Daybreak has announced that the Recruit Reward program has been discontinued. As posted on the official forums:

Hail Norrathians!

In July of 2013, the Beta for the Recruit Rewards program launched. This program allowed anyone with a then-Station Account to earn special items by inviting friends to join them in their favorite games.

Over the past two years, we have gathered a lot of excellent information and feedback about this recruitment program, on everything from system set-up and maintenance to the types of rewards that were found most desirable.

At this time, we have decided that we are going to end the Recruit Rewards Beta and will not be continuing with the program in its current form. Though we will not be launching Recruit Rewards, your feedback remains valuable to us as we explore the development of other new and different programs here at Daybreak.

What if I sent out invitations that weren’t accepted yet? Since the Recruit Rewards Beta program is now closed, the invites will no longer work. Please encourage your friends to create an account at www.daybreakgames.com and join you in game!

What’s going to happen to the rewards I already earned? Nothing! Those are yours to keep and enjoy; previously granted rewards will not be wiped or removed from your account.

But I was so close to the next level of Achievement rewards! Is there anything I can do? Since the program is now closed, you will not be able to earn any additional recruits towards your achievement. However, to say thank you for your participation in the Beta of this program, if you achieved Delegate Level (Tier One) or higher, we will grant you the in-game items available at the next highest tier in your primary game.

How are you determining my primary game? Your primary game is determined as the game where you chose to receive your first achievement reward (Delegate/Tier One Level) after successfully recruiting two friends who made at least $10.00 worth of qualifying purchases.

I have another question or issue with my Recruit Rewards account that isn’t answered here. What do I do? Please contact our Customer Service team at help.daybreakgames.com.

Thank you again for participating in and providing feedback about the Beta of Recruit Rewards.

Here are the patch notes for Wednesday, June 17th update:

*** Highlights ***

• Fixed an issue where a player could crash after logging back into a load-balanced zone (/pickzone) or gating to a point in a load-balanced zone when that particular instance had closed.
• Corrected an issue causing players entering mission instances of some zones to be teleported to the non-instanced versions.
• Fixed an issue regarding binding in a load-balanced zone; you should now properly be sent to an available zone when gating or returning to your bind point.
• Fixed an issue with the leave on corpse option in the manage loot window that could cause crashes.
• All Noble Exchange merchants can now be used to send or receive parcels. These merchants are available in every starting city, the Plane of Knowledge, the Bazaar, and other zones throughout Norrath.

*** Items ***

• Bard - Reduced the casting time of the Arpeggio spells on certain breastplates from 0.3s to instant.

*** Quests & Events ***

• Arx Mentis raids - Glowing Essences of the Citadel now have a small chance to drop in Tier 2 Arx Mentis raids and drop more commonly from Calix Quirinus.
• All Arx Mentis progression raids - Now drop exactly six Essences of the Citadel rather than between four and eight.
• Anniversary - The 5th-13th Anniversary events have been extended to run until July 15th.
• Heritage - The Crushbone and Permafrost Hardcore Heritage events have been extended by a week and will now end on 7/1.

*** Spells ***

• Buffs with limited charges that are consumed when their focus effect is applied now continue to apply their remaining effects until the spell that was focused by that buff is finished resolving. This corrects a problem where the critical chance portion of spells (like Chromatic Haze and Frenzied Devastation) was never applied during the buff's final charge, because the buff was removed after the focus effect was applied but before the critical chance modifier was checked.

*** NPC ***

• All Noble Exchange merchants can now be used to send or receive parcels. These merchants are available in every starting city, the Plane of Knowledge, the Bazaar, and other zones throughout Norrath.
• Added factions to many NPCs in newbie zones that did not have them before, causing guards to hate them once again.

*** AA ***

• Bard - Restored the doppelganger effect and removed the shadowstep component on the AA line "Lyrical Prankster".
• Beastlord - Corrected a bug with ranks 4-6 of the AA line "Nature's Salve" that caused them to cast the spell associated to rank 3 of the ability. Ranks 4-6 should now increase in power and trigger the effect on your warder as originally intended.
• Rogue - Corrected an issue that caused rank 6 of AA Extended Envenomed Blades to not function.
• Rogue - Corrected an issue that prevented all ranks of the AA Enduring Vision from working.
• Wizard - Arcane Fusion no longer deals damage to non-NPC targets. This should ensure that wizards who fail their Bucolic Gambit are slightly less likely to annihilate themselves.
• Corrected a typo in the description of the buff cast by the AA "Glyph of the Cataclysm".
• Corrected several inconsistencies with the casting level of AA abilities.

