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YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO OUR PARTY!!!!!
Special invitation from EverQuest Producer Thom "Phathom" Terrazas

To Celebrate the HoT Expansion Launch next Tuesday and to thank everyone for their dedication to EverQuest, we are throwing you a bit of a party starting tomorrow.

Starting at 10:00am PDT, Friday October 8 through October 11 at 10:00am PDT, we will be delivering the following:
1. All Accounts Closed (but in good standing) will be given access to the game!
2. Double Experience!!
3. Rare Mob Spawns Increased!!!
4. Faction Gain Increased!!!!

....and our guide program is on full alert for games, quests and tomfoolery!!!

So Enjoy! ---and thank you on behalf of the EverQuest Team!

FYI...
House of Thule Launches on October 12. Pre-Orders will continue until late evening on October 11th. On October 12, the Collectors Edition will go up in price - If you are interested in a savings on the Collectors Edition, Pre-Order before Tuesday.

New Features!

+5 Level Increase – Achieve a New Max Level of 90 and set a new standard of gameplay
More than 800 AAs – Elevate your power and abilities beyond the norm
In-game Housing Addition – Make your permanent mark on the world! Collect and display treasured items
New Housing Trophy System – Display your trophies and receive statistical benefits
Hundreds of new housing items to decorate your house to your own style
18 Raids – Collect valuable rewards from all new adventures
13 Zones – Be the first to discover untouched lands of Norrath
450+ Spells – Exponentially add to your caster’s arsenal
17 Missions – Experience intriguing lore and immersive Missions
120+ Quests – Challenge your skills and gather useful loot
Inventory increase – Indulge the packrat in you and collect even more game goodies

From what I've seen of the difficulties, you can jump straight from SoD level gear into the first HoT zone- it is much more forgiving of skipping from old content to new.

The top tier defiant won't be high enough, likely, but you can skip from it to SoD gear as you level through the low 80s, and then hit HoT zones for new stuff at 85.

Author:	NephyrS [ Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:19 pm ]
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So I'll write up some more stuff later, but the main selling point of the expansion, in my mind: Epic Adornments! If you've competed your 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0, you can complete a new class themed quest that will let you request unlimited adornments matching any of the epics you have. So now every weapon of the proper type can look like SW/EC or the Heartwood Blade! Yay!

Author:	Midgen [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:19 pm ]
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Sounds nifty. I haven't followed any of the other details of the new expansion, but the one thing I'm mostly interested in is more bag space, and more bag slots. Also, not related to the expansion, but did I see an ad for buying more character lots via the marketplace for the low, low, low price of $80 each or $200 for three? I'm hoping I missed a decimal point somewhere on this one... Edit: HA! It was a mistake. http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts ... _id=169544 It's $8 for one and $20 for all 3. Altaholics REJOICE!

Author:	Elmarnieh [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:48 pm ]
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So I can go back in the game and have my 2.0 look like ebw's or I can have any weapon look like any other weapon? Also are 2.0 epics competitive weapons still?

Author:	Midgen [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:58 pm ]
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I think he's saying that you can apply an ornament to any weapon that makes it look like your 2.0 (or 1.5 or 1.0), as long as you own those weapons.

Author:	Ladas [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 3:59 pm ]
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If you do the quests, you can make any weapon of the same type as the epic (1HS in our case) look like the epic, so either EC/Swift or Heartwood/Auora. Since its an ornament, it doesn't take up the aug slot on the weapon, just changing the graphics. To your other question... not really. Group level drops from mid teir group zones in SoD surpass the Aurora (and 2.5 version). When I came back mid SoD, I was using Aurora and one of the Anquish maces (tap proc, forget the name) until I hit 85th level, and then switched to the two weapons from Old Bloodfields I had in the bank, which immediately doubled my melee DPS. However, Falcon is still a very relevant effect.

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Author:	Ladas [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:00 pm ]
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Another nice bonus of this expansion, bows will start having 2 aug slots... group bows will have type 4 and 7, raid bows will have type 4 and 8, so you can keep your stat augs and insert damage augs.

Author:	Ranelagh [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:05 pm ]
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I'd like to get the expanded target window, but can't seem to find Underfoot on it's own.

Author:	Midgen [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:10 pm ]
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Is HoT an all-inclusive expansion?

Author:	Ranelagh [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:17 pm ]
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yes, for $40 to $80

Author:	NephyrS [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 5:01 pm ]
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$40 is the base price for all current expansions- HoT won't drop in price other than temporary sales until the next expansion comes out. A month or two after HoT releases, I'd expect to see the new "Underfoot All in One Pack" available for $20-$30.

Author:	Lenas [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:35 pm ]
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It's kind of bothersome to me that the main selling point to you is purely aesthetic.

Author:	NephyrS [ Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:48 pm ]
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Meh. The content is ok, but I enjoy a ton of the content that's already out. New bag slots are nice, the extra two inventory slots are nice, and the extra levels/spells are always nice. The gear is an upgrade from UF, but only T4 HoT starts to upgrade T9 UF significantly. T1 gear is a bit better than Seeds of Destruction gear. But I haven't been hugely motivated to level from 80-85 yet, so I'm not seeing myself being largely motivated to level from 81-90, which makes most of the other content rather moot. I find this "level increase every other expansion" thing to be rather too much mudflation too fast. I thought the 3-4 expansions per level raise was much nicer. Epic adornments, on the other hand, are something we've been asking the Dev's for for a very, very long time. That they're finally adding them in (and the quest lines for them look very fun) is great. So many of the graphics lately are flat out awful- and the epics had a lot of design time sunk into them, and look great. IMO, content development peaked 3-4 expansions ago, so more content that I think is "ok" isn't a huge selling point to me, I guess.

