Welcome to Rain of Fear, Call of the Forsaken, and level 90! Good luck adventurers!

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
[URL=https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/test-update-9-26-2023-patch-notes-and-discussions.292794/">Patch notes and discussions thread

September 26, 2023
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*** Miscellaneous ***
- Implemented various DX11 fixes.
- Fixed a zone crash that could occur when accepting a resurrection while having a suspended pet.


- The EverQuest Team

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Original post updated with the following information on 9/22/2023:

If you're running Windows 7 (without any service packs) or SP1 without the Platform Update, you will need to upgrade to SP1 AND Platform Update for Windows 7:

• Launch Windows Update and install Windows 7 SP1 (recommended update).
  
• Download and install Platform Update for Windows 7 (requires Windows 7 SP1).
  
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36805
  

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/platform-update-for-windows-7-sp1-and-windows-server-2008-r2-sp1-d97da9ca-c15c-b21f-ebb0-838f7be8d9f6#bkmk_additional_info
  

Adventure on! Happy gaming.

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Patch notes and discussions thread

September 19, 2023
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- Implemented various DX11 fixes.


- The EverQuest Team

September 20, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Improved the loading time of Overseer agent windows.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Pit Fight (Raid) - The event will only message you about failing the Unshattered achievement once, and will no longer do so when you have not failed that achievement.


*** Spells ***

- Bard - Corrected the spell timer for Nord's Disdain.
- Magician - Corrected an issue that prevented Remorseless Servant (Level 105) from being properly focused by Enhanced Minion XXV.
- Necromancer - Corrected an issue that prevented Call Skeleton Mob (Level 105) from being properly focused by Enhanced Minion XXV.
- Player spells with Stun and SpinStun effects that do not have explicit level caps set in data will now stun targets up to level 55 in all zones, rather than level 52 in some zones and level 55 in others.
- - The stun levels will be more clearly displayed in their spell descriptions.


*** Overseer ***

- Improved the loading time of Overseer agent windows.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Encounter Locked NPCs will now properly check whether they should attack a player's charmed pet.
- Encounter Locked NPCs will no longer unlock, when picking a target outside their lock group, if someone on their hate list can still attack them.
- NPCs spawned with a loot lock on servers with the Encounter Lock ruleset will now also be Encounter Locked to the person that spawned them.
- Fixed an issue where the Legacy Experience Bonus was reduced after losing a level, even though the account still had at least 10 max level characters.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- The /follow command now supports the name of another player, as an argument, in place of targeting that player.
- Added the /swarm command with arguments "qattack", "attack", and "leave".
- - These commands have identical effects as the /pet qswarm, /pet swarm, and /pet swarmleave commands.
- Fixed an issue where elemental damage was not being applied appropriately with ranged attacks.
- Added the /extralife command that will open your browser to the Darkpaw Games team page for Extra Life.


*** UI ***

- Fixed an issue that would cause slow loading of items in tradeskill containers when experimenting.
- Fixed an issue that would cause items in the hotbar to not update properly.
- Added a Reset button to the Barter Search window that clears the search text.
- Added a search box to the Dragon's Hoard window.
- Fixed an issue where UI windows moved with the right-click arrange options were not saving their new positions.
- Split the Achievements chat filter into Achievements (You) and Achievements (Others).
- Added a chat filter for Food and Drink messages.
- Added item quantity to the confirmation message when looting a stack of NO TRADE items.

- Changed -

EQUI_BarterSearchWnd.xml
EQUI_DragonHoardWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***

- Fixed an issue that prevented the Stone Cold Summer event from running on some eligible progression servers.
- Fixed a client crash when closing the Parcel window.
- Added a replay timer of 2.5 days to all Agent of Change instances.


- The EverQuest Team

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

*Convert to your local time

The Scars of Velious is here! The Base Faction modifier in all zones has increased from 100% to 125%.

It's time to get in game and do some adventuring!

Time to get in game and go, go, go!

The DirectX 11 API Port is now on the Test Server. DirectX 11 is included with the required Windows OS versions (see below) so in most cases you will not need to install more software.DirectX 11 is not planned to go to the Live servers in the September update.

Most systems that currently play EverQuest should be able to run DirectX 11. If you have concerns that your system will not run on DirectX 11, please attempt to login to the Test Server during this testing period.Instructions on how to access the Test server can be found HERE.

There are a few goals with this port. For many people, the immediate benefit will be improved graphics performance and stability from modern drivers. Additionally, this allows our game to continue running in non-emulated graphics modes. Major graphics card manufacturers have already started running games for DirectX 9 in emulated modes (and thus introducing another area for potential graphical lag in the future). Eventually,we'll have some new and improved art that takes advantage of the features of DirectX 11 too.

New Minimum Requirements
You will need to ensure your PC meets the new requirements, which are as follows:
?
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or newer
  
• Processor:?Intel Core i7-4771 / AMD Athlon X4 840 or similar CPUs
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7970, hardware feature level 11_1 or greater
  
• Network: Broadband Internet Connection
  
• Hard Drive: 20 GB of free hard drive space
  

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit or newer
  
• Processor:?Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or better
  
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 or better, hardware feature level 11_1 or greater
  
• Network: Broadband Internet Connection
  
• Hard Drive: 20 GB of free hard drive space
  

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36805
  

• Launch Windows Update and install Windows 7 SP1 (recommended update).
  
• Download and install Platform Update for Windows 7 (requires Windows 7 SP1).
  
