Game Updates for Feb. 4th

Quests: Quests are now available for new Druid and Wizard portal spells that will take them to more remote Frontiers high level experience hunting areas. Hopefully, this will make these areas more popular with the convenience of a teleport to reach them. Corrected a problem where players were not properly flagged to start the Rathe 55 quest after killing Grundle. Yevran Ty'Rizeth spawns more frequently Alecia Fishwife's quest is now completeable Items: We have changed a number of items that were too powerful for the difficulty with which they could be obtained. We hate doing this after the fact, but hopefully everyone can understand that obtaining very powerful items off of relatively easy monsters just sort of blows everything out of whack. For example, you and your guild spend weeks of work to finally overcome Lord Nagafen, the red dragon in the heart of the Lavastorm Mountains and you find that some of the treasure you obtain is not as good as a "broken" item you got off a common monster in the Kerra Island region. It certainly cheapens the experience. In order to maintain the planned item power progression in Frontiers, we have changed the following sets of items that dropped off of Kerrans and Nymphs in the Kerra Isle region and replaced them with new, rebalanced items: Coralsteel, Foamweave, Islespirit and Isleguard armor sets Fathomdweller's shroud, Coralsteel crown, deepsong wand, totem of the deep, tidal essence wand, fathomwalker's scimitar, charm, circlet, shield and totem of the isle spirit, crest and eye of the jaguar, and the welahi-nai talisman. As an apology to our customers who had these items, Collector Garner in Highpass will allow you to turn these changed items in for a significant amount of experience. Items that dropped at a common rate reward enough exp for 1 CM if at 500 total CMs, items that dropped at an uncommon rate reward enough exp for 1 CM at 700, 1 CM at 800 for and item that was Rare, and 1 CM at 900 for Ultra-rares. Tradeskill Leather robes have been updated to be Alchemist useable stonebound axe, an SK only weapon, is now usable by Ogres. deathfist magi's wand is now usable by Wizards. Abilities: Removed the sta/ac portion of NatureForm Druid Class Mastery and replaced it with a significant Heal over Time regeneration component. Altered necro gather shadows and druid's grp camoflage spells to prevent shape change removal and the possibility of the invisibility not going into effect. Bard Master Class Gyspy's Light Fingers ability no longer requires a specific weapon to be equipped to use. Mug 1 will now remove the old Lvl29 Assault ability. Older rogues may have this version of Assault (and not be able to get rid of it). Rogues in this situation can now remove Mug 1 which will allow them to purchase further Mug abilities that they were previously not able to do.

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Load of Crock
# Feb 10 2004 at 10:31 AM Rating: Decent
I must whole hardly agree with the consensus of what is being said and that it is a load crock what they did.

The drop rates should be adjusted, I have spent more time playing Super Mario Bros then I have in EQOA, either fix the problem SOE or the annexation of the lands will be forthcoming.

May the ways of destruction sweep across the lands and sweep away the vile stench of what was once Game Masters and are now called Customer Support specialists what a waste of time and money.

On a lighter note -
just wandering if anyone found the new druids porting spells.

Fuk that sht
# Feb 10 2004 at 3:03 AM Rating: Default
*** SoE and Silent Bob...*** them in their stupid asses!
RE: Fuk that sht
# Feb 11 2004 at 11:37 PM Rating: Default
lol
bs
# Feb 09 2004 at 6:10 PM Rating: Default
i bought some iselguard boots for like 400k on auction really nice when i got them i was happy. then they wanna make update and change that stuff and i get 2.8mill xp *** that **** i want my 400k back u can keep your 2.8mill xp that does nothing for me when im lvl53 what was it like half a pink bar. if u wanted to be fair u would have let us keep those items and just change the ones that dropped from now on *** with my gear *** u soe im on diren hold and when ever we need a gm there is never one on thats bs to why do i pay u 10buck every 30days figure if u got 100,000 people playing game thats a million bucks every 30days hire another gm for *** sake
bs
# Feb 09 2004 at 6:06 PM Rating: Default
I'm done with that game
# Feb 09 2004 at 2:42 PM Rating: Default
All those updates messed up my enjoyment of the game and for this i'm quitting that screwed game for champions of Norrath, I heard It was going to RoCK, HELL YEAHHH!!!! bie to all of you and happy hunting!!

