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Keep Your Characters Safe!

Account theft isn’t isolated only to those who choose to trade or share their station accounts (ignoring the EULA!) As the internet and online gaming population grows, so does the cesspool of scammers.

There are a variety of ways in which people will attempt to gain access to your account, and the list grows everyday. Fear not, there are simple tips to ensure that your account is protected. Keep in mind these worn-out (but useful!) words of wisdom:

Sharing your account information is never a good idea.
Gamers have heard the advice before, yet a lot of people still opt to share their account information with close friends. Having a guildmate complete a quest for you while you’re sleeping may seem mostly harmless, but bad things can happen. While it doesn’t always end in catastrophe, you could log back in with a new last name like “Lovetrollslongtime” or something slightly worse which might result in a banning. It’s not always obvious, malicious attacks that cause good accounts to go bad!

I’m sure we’ve all heard the fateful stories of guildbanks emptied and outfit members booted. Sadly, this is a direct result of sharing account information. Not only do you run the risk of virtual strangers reeking havoc on all you’ve worked hard for, but you make it difficult for SOE’s customer service staff to investigate and resolve issues.

Be aware of phishing sites!
What is a phishing site? Simply, it’s usually a website created to mimic a well-known or frequently used site in an attempt to fraudulently gain sensitive account information. Gaming communities have been targeted in the past via email, spamming a link that takes the reader to a site that, upon first glance, appears to be legit. The imposter site may offer in-game items for completing surveys, or pose as a game representative, warning that your account is in limbo.

Here at SOE we do not offer enticing ways to earn in-game money through email. We prefer the old fashioned way of logging in, killing mobs, completing quests, etc. Be extremely cautious when exposed to external sites through email, claiming to be affiliated with Sony Online. You will only be prompted to enter your password when logging into an SOE game, or when visiting an official Station site.

SOE employees will NEVER ask for your password.
Not in email. Not in-game. Not on the phone. Never. We have ample ways to access your account; the only thing we require from you is patience and a Station name. If you suspect that someone is impersonating a CSR in-game, use the /report feature and again, do not divulge your account password.

Things you should know:
Account security is the responsibility of the account owner. This includes password protection, running virus checks, disabling file sharing, or any other means of checking that the owner's account has not been stolen or compromised.

If you find yourself a victim, not all is lost! CSR’s may be able to offer a one-time only “character restoration.” But first you must recover your account (details on doing this can be found here.)

SOE strives to maintain an exciting and safe gaming environment. To make things more enjoyable for everyone, we offer basic advice on how to keep your account secure.

Time Honored Tips:

Use a unique Station name.

Use an alpha-numeric password consisting of at least 8 characters; a mix of letters, numbers and special characters is best. I prefer complete randomness written down somewhere safe.

Never use the same word for your Station name and password; change it periodically.

Never trust a troll in a dress.

Always create a secret question when prompted (this allows for quicker password recovery and confirmation when needed.)

Keep your registration information, including current email address, up to date in so that we can contact you regarding your account and for retrieving lost passwords. (SOE will not use your email for marketing purposes, unless you specifically opt in for newsletters and announcements.)

Please play safe and smart!

We want to give you some important information regarding your Station Access subscription. Effective April 2, 2007, the new monthly subscription rate will be US$29.99 per month (not including applicable taxes).

We know that rate adjustments are never popular, but the increase is driven by our desire to provide our Station Access subscribers with a consistently high quality entertainment experience, as evidenced by our most recent addition to the Station Access subscription plan, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes™.

You don't have to do a thing; you will automatically be migrated to the new monthly subscription rate under your existing subscription plan when your current subscription plan comes up for renewal on or after April 2, 2007. We appreciate your support and continued participation in our community.

Station Access subscriptions are recurring, meaning you will continue to be billed at the appropriate subscription interval, until you affirmatively cancel your subscription. Subscription fees are subject to tax and value-added tax, as applicable. The subscription charges are in addition to the cost of the games that are part of the Station Access subscription plan. All game software is sold separately.

For more information, please visit: the knowledge base entry.

*** Highlights ***
The Estate of Unrest is now open for adventurous players looking for a challenge!
The first chapter of the Swords of Destiny quest line has been released.
New Lore & Legend Quests have been added! Search the world to learn mastery over Kobolds, Bugbears, Brownies, Minotaurs, Clockworks, and Werewolves.
Kelethin citizens can now betray and change allegiance to other cities.
Petitions and help requests no longer require use of an external web browser!

*** General Gameplay ***
The Fae Glide trait will no longer suspend when you zone into a dungeon while on a mount.
Candle flames no longer go out on lower particle settings
Items can no longer be looted into overflow using Tradeskill Harvest Bags.
Adding items to collections now works when you also have that item in the bank.
Fae should no longer be able to jump as high while wearing gnomish spring boots.
Resolved some occasional time issues when switching zones (spell reuse timers, zone timers, etc).
After years of humiliation the Boarfiend has been given some pants instead of just a loin cloth.
Veil Hunters under the effect of Boon of the Veil will no longer continue to receive damage if they are killed in the Veil.
You will now be asked to confirm leaving raid zones when you have a lockout timer.
You can no longer queue spells while you are dead or knocked out. If you somehow manage to have a spell queued when you die, it will be cancelled when you resurrect.
Using the /yell command in Emerald Halls, Inner Sanctum, Clockwork Menace Factory, and Freethinker Hideout will no longer break the encounter.
To make his disciples more efficient in combat, Mithaniel Marr has reduced the size of the summoned Valiant Beast.
Casting Escape in the ‘A Meeting of the Minds’ zone will now take you to Feerrott instead of Everfrost.
The investigation skill should now only appear once you properly acquire it, which might take some investigation itself.
Mentoring and deleveling should no longer cause you to go crash to character select.
Mitigation adjustments from items and spells now offer protection and penalties much closer to the amount listed. Previously, lower level spells and items that granted mitigation bonuses would sometimes not offer any increase at all if the level difference was extreme enough. Now the bonuses scale properly by comparing the level of the item or spell versus the level of the player. For example: A level 70 Dirge casting the level 35 spell "Zander's Choral Rebuff" will see an appropriate amount of mitigation decrease on the target now, whereas before that spell would have had no effect at all.
Enemy Level is compared only once in determining mitigation adjustments and is now calculated before the mitigation diminishing returns curve is applied. This fixes situations where often plate armor's longevity plummets much faster than lower mitigation armors against high yellow and low orange content.