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36805
  

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/platform-update-for-windows-7-sp1-and-windows-server-2008-r2-sp1-d97da9ca-c15c-b21f-ebb0-838f7be8d9f6#bkmk_additional_info
  

• https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-update-faq-8a903416-6f45-0718-f5c7-375e92dddeb2#WindowsVersion=Windows_8.1
  

There is currently a known issue with window tinting when using the new UI.

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Patch notes and discussions thread

September 20, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Released DirectX 11 to the Test server for open testing. Please see Test Update Notes on the forums for details.
- Temporarily enabled the Encounter Lock feature on the Test server. This will be removed after the Live update.
- Improved the loading time of Overseer agent windows.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Pit Fight (Raid) - The event will only message you about failing the Unshattered achievement once, and will no longer do so when you have not failed that achievement.


*** Spells ***

- Bard - Corrected the spell timer for Nord's Disdain.
- Magician - Corrected an issue that prevented Remorseless Servant (Level 105) from being properly focused by Enhanced Minion XXV.
- Necromancer - Corrected an issue that prevented Call Skeleton Mob (Level 105) from being properly focused by Enhanced Minion XXV.
- Player spells with Stun and SpinStun effects that do not have explicit level caps set in data will now stun targets up to level 55 in all zones, rather than level 52 in some zones and level 55 in others.
- - The stun levels will be more clearly displayed in their spell descriptions.


*** Overseer ***

- Improved the loading time of Overseer agent windows.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Encounter Locked NPCs will now properly check whether they should attack a player's charmed pet.
- Encounter Locked NPCs will no longer unlock, when picking a target outside their lock group, if someone on their hate list can still attack them.
- NPCs spawned with a loot lock on servers with the Encounter Lock ruleset will now also be Encounter Locked to the person that spawned them.
- Fixed an issue where the Legacy Experience Bonus was reduced after losing a level, even though the account still had at least 10 max level characters.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- The /follow command now supports the name of another player, as an argument, in place of targeting that player.
- Added the /swarm command with arguments "qattack", "attack", and "leave".
- - These commands have identical effects as the /pet qswarm, /pet swarm, and /pet swarmleave commands.
- Fixed an issue where elemental damage was not being applied appropriately with ranged attacks.
- Added the /extralife command that will open your browser to the Darkpaw Games team page for Extra Life.


*** UI ***

- Fixed an issue that would cause slow loading of items in tradeskill containers when experimenting.
- Fixed an issue that would cause items in the hotbar to not update properly.
- Added a Reset button to the Barter Search window that clears the search text.
- Added a search box to the Dragon's Hoard window.
- Fixed an issue where UI windows moved with the right-click arrange options were not saving their new positions.
- Split the Achievements chat filter into Achievements (You) and Achievements (Others).
- Added a chat filter for Food and Drink messages.
- Added item quantity to the confirmation message when looting a stack of NO TRADE items.

- Changed -

EQUI_BarterSearchWnd.xml
EQUI_DragonHoardWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***

- Fixed an issue that prevented the Stone Cold Summer event from running on some eligible progression servers.
- Fixed a client crash when closing the Parcel window.
- Added a replay timer of 2.5 days to all Agent of Change instances.


- The EverQuest Team

This is your chance to get our latest expansion at a discount.

Night of Shadows will go down in history as the night which seemed eternal. The mysterious sealed door in Shadow Haven was demolished, unleashing a shadowy fiend that tore through the city, leaving mayhem, destruction, and death in its wake. While this seemed to last an eternity, the rampage lasted only one short night.


Shar Vhal

The only saving grace was the heroes who came to render aid to the Vah Shir and help stop the horror which has befallen the city. Those who have yet to join the fight, there is still time! From September 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. until October 9, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. PDT, you can get this expansion for 25% off!

Check out the trailer for Night of Shadows HERE!
To read more about Night of Shadows, click HERE!


Be sure to follow us on social media:?Twitter,?Facebook,?Instagram?and?Discord.

September 1, 2023
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*** Quests & Events ***

- Added a replay timer of 2.5 days to all AoC instances.


- The EverQuest Team

We've created a How-To Guide for Extra-Life first timers, or just those who might need a quick refresher on how to get to the proper place to start earning the nifty incentives! https://www.everquest.com/guides/eq-el-guide

This will also be linked in the above article.

August 24, 2023
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*** Quests & Events ***

- Fixed an issue that prevented the Stone Cold Summer event from running on some eligible progression servers.


*** UI ***

- Fixed a client crash when closing the Parcel window. (You will need to re-patch your client.)


- The EverQuest Team

We've manually spawned the event NPCs for now on the TLP's which have unlocked TBS, but we're implementing a more permanent solution for a future hotfix.

EDIT: I fixed the images, they weren't working. Apologies!

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Discussion Thread

Test is being updated today with our current Live build. There are no new patch notes at this time. Everything should match Live.

August 16, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Added an option to use the old UI instead of the new UI. See the UI section for more details.
- The expansion requirement for purchasing and using custom Guild Halls and Guild Trophy Tribute has been reduced from Veil of Alaris to House of Thule.


*** Items ***

- Added the quest flag to Humming Finsternacht Rune, Whirring Clockwork Rune, Glowing Prismatic Rune, Humming Fleshwrought Rune, Whirring Archaen Rune, Glowing Entropic Rune, Scintillating Obsidianite Rune, Sparkling Precandescent Rune, and Twinkling Hyperfiligreed Rune.
- The Ice Encrusted Katar, Velium Threaded Katar, Luclinite Ensanguined Katar and the Phantasmal Luclinite Katar have all had Sympathetic Vampiric Draw added to them.


