http://eq2.eqtraders.com/ The premier site for EverQuest II tradeskill recipes, guides, and discussion forums en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss admin@mboards.eqtraders.com admin@mboards.eqtraders.com Copyright © 2008-2012 Niami Denmother EQ2TC logo http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/eqtcsmlogo.jpg 98 80 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/ The tier 10 and above listings for crafted food and drink that are linked on the You are What You Eat guide have been updated to include the food and drink that come from tradeskill apprentice research. In addition, a Tier 10 Food and Drink Listing has been added that ... (Click for more) Wed, 16 May 2012 10:50:21 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#649 I caught up on several out-of-date resource guides today. (I ran out of time before I could also tackle the harvesting tools guide, since my harvesting times changes from the fall were eaten by our data loss.) Hopefully, I caught all the changes and additions to the below documents. As ... (Click for more) Tue, 01 May 2012 01:59:17 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#648 Triple station cash is now in effect until Midnight (Pacific) tonight, April 28. Official post can be found here. (Click for more) Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:13:26 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#647 While I still do not have details regarding the exact mechanic for obtaining the raid apprentice (Yelnar), I do have a bug warning and some yummy recipe details for you! The bug warning for the elite apprentices is this: Since the hotfix that happenedTuesday, there have been issues with some ... (Click for more) Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:04:24 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#646 Thankfully, the planned 24-hour downtime did not take a full 24 hours, and the game is back up! Go forth and harvest some more! :D EDIT: Or it was an unexpected oops that allowed a lot of people on, and it has now been fixed. Alt-hopping was apparently a bad ... (Click for more) Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:48:35 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php#645 From SOE: Important: We will perform maintenance beginning at 12:01AM Pacific* on April 23, 2012. This will impact the following services: Login for our games WILL be affected from 12:01 AM Pacific* to approximately 11:59 PM Pacific Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable ... (Click for more) Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:25:04 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#644 The servers are currently down for Game Update 63. To make things easier to find, here is a repeat of the GU63 FAQ and the quick links from my GU62 Crafting Preview: Frequently Asked How do I get to Withered Lands? You can access the new zone by heading to ... (Click for more) Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:11:38 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#643 The release of GU63 is less than 24 hours away. Remember to keep an eye on the GU63 Crafting Preview for any late-breaking news. You will find an update in there regarding a change to the new recipe book names (no changes to the 89 and below books, just the ... (Click for more) Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:51:40 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#642 Join Agnor, mighty apprentice to Niami, as the coldain heads to the Withered Lands in search of new recipes, in Draggin and Puffin! This preview covers the crafting highlights for Game Update 63, which is due to be released on Tuesday, April 17th. (Click for more) Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:48:45 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#641 In addition to the double XP weekend this weekend, there is also a double SC weekend. (Excludes purchases of Station Cash by SMS.) The double SC weekend started at midnight, the double XP weekend starts at noon (Pacific). Both end at midnight Pacific on the 8th. Enjoy your weekend, folks! (Click for more) Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:26:32 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#640 Moonlight Enchantments and the Chronoportal Event may be going on now, but let us not forget that the celebration of mischief and pranks known as Bristlebane Day is also fast approaching. Mum, like any old-fashioned halfling, is a follower of the god of Mischief, who created those furry-footed halflings. However, ... (Click for more) Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:44:15 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#639 Ninety-nine (yes, 99) crafted building blocks were added to the game today, along with the ability to massively enlarge the crafted and purchased (SC, city fest) building block sets. You can check them out on the new Building Blocks page. (Click for more) Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:46:17 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#638 If you follow EQII news, you know that my request for help on Guk last week was not even close to the only one that was aired in EQII communities. (In fact, mine was spurred by seeing something on Zam.) You may have also seen it mentioned in the Norrathian ... (Click for more) Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:16:42 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#637 I admit, I miss a lot on the SOE forums, as there is so much there to wade through. However, Calthine at Zam brought this to my attention, and my heart really goes out to this dying 6-year-old his family. The flood of support from the EQ2 community is bringing ... (Click for more) Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:57:02 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#636 When the servers come back up in several hours, the following will be part of the patch: TRADESKILL APPRENTICES