Here are the April Update Plans for EverQuest II! [Archive]

Piestro

03-30-2012, 07:07 PM

Here are the April Update Plans for EverQuest II! The Skyshrine update (GU 63) is taking the lion’s share of the team’s focus right now (launching in mid-April), but other things are still happening as we continue to smash bugs, improve systems, and look to the future of EQII! The team is busy reviewing GU 63 feedback and making tweaks, fixing bugs, and still adding new goodies to the content – and there is a LOT of it – one of the biggest ever done on EQII! I want to say a big “Thank You” to the community too. We’re very grateful for the support and constructive feedback we’ve been getting on the Test Copy server and forums and ask that you not stop now! During this month we’ll be doing interviews and giving detail on what is being added to this monstrous update because there is plenty to say. The more we see the final touches the team is doing, the more excited we all get! Holly “Windstalker” Longdale <img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/logos/destiny_of_velious/EQII_DOV_Logo_500.png" width="500" /> Destiny of Velious and More While the game update continues the Destiny of Velious story, we want to make it clear that there are also additions that support other features released in Age of Discovery expansion, like tradeskill apprentices, new Dungeon Maker map and decorations, new creatures for Beastlords to tame, and a new elite mercenary. In case it hasn’t been said enough, we are going live with this exciting update on April 17. Test for the Best We are thrilled at the participation we have seen on Test Copy and the feedback has been great. The team reviews the content, feedback databases, and forums daily. We encourage everyone to participate and contribute! Please check out the In Testing forums for instructions on how to copy your character and access Test Copy as well as zone access and testing baubles to set you on your way! <img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/articles/bristlebane_day/bristlebaneday_banner.jpg" width="500" /> Bristlebane Celebrations Begin! It’s time for mischief, pranks and fun in honor of the King of Thieves, Fizzlethorpe Bristlebane! Starting at the end of March and kicking off at full steam on April 1 - 12, tricksters of all shapes and sizes can enjoy the return of the holiday with new features added this year, including a contest in Enchanted Lands, new tradeskill recipes, and more! Limited Time Bristlebane Marketplace items! Just in time for the Trickster’s holiday, we have a couple of items on the Marketplace that will be around for a short time starting April 1. The King of Thieves’ childhood friend and mount has been revealed and in honor of pranksters everywhere, and a Jester costume is available. Get them while you can as they will not be offered after April 12. Spring Fever Over the Easter holiday, we will have some fun Spring items for sale in the marketplace as well as some pretty big SOE holiday promotions. Everyone will get to enjoy double experience over the weekend too! <img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/cityfestivals/qeynos_city_festival.jpg" width="500" /> Qeynos City Festival This month, the Far Seas Trading Company is headed to Qeynos! The city festival kicks off on April 1-7. Behind the Scenes While the Game Update content itself is pretty obvious, the team is also making some exciting changes to the game code and making improvements. Pathing was one of those changes, and we’re always working to fix bugs and improve the game. As we said some time ago, in addition to game update features, our engineers, artists, and designers continue to fix Live issues and bugs – even some pretty old ones! And at the same time as all this, we are planning well into the future for EQII with plenty of lore, concept, and feature meetings. It’s a great time for EQII!

Whilhelmina

03-30-2012, 08:12 PM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>Test for the BestWe are thrilled at the participation we have seen on Test Copy and the feedback has been great. The team reviews the content, feedback databases, and forums daily. We encourage everyone to participate and contribute! Please check out the In Testing forums for instructions on how to copy your character and access Test Copy as well as zone access and testing baubles to set you on your way! </blockquote>Darn, you're doing it once more.HELLOOOOOOOOO! WE'RE HEREEEEE ! Did you see the massive amount of quest feedback posted by TEST players? You could at least acknowledge there are 2 test servers <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Koleg