*** Progression Servers ***

• Restored the spell merchant Gadallion to the Southern Desert of Ro in all eras.
• The Wizard spell Rend is now available on Progression Servers in all eras.
• The Potion of Companion's Amnesia is now available for purchase in the marketplace on all Progression Servers.
• "an old froglok" in Upper Guk no longer spawns on Progression Servers until the Planes of Power expansion is unlocked.
• Luminescent Weapon Grade Ore is no longer be available for purchase on Progression Servers until Rain of Fear has unlocked.
• Some cookie molds that were not available at launch are no longer available on Progression Servers.
• Recipes that call for Thalium Ore are no longer visible on Progression Servers until Dragons of Norrath.

*** Miscellaneous ***

• Steamfont Mountains will now correctly use load balancing as intended.
• Corrected an oversight that prevented players that were created on the Vox server from being able to select the suffix "of Vox".

*** UI ***

• There is now a chat message of how much time you have before you can run /pickzone again, if you have a timer remaining.
• You now get a message in chat with what instance you are in when you run /pickzone in a load-balanced zone. This will only appear when it is possible for the window to open, meaning any circumstance where /pickzone won't function (such as combat) will prevent this message from appearing.

- Changed -

*** Previously Updated ***

• Fixed the Deepwater Harpoon quest. Returned the missing sentries to West Freeport, and Sentry Xyrin will again attack the nearby spectres on the island when inspired to do so.

If you play on the Ragefire or Lockjaw progression servers, be sure to grab your free Ragefire Founder's Chest by 11:59pm PT tonight (Wednesday, June 3rd)! The chest—which is a 10-slot giant-size lore bank box—can be snagged on each of your Ragefire/Lockjaw characters from the Marketplace.

Hello Wowhead, TF2 Outpost, ZAM.com, DestinyDB and LolKing users! Today, we’d like to make an announcement regarding the future of ZAM Network, as many of you may have noticed some recent changes occurring with our staff.

In the next few months, ZAM is going to be setting up shop in the Los Angeles area to be closer to the companies that we care so passionately about. While not everyone on the ZAM team will be able to move to the new offices, the potential new and expanded focus made moving to a new headquarters a top priority. Being within driving distance from Blizzard, Activision, Riot, and many others will allow us to give you unprecedented new insight into your favorite games so we can continue to increase the quality and depth of our coverage. We also hope to expand our content as well, especially with the incredible access to video, art, and editorial talent within the LA region.

While we’re growing the ZAM team to include these new faces, you shouldn’t be worried about any loss of service with the current sites. Wowhead, LolKing, TF2 Outpost, DestinyDB and our other top-tier sites will continue to operate as normal and will only improve throughout the year.

Over the last 15 years, we’ve devoted all of our energy into making this network the best place to get information for the biggest online games. The next step in ZAM’s growth is coming, and we hope you’re excited.

Daybreak will perform a general maintenance beginning at 6am PDT on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The current estimated downtime for this maintenance is three to five hours, depending on the service.

This maintenance may impact the following Daybreak services across all games:

• Commerce functions, including purchases, for all games
• Game & Web logins for all Daybreak sites
• Forum access (login, posting, and viewing abilities) for all Daybreak games.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not a game-specific maintenance. There will be no update or patch notes.

Thank you for your patience as we complete this maintenance.

~The Team at Daybreak

This year's Hardcore Heritage schedule has been announced:

May 13 – Cazic-Thule and Blackburrow

Gnolls and lizards have leveled up to challenge you! The versions of these zones tuned for level 80 and higher characters have returned.

The Hardcore Heritage version of these zones will be available until Wednesday, May 27, 2015.

May 27 – Lower Guk and Unrest

Undead frogloks and other evil dead are back! The Hardcore Heritage versions of these zones are ready to accept adventurers that are level 85 and higher.

The Hardcore Heritage version of these zones will be available until Wednesday, June 10, 2015.

June 10 – Crushbone and Permafrost

Death! Death to all who oppose the Crushbone orcs!! Both Clan Crushbone and Permafrost Caverns have been tuned for level 90 and higher characters.

