Spellborn: Marketplace, new instance, more in patch 1.03

The Chronicles of Spellborn will gain a (metric) tonne of features in its upcoming patch, 1.03. A lot of dreams players have are coming true.
Unfortunately (for me), the letter I got from Spellborn was in German. I’ll try to do a little bit of (probably wildly wrong) translation above the fold, and the full letter is in the original German afterward.
– Called “The Scroll of Swords & Münzen”.
– New: Marketplace
– New instance: Exarchyon
Marketplace
– Can use from any shard
– Meant for trading crafting materials and items
– Operated by NPCs from House Silver, the mercantile House
– Items are offered at a fixed price — no bidding
– Browse by category
– Search by name
– Price history shows market trends to help find the best deals
Exarchyon
– Exarchyon is the floating headquarters of the “Brotherhood of the Sword”
– Epic quest line starts at level 7 in Hogg-Grat
– Investigate the Brotherhood activities as your explore
– At level 20-25, attack Exarchyon itself in an exciting finale.
New Quest Lines
– In addition to the Exarchyon quest, players levels 20-27 receive two new quest lines.
– At level 20, your character will receive a letter asking for their help in Ringfell.
– At level 27, the Oracle has a quest for you beginning in Brightvale.
– Existing quests optimized by less returning to the Quarterstone quest givers.
New UI Features
– Local chat now appears in chat balloons.
– Icon above your character shows your High House.
– Chat with members of your House with /h.
Further Improvements
– More fame and personal experience points in instances
– Lower Humanoid monster respawn rate on the Parliament and Ringfell shards
– Further details at http://tcos.com/de/news,id221,vorschau_patch_1_0_3.html
Full letter (in German) after the fold.

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EQ: October 7 update patch notes

Reader and guildmate Egat pointed out that not only EverQuest 2 patched yesterday — so did its daddy, EverQuest. Here’s the patch notes, along with some commentary.
Seeds of Destruction Zone Sneak Preview: All active EverQuest subscribers with accounts in good standing will be able to experience all new EverQuest Seeds of Destruction zones two week before commercial release! During this special event players can participate in quest lines and group encounters as they assist Antonius Bayle and preserve the future of Qeynos! Zones include the eerie devastation of the Void, the lush wilderness of Oceangreen and the perilous Temple of Bertoxxulous. Beginning October 7, 2008 seek out the herald of Druzzil Ro in the Plane of Knowledge to be transported to a time rift that leads to the preview content! Preview content will be open to all players until October 13th, 2008.
An absolutely fantastic idea! Give people a sneak peak. And for those people who buy the expansion — they’ll already have downloaded everything and be pretty much ready to go. Good stuff.

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