From The EQ2 Test Server Forum



Test Update #12: July 13, 2005
*** Headlines ***



- Change your bind point to anywhere in your home city!

- Invite other players into groups, raids, and guilds when they aren't in the same zone!

- Sort your quests by the current zone for each quest step!

- Earn experience for your guild by collecting status loot!

- Learning tradeskills is made even easier with new artisan quests!

- Gain coin and better loot from defeating creatures!

- Guilds no longer lose status when members leave!

- Add a new hotkey to toggle between your two most recent targets!

- Lots of user interface tweaks and improvements!

- The quest completion ding is back!

- Mysterious activities around the mines of Norrath introduce our latest live event!

LOTS of opinions about the proposed guild changes on the EQ2 Guild Discussion Forum.

I see I'm not the only one with my thoughts.. lol

Whats our opinion?

LOL, you just had to ask didn't you...


Well, personally I don't think there should be a change in the way a guild loses guild status/xp when a patron decides to leave the guild... Why do I think this??

Because patrons to me are the same as knights/officers in a way. You wouldn't have just anybody helping to run a guild but instead have officers who you can trust and who you know would do a good job.
The same with patrons, you shouldn't have just anyone be a patron only those you know will stick around and those you know will follow through with the commitment they have made.

For example: If someone places another person as a patron just because he/she is helping them complete a heritage or two and the new patroned person decides to leave a few weeks later I think the guild should lose the status/xp because they placed the person as a patron for completely the wrong reasons.

I also believe that as things are now in game that if a patron leaves and the guild loses xp/status that it is a learning experience to pick and choose patrons more wisely. If the changes that are on test do go live there isn't really a way to learn and to grow if a patron leaves.


* I could go on and on about my thoughts and the way I feel on how currently things are and what may be changed but I think it would be best if I close my mouth before I insert my foot

I'll reserve my full opinion until more information is known. Off the top I don't like it; there should be some type of penalty.

Penalty? There is but one penalty for lighting the Grail shaped beacon -

I agree Paddi, as it is I don't like it but if they implement a penalty for those that do leave the guild I wish they would do it. I hate seeing the guild level go down and wish it did stay but some reprecussions should be made to them upon leaving such as for every 1000 status made a level of debt is gained upon leaving or even their personal status completely gone.

More lil tidbits.

An Old-ish one.
From EQ2 Boards: Next Test Update Week of 7/11/05 :
Just wanted to let everyone know that there won't be a major update on Test this week. Live Update #12 will be going to Test next week (approximately 7/13), and then to the live servers the week after.
[I'm a lil late on this one. LU12 Could be going to Live today, today is listed as "Next US Servers Update"]

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From EQ2 Boards: Test Server Update Notes - July 15, 2005 :
*** Gameplay ***
- The active quest limit has been raised to 75 from 50!

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Test notes 07/18/2005

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Update Notes: July 18, 2005 7/18/2005 10:00 PM PST
*** Zone Access and Travel Changes ***

-There are no longer level restrictions or quest requirements on the following zones: Fallen Gate, the Orcish Wastes, the Enchanted Lands, Drafling Tower, the Feerrott, Everfrost, and Lavastorm.
- The access quests that were restricting travel to the Orcish Wastes, the Enchanted Lands, the Feerrott, Everfrost, and Lavastorm are now optional and provide item rewards. After you complete any of these quests (or if you have done so in the past), speak to Scholar Milnik on the docks of the Thundering Steppes to receive your reward. All boat rides associated with the overland access quests are now instanced adventures that can be repeated once you have completed the quests.
- Harbormasters in East Freeport and Qeynos Harbor now only sell tickets to the Thundering Steppes and Nektulos Forest. These two locations now function as travel hubs to the rest of the world. From the Thundering Steppes you can travel to the Orcish Wastes, the Feerrott, and Everfrost. From Nektulos Forest you can travel to the Enchanted Lands and Lavastorm.
- As Kizdean Gix's key is no longer needed to enter Fallen Gate, he has retreated from the Commonlands.


*** Epic Encounters ***

- Varanak the Everlasting will no longer immediately attack those who revive in the zone after being defeated by him. In addition, the statue has once again been reminded that his duty is to aid Venekor.


*** Items ***

- Status loot can now be sold to regular merchants for an appropriate price.


*** Tradeskills ***

- Each stage of the "Seeking a Profession" quest will now award a different volume of the Artisan Essentials series. The amount of cash awarded has been increased slightly, and citizenship should now be properly granted upon completion of the final quest.


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Interesting days ahead.

GRRRR! No more tickets?? LOL... It was sooo handy to just buy a ticket and be at the zone in line to wherever you wanted to be.. Now, ya buy then zone.. then zone.. and in some cases zone some more..

I knew about LU 12 hitting live this week, suppose to be tomorrow if everything goes right... Server is only down for a hour today, so it's not early :P... Live update 12 is what I'm eager for, aaah how nice it will be to make combines in stacks for boxes... sell the 20 I make and xp making more.. lol..

Server downtime is 3 hours today it looks like today is indeed the day that LU 12 becomes live (atleast I hope.. lol)

The good news is atleast I managed to get myself to be a level 39 carpenter this morning, and guess what I get to make in level 39... more tables! ::groans:: oh well, one more level and I get to whine over subcombines.. lol