October 16, 2023 - EQ Patch Weds 10/18

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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.



Check this out and more in our EQ Calendar (Be sure to set it to your time zone [in settings on the Calendar] for your times!).


Achievement Changes: https://achievements.eqresource.com/achievementshistory.php?mdy=10182023
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=10182023
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=10182023
Faction Changes:
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=10182023


Update Notes:
October 18, 2023
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*** Highlights ***
- Removed True Box from Mangler, Aradune, Mischief, and Thornblade.
- The Target of Target window has been converted to the new UI engine.


*** Items ***
- Marked the following as quest items:
-- Fractured, Warped, Distorted, and Phased Primeval and Coeval Luminessence and Incandessence
-- Palladium, Iridium, and Rhodium Encrusted Clays
-- Coin, Emblem, and Amulet of Brell
- Crucible Steel two-handed weapon ornaments will now work on two-handed blunt weapons.


*** Quests & Events ***
- Corrected an issue where lockout modifiers would not affect shared task lockouts if you left the task or went offline before it was finished.


*** Spells ***
- Heal and damage over time spells are now affected by Heal Amount and Spell Damage modifiers, respectively.


*** AA ***
- Bard - Updated all ranks of Troubadour's Synergy to focus the last 2 spells in both the Insult and Disdain lines.


*** Overseer ***
- The confirmation box when starting an Overseer quest has been removed.


*** Progression Servers ***
- Randomized Old Man McKenzie loot on randomized loot servers.
- Removed True Box from Mangler, Aradune, Mischief, and Thornblade.
- Added the no encounter lock flag to various NPCs.
- Character transfers from Ragefire to Mangler are now allowed.


*** Miscellaneous ***
- Corrected an issue where instance lockouts could sometimes double.
- Modified the /follow command to ignore "%t" as a parameter, as following the current target is the default behavior.
- Corrected an issue that could allow a raid to request an expedition while already having one active.
- Shrouding will now close multiple windows that may become unusable in your new form.


*** UI *** 
- Corrected an issue where achievement chat filters would not save their settings when turned off.
- Corrected an issue where messages from another player drinking alcohol would not go to the Food and Drink Messages filter.
- The Target of Target window has been converted to the new UI engine.
- Fixed item icons lingering in the inventory after being donated for Tribute.
- Fixed items sometimes not highlighting in the inventory.
- Viral spells now show Viral Range and Spread Time in the Spell Display window.
- Resized columns in Alt. Currency will be saved after logging out.


- Added -
- TargetOfTargetWindow.html


- The EverQuest Team