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Asheron's Call lead designer talks 10-Year anniversary, the MMO market, more

06 Nov 2009 14:00:00 PST

Written by Tracey John
Not many MMOs last a decade, and this week marks 10 years since the launch of Asheron's Call, the fantasy MMORPG by Turbine Entertainment. Releasing several months after EverQuest, the game held its own and found its way to becoming one of the top MMOs of its time, providing fond memories fo...

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EverQuest II adds new achievements of challenging nature

29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Written by Kyle Horner
What's makes beating raids in Ruins of Kunark and The Shadow Odyssey even better? Achievements, of course. That's why SOE is adding brand new achievements to several heroic zones and raids to those two expansions. Players will be challenged by several new goals, such as Flawless Victory,...

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I Kept Playing — The Costs Of My Gaming Addiction

18 Oct 2009 23:30:00 PDT

Written by Mike Fahey
The Scars of Velious expansion for EverQuest came out in December of 2000. My roommate, perhaps tired of my moping over my lost love, picked up a copy of the game for me as a Christmas present. I installed it, created a half-elven Bard, and soon our apartment had two guys in the living room at all...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Opinion: Quick Updates: Runes of Magic, EVE Online, EverQuest II

20 Sep 2009 17:01:27 PDT

Written by Tipa
RoM’s classes include Warrior, Knight, Rogue, Priest, Mage and Scout (Ranger). If you’re an elf (the only player race other than human), the recent expansion added the Druid and Warden classes. Where’s the human love, huh? Once you level to 10 in your main class, you have the option of addin...

Original story at West Karana .

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Opinion: Daily Blogroll Looks Back: 2001

13 Sep 2009 19:29:49 PDT

Written by Tipa
Meanwhile, back at the ranch Origin Systems…. Ultima Online Worlds, 3D follow-up to the spectacularly successful (but non-3D) MMO Ultima Online, has been canceled. Asked why this title, which would have taken the Ultima MMO franchise for the first time into the 3D arena, was canceled, Or...

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When I die….

05 Aug 2009 17:23:17 PDT

Written by Tipa
Etha, 67 Druid, 191d 3h playedTipa, 71 Rogue, 254d 12h playedBrita, 75 Cleric, 181d 8h playedTipa, 68 Ranger, 9d 1h played Those aren’t even all my EverQuest characters. Six hundred and thirty five full days playing just across those characters. I could add my 65 mage or 58 shadow knight to t...

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EverQuest news and blogs - November 06, 2009

06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit EverQuest news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• The Daily Grind: What's your favorite non-MMO genre? -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• October in Review -- by Wilhelm2451 from The Ancient Gaming Noob
• Everquest II aims upcoming Complete Collection at new players -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• More new Halloween items from EverQuest, EverQuest II -- by Rubi Bayer from Massively
• Blogger discusses EverQuest addiction -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• GameSetLinks: Seventy Nine Reasons... -- by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) from GameSetWatch
• Thrice the Halloween update hath patch'd -- by Rubi Bayer from Massively
• The Daily Grind: What game is wearing you down? -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• EverQuest's third Road to Underfoot event shakes Norrath -- by William Dobson from Massively
• Meet EverQuest's mountain-makers in Underfoot zone "The Foundation" -- by William Dobson from Massively

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EVERQUEST II’s NEXT EXPANSION: VELIOUS

10 Jun 2009 19:04:42 PDT

Written by Tipa
This was EverQuest’s second expansion, and for the first time brought a three faction war into the game, where players chose sides and earned rewards. Also appearing was Sleeper’s Tomb, which included the once-per-server event where players woke The Sleeper, the illicit child of forbi...

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How To: EverQuest Tutorial Zone

01 May 2009 20:23:33 PDT

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Champions of Norrath Video Review

28 Apr 2009 01:12:41 PDT

Ryan Davis gives the final word on Champions of Norrath, the hack & slash action title set in the EverQuest universe. www.gamespot.com

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Patch: EverQuest II: Elements of Corruption update available

02 Apr 2009 02:16:01 PDT

Belgium There's new clothing, armor and weapon slots, Lavastorm got a complete makeover and offers twenty new quests for players between level 44 and 55 plus some fresh content for level 80 players. Apart from all this, three new dungeons have popped up: ...

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EverQuest: How I soloed Veeshan

31 Mar 2009 17:13:20 PDT

Written by Tipa
EQ2: Looking for Veeshan. The barrier that separates the calm veldt of the...Word Clouds, EverQuest and Levels I found this cool little app over at Wordle...New hot zones for EverQuest As expected, SOE has made a whole new set of... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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How To: Sony Online Entertainment Talks to AbleGamers

26 Mar 2009 11:51:11 PDT

WV Sony Online Entertainment's Keith Turkowski and Ryan Barker provided tips to GDC attendees Wednesday afternoon on using design to keep players immersed in MMORPGs. The duo discussed their experience with EverQuest and explained how to make games ...

