Take a look at the newest items that are coming to the Station Marketplace! These items will be available on June 16, 2009.

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Don't do it!!!

I cried just reading the article!  The video is just a blatant attempt to make you buy more tissues!

Yeah... I won't be subjecting the poor Fan Faire folk to my attempts at singing either

I'll just silently cheer everyone else on...  Or make seriously snarky comments in my head, whilst being jealous at the bravery it takes to get up on stage!

It's that time again, ladies and gentlemen! Time to warm up those pipes and get ready to sing on stage in front of hundreds (maybe thousands!) of your most adoring groupies with a live band backing you.

That's right! Live band karaoke is back for a fourth year at Fan Faire 2009. We'll provide the musicians; you bring the rock star attitude and vocals.

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Deadeyes wrote:

Going to be at least 3 more months. Given they STILL HAVEN'T given us anymore details.....

Yes, because it's been so long since the first announcement was made.

Things tend to take a bit of time to implement as they have to go through several departments worth of testing and discussion.

When the details are nailed down, they'll be relayed.

Don't you prefer knowing that it's coming and getting the details as they come available to having things sprung on you with no warning?

Then please be so kind as to be polite and respectful to the man who is making the effort to keep you informed.

When he has the information and it is confirmed so that he's giving you the CORRECT information he will.

Please review the Forum Guidelines   Honey... vinegar... you know how the adage goes.  Although why you'd want to catch flies in the first place is beyond me

Thank you.

I would say that there was confusion over when the GU was going to go live

But we're all cleared up now.

Umm no guys.  We've said several times   June 16th for Monument and Might.

We can't use the books for this if they aren't in the game yet

* cough * Remember that bit about being less cranky than usual, please

As for Fan Faire... We've already nailed down all the panels and I don't know for certain whether or not Olihin will be attending...

I'll see what I can find out about it and if we can't manage it this year, we'll certainly try for next year

Chaosreturn wrote:

I live in California and there hasn't been a sunny day yet in June and looks more like February. At this point August looks a lot like November. Your turn madam!

I actually have to give you that one   The weather here has been amazing!  All nice and overcast and cool... * sighs blissfully *

I don't have further information about transfers yet.  I'm anticipating that there won't be transfers off PvP servers to PvE servers, however.  Please don't take that as set in stone just yet, though, I don't want to confirm anything until the team tells me what's up.

Told ya, I had a surprise for you

I'm very excited that we've got Olihin on the team now, also.

GENERAL

• Field Lieutenant Randeil now respawns reliably when the proper conditions are met.

EMPEROR’S ATHENAEUM

• Curator can no longer be pulled outside of his room.
• The Vault Door behind Drago should remain closed until he is slain.
• Master of the Embalmer’s Repulsion does significantly less damage.
• Drago no longer shuffles his hate after knocking players down and cheering to the crowd. Also cleaned up his script quite a bit, hopefully the fight is much more stable now.
• The spectators in Drago’s room respawn after 5s and no longer award loot if killed.

KURN’S TOWER

• Haggle Baron Klok’s adds are lower tier and depop when his encounter resets.
• The two Ilenee’s now have a smaller AoI and cast Overwhelming Despair/Blind Rage less frequently—which should correctly show up as debuffs now instead of buffs.

VOICE CHAT

• Station Launcher will soon have a new release with voice capability.
• Station Launcher will allow you to start voice chatting as any of your EQII characters before running the client or while patching.
• Going into game while voice chatting in Station Launcher will be seamless. If you're already chatting, the client will detect this. If you're voice chatting as a different character than you're playing, a new button will appear on the voice bar allowing you to switch (or you may switch in Station Launcher).
• Station Launcher will keep voice chat active after the client closes.

There's some excellent feedback in this thread.  I'm going to go ahead and put a pin in the discussion for now and do some pondering.

The server forums will still go away in their current incarnation, but perhaps I can come up with something a little more acceptable.