Author:	Midgen [ Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:59 pm ]
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Some launch event information: http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/news_ ... m?id=52039 Rare mob spawn increase? Might be a good time to work on the ole epics :p HoT Pre-Launch Announcement wrote: YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO OUR PARTY!!!!! Special invitation from EverQuest Producer Thom "Phathom" Terrazas To Celebrate the HoT Expansion Launch next Tuesday and to thank everyone for their dedication to EverQuest, we are throwing you a bit of a party starting tomorrow. Starting at 10:00am PDT, Friday October 8 through October 11 at 10:00am PDT, we will be delivering the following: 1. All Accounts Closed (but in good standing) will be given access to the game! 2. Double Experience!! 3. Rare Mob Spawns Increased!!! 4. Faction Gain Increased!!!! ....and our guide program is on full alert for games, quests and tomfoolery!!! So Enjoy! ---and thank you on behalf of the EverQuest Team! FYI... House of Thule Launches on October 12. Pre-Orders will continue until late evening on October 11th. On October 12, the Collectors Edition will go up in price - If you are interested in a savings on the Collectors Edition, Pre-Order before Tuesday.

Author:	Midgen [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:01 pm ]
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So, looking at the features list for HoT, I have questions! Quote: New Features! +5 Level Increase – Achieve a New Max Level of 90 and set a new standard of gameplay More than 800 AAs – Elevate your power and abilities beyond the norm In-game Housing Addition – Make your permanent mark on the world! Collect and display treasured items New Housing Trophy System – Display your trophies and receive statistical benefits Hundreds of new housing items to decorate your house to your own style 18 Raids – Collect valuable rewards from all new adventures 13 Zones – Be the first to discover untouched lands of Norrath 450+ Spells – Exponentially add to your caster’s arsenal 17 Missions – Experience intriguing lore and immersive Missions 120+ Quests – Challenge your skills and gather useful loot Inventory increase – Indulge the packrat in you and collect even more game goodies Any insight on AA's? Are they all higher level? or will there be some new stuff for us lowbies? How is this housing thing going to work? Is it just a plat sync? A mini version of the Guild Hall? Can you bank/vendor inside? Extra storage (PLEASE SAY YES!). Are all of the new zones 80+ ?

Author:	NephyrS [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:16 pm ]
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All of the new zones are at least 80+, most are 85+. I didn't get to play with housing much, but it's not a huge plat sync. It's being done similarly to EQ2 housing... But here, you can design the outside/your yard as well. There are "neighborhoods" of 72 plots (outside designs, lakes, hills, etc). You buy a plot, and then can set up a house on that plot or not. You can place walls, tiki torches, animals, etc. There are "action figures" you can place too, with dialogue and lore, crafting stations, etc. You can also use them for extra storage- even multiple lore items can be placed- weapons, armor, etc. I think there may be a few low level AA- there are always a couple- but most will be 85+.

Author:	Ladas [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:14 am ]
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I don't know of a specific thing regarding AA with HoT... but there was some talk at the recent Fan Faire, iirc, about raising the bonus exp. for AA from 1000 AA to 2500, or some such. I don't know if that is going live or not with HoT. Or perhaps they were referencing the changes to OMM tasks. Those used to return 2.25 AA per task (you could knock out all 3 tasks in 45 minutes) and a lot people were banking them for this expansion. The exp on those has been drastically reduced, or will be shortly, to include any unclaimed finishes.

Author:	Midgen [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:35 pm ]
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That's what it is. I got some details last night. The are raising the bonus exp cap for AA's to 2500 (from 500/1000/1500?). I believe this is happening as part of the HoT launch. Wont' affect me much for a while. =)

Author:	Ranelagh [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:49 pm ]
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Bonus XP cap what?

Author:	Raltar [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:25 pm ]
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I'm curious...is there a new tier of defiant armor that will get you into the new zones or will you be stuck farming old content to get into the new stuff?

Author:	NephyrS [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:27 pm ]
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From what I've seen of the difficulties, you can jump straight from SoD level gear into the first HoT zone- it is much more forgiving of skipping from old content to new. The top tier defiant won't be high enough, likely, but you can skip from it to SoD gear as you level through the low 80s, and then hit HoT zones for new stuff at 85.

Author:	Raltar [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:32 pm ]
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Well, before I stopped playing, I had SoD t3(or maybe 4, I don't remember, I got it all from FoS) and I might come back for HoT, but if that gear isn't going to be good enough, I don't think I'll bother.

Author:	NephyrS [ Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:32 pm ]
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NephyrS wrote: From what I've seen of the difficulties, you can jump straight from SoD level gear into the first HoT zone- it is much more forgiving of skipping from old content to new. The top tier defiant won't be high enough, likely, but you can skip from it to SoD gear as you level through the low 80s, and then hit HoT zones for new stuff at 85. Like I said, you can jump straight from SoD level gear into HoT tier 1 and progress from there. Basically, they made it so that you can skip UF, and go straight from the SoD leveling zones up to HoT if you're returning. From what I'm seeing, this also means you can jump from Solteris/SoF level raid gear to HoT 1st tier as well.

Author:	Diamondeye [ Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:57 am ]
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Besides, you could always come hang out with us on Trakanon!

Author:	Midgen [ Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:37 pm ]
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I'm seeing some chatter in general chat about an overall increase to AA experience after Tuesday? is something changing about AAs with HoT?

Author:	TheRiov [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:51 pm ]
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below a certain number of earned AA's you get a bonus to the rate that xp goes into AA. Its like 250% below 150 aa's and scales up from there IIRC (but I've been out of touch for > 1 year now so take my info with a grain of salt)

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