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Opinion: DOMO: Level 23 Thief/Musician, LFG

15 Dec 2008 17:12:28 PST

Written by Tipa
Let me back up. I’d unlocked the Musician job awhile ago, but had only played it just long enough to get the pet heal, then switched back to Thief, but now with pet heals and buffs. When I swapped back to Musician Saturday, my pet had leveled to 17 from adventuring with my Thief job, and so I went ki...

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Station Cash - The Next Question

10 Dec 2008 17:31:50 PST

Written by Wilhelm2451
Station Cash, a real live RMT system, was introduced into EverQuest and EverQuest II this week much to the surprise of the players. Who will get it next? Station Cash, a real live RMT system, was introduced into EverQuest and EverQuest II this week much

Original story at CO-ED Magazine .

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How To: Using Station Voice in EverQuest

07 Dec 2008 04:32:03 PST

If you want to chat with your friends or guild while playing EverQuest, but don't want to use an external program, then this is the tutorial for...

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Best MMO Expansion in 2008?

03 Dec 2008 12:40:49 PST

Written by Wilhelm2451
The choices MMORPG.com has listed are: Empyrean Age (EVE Online)Mines of Moria (Lord of the Rings Online)Seeds of Destruction (EverQuest)The Shadow Odyssey (EverQuest II)Wrath of the Lich King (World of Warcraft) And, in a very close second place for me is Wrath of the Lich King. Blizza...

Original story at CO-ED Magazine .

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Opinion: EQ: October 7 update patch notes

08 Oct 2008 09:00:28 PDT

Written by Tipa
Spells *** Reader and guildmate Egat pointed out that not only EverQuest 2 patched yesterday — so did its daddy, EverQuest. Here’s the patch notes, along with some commentary. Seeds of Destruction Zone Sneak Preview: All active EverQuest subscribers with accounts in good standing will b...

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Opinion: The Best MMOs on the Market: EverQuest II

14 Jul 2008 07:26:44 PDT

Written by Ardwulf
I was never an EverQuest player. Oh, I was aware of it from the very beginning - it was seen as a corrosive element in the tabletop RPG community back then, an insidious and possibly Lovecraftian thing seducing away our players with pretty graphics and simplistic, childish gameplay. So it fe...

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Opinion: Word Clouds, EverQuest and Levels

16 Jun 2008 04:41:39 PDT

Written by Tipa
Stargrace’s peek into The Buried Sea expansion got me looking at the stuff they offer — even MORE armor sets! I have no clue whether we should work at some point on Dragons of Norrath armor, or hea straight to TBS armor, or see if Secrets of Faydwer has even ANOTHER set which makes the older stu...

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Patch: EverQuest II Update Now Live - IGN

14 May 2008 14:49:16 PDT

EverQuest II Update Now Live CA - by Jimmy Thang May 14, 2008 - Sony Online Entertainment has released A Prophet Returns, 45th update to its popular MMORPG, EverQuest II. ...

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Patch: EverQuest 2 - Update 45

13 May 2008 05:44:31 PDT

News on the latest update for EQ2 on EQ Players.Yes, you heard it! Game Update 45 is coming to a US server near you, the morning of Tuesday, May 13th 2008! Less then a day to revel in the new weaponcrafting changes, less then 24 hours to hear that audible sigh of relief from your overburdened ban...

Original story at rpgwatch.com .

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Patch: EverQuest 2: Update #44 change notes released

09 Apr 2008 03:48:33 PDT

Written by Tim Y.
As the readers may recall, Sony Online Entertainment updated EverQuest 2 with patch #44 just the other day. Now, if you happen to have just logged into the game and are wondering what's new to Norrath, here's a heads-up. ...

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Patch: EQ2's GU44 now live, bringing the Hate to Norrath

08 Apr 2008 13:30:00 PDT

Written by Michael Zenke
Filed under: At a glance, Fantasy, EverQuest II, Patches, Endgame, PvEThe fourty-fourth game update to Sony Online's EverQuest 2 is now live, bringing with it a wave of negative emotions, angst, and loot. GU44's biggest gift to the community is the Shard of Hate, a high-level instanced r...

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Legend of the Syndicate

26 Jun 2007 10:46:00 PDT

Written by Zonk
In the world of Massively Multiplayer Online Games, guilds live and die like generations of fruit flies. In the time it takes you to read this review, another group of friends will probably have decided to go their separate ways. Due to what is commonly referred to as 'drama', and the nature o...

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EverQuest II Game Update 36 preview

13 Jun 2007 09:49:58 PDT

Written by Ryan A.
Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest II development team posted an article over at the game's official site to give fans a preview of things to come for Game Update 36. Last month, Update 35 was released and a lot of features like new races, cities and zones have been activated.

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