Rare Drop Rate
# Feb 07 2004 at 6:28 PM Rating: Default
Hey,
I have been playing this game religiously for about a year straight now. And I must say, the RARE DROP RATE Sucks in this game, Unfortunately, Most of us do not have WEEKS to invest in killing a monster or a mob, wating in line like idiots to get a single spawn is the STUPIDEST thing I've ever seen in a game. I bought this game for the experience of an online MidEvil Realm where I could control my Characters destiny, collect rare items, and become powerful, bla bla bla bla bla.
However, I am lvl50 now with over 300 CMs spent, and I am SO BORED OUT OF MY SKULL killing the same **** over and over again. And so they add a few new realms, Been there, Its ridiculous, I understand that alot of people bytched that before frontiers, post 50 sukd, but I think they got a little carried away. IoD, PoS, etc. You need 2 to 3 grps working in unison to even have a hope of XP there, and for those of us who really like the game, But actually have a life, and can't wait weeks for a spawn, I mean WTF is that, besides a srry *** attempt to keep all you suckers paying 10 Bucks a month. Dont forget this is a business for SOE, and the longer they can draaaaaaaag **** out, the more REVENUE they get from us. The only way we as a community can get SOE to recognize our anger and frustation with ANY situation IS NOT TO PLAY!!!!!!!!
When they're wallet starts to get a little thinner, maybe then they'll realize that people are pyssed off. I for one would like just once to be able to CASUALLY play EQ for a few hours on a Saturday and maybe a few on Sunday, and have an at least REMOTE shot at getting a rare worth having, not some AC 5 Str 7 Dex 10 PR 3 crap. WTF is that??? and the game is chock full of that worthless ****!!!!
I have over the last year invested over $190.00 in this game, (EQOA Orig-Frontiers-and Monthly Fees), Haven't I spent enough money on this Freakin game to get something back, NO, that's not enuff, I must also dedicate ENDLESS hours of my life to get anything worth having. I have XP'd @ the Hexes for Example from lvl 35 all the way to lvl 47ish, I must have personally tanked over several thousand, possibly more, hexes and never once have I seen a piece of Rev Gaurd Drop. And that's in ZK and Dshinn's Redoubt. I don't care what any of you Hardcore EQer's say about that, that is just plain bullshyt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, in Conclusion, I will say tyhat I am not just shooting of my Mouth, I HAVE NOT logged into my EQ Account for the past 3 and 1/2 weeks, and I do not intend to anytime soon. 13 Months, $190.00, and alot of Sore Fingers and Thumbs I think is Quite enuff to have SOE slap in the face with what they call "Improvements". BAH!!! You Can Keep 'Em!!!
RE: Rare Drop Rate
# Feb 14 2004 at 9:50 AM Rating: Default
ya that is why i gave away all my shyts and quit for 2 months now cuz soe suks...trying to get us to do the same shyts everyday so we keep paying....im talking about endless ours of taunting and hitting to jux get a measly 1 cm...thats jux bullshyt...they really screwed this game up...who am i u say...im wuz a lvl 55 sk that got tired of same old bullshyt...gave away my shyts and deleted him...to the rest of u have fun being screwed by SOE.
RE: Rare Drop Rate
# Feb 18 2004 at 6:41 PM Rating: Default
yo i know how you feel they made the game to dam hard cm's and all these gay rares they add that dont help neone this game is pisseing me off im gana quit i also spent lots of money on this dam game and i had to buy the game 3 times becuase these lazy basterds keep loosing my account im sick of the game and i know that there are alot of people that are pissed and sick of SOE ****** around wiht us.
vu
# Feb 06 2004 at 2:55 AM Rating: Default
Ya what they did to the Isleguard gear is horrible. Not only was it very expensive but it also was extremely hard to find. There are lvl 5 items with better ac on them then this **************** gear now. You would think that since they nurf the stats they would atleast keep the AC.... Oh well, nothin i can do about it but felt i must ***** a lil over how much time and effort i put into gettin this whole set.
I need help
# Feb 05 2004 at 3:57 PM Rating: Default
[Black]I need to know where to get my 17 quest bard leggings. I have been looking for 3 weeks and I still can;t find them.If you know where to get the leggings please repsond.
wine
# Feb 05 2004 at 11:44 AM Rating: Decent
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Do you like yours Red or White. If this were like other games you buy it play it, and live with it it never change's. I know i have never had a char. that has had any real big changes, but i still see these as overall improvements for future char's
this sucks
# Feb 05 2004 at 11:21 AM Rating: Default
i doubt anyone will be happy with this i know im not. i spent a lot of money on some of these items. and what do i get a few cm points? are the people at soe morons or is it just me?
ur kidding
# Feb 05 2004 at 9:23 AM Rating: Decent
??????????
RE: ur kidding
# Feb 05 2004 at 10:10 AM Rating: Excellent
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3,473 posts
Nope, this was sent to me by Bordael last night.
RE: ur kidding
# Feb 05 2004 at 11:49 AM Rating: Default
hey haggan! could you possible inform SOE about a quest that is wrong for me? i cant seen to contact them. anyway, the lvl 7 Dark Elf Necromancer quest is the problem. Jared N'Toxis says that you need a spikeshell crab claw, but when i had the item in my inventory, he kept asking if i was having trouble finding it. afterwards i looked in the quest log and the quest log said that i needed a spikeshell crab shell. so i got 1 and returned. it worked, but Mr. Toxis said thanks for finding the spikeshell crab claw. what is up with this? im sure i was not the only furious player who ahd this happen to them. anyway i did get the quest done, but i thought to try and make other DELF Necromancers not get upset like i did about it.

Thank You
RE: ur kidding
# Feb 05 2004 at 1:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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Message sent to Bordael.

<EDIT> This is what Bordael sent me:

Hi Haggan,

Yeah, I saw that and already sent it to testing :)

Sorry about the snafu with the game data. I just posted up a blerb to the dev corner

http://everquestonlineadventures.station.sony.com/dev_view.jsp?id=60665

I'm working up a further explenation to address the hue and cry over the "nurfs" that should hit the site shortly.

Edited, Thu Feb 5 13:28:03 2004
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