Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:05:57 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/ Amazon Storm en-us http://www.amazonstorm.com/images/logo.gif http://www.amazonstorm.com/ fnor_99@yahoo.com http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article68.html The last webhost, Clanspy hosting was apparently hammered so severely that all of their customers lost their website. I can guess this because when I tried to log on to administrate from their servers, I found their logon server wasn't even online, and indeed, isn't online as of the time of this writing. Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\>ping 69.93.169.250 Pinging 69.93.169.250 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 69.93.169.250: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), I have a backup of the old site (of course.. =) so no longer to worry. But alas with things goin on in real life, a sudden move to a new host has proven tough to juggle. However, I do feel people's pain (even though nobody's been able to get ahold of me.. it seems the website's down) - I know that this site is a source of friendship and haven for many. The on site mail system seems to work and the shout box on the left side does as well. As a future security precaution, I'll have to verify all new accounts before newcomers can log in. I'm sorry but dastardly people have repeatedly made this a necessary evil. Take care sisters and friends! Hope to see you soon! Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:05:57 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article67.html While Cata has been working on keys and such, I've been working on our Epic status list. Please see the article here. Note that it's in the sisters section - which means only sisters can see it. If this is a problem, let me know! Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:29:12 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article66.html Friday night, Mystical Moonlight and a few of their friends, including 3-4 people from the Storm moved in on Plane of Tactics and with a group of 42 people took down the Zek brothers! Unfortunately, so few sisters were able to attend because of a lack of backflagging (Magnetic Behemeth kill was needed to attend). The event only took an hour or so and went quite fluidly ~ all 42 people actually listened to commands and MM's guildleader, Kaladorn, practically sang out the commands (without yelling!). Zek's sword and neck piece dropped, which were won by the MM members. Well done Storm! Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:50:50 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article65.html - New Player Race: The Drakkin have been created from both human and dragon blood to protect the future of all dragon kind. Several colors and customizations will be available to make each Drakkin character unique, such as elegant scale markings and horns. - Level Cap Increase: Players can now reach level 75, complete with new spells, abilities, raids and quests for greater power. - Content for Levels 1 to 75: Play through every level of the game without ever leaving the Serpent Spine Mountains. The entrance to Serpent's Spine can be found within Highpass Hold. - New Starting City: Crescent Reach is a fully functioning city with all that is required to learn and thrive in EverQuest, including merchant, quest, combat and tradeskill areas. All classes and races are welcome within the city. - Dynamic Features: New zones, NPCs, destructible and interactive objects. - New AAs Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:24:49 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article64.html 'S.O. Ogunwolu and C.O. Jayeola, food scientists at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (a small city state just south of Kelethin), have mixed cornstarch with cocoa to produce a heat-resistant chocolate that they say compares 'favorably with conventional milk chocolate in terms of color, taste, smoothness and overall acceptability.' The new concoction stays firm up to 122 degrees." More information found here. In other news, Arionna said to be moving from her home in Rivervale to a tree in south Kelethin... Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:31:10 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article63.html We had yet another successful day in Arcstone collecting for the guild and friends alike pieces to the Relic quests! A few of us walked away with: Relic Shopkeeper's Ring which made any bards who obtained it very happy. To quote Tennex, "... that ring is better than one of the rings I got in Time". A few names went down furthering the cause for Cloak of the Spirit Tracker, which evolves into Cloak of the Spirit Hunter. This is easy to obtain by our guild and with the stats, I'd think everyone would want it. =). The only caveat is it has a recommended minimum level of 65 - but I imagine it'd be magic for anyone 50+. Catastrophie did a WONDERFUL job of tracking over 20 people at once while Tenabi handled the loot divying. Well done sisters! =) Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:43:17 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article62.html Greetings sisters and friends! With the website update, a few things have improved, a few things are still in the works and there has been a minor catastrophy (not you Cata.. 8) with the data from the old website. Most of that data has been restored as of today. Details as follows.... Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:16:21 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article61.html *** Headlines *** *** We've now upgraded to DirectX 9.0c! *** See full patch message for additional information and instructions. - Nektulos Forest got a face lift! Check out the amazing new look. - The Guild Lobby is now available to everyone. - The 8th-year veteran reward Throne of Heroes, a gate ability that transports veterans to the throne room in the guild lobby, is now available to those who are eligible. - The map window now has an option to display your group mates. - To help smooth the transition to incurring death penalties for new players (losing experience and leaving a corpse), the level when you start to incur death penalties has been lowered from level 11 to level 6 and the amount of experience you lose when you die now starts at a very small amount at level 6 and slowly ramps up from there. We've added a corpse summoner to the tutorial who will summon corpses for free for anyone who is level 10 or under. - New Hot Zones! With this patch the old hot zones have been reverted to their previous values and a new set of hot zones has been selected! The following zones are now the "Hot Zones"! Level 20: Swamp of No Hope Level 25: Overthere Level 30: Timorous Deep Level 35: Emerald Jungle Level 40: Dreadlands Level 45: City of Mist Level 50: Skyfire Level 55: Karnor's Castle Level 60: Veksar Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:04:33 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article60.html "COFFEE is likely to contribute far more health-giving anti- oxidants to the British diet than fruit and vegetables, new research suggests." See the article here. Further information: here. Update: Evidence that caffein (found in coffee...) aids short term memory. Click here. Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:03:14 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article59.html Tongue in cheek translations for our beloved website: Simplified Chinese Redneck Jive Sweedish Chef Elmer Fudd -Heilen Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:37:05 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article58.html EverQuest - Live Update - 08/11/05 ---------------------------------- *** Headlines *** ---------------------------------- Gukta is no more. The Trolls have retaken their ancestral home and torn down the remembrances of the Frogloks. The Guktans, suffering more than just defeat, have retreated into the Rathe Mountains. They have built a tent city to accommodate their needs, but there is something obviously wrong. Many of their friends and family were touched by the curse laid upon the battlefield by the Warlord Ykesha. These poor souls have been corrupted. They have been torn from the breast of Mithaniel Marr and grasped by the clutching claws of Innoruuk and turned to evil. Yet they are cousins and brothers to the remaining Guktans and so they live together, trying to make the best of their fate. *** Items *** ---------------------------------- - Ancient Mist Root Stone, Refracted Dusk Amethyst, Ancient Life Root Stone, and Refracted Dawn Amethyst are now usable in the hands and wrist slots. - All potions that were recently introduced now have a required level instead of a recommended level. - Lightning Singed Mantle now has 38 AC. *** Missions *** ---------------------------------- - Changed the required count for the kill and loot elements on the Dragons of Norrath mission "Diseased Pumas". This change was to fix a discrepancy between the number of items required for task completion compared to the number of kills and items looted that the task said you needed. -- The EverQuest Team Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:28:50 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article57.html July 13, 2005 *** Headlines *** ---------------------------------- Trouble grows in Norrath! Dark Elves have been seen traveling the lands reeking havoc as they pass. Cities are calling out to their citizens for help gathering supplies in preparation for possible war. Something big is happening in Norrath now as the Age of War continues. *** Events *** ---------------------------------- - Players should no longer be KOS to Killvak or the troll raiders in Barrenzin's mission "Trollish Bloodlust" *** Spells *** ---------------------------------- - Increased the damage, mana, and cast time of the Necromancer and Shadowknight spell Siphon Life to better fit the progression of the other spells of the same type. - Fixed a problem that caused Shadowknights to proc the wrong effects from Spirit of the Puma and Spirit of the Jaquar. - When a rogue /consider's an NPC that can see through normal forms of invisibility, and the rogue is hidden from the NPC due to their Shroud of Stealth, the player will continue to receive the "indifferent" consider message but will also receive the following message: "Your Shroud of Stealth keeps you hidden from watchful eyes." - We have fixed the gating issue when on a mount and you are in the same zone you are bound and your vertical location of your bind point is much lower than you are currently. You will no longer fall to your death. Yeah for falling! - When casting bind, your current heading will now be saved. - Dark Sieve and Dark Sieve Recourse now have 200 range. *** Pet Focus *** ---------------------------------- - Increased the innate AC bonuses granted to