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.: November 9, 2004.: November 11, 2004Mode(s)EverQuest II is a (MMORPG) originally developed and published by for and released in November 2004. It is the sequel to the original, released five years earlier, and features updated graphics and more streamlined gameplay compared to the previous entry, as well as an abundance of voice acting with contributions from actors such as. In February 2015, Sony Online Entertainment's parent corporation sold it to investment company Inception Acquisitions, where it continues to develop and publish the game under its new name,.The game is set in an 500 years after the events of the first EverQuest, and is meant to run alongside its predecessor without interfering with the original story. It features characters and locations from the original that have been altered by centuries of war and cataclysmic destruction. While the title did receive favorable reviews upon release, it was notably less influential to the genre than the previous installment, and it faced heavy competition from other MMORPGs, such as, which was released two weeks after EverQuest II. While originally since launch, a version with its own dedicated server was released in July 2010 called EverQuest II Extended.

In November 2011, the subscription service was cancelled in favor of making all remaining free-to-play with as the revenue stream. Contents.Gameplay Within EverQuest II, each player creates a character to interact in the 3D, fictional world of Norrath. The character can adventure (complete quests, explore the world, kill monsters and gain treasures and experience) and socialize with other players. The game also has a 'tradeskill' system that allows players to create items for in-game use.

The player chooses their character's and type, which affects their abilities. Characters collect to advance in level.

EverQuest II enables social interaction with other players through grouping and the creation of. Like players, guilds can gain experience and levels, partially from players completing special tasks called Heritage quests, but primarily from guild-oriented quests and tasks called 'writs,' and gaining guild experience by killing epic monsters. Higher guild levels open up special rewards unavailable to non-guilded characters, and cause certain other rewards to cost less. These rewards include housing options, mounts, house items, apparel, and special titles. Although EverQuest II focuses on player versus environment (PvE), dedicated (PvP) servers were added in February 2006. EverQuest II has a heavy focus on quests—more than 6,000 exist.

The EverQuest II feature set has expanded since its release in 2004.Players must choose a 'race' when creating a character. The choice of races include human, barbarian, dwarf, erudite, ogre, iksar, troll, gnome, half elf, high elf, halfling, wood elf and dark elf (which were available in the original EverQuest) along with new options such as the Kerra (a cat-person similar to the Vah Shir of the original EverQuest), the Ratonga (a rat-like people), the Sarnak (a dragon-like people) and the Fae and Arasai (fairy-like people). The Froglok race was originally locked until a special server-wide quest was completed to make them playable. Some races are restricted to certain starting cities, based on their, but can turn traitor and move to the opposing city. There are four ' in EverQuest II - Fighter, Scout, Priest and Mage. When EverQuest 2 was launched, a player chose the character's archetype during the initial character creation and then chose a 'class' at level 10 and a 'sub-class' at level 20.

This system was changed in 2006 so that a character's final class is chosen at creation. Acquisition of equipment is a major focus of character progression. EverQuest II has no experience loss or lost levels from dying.

Upon death, characters respawn with their gear intact at specific revival locations, with a minor experience debt to be repaid. Gear is fully functional until its condition runs out after 10 consecutive deaths, and is repaired to 100% for a fee. Players can form groups of up to 6 players, or raids of up to 24 players (i.e., four groups). Monster encounters are classified into corresponding categories of difficulty, and tend to drop corresponding tiers of treasure.

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Player interaction is encouraged by integrated voice chat, a built-in mail system, global chat channels, and a global marketplace. A looking-for-group tool is provided for adventurers, and looking-for-work for crafters. EverQuest II has strong support for guilds. Each guild has an experience bar and earns guild levels (up to 150). The guild gains experience when its members perform tasks that earn city status. Higher guild levels unlock new items, mounts, houses, guild halls, and other privileges for its members.

Guilds get a hosted website and forum, as well as a guild bank with officer controls. Guild recruitment tools are integrated into the game. Players can also maintain houses. A secure commission system allows players to sell their crafting skills to other players, or use the common market system to sell finished items.Plot EverQuest II is set five hundred years after the events of storyline of the original game in an alternate universe.According to The book of Zebuxoruk during the events The Planes of Power many gods were killed.

In an effort to undo this, Druzzil Ro cast a spell to reverse time to stop their deaths and prevent the freeing of Zebuxoruk. What happened instead was a new universe was created. In one universe Druzzil Ro succeeded and the events of plane of time never happened. In the Everquest 2 universe, the spell failed. This meant the death of many of the gods along with the freeing of Zebuxoruk remained.

Zebuxoruk himself, although free in this universe was not fully separated from his counterpart in the other universe and was left in a confused and dazed state as he was aware of both universes and in both at the same time.The gods withdrew from the world due to the deaths of too many gods at the end of the plane of time left all of them weak. The gods would need time to recover at the cost of their much of planes.

(Some ceased to exist such as the Plane of Sky, while others were just shards of their former existence) The gods also needed to stop the organized mortal incursions into their planes. To do this, the gods chose npcs to be their avatars and then retreated to their planes removing their direct influence on Norrath after setting in motion several events.On Norrath itself, Dark Elves and the Orcs destroyed much of Faydwer; while the Ogres, Goblins, Orcs, and Giants ravaged Antonica. Transport and communication to the moon were cut off.