*** Tradeskills ***

- Fixed a client crash caused by running out of inventory space while tradeskilling with Make All.
- Tradeskill combines completed with Make All now place items directly into your bags instead of being automatically put away from your cursor. If you run out of room while using Make All, the items will be placed on your cursor. If you are holding item(s) when it's time for a new combine, they will be placed into your bags.
- If the zone and client go out of sync when doing tradeskill combines with Make All, there should no longer be a 12 second delay.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Rallos Returns: Both tasks will now lock once Rallos Zek is defeated. Also, the Council will do less damage and Rallos will do a bit more damage.
- One of Our Own (Task): Added a 30 minute replay timer.
- Pit Fight (Raid): No non-grimlings will gain the benefits of being within Hargil Bloodpoint's aura. Achievement failure messages will be given when the first failure happens.


*** Spells ***

- The various guild and fellowship banner spells will no longer stack with each other.
- Refined the description for the Superior Standard of Power.
- Increased pet HP for the following swarm pet spell lines at all ranks:
- - Bard - Pests of the Piper
- - Beastlord - Bark at the Moon
- - Shaman - Pack of Aina
- - Monk - Cloud of Fists
- - Necromancer - Call Skeleton Swarm
- Updated the focused pets for the following swarm pet spell lines. They are once again more powerful than the unfocused pets.
- - Beastlord - Bark at the Moon
- - Necromancer - Call Skeleton Swarm
- Fixed many spell descriptions that were incomplete or inaccurate.
- Added messages that will indicate when your pets are summoned with the benefit of a pet focus.
- Adjusted the damage values of Mana Recursion spell line to make up for the twinproc changes.


*** AA ***

- Increased pet HP for the following swarm pet AAs at all ranks:
- - Bard - Song of Stone
- - Beastlord - Attack of the Warder (renamed from "Attack of the Warders")
- - Druid - Spirit of Nature (renamed from "Spirits of Nature")
- - Magician - Host of the Elements
- - Necromancer - Rise of Bones
- - Necromancer - Swarm of Decay
- Increased max pet count for the following swarm pet AAs:
- - Ranger - Pack Hunt (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 4)
- - Shadow Knight - Chattering Bones (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 13)
- - Shaman - Spirit Call (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 2)
- - Wizard - Call of Xuzl (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 3)


*** Overseer ***

- Overseer event quests are now shorter! Specifically, duration timers now range from 3 - 6 hours. This change applies to all Overseer event quests, including the new quests for Stone Cold Summer, Feast of Giving, and next years Tempest Festival in addition to the previously released quests for EQ's Anniversary, Scorched Skies, Nights of the Dead, and Frostfell.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Davorre Bloodthorn is available starting in classic.
- Living Legacy will now be available on servers with Secrets of Faydwer unlocked.
- Corrected an issue that could cause stationary NPCs to not regain the ability to proximity aggro players after being Encounter Locked.
- Updated how Kalim`Kar the Gold (in Seeds of Destruction) and Dwekvard Gravelpick execute their spell rune exchange.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Corrected multiple issues that could cause an NPC's death to be credited to someone that didn't actually do the most damage to it.
- Fixed several issues related to the spell buff windows that could cause the client to crash if a spell is attributed to a corpse or a player that's not in the current zone.
- The expansion requirement for purchasing and using custom Guild Halls and Guild Trophy Tribute has been reduced from Veil of Alaris to House of Thule.


*** UI ***

- Fixed an issue where the quantity window would initialize partially off-screen.
- Resolved an issue that would cause items in bags to flicker constantly. Flickering still may occur if you have many, many bags open, but should be less obvious.
- Fixed item power source bars to show in all bags/banks.
- Fixed the mail icon on the selector window always showing unread mail when using the older UI.
- Tweaked the quantity window so it can now be escaped.
- Added an option to use the old UI instead of the new UI. You can enable it by either checking the appropriate box in the display tab of the options window, or by adding UseNewUIEngine=0 in the Defaults section of your eqclient.ini. Please note that you MUST restart your client for the change to take effect!
- When holding an item (or hot button or spell gem) and zoning, the attached icon should now be much closer to your cursor instead of at the top left of the screen.
- Fixed typos and consistency mistakes in Inventory Stats and Mercenary tooltips.


- Changed -
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_OptionsWindow.xml
EQUI_TradeskillWnd.xml


- The EverQuest Team

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

*Convert to your local time

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Patch notes and discussions thread

August 16, 2023
_____________________


*** Highlights ***

- Added an option to use the old UI instead of the new UI. See the UI section for more details.
- The expansion requirement for purchasing and using custom Guild Halls and Guild Trophy Tribute has been reduced from Veil of Alaris to House of Thule.


*** Items ***

- Added the quest flag to Humming Finsternacht Rune, Whirring Clockwork Rune, Glowing Prismatic Rune, Humming Fleshwrought Rune, Whirring Archaen Rune, Glowing Entropic Rune, Scintillating Obsidianite Rune, Sparkling Precandescent Rune, and Twinkling Hyperfiligreed Rune.
- The Ice Encrusted Katar, Velium Threaded Katar, Luclinite Ensanguined Katar and the Phantasmal Luclinite Katar have all had Sympathetic Vampiric Draw added to them.