level 66+ pets by focus effects. - Increased the melee damage bonuses provided by pet focus effects on level 66-70 pets. *** Items *** ---------------------------------- - The new potions will now be level restricted as they were previously intended to be. - Some type 9 augmentations are now usable in the charm slot. - Plaguebreeze will now drop more frequently. - Removed Patorav? Amulet from the "bonus" table on Overlord Mata Muram. - Mask of the Heretic now has 12 AC. - Blightbringer? Cap of the Grave now modifies the Specialization: Conjuration by 12%. - Any type 9 augment that fit in a visible slot now is also a type 12 augment. - Jelvan has learned the technology of the printing press and will now distribute his writings more often. *** Auto Consent *** ---------------------------------- - Auto-consent raid, group, or guild will now auto-consent all future and existing corpses. If you turn off auto-consent then consent for your group, raid, or guild will be removed from all existing corpses. Please note that in order for a group member or raid member to be able to drag one of your existing corpses, they had to be in your group or raid at the time your corpse was created. This is the functionality that has always been in place. *** Tasks and Missions *** ---------------------------------- - The entrance to Everfrost is now a little easier to explore. - The issue preventing some groups from entering the Unrest mission has been fixed. *** Graphics *** ---------------------------------- - /viewport should work with Advanced Lighting on now. - We have fixed a common Reset Device error. - Fixed an issue with rendering trees and other alpha'ed textures when running on older hardware. - We have fixed a common crash with our DLL. *** Particles *** ---------------------------------- - We have made some fixes to the particle rendering. Some people were seeing square textures. *** UI *** ---------------------------------- - You can now use the "Enter World" button at character select if you are camped in tutorialb. - Merchants' items should now be sort correctly using the Quantity column. *** Tradeskills *** ---------------------------------- - Changed one of Chef Chowderly? recipes. Pan Seared Orange Tuna will now use a Non-Stick Frying Pan in the recipe instead of a Large Stewing Pot. -- The EverQuest Team Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:35:20 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article56.html *** Headlines *** ---------------------------------- - Plane of Time Instancing! - Plane of Time has been fully instanced. Every raid that enters the zone will now get its own instance of the zone. - New Tutorial! - A new tutorial is now available, featuring new art, new models, new quests, and a new player experience that will take you from level 1 to level 10. - New Newbie Armor Quests! - New armor quests pick up where the tutorial leaves off, taking players from 11 to 20. - You can now invite players to your group across zones. We have enabled the ability to use the /invite command with a players name to allow you to invite someone that is not in your current zone. - "Auto Consent Group", "Auto Consent Raid", and "Auto Consent Guild" buttons have been added to the options window; when checked, your group/raid/guild will automatically be given consent to move any new corpses you drop. *** Tasks, Missions, and Quests *** ---------------------------------- - Increased the amount of time that a mission zone can be empty of players before it shuts down from 15 to 30 minutes. This should help groups who completely wipe out get back to the zone before it shuts down and resets. - If you are on the mission to Unrest, Nisha Lightbrook will now respond to your first hail instead of requiring two hails for a response. - Sleeping on the job: Gnoll Archers will now call for reinforcements if you have killed them before completing the previous elements in the task. - Sleeping on the job: Holinix, Djerr, Grarrax, & Kraxz Darkpaw will not come out to fight until all previous elements in the task have been completed. - Fixed an error that was causing some tasks that had elements in Grimling Forest to be impossible to complete. *** Skills, Spells & AAs *** ---------------------------------- - Added new spells in the Spirit of the Panther line for Shaman at levels 50 and 57. - Added new spells in the Ward of Righteousness line for Clerics at levels 50 and 57. - Added new level 50+ fear spells for Clerics, Necromancers, Enchanters, Shadowknights, Bards, and Druids. - Added new melee guard Disciplines for Shadowknights and Paladins, both at level 56. - Added a new Point Blank Enthrall spell for Enchanters at level 68. - Added new spells in the Spirit of the Panther line for Shaman at levels 50 and 57. - Added new spells in the Ward of Righteousness line for Clerics at levels 50 and 57. - You'll have to convince Karsor the Mad to part with the above new spells. - Storm Guard and Frost Shield now have 60 minute durations. - Modified the Frenzied Burnout AA so that it now has a 15 minute reuse and will better stack with other strength and attack enhancing effects. - The mana regeneration portion of the Enchanter spell Breeze now scales from 5 at level 14 to 6 at level 20. - Fixed a stacking problem with Shadowknight and Ranger Self buffs that were being overwritten by the druid Hand of Ro line. - Increased the innate AC bonuses granted to level 66+ pets by focus effects. - Increased the melee damage