The Hardcore Heritage version of these zones will be available until Wednesday, June 24, 2015.

June 24 – Nagafen’s Lair and Castle Mistmoore

The minions of Nagafen and Mistmoore have been expecting your return. The NPCs and bosses in the Hardcore Heritage version of these zones are designed for players that are level 100.

The Hardcore Heritage version of these zones will be available until Wednesday, July 22, 2015.

Ragefire, EverQuest's newest progression server, is now live!

In celebrating the server's launch, Daybreak Games has scheduled three upcoming streams over their EverQuest Twitch channel:

• Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
• Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
• Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time

Reports on the EQ Forum suggest the server has been at maximum capacity, so you may have to wait a little bit if you decide to log in today.

Summer has arrived here at Daybreak, and we’re cranking up the air conditioning, firing up BBQs, hitting the beach… AND giving All Access Members an even BIGGER discount off in-game items!

From Friday, May 22nd at 10:00AM PDT through Monday, May 25th at 11:59PM PDT, anyone with an All Access Membership will see their Marketplace discount raised to 20% off!

Discuss this on the EverQuest or EverQuest II official forums.

Here are today's updates - enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!

New Quests: Dark Reign: Lair Unguarded ;  Dark Reign: Plunder the Hoard ;  Dark Reign: Rivals ;  Dark Reign: Sudden Tremors ;  Dark Reign: Signal Fires ;  Dark Reign: Tea for Thy Master ;  Dark Reign: Scales of Justice ;  Dark Reign: Storming the Goblin Temple ;  Norrath's Keepers: A Goblin's Escort ;  Dark Reign: A Goblin's Escort ;  Dark Reign: Halfling's Treasure Map ;  Dark Reign: Forbin's Elixir ;  Dark Reign: Behind Closed Doors

New Zones: Thundercrest Isles: Plunder the Hoard ;  Accursed Nest: Rivals ;  Tirranun's Delve: A Goblin's Escort ;  Lavaspinner's Lair: Halfling's Treasure Map

