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GAME UPDATE HISTORY

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GAME UPDATE 29: November 14, 2006 -- ECHOES OF FAYDWER (expansion)

- The EverQuest II team is proud to announce that Echoes of Faydwer has launched! 
- Adventure through the lush and magical continent of Faydwer.
- Play the enchanted, powerful, winged race that inhabits Faydwer – the Fae. Or choose to start in Kelethin as a Wood Elf, High Elf, Half Elf, Dwarf, or Gnome.
- Enhance your abilities by finding favor with your chosen deity!
- Customize your character with new Sub-Class specific Achievement Trees. 
- Artisans can enjoy two new secondary tradeskills.  Check out tinkering and transmuting!
- Show off your sense of style with new customizable cloaks and beautiful new armor sets.
- Ride the boats to new exotic locations and discover new heritage, signature, and collection quests. 
- Echoes of Faydwer is available in your local retail outlet or via digital download. It can now be purchased online at The Station Store: https://store.station.sony.com/ 
- The maximum guild level has increased to 60, with new guild rewards and nobility titles. In addition, all guilds can choose various heraldry options for their cloaks once they reach the appropriate level.
- Starting at level 10, all characters who own the Kingdom of Sky or Echoes of Faydwer expansions can now earn and spend Achievement points. 
- Check out the new and improved character generation flow!
- Horses have improved animations across the board. And they have learned how to jump!
- All characters can now wear a second earring. Go, glitter!
- Crafters and consumers alike rejoice over the new secure commission system. 
- We've made many small tweaks to improve the quality of combat. Take a look at this post (http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=testfeed&amp;message.id=66299) for more details.

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GAME UPDATE 28: October 4, 2006

- Tradeskillers can now craft in the fresh air in many city zones.
- The hand of the gods can be felt once again with two new Live Events!

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GAME UPDATE 27: September 6, 2006

- Get more from your practicing your craft with new Tradeskill Work Orders!
- The hand of the gods can be felt with two new Live Events!
- Be rewarded with more experience as a solo or raid player!
- Assassins, Bruisers, Defilers, and Troubadors: Get your shiny new profession hats!

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GAME UPDATE 26: August 9, 2006

- The influence of the gods of Fear and Valor can be felt permeating through Norrath!
- New mysteries await your discovery in Nektropos Castle: Tribulation!
- Embark on new guild raids to earn status, learn valuable tactics, and gear up!
- Through your noble efforts (or dirty deeds), unlock access to blackmarket fences on PvP servers!
- Your leaders have ordered new maps scribed for both cities' adventure yards!

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GAME UPDATE 25: July 13, 2006

- Sell more of your consigned products with new vendor containers!
- Tailors can weave clothing at the height of fashion with new tinted outfits!
- Find a Master I enemy scroll on a PvP server? Get it transcribed!
- Acquire new level 20-39 PvP rewards for your efforts!

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LIVE UPDATE 24: June 14, 2006 -- THE FALLEN DYNASTY (adventure pack)

- The Fallen Dynasty adventure pack is here!
- Sub-combines are gone from crafting, making it easier to get straight to the fun!
- Betray your home city at any level and travel to the outcast city of Haven!
- PvP combatants can now become Exiles, taking on Qeynosians, Freeportians, and other Exiles!
- The all-new consignment system has arrived to make selling your wares easier!
- There is a rise in activity of the Bloodskull orcs and Blackshield smugglers in the Commonlands!
- Nektulos Forest seems to be coming alive, enchanted by a malevolent force.
- Berserkers, guardians, templars, and dirges can show off their own unique profession hats!
- Instanced adventures await with the removal of more access quests and restrictions!
- Newfound powers allow Enchanters to use their control spells in Epic encounters! 

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LIVE UPDATE 23: May 3, 2006

- Powerful adventurers may dare to journey into a new raid zone: The Halls of Seeing.
- Experience Blackburrow as never before with all new challenges and rewards.

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LIVE UPDATE 22: April 13, 2006

- Celebrate the holidays as the Brew Day Festival comes to Norrath!
- Recruit new guild members easily with the new guild recruitment system!
- Explore a dangerous new raid zone in Kingdom of Sky: The Lyceum of Abhorrence!
- Get a haircut or a shave from barbers in your home city!
- New treasures and challenges await in the icy caverns of Permafrost!
- New rewards have been discovered within the treacherous depths of the Obelisk of Lost Souls!
- Great treasures await those willing to risk certain peril in the Wailing Caves!
- Orc tribes across Norrath have formed a dangerous new alliance with the Rujarkian orcs from the Desert of Ro!

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LIVE UPDATE 21: March 23, 2006

- Expansion Reward: Receive bonus veteran reward time for owning Kingdom of Sky!  
- Norrathian merchants now carry a more specialized selection of goods!  
- See your zone reuse timers in a handy new window!  
- Ranged auto-attack now does more damage! 

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LIVE UPDATE 20: February 21, 2006 -- KINGDOM OF SKY (expansion)

- The Kingdom of Sky expansion is here!
- Player-versus-Player servers have arrived!
- New level 50+ tradeskill writs and tasks are now available!
- Compare your current equipment to potential purchases with handy tooltips! 