*** Achievements ***
Points spent in the Class achievement have been refunded.
Achievement respec costs now start out at 10 gold, followed by 1plat and then cap at 10plat. 30 days after your respec the cost will reset to 10 gold.
Obtaining the final ability in any Class achievement line will grant a new player title.
Final abilities in the Class achievement lines have been reduced in point cost from 8 to 2. Point progression between rows of achievements have been adjusted to more evenly distribute the points between the rows and maintain most of the popular spec types that players had from before the update.
The spell description for Cloaked Assault will now display properly after purchasing its enhancement achievement. Bard:
Coin Toss - Duration to trigger HO effect reduced from 3 to 1 second. Reuse time increased from 1 to 5 seconds.
Harbinger's Sonnet - Benefit is now directly tied to Selo's without having to cast another spell, and slightly increase the non-combat movement speed. Berserker:
Perserverance will now double the in combat regen rather than adding 100. Mystic:
Enhance: Spirit of the Wolf - Reduced speed increase from 6% to 4%.

*** Spells & Combat Arts ***
General:
Spells like Water Spirit that cause you to sink in water will no longer cause falling damage.
Ammo will no longer be consumed when using a ranged combat art.
Spell Casting time calculations will add/subtract modifiers before multiplying modifiers.
Spell reuse will no longer exceed the amount it was prior to zoning or logging out. Bards:
Selo's Speed of Sound, a new upgrade of Selo's Accelerating Chorus is available at level 55. Brawler:
Increased defensive stance physical mitigation percent bonus from 20% to 25%
Increased hybrid stance physical mitigation percent bonus from 10% to 12.5%
Increased defensive stance minimum deflection chance from 7.5% to 10%
Increased hybrid stance minimum deflection chance to 3.5% to 5% Brigand:
Double Up - Now works with Sinister Strike. Conjurer:
Plane Shift - Hydromancer pet's size is increased. No more tiny water snake. Dirge:
Crypt's Quiet - Increased triggered damage.
Death's Door - Increased triggered damage and percentage.
Dissonance - Reuse time changed from 20 to 12 seconds.
Noxious Chorus - Increased resist amounts. Fury:
The full description of the Fury spell Bristleskin will now display correctly. Illusionist:
Color Shower should now trigger procs correctly. Troubador:
Alin's Keening Lamentation - Casting time changed from 3 to 2.5 seconds. Reuse time changed from 15 to 12 seconds.
Arcane Chorus - Increased resist amounts.
Elemental Chorus - Increased resist amounts.
Performer's Talent - Increased trigger percentage.

*** Items ***
General:
The Spring Loaded Gnomish Stilts will no longer work while on horseback.
Crude, shaped & worked versions of the Tailored Tranquil Dragon's Breath Slippers now have the appropriate divine resist.
The invisibility effect from Rhaondrilliis must now be activated to work, and can no longer be cast while under stun/stifle/mez. Casting time has been set to 2 seconds, with a reuse of 3 minutes.
The tailored tranquil dragon's breath blouse, shawl, pantaloons, mitts, cuffs, and cap should all now have the correct amount of divine resistance.
The Circlet of Storms may now be transmuted or sacrificed.
'Environmental' is now spelled properly in the following items (and their effect text): Worn Arcane/Elemental/Noxious Environmental Suits, and the Full Body Arcane/Elemental/Noxious Environmental Suits.
The worked version of the halasian boiling pot will now properly show the Handcrafted tag.
The effect Dark Purpose from Band of the Chosen should now be functioning.
The recipe for Ruinous Hesitation (apprentice) now consumes the proper number of rosewood and hanging root (5 each).
You can no longer activate the Spring Loaded Gnomish Stilts while on horseback.
Orb of Truth: When triggered, Healing Pulse will now heal the caster instead of adding additional healing to each heal cast.
Orb of the Healer: When triggered, the caster of the spell is now the origin of Healing Wave.
Dark Aura of Protection should now properly proc from Hoop of the Chosen.
The 'Arcane Feedback' proc will now show the correct icon.
The effect on the Blithe Bixie Cloak will now return power to the caster, instead of draining it. Appearance Changes:
Profession hats should no longer make you bald.
The "Crested Mistmoore Shield" heritage item will now mount properly on the wall.
"a small figurehead" house item should now place correctly against the wall.
"a letter from the Dismal Rage" will no longer sink into the floor and table when placed.
"a militia skull display shelf", "a Coalition skull display shelf", "a Dismal Rage skull display shelf" will now place properly when on a wall.
'a Qeynosian wall sconce' now places properly on the wall.
The house item book ‘History of the Feir’Dal’ has an in-house appearance now.
Many weapon drops in the Emerald Halls have been given unique appearances.Tradeskill Related Items:
All 1% tradeskill success modification items created through tinkering are now usable at level 20 instead of a range from 2 to 20. This will not impact characters who have the items, as to equip them, the character previously already needed to have the tradeskill class. This change, along with the two below should create a more level playing field for tradeskillers working through these levels.
All 2% tradeskill success modification items created through tinkering are now usable at level 33 instead of a range from 33 to 41.
All 3% tradeskill success modification items created through tinkering are now usable at level 54 instead of a range from 59 to 68.
Tradeskill created Xegonite idols will now properly be equippable at level 62 instead of 67.
Tradeskill hearths now have appropriate sounds when lit.
The River Rock, Ashen and Sandstone hearths now all properly carry the 'Handcrafted' tag.
The portable tradeskill devices may now all be used at level 41, rather than a range of levels from 41 to 47.
Fixed a typo in the description for the Elaborate Stove & Keg prose.
Crafting the pristine version of the Mechanized Platinum Repository of Reconstruction will no longer award one more xegonite than was required to make the item.
Alder bookcases are now properly labelled mastercrafted rather than legendary.
The last charge on the Gigglegibber's Secret of Death will now work properly.
The crude, shaped, and worked versions of the imbued adamantine warhammer now have the proper stats.
Miscalibrated and Calibrated tinkered harvesting tools (such as automated shears) now require tradeskill level rather than adventuring level. This is consistent with the higher-level Overclocked tools. Item Sets:
The first bonus from the Necromancer Spirit Siphoning Set, Focus: Abate Life will now remove 200 power cost instead of adding.
The Coercer EoF Force Itemset focus Impetus now adds 10dps, instead of haste.
Coat of the Requiem - Focus: Luda's Nefarious Wail II has had it's damage modifier increased to 160.
Robe of Dark Arts - Focus: Void Distortion II has had it's damage modifier increased to 100. Ammo:
Ammunition just became less mysterious! Examining ammo will now show damage, range and accuracy modifiers.
All store-bought ammunition now has a max stack size of 100. Previously it fluctuated between 99 & 100 depending on level.
All tradeskilled ammunition now has a max stack size of 100. Previously it fluctuated between 99 & 100 depending on level.
All tradeskilled ammunition recipes award 25, 50, 75, or 100 items depending on the tradeskill success.
All tradeskilled ammunition should correctly show up as 'HANDCRAFTED' rather than 'UNCOMMON'.
Specific to arrows, the following changes have been made:

Store-bought arrows have the lowest damage potential, range and accuracy.
Ranger summoned arrows have mid-line damage potential, range and accuracy - these arrows have not changed from their current state on live.

Tradeskilled arrows now have the following properties:

Broadhead arrows: High damage, low range, low accuracy, slashing damage type. (These arrows were formerly known as hunting arrows.)
Bodkin arrows: Medium damage, medium range, medium accuracy, piercing damage type.
Field point arrows: Low damage, high range, high accuracy, crushing damage type. (These arrows were formerly known as rounded arrows.)

From time to time reminders about keeping your account secure are a
good thing. So here is SOEs policy about Account Security and some
useful tips on how to keep your account secure.

As the population of online internet gaming increases, so do issues
regarding stolen or compromised accounts, and/or accounts that have
been transferred from one player to another in violation of the User
Agreement. This also applies to the amount of issues relating to
Accounts that have had their login information "shared" with friends,
relatives, and Guild members. These issues (and the time it takes to
investigate and attempt to resolve them) hugely detract from the time
that SOE's Customer Support staff have to provide quality customer
service. Accordingly, SOE must remind all customers that:

(1) Account security is the responsibility of the account owner. This
includes password protection, running virus checks, disabling file
sharing, or any other means of checking that the owner's account has
not been stolen or compromised.

(2) Any and all stolen, compromised, or shared accounts that are
reported to SOE may be *suspended* in order to conduct an investigation
and prevent further malicious acts upon the accounts in question. If
characters on the account are deleted maliciously by someone, or items
and coin removed from a character, a Customer Service Representative
may offer a "character-restore." This will restore the player's
character to its most recent backup if a backup is available.
Experience points, items, etc, that are lost due to this type of
character restoration will not be reimbursed. Please understand that
once characters are deleted from an account, SOE does not guarantee
they can be restored.

This character-restore service will only be offered once per player
account. Subsequent occurrences of character deletion or
item/coin/experience loss due to account theft, compromised accounts,
or sharing of account information will not be reimbursed.

If a player account has been stolen or compromised, he or she must
first recover the account by following the Account Recovery Procedure (detailed here)
and then submit a Customer Service help-ticket immediately. Note: Due
to the availability of character backups, Customer Service may be
unable to help if the request for assistance is not received within a
reasonable amount of time.

(3) Any customer found to be involved in an account theft may have any
and all of his/her accounts banned. Prior to taking any action against
accounts reported as compromised, SOE will conduct a thorough review of
the accounts and determine the appropriate course of action. Accounts
will only face disciplinary action based on information gathered
through our investigation and not as a result of external allegations.

Account Security Tips

We strongly recommend that you change your current password
periodically and keep your registration information updated including
choosing a secret question if you have not already done so. Please make
sure that you have provided us with your current and valid email
address, we will use the email address on record to notify you of any
changes or activity regarding your Station account and in retrieving
lost passwords (this email address will not be used for marketing
purposes unless you specifically opt-in for newsletters and
announcements.)

Please remember to NEVER give out or share your Station name or password, including with friends and Guildmates.

Account security reminders:

· Use a unique Station name

· Use an alpha-numeric password consisting of at least 8 characters, a mix of letters, numbers and special characters is best.

· Never use the same word for your Station name and password

· Always create a secret question when prompted (this allows for quicker password recovery and confirmation when needed)

· Keep your registration information, including current email
address, up to date in so that we can contact you regarding your
account and for retrieving lost passwords.

One last thing to remember, SOE will NEVER ask for your
password. If you ever encounter someone claiming to be from SOE in the
game, by phone or in email that is asking for your password, do not
give it to them.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 01-08-2007 11:40 AM

All servers will be down on 12/20/2006 at 7:00 AM PST for an extended time. The original downtime was 7 am to 9 am PST, and we are extending the downtime to 1 PM PST for West Coast Servers.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Servers affected:
Butcherblock
Everfrost
Kithicor
Lucan D’Lere
Nagafen
Guk
Najena
Blackburrow
Anonia Bayle
Unrest
Nektulos
Venekor
Vox
The Bazaar

Technical and Account Phone support will be available from 3pm to 7pm PST Wednesday December 27th through Friday December 29th. No phone support will be offered on Monday December 25th, Tuesday December 26th, or Monday January 1st.

Technical and Account Chat support will remain available during its normal hours of operation, Monday through Friday 10am through 7pm PST.

Technical and Account Email support is available any time at http://station.sony.com/email

The technical and account support knowledgebase is also available any time at http://station.sony.com/kb

Technical and Account Phone Support will return to its normal hours of operation on Tuesday Jaunuary 2nd which is Monday through Friday 10am through 7pm PST.

EverQuest II is currently a Finalist for MMORPG.com's 2006 Reader's
Choice Awards for graphics. Be sure to stop by and vote for EverQuest
II today! You can vote here at MMORPG.com!