New Bestiary: a reclusive lavaspinner ;  a treasure firebender ;  a treasure fireguard ;  a treasure firestorm ;  a treasure guardian ;  a treasure keeper ;  a treasure minder ;  a treasure sneak ;  an elder lavaspinner ;  a reclusive lavaspinner ;  an elder lavaspinner ;  Tarpo Fiddengrab ;  a cracked chest ;  a gilded chest ;  a gold chest ;  a silver chest ;  a treasure firebender ;  a treasure fireguard ;  a treasure firestorm ;  a treasure guardian ;  a treasure keeper ;  a treasure minder ;  a treasure sneak ;  a puma ;  a swirling dervish ;  an Isle custodian ;  an Isle defender ;  an Isle guardian ;  an Isle icedrafter ;  an Isle lorekeeper ;  an Isle rejuvenator ;  an Isle stormcaller ;  an Isle windraker ;  an ornate chest ;  Cherie X`Tepper ;  Guardian of the Blades ;  an immovable sentinel ;  a clay sentinel ;  an iron sentinel ;  a mud sentinel ;  a steel sentinel ;  a stone sentinel ;  a crag sentinel ;  a mud sentinel ;  a puma ;  a rock sentinel ;  a steel sentinel ;  a swirling dervish ;  an earthen sentinel ;  an immovable sentinel ;  an iron sentinel ;  an Isle custodian ;  an Isle defender ;  an Isle enlightener ;  an Isle guardian ;  an Isle icedrafter ;  an Isle keeper ;  an Isle lorekeeper ;  an Isle reawakener ;  an Isle rejuvenator ;  an Isle stormcaller ;  an Isle stormguard ;  Storm Dampener ;  Storm Guardian ;  a clay sentinel ;  a mud sentinel ;  a steel sentinel ;  an earthen sentinel ;  an immovable sentinel ;  a puma ;  a swirling dervish ;  an Isle custodian ;  an Isle defender ;  an Isle enlightener ;  an Isle guardian ;  an Isle lorekeeper ;  an Isle mindbreaker ;  an Isle rejuvenator ;  an Isle stormcaller ;  an Isle windraker ;  a Dirtdigger adept ;  a Dirtdigger bonecracker ;  a Dirtdigger mender ;  a Dirtdigger spinebuster ;  a Dirtdigger spiritist ;  an earthen sentinel ;  an Isle defender ;  an Isle enlightener ;  an Isle rejuvenator ;  an Isle stormcaller ;  a Delve champion ;  a Delve cleric ;  a Delve drake ;  a Delve evoker ;  a Delve shaman ;  a Delve sneak ;  a Delve spellbinder ;  a Stillmoon charmer ;  a Stillmoon forest warden ;  a Stillmoon granite keeper ;  a Stillmoon gravel warden ;  a Stillmoon harmony ;  a Stillmoon instigator ;  a Stillmoon laborer ;  a Stillmoon loremaster ;  a Stillmoon magus ;  a Stillmoon seer ;  a Stillmoon stone wing ;  a Stillmoon witchdoctor ;  a drakescale protector ;  a goblin pet ;  a goblin tea tender ;  a poison assistant ;  a Stillmoon defender ;  a Stillmoon dirt tender ;  a Stillmoon forest warden ;  a Stillmoon gravel warden ;  a Stillmoon harmony ;  a Stillmoon instigator ;  a Stillmoon laborer ;  a Stillmoon loremaster ;  a Stillmoon novice ;  a Stillmoon stone caster ;  a Stillmoon stone wing ;  a Stillmoon teacher ;  a Stillmoon wakemaker ;  a Stillmoon watcher ;  a Stillmoon water servant ;  a Stillmoon waverusher ;  a Stillmoon witchdoctor ;  an ancestral guardian ;  an iron warder ;  a cave poisoner ;  a cliffside puma ;  a crevice weaver ;  a granite bishop ;  a granite magician ;  a granite sorcerer ;  a kirin way keeper ;  a Snowfoot shadow ;  a Snowfoot warlock ;  a Stillmoon leopard ;  an ascent cliff caster ;  an ascent conjurer ;  an ascent drake ;  an ascent ice priest ;  an ascent ice wing ;  an ascent soft step ;  an ascent storm wing ;  an ascent warmonger ;  a cave poisoner ;  a cliffside puma ;  a Stillmoon leopard ;  a crevice weaver ;  a granite bishop ;  a granite magician ;  a granite sorcerer ;  a granite defender ;  a kirin student ;  a kirin way keeper ;  a Snowfoot antagonizer ;  a Snowfoot heathen ;  a Snowfoot mystic ;  a Snowfoot shadow ;  a Snowfoot warlock ;  an ascent cliff caster ;  an ascent conjurer ;  an ascent diviner ;  an ascent drake ;  an ascent ice priest ;  an ascent ice wing ;  an ascent rock healer ;  an ascent soft step ;  an ascent storm wing ;  an ascent warmonger ;  an iron watcher ;  a corrupted drake ;  a cursed guardian ;  a fallen Nestling ;  Bentwing the Bloodthirsty ;  a corrupted drake ;  a cursed guardian ;  a fallen Nestling ;  a Nest auspex ;  a Nest defender ;  a Nest drake ;  a Nest templar ;  a Nest auspex ;  a Nest defender ;  a Nest drake ;  a Nest templar ;  a corrupted guardian ;  a frigid iceweaver ;  a frosted sharpfang ;  a Sandshift guardian ;  a Sandshift mender ;  a Sandshift scout ;  a Sandshift wizard ;  an earthen protector ;  an Icebed guardian ;  an Icebed mender ;  an Icebed mystic ;  an Icebed scout ;  an Icebed wizard ;  a blackroot spider ;  a chest ;  a corrupted guardian ;  a Sandshift guardian ;  a Sandshift mender ;  a Sandshift mystic ;  a Sandshift scout ;  a Sandshift wizard ;  an earthen guardian ;  an earthen protector ;  Bearsmasher ;  Bearsmasher pet ;  Evron Sensitiveleaf ;  Fahsheer Delure ;  Fahsheer Delure pet ;  Ferrin Stoneheart ;  Filimar Starshaper ;  Garrand Redmist ;  Gimblemort ;  Henry Firemind ;  Melina Fairwinter ;  Redeyes Lore Eater ;  Risha Farchaser ;  Risha Farchaser pet ;  Silverclaw ;  Wealgry Windmiller ;  Grand Librarian Maelin ;  Grand Librarian Maelin ;  Grand Librarian Maelin