03-30-2012, 08:43 PM

Maybe for the April update plans we could include the actual items from March that were not updated... I at least HOPE they are carried over even if they are no longer important enough to take the vitural space, maybe beneath the fold as it's not really something you want to be acknowldeged... but we're not dumb. So, two out of the three items planed for the Match update were completed, not counting city fests, moonlight enchants, Brew Day, or Portals since those are all recurring (a new word) events. DOV Dungeon Timers Reduced to 90 Minutes!Get prepared for the next Game Update and gear up in Destiny of Velious group dungeons -- timers are being reduced from 18 hours to 90 minutes! (Scheduled to launch in 18 days)New Pathing CodeIn exciting code news, new pathing is on Test right now and we're hoping to bring that to Live when it has passed rigorous testing. For those who don’t know, “pathing” is what the monsters and pets use to travel from points A to B in our game.Bye-bye Crit MitThe Critical Mitigation stat removal change that is on Test will be going to live servers this month. This does not apply to the PVP Critical Mitigation stat.

Child

03-30-2012, 09:21 PM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>Limited Time Bristlebane Marketplace items! Just in time for the Trickster’s holiday, we have a couple of items on the Marketplace that will be around for a short time starting April 1. The King of Thieves’ childhood friend and mount has been revealed and in honor of pranksters everywhere, and a Jester costume is available. Get them while you can as they will not be offered after April 12.</blockquote>Any chance we could see some preview pictures?

Krytin888

03-30-2012, 11:39 PM

Any chance we could get a FEW items without having to pay for them ?Every single new item you guys add to the game is headed straight to the marketplace.When does it end?I really hope the update is free because im not paying a sub for developers to add items only to the market place every week. Then i have to spend even more money for items not available in the game. I know theres content in this update and am glad to see that my money has gone somewhere besides items. Im surely not paying for it though after the 50 bucks i forked out for this last one.The way you guys state this everytime a new item comes out sounds like were all thrilled to look in the marketplace LOLLook in the market place for this new jester outfit and mount!Should be , Weve added a new mount questline with a story and some lore , theres even a jester outfit to be found.I dont look foward to anything that goes in there , i look foward to my sub money going towards content and in game items.<<<<< wich ive seen none of yet since the free to play merger.Im tired of having to pay for every single new item you come out with its getting old and fast!Sure im not the only one . I dont care that theres a marketplace for those who would rather just pay for stuff but geez , put some in the game also for those of us that actually enjoy a good quest or boss to kill.My opinion...

cookiedough

03-31-2012, 12:24 AM

<cite>Krytin888 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any chance we could get a FEW items without having to pay for them ?Every single new item you guys add to the game is headed straight to the marketplace.When does it end?I really hope the update is free because im not paying a sub for developers to add items only to the market place every week. Then i have to spend even more money for items not available in the game. I know theres content in this update and am glad to see that my money has gone somewhere besides items. Im surely not paying for it though after the 50 bucks i forked out for this last one.The way you guys state this everytime a new item comes out sounds like were all thrilled to look in the marketplace LOLLook in the market place for this new jester outfit and mount!Should be , Weve added a new mount questline with a story and some lore , theres even a jester outfit to be found.I dont look foward to anything that goes in there , i look foward to my sub money going towards content and in game items.<<<<< wich ive seen none of yet since the free to play merger.Im tired of having to pay for every single new item you come out with its getting old and fast!Sure im not the only one . I dont care that theres a marketplace for those who would rather just pay for stuff but geez , put some in the game also for those of us that actually enjoy a good quest or boss to kill.My opinion...</blockquote>This. Nice to see an in-game holiday event where items for it are directly tied to the marketplace /sarcasm. Really?

Yavist

03-31-2012, 12:39 AM

How can we trust that the April updates are going to take place if all the March updates didn't take place. Are we even going to see everything that you promised? It seems that you rely so much on the "community" but don't really help us nor support us. You give us false promises to updates and then either don't do something that you say you are going to do, or either push back the date.Shouldn't have GU63 be fully developed before it goes to test? It seems like you push a half built product out to test, and then wait to adhac the rest as you go. Even Microsoft isn't this bad about deploying a product. You promote GU63 like it is the best thing that SOE has ever done, but yet I feel like you have enough time to come up with more content then we are being provided. My personal vote on GU63 will be... Failure, not sucess.

