Bestiary Updates: a frenzied alligator ;  Yngaln the Frozen ;  Vim ;  Vigor

Taken from Holly Windstalker's Post on the official Daybreak boards:

Good day, Norrathians!

It’s hard to believe we are almost out of spring and into summer! I wanted to take a moment and let you know what the team is working on and what’s coming.

First, Quarm! This new server will launch this summer! It’s a limited-time server where all characters are on a race to defeat Mata Muram! Here are some details:

• New server with Omens of War-era features, zones, and advancement.
• Goal: Race to defeat Mata Muram.
• Based on your accomplishments on Quarm, you’ll be able to earn special rewards that can be claimed by characters on another server (live OR progression).
• Start at level 51 with 50 AA and gear.
• Free trading of items (like you can on the Firiona Vie server).
• True Box.

We’ll have more information to share on the Quarm server as we get closer to opening this up to a beta test with players. Like our other special servers, access to Quarm will require membership.

Progression servers have been moving along nicely. Hard to believe that Ragefire opened on May 20 last year! Lockjaw and Phinigel both unlocked The Scars of Velious content on their servers recently, and players there have quickly been making their way through that era’s raid content.

The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and we have something special planned for players. Stay tuned to hear more at the end of this week.

Also, on June 1, we will launch our new Legends of Norrath Loot Pack – Legend of the Jarsath Destroyer – on our marketplace. This new pack will have loot from The Jarsath Destroyer, Fall of the Estarim, Debt of the Ratonga, and Drakkinshard. The previous loot pack, The Legend of the Dragonbrood, will go into the vault at the end of the day on May 31, so don’t miss out! It’ll be a while until it’s seen again!

And, as is true each year, we are well into our next expansion’s development. We’ll start giving you details as we get a little further along this year.

We are looking forward to another great year with our Norrathian faithful at our sides. Thanks for joining us!

Sincerely, as always,

Holly “Windstalker” Longdale

Bestiary Updates: Junth Mcmannus ;  Guard Perin ;  Guard Phaeton ;  Guard Relam ;  Guard Dunix ;  Guard Wenbie ;  Guard Urius ;  Guard Calik ;  Guard Oleph ;  Guard Corshin ;  Guard Beren ;  Anehan Treol ;  Hansl Bigroon ;  Guard Buce ;  Guard Ginton ;  Guard Vaskif ;  Guard Weleth ;  Leanon Ruksey ;  Nax Ghruna ;  Niclaus Ressinn ;  a kobold runt ;  Derena Leflor ;  Keeshla Levora ;  Telan Buvare ;  Guard Abrebla ;  Librarian Kesler ;  Medoris Flalzm ;  Ninna Flalzm ;  a spirit chanter ;  Talloth Vara ;  Tormented Soul ;  Velana Kelmuza ;  Verolk Kishneal ;  Teydar ;  library assistant ;  Guard Drath ;  Holinix Darkpaw ;  Guard Imkar ;  Jerith ;  Dzan Amo ;  Sejako Mujan ;  Guard Shorm

Updated Items: Tserrina's Symbol ;  Harnessed soul gem

Updated Quests: Fisherman's Companion

Bestiary Updates: The Fabled Tserrina Syl`Tor ;  Guard Pinebramble ;  Sfisithik the Light Devourer ;  Halusant the Nightblood ;  a Shadowmane elder spirit guide ;  Grortrakien the Mutilator ;  a virulent mosquito

TLDR version:

-Phinigel server unlock schedule has been modified to give devs time to play with PoP. Many people very upset on official forums about the idea of combining GoD and OoW as a single expac release.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/sense-heading-progression-server-changes.232356/

-Then Phinigel server had Velious unlock (accidently) a wee bit early.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/phinigel-velious-unlocked-weds-may-18-2pm-pdt.232718/

-On Lockjaw, people are trolling Faceless Insanity for having woken the Sleeper, which they haven't done yet. I got suckered in myself by the false report. When FI (or whomever) does wake the Sleeper, post in general here at Zam and let us know.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/sorry-lockjaw-we-had-to-wake-the-sleeper.232723/

-On Phinigel, Grisvok is the leader of Asylum of Shadows and is proposing a server-wide attempt at killing the Sleeper in era.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/phinigel-sleeper-awakening-7-30-public-event.232714/

-For those not playing on Phinigel, you can server transfer between Lockjaw and Ragefire as per the usual methods.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/transfer-from-lj-to-rf-how-does-it-work-exactly.232774/

Some large cut and pastes from the Official Boards after the jump.

Updated Items: Jaggedpine Resin ;  Shattered Highlander's Trinket ;  Bog Slime

Updated Quests: Quench Lasen's Thirst

Bestiary Updates: Guard Naret ;  Guard Lasen ;  Zamel ;  a trakaraptor ;  a sediment delver ;  a grime tunneler ;  a recondite pickpocket ;  a recondite deceiver ;  a recondite bandit ;  an ancient anaconda ;  a serene griffawn ;  Cragbeast Queen

From the Official EQ Forums:

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 6:30AM Pacific* for a patch. Servers will be unavailable for approximately three hours.