*** Tradeskills ***

- Fixed a client crash caused by running out of inventory space while tradeskilling with Make All.
- Tradeskill combines completed with Make All now place items directly into your bags instead of being automatically put away from your cursor. If you run out of room while using Make All, the items will be placed on your cursor. If you are holding item(s) when it's time for a new combine, they will be placed into your bags.
- If the zone and client go out of sync when doing tradeskill combines with Make All, there should no longer be a 12 second delay.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Rallos Returns: Both tasks will now lock once Rallos Zek is defeated. Also, the Council will do less damage and Rallos will do a bit more damage.
- One of Our Own (Task): Added a 30 minute replay timer.
- Pit Fight (Raid): No non-grimlings will gain the benefits of being within Hargil Bloodpoint's aura. Achievement failure messages will be given when the first failure happens.


*** Spells ***

- The various guild and fellowship banner spells will no longer stack with each other.
- Refined the description for the Superior Standard of Power.
- Increased pet HP for the following swarm pet spell lines at all ranks:
- - Bard - Pests of the Piper
- - Beastlord - Bark at the Moon
- - Shaman - Pack of Aina
- - Monk - Cloud of Fists
- - Necromancer - Call Skeleton Swarm
- Fixed many spell descriptions that were incomplete or inaccurate.
- Added messages that will indicate when your pets are summoned with the benefit of a pet focus.


*** AA ***

- Increased pet HP for the following swarm pet AAs at all ranks:
- - Bard - Song of Stone
- - Beastlord - Attack of the Warder (renamed from "Attack of the Warders")
- - Druid - Spirit of Nature (renamed from "Spirits of Nature")
- - Magician - Host of the Elements
- - Necromancer - Rise of Bones
- - Necromancer - Swarm of Decay
- Increased max pet count for the following swarm pet AAs:
- - Ranger - Pack Hunt (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 4)
- - Shadow Knight - Chattering Bones (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 13)
- - Shaman - Spirit Call (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 2)
- - Wizard - Call of Xuzl (max pet count is now 2 starting at rank 3)


*** Overseer ***

- Overseer event quests are now shorter! Specifically, duration timers now range from 3 - 6 hours. This change applies to all Overseer event quests, including the new quests for Stone Cold Summer, Feast of Giving, and next years Tempest Festival in addition to the previously released quests for EQ's Anniversary, Scorched Skies, Nights of the Dead, and Frostfell.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Davorre Bloodthorn is available starting in classic.
- Living Legacy will now be available on servers with Secrets of Faydwer unlocked.
- Corrected an issue that could cause stationary NPCs to not regain the ability to proximity aggro players after being Encounter Locked.
- Updated how Kalim`Kar the Gold (in Seeds of Destruction) and Dwekvard Gravelpick execute their spell rune exchange.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Corrected multiple issues that could cause an NPC's death to be credited to someone that didn't actually do the most damage to it.
- Fixed several issues related to the spell buff windows that could cause the client to crash if a spell is attributed to a corpse or a player that's not in the current zone.
- The expansion requirement for purchasing and using custom Guild Halls and Guild Trophy Tribute has been reduced from Veil of Alaris to House of Thule.


*** UI ***

- Fixed an issue where the quantity window would initialize partially off-screen.
- Resolved an issue that would cause items in bags to flicker constantly. Flickering still may occur if you have many, many bags open, but should be less obvious.
- Fixed item power source bars to show in all bags/banks.
- Fixed the mail icon on the selector window always showing unread mail when using the older UI.
- Tweaked the quantity window so it can now be escaped.
- Added an option to use the old UI instead of the new UI. You can enable it by either checking the appropriate box in the display tab of the options window, or by adding UseNewUIEngine=0 in the Defaults section of your eqclient.ini. Please note that you MUST restart your client for the change to take effect!
- When holding an item (or hot button or spell gem) and zoning, the attached icon should now be much closer to your cursor instead of at the top left of the screen.
- Fixed typos and consistency mistakes in Inventory Stats and Mercenary tooltips.


- Changed -
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_OptionsWindow.xml
EQUI_TradeskillWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***

-


- The EverQuest Team

Welcome to VoA and Level 85!

It's time to hop on an airship in Steamfont and head to Argath! Are you ready?

Added:
NOTE: Server needs to have unlocked Seeds of Destruction to participate in this event.

It is time to band together and take on the toughest villains in Norrath.

The Ak'Anon Strike Force is looking for a few good adventurers to help them with their latest project. In their efforts to defeat Meldrath once and for all, these brave gnomes constructed an Infinitely Regenerative Automaton. Before they unleash I.R.A., however, they need to test it out.


Metamorph: Clockwork Whirlygig, Metamorph: Flexible Repair Unit, Metamorph: Sandkeep Scorpion, and Metamorph: Eye of Despair new to the Marketplace!
Living Legacy Raids started today and will end on August 29, 2023, at 11:00 p.m. PDT. Speak with Whizzlebang Twempt in Steamfont Mountains to spin-up your adventure!


NOTE: Server needs to have unlocked Seeds of Destruction to participate in this event.
Be sure to follow us on social media:?Twitter,?Facebook,?Instagram?and?Discord.

Imperator Tsaph Katta has awakened! Will you help him reform the Combine Empire?

July 21, 2023
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*** NPCs ***

- Restored missing Akheva in Firefall Pass.


- The EverQuest Team

A strange home has appeared in the Feerrott jungle, it's time to explore!