‘Tis the season for giving and good will, and that goes for
pirates too!

Sony Online Entertainment is teaming up with the Child’s Play charity to bring some
joy to hospitalized children this holiday season. All launch-day purchases for Pirates Constructible Strategy
Game Online will go to Child’s Play. That means any product or registration
purchases made on December 14, 2006
will help provide presents for children who can’t be home for this holiday.

So set sail in Pirates CSG Online today and help out a
worthy cause!

You can find more about the Pirates Constructible Strategy
Game at http://piratesonline.station.sony.com/

If you would like to find out more about the Child’s Play
Charity Drive or to make a donation directly visit http://www.childsplaycharity.org/

Ahoy matey! The ground-breaking collectible card
game comes to life in Sony Online Entertainment's Pirate's CSG Online!
Go head-to-head with your friends in mighty sea battles, explore islands and
amass treasure in a rich 3-D environment. Wizkids’ groundbreaking
constructible-strategy game is now online; with legendary ships, roaring
cannons, and all the fun of the tabletop game.

Set sail for high adventure!

Click
here to find more details about the game on the official web site.

Click
here to read the rules and learn how to play the game.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 12-13-2006 02:45 PM

Announcing the Tenth Official SOE Podcast!

Tune
in to the TenthOfficial SOE Podcast. We hope you all enjoy the latest
installment of our podcast series. Make sure to let us know how you
like it! You can fire off an email to us at feedback@soe.sony.com or head over to the Show Notes and give us your comments.

You
can download the MP3 file directly or subscribe to the RSS feed by
clicking the button listed below. We have high and low bandwidth
versions of the podcast available.

High-Bandwidth |

Low-Bandwidth |

Check out our Teaser today to get a super sweet Frostfell Wallpaper!

Please use this thread to discuss the Game Update #30: Teaser Screenshots article.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 12-08-2006 03:41 PM

Account and Technical Phone Support will close at 6:00pm PST on Friday December 8th.

Phone support is normally offered Monday through Friday, 10:00am through 7:00pm PST.

Live chat will remain available, Monday through Friday 10:00am
to 7:00pm PST at http://station.sony.com/chat

Email support is always available at http://station.sony.com/email

The Account and Technical Support knowledgebase is also available any time at
http://station.sony.com/kb

EverQuest II's new 7 day trial, Play the Fae, allows you to try out EverQuest II's new character race, The Fae, and a new starting city - the treetop city of Kelethin - both features in EverQuest II's 3rd expansion pack, Echoes of Faydwer.

To find out more please visit http://everquest2.station.sony.com/promotions/playthefae/

Scheduled Maintenance for EQ2 Station Players on December 7, 2006 @ 9 AM PST

The estimated downtime is two hours.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 12-05-2006 06:56 PM

In the coming weeks, Station Access
subscribers who opt-in to receive newsletters and email updates can
also look forward to something special.

We've been working on some holiday surprises and we don't want you to miss out!

If you have Station Access, be sure to visit the universal opt-in page by December 13th, 2006 and click the box that says "Check here to receive future Station e-mails with announcements of new games, contests, and more."

Happy Holidays!

You can find the page to opt-in here.

If you aren't already a member, click here to find out all the subscription benefits that come with the Station Access pass!

Click here to find some tips on how to make sure your station information is up to date!

Create a holiday-themed comic book featuring EverQuest, EverQuest II
and/orPlanetside and win a $250 AMEX gift card! Contest will run from
12/8/06 - 1/5/07.Visit http://www.station.sony.com/contests/index.vm for official rules and details.

Use this thread to discuss the Game Update #30 Preview feature.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 12-01-2006 05:38 PM

The Holiday's are drawing near and you can help make a hospitalized child's Holiday just a bit more cheerful. The 2006 Child's Play Charity drive is underway and looking for any gifts and donations that you can make.

You can find out more about this great cause at http://www.childsplaycharity.org/index.php

Account and Technical Phone Support will be closed on Wednesday, December 6th. Phone
support will return at its normal hours 10:00am through 7:00pm PST on Thursday
December 7th.

Account and Technical Live Chat support will remain available during its normal hours
Monday through Friday, 10:00am through 7:00pm PST at http://station.sony.com/chat

Account and Technical Email support is available any time at
http://station.sony.com/email

Our Account and Technical Support knowledgebase is always available at
http://station.sony.com/kb

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 12-01-2006 10:52 AM

Emergency Maintenance for Station login and Launch Pad on Decmber 1, 2006 @ 10 AM PST

The estimated downtime is one hour. We apologize for the short notice on this downtime.

This will affect your ability to log into all games, and forums, accounts and billing will also be inaccessible during this hour.

We thank you for your patience.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 11-30-2006 07:00 PM

Greetings Everyone!

Here's a
reminder to sign up to receive SOE Emails. We have a few emails that
will be sent out soon that you don't want to miss! What's included
when you sign up?

You'll receive the quarterly Newsletters for the games you are signed up for.
You'll receive any promotional emails that we send out

To make sure you receive the next one, do the following:

Click on My Account on the top bar (the station one) or visit
Click on Email Newsletters
Select those you wish to receive.
Click
on Make Changes. (If you aren't sure you are getting the emails, click
on Make Changes even if you don't change anything, just to refresh the
setting.)
Or you can just visit https://secure.station.sony.com/optin/viewOptins.m

How come I never seem to get any of the emails?

There are a couple of reasons you may not be receiving the emails from SOE:

Update your Email Address:

Incorrect
Email Address is a common reason for not receiving the emails from the
station. To update your email address, click on the link that says,
visit the Registration pages.

Email is being blocked:

If
your e-mail system has a block, junk, bulk, or spam mail folder, you'll
want to make sure that it allows e-mail from The Station@sony.com
[station-mailer@sony-online.com]. You will need to check the options,
properties, or preferences of your mail system to determine how to set
this up.

Options not saved:

There's
a chance that your options were not set correctly when the system
changed over to this system. To fix this, click on the [Clear-All] link
and click on Make Changes. Then select your options again and click on
Make Changes again. That should refresh the list.

Announcing the Ninth Official SOE Podcast!