I'll start a new thread when I have a (hopefully) better idea worked out.

Thank you all for your input, I appreciate it

Chaosreturn wrote:

By november

August looks nothing like November

We_want_your_soul wrote:

lol, so by 'After Fan Faire' you meant '(WAY) After Fan Faire'

 

Not too much   Fan Faire is the very last weekend in June... So about a month or so.  I'll have better info after FF is over

This thread is not about Research Assistants and this is the last warning to take that discussion elsewhere.

We will not continue to derail everything with this discussion when there are many other places to have it.

After this post, any post talking about master spells and the research assistants in this thread will earn people a vacation.

Please keep the discussion here on track and move the RA talk to the RA threads.

We're actually shooting for sometime in August.  That will be subject to change and a more accurate date will be possible when we get closer.

Seablade@Kithicor wrote:

Can someone explain Research Assistants and what that really means to the game?

I just saw the GU52 preview up at the EQ2 player news portal but it does little to actually explain what it means.   Just some pictures and blurb about how long it will take to research (up to 30 days) but no information as to what this entails. 

• Also, if it's a way for you to get Master and Adept spells made for you, what's the point of having an Alchemist anymore?  Certainly very few used Apprentice IV spells; occasionally I sell a few but rarely.
• Will there still be Master drops from chests on named's?
• Will there no longer be any need for the rares used to make Adept spells?
• What will that do to the EQ2 game economy if the bottom falls out from under Master Spell sales?

I'm really just ignorant here but really want to know more.

Thanks.

• You can only get Adept (not the crafted version) and Master spells (also not crafted).  In order to get the Adept made, you must have the crafted version of the spell first (App IV).  In order to get the Master made, you must have the crafted version (Adept III).
• Yes there will still be Master drops.
• There will still be a need because if you don't have the mastercrafted Adept you cannot research the Master.
• How can it fall out when you can only get one spell made every 30 real time days?  If you got Masters only through the Reasearch Assitants, you would take a year just to get 12 of the spells you need at level 80.  There will still be a high demand for dropped Masters.  The Research Assistants will be useful for rarely dropped Master spells.
  

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In Monument and Might, a new service will be available to Norrathians! It seems that the scholars of Norrath have improved their research techniques and wish to use this knowledge to help adventurers.

Research Assistants will be popping up in cities near you (or in the case of Frogloks... hopping!).

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We didn't need multiple threads about this.

We posted the information we were given yesterday. 

We're not here at 4 AM or even at 6 AM.  So, we couldn't possibly have adjusted the messaging.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, however being nasty about it is uncalled for in this case.

It appears the downtime was extended by about an hour.  I'm sorry that I wasn't able to notify you all about this, however at 6 and 7AM, I'm not in the office.

We apologize for the inconvenience and all servers should be up and running normally.

Because Vox cannot be merged with any non-Exchange server.  Period.  It simply cannot happen.

Vox is an exchange server and that is simply the way it is.  The rules going in state that there are no transfers off of Vox onto a non-Exchange server.  People playing there knew this going in.

While I sympathize with your frustration, the facts of life are that Vox is what it is and will not be changing. 

THAT is why I have stated, several times now, that options for Vox are a discussion that requires more time.

I'm not spinning or sugar-coating.  Flat honest truth.  Vox will not change from being an exchange server and the rules governing its interactions with other servers will not change.

Raelysa@Permafrost wrote:

I suspect the reason for this is because Kiara wants to make it look like server forums are active, when in reality they are not, and no form of forum section purging is going to fool anyone.

 

Ummm no.  Kiara stated that she wants to clean up the forums so that they are more user friendly and more conducive to community involvement.  Just like she has been saying from the very beginning.

Please don't attempt to read anything into my motivations, as I've stated them quite clearly.

Thank you.

GENERAL

• Health, power, and regen values have been modified on several mount buffs. The Djinn Master Carpet ward now refreshes much more frequently.
• Combat animations have been tuned for when running side to side and away from your target while in combat.