Oakwynd has unlocked Ruins of Kunark and Loot Modifier to 125%.

Happy gaming!

July 19, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- The Coirnav server has been merged into Vox.


*** Items ***

- Kaznak's Bulwark Emblem, Fragment of Ethereal Steel, Dour Blue, Sleeper's Essence, Petrified Sharktooth, Sylra's Trinket and Smoldering Core of Radir will now work on charms and range items with appropriate augment slots.
- Mixolydian Arpeggio on the on the Spectral Loremaster Breastplate and Loremaster Breastplate of Spectral Luminosity will now cast Masterful Mixolydian Root instead of Masterful Mixolydian Third.
- Geerlok Party Bot now has more appropriate lore text.
- Earrings and augments that can drop in Firefall Pass or Shadeweaver's Tangle now drop at an increased rate.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Added a replay timer to the task for the Bloodmoon Keep raid "Ralkor's Crystals" and "The Soulbleeder Must Bleed" event.
- Fixed the Superior Standard to scale properly. Also adjusted the spell to add additional effects and account for the proper scaling.


*** Spells ***

- Magician - Adjusted damage values for the Shock Of Many spell line. All spells now do increased damage with fewer pets (tier 1) and many do increased damage with many pets (tier 2 and 3), but Shock, Jolt, Clash, Strike, and Barrage have had their tier 2 and 3 damage reduced.
- Corrected an issue where certain spell reagents (Essence Emeralds, Fuligan Soulstones of Innoruuk, and Cloudy Stones of Veeshan) would not be consumed.


*** AA ***

- Necromancer - Added Rank 11 of the Archetype AA Summon Corpse, which casts Thanatos' Proclamation.
- Shaman - Fixed an issue with the Class AA Spirit Call that caused certain ranks to summon the wrong pet.
- Berserker - Updated Ranks 10 and 11 of the Focus AA Focus Arcslice to correctly focus Arcshear.


*** NPCs ***

- The general supplies merchant Duath Untez in Abysmal Sea can now send and receive parcels.
- Lowered the number of rare placeholders in Firefall Pass and adjusted their spawn percentages.


*** Overseer ***

- Several new event-specific Agents have been added to Overseer, available only during the Stone Cold Summer event in August.
- - A new line of event-specific Overseer Quests, available at all Overseer levels, are also available for a limited time during Stone Cold Summer.
- - New achievements, found in the Overseer >> Holiday category, have also been added for completing each of the new Stone Cold Summer event Overseer Quests.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Corrected an issue that could cause an Encounter Locked NPC to become unattackable if it killed the only person on its hatelist.
- Disarm will no longer affect NPCs that you cannot attack due to it being Encounter Locked to someone else.
- Updated the /yell command to unlock all Encounter Locked NPCs that you're able to and added a one second reuse timer.
- Corrected an issue with Legacy experience bonuses appearing for other characters in the group who did not have a bonus.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- The /bug command will now only report target information for NPCs.
- World server lag during raid win completion and receiving rewards should be reduced.


*** UI ***

- Fixed the location of the Quantity Window when opening it from windows using the old UI engine, or when the UI scale is not 1.
- Fixed some spots on item cursor attachments.
- Fixed cursor trails sticking around when the UI is scaled below 1.0.
- Switching between windowed and full screen modes and resolutions should be more responsive and interactive.
- Fixed links in the Story Window. They now will either open into the story window (local files only) or in an external browser. It's strongly recommended that players go through their existing custom story files and verify that any HTML is correct (all tags are properly closed, no missing quotation marks, etc.) to ensure they display properly.
- Guild banners have learned to include the zone instance number where they are planted.


- The EverQuest Team

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 12 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

*Convert to your local time

Imperator Tsaph Katta has awakened and vows to reform the Combine Empire, will you help?

All EverQuest servers, Test server, and services, will be taken offline for scheduled extended maintenance on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 5:30 a.m. PT*. This affects login, commerce, and authentication services. Read-only access on forums and websites will be possible. Please watch our socials or forums for updates! The estimated downtime is expected to last until approximately 12:00pm PT.

*Convert to your local time

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Patch notes and discussions thread

July 11, 2023
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*** Items ***

- Kaznak's Bulwark Emblem, Fragment of Ethereal Steel, Dour Blue, Sleeper's Essence, Petrified Sharktooth, Sylra's Trinket and Smoldering Core of Radir will now work on charms and range items with appropriate augment slots.
- Mixolydian Arpeggio on the on the Spectral Loremaster Breastplate and Loremaster Breastplate of Spectral Luminosity will now cast Masterful Mixolydian Root instead of Masterful Mixolydian Third.
- Geerlok Party Bot now has more appropriate lore text.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Added a replay timer to the task for the Bloodmoon Keep raid "Ralkor's Crystals" and "The Soulbleeder Must Bleed" event.
- Fixed the Superior Standard to scale properly. Also adjusted the spell to add additional effects and account for the proper scaling.


*** Spells ***

- Magician - Adjusted damage values for the Shock Of Many spell line. All spells now do increased damage with fewer pets (tier 1) and many do increased damage with many pets (tier 2 and 3), but Shock, Jolt, Clash, Strike, and Barrage, have had their tier 2 and 3 damage reduced.


*** AA ***

- Necromancer - Added Rank 11 of the Archetype AA Summon Corpse, which casts Thanatos' Proclamation.
- Shaman - Fixed an issue with the Class AA Spirit Call that caused certain ranks to summon the wrong pet.
- Berserker - Updated Ranks 10 and 11 of the Focus AA Focus Arcslice to correctly focus Arcshear.


