Sunday
October 31, 1999
- 2:05pm PST
Huge thanks to Nomis D'Mindmaster
for the assorted updated pics he sent in!
Site Additions:
Mob Dropped Jewelry: Bracelet
of Chaotic Intellect, Serpentine Bracer
Player Made Jewelry: Black
Pearl Platinum Ring
- 11:10am PST
Venicia D'Amante sent
this in last night:
"Seems like for the Halloween weekend Verant's added a few more
skellies into the mix. Lot's of unique skellies running around in the
Qeynos Hills area. Levels ranging from newbie to low 30s. Great fun to
be had.
Venicia D'Amante
Human Wizzie Chick
Xegony"
Thanks Venicia!
Colbens sent this in
concerning creating the Staff of the Wheel (note: this is the lowest level
I have heard to successfully combine the rods):
"I would just like to tell all the low level wizards out there
that in the ice comet staff of the wheel quest you can still do it at
a low level and get success. I was level 25 and I successfully combined
the rods to make the staff of the wheel and star of eyes. I was worried
that I would fail hearing reports that research skill was a factor etc
but my research was limited to the 10 points I put into it. Just thought
u would like to know.
Colbens 25th Level High Elf Wizard"
Thank you Colbens!
- 7:50am PST
Before I start any work
on the site, I just wanted to say Happy Halloween! If you are young enough
to go out and Trick or Treat, be safe! If you are old enough that where
you have kids, don't steal too much of their candy! If you are like me
and are old enough to have kids but don't have any...... don't steal too
much candy from the pass out bowl!
October 30, 1999
- 7:50am PST
Caith of Karana noticed
a few errors on the emote list. Guess I could blame it on Verant's quality
control, but I won't. That's what I get for cutting and pasting. The list
has been updated if you wish to download and
reprint. These are the errors Caith found (and I confirmed):
/thank not /thanks
/puzzle not /puzzles
I couldn't get disbelief to work?
/whistle not /whistles
Thanks Caith!
October 29, 1999
- 4:00pm PST
Not much news at all today.
Very slow for the mailbox. I keep kicking the server wondering if it will
spit more out. =) If you haven't taken notice to last night's patch, there
is a TON of new animated emotes to use. After you patch, you can find
the updated news in your Everquest directory under eqnews.txt. (don't
want to do the dirty work? I did it for you.. click here)
I spent all night in third person view playing with all of them. Some
are redundant but still very, very cool.
Site Additions/Updates:
Mob Dropped Jewelry: Onyx Ring
October 28, 1999
- 10:50am PST
Rotgut sent this in concerning
the success of Gnomestock '99:
Many gnomes from far and near gathered in Ak'anon this evening to celebrate
recent advances in Gnome Tinker technology, and to also demonstrate a
great deal of gnome pride.
Many thanks to everyone who came, and extra special thanks to the GM's and Guides who participated, and helped make the event truly special.
Screenshots can be found at this address:
http://lockjaw.hamptoncity.com/gnomestock.html
Thank You,
Rotgut
Cedrich sent this in
about last night's Quest on Povar:
"I made a decision tonight that could possibly have been one of the
dumbest decisions of my time playing EQ. King Tearis Thex decided to have
a gathering in Felwithe tonight on the Povar server. Upon hearing the
news, I zapped myself straight to the GFay spires, and headed off to Felwithe.
When I arrived, hoards of players filled the zone (max count of 101, I
believe). Nothing happened for quite awhile, but then "A Cute Rat", "A
Rat", and "A Gator" appeared in the zone. Some merchants began to shout
for us to get rid of them. I decided that I would help, so I proceeded
to attack a (what I now know was level 50ish) gator. The guards promptly
dispatched me to my bind point (in Dragnor's Cauldron). I laughed, shrugged
it off, and began memorizing my spells. Suddenly, I was "summoned by the
Gods!" This is about the point where I made my stupid mistake (I think).
Where did I end up? I was summoned, by Templeton The Wise, to Tox Forest,
just outside the zone to Kerra Isle. Two other players were summoned as
well. Templeton started scolding us for attacking the "sacred gator".
