Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 - 31 January 1606), was a member of a group of English Roman Catholics who attempted to carry out the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I of England, to destroy Protestant rule by killing the Protestant aristocracy, on 5 November 1605.
In honour of our friends on the other side of the 'pond', we commemorate "Bonefire Day" Or Guy Fawkes Day.
Flame On!
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent
To blow up king and parliament.
Three score barrels were laid below
To prove old England's overthrow.
By God's mercy he was catch'd
With a darkened lantern and burning match.
So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring.
Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king.
And what shall we do with him?
Burn him!
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Welcome to Clan Mawr's New Home!
Please Enjoy Your Stay.
Look for us on the Crushbone Server, someone is bound to be around!
Our Annual Gather was held this past weekend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For some pictures of the event, please visit our forums and follow the link.
A GREAT time was had by all, especially the kids in attendance.
See you all next year!
Game Update #35
Game Updates May 23,2007
Highlights
The lost city of Neriak has been rediscovered. A new playable race, the Arasai, are now available for players who have Echoes of Faydwer. New characters created for Neriak will start in Hate's Envy, an outpost in the Darklight Wood. A whole new LFG system is available. Find friends, slaughter foes! House moves just became less of a chore! PvP players can no longer use zoning to escape combat! An additional character slot has been added to all accounts & two for Station Access subscribers!
Graphics
NPCs that were taking too long to appear should now show up sooner.
Housing
It is now much easier to move houses! Just go to the new house and purchase it. Your old house will be relinquished automatically and all of your items will move to your new house. When you enter your house for the first time, you will notice a moving crate on the floor. You can move it around and retrieve items from it, but it cannot be picked up or destroyed. Items in the moving crate count towards your total item count in your house, but do not provide status cost reduction and are not useable. Items cannot be put into the moving crate. The moving crate will disappear when all items are removed from it. When moving, your house vault will overflow rather than putting the extra items into your overflow slot. This means that you cannot put new items into it until it shrinks to the intended size. NO-TRADE items that were placed in your house by another player will move along with your items, but will keep the same restrictions. The original placer will receive an email indicating that you moved houses. House items may only be moved by one player at a time. House Items can now be placed on the ceiling in multi-level houses without disappearing. The distance at which you may pickup and move house items has been increased. You now have the option to move a house item from the 'collect an item' window.
Zones
Players can now reside in the city of Neriak. New adventures await low level characters in Darklight Woods. You should now be able to find Askadian in the Emerald Halls. Creatures that add to assist Mayong in Castle Mistmoore can no longer be stolen by another raid group by using aggro. The Avatar of tranquility in Lesser Faydark should not respawn on zone resets, if it has been defeated recently. Lava and 'bottomless' pits will no longer teleport you immediately.
Tradeskills
Players using the metalworking skill will now see sparks fly when their hammer hits the tongs (on most graphics settings). Tailored windcloth hex dolls have been relocated to the tailoring essentials volume 66 book to be consistent with the hex dolls in other level ranges.
Skills & Abilities
The minimum skill required to use Longshadow Evidence has been lowered to 2. Hate Position abilities are now more reliable than they previously were at causing an enemy to change targets to account for the change in hate positions. The /target command will no longer work unless your character can see the mob in question.
Spells
The Mystic spell 'Shadowy Attendant' will now summon the correct pet. The Wizard spell 'Accord' will not apply hate increase to non-fighters . The Warlock spell 'Boon of the dark' will not apply hate increase to non-fighters. Its triggered effect will also work on members not inside the Warlock's group. An issue causing arrows to not be consumed if Quick Shot was triggered has been fixed.
Achievements
The triggered effect for a Druid's 'Infusion' now only works while in combat. The reuse timer for a Mystic's 'Glacial Strike' is now correctly shared by 'Cold Flame.'
PvP
Reduced the PvP stun duration for the crown of enlightenment. The transcribe single spell should work properly once again. If you are in combat with another player who has accumulated hate for you, zoning to escape the combat will not be possible.
Quests
The 'Tie That Binds' quests have been removed from the game. All new players will receive the 'Set Recall Point' ability at the same time that they receive their 'Call of …' ability. Players currently on these quests will find them auto-completed. Existing characters who have not started these quests will be granted the 'Set Recall Point' ability instantly. Changed text of dialog in the mage writ class to correctly refer to Krulkiel Trackers instead of Krulkiel Marauders. Objects clicked to give Legend & Lore quest books will no longer become inactive for a brief time before allowing the next player to use them. Players can now kill the Adherants, Hellhounds, and Vampires wherever they find them for credit toward "The Stiletto's Thirst' quest in the Bloodline Chronicles. Some quests that were not evaluating prerequisites correctly in all zones will now do so. You will no longer be able to obtain the next quest in a quest chain by sharing prior to completing the prerequisite quest for certain quest chains. Ineligibility for quest sharing will no longer repeat the same reasons. Quests such as 'Wounded Scout' that were not showing any objectives will now do so.