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LIVE UPDATE 19: February 2, 2006

- New Character Progression has arrived! Choose your final class at level 1, experience new unique progression paths for each race and alignment, and much more!
- Solusek's Eye: New adventures, stories, and rewards!
- Mentor your friends without needing to change your hotbars!
- Adventure writs are now more convenient to obtain and offer clearer rewards!
- The Norrathian Express expands its coin and item delivery service between Qeynos and Freeport!
- Many house vaults gain some extra space!
- Enjoy a plethora of enhancements to the user interface!

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LIVE UPDATE 18: December 20, 2005

- 'Tis the season for Frostfell time!
- Find quest givers easier with new quest indicators!
- Want to know the reward for completing a quest? No problem!
- New horses have been trained for Level 40 guilds--Mistrunners and Nightmares!
- Subclass armor has a new look and class-tailored stats!
- Get ready to explore the new Fallen Gate! 
- Summoned pets get more distinct looks!
- New enemy mastery choices at level 52!
- New EQII Expansions Reward: Receive bonus veteran reward time for owning Desert of Flames!

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LIVE UPDATE 17: November 30, 2005

- Purpose tags explain NPC roles at a glance! 
- Adventure writs added for high-level players!
- All characters now run faster!
- The Ruins of Varsoon now offers improved challenge and loot!
- Lots of armor pieces have updated appearances!
- Change the size of your hotkey icons to save (or take up more) screen real estate!
- UI modders can more easily track changes to the user interface!

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LIVE UPDATE 16: November 9, 2005

- EverQuest II celebrates its first birthday by introducing Veteran Rewards!
- Griffon tamers are seeking your assistance in the Thundering Steppes and Nektulos Forest!
- Give the residents of Norrath a fresh look with the new SOGA character models!
- Two new iksar scale patterns now available for each gender!
- Crusaders, Mages, and Priests can now equip symbols in their ranged slot!
- Carry extra ammo in quivers you can equip!
- Using clickable items is now even easier, and food and drink get their own inventory slots!
- Population and item improvements made in some of Norrath's deadly dungeons!
- Can't reach your spirit shard? Now you can have your spirit restored... for a price!
- Guild quest raids now scale according to player level and reward additional status!
- The user interface gets a spiffy new look!

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LIVE UPDATE 15: October 19, 2005

- Explore a haunted house and face frightening fiends as Halloween comes to Norrath!
- All male player races now get to go shirtless!
- Level 50 crafted armor gets improved stats!

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LIVE UPDATE 14: October 5, 2005

- Try your luck at the Gigglegibber Goblin Gamblin' Game!
- No more run-speed reduction with stealth and invisibility!
- Tell at a glance if you don't have enough power to use a spell or art!
- Imbued item recipes now available for level 50+ crafters!
- Many user interface windows have a new look! 

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LIVE UPDATE 13: September 13, 2005 -- DESERT OF FLAMES (expansion)

- The Desert of Flames expansion pack is here!
- The long-awaited combat changes are upon us!
- View your faction standing and character details with the improved Persona window!
- Guilds no longer rely on patrons, so all members can contribute!
- Is your wood elf ready to tie the knot, or are you just tired of your surname? Now you can change your last name!
- Aquatic creatures have been banished from the land!
- Group experience debt has been removed!
- Encounter locking restrictions have been relaxed.
- You can now resurrect players that are outside of your group!
- Roleplayers rejoice! You can now use a ` or ' in your last name!
- Sort your Knowledge book by name, level, or category!
- Challenge other players with the new dueling system!
- Share items with guildmates using the new guild vault!

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LIVE UPDATE 12: July 20, 2005

- Change your bind point to anywhere in your home city!
- Invite other players into groups, raids, and guilds when they aren't in the same zone!
- Quest journal now holds 75 active quests!
- Sort your quests by the current zone for each quest step!
- Explore the Shattered Lands with greater freedom and ease of travel!
- Earn experience for your guild by collecting status loot!
- Learning tradeskills is made even easier with new artisan quests!
- Gain coin and better loot from defeating creatures!
- Guilds no longer lose status when members leave!
- Add a new hotkey to toggle between your two most recent targets!
- Lots of user interface tweaks and improvements!
- The quest completion ding is back!
- Mysterious activities around the mines of Norrath introduce our latest live event!

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LIVE UPDATE 11: June 28, 2005 -- THE SPLITPAW SAGA (adventure pack)

- The Splitpaw Saga begins!
- Examining an item now shows which classes can use it!
- Track the progress of your skill growth with the revamped skills window!
- Take 360-degree screenshots of your characters!

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LIVE UPDATE 10: June 8, 2005

- Gnolls are on the move and abducting adventurers!
- Track your collection quests easily in the quest journal!
- Cleaner, smoother fonts added to the user interface!
- Many new waypoints have been added to overland zone maps!

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LIVE UPDATE 9: May 26, 2005

- The quest to rescue the frogloks has begun!
- Experience a new instanced adventure area in Everfrost!
- Explore a new instanced adventure area in the Feerrott!
- Solo writs available for level 45+ players!
- You can now customize your in-game music!