bonuses provided by pet focus effects on level 66-70 pets. - Lowered the endurance cost on many Berserker Axe abilities and the battle cry line. - Refunded and removed Spell Casting Subtlety from Shadowknights. - Shock of Lightning was recently changed into a new spell, Icicle Shock. In answer to concerns from several players at the loss of Shock of Lightning, the spell has been returned to it's previous form. - Guard of Blood Recourse has been changed to a instant heal for 600 HP instead of 400 for 2 ticks. - Alternate Ability timers for newly acquired activatable AAs will properly initialize to allow for immediate use. - Veteran rewards on accounts that have no expansions now work properly. - Leadership assist ranges now have the same distance rules as the /assist command. - When rogues using Shroud of Stealth /con an NPC that can see invis but not shroud of stealth, they will now get a message telling them the NPC cannot see them but can see normal invis players. - Players will now receive 1 skill point in any new skills available when the reach a new level. - Spell hate for spells with a fixed amount of hate now include hate-focus effects. Previously, spells with fixed amount of hate assigned to them would disregard hate focus effects. - Fixed the issue with Wrath of the Wild that caused it to last until a rune expired. *** Tradeskills *** ---------------------------------- - Added a minimum chance to gain a skill up on many of the Dragons of Norrath cultural tradeskill recipes and many of the Omens of War augmentation recipes. This will make it easier to gain an increase in skill when doing these recipes in most cases where the character has a high skill. - Some Velium weapons can now be converted into small Velium bars by smiths. You will need to use the Velium Smithy Hammer in order to break down these weapons. - Speckled Pine Fruit can now be foraged. - Palm Leaf can now be foraged. - Added a recipe to create Rainwater Dressing. - Added a recipe to create Spiced Heartfruit Greens. - Midnight Stones and Sandstone Pearls can now be crushed in a Mixing Bowl, not a Mortar and Pestle. - Increased the stack size of Dragons of Norrath cultural Patterns and Molds to 200 (400 for wrist patterns and molds). - Caerlyna will now exchange Ice Cream Churns for tokens. - Added information to bag tokens that will tell the player some of the information about the bag they represent. *** NPCs *** ---------------------------------- - There is a new potion vendor in the Plane of Knowledge. He sells some nice new potions as well as some of the ingredients that alchemists will need to make those potions. - The Taskmistress Krisz encounter can now be triggered. Speak to the NPCs in Riwwi for more information. - Several NPCs in the Abysmal Sea are now more willing to chat. They no longer require proof of dedication to their cause. - New merchants have moved into Lavastorm. *** Veteran rewards *** ---------------------------------- - The Veteran Reward buffs are now immune to being dispelled. - The Veteran Reward buffs will no longer freeze their timers in the guild hall. *** Features Enabled for All *** ---------------------------------- - The raid window is now available to all players. - The LFGroup windows are now available to all players. - Line-art mapping is now available for all zones. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:29:42 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article55.html Highlights of the Patch ~Vetran Rewards go live May 13. ~DoT spells have been adjusted to scale better as players gain levels, also cast time for many have also been reduced. ~AA abilities Spell Casting Fury and Ingenuity have been adjusted (see full patch text for details) ~Rangers gain the ability to triple attack at lvl 60 ~Casters have learned to meditate at lvl 1 ~Added new functionality to let healers know their HoT has worn off. ~All buffs that last at least 24 seconds and do not go to the short buff window will now notify their caster when they wear off. (*Imagines the buff worn off spam created from a MGB during a full raid*) ~DoN Merchants have new augs with slot 9, their items have also added slots for type 9 augs. ~Guttertusk the Cruel has been spotted wandering the city of Dranik. ~Essence of Froglok has been added, save that froglok meat, froggies beware! shamen across Norath will be seeking your flesh. *Quests & Events* ~Vyril Nightfire in Mistmore is seeking adventurers to help destroy the new inhabitants of the castle. *Missions* ~Savil Tranquilsong is working on uncovering the history of Unrest, and is looking for help in Butcherblock Mountains from adventurers lvls 55 to 70. ~Rumors have been circulating of increased activity around Hate's Fury and a growing discontent among the merchants of the Broken Skull Clan. A merchant in the Crypt of Nadox is looking to hire a few hearty souls around levels 55 to 70 to help keep the Clan in check. ~Guard Freklin in Qeynos Hills has gotten himself into hot water after being caught sleeping on the job and is now stuck on gnoll watch. He is looking for adventurers around levels 15 to 35 to help him get back into the good graces of the guard. ~The ancient necromancer Marnek Jaull has returned to the dark halls of Befallen and kidnapped the daughter of a paladin of Prexus for use in his evil rituals. Derin Mausrel, uncle of the kidnapped girl, has traveled to West Commons in search of adventurers around levels 30 to 40 to help him rescue his niece and