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EQ2 Community Relations manager Ryan “Blackguard” Schwayder is leaving SOE to return home to Denver. Ryan was an expert navigator of those turbulent waters that separate the devs and the players. He was a player, and just wanted to help make a fun game. His humor, intelligence and enthusiasm was contagious in his official and … Read more
With the new expansion coming out tomorrow, Crimson Eternity has been busting its butt trying to get as much progression as possible done before the pause as everyone levels to 75. This has meant near daily Demiplane of Blood raids as well as quick excursions to older places like Anguish and our old friends in … Read more
A lot has happened in game with all my characters. Lots of raiding (mostly with Dina, but played cleric for a Spirits of the Lost raid), lots of progress on all fronts, many heritages done, moved, even got a new hat. Might as well go through this by character! And since I’m leading this off … Read more
SOE yesterday patched in timed (and untimed) tradeskill writs. You ask for a work order and select a difficulty – from easy to difficult in the tier you most recently completed, or a difficult work order in your current tier. My two main crafters – Dina, a 40 tailor; and Dorah, a 51 jeweler; level … Read more
An EQ friend, Caldabuse, and I were talking a few years back about what was right and wrong with MMOs. An individual player has no impact on the world, and has the same abilities as everyone else. In fact, conformity is seen as the perfect ideal in the MMO world. We’d both just started playing … Read more