The storyline says that 100 years ago, the continent of Antonica was ripped apart into smaller islands, which are now called the Shattered Lands. The oceans became impassible, preventing contact between the continents of Norrath. Fifteen years ago, the moon Luclin exploded, and parts of the shattered moon remain in the sky.EverQuest II is set in what is called the 'Age of Destiny' on the world of Norrath, 500 years later than the setting of the original EverQuest. The game world has been drastically affected by several cataclysms (see, above) since the original EverQuest. The planes have closed, the gods temporarily left, and the moon Luclin has been destroyed (and partially rained onto the face of Norrath). Remnants from the original EverQuest 's Norrath can be found throughout the Shattered Lands. Players can ride trained on predetermined routes over the Shattered Lands, or acquire a horse, rhino or a floating disk so that they can travel more swiftly throughout much of the game world.History.

Promotion atSOE markets EverQuest II not as a direct sequel, but as a 'parallel universe' to the original EverQuest. It is set in an alternate future of the original game's setting, having diverged at the conclusion of expansion (the lore is explained in an in-game book). This allows both development teams to pursue whatever direction they want to take without impacting the other, and allows players of the original EverQuest to continue receiving updates without forcing players down a specific path. In that sense, they are two completely separate games bound together by name only. Players of the original EverQuest will find many familiar places and characters, as well as 'heritage items' that are similar in name and function to items known from EverQuest and can be gained via heritage quests.In Europe, the game was published by, followed.

As of 2010 it lacks any European publisher and is distributed in Europe only as a.In February 2005, EverQuest II began allowing players to place an order for from within the game, with a simple and easy command typed into the chat bar, '/pizza'. This promotion has since ended, but generated significant press for the game.In June 2005, SOE introduced to EverQuest II. Station Exchange is an official auction system—only on designated servers—allowing real money to be transferred for in-game money, items or characters.In March 2006, SOE announced that it would end its for EverQuest II, which were being supported in the region. The beta period for the game in China/Korea ended on 29 March, and on 30 March, all Chinese/Korean accounts were moved to the US servers of the game.In July 2007, SOE introduced magazine EQuinox, which is the official magazine of EverQuest II. The release date of this magazine was 9 August 2007.In December 2008, SOE introduced Station Cash, a (RMT) feature. in January 2009, SOE together with Valve made EverQuest II available on.In July 2010 SOE announced a separate version of EverQuest II called EverQuest II Extended. EverQuest II Extended is a free to play version of EverQuest II funded by micro-transactions or optional subscription play.

The free to play version was run on a separate server from the subscription servers.In November 2011 SOE announced EverQuest II was going free to play following a similar path as EverQuest II Extended. As of December 6, 2011, with the release of GU62 and Age of Discovery, EverQuest II updated from being a subscription based game to a free to play title with subscription optional.At the end of October 2012, Krono was added as an experiment. Krono work like the Plex currency in: it allows players to buy an in-game item for real money that adds 30 days of Gold subscription to the account.

Krono can also be traded between players, sold via the Broker or gifted to another player's account. Krono is also a much safer way of purchasing game time than purchasing SC cards from players in the game, which may or may not sell you a valid code.Audio A small number of NPCs use actual voices. The actors used for these parts included stars such as (as Queen Antonia Bayle), (as Overlord Lucan D'Lere) and (as 'Dancer')., and are also part of the cast. According to SOE, in October 2004, EverQuest II featured 130 hours of spoken dialog recorded by 1,700 voice actors.

More dialog has been added since release as part of regular game updates. In September 2005, added player voice emotes. Also features voice actors,. The music for the game, over ninety minutes' worth, was composed by -award-winning composer and recorded by the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague under her direction. Karpman has said of the music in the game: 'Every place has a theme, its own separate, unique feeling - from a quasi-African savanna to a Babylonian city. Every cue in EverQuest II, with the exception of the attack cues, is like a main title of a movie.

A more cinematic experience for the player was one of our goals.' Purchasers of the EverQuest II Collector's Edition received a soundtrack CD as part of the package. The expansions, Echoes of Faydwer and Rise of Kunark, included many themes from the corresponding zones in the original EverQuest, arranged. With the Rise of Kunark expansion came a major update to the combat music. A new system was added with 14 contextual combat themes. The strength of the enemy or enemies and tide of the battle determine the tone of the combat music. The previous combat music consisted of just a few linear pieces.

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Overview

All Qeynos housing received one additional room in Game Update 53. Most homes also received an additional 100 item allotment.

The Qeynos manors received an outdoor addition to the existing outdoor room in Game Update 58. The homes with this new room will also have an additional 100 item allotment.

With Game Update 64 the Villages no longer have housing. If you had a home in one of the Qeynos hamlets, you will find your things moved to the appropriate village inn room at the Lion's Mane Inn and Tavern in Qeynos Capitol District. The first time you zone into Qeynos after the revamp you will get a quest, Winds of Change, to guide you there.

Houses

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Game Update 58
Here are highlights of the GU58 balcony addition to all South Qeynos manors. Click on any picture below to enlarge it.

Game Update 53
Here are some of the highlights of the new housing rooms introduced with GU53! Click on any picture below to enlarge the image.