http://www.eqtraders.com/ The premier site for EverQuest tradeskill recipes, guides, calculators, and discussion forums en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss admin@mboards.eqtraders.com admin@mboards.eqtraders.com Copyright © 2003-2008 Niami Denmother EQTC logo http://www.eqtraders.com/eqtclogotopnew.jpg 80 71 http://www.eqtraders.com/ The date and location for the 2008 Fan Faire have been announced. Mark your calendars for August 14-17 at the Las Vegas Hilton. Those of you wishing to get rooms on-site should do so immediately, as they tend to sell out quickly, (Of course, there are plenty of other lodgings ... (Click for more) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:53:11 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#292 *** Highlights *** The 10th Veteran Reward, Summon Resupply Agent, is now available! Alternate Advancement experience has been accelerated significantly for those with fewer AAs spent and will scale back down to the normal rate as more AAs are earned. Many keyed zones from the Ruins of Kunark, Scars of ... (Click for more) Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:44:00 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#291 By now, many of you who have registered for our forums have found email originating from the EQTC forums board admin. We did not send it, nor do we ever plan on sending out mass mailings to our community. Feel free to toss said email, wave to all the old-timers ... (Click for more) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:29:29 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#290 Has it really been that long? This month celebrates the 9-year anniversary of both EverQuest and this site. In celebration of this milestone, EQTC has some 30-day Game Card keys to give away. Anyone who submits valid additions or corrections to site content, and/or contributes a tradeskill guide between March ... (Click for more) Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:03:18 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#289 Here is early advanced warning about downtime for all SOE products (games, forums, etc. next Wednesday: Beginning at 1am PDT/8am GMT on Wednesday, March 12th all SOE services including game servers, forums, game websites, and subscription services will be unavailable due to system maintenance. We expect this maintenance to take ... (Click for more) Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:01:17 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#288 February 28, 2008 *** Highlights *** - Hot Zones: New Hot Zones have been created! Be on the lookout for new items and content in the following zones: Level 20 North/South Ro Level 25 Solusek's Eye Level 30 Blightfire Moors Level 35 Stone Hive Level 40 Dulak's Harbor Level 45 ... (Click for more) Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:06:15 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#287 After much debate and much brouhaha, the following announcement was made over on the SOE forums: The decision has been made to make no changes to the stats on cultural. We believe the armor to be unbalanced in its current state, but we are opting to take the "wait it ... (Click for more) Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:58:57 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#286 We finally found word from Racknine posted this afternoon on the front page of their site stating that they'd experienced a catastrophic failure to one part of their network (that had, in turn, caused some other stuff to go kablooey). It looks like they've been scrambling to restore stuff, as ... (Click for more) Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:41:55 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#285 Zero word from Racknine on the problem, no response to the voicemail left at the number we have from them. So, no word to pass on to you folks regarding when the forums will be available again. I am not amused. (Click for more) Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:36:01 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#284 The server that hosts our hosting company's main site also hosts the EQTC and EQ2TC forums (the main sites are hosted on another server). Apparently, they are having issues, as we cannot get our forums to respond, much less the main racknine site. This also means that we cannot open ... (Click for more) Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:28:45 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#283 *** Addendum *** -Loot All has been changed to help resolve some client disconnect/corpse loss issues. This will cause the loot all to be slower than it was previously. When stability is improved, we will take a look at speeding it back up again. *** Highlights *** - The beta ... (Click for more) Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:42:01 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#282 This update was recently posted with the patch notes: *** Bug With Bazaar Pricing *** Greetings, Here's some important news regarding the Bazaar. Currently there is an issue when setting prices for stacked items in bazaar. Do not sell a stack of items worth more than 4,294,967 pp (platinum pieces) ... (Click for more) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:16:40 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#281 Game Update: On Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 5:00 am PST (PST is -8 hours GMT: 6:00 am MST, 7:00 am CST, 8:00 am EST, 13:00 GMT), all EverQuest Live servers will be coming down for a Game Update. The estimated downtime is 6 hours. The deadline is approaching for ... (Click for more) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:37:01 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#280 Today we're proud to announce a number of updates to the site. The most obvious ones you'll see are on our item pages, which have gotten several long-overdue updates. Here's a summary of all the changes. Items now have icons! The icon will only show for items that have an ... (Click for more) Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:07:07 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#279 Game Update: On Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 5:00 am PST (6:00 am MST, 7:00 am CST, 8:00 am EST - 8.00 GMT), all EverQuest Live servers will be coming down for a Game Update. The estimated downtime is 6 hours. 