destroy the necromancer once and for all. ~New Merchant Window ~Lots of Mail changes ~Address book added and lots more..... Wed, 11 May 2005 11:11:53 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article54.html EverQuest - Live Update - 05/11/05 ---------------------------------- *** Headlines *** ---------------------------------- - Many quests in city zones that give XP as a reward now give significantly more. - Four new missions are available that take you back to Qeynos, Unrest, Befallen, and Hate's Fury. - Veteran's Rewards will be available on May 13th. You can find out more details about these rewards at http://eqlive.station.sony.com/lowsrc/news_section/newsview.jsp?story=50003. - The required levels on many spells level 50 and below have been changed so that all casting classes will now receive at least 1 new spell every level. - Great new functionality has been added to the mail system. Some of the major features are listed below, but also check the bottom of the patch message for details. - Multiple recipients, including a dynamically generated guild mailing list. - EverQuest mail forwarding. You can now have your EverQuest mail forwarded to the e-mail address registered with the station account of the character you are playing. NOTE: you cannot reply to the forwarded mail. - New Address Book. You can now setup mailing lists on your client and store your friend's addresses in your address book. *** Spells ---------------------------------- - Players who only have the first two ranks of the Spell Casting Fury AAs will now do double damage on a successful spell crit, the same as if they had the third rank. - Players who only have the first two ranks of the Ingenuity AA will now do double damage on a successful spell crit, the same as if they had the third rank. - DoT spells for nearly all classes have been adjusted to scale better as players gain levels. Additionally, most of these spells have had their casting time significantly reduced. A number of additional changes have been made. Please see in game descriptions for updated information. - Pet heals are now generally more efficient, have shorter cast times, and will remove poison and curse effects in addition to disease effects. - Frost Guard now has a 1 hour duration. - Rangers now gain the ability to triple attack starting at level 60. - Berserker's Frenzy skill now has a minimum damage cap starting at level 51. - The return on AC over the cap has been increased for monks, paladin, and shadowknights of level 50 and higher. - Based on player feedback, we have removed the notification to the caster that occurred whenever a heal-over-time spell made an exceptional heal and added new functionality to let the caster know when their spell has worn off. - All caster, priest, and hybrid classes now learn Meditation at level 1. - All priest and hybrid classes now learn Channeling at level 1. - All detrimental spells that have a duration will now notify their caster when they wear off. - All hybrid classes now learn Abjuration, Alteration, Conjuration, Divination, and Evocation at level 1. - All buffs that last at least 24 seconds and do not go to the short buff window will now notify their caster when they wear off. - Share Wolf Form will no longer have its buff timer decremented in the Guild Hall. - Shield of Notes and Dance of Blades will now properly reset if they fail to take hold. - Lich Sting and Reaper Strike now grant a buff to the group as well as the Shadow Knight triggering the effect. The benefit for the Shadow Knight will be significantly larger then the benefit to the rest of the group. - Kessadona's Flash of Insight is now known as Kessadona's Roar and has been changed to be a direct damage cold based spell. *** Items *** ---------------------------------- - Seal: Mastery of All is now no-drop on the Firiona Vie server. - A Gem-Etched Key was dropping off of common crocodiles in Plane of Earth. This erroneous drop has been removed. - The Rod of Shaded Wrath has been slightly upgraded. - Many items with over 165 hps were given type 8 slots instead of type 7 slots. - The Tainted Heartstone and Charm of Exotic Speech will now properly give full stats when all uncommon languages are mastered. - All flowers of functionality are now inventory clickable. - All armor and weaponry on the Dragons of Norrath vendors now have an additional type 9 augmentation slot. - New type 9 augments can now be found on the Dragons of Norrath vendors. - Some additional weapons on the Dragons of Norrath vendors are now rogue usable. - Blightbringer?s Pants of the Grave now has the focus effect Venom of Anguish. - Improved the damage/delay ratio of some of the weapons on the Dragons of Norrath vendors. - Beaded Hoop of Demise now has +10 combat effects and +5 strikethrough. - Chains of Anguish now has the focus effect Avariciousness of the Ikaav. - Shroud of the Surging Storm now has the focus effect Avariciousness of the Ikaav. - Ring of Deterrence now has the focus effect Avariciousness of the Ikaav. *** Quests ---------------------------------- - When Brevik Kalaner combines the high temple pieces to form the Cipher of Txevu, the player will now also receive Qvic access if they do not already have it. - When zoning into Kod`taz, if a player has the Inktu`ta high temple piece as well as Qvic access, they will now receive any other high temple pieces they may be missing. - Removed the large particle effects from King Gelaqua?s room in Riftseekers. This