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Niami DenMother
05-04-2007, 09:48 PM
Have you ever had one of those weeks where, no matter what you do, the more you try to catch up, the further behind you get? For me, it has been one of those weeks, with a vengeance, and my motivation has been at a really low ebb because of it.

Luckily for all of you, the folks at SoE do NOT seem to be suffering from the same problem, and there is quite a bit of good news for you folks on the tradeskill front.

Firstly, Autenil has worked some major magic with the graphics engine to improve house load times, especially in the bigger homes. Check it out for yourself, then let him know how you feel about it over in this thread in the SoE forums (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=355444). Thanks a ton, Josh! We've been badly needing this one for a long time, now.

Next, Gallenite invokes the power of a name, to bring us the tale of a land we thought was forever lost to the land of Norrath. NERIAK. Check out his most recent Producer's Letter on the SoE forums (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=360205) for more details on that and the story of the new race, the Arasai. (That's the infamous dark fae we've been hearing rumors about, for those who weren't familiar with the race name.). Thanks, Scott!

But wait, there's more! Order now and ...

... sorry, wrong spiel, genre, etc! There is more yummy goodness! The Test server was patched with alllll sorts of great stuff in prep for Game Update 35. Not only the above-mentioned Neriak, and the Arasai, and an adventuring zone for them, but a recipe with chocolate in the name can be obtained there? Sign me up!

Still not enough yet, for some folks, so, how about a house moving service while we're asking for the moon? Maybe one that will let us pack everything at the click of a button, crate it up, and ship it over to the new home, where we can unpack and decorate at our leisure? Sound too good to be true?</p>
{raises hand solemnly} I kid you not. It is being tested on the Test server now. Expect a fun little article about it in the next few days, once I can find where my Muse hid. In the meantime, check out the full Test Server Patch Notes for May 4 (http://www.mboards.eqtraders.com/eq2/showthread.php?t=6858).

Wheeeeeeeee!

Ariene
05-05-2007, 03:40 AM
This is amazing! I've been wanting to move for weeks but haven't been able to face packing. I'm definately looking forward to this! And the chocolate sure doesn't hurt either. :)

Lordebon
05-06-2007, 08:49 PM
Excellent!

People have "known" about the Arasai (dark fae) for some time... (I believe their existance was kinda "oops'd" a long time ago) but its good to see it actually happening.

And I've always thought that Fallen Gate was just... too small, too little, to be all of Neriak. I can't wait to see what Neriak looks like now... hehe.

Oh, and house packing! Man, I can't think how many times I've said that and /feedback'd that. With my guild nearing 30, I'll be heading for a Qeynos mansion home soon (I live in a Kelethin 4-roomer... but Kelethin is just too far removed, and the house too awkward to work with for me).

I've actually been on a bit of a sabbatical from EQ2 lately (and playing a bit of Vanguard... in particular, the diplomacy. It's quite fun, hehe).