Game Update #28: Teaser Screenshots

[Raijinn]

<div></div>Use this thread to discuss the <a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive.vm?id=910&section=News&month=current" target=_blank>Game Update #28 Teaser Screenshots</a> feature.<div></div><p>Message Edited by Raijinn Thunderguard on <span class=date_text>09-29-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:21 PM</span>

[ashen1973]

where can i find these screenshots?

[Raijinn]

<div><blockquote><hr>ljay1973 wrote:<div></div>where can i find these screenshots?<hr></blockquote>Right here.. <a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive.vm?id=910&section=News&month=current" target=_blank>http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive.vm?id=910&section=News&month=current</a></div>

[SaintJ]

<P>nm</P> <P> </P><p>Message Edited by SaintJay on <span class=date_text>09-29-2006</span> <span class=time_text>06:42 PM</span>

[Greenion]

<P><FONT color=#66ff00><FONT color=#339933>the tradeskilling centers in the cities is a good idea</FONT>, <FONT color=#339933>it'll bring more animate life to the streets</FONT>...</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#66ff00><FONT color=#339933>i like the sound of the night of the dead</FONT>, <FONT color=#339933>timely</FONT>, <FONT color=#339933>and will likely be alot of graphical laughs</FONT>.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#66ff00><FONT color=#339933>thx for paying attn to detail</FONT>...<FONT color=#339933>i think these ideas are fairly clever and make the ingame world that much more a living one</FONT>.</FONT></P>

[KerowynnKaotic]

<DIV><IMG src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/content_images/friday_features/GU28/GU28_Teaser_1.jpg"></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Comments ... I'll trade him this "fun!" spell for my lvl 20 Fury "Toxic Green Goo Fun" spell ...</DIV> <P> </P> <P>.....</P> <P><IMG src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/content_images/friday_features/GU28/GU28_Teaser_2.jpg"></P> <P>Comments:  [ Bleeped out due to N-16 rating on the boards ] ....</P> <P> </P>

[EQ2Playa432]

<div><blockquote><hr>KerowynnKaotic wrote:<div></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div><b>Comments ... I'll trade him this "fun!" spell for my lvl 20 Fury "Toxic Green Goo Fun" spell ...</b></div> <p><b> <font color="#ffff00">That's funny, because I play with the green glowing spell most of my playtime on my fury, who is my main character. It's all a matter of opinion <span>:smileyvery-happy:</span></font></b></p> <p>.....</p> <p></p> <p>Comments:  [ Bleeped out due to N-16 rating on the boards ] ....</p> <hr></blockquote></div>

[Lint26]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> KerowynnKaotic wrote:<BR> <DIV>*snipped piccy*</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Comments ... I'll trade him this "fun!" spell for my lvl 20 Fury "Toxic Green Goo Fun" spell ...<BR> <HR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Looks more like he's walking on coals that it being a fun spell.  But I want an amonite on my head, certainly beats the skele/cat/anotonia masks we got last year (though I still love the pumpkin one)

[irish]

<DIV>The walking on fire guy is part of the Solusek Ro Prophet camp.</DIV>

[Littl]

I think the devs have been watching too much sci-fi lol the snail head looks wierd lol. Someone got hit with a killer snail! <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Last years events were awesome. I loved the haunted house and puzzles even though many people kept thinking they were always bugged but missed a clue. Haunted houses are fun. And trick-or-treating was very kewl. Pumpkin quest was fun also.

[TheManInTheBox]

<div></div><div></div><font face="Comic Sans MS">Well... considering the <a href="http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=728" target="_blank">amygdalan creatures</a> have been around since the launch of the Plane of Fear in EverQuest. I doubt its Sci-Fi movies that gave them inspiration for that halloween mask. More so they used it because they currently have that model in EverQuest 2, and it gives the right feel for Halloween.As for last years events, I enjoyed them greatly.</font><div></div><p>Message Edited by TheManInTheBox on <span class=date_text>09-30-2006</span> <span class=time_text>03:56 PM</span>

[SisterTheresa]

<P>What .. no candy!</P> <P>I'm disappointed.  How can you have such an event and no candy?</P> <P>Maybe there will be a least some undead for my Templar to whack?  Maybe?  Pweese??</P>

[TheManInTheBox]

<font face="Comic Sans MS">No candy?Where did any developer say we wouldn't be getting candy during the event?If this is true, which I don't believe it is. Whoever removed candy from a event like this should be throughly beat with the nerf bat from being a SOE developer to a SOE custodian. <span><span>:manmad:</span></span></font><div></div>

[treasterbr]

<DIV>actually correction the Llithids have been around since AD&D 1st and Second additions ... read your Forgotten Realms RA Salvatore books on the Dark Elf Trilolgy <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Magicmind]

