Game Update #40 November 13, 2007 11/13/2007
*** Rise of Kunark is Here! ***
- To arms! The continent of Kunark has been rediscovered in the waters of the
Timorous Deep! The lich emperor, Venril Sathir, has spent the last 500 years
nearly conquering the breadth of the land, driving the Di’Zok to make their final
stand in the city of Chardok. Suddenly awakened into a hostile world, the sarnak
of Gorowyn have begun to explore not only a vast and varied land, but also their
own mysterious past -- not stopping for anything that might stand in their way.
Will you be able to tame this harsh land, or will you be unable to stop the Rise
of Kunark?
*** Racial Traits ***
- Most races have had their racial traits improved to be useful from levels
1-80!
- Along with the new racial traits there is a new way to see what racial and
class traits you can choose now and further along in your adventuring
career.
- By pressing the ‘L’ button you will open a window that contains three tabs.
Two of them are for spending your Achievement points, and the third is the new
"Character Development" tab. Check out this new tab to see all your options and
at what level you will achieve them.
- As a part of the launch of this new system, every existing player will be able
to review and change their character development choices one time.
*** Gameplay ***
- Level 20-70 experience gain rate has been smoothed to be more beneficial, and
pre-70 quests now pay out more experience!
- New characters who choose Gorowyn or Kelethin as their home city will be
greeted with a new, in-game, cinematic when they first enter the game.
- Only items in ranged and melee weapon slots can be swapped while in combat.
*** Map System ***
- Zoom, pan and resizing have been added to the in game map.
- To zoom in use your mouse wheel or the buttons in the lower right corner of
the map.
- Once you are zoomed in you can pan around the map my clicking and dragging your
mouse when the cursor displays as a hand.
- The map window can now be resized just like other UI windows in the
game.
- Always wanted a minimap? Now you can make one!
*** Music ***
- EverQuest II now boasts all-new adaptive combat music!
- Expect fights to sound differently based on the pace of combat, whether you're
winning or losing, as well as how difficult the fight is.
- Turn your combat music back on! It's seriously worth it.
*** Spells and Combat Arts ***
Dirge Changes:
- The Death’s Door line no longer requires concentration.
Troubador Changes:
- The daze effect has been removed from Precision of the Maestro.
- Concentration is no longer needed for the Performer’s Talent line.
- Performer’s Talent line will now only trigger on the initial damage hits.
*** Tradeskills ***
- The level cap on all primary and secondary tradeskills has been raised to 80
for players who have purchased the Rise of Kunark expansion.
- New level 70-80 tradeskill recipes are now available for all classes, as are
level 70-79 tradeskill city writs for all starting cities.
- Several new quests are now available in Kunark for higher level crafters of
all adventure levels. Speak to Assistant Jones at the docks in Kylong Plains,
and Taskmaster Greeblentus in Teren’s Grasp to learn how you can
assist.
- Several optional new faction paths allow crafters to assist certain factions
within Kunark and earn their trust. Taskmaster Greeblentus can guide you towards
these.
- A new tradeskill faction has entered Norrath with the discovery of Gorowyn:
the Academy of Logistics, bringing more titles for players to earn and new
faction furniture items to be purchased.
- Stack sizes of harvested items have been increased across all level
ranges.
- Changes to the crafting UI automatically bring up the reaction arts you need,
and will override your 1-6 keys while the window is up. If you want to continue
using your old hotbars, simply click elsewhere so the crafting window loses
focus.
- Tradeskill delegates now offer a new tradeskill tutorial quest series to give
more information to new crafters (or old ones who would like a refresher). If
you were in the middle of the old tutorial quest series you will find these
autocomplete, and you can pick up the new one.
- Tradeskill reaction arts now auto-upgrade as you level up, no more hunting in
knowledge books to find your latest!
- Tinkerers and transmuters now have 6 reaction arts like other classes. These
still need to be purchased from the appropriate vendors, however.
- Harvesting tools no longer need to be equipped to be used. They do however
still need to be attuned.
- Recipes no longer yield non-pristine products. Instead, if you fail to create
a pristine quality product, your fuel will be returned for handcrafted recipes,
or your rare for mastercrafted. More details can be found in this
discussion.
- Carpenters will find some belated evil furniture items appearing in their
existing recipe books ... just in time for a very evil Frostfell?
- Experience granted by tradeskill writs will now scale more smoothly. They
should grant about 5% at higher levels and a bit more at lower levels.
*** Four Year Veteran Rewards ***
- It's only our third birthday! Why four year veteran rewards already? Remember
that you get 90 days free Veteran Reward time for each expansion that you own.
Four expansions plus three years means new rewards!
A title The Zealous
- Your fame has grown. Tales of your exploits have been told among the
citizenry of major cities across Norrath. In the cities, children grow up
wanting to be just like you. Don't be surprised if you're worshipped by
all while gracing them with your presence.
Treasure Hoard
- A treasure chest that symbolizes your amassed wealth as an
accomplished citizen of Norrath. Your home city is lucky to have you as
a citizen. Placing one of these items in your home will cause all
landlords to give you a 25% discount on your coin rent.
Mystic Moppet Billy
- All that fame and constant recognition can be draining on Norrath's
own superstars. Sometimes it's refreshing to be able to disappear into
the background. You can do so more easily with your own Billy Illusion.
Draft of the Skilled (x3) and Draft of the Wise (x3)
- Not that a person of your stature would need such assistance, but
famous people lead busy lives. Any time they can save leads to more time
for heroic deeds and economic exploits. The most advanced adventurers
and crafters do have their public to think about, after all
Check out this news article on EQ2Players.com for all the details about the
veteran rewards.
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