Guy De Alsace

03-31-2012, 03:42 AM

I'm still waiting for the itemisation revamp to be finished <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />How many months(years?) ago was that?

Sharann

03-31-2012, 03:59 AM

Will the April expansion be free, or do we have to pay for it?

Hamervelder

03-31-2012, 04:09 AM

<cite>Krytin888 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any chance we could get a FEW items without having to pay for them ?Every single new item you guys add to the game is headed straight to the marketplace.When does it end?I really hope the update is free because im not paying a sub for developers to add items only to the market place every week. Then i have to spend even more money for items not available in the game. I know theres content in this update and am glad to see that my money has gone somewhere besides items. Im surely not paying for it though after the 50 bucks i forked out for this last one.The way you guys state this everytime a new item comes out sounds like were all thrilled to look in the marketplace LOLLook in the market place for this new jester outfit and mount!Should be , Weve added a new mount questline with a story and some lore , theres even a jester outfit to be found.I dont look foward to anything that goes in there , i look foward to my sub money going towards content and in game items.<<<<< wich ive seen none of yet since the free to play merger.Im tired of having to pay for every single new item you come out with its getting old and fast!Sure im not the only one . I dont care that theres a marketplace for those who would rather just pay for stuff but geez , put some in the game also for those of us that actually enjoy a good quest or boss to kill.My opinion...</blockquote>I very much agree. The near-exclusive focus on the Smed's Magical Marketplace is one of the main reasons (that, and my father's failing health -- I want to spend more time w/ my family) that I've finally cancelled my remaining EQ2 account, after almost eight years. At one time, my wife and I had five Station Access accounts. Now, we have zero SOE subs, all because of the marketplace. SOE will likely never get another penny from us.

Vlahkmaak

03-31-2012, 04:44 AM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>Here are the April Update Plans for EverQuest II!Destiny of Velious and More1.) tradeskill apprentices YAY? ok.2.) new Dungeon Maker map Bleh2.a) and decorations Bleh3,) new creatures for Beastlords to tame Ok4.) a new elite mercenary. MehIn case it hasn’t been said enough, we are going live with this exciting update on April 17.Test for the Bestfeedback has been great. Ok, but this is nothing new. Listening might be.Bristlebane Celebrations Begin! 1.) a contest in Enchanted Lands Meh - fluff2.) new tradeskill recipes Ok - if your a TS'r3.) and more! READ: more stuff to buy w/ Smed bucks.Limited Time Bristlebane Marketplace items! 1.) a couple of items on the Marketplace that will be around for a short time starting April 1. told you so1.A) The King of Thieves’ childhood friend and mount Cha ching SSSmedbucks1B) a Jester costume is available. Cha Ching SSSMedbucksSpring Fever1.) Easter holiday, we will have some fun Spring items for sale in the marketplace Cha Ching SSSMedbucksQeynos City FestivalThe city festival kicks off on April 1-7.Behind the Scenes1.) Pathing (AGAIN)1.) And at the same time as all this, we are planning well into the future for EQII with plenty of lore, concept, and feature meetings. It’s a great time for EQII! READ: Cha Ching SSSMedbucks </blockquote>In a wrap the update is IMO (yours may vary).Cha Ching SSSMedbucks = 4 updates worth of fluff.Meh = 2 Mercanary and some seasonal holidy stuff. Bleh = 2 DF/Fluffy decorations. Yay/Ok = 3 Tradeskillers and BeastlordsWinners: TS/BST - pathing improvements.Losers: Nagafen - we rate lower than Smedbucks, fluff, new elite mercs, and the seasonal code they only have to turn on once a year. WTB PVP gear worth using in a pvp/e enviornment.

jjlo69

03-31-2012, 05:07 AM

retro_guy

03-31-2012, 05:59 AM

<cite>Sharann@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Will the April expansion be free, or do we have to pay for it?</blockquote>It's not an expansion, it's an update.But you will need either Velious or AoD to get access to the content.Having Velious allows access to certain content and having AoD allows you access to other content.If you already own them you don't have to pay anything.