Items
Kithicor's Nighthunter Hood now has a hood appearance. Symmetry III now properly adds +15 damage in addition to healing. Wu's Intercession will now trigger properly from the Gloves of Whispered Echoes. The Crescent Moon Skullcap will no longer vanish after zoning. The chance for a chest to drop 2 of the same item has been lowered substantially. Low level weapon damage adornments should now do damage when applied to faster weapons. Poisoned seeds of the Tender should once again work properly. The Behavioral Modificatinator Stereopticon now works as a de-aggro device rather than taking the same functionality as the Illusionist 'Phase' spell. In addition, there is now a 2 minute reuse timer on the device, however there is no longer a chance for the device to 'fail' and add more hate on use.
Pets
Riding a griffon, cloud or carpet will no longer cause /pet hide to cancel. You will no longer appear mounted after dismissing your mount. Fixed an issue with deity pets that caused them to become controllable. Fixed an issue with deity pets conflicting with the summoner pets.
Interface
Custom UI's that change the quest journal should no longer crash when looking at group members' quests. The LFG window has received new functionality to help adventurers pool their resources and face the challenges of Norrath. Click the LFG button on your group window or use the /lfg command to open the LFG window. The interface for creating a guild has been improved. Custom Options file names are now limited to 50 characters. Since the world has seen the addition of multiple cities, chat channels will now use a good and evil naming convention. The client will now load the target ring textures from the ui/images folder allowing users to customize target rings
Game Update #34
Game Updates April 25,2007Highlights
A new mount is now available. Tame your own fearsome Warg! Talk to Heinrich in the Loping plains to get more details. You can now share many of the quests in your quest journal with others. Even if you've completed them already! The Coercer Class Hat is now available! You can now save and load custom graphics settings.
Gameplay
EoF Fabled and Legendary class armor distribution will now consider the makeup of those who participate in the encounter. Players who were originally citizens of Kelethin but then switched citizenship should now be allowed to return. Tired of that ugly mummy or chubby ogre following you everywhere? Then try /pet hide. Some NPCs that both offer and update quests for a player should now have the book icon above their head instead of the feather. Further enhancements have been made for server performance.
Items
Orclord Ringmail armor has been renamed Orclord Stalking. All pieces are now properly flagged as leather and now have a more appropriate appearance. (No stats or class requirements have been changed.) The Ribcage Scythe will now deal piercing damage and has had it's +slashing mod replaced with +piercing. Deepforest Fistwraps can now be equipped by Bruisers and Monks. Plasma Boost and Plasma Amplification are now correctly modifying the amount of damage specified in the spell description. The Crown of Enlightenment's trigger proc now works correctly. Plasma Boost (and similar effects) will no longer stop the triggered effect from the Robe of Alkabor from functioning.
Quests
All players above the level 20 can now assist Grot Leadarm in the quest, "Ill Communication" in the Butcherblock Mountains. Significantly reduced the number of Enchanted Adamantine Ore and Enchanted Azurite Capillaries that Toranim Skyblade and Gogas Afadin want for the Ghoulbane Empowered subquests. In Greater Faydark, The limecap mushrooms can now be harvested from a normal distance for the quest "Limecap Mushrooms". Temporary items given when you start a quest will now be stamped with the name of the Quest. Citizens of Kelethin can now do the Ties That Bind in Antonica.
Quest Sharing:
You can now share Quests (both incomplete and complete) with your groupmates using the new button in your Quest Journal! When sharing a Quest, the receiver will start at the beginning of the Quest. You must have completed all the prerequisites in order to receive a shared Quest. If you haven't, a message will tell you what you need to do. Certain types of Quests cannot be shared: Hallmark, Heritage, Signature and Betrayal Quests, plus the first Quest in each Deity line. Receivers will be granted any items that the original Quest NPC gives at the start of the Quest.
PVP
Citizens of Freeport, Kelethin and Qeynos who die in Azhar's Penitence will now have respawn options in the Sinking Sands. Fixed an issue where playing in third person combat might stop another player from using positional attacks on them. You will now get a message to the general combat channel about why you have entered into combat.