Keep an eye on the EverQuest forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

Once available, update notes will be posted below.

Edit: Also sneaking in a mini-update...

Updated Quests: Healing Touch - Rodcet Nife's Favor

Bestiary Updates: Guard Pinebramble

Longstanding Typos?

No offense to Guard Noonshadow, but he is the only NPC in the game with the word "noon" in his/her/its name. Most of the other Kelethin NPC have the typical moon/stream/wood/sun type of names we expect from the elf-fantasy genre. Was he supposed to be Moonshadow? Noonshadow makes some sense of course, so maybe it's a stretch calling it a typo.

Any other longstanding typos out there that drive you crazy or make you laugh?

A couple of new items in the update suggest that the item collector is at least partially functioning again?

New Items: Pendant of Delayed Inevitability ;  Reconstructed Expedition Log

Updated Items: Fine Steel Long Sword ;  Round Shield ;  Large Round Shield ;  Small Round Shield ;  Small Velium Round Shield ;  Earthground Shieldstone ;  Rough Defiant Round Shield ;  Elegant Defiant Round Shield ;  Anoh Round Shield ;  Round Shield of Cleansing ;  Rough Consigned Round Shield ;  Veeshan Round Shield Ornament ;  Rusty Round Shield Ornament ;  Elegant Consigned Round Shield ;  War Forged Round Shield ;  Gingerbread Round Shield Ornament ;  Large Round Shield ;  Defender's Battletested Round Shield ;  Velium Round Shield ;  Dented Velium Round Shield ;  Round Shield ;  Round Shield Mold ;  Small Round Shield Mold ;  Large Round Shield Mold ;  Small Round Shield ;  Velium Round Shield ;  Dark Reign War-Forged Round Shield ;  Long Sword ;  Tears of Prexus ;  Ivory ;  Nilitim's Grimoire Pg. 351 ;  Gnome Meat

Updated Quests: Bandit Sisters ;  Monk Epic 1.5: Fistwraps of Celestial Discipline ;  Anniversary Solo Task: Gifts of Steel ;  Achievement: Comfort in the Deep (Degmar, the Lost Castle) ;  Achievement: Keep Keepsakes (Degmar, the Lost Castle) ;  Achievement: Dwarven Depths ;  In Defense of Health

Bestiary Updates: Guard Fayfear ;  Guard Highmoon ;  Guard Pineshade ;  Guard Starstrike ;  Guard Sunblaze ;  Guard Crystalwind ;  Guard Fireblight ;  Guard Frostfallen ;  Guard Pinebramble ;  Guard Rainstrider ;  Guard Briarstorm ;  Guard Moonwind ;  Guard Streamtree ;  Guard Treestrider ;  Guard Valewatcher ;  Guard Dayblaze ;  Guard Eaglesong ;  Guard Fayfield ;  Guard Marshmoor ;  Guard Noonshadow ;  Guard Oakwillow ;  Guard Orcflayer ;  Guard Sunweaver ;  Captain Silverwind ;  Guard Brookrock ;  Guard Nitegazer ;  Guard Tangleroot ;  Lieutenant Leafstalker ;  Tayla Nybright ;  pained unicorn ;  Centurion Relgle ;  The Fabled Lockjaw ;  Devin Ashwood ;  Lily Ashwood ;  Gimblak Frozensong

Bestiary Updates: a frenzied alligator ;  a virulent mosquito ;  Yngaln the Frozen

Updated Quests: Cragbeast Queen: Lizardscale Plated Girdle

Roshen posted a thread yesterday, indicating that there will be some overhauling of how character and item statistics will be displayed after the next patch.  This stat consolodation apparently won't take anything away but will streamline how various statistics will appear in game:

(From the offical EQ forums page)

Greetings, people of Norrath!

On (or around) Wednesday, May 18, 2016, we’ll be rolling out our next update. In this update, we’ll be changing what is commonly referred to as “mod2s” on items. We know that changing how item stats display may seem like a big change. This won’t impact you in a negative way, and we wanted to start a conversation about this before it happens so you know what to expect.

In the May update, we’re changing some stats from being separate entries on your character window to being properties of heroic stats. In their current form, the following mods are ones that most characters have easily capped since The Buried Sea (our 2007 expansion):

• Accuracy
• Avoidance
• Combat Effects
• Damage Shield
• Damage Shield Mitigation
• DoT Shielding
• Shielding
• Spell Shielding
• Strikethrough
• Stun Resist

Having these stats visible on current items serves no real purpose, and ends up adding clutter and complexity to the game that doesn’t need to be there. Our goal with these changes is to reduce clutter on items and on your inspect window, in order to make it easier for you to better understand items at a glance.

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