He said "The king shall slay thee!" I begged for his forgiveness, but
he simply shouted "BEGONE!" After that, he said "Poof", and vanished.
I stood around for a few minutes (naked), wondering what to do. Finally,
I decided to gate back to GFay, and see what was going on in Felwithe.
King Tearis Thex came out, and was introduced to his long lost daughter
Firiona Vie. They talked for a little while, then the king told us all
to go home. This is about the time that I smacked myself on the forehead,
and wondered if I should have remained in Tox Forest. I would really like
to know what happened in Tox after I hastily gated out. :(
Cedrich Magus"
King Tearis Thex - A Gathering
Had a viewer send in a
humorous serverwide duel message.. have a look below
Site Additions:
Mob Dropped Jewelry: Band of
Rodcet Nife
Equipment: Illusionists Stone
Quests: Band
of Rodcet Nife
October 27, 1999
- 1:15pm PST
Furystrike Flamethrower
of Bertoxxulous sent in a great screenpic of the Efreeti Lord Djarn being
beaten down by his group as well as the drop submit. A screenpic of the
fight can be found here.
Site Additions/Updates:
Mob Dropped Jewelry: Djarns Amethyst
Ring, added Moonstone Ring drop info
October 26, 1999
- 7:15pm PST
This from Nate on the
EQ Mana and Weapon Damage Calc:
Version 3.5 is here! You can now view your hit percent for duel weild
and double attack for your level and the number of double attacks and
duel weilds you are likely to get for a given amount of time. New also
is the Weapon Stats viewer which will allow you to view complete stats
for all weapons in the database, including: damage and delay, type, 1H
or 2H, races, classes, magic, lore, effects, and bonuses.
You can find the program upon this Program
page or visit the authors
site for more details.
Thanks Nate!
- 2:40pm PST
Gregg Hill of Sony Entertainment
sent this in:
Chron X Invitation
We want to reward all of our EQ players, and with our community growing
daily, The Station has extended the invitation to all EQ Players to try
out the online collectible card game, Chron X, until December 31, 1999.
Go to http://www.station.sony.com/chronx/offer
Thank you Gregg!
Rotgut sent this in:
-- Welcome to Gnomestock '99 --
The purpose of this event is to celebrate the discovery of the Third Book
of Gimbleston. This book contains many useful and new tinkering formulas,
as well as some more words of wisdom from Gimbleston himself. While the
location of the book is still only known to a few, those few have been
generous enough to share its contents with all gnomes. This act of sharing
shows true gnome spirit. I and many others are forever indebted and grateful
to this person.
Some events at Gnomestock '99 will include:
- Fishing with collapsable fishing poles and animated bait.
- A small fireworks display. (snicker)
- Free beer and booze for all.
- High Diving at the great wheel.
- And just some general, 'Gnomeing about'.
So come on out and meet everyone! I want to see Ak'anon packed with gnomes,
its our heritage, and I hope to see everyone there.
Time: This Wedensday, Oct. 27 at 7:00 pm e.s.t.
Server: Solusek Ro
Place: Ak'anon
Hope to see you there!
Rotgut
A viewer that plays on
the Karana server sent in this picture of a rather funny duel. Take a
look at the chat screen serverwide duel message here.
Site Additions:
Mob Dropped Jewelry: Platinum
Skull Ring drop info
Piercing Weapons: Gold Plated Koshigatana
Guild Links: Storm
Watchers, Sacred
Ring
- 11:20am PST
Looks like I left town
with a bit of misinformation. The mana-regeneration while sitting does,
in fact, work.
Manan Faern D'Oloth sent me an apology (no problem friend) for the run
around. I'm sure that all of the 35+'s out there tried it for themselves
and found out otherwise. By the number of e-mail's I received concerning
the matter, I'd put money on it that they did.