12/05/2007 Here's a sneak peek at the Game Update ... (Click for more) Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:54:40 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#278 The message boards seem to be down at the moment. We're in touch with our host, trying to figure out what's going on. I'll update this when the boards are back up. Update, Nov. 27: It appears the message boards are working again. Thanks for your patience! (Click for more) Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:28:26 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#277 Here are today's patch notes. Tradeskill items are bolded. *** Items *** - Fixed the missing tribute on drakkin cultural armor. - Removed the tradeskill flag from the armor templates and cultural drops that are not currently being used. - Increased the stacking ability of the armor template drops. - ... (Click for more) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:11:59 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#276 OK, so if all goes well, Secrets of Faydwer should be going live when the servers come back up in an hour or so. I've already posted the patch message below for those who would like to read it. If you've visited the message boards, you've probably already noticed the ... (Click for more) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:00:55 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#275 This is just the patch notes that showed up in my patcher this morning. I'll have a more detailed update with how this launch will affect EQTraders later today. I've highlighted stuff of interest to tradeskillers in yellow. Edit: Updated with the latest patch to the patch notes. *grin* Game ... (Click for more) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:53:01 -0700 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#274 As several of you know, we live in northern San Diego county. So far, so good. We have smoke on the horizon in more than one direction, but our area is still ok. With the way the high and unpredictable winds are, however, things could change suddenly. Trust me, we're ... (Click for more) Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:04:19 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#273 I want YOU for EQTC! We're looking for more database volunteers! See my message board post for details. UPDATE! Thank you all so much for volunteering. I've received so many great applications it's hard to know where to begin! I'll consider the applications and contact those selected in the next ... (Click for more) Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:05:01 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#272 The changes to cultural tradeskill recipes that we have been warning you about were patched in this morning. Below are the relevant patch notes: New Cultural Tradeskill Recipes: The long awaited cultural update has been implemented. You will find the new books you need on "historians" that you can find ... (Click for more) Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:46:17 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#271 For those of you who haven't heard yet, Niami DenMother is featured in a player-run quest called the Jape of the Jolly Jester, organized by Kyroskrane on the Luclin server. The prize purse is already over 21 million pp and rising! You don't have to be a resident of Luclin ... (Click for more) Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:14:20 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#270 It looks like this weekend is the time to try for LoN booster packs. Calling all EverQuest® and EverQuest® II players! What's more fun than defeating opponents in your game and picking up Legends of Norrath booster packs, starter decks, and combo packs? Well, how about the opportunity to get ... (Click for more) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:18:44 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#269 EQ servers and forums are now up! (Click for more) Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:10:25 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#268 Just a quick note to let folks know that we are aware of the problems with our forums, and have contacted Racknine regarding the issue. Sadly, I have no further updates at this time. (Click for more) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:52:30 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#266 {grumble} Still no word on what is causing our forums to be inaccessible, which has me more than a bit unamused. Meanwhile, here is more information on the SOE extended downtime for next week: Beginning at 11:30 p.m. PDT on Monday, September 24th, all SOE services will be unavailable so ... (Click for more) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:57:15 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#267 We just received warning of a 24-hour downtime for SOE games, forums, etc. Please make your gaming plans for next week accordingly: All SOE games, websites, message boards, Knowledge Base, Station store, and other services will be unavailable for approximately 24 hours beginning on Tuesday, September 25th. All SOE services ... (Click for more) Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:32:49 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#265 From the patch notes today: Legends of Norrath is an online-only trading card game, based on the richly-detailed sword-and-sorcery world of Norrath from the massively multiplayer online role-playing games EverQuest and EverQuest II. EQ and EQII players have been awarded a complimentary random Oathbound digital starter deck. To play, navigate ... (Click for more) Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:17:34 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#264 Legends of Norrath is now in a more open beta phase. Random EQ and EQ2 accounts that have been active in the last month were added to beta access. If you are still unable to access the trading card game from within EQ, then you can send email in order ... (Click for more) Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:15:34 -0600 http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#263