Tune
in to the Ninth Official SOE Podcast. We hope you all enjoy the latest
installment of our podcast series. Make sure to let us know how you
like it! You can fire off an email to us at feedback@soe.sony.com or head over to the Show Notes and give us your comments.

You
can download the MP3 file directly or subscribe to the RSS feed by
clicking the button listed below. We have high and low bandwidth
versions of the podcast available.

High-Bandwidth |

Low-Bandwidth |

Tech and Account Phone support will be unavailable on Thursday November 23rd and Friday November 24th in observance of the holiday.

Chat support will be available during its normal time Monday through Friday 10am through 7pm PST at station.sony.com/chat.

Email support is always available at station.sony.com/email.

Our Self-help knowledgebase is also available at station.sony.com/kb with answers to your questions.

Phone support will return on Monday November 27th at its normal hours Monday through Friday 10am through 7pm PST.

Tech and Account Phone support will be unavailable on Thursday November
23rd and Friday November 24th in observance of the holiday. Chat
support will be available during its normal time Monday through Friday
10am through 7pm PST at station.sony.com/chat.

Email support is always available at station.sony.com/email. Our
Self-help knowledgebase is also available at station.sony.com/kb with
answers to your questions.

Phone support will return on Monday November 27th at its normal hours Monday through Friday 10am through 7pm PST.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 11-20-2006 12:32 PM

EQ2Players, the official site for all the latest EverQuest II news has gone through a major revamp on November 14, 2006! With it's new look and feel, you'll be able to enjoy more of the same great news that you've come to expect in a more engaging presentation. Check it out today!

The EverQuest II team is pleased to announce that Echoes of Faydwer is now live. Enjoy everyone!

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN.

Participation constitutes
entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Official
Rules. The EverQuest II Poem About a
Fae Contest ("Contest") begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Pacific Standard Time ("PST")
November 14, 2006 and ends at 11:59
p.m. PST
on November 28, 2006 ("Contest Period").
Contest is sponsored by Sony Online Entertainment LLC, 8928 Terman Court, San Diego, CA ostalCode>92121ostalCode> ("Sponsor"). Submissions
received after Contest Period will not be judged. Winners will be announced on
or about December 11, 2006.

Eligibility: Only the individual entrant
who submitted the actual poem may enter or win (in the event of a dispute as to
authorship, Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any entry or winner;
Sponsor's decisions are final). Contest is open only to entries of originally
authored poems capturing the relevant Fae theme in conjunction with the release
of EverQuest II Echoes of Faydwer and the new playable race, The Fae. Contest
is open only to natural persons who are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States (including the District of Columbia) for the duration of the Contest.
Void in Puerto
Rico, Guam, all other U.S. and all foreign territories and
possessions and wherever prohibited or restricted by law. Contest may only be
entered from and in eligible jurisdictions. Entrants must be eighteen (1 SMILEY
years of age or older at time of entry in order to participate. Employees,
officers, directors, and agents of Sponsor, its parent company, affiliates,
subsidiaries, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, their immediate
family members and persons living in their same household, are not eligible to
participate in the Contest. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations
apply.

How to Enter: To enter, post your EverQuest
II Poem About a Fae Entry on the http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board?board.id=Non-Gameplay
and update your Station Account to reflect your current contact information in
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*** Echoes of Faydwer
***

- The EverQuest II team is proud
to announce that Echoes of Faydwer has launched!
- Adventure through the
lush and magical continent of Faydwer.

- Play the enchanted, powerful,
winged race that inhabits Faydwer – the Fae. Or choose to start in Kelethin as a
Wood Elf, High Elf, Half Elf, Dwarf, or Gnome.
- Enhance your abilities by
finding favor with your chosen deity!
- Customize your character with new
Sub-Class specific Achievement Trees.
- Artisans can enjoy two new secondary
tradeskills. Check out tinkering and transmuting!
- Show off your sense of
style with new customizable cloaks and beautiful new armor sets.
- Ride the
boats to new exotic locations and discover new heritage, signature, and
collection quests.
- Echoes of Faydwer is available in your local retail
outlet or via digital download. It can now be purchased online at The Station
Store: https://store.station.sony.com/

*** Headlines
***

- The maximum guild level has
increased to 60, with new guild rewards and nobility titles. In addition, all
guilds can choose various heraldry options for their cloaks once they reach the
appropriate level.

- Starting at level 10, all
characters who own the laceType w:st="on">KingdomlaceType> of laceName w:st="on">SkylaceName> or Echoes of Faydwer expansions can
now earn and spend Achievement points.
- Check out the new and improved character
generation flow!
- Horses have improved animations across the board. And they
have learned how to jump!
- All characters can now wear a second earring. Go,
glitter!
- Crafters and consumers alike rejoice over the new secure
commission system.

- We’ve made many small tweaks to
improve the quality of combat. Take a look at this post (http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=testfeed&message.id=66299)
for more details.

*** Gameplay
***

- Guilds now receive 10% of the personal status gained by any member,
regardless of the size of the guild.

- Looted items will prefer to go into bags rather than an empty, top level inventory slot. Bags still prefer to go into empty top level inventory slots.

- Harvestables will now first try to
go into any special harvest bags that you have equipped.

- When you defeat an encounter that
only has one member you will no longer get a separate message about encounter
experience. But rest assured that the amount of experience you get in this
situation has not changed.

- Below is a simple listing of the
many small tweaks we have made to improve the quality of combat. For more
information on our motivations and goals, please see this post http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=testfeed&message.id=66299]

Damage Mitigation and
Resistance

- Maximum mitigation/resistance
numbers for your current level have been increased from [ Level * 80 ] to [
Level * 150 ].

- Damage mitigated now has
diminishing returns, with the point at which the old system and new system meet
set at 3675 armor/resist value or (52.5%) for level 70
players.

- The new mitigation cap for any
type of damage is 75% which is reached at [Level * 150] armor or resist
value.

- The mitigations / resistances for
some item bonuses will appear to have dropped. This was due to a rounding error
in their display. Their actual resistance / mitigation values have not changed
in most cases.

