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LIVE UPDATE HISTORY

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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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