Norrath Fashion Show

At the risk of sounding like an EQ2 fanboy, I will have to say that I am happy about the new armors and clothing that they are releasing.

Used to be, you could travel around Norrath and, aside from the colors of the armor/clothing every mage looked the same, as did priests, scouts, and fighters. With the new Station Marketplace armor/clothing that they have released over the past few months, combined with the TSO Faction and Shard armor, together with the event armor from the Spires vendor, there are more choices than you could shake a gnome-on-a-stick at.

SmedbucksSmedbucks

As posted here, This weekend will be a double Smedbucks weekend. What that means is that you will receive twice the number of Smedbucks for redeeming “any pre-paid Free Realms Station Cash retail game card”.

From the Cherry Grove

1 September 2009 saw some new furniture added to the Station Cash Marketplace in EQ2 (aka the SmedBucks Store).

While I don’t agree with most of what the RMT Store has, I would be lying if I said I didn’t like the armors and furniture that has become available through the EQ2 Marketplace.

I also have the latest installment of furniture to thank for five server “discos”.

Pieces of Fate

Yet another obscure reference, this time to Game Update #53: Shards of Destiny (which will release in late September).

Here is what EQ2 Players had to say about it (EQ2 Players comments in bold, mine in italics):

Doom of Guards

Yet another obscure reference. This time in reference to Sentinel’s Fate the upcoming 6th expansion to EQ2.

A Carnival of Air Circulators

Yes, the title is an obscure way of referring to Fan Faire. (And as you have no doubt realized, I specialize in the obscure.)

Anyway, yesterday evening, they officially announced that the adventuring level cap will be raising to 90 with the next expansion. No word yet on whether the guild or tradeskill levels will also be increased.

Wishy-washy

Despite the title, this post is not devoted to those of inconsistent temperment. I just couldn’t be bothered to spend any more time on figuring out another word or phrase which contained the word “wish”. This post is primarily to list some things that I wish were different about Everquest II. They aren’t gamebreaking, nor are they items that prevent me from wanting to play the game, they are just things that I wish were in the game.

The Bookie

Yesterday, I made two more books. (And mom said I would never publish) 8D

The titles are: Boisterous Ballads for Bards, Vol. II and You can’t spell YOU without Y or O (Unless you want to look like a moron). Finally, I have a forum in which I can express my views of others idiocy (as long as I don’t use the words idiot or imbecile in the title).

The Bookbinder, Rings, and Things

This past week has seen many changes. With the advent of GU 52, another questline opened, the Order of Rime (which I mentioned previously), Player-written books (with a quest for Sages) became available, and, today, the monthly “ring” event happened.

Velious Dreams, and Things

As Tipa over at West Karana posted a couple of days ago, the next expansion appears to be Velious.

There are several things which support that assertion:

- The last update saw a severe change in the way that ice is rendered. With very few zones that have ice (Frosfell zones, Everfrost/EF TSO Instances, Permafrost, parts of Kylong Plains), why spend all that time, not to mention money, on something which wasn’t going to affect, by and large, most of the game in the near future?
- On test, you can find members of the Order of Rime faction. Do I really need to belabor that one with an explanation?
- I really want it to be Velious.

Ok….that last one isn’t a real supporting reason, but when has that ever stopped me?