Tradeskills
Fixed an error causing components to disappear if a player goes LD while doing commission work.
Zones
The Estate of Unrest: Garanel's Shade will no longer break the counter with /yell. Enchanted Lands: Pages missing from the Enchanted Lands book collection quests are once again dropping.
Broker<>/b>
Containers can be flagged as 'Contents not for sale'. This will hide the contents of the bag from any vender's sell window. Searching the broker is now more intuitive: Each word you search for can appear in the item name in any order. Use a dash (-) before a word to indicate that the word should not appear in the item name.
UI
The Options window now has buttons for "Save Custom" and "Load Custom." You can use these new features to create, save, and load options profiles and switch between them on the fly. Bags should no longer resize when you log in, from their previous size. Fixed a number of cases where spells would give out unnecessary error messages. Changing a container's label is now done from the Bag Options window. You can now select the primary spell for a macro that contains multiple spell steps. The icon tinting, reuse timer and tooltip are displayed for the primary spell.
Game Update #33
~ 28 March 2007Game Update 33 Notes
Highlights A new experience awaits adventurers in Deathfist Citadel. Chapter 2 is revealed in the Swords of Destiny saga. Butcherblock quest lines have been expanded for more questing fun in the new lands. Conjurors receive a new profession hat! A new macro system lets you dress in a hurry for parties or raids! Gameplay Citizens of Freeport and Exiles using evac spells in Antonica will now be transported close to the Thundering Steppes. A number of enhancements were made to help improve the performance of servers during raids. Deathfist Citadel: The Deathfist orcs have just finished completely remodeling their citadel in the Orcish Wastes! New challenges and riches await groups of stalwart adventurers within the Deathfist Citadel! This change brings a few new faces to the Orcish Wastes that are anxiously seeking the help of adventurers just like you. Entrance to the citadel can be had via the old sewer entrance or by removal of the gate keeper, Vigo Cerebus. Once slain, the gate remains unlocked for those wishing passage. Additionally, several old quests in the dungeon have been retooled and have had their rewards altered to reflect the newest item rules. But wait, there's more! New armor sets can be crafted by using the enchanted blood iron forge within the citadel. Crafters interested in creating these new pieces of armor should keep an eye out for new recipes and raw materials that can be found throughout the dungeon.
Items
Vaniki's ring may now be transmuted and offered at deity altars.
Books that have quests now indicate that in their tooltip and examine info.
Dark Elf Wizards have corrected the problem with flying carpets and hover platforms moving slowly in reverse.
The issues with the adornment on the Plate Helm of the Ether should no longer occur.
The Cloak of Flames, Dwarven Ringmail Tunic, Robe of the Oracle, Crested Mistmoore Shield and Staff of the Observers should now open an examination window upon inspection.
Wristbands of Lost Knowledge: The effect Channeling Force should now trigger much less sporadically.
Particles now play on the Absolution dagger, The Annealed Defender sword and the Sword of Pain when sheathed.
Ivy-Shrouded Orb of Tunare once again emites particles.
The appearance for the Breastplate of Nem Anhk now matches the rest of the Aegis of Nem Anhk item set.
Collection quest items should no longer have duplicate (or conflicting) information about their place in a collection.
Dark Elves everywhere rejoice! Numerous items with "Teir'dal" included in the name are now spelled correctly!
The examine data for a number of tinkered items which convert damage taken into power have had their text clarified.
The Ravasect Voulge has been renamed Ravasect Claymore, and now has a more appropriate 2 handed appearance.
The collectible shiny shards will now have correctly formatted prose.
Tooltips and examine windows for Collection items now indicate if you've already collected all you need of the item.
Templars & Inquisitors may now use the Luclinite Forged Bracers.
Items from the contested Mayong have been upgraded.
The triggered effect from the Staff of Unending Growth should now work on raid members outside of the casters group.
Adornments
The Finesse of the Magi line of adornments should no longer cause other hostiles in the vicinity to become aggro.
Spells & Combat Arts
Percentage heals will now update the actual health healed rather than the percentage healed when using a healing pulse item.
Reflection spells will no longer trigger unless you are engaged in combat.
The examine text for the singing shot line should now note that a ranged weapon is required.
Lure of Innoruuk will no longer damage group members.
Ranger's Arrow Rip will now return the last arrow consumed by auto-attack rather than a completely different arrow.
Percentage heals will now update the actual health healed rather than the percentage healed when using a healing pulse item.