*** NPCs ***

- The general supplies merchant Duath Untez in Abysmal Sea can now send and receive parcels.


*** Overseer ***

- Several new event-specific Agents have been added to Overseer, available only during the Stone Cold Summer event in August.
- - A new line of event-specific Overseer Quests, available at all Overseer levels, are also available for a limited time during Stone Cold Summer.
- - New achievements, found in the Overseer >> Holiday category, have also been added for completing each of the new Stone Cold Summer event Overseer Quests.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Corrected an issue that could cause an Encounter Locked NPC to become unattackable if it killed the only person on its hatelist.
- Updated the /yell command to unlock all Encounter Locked NPCs that you're able to and added a one second reuse timer.
- Corrected an issue with Legacy experience bonuses appearing to other characters in the group who did not have a bonus.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- The /bug command will now only report target information for NPCs.
- World server lag during raid win completion and receiving rewards should be reduced.
- - This is a speculative fix and any additional testing before the Live update on July 19, 2023 would be greatly appreciated.


*** UI ***

- Fixed the location of the Quantity Window when opening it from windows using the old UI engine, or when the UI scale is not 1.
- Fixed some spots on item cursor attachments.
- Fixed cursor trails sticking around when the UI is scaled below 1.0.
- Switching between windowed and full screen modes and resolutions should be more responsive and interactive.
- Fixed links in the Story Window. They now will either open into the story window (local files only) or in an external browser. It's strongly recommended that players go through their existing custom story files and verify that any HTML is correct (all tags are properly closed, no missing quotation marks, etc.) to ensure they display properly.
- Guild banners have learned to include the zone instance number where they are planted.


- The EverQuest Team

The Twitter API was removed from the forums as Twitters new policy rendered it inoperable. As for the updates to the socials, they all occurred at the same time as the posting of the Producer's Letter to the homepage which was at noon Pacific Time.

The Scorched Sky Celebration just got hotter! Starting on July 1, 2023 at 12:01 a.m. PDT and ending on July 8, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. PDT, all characters will earn:

• A 76% bonus to character experience.
  
• A 76% bonus to faction experience.
  
• A 76% increase to rare spawn chance.
  

This extended downtime is being rescheduled, as such there is no downtime for EverQuest tomorrow!

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Discussion Thread

Test is being updated today with our current Live build. There are no new patch notes at this time. Everything should match Live.

All EverQuest servers, Test server, and services, will be taken offline for scheduled extended maintenance on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 5:30 a.m. PT*. This affects login, commerce, and authentication services. Read-only access on forums and websites will be possible. Please watch our socials or forums for updates! The estimated downtime is expected to last until approximately 11:00am PT.

*Convert to your local time

New paths into unexplored regions of the ancient continent of Faydwer have been exposed. Venture forth and explore, if you dare!

It is time to help end the tyrannical ways of the Muramites once and for all. Will you be the one to stop them?

June 21, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Claws of Veeshan is now free-to-play.
- New "Superior Standards" are available as an option for guild banners. See details in Quests & Events.


*** Items ***

- The Tradable: Night of Shadows Expansion Ticket will check that you do not already own the expansion and stop if you do.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Yxtta Door puzzle: Made a speculative fix for this puzzle getting stuck.
- The Expanding Spores in the Insatiable an Appetite raid will once again display their decal.
- New "Superior Standards" are available as an option for guild banners. These standards will only function in instances of zones within expansions that have been released for at least six months. These banners offer enhanced buffs to have an "easy" option for raids. We will evaluate these buffs and see if they need further adjusting. These will also function on progression servers with a one-month delay (except Vaniki).
- The enrage mechanic for Animated Derakor and Restless Avatar of War have been fixed. Now if the event runs too long each of the bosses will hit harder.
- Increased the drop rate of various Veeshan's Peak and Sebilis key drops. There will be more key pieces that drop from other mobs in the zones that they key pieces already currently drop in. Items dropped on the ground have had their spawn times reduced as well.


*** Spells ***

- Updated all spells in the Shock of Many spell line to have only 3 damage tiers and to require significantly fewer in-combat pets per tier.
- Player spells that trigger on kills no longer trigger when killing player pets.


*** AA ***

- Necromancer - Fixed an issue where the AA ability Summon Corpse would always resolve on the caster rather than on the caster's target.
- Updated the following swarm pet Class AAs to spawn fewer pets. The damage and health values of each pet have been increased to compensate for the reduced number of spawns.
- - Bard - Song of Stone
- - Beastlord - Attack of the Warders
- - Druid - Spirits of Nature
- - Magician - Host of the Elements
- - Necromancer - Rise of Bones
- - Necromancer - Swarm of Decay
- - Ranger - Pack Hunt
- - Shadow Knight - Chattering Bones
- - Shaman - Spirit Call
- - Wizard - Call of Xuzl


*** NPCs ***

- Tin Merchant I in The Overthere and Glinya Sweetpie in Firiona Vie can now send and receive parcels.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Corrected an issue where encounter locking would cause charmed pets to behave erratically.
- Pets should no longer repeatedly report their inability to fight an encounter locked target when instructed to /guard a location.
- Corrected an issue where encounter locked NPCs would sometimes remember a player who DoTed them after their lock had reset.
- Corrected an issue where the ring event at the top of Harbinger's Spire would sometimes fail to reset.
- Removed Copperfang from randomized loot.
- City guards have been convinced to guard their city again on Encounter Locked servers.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- The Claws of Veeshan expansion is now free-to-play on Test and Live servers.
- Parcel merchants are once again delivering self-addressed parcels, subject to customs.
- Added an on-screen message when a pickzone will be closing soon.
- Added a chat message that provides the names of conflicting lore group items when attempting to loot an item that is in the same lore group as an item that the looter already has in their possession.