Concerning the amount
of e-mail I get on a daily basis: I never wanted to or thought I would
be doing this, but I need to ask that before you e-mail me asking a question
about our class, try the other avenues first. Try the message board here,
or try the mailing
list (this mailing list is not run by me but by onelist.com) to see
if anybody is willing to answer your question. If that fails, by all means,
e-mail me and I will see what I can do. I really wish I could take the
time to answer everyone's questions, but I am losing ground with the site
and I really wish to keep up with the content for all of you. I might
find another way around this by trying to find a high level wizard that
is mature, levelheaded, and willing to answer such questions on his free
time. If this pans out, then I'll issue that person his own e-mail address
and I will have a bit more time on my hands to work on other aspects of
this site and my life. =) Thank you all for understanding!
Updates to come! Working
on them now.......
October 21, 1999
- 6:00pm PST
I got called away on a
business trip for a few days. So you won't be seeing any updates until
Monday. Sorry.. and keep casting!
Zakk Shadowmorph of Cazic
Thule has put together an excellent resource for blacksmith's. Although
you will not find many wizards making platemail, I had to give word of
his site for the great amount of info for this skill! Go visit K.C.'s
Guide to Blacksmithing!
Thank you Zakk!
It seems that I understood
Manan's e-mail wrong concerning the level 35 or higher, sit to meditate.
Manan Faern D'Oloth informed me that they completely took out the ability
to sit and meditate without your spellbook open...... bummer.
Thanks Manan! (sorta.. heh)
Site additions:
Mob Dropped Jewelry: Platinum
Skull Ring
Misc Armor: Gilded Cloth
- 9:40am PST
If you are of level 35
or higher, this last patch fixed the meditation bug. Manan Faern D'Oloth
sent in word that your mana bar now does move while simply sitting. Before,
you could sit without your spellbook open and you would gain mana, but
you would have to stand and fire off your Journeyman Boots or something
of the like to have mana bar rise. It has been corrected and should be
working the way it was intended.
Thanks Manan!
Buffe Kannon of Innoruuk
sent in the update pic for the Acumen Mask. Since the patch the effect
of 'Gaze' has been added to it. See it on the Head/Face
Armor page. (note: Manan Faern D'Oloth also sent in the new stats
but informed me that the effect is not working)
- 8:10am PST
Nate sent in news concerning
his EQ Mana and Weapon Damage Calculator. You can visit the Programs
page or visit the author's page here:
The EQ Mana and Weapon Damage Calc3.0 (newer version 3.5 available 10/26/99)
is out! Now just simply select the weapons you want to compare from the
pop-up list and that weapon's damage and delay is automatically put into
the program. Then you just make a few clicks and you have your comparison.
You can still compare duel wield and double attack, and you can also input
values manually in case you find a weapon that is not in the included
database. The included database has detailed info on all the weapons,
including lore and/or magic, classes and races, procs, and any bonuses.
You can access all this information if you have Access 97. If you don't
have Access, don't worry because the next version will have a feature
to show you all this info. Just hit a button and all the information will
pop up for you to see. This update should be released in a couple days.
I hope you all enjoy this!
Thanks Nate!
October 20, 1999
- 4:00pm PST
Itzokae Blastenburn sent
this in.. I was laughing in awe when I read it and then saw the pic...
enjoy:
"I was fighting some shadowed men (before they upped the spawn)
with another wiz when I hill giant popped right as I pulled two that were
blue to me. I tried to gate immediately. I cast gate, then saw over a
screen of red attack text go by, got knocked unconsious, (had the out
of body experience) recovered my casting--while still unconscious--and
gated to Freeport. Heh."
- 1:35pm PST
I have received lots of
e-mail concerning the Ice Comet quest rod that is found in Oasis. All
of them conflicting. Some say it was the easiest to acquire (which it
was for me also) and some confirm their party being slaughtered. One viewer
says that the Goblin Casters can see through invisible if you are of level
45 or below and some say that they can only see through invisibility only
after a fight. My suggestion, create a throwaway character, run there
and have a wizard invis you, jump in and survey the situation. A little
hint here also, you don't have to enter the tower from the bottom door
(which is heavily guarded). Simply swim right through the top of the tower
or the windows.