Stat Caps

- All stat cap maximums have been
increased from [ 7 * Level + 20 ] to [ 15 * level + 20 ]

- Stat benefits are now on a
diminishing returns curve

- The maximum benefit that each stat
provides, including power pool size, melee damage bonus, spell damage bonus, hit
points, and defense has been increased

- Classes that use multiple stats
for power pools have had their maximum power possible increased by up to +25% if
they are high enough in both stats. This is meant to offset the difficulty of
having to increase multiple stats

Avoidance
Skill

- Skill caps have increased from [ 6
* Level ] to [ 6.5 * Level ]

- Base Parry chance has been lowered
from 10% to 5%

- Base Deflection chance has lowered
from 30% to 25%

- Increases to avoidance skills now
have diminishing returns similar to the changes made for mitigation/resistance.
Players experience more gains in avoidance when further away from the cap, and
less gains as they reach closer to the cap

Avoidance in
Combat

- Display: The way avoidance is
displayed has changed. A value similar to mitigation is now used to show your
overall avoidance. A tool tip displays details for those who desire more
information.

- Parry Check: (Base 5%, Chance
increases with additional parry skill.) The chance to parry an incoming attack
is modified by level and offense skill of the mob you are fighting. Note: A
base 20% of parries turn into ripostes. (Modified by certain
achievements)

- Block Check: (Shield
Required). The quality of the shield determines the block chance. Block is
only modified by mob level and is not a contested roll vs. mob
skill.

- Deflection Check: (Monk /
Bruiser only) Base 25%, Chance increases with additional Deflection skill. The
chance to deflect an incoming attack is modified by level offense skill of the
mob you are fighting.

- Dodge Check: (Everyone) Base
chance is determined by type of armor worn. Chance increases with additional
Defense Skill and Agility. The chance to dodge an incoming attack is modified
by level and offense skill of the mob you are fighting.

Casting
Skill

- Skill caps have increased from [ 6
* Level ] to [ 6.5 * Level ]

- Skills also use a diminishing
returns curve similar to avoidance skills

- Actual hostile spell resistance
modification has increased from -10% to -20% at maximum
skill

- Beneficial spells that use casting
skill, mostly affecting ministration and ordination, now have their power costs
reduced with increased skill

Fizzling

- The entire Fizzle mechanic has
been removed.

Focus
Skill

- Skill caps have increased from [ 6
* Level ] to [ 6.5 * Level ]

- Focus has a maximum 20% instead of
10% to prevent interrupts from taking damage

- Focus Skill also reduces the
chance of spell based Interrupts, Stifle, and Stun Effects from interrupting a
spell that is already casting

- When interrupted by damage a spell
will attempt to auto-recast itself. The spell will try this up to 3 times
before stopping this action. Using the escape key, ducking, or moving will
cancel the current spell being cast as before.

Attack
Skill

- Skill caps have increased from [ 6
* Level ] to [ 6.5 * Level ]

Haste and DPS
Mods

- Haste and DPS are now shown as a
modified score instead of a percentage.

- The Haste and DPS mods can be
increased to a rating of 200

- Haste and DPS mods also use a
diminishing returns curve to determine the amount of attack speed and DPS
modification. This is a 125% modification when reaching the 200 point capped
value.

- The values for most DPS and Haste
spells have been increased slightly.

Item Procs

- Item Procs have received a general
increase in proc rate. As an average the prior mechanic would calculate the
number to earn 1.0 procs per minute. The new mechanic raises this value to an
average of 1.8 procs per minute. Given the speed of combat within EQ2 this
should see more procs per fight on average for anything which had a lower than
9% chance to proc in the previous system. See this post (http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=testfeed&message.id=66299)
for examples.

- Items that proc from Physical
Triggers: The proc rate for triggers such as successful attack, melee attack,
or ranged attack can now be calculated by taking the delay of the weapon and
multiplying it by 3.

- Items that proc from Spell
Triggers: The proc rate for triggers such as hostile spell or beneficial spell
can be calculated by taking the cast time of the spell plus the 0.5 second
recovery time then multiplying it by 3.

- Items that proc from Combat Arts:
The proc rate for combat arts works similar to spells. Most combat arts have a
cast time of 0.5 seconds and a recovery time of 0.5 seconds and are treated as
if you are using a 1 delay weapon. Longer cast combat arts obey the rules in
the same manner as spell triggering procs.

- Spells and Poisons: Poisons
remain unchanged in the rate at which they proc. Spells which apply a proc to a
character also remain unchanged in the new system.

- Reactive Procs: Procs which take
effect after a character has taken damage, been killed, cross below a threshold,
or other 'reactive' triggers have not changed.

- Haste and Casting Speed
Enhancements: The calculation for proc percentage uses the base value not the
modified value. In this way the percentage will stay the same for chance to
proc per trigger even if casting and attacking faster. It will raise the number
of procs seen the higher the haste value.

Equipment Quality
Levels

- The Mitigation / Resistance Values
of Armor and Accessories bearing the Mastercrafted, Legendary, and Fabled
quality tags have been lowered to conform to the new combat mechanics and
philosophy of diminishing returns.

- The damage values of Weapons
bearing the Mastercrafted, Legendary, and Fabled quality tags have been lowered
to conform to the new combat mechanics and philosophy of diminishing
returns.

- The mitigation and damage value
gap between Mastercrafted, Legendary, and Fabled quality items has been
narrowed.

Spell / Combat Art / Weapon Damage
Bonuses

- The damage bonus received from
higher statistics for spells, combat arts, and weapon damage will no longer drop
off as you level up and your cap increases.

Spells:

- Furies have a new Root spell
line!

- Coercer Spell Lash and Haruspex
lines should show the proper trigger counts now.

- The duration on wood elemental
spell 'Vicious clubbering' has been reduced

Berserker:
Juggernaut: Increased upgrades will reduce the penalty amount.
Shadowknight:
Despoiling Mists: For each affected target, it adds to the Shadowknight's armor
mitigation.
Monk: Thrust Kick: deals damage type based on weapon
type.
Monk: Pouncing Leopard: deals damage type based on weapon
type.
Monk: Face of the Mountain: Casting time reduced from 3 to 1
second.
Monk: Stone Stance: Casting time reduced from 3 to 1
second.
Bruiser: Heavy Scarring: Casting time reduced from 0 to 1
second.
Bruiser: Strapping Spirit: Reduced amount of mitigation
bonus.
Bruiser: Shoulder Charge: deals damage type based on weapon
type.
Bruiser: Rapid Swings: deals damage type based on weapon
type.
Bruiser: Sonic Fists: deals damage type based on weapon
type.