*** UI ***

- Removed the specific display of Legacy bonuses in experience messages to be more consistent with other bonus messaging.
- Power sources will no longer display colored lines on the screen when in the bank.
- Hotbuttons with an assigned icon will now show the proper icon when on the cursor.
- The quantity window now opens at the location of the cursor (for items only), and its input is automatically focused. It also now appears over other UI windows.
- Fixed a bug in the bazaar window that removed results from the list when sorting by quantity or weapon ratio.
- Added text samples to the Spell Display Window of what is seen when the spell wears off for spells that have such a description.
- Added commas to messages received upon login about purchases (or sales) you made on an offline buyer or trader.
- The Heroic Upgrade button on the Inventory Window will now properly disable immediately after being clicked.
- Heroic stats on the Stat page of the Inventory Window now have the proper tooltips again.
- Improved the display of skill damage mod stat differences (e.g. kick) when comparing items.
- Fixed the mail notification on the Selector Window to no longer indicate you always have unread mail.
- Clicking on something that brings up the quantity window will now do so at the location of the click, not halfway across the screen.


- The EverQuest Team

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 7 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

*Convert to your local time

This thread is for new bugs and how to reproduce them only. Please keep all opinions, discussions, posts about balance, and anything else in the other thread.
Patch notes and discussions thread

June 13, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Claws of Veeshan is now free-to-play.
- New "Superior Standards" are available as an option for guild banners. See details in Quests & Events.


*** Items ***

- The Tradable: Night of Shadows Expansion Ticket will check that you do not already own the expansion and stop if you do.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Yxtta Door puzzle: Made a speculative fix for this puzzle getting stuck.
- The Expanding Spores in the Insatiable an Appetite raid will once again display their decal.
- New "Superior Standards" are available as an option for guild banners. These standards will only function in instances of zones within expansions that have been released for at least six months. These banners offer enhanced buffs to have an "easy" option for raids. We will evaluate these buffs and see if they need further adjusting. These will also function on progression servers with a one-month delay (except Vaniki).
- The enrage mechanic for Animated Derakor and Restless Avatar of War have been fixed. Now if the event runs too long each of the bosses will hit harder.
- Increased the drop rate of various Veeshan's Peak and Sebilis key drops. There will be more key pieces that drop from other mobs in the zones that they key pieces already currently drop in. Items dropped on the ground have had their spawn times reduced as well.


*** Spells ***

- Updated all spells in the Shock of Many spell line to have only 3 damage tiers and to require significantly fewer in-combat pets per tier.
- Player spells that trigger on kills no longer trigger when killing player pets.


*** AA ***

- Necromancer - Fixed an issue where the AA ability Summon Corpse would always resolve on the caster rather than on the caster's target.
- Updated the following swarm pet Class AAs to spawn fewer pets. The damage and health values of each pet have been increased to compensate for the reduced number of spawns.
- - Bard - Song of Stone
- - Beastlord - Attack of the Warders
- - Druid - Spirits of Nature
- - Magician - Host of the Elements
- - Necromancer - Rise of Bones
- - Necromancer - Swarm of Decay
- - Ranger - Pack Hunt
- - Shadow Knight - Chattering Bones
- - Shaman - Spirit Call
- - Wizard - Call of Xuzl


*** NPCs ***

- Tin Merchant I in The Overthere and Glinya Sweetpie in Firiona Vie can now send and receive parcels.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Corrected an issue where encounter locking would cause charmed pets to behave erratically.
- Pets should no longer repeatedly report their inability to fight an encounter locked target when instructed to /guard a location.
- Corrected an issue where encounter locked NPCs would sometimes remember a player who DoTed them after their lock had reset.
- Corrected an issue where the ring event at the top of Harbinger's Spire would sometimes fail to reset.
- Removed Copperfang from randomized loot.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- The Claws of Veeshan expansion is now free-to-play on Test and Live servers.
- Parcel merchants are once again delivering self-addressed parcels, subject to customs.
- Added an on-screen message when a pickzone will be closing soon.
- Added a chat message that provides the names of conflicting lore group items when attempting to loot an item that is in the same lore group as an item that the looter already has in their possession.


*** UI ***

- Removed the specific display of Legacy bonuses in experience messages to be more consistent with other bonus messaging.
- Power sources will no longer display colored lines on the screen when in the bank.
- Hotbuttons with an assigned icon will now show the proper icon when on the cursor.
- Clicking on something that brings up the quantity window will now do so at the location of the click, not halfway across the screen.
- The quantity window will now have its input automatically focused and appear over other UI windows.
- Fixed a bug in the bazaar window that removed results from the list when sorting by quantity or weapon ratio.
- Added text samples to the Spell Display Window of what is seen when the spell wears off for spells that have such a description.
- Added commas to messages received upon login about purchases (or sales) you made on an offline buyer or trader.
- The Heroic Upgrade button on the Inventory Window will now properly disable immediately after being clicked.
- Heroic stats on the Stat page of the Inventory Window now have the proper tooltips again.
- Improved the display of skill damage mod stat differences (e.g. kick) when comparing items.
- Fixed the mail notification on the Selector Window to no longer indicate you always have unread mail.
- Clicking on something that brings up the quantity window will now do so at the location of the click, not halfway across the screen.