KUNZAR JUNGLE

• The stoneleer eggs harvested for the Order of Rime’s egg basket quest “Putting Them in One Basket” are laid more frequently and in greater numbers.

WARD OF ELEMENTS

• Najena’s Ward of Elements lock out timer has been reduced from 5 days to 3.

From 4:00 AM PDT until 6:00 AM PDT on Thursday, June 11, 2009, we will be conducting back-end maintenance that will affect the in-game chat and mail systems for SWG, EQ2, and possibly EQ.  SWG and MXO worlds will be offline entirely for the 2-hour duration.

We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.

Uberdev of codey goodness says that the max character limit is 30 and we never really delete anything

patrickhvr wrote:

I think what people are more looking for is an answer as to why its not so easy.  I myself don't understand why its hard.  I can go into a detailed explanation, but that won't get me anywhere or my question answered.

And I can't answer that right now, because I don't know the answer.

Once everything that is currently in the works settles down, I will make sure to get answers for you guys.

Jkeagan wrote:

Technically it is being discussed and there is no reason why it cannot be at this time.  Its a standing issue.  I really don't think the world will collapse if we discuss more then one server merge at a time.  I am completly expecting this thread to get locked or something of the sorts because you take this as a personal attack to which it is not.  Just judging by things of the past.

You won't gain anything by taking that sort of attitude... 

I've made a promise about what I will do, and "judging by things of the past" I keep my promises.  Arguing with me over it won't accomplish anything.

When we have everything else that is going on settled out, I will ask the team what we can do about Vox.  Period.

Deson wrote:

Brenlo wrote:

Okay so let's get this thread back on topic.  =)  There is already a home for the Research Assistant debate.

 

Kiara wrote:

There are several threads arguing about RA's.

Not every thread needs to be derailed.

There is a cost involved.  The cost is time.  Real.  Life.  Time.  Up to 30 days of it for higher level spells and combat arts.

Now, please be so kind as to get things back on track.

Thank you

** Edited:  * grumble *  Halfling beat me to it...

Not every thread needs to be derailed but this could have been prevented with more respect and communication in the very first thread. And inactive time isn't remotely close to a cost but that's been well argued before. By the by, the original concern was just presented as the state of the game and even from Brenlo's first response( and a couple after) , there is no clear re-rail.

Granted.  But please be so kind as to return to the original subject matter of the thread, okay?

Vox isn't currently being discussed.  Let us deal with the server merge of Venekor and Nagafen first.  Then I'll start asking about Vox.

There are several threads arguing about RA's.

Not every thread needs to be derailed.

There is a cost involved.  The cost is time.  Real.  Life.  Time.  Up to 30 days of it for higher level spells and combat arts.

Now, please be so kind as to get things back on track.

Thank you

** Edited:  * grumble *  Halfling beat me to it...

* chuckles *

You guys are too funny.  When I have more information to share, I will.

Server Merge

All the info we have right now is there.

Vox cannot be merged with a non-Exchange server and people cannot transfer from Exchange to non-Exchange servers.

Vox will have to be dealt with separately.

I'm sorry that folks don't like the idea of the server forums going away.  However the forums are currently over specialized and the server forums don't see much traffic, except for what has already been stated.

There are exceptions to this, but not enough to justify fragmenting the community that way.

As I said, the server forums being removed is non-negotiable.  I'm taking suggestions on what to replace them with.

Currently we have:

Guild Recruitment
Guide Events
Player-Run Events
Standard Servers
Roleplay Servers
PvP Servers

Rlaal@Antonia Bayle wrote:

I think there should be a section for Roleplay Servers, Standard Servers, and PvP Servers

That is a very good idea.  I'm more than willing to add that to the list.

Why is the thread about Fan Faire being hijacked to talk about things that have several other threads devoted to them?

No derailing please