should help with reported visual lag issues in that area. - Fixed a spawn issue in Firiona Vie involving Hero Goxnok and a Drachnid spy. - Guttertusk the Cruel has been spotted wandering the city of Dranik. - Raids in Gates of Discord dynamic zones now require a minimum of 12 people to start. - Corrected a problem that was causing the Kunark dragons to not drop their spells or, in the case of Trakanon, his teeth. - Vyril Nightfire in Mistmoore is seeking adventurers to help destroy the new inhabitants of the castle. *** Tradeskills *** ---------------------------------- - Added a new alchemy recipe to create Essence of Froglok. It can be made in much the same way as the other essences. *** Missions *** ---------------------------------- - We have made improvements to how mission rewards are given in situations where the mission was completed while a member was zoning, charmed, feared, or dead. - Your mission token or any item you receive at the completion of your mission will now automatically go into an open slot in your inventory. You will not see it on your cursor anymore. If your inventory is full then the token or item will be attached to your cursor the next time you zone. - Savil Tranquilsong has made an important breakthrough in his work uncovering the history of Unrest and is looking for adventurers around levels 55 to 70 to assist him. Seek him out in the Butcherblock Mountains if you are interested in helping. - Rumors have been circulating of increased activity around Hate's Fury and a growing discontent among the merchants of the Broken Skull Clan. A merchant in the Crypt of Nadox is looking to hire a few hearty souls around levels 55 to 70 to help keep the Clan in check. - Guard Freklin in Qeynos Hills has gotten himself into hot water after being caught sleeping on the job and is now stuck on gnoll watch. He is looking for adventurers around levels 15 to 35 to help him get back into the good graces of the guard. - The ancient necromancer Marnek Jaull has returned to the dark halls of Befallen and kidnapped the daughter of a paladin of Prexus for use in his evil rituals. Derin Mausrel, uncle of the kidnapped girl, has traveled to West Commons in search of adventurers around levels 30 to 40 to help him rescue his niece and destroy the necromancer once and for all. *** User Interface *** ---------------------------------- - There is a completely new interface for the chat filter. - The Bandolier "auto swap" will now maintain its state through relog. - There is a new Merchant Interface window. Items are now displayed in more intuitive list. *** Miscellaneous *** ---------------------------------- - Added Label EQType 134 - Currently Casting spell. Added it to Casting window. - Bug fix for entering the game by walking through the arch in explorer mode of character selection. If you were logged out in an instanced zone, you will not see multiple of each character if that zone was not up. - For servers that have movelog command enabled, players will now see what servers have their current name in use already. - We have changed the text description of certain flags on the item inspection window. NO DROP is now NO TRADE and NO RENT is now TEMPORARY. - Names above players/NPCs should now be visible at twice the distance they were before. *** E-Mail Features *** ---------------------------------- - Audio and text notifications of new mail. Mail Window - New Options and Address Book buttons. - The Options button brings up the options window (with the Mail tab selected). - The Address Book button brings up the address book window. - New "Reply All" button. - New "TO" field visible in the view pane (where you read your email). It shows all recipients, except those that are BCC. Mail Composition Window - New "From" field that shows you who you are when sending an email.(Useful now that you can quickly switch between the mailboxes of your different characters on the current server). - You can now send to multiple recipients at once, by separating them with comas. You can also use an address book entry name. - When pressing "Reply All" from the Mail Window, the lists found to match exactly (both name and addresses) with an entry in your address book are compacted to the name only, other entries are written in full. - The Sync button is there to synchronize your TO field with your address book. This is mainly useful when replying to all: it helps you add new entries to your address book or update old ones. In the latter case, you will be notified of the differences: name differs by case, addresses removed, addresses added. The note field is preserved during the update. Address Book Window - New window to edit your address book. - Fields for name, addresses and note. - Checkbox to make the entry name private, which means that during address expansion, the addresses will be written as if you had selected them individually, not in the mailing list format. - Automatic update of the "Guild" entry. [Transient (not saved) and read-only.] If you leave the guild, the entry disappears. If someone is added/removed from the guild, your address book is updated. New Options Tab for the Mail System - Address book filename, configurable per character. - If you select an existing address book file, it loads it. - If you select a new filename, it creates it with the current in-memory address book state. - The address book can be edited by hand, or copied between installations. Mail Forwarding Option. - When turned on, incoming