- The EverQuest Team

The time has come to awaken!

Happy gaming!

Hardcore Heritage is turning up the heat once again! These challenges won't be easy, but nothing worth it is ever easy. Everything begins today and ends on July 4, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. PDT.

For anyone new to Hardcore Heritage, popular zones from the early days of EverQuest get ramped for higher level characters to earn some sweet, sweet loot. Only if you are capable enough to survive until the end!
Here's the zone schedule for this year.

Phase 1: June 7 to June 20, characters at a suggested level of 80 and up can cross over to the dark side in Blackburrow, Cazic Thule, and characters at a suggested level of 85 and up can take on The Ruins of Old Guk, and the Estate of Unrest.

Phase 2: June 21 to July 4, put on the new, fancy loot and head to Crushbone and Permafrost if you're at a suggested level of 90 and above, and then head over to The Castle of Mistmoore and Nagafen's Lair if you're at a suggested level of 100 and above.

We're also turning things up to 11 in raids in those zones again. Engage the more challenging Emperor Crush, Lady Vox, Lord Nagafen, and Trakanon.
Here's the raid schedule for this year.

Old Sebilis: June 7 to July 4, if you're at a suggested level of 105 and above, Ruins of Sebilis beckons and wants to see if you have what it takes to survive. Once that's done, the denizens of Trakanon will call out and taunt you to bring your best and do your worst!

Challenges and loot galore await the bravest of heroes, do you have what it takes?

Be sure to follow us on social media:?Twitter,?Facebook,?Instagram,?and?Discord.

Watch your step! :D

May 19, 2023
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*** UI ***
- Updated the font on converted windows to be easier to read.
- Corrected the issue with flickering text when opening bags from the Inventory window.
- Selecting an item from your inventory while interacting with a merchant will now properly highlight that item again.

**You will need to re-patch your client to apply these fixes.

- The EverQuest Team

May 17, 2023
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*** UI ***

- Added missing DLL files to the client patcher to support the new UI.


- The EverQuest Team

May 17, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Our new UI Engine is now available and supports scaling and docking for converted windows. See the UI section below for more details.


*** Items ***

- Text has been added to evolving cloaks of the Selenelion to indicate which achievements are required to attain the next tier.
- Fixed a typo in the lore text of Ferocious Pernach of the Khati Sha.
- Achievements: Hero's Forge - Restless Ice Cloth. Fixed an error in the description of the chest/robe component.
- Fixed several typos in messages seen when activating the Lingering Essence of Cazic-Thule.


*** Tradeskills ***

- Faded Restless Velium Short Spear and Faded Bloodied Luclinite Short Spear are now blacksmithing combines to better align with the source items used.
- Recommended levels on Martial Treatises have been adjusted to closer match the required levels on the combat ability tomes they are used to create.
- Recipes for Tome of Calanin's Synergy Rk. II, Tome of Bleed Rk. II, Tome of Shield Topple Rk. II, Tome of Blood Hatchet Rk. II, Tome of Procure Sap Rk. II, and Tome of Bazu Bluster Rk. II have had the required treatises adjusted to better match the level of the combat ability tomes created.


*** Quests & Events ***

- The Spirit Fades (Mission) - Opening the chest will now update the task, even if you have not completed the first step.
- Many inhabitants of the Plane of Valor have relearned how to speak.
- Harbinger's Spire Event: Made a speculative fix for cases when this event breaks.


*** Spells ***

- Fixed a typo in the description for Ringing Crystal Temple.
- Fixed a typo in the cast on other text of Summon Sonic Wolf.


*** AA ***

- Form of Endurance XXXI, found on some Night of Shadows masks, should now work as intended.


*** Mercenaries ***

- Corrected an issue that would prevent level 120 mercenaries from showing illusory weapons.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Tiny Phosphene Cluster, Small Phosphene Cluster, Phosphene Cluster, and Large Phosphene Cluster now have the quest tag.
- Made the following items quest items for randomized loot: Corrupted Drop of Focused Sunlight, Impure Drop of Focused Sunlight, Purified Drop of Focused Sunlight, and Pristine Drop of Focused Sunlight.
- Shrouds will no longer grant the "Reach Level XX" achievements.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Corrected an issue where Aradune players could not server transfer to Zek for free.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent players from returning to the tutorial right after escaping.
- Fixed a typo in the Veil of Alaris achievement West Sepulcher Traveler.
- The /cast command's usage text is now more accurate.


*** UI ***

- The following windows have been converted to the new UI engine: Inventory, Quantity, Selector, and Story.
- - Custom Suite XML implementations of these windows will continue to work as expected but will now generate a warning in UIErrors.txt suggesting that you remove this file in favor of either a custom, or the new default UI implementation.
- - Converted windows can be scaled using the slider in the Display tab of the Options window or by using the /ui scale command.
- - Converted windows can be docked to other converted windows by moving them close together. Their edges will snap together to allow for ease of positioning.
- A tool to support the conversion from Suite XML to the new UI format has been included for optional installation in the LayoutConverter directory of the EverQuest client.

- Changed -
EQUI_OptionsWindow.xml


- The EverQuest Team

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

*Convert to your local time