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LIVE UPDATE 8: May 4, 2005

- Experience two new quest-based instanced adventure areas for soloers and small group players!
- Explore a new four-group level 50 epic raid adventure!
- Face danger when traveling on the high seas with new boat rides!
- Managing your guild is even easier with our new improved Guild window!
- Spirit shards absorb automatically when you get near them!
- Status upkeep reductions now visible when inspecting furniture! 
- New treasures added to many epic boss fights!

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LIVE UPDATE 7: April 20, 2005

- Entrance areas to many dungeons now more fun for small groups!
- Command your minion with our improved Pet window!
- Experience smoother griffin rides!
- New guild writs now available for Level 45-50 adventurers!
- Earn guild status points for defeating epic encounters!
- Get the benefits of illusion spells without changing your appearance!

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LIVE UPDATE 6: April 6, 2005

- Sell your merchandise when your character is outside your home or offline!
- New quest paths available for adventurers in many outdoor zones!
- Crafting even more rewarding with new tradeskill reaction bonuses!
- Zone maps now show where other members of your group are located!
- Crafted food now gives handy stat buffs!
- Many instanced adventure areas are now even more accessible!
- Now you can raise your harvesting skills twice as fast!
- Potions now give you longer-lasting benefits!
- Lots of new UI improvements and customization options!
- Hundreds of spell/combat art fixes and updates!
- Breaking news: A terrible plague infects Norrath!

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LIVE UPDATE 5: March 21, 2005 -- THE BLOODLINE CHRONICLES (adventure pack)

- The Bloodline Chronicles has arrived!
- All EverQuest II subscribers now get two additional character slots!
- Stay in touch with your friends with our in-game mail system!
- Share house rent among multiple characters and pay rent in advance!
- Crafters can use new recipes to make enchanted weapons, armor, and items!
- Evaluate the potency of weapons easily with the new Damage Rating!
- Understand your defenses better with separate Avoidance and Mitigation ratings!
- See the level of quests when they're offered to you or listed in your journal!
- Experience a new solo/small group adventure in the Invasion of the Vale!
- Turn your Heritage quest rewards into trophies to display in your home!
- New level 50 heroic zone: Return to Nektropos!

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LIVE UPDATE 4: March 8, 2005

- Act as a Mentor for your lower-level friends with our new Mentoring system!
- New treasure is available for solo players and small groups!
- Grouping made even better with a reduction in shared XP debt!
- Solo and small group XP increased even more, especially for players over level 30!
- Artisans can let buyers know they're available with the new /LFW (looking for work) tag!
- Quest coin and experience rewards have been increased!
- Friends and guilds can now share housing more effectively.
- Experience a new level 50 epic battle in The Deserted Mine!
- Enjoy a new solo instance in the Commonlands: Valley of the Rogue Magi!

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LIVE UPDATE 3: February 17, 2005

- See your enemies in a whole new way with our new /con system!
- Short-duration group buffs now last 10 minutes! Single-target buffs last 15 minutes!
- No more fizzles on spells that are blue or lower to you, and less fizzles on other spells!
- Shorter timers and less restrictions on instanced zones!
- Give your beloved house pets a name!
- All tradeskill classes can now refine their own materials and components!
- Wizards and Warlocks go nuke happy!
- Tanks now tank better with increased mitigation!
- Strike back at your rival city through new sabotage quests!
- More encounters added for soloers and small groups, including solo instanced dungeons!
- You can now store empty bags inside other bags!
- Improved examine information for spells, arts, potions, and more!
- Four new level 50 epic raid zones have been added!
- Now easier to search for potions, poisons, activated items, and food!
- Even more residents of Norrath gain their voices with our optional voiceover download!
- Choose different Traits, Traditions, Tactics, and Training options!

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LIVE UPDATE 2: February 1, 2005

- Heroic Opportunities have been revamped!
- Lots of new armor looks have been added!
- New adventure areas have been unearthed!
- First round of advanced solo encounters added for soloers and small groups!
- Vitality indicator added to your XP bar!
- DoT spells are now much more stackable!
- Tabbed chat windows make their long-awaited debut!
- See what your target is attacking with the new Implied Target window!
- Bankers now make change!
- Even more tradeskill bug fixes and improvements!
- Check out the more precice, informative AC value!
- New heritage quests: Golden Efreeti Boots and the Crown of King Tranix!

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LIVE UPDATE 1: January 6, 2005

- Tons of new quests, mostly for solo players!
- Two new dungeons available for groups at levels 25 to 30!
- Traits, Traditions, and Tactics choices have been reset for all characters. See details below.
- Presenting yet another way to personalize your character: Training!
- Lots of artisan recipe and ability fixes!
- Eat healthy! New examine information added to explain the benefits of food and drink!
- Brawlers get built-in shields!
- Guild followers can spend the status they earn at city merchants!
- Now easier to equip rings, wrist items, and weapons!
- Slash that dot! Maps now show your current heading!
- Lots of UI tweaks and enhancements!
- More bug fixes than you can shake a moss snake at!

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EVERQUEST 2 OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED: November 8, 2004

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