Rijacki

03-31-2012, 01:37 PM

<cite>Krytin888 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any chance we could get a FEW items without having to pay for them ?</blockquote><a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g488&menustr=080000000000" target="_blank">http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/a...tr=080000000000</a>Scroll down until you see the "New Craftables this Year". Those are added for zero SC cost to the Bristlebane celebration. If you scroll further, you'll also see new rewards added for quests.<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g485&menustr=080000000000" target="_blank">http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/a...tr=080000000000</a>Scroll down to "Brewday Acoutrements to Craft III". Those were added for zero SC cost to March's Brewday celebration. Scroll a bit further and you'll see the new quest rewards which also cost zero SC.I could go on, but this makes the point.Yes, at times it seems there is a lot added to the Marketplace that costs us SC to obtain or even that "all the good stuff" goes there. Some of that perception is because there are at least three items added to the Marketplace each week and now the announcements about Marketplace stuff have become even more prevalent than they were in the past. BUT, there are more than a 'few' items being added to the game FOR FREE (not even counting anything from GU63) as well. Non-Marketplace items usually get added in chunks and not with the same frequency as the Marketplace stuff, but that doesn't mean they aren't being added.As a side note, I, too, get annoyed and tired of the perception that everything and/or all the "good stuff" is being added to the Marketplace. I have a 90 tailor and I would love love love to be able to craft appearance stuff with my tailor (i.e. not artisan sub-10 recipes) that me and other players would actually want. I have a 90 alchemist and am very very tired of alchemy being the one craft with no attention and, other than fighter experts, nothing to make that anyone actually wants. I have a 90 carpenter, too, and.. well.. carpies have gotten the most attention of all the crafts and they do have a wealth of recipes, now, that rival the Marketplace stuff and can make far far far more items than are sold and keep getting more items added to their recipe books (building blocks recently.. those, too, should count in the "any chance we could get a 'few' items..." counter-arguement).

Rufy

03-31-2012, 01:57 PM

THIS UPDATE WILL DESTROY NAGAFEN! Do not neglect your pvp players! Do not destroy our server! Think of the impact this update will have if you throw this out without any regard to pvp!!

SisterTheresa

03-31-2012, 02:32 PM

<cite>Guy De Alsace wrote:</cite><blockquote>I'm still waiting for the itemisation revamp to be finished <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" />How many months(years?) ago was that?</blockquote>Hear hear! I still have things that are BUGGED from MONTHS ago!

Mystfit

03-31-2012, 03:20 PM

<cite>cookiedough wrote:</cite><blockquote>This. Nice to see an in-game holiday event where items for it are directly tied to the marketplace /sarcasm. Really?</blockquote>This holdiay event has a ground mount free for questing at any adventure level....and it is one the cuter ones I think.There's also a cloak, and ike 7 or more different house items...(granted not all new this year, but aat least 4 or so are).You want something extra then the norm, then it costs, but they gave world event items in game as well.

Rainmare

03-31-2012, 04:23 PM

what's going to annoy me is they took away the meatbeast as a warder, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts the new useless ground mount is going to be a meatbeast. and it'll cost 20 dollars to get it.