Decoration recipes now require Toxnettle Roots instead of Colossal Reactants. This is referencing the level 90 greater essence recipes. I will update the apprentice recipe pages and spreadsheet after some sleep. ... (Click for more) Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:07:58 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#635 Brewday 2012 is just around the corner (March 8-19), and despite the distraction of chasing spammers around my EQ forums for the entire morning, I finally managed to throw something together for the Brewday Crafting/Housing Preview. I am not really happy with the mini-story, but am too "frain bried" to ... (Click for more) Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:46:40 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#634 ... that some of the alt-addicts among you might want a spreadsheet of all that apprentice information (though I know some of you already made your own). Here you go. ~Mum (Click for more) Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:58:57 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#633 Having a hard time remembering which class makes what items from their apprentice recipes? Confused as to which what needs which ingredients? We gathered up enough data on these that I finally had to make a separate article for each crafting class, instead of making one for Outfitters, one for ... (Click for more) Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:34:03 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#632 ... Wish everyone a "Hoppy" Erollisi Day! (Click for more) Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:12:51 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#631 You would have thought that Mum knew better than to trust a dark elf for a neutral review of the Erolissi Day celebrations in Norrath. Whatever her reasoning, here is a different spin on the upcoming Erollisi Day world event! (Click for more) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:35:12 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#630 SOE has announced that the Kelethin city festival, which will begin in a few short hours, will have available new city-themed building blocks. These blocks will be available for two city tokens apiece and will also be available later on the marketplace. (Click for more) Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:12:47 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#629 My apologies for the silence over the holidays, as I was hoping against hope that we would have a happier update, or a rough ETA, before I posted. Neither has happened, so here is all I can tell you. As many of you were aware, we had some serious site ... (Click for more) Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:18:00 -0700 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#628 This is from the SOE forums. Please click on this link for the full post. Closed Beta registration for "Age of Discovery" is now open! Applications are available at this link. Beta testing is vital to ensure a great product launch. We appreciate your participation and welcome any and all ... (Click for more) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:51:53 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#627 Have you already put together a haunted home in-game, or can you put one together before October 24? If so, you might want to check out the Haunted Home Forum Challenge that SOE is running over on the SOE forums. You can find more details here. (Edit: Gremlins stole the ... (Click for more) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:55:28 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#626 The Nights of the Dead events are now active and will run through November 7. Stock up on all those neat new house items while you can, get a bunch of lovely xp/AA from all the new quests, and remember to collect candy while you can! Also make sure to ... (Click for more) Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:39:56 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000#625 There was a patch this m*rning that included the next part of the beastlord prelude event, some dungeon finder fixes and more. Included in the update was the following: TRADESKILLS The amount of ore received from melting down Drunder equipment has been tripled. Thurgadin and Ry’gorr armor set recipes no ... (Click for more) Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:05:56 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#624 The Dungeon Finder feature went live today, along with some class AA fixes and other bits and pieces. Details are here. (Click for more) Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:34:34 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#623 Nights of the Dead 2011, the Norrathian version of Halloween, is just around the corner. In addition to a preview of the brand new house items from the event, Mum also indulges in one of her guilty pleasures ... candy corn! (Click for more) Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:54:42 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#622 This is from the patch notes for tomorrow (Tuesday) morning: HOUSE RATING SYSTEM The House Rating System has been modified to use the median value of all ratings instead of a simple average. This will reduce the effect caused by players leaving extremely low or extremely high values that are ... (Click for more) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:32:04 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#621 The patch today made some changes to how house layouts are handled Added a unique house ID number to saved house layout files. This can be used to identify a file from one house that has the same zone as another house. NOTE: Old version 5 files should still be ... (Click for more) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:58:15 -0600 http://eq2.eqtraders.com/articles/news_page.php?archive=true&menustr=140000000000&step=25#620