email is forwarded to the email address you registered in your Station Account. Revised Command-Line Syntax for Sending Mail - More than one recipient is now allowed. Use the comma to separate them. - If you need a space, for an example if you are sending to a mailing list that contains a space in its name, then you need to enclose the whole list of recipients between double-quotes. - To make a recipient BCC, precede it with a -. - Addresses written in the command-line are expanded according to the address book rules. -- The EverQuest Team Welcome to EverQuest Legends! Wed, 11 May 2005 11:05:35 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article53.html EverQuest - Live Update - 04/20/05 ---------------------------------- *** Events *** ---------------------------------- - The Girplan Guardian encounter in the wizard epic had its difficulty lowered to bring it more in line with other epic 1.5 fights. - Rumors have been spread that the Ring of Scale have started to investigate the new vampires of Mistmoore(RoS faction quest is in). - Eryke Stremstin for the monk epic in the bazaar should no longer fall under the world. *** Items *** ---------------------------------- - Changed the name of the Basilisk Tooth to be Great Reptile Tooth. - Changed the name of Racnar Hide to Great Reptile Hide. - Great Reptile Teeth can now drop off crocs in Plane of Earth and Plane of Nightmare. - Great Reptile Hides can now drop off raptors in Cazic Thule. - Pile of Gravel can now drop off Gargoyles in Plane of Nightmare and the Hole. - Tribute values on certain Kunark chest and legpieces has been decreased . - Horn of Doomcalling now has +2 mana regen. - Supple Crimson Choker now has a +2 mana regen. - Clawhammer is now a 70 damage, 32 delay weapon. - Many items with over 160hp in DoN raids and small events were incorrectly marked with type 4/7 augmentation slots. These now have type 8 augmentation slots. - Shed Ikaav Skin drop rate/locations adjusted to include Ikaavs in the Ruined City of Dranik. - Mindreaver?s Shoes of Coercion now has the focus of Alacrity of the Aneuk. - Earring of Dragonkin is now called "Earring of Wurmkin". - Mask of Forbidden Rites is now flagged all/all. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:12:23 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article52.html ***Highlights*** --------------------- - New Return Home Button has been added to character select - New Hot Spots! - New keyboard shortcuts in Command Menu to open and close inventory bags. - Many adjustments to spells, improved heals for ranger, bst, and pallies; reduced hate on poison based spells (shamans rejoice); Spirit of the Panther & Leopard has been nerfed; and more. - Several adjustments to weapons and other items. - New DoN Missions; modified crystal rewards on many missions; - Increased drop rate of Collecter's Fire Hornet Wing and Collecter's Iksar Witch Doll. - Extended 6th Anniversary scavenger hunt until Sunday the 17th. (so maybe fables too??) - Changes made to Muramite Proving Ground Trials. - Made changes to alternate access quest for Txevu. - NPC's will no longer accept stacked items. Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:02:32 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article51.html EverQuest's 6th Anniversary -------------------------------------- To help celebrate the 6th Anniversary of EverQuest, a fresh scavenger hunt has been added. Check in Firiona Vie, Overthere, or Dreadlands for more on this quest. Finish this challenging hunt and you will receive a potion that doubles your experience for 30 minutes and comes with 10 charges. Your old friends, the Fabled NPCs have returned to Norrath and bring the fabled versions of their items with them. Look for new Fabled NPCs in your favorite Kunark zones. General -------------------------------------- - Increased the spell rune drop rates for Greater Muramite Runes and Glowing Muramite Runes in Muramite Proving Grounds and Riftseeker's Sanctum. - Reduced the number of mobs that will summon in Veksar. - Volkara in the Volkara's bite mission has been made a little more challenging. - The fight against Vishimtar has been made more challenging. - The Citrine Spell Stone has been renamed to Citrine Spell Bauble. - Level 20, 40 and 60 Tradeskill Pattern Book Quests for Wood Elves, Kelethin Half-Elves, Dwarves, High Elves and Gnomes have been altered slightly to make them a bit friendlier to complete. - The encounter with Grinbik in Bloodfields for the Ranger epic has been made a bit less confusing. - "A shady Highpass citizen" in Highpass will look kindly on you and spread the word on your increased friendship if you complete his tasks. - Several missions have been tuned to bring their completion time on par with the other DoN missions: Diving for Lavarocks Dragon Eggs Diseased Pumas - When the task "Keeping the Goblins Out" has been finished you should now get the completion text. Items -------------------------------------- - The Icefloe Hammer is no longer a 1 handed piercing weapon, it is now 1 handed blunt and the bonus to backstab has been removed. - The Lance of Engulfing Flame now has a proc instead of a worn spell. - The Robe of Transcendent Thought has been changed to Drape of Transcendent Thought. - Various Anguish class leg pieces have been altered. - Academic's Pants of the Arcanists now has the focus effect "Frost of Anguish". - The mana preservation focus on several Tacvi chest pieces has been increased