Listanus sent this info
in:
"The Conclave Of The Staff will be having the grand opening of
the first Research Library on the Innoruuk server. The Research Library
contains Runes, Pages and Words essential for spell research. The Library
is TRADE only and to ensure the continued growth of the Library, non-guild
members trade at a 2 to 1 ratio. The Research Library will open it’s doors
on 10-23-99 at 6PM CST. The Library currently only resides in Freeport,
but we hope to also expand to Erudin and Felwithe. Races/Classes that
are KOS can contact the Librarian via a /tell to setup a meeting outside
Freeport. Otherwise the Librarian will be found in the spellcasters guild
in West Freeport. For a complete listing of the research components currently
found in the Library you can visit the Conclave Of The Staff web page
at http://jde.home.texas.net/"
Thank you Listanus!
Drakkan Dragonsbane of
the Covenant of Blood guild on Prexus sent in more confirming info on
the disappearance of the Mana Stone:
"What the user submission said is no joke. Myself and a party
of friends camped the Evil Eye in lower guk live side from 8:00pm PST
On Saturday the 16th to 4:00am PST Monday the 18th. Do the math:
32 hour period
Less ~8 hours for sleep, food, etc
-
24 consecutive Evil eye camping hours
35 minutes per spawn leaves:
-
41 Eye or placeholder spawns
About 8 or 10 of which were placeholder live frogloks
-
Leaves over thirty consecutive confirmed Evil Eye kills on Prexus, yielding
no manastones. Bring our stones back!"
Thank you Drakkan!
Concerning the Acumen
Mask Quest: I have received a few emails stating that one of the components,
the Glowing Mask is also dropped from the Scryer in Upper Guk.
Thanks to Kyal (server unknown) and Buffe Kannon of Innoruuk for the info!
I received word from
the original person that sent in the Thex Dagger info. It seems the quest
is alive and working.. but it may have a new twist. Unfortunately, the
person did not wish to divulge the information on how to acquire it. If
you know, send it in!
Site Additions:
Blunt Weapons: Darkwood Staff, Shovel
drop info.
Equipment: Broom drop info.
Guild Links: The
Laughing Priesthood
- 9:40am PST
Site Additions
Cloak and Cape Armor: Faded Cloak,
Mystic Cloak
Quests: Mystic Cloak Quest
A viewer sent in a note
concerning the Ice Comet Quest:
" In doing this quest, which by the way is very fun, I came across
a very rough part. The rod of FANA which is in the bottom of the lake
in Oasis. This is at the top of a tower guarded by many, many deepwater
goblins. My friend did this alone about a month or so ago at level 35
by going invis drinking a flask of enduring breath and swimming up and
grabbing it. Well doesn't seem so simple anymore. I tried and died 3 times
while trying to get it. he died 2 times. I had to call in the help of
my guild, a few level 50's for this. I am level 37 and they smoked me
very fast. some hit for 80's and they cast of course. evidently Verant
has made these buggers much harder. they can see through invis and when
my level 50 ranger showed up, with full Fear Plane gear he was almost
killed and he said a lot of them con blue to him. We brought in a level
50 cleric to help the ranger kill them so I could safely swim up. fine
they wiped them all, about 7 or 8 and the respawn is about 2 mins or less
on these things, they are like rabbits they spawn very fast so could be
a good spot to hunt because most 30 plus people are doing specs and SG...finally
we called in a druid, he cast wolf form on me and the gobs all became
apprehensive to me and I could swim right up unharmed and grab the rod.
beware if you are doing this and the other level 45 wizard that was showing
me around to these rods was shocked at how much harder it was for me to
get this rod than it was him just a month or so ago so maybe something
was changed in the last patch."
Thanks for the news! Viewer character name unknown.
October 19, 1999
- 4:20pm PST
Site Additions
Head/Face Armor: Crown of the Froglok
Kings
Equipment: A Broom
Tsonis Eigen of The Rathe
sent this in concerning the quest within Najena that involves the female
High Elf Enchanter:
" The enchanter is right next to the injured halfling. Falling
through the trap near Drelzna's room will drop you right in front of her.
