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EverQuest's 13th Birthday Celebration: Bonus Experience and Marketplace Sale!
To help celebrate EverQuest's 13th birthday, there will be bonus experience, an increased spawn rate on rare mobs and a special 13 themed marketplace sale. These specials will run 3/16/2012 through 3/31/2012.
SOE Community Webcasts: Clone Wars Adventures, DC Universe Online, and EverQuest
SOE Community Webcasts: Clone Wars Adventures™, DC Universe Online, and EverQuest
On Thursday, March 15, 2012 we have three great webcasts for you: Free Realms Festival of Hearts and EQ2 Players Sneak Peek
Info on EQ Free. To. Play. on the Way!
We're celebrating EverQuest's 13th birthday! Beginning at 12:01 AM PDT on Friday, March 16, 2012, we will be launching EverQuest Free to Play. Your Way. This year we are combining it with one of the most exciting things to happen in the history of EQ. Mark your calendars and get ready for one huge celebration, with 13th Anniversary events and the transition to free-to-play both coming on March 16!
EverQuest Free to Play and 13th Anniversary Game Update - Extended Downtime Notification
On Thursday, March 15, 2012, at 12:01 AM PDT* (midnight) the EverQuest servers will be taken offline in preparation for the launch of EverQuest Free to Play. Your Way. Downtime is expected to last until Friday, March 16, 2012, at 12:01 AM PDT (midnight).
This year we are combining the Anniversary update with EverQuest going free-to-play, so the servers will be down for a full 24 hours. More information about the 13th Anniversary will be posted later this week.
The Norrathian Puzzle - March 12, 2012
This week's Norrathian Puzzle takes place in a castle! Put the pieces together to see what the screenshot of the week is, then visit the current Norrahtian Puzzle thread over on the Community News section of the EQ forums and let us know what you think!
Get to Know a Dev Presents: Producer Thom "Phathom" Terrazas
This month's Get to Know a Dev is all about Producer Thom "Phathom" Terrazas!
I don't think of myself as a good writer so I wondered, "How can you get to know me?" in the context of this article. Most of the time people get to know each other by face-to-face interactions, but it is too easy to hide behind the big internet-mask when you only interact with people online. For the sake of getting to know me in this industry, I thought you might want to know how I got here. Well, maybe not, but here it goes anyway!
Magelo is running an EverQuest Class Question Q&A Contest!
Starting today, Friday, March 9th, until Friday, March 16th, Magelo is taking your questions on EverQuest character classes. If you have a specific question that you want answered head over and check it out.
You can read about their contest over at EQ Magelo and don't forget to submit your quests before 9:00 PM PDT Friday, March 16th.
Daylight Savings! - Spring Forward 3/11/2012
Daylight Savings! - Spring Forward 3/11/2012
If you're in the U.S. (except non-observing states/territories) don't forget to "Spring Forward" this Sunday! Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday, March 11th, 2012. Set your clock ahead one hour before you go to bed on Sunday night. Or if you're still awake (we know you, you crazy gamers!), the time change goes into effect at 2:00 a.m.
The Journey to Free to Play - A Halfling's Story
The Journey to Free to Play – A Halfling's Story
By Eric "Piestro" Cleaver
As a long time EverQuest fan, I have to admit that I was quite nervous when we decided to make the change to Free to Play. The more I heard about our plan though, the happier I became!
SOE Community Webcast: Getting into the Industry!
SOE Community Webcast: Getting into the Industry!
SOE Producers are hosting an Industry Mixer at GDC (Game Developers Conference) on Thursday! To get things rolling, we've invited a developer from each game team to give us a lightning-fast insight into what it's like to work on their team and answer questions YOU submitted about working in the game industry… all at the speed of Dev!
Join us on Wednesday, March 7th, at 4:00pm Pacific Time on Twitch TV!
Submit Your Custom Map from the World of EverQuest
Submit Your Custom Map from the World of EverQuest
To coordinate with our Free-To-Play Launch, we are offering a great opportunity to our players to put their mark inside the game!
Many in-game maps have been created over the years, and we are looking for the best map makers out there to submit their work to the EverQuest Team. If we like your map, we will include it with the download of the game.
Also to thank the players for their great work on the maps we select, we will include their Character Name and Server Name on the map as a token of our appreciation.