<P> </P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> treasterbr wrote:<BR> <DIV>actually correction the Llithids have been around since AD&D 1st and Second additions ... read your Forgotten Realms RA Salvatore books on the Dark Elf Trilolgy <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Correction again</P> <P>   Lets get our D&D lore right here,  illithids (notice the i ?) dont have shells on their heads.  The one above will be called a deathknight mask I bet.</P> <P> </P> <P><IMG src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Illithid.jpg">    An illithid <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><BR></P>

[kajirala]

<DIV><IMG src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/content_images/friday_features/GU28/GU28_Teaser_1.jpg"></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>i would love this to be a fun spell for all classes i love it love it love it</DIV>

[dawy]

Looking good..:

[XeroHedgeh]

<div></div><div></div>Is it just me, or did the guy who did the artwork for that nautilus-looking mask read a tad too many H.P. Lovecraft novels?<font color="#000000"></font><font color="#000000" size="1">Collect Call of Cthulu!</font><div></div><p>Message Edited by XeroHedgehog on <span class=date_text>09-30-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:18 PM</span>

[JoarAddam]

<div><blockquote><hr>XeroHedgehog wrote:<div></div><div></div>Is it just me, or did the guy who did the artwork for that nautilus-looking mask read a tad too many H.P. Lovecraft novels?<font color="#000000"></font><font color="#000000" size="1">Collect Call of Cthulu!</font><div></div><p>Message Edited by XeroHedgehog on <span class="date_text">09-30-2006</span> <span class="time_text">10:18 PM</span></p><hr></blockquote>All of these masks (this one for is for sure) will probably be the heads of mobs already in the game, or use other models already in the game, just like last year. It looks like they are not in /cutemode this time, though.  You can see the model for this one in the cave behind the temple of cazic thule, or on fear tainted isle in tenebrous.  or you could set your "way back" machine to 300 odd years ago and go to the plane of fear in eq1 and find them again.The race is known as the Amygdalans, they are a product of the plane of fear.  yes, the original designer probably read HP lovecraft, but I don't think it was "too many"  These creatures are meant to inspire fear, and tentacles seem to do the trick for many cultures... the japansese especially have a fascination for such tentacled creatures, probably due to their island location... watch their cartoons...  A giant monster... tentacles...  a person turning into a half human half robot... tentacles...  a nun fresh out of church... tentacles...  a mother breastfeeding her baby... with tentacle [Removed for Content]....</div>

[XeroHedgeh]

<blockquote><hr>JoarAddam wrote:<div>a mother breastfeeding her baby... with tentacle [Removed for Content]....</div><hr></blockquote><div></div>TOO. MUCH. INFO.

[Eriol]

Your link will expire Raj. <a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive.vm?month=102006&section=News" target="_blank">This link</a> will auto-redirect, but should be a permalink.

[khelektasare]

<div></div><div></div><div></div><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Yup... I was thinking the same thing about Lovecraft. Thought the same thing the first time I went into Cazic-Thule as well...</font></font><font color="#ff0000" face="Arial" size="4"><b></b><font color="#ff3300">Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.<font size="3"></font><font color="#ffffff" size="3">In case you don't know what that means...</font><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></font><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></font><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial" size="3">In his house at R'Lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreamin</font><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial" size="3">g.</font><div></div><p></p><p><span class="time_text"></span></p><p>Message Edited by Cthulhu522 on <span class=date_text>10-01-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:48 PM</span>

[The-Fourm-Pirate]

<DIV>Cazic-Thule = Cthulu, abbreviate Cazic and replace the E  in thule with U. The funny part being cazic himself looks nothing like Cthulu, the Amygladan (which that mask is of btw, it's not a nautillus mask <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) closely resemble him.</DIV>

[Whazy]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> KerowynnKaotic wrote:<BR> <DIV><IMG src="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/images/en/content_images/friday_features/GU28/GU28_Teaser_1.jpg"></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Comments ... I'll trade him this "fun!" spell for my lvl 20 Fury "Toxic Green Goo Fun" spell ...</DIV> <P></P> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I love that spell.  It's great to cast on a group member when he tells a bad joke or /emotes a fart...

