EQ Server Downtime Weds. 12/16/15

Quickie update - All EQ Servers will be brought down for a short update on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 at 6:30am PST.  Estimated server downtime is three hours.

Read on to view the patch notes...

*** Items ***

- TBM items now have guild tribute values.
- Fixed items that had unintentional negative resist stats.
- TBM bows, shields, and weapons now have the correct ornamentation slot 20.
- Added focus effects to Deathseeker's Loremaster Greaves and Vambraces.
- Swapped the focus effects on several raid arms and legs items. Arms should have Cleave and Legs should have Ferocity.
- TBM raid gear now has 75 purity.
- Fixed the descriptions on Form of Endurance focus effects.
- Fixed the description on Prismatic Ward focus effects.
- Deathseeker's Soulrender Breastplate now has the Deflection Discipline Bonus focus effect.
- Fixed the description on Knowledge of the Past XXII focus effect.
- Fixed errors on several focus effects that were either backwards and/or more powerful than raid gear.
- Fixed the descriptions on focus effects: Geomantra, Expanding Mind, Form of Defense, and Soothing Breath.
- Sell back values for TBM raid items have been reduced.
- Wither and Decay Hero's Forge Ornaments will no longer display as the wrong armor type.
- TBM Deathseeker's helms now have Faerune.
- TBM non-bow ranged items no longer have a type 21 ornament slot.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Grannus no longer tells you that his spell resistance has dropped when it has not.


*** Achievements ***

- The achievements for wearing Vim and Vigor chain and leather sets now show the correct text in the achievement element descriptions.
- The challenge achievements for Wither and Decay now refer to them by their correct names, and not "Death and Decay."
- Credit will now be given properly for the "Three for One" and "Seven at One Blow" achievements.
- The first and third achievement components in Vanquisher of Anashti Sul, Damsel of Decay are no longer reversed.


*** NPCs ***

- The vendors in Sul Vius: Demiplane of Decay are now combatable while at home and non-combatable while at work.
- Pathing in Sul Vius: Demiplane of Decay and Sul Vius: Demiplane of Life should be improved.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Corrected an issue where the level 1 necromancer pet Cavorting Bones would immediately generate low hp aggro with any attacker at full health.

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Two downtimes!
# Dec 16 2015 at 7:20 AM Rating: Excellent
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Yes, there is a second downtime which will bring down servers:

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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 6:30AM Pacific* for an update. Servers will be unavailable for up to three hours.

Once available, notes for this update can be found here.*

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


*not posted yet as of this post here.

Rumor this patch will raise XP rate on Phinigel.

Edited, Dec 16th 2015 8:22am by Sippin
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Full announcement
# Dec 16 2015 at 6:04 AM Rating: Excellent
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The full announcement:

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Attention players: we will perform a general maintenance beginning at 5:00AM PDT* on Wednesday, December 16th. The current estimated downtime for this maintenance is two to four hours, depending on the service.

This maintenance may impact the following Daybreak services across all games:
•Game logins for all Daybreak games
•Forum & Web logins for all Daybreak games
•Commerce and account management 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

*PDT is Pacific Daylight Time
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Sippin 115 DRU **** Firiona Vie ****Agnarr
FV: 115 WAR ENC CLE MAG WIZ SHD SHM Master Alchemist ROG Master Tinkerer & Poison-Maker
Master Artisan (300+) * Baker * Brewer * Fletcher * Jeweler * Potter * Researcher * Smith * Tailor
Agnarr: 65 DRU ENC SHD MAG CLE ROG WIZ BRD WAR
Full announcement
# Dec 16 2015 at 12:46 PM Rating: Decent
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Sippin wrote:
The full announcement:

Quote:
Attention players: we will perform a general maintenance beginning at 5:00AM PDT* on Wednesday, December 16th. The current estimated downtime for this maintenance is two to four hours, depending on the service.

This maintenance may impact the following Daybreak services across all games:
•Game logins for all Daybreak games
•Forum & Web logins for all Daybreak games
•Commerce and account management 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

*PDT is Pacific Daylight Time


FYI, here are the update / patch notes for the "game specific maintenance where there were not suppose to be update or patch notes"

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/game-update-notes-dec-16-2015.229410/

What DBG stated in https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/daybreak-general-maintenance-wednesday-december-16th-5am-pdt.229381/ was a flat out lie.


time?
# Dec 16 2015 at 2:14 AM Rating: Decent
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What time will the servers go down? I'm guessing when the devs wake up and mosey on into the office. 8ish?
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