Daalilama

03-31-2012, 04:46 PM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>Here are the April Update Plans for EverQuest II!The Skyshrine update (GU 63) is taking the lion’s share of the team’s focus right now (launching in mid-April), but other things are still happening as we continue to smash bugs, improve systems, and look to the future of EQII!The team is busy reviewing GU 63 feedback and making tweaks, fixing bugs, and still adding new goodies to the content – and there is a LOT of it – one of the biggest ever done on EQII! I want to say a big “Thank You” to the community too. We’re very grateful for the support and constructive feedback we’ve been getting on the Test Copy server and forums and ask that you not stop now! During this month we’ll be doing interviews and giving detail on what is being added to this monstrous update because there is plenty to say. The more we see the final touches the team is doing, the more excited we all get!Holly “Windstalker” Longdale </blockquote>Lol I just fell of the chair when I read this the Templar feedback thread has already hit 13 pages on the new "enhancemant" lines aka prestige aa. We have more feedback than all the other healer feedback threads combined and not one response...but they have with other healer feedback threads go figure.

DamselInDistress

04-01-2012, 08:51 AM

Any chance the double xp weekend awards double guild xp as well ? Haven't had one of those in ages.

Mystfit

04-01-2012, 09:35 AM

<cite>Rainmare@Oasis wrote:</cite><blockquote>what's going to annoy me is they took away the meatbeast as a warder, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts the new useless ground mount is going to be a meatbeast. and it'll cost 20 dollars to get it.</blockquote>All of my alts woulda had one if this had been true, but since it's not, I'll take either your doughnuts or your dollars <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Arxonn

04-01-2012, 10:19 AM

<cite>Mystfit wrote:</cite><blockquote>This holdiay event has a ground mount free for questing at any adventure level....and it is one the cuter ones I think.There's also a cloak, and ike 7 or more different house items...(granted not all new this year, but aat least 4 or so are).You want something extra then the norm, then it costs, but they gave world event items in game as well.</blockquote>really the regular horse that change some ugly colours is cuter that the marketplace one? Don't think so

Mystfit

04-01-2012, 11:22 AM

<cite>Arxonn wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Mystfit wrote:</cite><blockquote>This holdiay event has a ground mount free for questing at any adventure level....and it is one the cuter ones I think.There's also a cloak, and ike 7 or more different house items...(granted not all new this year, but aat least 4 or so are).You want something extra then the norm, then it costs, but they gave world event items in game as well.</blockquote>really the regular horse that change some ugly colours is cuter that the marketplace one? Don't think so </blockquote>Well, yes I think so <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Which is relative, I know, but there IS a free mount given via a quest, which was more my point.

Krytin888

04-01-2012, 11:43 AM

<cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Krytin888 wrote:</cite><blockquote>Any chance we could get a FEW items without having to pay for them ?</blockquote><a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g488&menustr=080000000000" target="_blank">http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/a...tr=080000000000</a>Scroll down until you see the "New Craftables this Year". Those are added for zero SC cost to the Bristlebane celebration. If you scroll further, you'll also see new rewards added for quests.<a href="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/article_page.php?article=g485&menustr=080000000000" target="_blank">http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/a...tr=080000000000</a>Scroll down to "Brewday Acoutrements to Craft III". Those were added for zero SC cost to March's Brewday celebration. Scroll a bit further and you'll see the new quest rewards which also cost zero SC.I could go on, but this makes the point.Yes, at times it seems there is a lot added to the Marketplace that costs us SC to obtain or even that "all the good stuff" goes there. Some of that perception is because there are at least three items added to the Marketplace each week and now the announcements about Marketplace stuff have become even more prevalent than they were in the past. BUT, there are more than a 'few' items being added to the game FOR FREE (not even counting anything from GU63) as well. Non-Marketplace items usually get added in chunks and not with the same frequency as the Marketplace stuff, but that doesn't mean they aren't being added.As a side note, I, too, get annoyed and tired of the perception that everything and/or all the "good stuff" is being added to the Marketplace. I have a 90 tailor and I would love love love to be able to craft appearance stuff with my tailor (i.e. not artisan sub-10 recipes) that me and other players would actually want. I have a 90 alchemist and am very very tired of alchemy being the one craft with no attention and, other than fighter experts, nothing to make that anyone actually wants. I have a 90 carpenter, too, and.. well.. carpies have gotten the most attention of all the crafts and they do have a wealth of recipes, now, that rival the Marketplace stuff and can make far far far more items than are sold and keep getting more items added to their recipe books (building blocks recently.. those, too, should count in the "any chance we could get a 'few' items..." counter-arguement).</blockquote>Well thanks for that insight , at least a few things were added.I hope i didnt sound like a mad man in my post but this is the way it looks from my point of view after 5 years of playing.Regarding the item revamp , it needs some attention now! after i recieved lvl 20 gear from stonebrunt quests i just skipped the whole zone .

