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WELCOME TO THE INFO CENTER!

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Welcome to the Milquetowst Info Center, your one-stop in-game EQ2 reference window! Here's what you'll find under the various tabs....

(1) "Miscellany": A list of classes and subclasses, a list of languages in the game, a breakdown of faction levels, a list of guild status rewards, a list of housing prices as well as a list of furniture items that can help to significantly reduce the status cost of your house, a list of placeable books, a list of available mounts (mostly horses), and finally, a guide to optimizing the game's graphics settings.

(2) "Spells": A complete list of spells and combat arts for every class and subclass. Thanks go to "Drumstix42" for compiling the information! Also, a list of the "fun" spells available to members of each class.

(3) "HOs": An explanation of how heroic opportunities work, and a breakdown of the HOs available both for soloers and for groups of various sizes and shapes.

(4) "Heritage Quests": Complete walk-thrus for all the heritage quests in Norrath. Thanks go to "Jaxel" for the walk-thrus!

(5) "Writs, Etc.": Breakdowns by city and tier of available writs (a.k.a. city tasks), as well as a list of access quests, a basic hunting guide, an overview of lore and legend quests (a.k.a. creature mastery quests), and walk-thrus for a few of the more interesting "lore" quests in Norrath. Thanks again to "Jaxel" for the walk-thrus!

(6) "Harvesting": Complete lists of the items which can be harvested from various zones, as well as an overview of WORTS ("Washes, Oils, Resins, Tempers and Solvents"), explaining which foraged items are used in their creation and what, in turn, they're used for.

(7) "Cookbook": An overview of how food and drink work in Norrath, and complete lists of all provisioner recipes. And for non-provisioners, there's also a handy list of food and drink items with the maximum possible (five-hour) duration.

(8) "Socials": A list of all social commands (a.k.a. emotes) in the game, arranged according to which ones are voiced and/or animated. You can have your character perform an emote simply by clicking it on the list.

(9) "TIWIKE": The famous "Things I Wish I'd Known Earlier" message from the official EQ2 forums. Though now somewhat out of date, it still contains a wealth of valuable tips on virtually every aspect of the game.

(10) "Notes": Whatever you want to have available for your own reference while you play, that isn't already included somewhere else, can be added here!

Obviously, no single person can compile the amount of information included in the Info Center single-handedly. I am indebted in particular, as noted already, to "Drumstix42" and "Jaxel," both regular contributors to the eq2interface.com Web site. Much other information used here came from the eq2.ogaming.com and eq2players.station.sony.com Web sites. Provisioner (and other tradeskiller) recipe data was obtained primarily from the eq2craft.com Web site. 

I'd also like to thank "xsilverfox," another contributor to the eq2interface.com Web site, as I copied the nested XML file structure I used for this window from his quest journal window mod.

Inevitably, there will be errors and omissions in the data presented here. If you notice anything that needs to be corrected or updated, or think of anything that's not here that really ought to be, then by all means, let me know! You can post suggestions or comments to the "Milquetowst Info Center" forum thread at eq2interface.com, mail them in-game to either Milquetowst (in Freeport) or Rainbeau or Grapefruit (in Qeynos) on the Permafrost server, or send them via real e-mail to burgdorf@awsd.com. Thanks!

As well, if you happen to have characters with too much money on the Permafrost server, feel free to send a plat or three to any of my characters! :D

-- Darryl C. Burgdorf (Milquetowst)

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