Ranger:
Hawk Dive: Hawk reduces hate with the target it strikes, greatly reducing the
amount of hate that gets dumped on the ranger when it expires.
Ranger: Hawk
Dive: Duration is now 20 seconds and increases through
upgrades.
Swashbuckler: Poke: Reduced parry skill reduction
amount.
Brigand: Gouge: Reduced parry skill reduction amount.
Brigand: Beg
for Mercy: Cannot target Fighters.
Brigand: Deceit: Fixed DPS increase to
Haste increase as mentioned in the examine text.
Brigand: Amazing Reflexes:
Changed ability so that AOE avoidance is a short duration percentage trigger
from melee attacks.
Troubador: Quiron's Joyous Celebration: Increased health
regeneration amount.

Cleric:
Soothe: Reduced casting time to 1.5 seconds.
Templar: Involuntary Healer:
Reduced casting time. The heal portion of the triggered effect now heals in an
area near the ally that is struck.
Inquisitor: Heresy: Is now target
encounter.
Defiler: Repulsion: Reduces attributes by a set amount instead of
a percentage. Duration increased.
Defiler: Distill Soul: Is now a group buff
that costs a small amount of the defiler's health every time it triggers. It
grants group allies a chance to summon a Lore minor area effect healing item
whenver they kill an enemy.

Wizard:
Tongue Twist: Increased hate reduction amount.
Wizard: Accord: Slightly
increased hate transfer percentage. Proc also increases caster's
power.
Warlock: Boon of the Dark: Slightly increased hate transfer
percentage. Proc also increases caster's power over time.
Warlock:
Interference: Increased hate reduction amount.
Warlock: Curse of Darkness:
Heroic and Epic targets have greater amounts of health and power
reduction.
Warlock: Added area effect avoidance to nullmail's triggered
effect.
Summoner: Call Servant: Reduced casting time to 1
second.
Conjurer: Splinter of Essence: spell will not attempt to cast on a
player that already has a summoned essence.
Necromancer: Splintered Heart:
spell will not attempt to cast on a player that already has a summoned
heart.

Melee Defensive
Stances

- Melee defensive stances have a new
effect. They now enhance the quality of armor you wear instead of adding a flat
amount of physical mitigation to your character. This bonus will get more
pronounced with better armor.

Class
Modifications

- Assassins, Rangers, Brigands, and
Swashbucklers now gain some of their power pool from strength as well as
agility.

- Troubadors and Dirges now have
more benefit to their power pools from agility.

- All Fighter classes now share the
same modifier to their auto attack
damage.

- Shadowknights now gain their power
pool benefit from Intelligence and Strength instead of
Wisdom.

Falling Damage and Safefall
Skill

- Falling damage is no longer taken
as a percentage of your total health.

- Distance is now the only modifier
in the amount of damage taken, falling velocity is no longer a variable.

- Damage is calculated as (Distance
Fallen * 125).

- A safe distance fall is 13 meters
or less (Just under the height of a griffon tower
platform).

- A terminal fall is 80 meters. Any
fall from that height (without safefall skill or some magic) will deal 30,000
points of damage.

- Safe Fall Skill increases the safe
distance fall by 1 meter for every 5 points of skill. A skill of 250 would
increase the distance a character could fall without taking damage from 13
meters to 63 meters ((250 / 5) + 13).

- Super jump abilities will now fall
at the normal rate when jumping off very high places.

NPC
Changes

- All NPC's have had the variance on
their auto-attack damage narrowed. A mob who had a base damage value of 100
could swing between 50 and 150 points in the damage they dealt. Now that same
mob would be swinging between 75 and 125 points.

- Gray, Green, and Blue mobs can now
present a bit more of a threat than they could previously.

- High Yellow and Orange mobs are slightly less difficult
than they were previously.

- The overall damage modifier on
auto-attack for most epic mobs has been reduced to bring them in line with the
new combat system modifications.

- Nearly all damage immunities on
creatures have been removed. Many still remain highly resistant to certain
types of damage and spells but immunities should be quite
rare.

*** Player vs. Player
***

- Additional PvP Titles before and
after the rank of Master have been added.

- In addition to status, experience,
title adjustments, coin and loot from killing fellow players, good and evil
aligned players can now loot faction based coin from the chests of their fallen
player enemies. These coins can be used to increase your faction based on the
level of the target you have killed.

- It is now possible to gain PvP
rewards if you are within 75m of your targets death.

- Melee Attack Damage, Ranged Attack
Damage, Melee Combat Art Damage, Pet Melee Attack Damage has all been slightly
reduced in PvP Combat. Spells have should now be slightly harder to
resist.

- Brigand: The Debilitate, Rake and
Dispatch line of spells have had their mitigation debuffs lowered in PvP
combat.

- Level 70 PvP Item Sets can now be
purchased from Privus Nocte (Evil) and Helena Flutterling (Good) in Lesser
Faydark.

- Pets should no longer force you
into combat.

- Healers who heal themselves while
being attacked by another player will now go into combat.

- Evacuate type spells and abilities
can no longer be used while in PvP combat.

- Casters should find it easier to
land spells closer to the displayed pvp damage now.

- The Hidden Refuge is no longer a
respawn point for Tenebrous Tangle on PvP servers.

- PvP rewards for Qeynos/Kelethin
Citizens can now be purchased in Kelethin in addition to
Qeynos.

- Gento Fizzledabbler is now
available in Kelethin for all your Spell Transcription
needs.

- The Butcherblock, Nektulos and
Thundering Steppes docks now carry PvP immunity much like Kelethin for wary
adventurers wishing to travel between Antonica and
Faydwar.

- The valid target level ranges of
many zones have been modified. Refer to the following post for
details:

http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=pvp&message.id=107833

- Respawning from PvP deaths now
provides players with unlimited immunity until they travel 20m from their
respawn point.