Caster_III

04-01-2012, 12:08 PM

<cite>Koleg@Unrest_old wrote:</cite><blockquote>DOV Dungeon Timers Reduced to 90 Minutes!Get prepared for the next Game Update and gear up in Destiny of Velious group dungeons -- timers are being reduced from 18 hours to 90 minutes! (Scheduled to launch in 18 days)</blockquote> ^^^This. It's a trivial fix. (one number in the dungeon's template). There aren't many dungeons in DoV.<blockquote>New Pathing CodeIn exciting code news, new pathing is on Test right now and we're hoping to bring that to Live when it has passed rigorous testing. For those who don’t know, “pathing” is what the monsters and pets use to travel from points A to B in our game.</blockquote>Yeah, right. This is the 5th "new pathing code" announcement since late summer, unless I missed one. There are some hilarious youtube videos of previous tries. It wasn't broken in the first place. Now it is.

Gwyrdd

04-01-2012, 12:08 PM

<cite>Daalilama@Nagafen wrote:</cite><blockquote>Lol I just fell of the chair when I read this the Templar feedback thread has already hit 13 pages on the new "enhancemant" lines aka prestige aa. We have more feedback than all the other healer feedback threads combined and not one response...but they have with other healer feedback threads go figure.</blockquote>I certainly appreciate the slew of developer responses on Fury prestige...

Wolphin

04-01-2012, 02:55 PM

<cite>Child@Unrest wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>Limited Time Bristlebane Marketplace items! Just in time for the Trickster’s holiday, we have a couple of items on the Marketplace that will be around for a short time starting April 1. The King of Thieves’ childhood friend and mount has been revealed and in honor of pranksters everywhere, and a Jester costume is available. Get them while you can as they will not be offered after April 12.</blockquote>Any chance we could see some preview pictures?</blockquote>I can show you my look since frostfell when I was able to complete my look with the purple swords next to their "new" sale item...<img src="http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9696/jesterk.png" />Look familiar?

redwoodtreesprite

04-01-2012, 07:23 PM

<cite>Wolphin wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Child@Unrest wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>Limited Time Bristlebane Marketplace items! Just in time for the Trickster’s holiday, we have a couple of items on the Marketplace that will be around for a short time starting April 1. The King of Thieves’ childhood friend and mount has been revealed and in honor of pranksters everywhere, and a Jester costume is available. Get them while you can as they will not be offered after April 12.</blockquote>Any chance we could see some preview pictures?</blockquote>I can show you my look since frostfell when I was able to complete my look with the purple swords next to their "new" sale item...<img src="http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9696/jesterk.png" />Look familiar?</blockquote>Not really that close, though the final effect is the same. It is your purple skin that helps the outfits seem a bit similar.I would get a jester outfit, but we are low on funds right now, so can only afford getting one of the fun mounts. This ends before mid-month, so many who might have spent more with their mid month paycheck won't be able to. Rent usually comes due at the beginning of a month, so it is a mid-month check that is often used for fun stuff.Too bad they did not have this run 5 days longer, we would have bought more, but ah well. Saved us some money, eh? <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Sfeerikal

04-01-2012, 11:21 PM

<cite>Rufy@Nagafen wrote:</cite><blockquote>THIS UPDATE WILL DESTROY NAGAFEN! Do not neglect your pvp players! Do not destroy our server! Think of the impact this update will have if you throw this out without any regard to pvp!!</blockquote>+1A whole server/play style for this game is about to suffer even further.<img src="http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/004/006/y-u-no-guy.jpg" width="100" height="100" />DEVS!! Y U NO RECOGNIZE NAGAFEN?!?!

