headlines! - A new storybook has arrived! Make sure you read it to find out what Tondal is up to now. - A new adventure zone is live on Stormhammer! - A new adventure zone has moved from Stormhammer to Live! - What are the "HOT SPOTS"? - Plane of Knowledge open to everyone! New Adventure Zone goes to Stormhammer - W…

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April 21, 2004

Headlines! - Boat Gnomes are now available all the time. (and I thought gnomes were only good as appetizers) - A new edition of the newspaper is available in your home town. Come and get it! Boat Gnomes The boat gnomes and other alternate means of travel are now available. During this period of gnome servitude, the …

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April 14, 2004

Headlines! - You can now set hot keys to cycle through targets! Collision and Targeting - We have improved Collision. - We have improved targeting. - Auto-rewind has been disabled. Auto-rewind has been disabled. Auto-rewind has been disabled. - Short races should be able to manage steps and slopes more easily, so gn…

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April 13, 2004

The Graveyard zone, Shadowrest, is now live! We have introduced the new graveyard zone, Shadowrest, to the live servers. The zone will allow adventurers whose corpse has decayed, after 7 days, to retrieve it. They will merely have to greet the appropriate NPC in one of the following zones to activate their transport…

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March 25, 2004

Headlines -Refining some DX9 functionality. -Some adjustments have been made to pets. -Some general bug fixes. -Added a new rogue discipline line, Assassins Strike. The tomes can be found in the East Commonlands and the Plane of Knowledge. DirectX 9 -The center of collision for all players -We have made improvements…

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March 23, 2004

Headlines DirectX 9 is now REQUIRED to play on all SOE EverQuest servers and Venril Sathir! Stormhammer received a new adventure zone. Another story for you to peruse in your storybook. Screenshots in .JPG? What will they think of next! More Grammar changes (no not Grandma, Grammar) DirectX 9 -We have added more det…

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March 16, 2004

*Highlights* EverQuest 5th Anniversary Return of the Casino (Again) Check with the Town Criers for the latest edition of the Norrath newspaper! EverQuest Celebrates Five Years. Join us for the 5th Anniversary in-game celebrations for EverQuest. Over the course of the next few weeks you will be able to join in a mass…

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March 10, 2004

Headlines ------------------------ Combines work again! Melee Part II! A new story has been added to your storybook! The grammar police have invaded EQ and they have made many minor spell, item and quest text fixes that are too numerous to list here. We'd like to thank all of the players that took time to provide fe…

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February 18, 2004

We found a bit of code that was, occasionally, causing random zone crashes and corrected it. We are still working on the second part of the 1017 problem and hope that many of you found some relief in the changes we made last night. Thanks again for your patience. We're working hard to solve the problem. Monks once a…

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