slightly. -- The EverQuest Team Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:55:12 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article50.html - Barter Zone and Bazaar Merge - Some Spell & Skill changes - Item Changes - Quests, Missions & Events - and several other changes --------------------------- Misc Excerpts: - NPCs will now offer you missions based on your average group level rather than the level of the player requesting the mission. - Added a fix for the problem of a player in the process of zoning when the mission is completed not being given the reward; when finished zoning he will then receive the reward. - The crystals used as points for Norrath's Keepers and Dark Reign are once again tradeable on all servers. - Harbinger Spire Blueprints now drop more often. - Stone of Marking will no longer be used if a player can not bind in that area. - The trivial values of many tradeskill recipes have been modified, please make sure to check your recipe lists. - Guild masters will once again allow to you get started with your training in Research, Alchemy, Poison Making, and Tinkering. - We've made significant changes to the fog and rain settings in all original EverQuest zones. Visibility should be greatly improved in many of these zones and rain will generally be more infrequent. Seasonal changes from rain to snow have also been incorporated into these zones as appropriate. In addition, we've increased the visibility in all zones when it is raining or snowing. - Added a new command, /tasktimers, which will display a list of shared tasks and how long you must wait before you can undertake that shared task again. This will be incorporated into the task window in the near future but we wanted to make the functionality available to players as soon as possible. Sat, 05 Mar 2005 18:18:59 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article49.html ** Welcome to Dragons of Norrath! ** --------------------------------------- A series of events has transpired across the world of Norrath and the familiar faces of Firiona Vie and her nemesis Lanys T?Vyl return to find themselves at the forefront of the events. Unbeknownst to them, a dark influence has seeped into the world of Norrath causing new tensions to arise and conflicts to intensify as the dawn of a new age emerges. The Age of War is upon the people of Norrath and heroes return in this ultimate, unending battle between good and evil. Prepare for EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath and return to the lands between Halas and Lavastorm as you seek out the Nest, the ancestral birthplace of all dragons, long sealed away and hidden from the eyes of Norrath. But beware, if the Nest is exposed too early during the Brood Dawn, all dragons and their eggs will be cursed for eternity and death will storm down on all Norrathian's not in their service. Featuring new lands with enhanced graphics, bold new storylines, and updated creatures including goblins, drakes, dragons and the ominous Frost Giant! EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath is the next great expansion pack for the fantasy saga that is EverQuest. Make ready with new features such as the interactive world map, use your potion belt to access magical items quickly, and swap between weapon sets using the bandolier. Plus, with the all new guild hall you can easily get your guild ready to encounter anything that comes your way! EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath is bursting with new adventures and intense battles for players of all levels. Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:07:13 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article48.html January 26th, 2005 *** Update Headlines 1/26/2005 *** ------------------------------------- Mistmoore and SplitPaw revamps live for all servers New and improved Lavastorm! Spell, Discipline & AA Changes Some Event Changes Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:40:41 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article47.html Well so far, EQ2 seems to have died and lost its corpse somewhere in the netherworlds between servers! Running on over 12 hours down now, lets see if we can break EQ1's record down time of 72 hours! Get ready for a full cold-wipe from day-one! :) I am SO making a dark elf this time around :) Also humorous, is the Official EQ2 tech news thread detailing the latest reports of what they are up to, or any ETA's. Bascially, its a good lesson on how to say "We have no idea what is wrong, and there is no ETA", in 2 dozen different creative ways, every hour! :) Click here for the Punny Thread :) Sat, 18 Dec 2004 07:23:58 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article46.html *** Update Headlines *** ----------------------------- * Backflagging * Gates AA point refunding * New Hot Spots * Mistmoore & Splitpaw revamps going to Stormhammer Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:36:27 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article44.html Finally, we can all get a good idea of what The Down Below's floorplan looks like! Took me a few hours to draw out and translate into the computer, but I hope it helps SOMEBody. Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:30:23 -0700 http://www.amazonstorm.com/Article41.html EQ OVER? I think not. Gemdiver of Castersrealm has a few suggestions on how to find groups here. Thanks, Gem. :) Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:33:08 -0700