Piestro

04-02-2012, 03:02 PM

<cite>Sharann@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Will the April expansion be free, or do we have to pay for it?</blockquote>Game Update 63 is not an expansion, it's a Game Update. It's free (although its features may require DoV or AoD).

Koleg

04-02-2012, 03:18 PM

Takeda420

04-02-2012, 03:19 PM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Sharann@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Will the April expansion be free, or do we have to pay for it?</blockquote>Game Update 63 is not an expansion, it's a Game Update. It's free (although its features may require DoV or AoD).</blockquote>Piestro,I'm a bit dissapointed in you... Why waste your time adding a redundant response to something that has already been answered by the community (Retro-Guy in this thread) you praise, and simply ignore the questions posted that only SOE employees can answer? Notably, the PVP update that was promised for GU63, then rescinded without any update. Do you think we are fools that will forget once another shiny something is put infront of us? Please give us the respect we deserve and answer our concerns...Thanks,SOE customer

shots01

04-02-2012, 03:22 PM

I only have one thing to say to alot of you. No one is holding a gun to your heads and making youbuy stuff from the marketplace. You are choosing to do so. I hardly EVER buy anything off the marketplace.A hat here or there but thats it.

Piestro

04-02-2012, 03:32 PM

<cite>Takeda420 wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Sharann@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Will the April expansion be free, or do we have to pay for it?</blockquote>Game Update 63 is not an expansion, it's a Game Update. It's free (although its features may require DoV or AoD).</blockquote>Piestro,I'm a bit dissapointed in you... Why waste your time adding a redundant response to something that has already been answered by the community (Retro-Guy in this thread) you praise, and simply ignore the questions posted that only SOE employees can answer? Notably, the PVP update that was promised for GU63, then rescinded without any update. Do you think we are fools that will forget once another shiny something is put infront of us? Please give us the respect we deserve and answer our concerns...Thanks,SOE customer</blockquote>I answered the question just in case there was any confusion on the matter, although I did note that another player already had given a response. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />As to PvP changes, at one time these were tenatively planned for GU63. Unfortunately the scope of GU63 meant that PvP changes would not be feasible to include, because GU63 has so much in it already. I don't want to go ahead and promise they'll be in GU64 (because it's too early for that), but this is a matter I will continue to discuss with the Development team. I'll continue to note feedback we recieve and bring issues up on a regular basis.

Koleg

04-02-2012, 04:30 PM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>I answered the question just in case there was any confusion on the matter, although I did note that another player already had given a response. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />As to PvP changes, at one time these were tenatively planned for GU63. Unfortunately the scope of GU63 meant that PvP changes would not be feasible to include, because GU63 has so much in it already. I don't want to go ahead and promise they'll be in GU64 (because it's too early for that), but this is a matter I will continue to discuss with the Development team. I'll continue to note feedback we recieve and bring issues up on a regular basis. </blockquote>This is quite a bold statement and one that I for one truely hope is even semi accurate. The content from GU63 needs to be able to last until when exactly? My guess would be GU65, because there is no way a Quynos Revamp is going to be adding top tier content focused around grouping and raiding. So, assuming GU65 will be sometime between Nov'12 and Feb'13 that means that GU63 with its 3 Heroic zones Solo/EM/HM and its 2 raid zones EM/HM and ~100 quest and various new TS activities will need to last for 8 to 12 months. I find that unlikely.