Here is the text of the beginning of the quest from my log file:
You say, 'hail Linara Parlone'
Linara Parlone says 'Please [help] me out of this horrid place! My family
must be terribly worried.
You say, 'how can i help?'
Linara Parlone says 'If you can find the [key] to my restraints, I should
be able to escape.
You say, 'where is the key?'
Linara Parlone says 'Last I knew, Najena's Priest had the key. I fear
he has left this place though. I heard talk of traveling to some estate.
I know not where. Oh dear oh dear! I shall never leave this place!"
Thanks Tsonis!
Nezzar Enkahmin of Rodcet
Nife sent this in concerning the Specialization Quest within Solusek Ro:
"Finally got a response to my petition, feedback's, and emails.
The quest works for those members who have not had specialization skills
reach 50. If you have two or more skill levels over 50, (a small amount
of people had skill levels in two or more increase beyond 50 prior to
the patch that limited it to one skill level above 50) and only one is
increasing now, albeit the wrong one, there is no help for you. One of
the GM's, Trailkis, if I remember correctly, is trying to work with Verant
trying to get this fixed so that those who have more than one skill level
at 50 or above can change their main skill level back to 49. If any who
are in this position attempt the quest, they will end up like me and be
out the cost of one ruby, which for some can run about 160 pp. Good luck
to all."
Thank you Nezzar!
October 18, 1999
- 1:35pm PST
Site Additions:
Misc Armor: Ring of the Ancients
Many people asking
about the Thex Dagger Quest. Sorry to say that it does not look hopeful.
Now there may be a new twist to it, but as of yet, nobody has found that
twist. It looks as if the quest has been removed from the game.
Another new quest?:"Mystic
Cloak is obtained by doing a quest that starts in Najena. Find and talk
to a high elf enchanter named Lindara Parlone. You will begin the quest
with her. It is to my understanding that the quest will lead you to several
other continents. A friend gave me this to send in so I don't know all
the details sorry !!"
I have heard the High Elf Enchanter is near Rathyl and the injured Halfling.
If you have anymore info on this quest or a better stat pic (edit:got
the pic and quest info 10/20/99), please send it in! Thank you CMB
for sending in the news and pic!
Anonymous Viewer sent
this in: "I heard a rumor the night before the last patch (solusek
ro patch) that manastones will no longer be dropped by the Evil Eye in
Lower Guk. Since the patch.. I have killed the eye 26 times and nothing..
a friend has killed it about 15 times and nothing.. and another friend
has done 5-10 without getting one. I'm beginning to think that the rumor
is more than just a rumor."
Meditation while sitting:
"The Meditate while sitting (level 35+) was partially implemented
in the last patch. If you sit, you will regain mana at your meditation
rate. Problem being, it doesn't update your mana bar. If you sit for 2
minutes, then stand and activate your jboots, or cast a small spell, you
will see your mana bar update to where it should have been if you were
staring at your book for 2 mins whilst meditating."
Thanks to Tavin of Cazic Thule!
- 10:10am PST
Some important info was
sent in concerning loading spells in the memory slots and being charmed:
"I was looking at their screen shot of Hasten you have posted,
and they have an offensive spell memmed in their bottom slot (the 8 spell
slots on the left side of the screen shot). IF they were ever to get charmed,
this is the spell the AI WILL CAST!!! Please post something to warn your
readers (and forward this to Keiote) that they should put gate or a self
only buff in the bottom spell slot. (As the AI will not gate you and/or
buff you). Even if you are charmed for only 2 seconds by a mob, it still
may get 1 cast off.
I was once fighting evil eyes with a young wizard who didn't know
any better and they had force shock memmed in this slot and it almost
got me killed, but luckily I gated out. I have also seen a cleric who
got charmed in lower guk with superior heal memmed in the slot. Unfortunately
the party had to kill the cleric to keep him from healing the charming
mob!!"
Huge thanks to Sandara Mystfire
Site Additions:
Misc Armor: Tishan's Kilt
Blunt Weapons: Staff of Temperate Flux
Quests: Acumen
Mask, Journeyman Boots