[valkyrja]

<div><blockquote><hr>The-Fourm-Pirate wrote:<div>Cazic-Thule = Cthulu, abbreviate Cazic and replace the E  in thule with U. The funny part being cazic himself looks nothing like Cthulu, the Amygladan (which that mask is of btw, it's not a nautillus mask <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) closely resemble him.</div><hr></blockquote>Though I'm not going to argue that is probably where they derived the name from, but it is spelled <b><font face="Arial">Cthulhu,</font></b><font face="Arial"> so your formula doesn't work out so easily</font><b><font face="Arial"></font></b></div>

[FuzzBall]

<div></div><div><blockquote><hr>Greenion wrote:<div></div> <p><font color="#66ff00"><font color="#339933">the tradeskilling centers in the cities is a good idea</font>, <font color="#339933">it'll bring more animate life to the streets</font>...</font></p> <p><font color="#66ff00"><font color="#339933">i like the sound of the night of the dead</font>, <font color="#339933">timely</font>, <font color="#339933">and will likely be alot of graphical laughs</font>.</font></p> <p><font color="#66ff00"><font color="#339933">thx for paying attn to detail</font>...<font color="#339933">i think these ideas are fairly clever and make the ingame world that much more a living one</font>.</font></p><hr></blockquote>I dont.  I think this stinks.  Crafting is hard enough with the lag in the zones as it is.  This will be the death of the villages.  Yay, I get to stand in one of the biggest city zones, in the rain, crafting with zone lag, woot....  I now also get to spend a lot fo time running between banks, the mail box and the brokers.  Im glad that I have a lot of spare time to do this, thanks for moving them away from each other.  Imagine having everything to need close together, wouldnt that be great... Well, not any more...  Willow wood is a great example of a nice crafting zone.   The broker is right there, the bank is 5 steps from the crafting zone, as in the mailbox.    Not in North Qeynos.......Edit : nice, just read that theyve put the instances back in.... And I thought /feedback just got auto-deleted.</div><p>Message Edited by FuzzBall on <span class=date_text>10-04-2006</span> <span class=time_text>07:42 AM</span>

[Quicksilver74]

<DIV>Ok there is no halloween masks that I can find... no special halloween stuff at all in freeport... so was the Squid mask just a lie or what?</DIV>

[Finora]

The Nights of the Dead stuff doesn't appear to have been patched in on live servers yet. Someone mentioned Oct. 11th as the day it would be in. I have no clue if they are correct.

[Eveningsong]

The scarecrow king quest in Antonica (starts with Ponchy in Windstalker Village) which has stayed live all year has been updated to give a new reward for this year (supposedly you can do it again if you did it last year but I can't test that personally), but the other quest and trick or treating are not live yet. It is a little early yet <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> give the city folk a chance to finish decorating and set things up <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.

[SisterTheresa]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Eveningsong wrote:<BR>The scarecrow king quest in Antonica (starts with Ponchy in Windstalker Village) which has stayed live all year has been updated to give a new reward for this year (supposedly you can do it again if you did it last year but I can't test that personally), but the other quest and trick or treating are not live yet. It is a little early yet <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> give the city folk a chance to finish decorating and set things up <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It seems you can, as one in our guild slew the Scarecrow King and got a bone sculpture as a reward.  I dunno if I want to go through all that again even at my level.

[cr0wangel]

Hello Raijinn, I have a language problem with Eq2players site.My Internet browser is set in french, thus I am directed to the french version of the website, I want to go to the english version but I can't because I am directed to the french site. There is no option or button on the website to choose the language we want, please forward this to the Web team, it's really annoying. I want to read the website in english but can't since it detects my browser as french and I can't do nothing about this. Thank  you.<div></div>

[Exibar]

<P>This might sound like a really strange question.  But what are the stats of the machine that grabbed those screenshots and what are the EQ2 settings that were set?</P> <P> </P> <P> I have a 256meg X700 ATi vid card, 4 gig of 3200 memory, and a 3.6G intel CPU, 7200 RPM drives (willing to switch to a 10k SATA drive if needed).</P> <P> </P> <P> I just want to know what would be used for those screenshots.  They are beautiful in quality, I want to get to that place <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P> </P> <P>thanks!</P> <P> </P>

[Morel42]

<P> </P> <P> Well game update #28 went in last week, and still no Holloween stuff.. Whats going on? Any comments SOE? <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P> </P>

[Kell67890]

The new mask reminds me of Davy Jones :smileyvery-happy:

[Zappo1980]

Hmm... when I click on the link, I get a "general error" page.<div></div>

[jarlaxle8]

<P>Ok Raijinn, can you please link thta stuff so I DON'T get redirected to the german EQ2 website (which shows something completely different)? I know, I come from a german speaking country, but there is a reason I'm on the english site and not there.</P> <P>You may as well tell those web designers too cut it out with the redirecting according to language altogether. It started at some time and it annoys me every time and it's useless.</P> <P>Thank you.</P>

[RagingWolf]

<DIV>I think it's a good idea that there is always something going on in the land of norrath, however even though halloween is portrayed in the game, alot of people as well as myself complained about the haunted house.  I think the only differences in the house was free masks, and dance challenge.  However the trick or treating was fun, just don't know how so many people got over 100. Insanity I tell you.</DIV> <DIV>~Ragingwolf</DIV> <DIV>Protector of the Fallen</DIV> <DIV>70 Ranger</DIV>

[acill]

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