Ssue

04-03-2012, 08:01 PM

Vinyard

04-04-2012, 09:30 AM

So, how do you go from"We have everything ready and planned for GU63! (concerning pvp updates)" to:"We can't guarantee if it will be in GU64 (which would be in July)".Seriously. SoE should just never announce stuff until the day its released. You guys constantly fail and break promises.

Pink_Poodle

04-04-2012, 12:03 PM

<cite>Ssue@Nagafen wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>As to PvP changes, at one time these were tenatively planned for GU63. Unfortunately the scope of GU63 meant that PvP changes would not be feasible to include, because GU63 has so much in it already. I don't want to go ahead and promise they'll be in GU64 (because it's too early for that), but this is a matter I will continue to discuss with the Development team. I'll continue to note feedback we recieve and bring issues up on a regular basis. </blockquote>If you guys keep postponing PvP updates you won’t need to make any, there won’t be enough people left to even bother with it. Please don’t make us wait another couple of months!</blockquote>Yeah this. People won't wait forever, they'll leave or go to another MMO or whatever. Why not release in-between GUs since it's PVP-based and won't affect the PVE servers? Especially if GU63 is full of stuff already.

Ulskanine

04-04-2012, 09:33 PM

Any chance at getting Dbl guild Status added onto this DBL exp weekend ?

Onurissa

04-05-2012, 09:14 AM

I would also like to know if this double exp will include guild? And i would also like to know when it starts and ends if possible, after all tomorrow is FRIDAY! Also to add, i am looking forward to the new GU. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

Arcturys

04-05-2012, 02:24 PM

SOE seriously needs to fire the brass that is forcing the devs to push out content faster than it's ready. I know such a person exists, because such a person always exists at every company on every project. They always care more about dates than they do about quality. I know it's not the devs themselves, and I highly doubt it's even SmokeJumper or Holly. This one person that's telling them to release whether it's ready or not is destroying the game, the community, and the SOE brand name.I've been a loyal customer for over a decade now. I played EQ1 for nearly 10 years, and EQ2 for over a year now. And honestly I'm not interested in putting up with this for much longer. You guys have made so many awesome comebacks and kept giving us hope, but it never lastedI've been promised personally by SJ and others that we could expect reitemization fixes and Phase Two the first thing this year after AoD released. It's completely dropped off the radar. I can get no response from anyone regarding Phase Two now, and I saw nothing about it in the plans for the year you released. There is a lot of broken content that has yet to be addressed.I'm sorry guys, but the "here's a new shiny!" routine is wearing thin and we're not falling for it anymore. Again I am not blaming the devs. I still believe the devs really do care about this game. I am directing this at the brass that is so focused on money they can't even see all the loyal customers they are losing - the same customers that have done more to bring in new customers than any of SOE's marketing. If SOE doesn't so something about this soon, they won't have anybody left willing to give them any more chances.

Ayaka

04-05-2012, 04:42 PM

<cite>Piestro wrote:</cite><blockquote>As to PvP changes, at one time these were tenatively planned for GU63. Unfortunately the scope of GU63 meant that PvP changes would not be feasible to include, because GU63 has so much in it already. I don't want to go ahead and promise they'll be in GU64 (because it's too early for that), but this is a matter I will continue to discuss with the Development team. I'll continue to note feedback we recieve and bring issues up on a regular basis. </blockquote>Wow. Just wow.Can the PvP Dev position be handed off to someone else who can make sure our server gets the update it has needed for years? Omougi had promised our server updates for GU 63 and now it can't even be said that there is anything planned for GU64, if there will be anything at all, ever. Do you remember this? It was one of his 3 posts dedicated to our server as PvP Dev.<cite>Omougi wrote:</cite><blockquote>The ultimate goal here is to give all PVPers a sick update with GU63. I've read through most of your feedback on these forums (including this thread, all 25 pages of it <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />) and we plan to act on it. We're in the plan iteration phase now, and I hope to start implimentation of the plan later this week or early next week.Your feedback is appreciated, and your patience will be rewarded. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></blockquote>This is so ridiculous...