May 21, 2025
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*** Highlights ***

– Added a View Characters button at server select that will display the names of characters you have on that server.

*** Items ***

– Fixed various typos in potion and poison descriptions.
– Characters on accounts with lifetime membership can once again open Bags of Platinum.
– Created new Time Locked Progression starter packs for 2025. These will be available when Fangbreaker opens.
– Ornamentations now fit into equipment and weapons that fit in the Illusion Key Ring.

*** Tradeskills ***

– Reduced or eliminated game client lag caused by accessing a Tradeskill Depot that contains a multitude of items.

*** Quests & Events ***

– Made the following changes to the Secret Sponsor (Mission):
— The exit statue will now be available during the entire mission.
— Civilians and criminals now offer experience rewards when killed.
— Spells will scale more appropriately.
— Players will no longer receive faction hits.
– Brood Architect Hazuri (Raid) – Fixed the spelling of unripened.
– Increased drop rates of augments that are available in 26th Anniversary mission chests.
– Fixed an issue preventing players from entering the zone for The Great Jade Idol Caper.
– Corrected several spelling errors in the Diary of the Jade – The Search quest.

*** Spells ***

– Wizard – Increased damage for Ethereal spells above level 102, starting with Ethereal Skyblaze/Rimeblast/Flash.
– Blocked buffs on characters and pets now behave themselves when switching persona.
– Resisting the effects of root and snare spells now removes the correct spell effect in the case where there are multiple movement effects active.

*** AA ***

– Fixed an issue with the Druid Focus AA, Improved Lunar Healing that prevented it from properly reducing the reuse of spells in the Lunarlight line.
– Fixed an issue with the Cleric Focus AA, Improved Divine Intervention that prevented it from properly reducing the reuse of spells in the Divine Intervention line. Additionally, the AA description has been updated to indicate that the amount of healing granted by the second heal attempt increases with higher ranks rather than the chance for the second heal to occur.

*** Overseer ***

– Added a speculative fix for the tutorial becoming stuck and not offering the correct max amount of active quests.

*** Progression Servers ***

– Servers with a level cap (such as Vaniki and Fangbreaker) will once again use the normal spell resist system.
– Removed a level difference penalty that was still applying to players on servers with a level cap in the normal spell resist system.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– Made several speculative fixes for DirectX texture stage crashes.
– You will no longer be given a pickzone timer if the zone you attempted to enter was full.
– Adjusted melee combat range to better match the target ring radius of the NPC. This change will be most noticeable for larger NPC such as Outer Brood dragons.
– Items can no longer be listed in the bazaar if they contain an augment.
– You can now invite players who are in other zones to your guild using the /guildinvite Name command.

*** UI ***

– Updated the Spell Display window to show the Spell Line that a spell belongs to.
– Updated player pet healing from reverse damage shields to go the Heals (Others) filter.
– Bandolier swapping no longer confuses the UI when loading a persona equipment set.
– Updated the default socials to be more relevant.
– Added container size as a Stat option when finding items or searching the bazaar.
– Added a View Characters button at server select that will display the names of characters you have on that server.
– Added the ability to hide familiars using /hidemodels or the option window.

– Changed –
EQUI_DragItems.xml
EQUI_OptionsWindow.xml
EQLSUI_ServerSelectWnd.xml

*** Previously Updated ***

– “The Secret Sponsor,” will only spawn one each of the Doke Collective members.
– Fixed an issue with the Paladin AA, Hastened Undivided Attention and the Shadow Knight AA, Hastened Undivided Acrimony that caused them to focus the wrong combat abilities.
– Primordial Axe of Rallos Zek Ornament now appears awesome!
– Extended most anniversary events to June 15th. Note that this does include the 26th and 25th anniversary. The upcoming progression server is excluded from anniversary events in 2025. They will be available on that server in 2026.
– Fixed an issue preventing players from participating in The Great Jade Idol Caper.
– Fixed a crash that could occur for Bards using /melody or /queuemelody commands.

– The EverQuest Team