Thank you for being part of the community and for sharing your map skills with the rest of Norrath! To get started, log in and submit your map today!*
Random Screenshot of the Week 03.05.12
This week's Random Screenshot of the Week is another puzzle! Put the pieces together to see what the screenshot of the week is, then visit the current Random Screenshot of the Week thread over on the Community News section of the EQ forums and let us know what you think!
Maintenance Notice: Monday, March 5, 2012
Maintenance Notice: Monday, March 5, 2012
Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 11:00 PM Pacific* on March 5, 2012. Login for all games will be unavailable starting at 11:00 PM on March 5, 2012, to approximately 5:00 AM Pacific* on March 6, 2012. There will be extended downtime for account management and commerce transactions, and the forums will be read only, until approximately 7:00 AM Pacific* on March 6, 2012.
EverQuest will also have server maintenance during this downtime. Povar and Antonius Bayle will be taken down at 03:00 AM. Once the login maintenance is complete, Antonius Bayle and Povar will be open for play. Players that log into the Test server before the maintenance starts should not be impacted.
All of the other EverQuest servers will be taken offline at 12:00 AM Pacific* on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. The estimated downtime for this maintenance is 12:00 AM to approximately 04:00 PM Pacific* on March 6, 2012. If the maintenance is completed early the servers may be opened up before the estimated time.
Extra Day, Extra Cash - Extended
We are sorry that some customers experienced issues with our Extra Day, Extra Cash promotion on February 29. As a courtesy, we are going to extend it through 11:59 PM PST on March 1!
Official SOE Podcast #127 is live!
Official SOE Podcast #127
Join us for the Official SOE Podcast #127 - the "Kindness Cast!" Your host, Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske is joined by your co-host Donna "Danica" Prior. Listen in as they chat about random acts of kindness in our games, G.I.R.L,, and EQ Free to Play. We'll also have an interview with Michele Sturdivant and Joe Shoopack from G.I.R.L. Let us know what you think at podcast@soe.sony.com or head over to the Station Forums and share your opinion with the Community!
Leap into action with a new mount!
Leap into action with a new mount!
EverQuest is celebrating Leap Day with a sale on mounts. Today only, (Wednesday, February 29, 2012) we're discounting all of the mounts listed below. Here is a great chance to get those mounts at a great price!
Here are the mounts that will be on sale:
- Grassland Tiger Saddle
- Forest Jaguar Saddle
- Plains Puma Saddle
- Goral Stalker Saddle
- Azinok's Steam Escalator
- Ognit's Mini Dirigible Device
- Armored Battle Shire Saddle
- Armored Planar Ardenes Saddle
- Armored Snow Pumas Saddle
- Armored Royal Shire Saddle
- Desert Tarantula Saddle
- Armored Royal Ardennes Saddle
- Shadow Wurm Saddle
Happy Leap Day! Enjoy!
Extra Day Extra Station Cash!
Get up to SC 4000 in bonus Station Cash®*! The more you buy the more you get!
*Valid from 12:01AM PST 2/29/12 to 11:59PM PST 2/29/12 only. Offer not valid for purchases made by SMS or with pre-paid game cards.
SOE Community Webcast: A Day in the Life of Quality Assurance
On Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 4:00 p.m. US Pacific Time* members of the SOE Quality Assurance Team will be on the SOE COmmunity Webcast on Twitch TV!
They would like questions from you!! Please ask Nick Patience (QA Tester), Jamie Wolfcale (QA Tester), Nick Montez (QA Tester), and Tyler Roudenbush (QA Tester) all your QA questions in this thread.
Maintenance Notice: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Maintenance Notice: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 2:30 AM Pacific* on February 28, 2012. This will impact the following services:
- Account management will be unavailable starting at 2:30 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific*
- Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 2:30 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific*
- Forums will be read-only starting at 2:30 AM to approximately 7:00 AM Pacific*
- Login for our games will be affected from 2:30 AM to 7:00 AM Pacific* (players already logged in should not be impacted)
We apologize for this interruption and will resume all affected services as soon as the maintenance is completed.
Povar Server Maintenance Notice: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Povar Server Maintenance Notice: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Important: We will perform server maintenance on Povar beginning at 2:00 AM Pacific* on March 1, 2012. The estimated down time for this server maintenance is approximately ten hours. If the maintenance is completed early the server may be opened up before the estimated time.