Updated Zones: Thundercrest Isles: Behind Closed Doors ;  Thundercrest Isles: Lair Unguarded ;  Thundercrest Isles: House of the Autumn Rose ;  Accursed Nest: Clues ;  The Ascent: Sudden Tremors ;  The Ascent: Signal Fires ;  Stillmoon Temple: Tea for Thy Master ;  Stillmoon Temple: Scales of Justice ;  Tirranun's Delve: Storming the Goblin Temple ;  Lavaspinner's Lair: Forbin's Elixir ;  Lavaspinner's Lair: A Halfling's Greed

Updated Items: West Common Room Door Key ;  East Common Room Door Key ;  Tarnished Shackle Key ;  Polished Shackle Key ;  Dark Manacle Key ;  Ancient Note of Runes ;  Ancient Tooth of Archanalia ;  Bent Electrum Insignia ;  Rough Gold Ingot ;  Gemmed Ceremonial Katana ;  Faceted Crystal Gemstone ;  Stormworn Platinum Tiara ;  Dark Reign Token ;  Ebon Crystal ;  Small bag of Raw Stillmoon Tea Leaves ;  Drakescale Fungus Cap ;  Bunch of Gnawing Grubs ;  Ascent Signal Fire Fuel ;  Small sack of Koi Food ;  Torn bag of Koi Food ;  Claw Statue ;  Wing Statue ;  Storm Statue ;  Shattered Draconic Symbol ;  Dark Dragon Scale ;  Deformed Dragon Embryo ;  Desiccated Drake Corpse ;  Radiant Crystal ;  Norrath's Keepers Token

Updated Quests: Norrath's Keepers: Lair Unguarded ;  Norrath's Keepers: Behind Closed Doors ;  Norrath's Keepers: House of the Autumn Rose ;  Norrath's Keepers: Rivals ;  Norrath's Keepers: Clues ;  Norrath's Keepers: Forbin's Elixir ;  Norrath's Keepers: Sudden Tremors ;  Norrath's Keepers: Scales of Justice ;  Norrath's Keepers: Storming the Goblin Temple ;  Norrath's Keepers: Signal Fires ;  Norrath's Keepers: A Halfling's Greed ;  Norrath's Keepers: Tea for Thy Master ;  Dark Reign: Clues ;  TDS Progression #22: All Rivers Lead to the Sea ;  TDS Progression #23: The Cost of Balance ;  TDS Progression #24: Confronting Calix ;  Raid Expedition: Arx Mentis

Updated Bestiary: Daleynn Spiritshadow ;  Pericolo L`Morte ;  Celrak Blightblood ;  Talontar ;  Gordish Frozenheart ;  Bianca Galbraith ;  a Stillmoon koi master ;  Amaro ;  a sealed chest ;  a runed chest ;  Ancient Golem ;  a Snowfoot signal warden ;  Snowfoot Signal Fire ;  Forbin Mixmasher ;  Sentinel of Yar`Lir ;  Sentry of Tro`Lir ;  General Veth`Lir ;  General Tro`Lir ;  Sentry of Veth`Lir ;  Tarpo Fiddengrab ;  a gold chest ;  a cracked chest ;  a gilded chest ;  a silver chest ;  Sensei Gnarlshadow ;  Poison Brewer Ishi ;  an Autumn Rose Assassin ;  Stillmoon tea master ;  a goblin poison master ;  a drake conspirator ;  a drake usurper ;  a chest (#5 - Calix Quirinus) ;  a mortuis vifens ;  a magic resistant chest ;  a libre vitala ;  an indagator ;  an indagatrix ;  Arc Auctus ;  Arc Auctus Ingens ;  Arc Facultas Ingens ;  Libre Ventus ;  Principal Quastori Numicia ;  Praetor Vitio ;  a phasma frigasia ;  a sceltori gelu ;  Principal Vicarum Nomia ;  a magia virotis fulgia ;  a magis humas proloxis ;  a magia vita fortitio ;  a magia vis fortitio ;  Magia Adria ;  Magia Tatio ;  Magia Ursus ;  Principal Indagatrix Lucia

In the latest installment of Film Friday, we have a handful of new flicks from Civilization Beyond Earth, EverQuest, Final Fantasy XIV, King's Quest, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and Total War: Arena.