*** Achievements
***

- Unhappy with your ability to
Summon Lager? The merchants who sell achievement respecs also now sell character
traits respecs.

*** Items
***

- Rujarkian Clydesdales have been
renamed Rujarkian Hillrunners to better fit their new
appearances.

- The nightmare horse whistle should
now spawn a horse with a default saddle.

*** Tradeskills
***

- You no longer need to have
a tradeskill device targeted to start a recipe, as long as you are close to the
appropriate device.
- You can now move while tradeskilling however moving too
far away from your current device will cancel the item creation.
- Symbol of
Pinzarn should now be spelled correctly in recipes.

- Imbued Ebony Wands now explain
what damage type they will do.

- Imbued Moonstone Ring of
Intelligence now has the proper name.

- Carpenter Reaction Arts
Metallurgy, Geology, and Solder should now use % of mana instead of straight numbers.

*** User Interface
***

- We’ve made a number of
improvements to hotkey bars and inventory icons. In addition to improving
functionality, these changes also improve client performance.

- When you link an expendable item
to your hotkey bar it will now display the total number of charges you have of
that item in your inventory.

- The chat window has undergone some
appearance changes. Try it out!

- The dialog box that displays your
current slayer quest progress now has a scroll bar.

- The skills information has been
relocated to a tab within the persona window.

- When chatting on a global channel,
the chat channel number will be auto-replaced with the channel names while you
are typing.

- Significant changes have been made
to the majority of UI XML files.

- The default hover time to pop up a
tooltip has been increased from 0 seconds to 0.25 seconds.

- There is now a slider in the
options window to control how fast tooltips appear over hotkey buttons. It
defaults to 1 second.

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Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 11-13-2006 09:36 AM

Please use this thread to discuss the Game Update #29: Teaser Screenshots article.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 11-10-2006 06:28 PM

Tomorrow, November 11th, is Veteran's Day. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice, which ended the fighting in World War I back in 1918, but it doesn't just honor that occasion. It is a holiday to celebrate the cause of world peace. What Veteran's Day is really about is honoring our troops and their loved ones, both retired and current, for all they have done for this country and our world.
From all of us here at Sony Online Entertainment to all of our present and former troops, their families, and supporters of freedom and peace, we give you our thanks.
We salute you.

Our beloved EverQuest II has just turned 2 on November 8th 2006! Let us all join together to celebrate this wonderful occasion.

…And let there be many more!

The 2006 Child’s Play Charity drive for children’s
hospital recently kicked off. Child’s Play donates toys, games, books, and
cash to sick kids at children’s hospitals all across North America and the world.

Help support this great cause at http://www.childsplaycharity.org/index.php

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 11-06-2006 06:51 PM

楽しい文化の日を

Culture Day

Culture Day (Bunka-no-hi) is a national holiday held annually in
Japan on November 3 for the purpose of promoting culture, the arts, and
academic endeavour. Festivities typically include art exhibitions,
parades, and award ceremonies for distinguished artists and scholars.

History

November 3 has been a national holiday in Japan since the Meiji
Period. Originally celebrated as The Emperor's Birthday—the Meiji
Emperor was born on November 3—it was changed to Culture Day upon the
Meiji Emperor's death in 1912.

With the official announcement of the post-war Japanese constitution
on November 3, 1946, Culture Day gained additional significance, and
has become a day for people to promote the values espoused in the
post-war constitution. The day the constitution was officially adopted
has its own holiday as well.

Current Practice

As Culture Day exists to promote the arts and various fields of
academic endeavor, local and prefectural governments typically choose
this day to hold art exhibits, culture festivals, and parades. For
example, Hakone in Kanagawa prefecture holds the annual Federal Lord's
Parade (Hakone Daimyo Gyoretsu) to exhibit Edo Period clothing and
costumes. It is common for universities to present new research and
projects on Culture Day.

Since 1937, the award ceremony for the prestigious Order of Culture
has been held on this day. Given by the Emperor himself to those who
have significantly advanced science, the arts or culture, it is one of
the highest honors bestowed by the Imperial Family. The prize is not
restricted to Japanese citizens, and for instance was awarded to the
Apollo 11 astronauts upon their successful return from the moon.

Curiously, Culture Day is statistically one of the finest days of
the year. Between 1965 and 1996, there have only been three years with
rain occurring in Tokyo on Culture Day.

You can learn more about Culture Day here.

Use this thread to discuss the Game Update #29 Preview feature.

Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on 11-03-2006 04:49 PM

06:31 PM

Tune in to the Seventh Official SOE Podcast. We
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Recording Date - October 23, 2006

Introductions - Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske and Christina "Kytherea" Delzer

The news with Jason "Pex" Ryan

Carve a Pumpkin links
Halloween activities in all Games!
Farewell to Steve "Moogard" Danuser
The Spooky Addition of GaVa's Home Show
14 Day Trial in SWG, go to http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/ then click "Try now" or wait for the movie to finish
Vanguard: Unicorn Movie Mount
Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising Interview and Head to the Gods and Heroes site for all of the latest news.

E3 News - More of an industry thing now.

Interview 1: Dan "Walrus" Myers
We get to know Walrus a bit better and hear the MxO Halloween Details! He also gives some info on some new stuff going into MxO.

Halloween talk, Brenlo's son is going to be Jack Jack!!

EQ has Costumes in game for Halloween!!

Our Pumpkin Corpses - They died the weekend after we carved them and took their photos. It was pretty gross SMILEY<img src= " border="0">

Guides!! For info on joining head here! They will be doing fun stuff in EQ, EQII and EQOA

Commercial Break

Jack Thompson back in the news!

PS3 Press Day - SOE shows off Untold Legend's Dark Kingdoms, the Xfire add on, and some downloadable content

Dramatic Rant Reading - From the SWG Forums [Correction - Restuss Zone, not server Brenlo SMILEY<img src= " border="0">]

The Sports Report with Raijinn

Remembering the days of the old EQ Community Team (Operation Mongoose)

What are you playing?

Dev Stalker - We stalked Adam Stevens at Subway!

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