The npc berserker spell raging blow should no longer draw players into combat.
Ranger Enhance: Pathfinding should now always apply properly after zoning or camping.
Achievements
Bard:
Harbinger's Sonnet: Selo's group speed song will properly add the in-combat run speed bonus when the Harbinger's Sonnet achievement is added.
Previously, the entire benefit of the song would suspend when the player was in combat.
Mounts:
Mounts moving through water will no longer lose their their fullspeed reverse.
Poisons:
Poisons will no longer use spell damage modifiers found on a number of items.
Quests:
Players can further their quest of the Swords of Destiny by reading a book found within the Acadechism of Crushbone Keep.
The caravan escort portion of Court of the Blades: Dukarem's Purge, Part II should once again be working correctly.
All players above the level 18 can now assist Trapper Coalbear in the quest, "The Number One Threat to Butcherblock"
Tradeskills:
Added a new recipe to recharge the Overclocked Gnomish Hovering Device. See Gnort Fizzlebottom in Steamfont for more information!
The Scintillating Balanced Fastening will now properly give the correct bonus - Scintillating Defensive Screen. Previously it incorectly pointed to the Lambent Defensive Ubiquity adornment.
The tinkering and transmuting reactions arts will now display their techniques properly in the tooltip.
Long-lost tinkering recipes for adornments have now been found! Many creatures have horded these, but an intrepid gnome at the Gnomeland Security Headquarters, Gnort Fizzlebottom, has begun to copy some of those he's found.
Removed the recipes for the divine/disease imbued wands from Advanced Woodworker volume 25. The recipes for these wands remain in volume 26.
Adamantine Broadhead Arrows will now be properly classified as handcrafted.
Removed the level 69 recipes incorrectly placed in the 63 tailor books and added them to the level 69 tailor books.
The tailored windcloth scarf now properly requires level 60 to wear instead of level 65.
The Remarkable Noxious Remedy will now properly show the same dispelled levels of toxins on both mouseover and examine info.
The jeweler recipe name and description for Culling the Weak has been changed to properly reflect the name of the spell it creates (Culling of the Weak).
Commission work no longer needs the primary component placed in the first slot.
After reviewing the build components used in Tinkering recipes, the number of components used has been reduced by half across the board. Fuel costs remain unchanged, but the number of compoents returned by successful recipe creation has also been halved. The overall net result is a lot less resource usage for tinkerers.
PVP
Updated several zone lines to prevent PvP exploitation.
Enhanced Macro System
New user interface. Drag and drop items, spells and abilities to create macros.
Create macros to equip multiple items to specific slots for quickly swapping gear.
Create macros from spells/abilities in your hotbar by right-clicking and choosing "Create Macro".
Assign any icon to a macro by dragging it to the icon in the macro window.
Macros display reuse timer shading based on the first spell in the macro.
Zones
The Estate of Unrest:
Fixed an issue in Unrest that would cause the dolls in the nursery to reset to an unattackable state after they were partially defeated and the players wiped to the attack.
Butcherblock Mountains:
Several new quests have been added to Butcherblock Mountains! These quests are intended for players who are level 24 and above. Seek out Grot Leadarm in Fort Irontoe East, Hamish Felderham in Felderham's Folly and Trozusk Ripscar, east of the bridge that spans Darkfall Gorge.
UI
The chat bubbles should no longer display when turning away from an npc.
Enhanced the mail sent message to tell who the message was sent to and to say what was sent to them.
When 2 players create a raid the class and level information should now display correctly.
You can now use Alin's Melodic Refrain with the useability macro.
You should now get a proper error message if you try to follow someone a second time.
Memory usage in the UI is now more constrained, which means less memory usage with longer play times.
Fixed an issue causing some raid zones to not give a warning upon leaving.
Raid groups of one player will no longer be stuck in a group if they leave the raid.
You can now invite a player to start the third or fourth group of a raid while they are ungrouped.
The target arrow above your target's head will no longer bounce around while riding on a boat or elevator.
The guild recruitment window will now send a maximum of 40 guilds to a player instead of 20.
If you are given access to a home by someone other than the owner, the message will now correctly tell you who has given you access to what house.
%o, %s and %p should now work properly when targeting female players.,br> Queen Amree in Kelethin will now show a book over her head on the Kelethin Citizenship quest.
Adjusted the text on triggered effects which can proc off either a melee attack or a spell.
UI Moders can now use the 'child' property of an object to refer to a child object that has the same name as a property value. Example: In the raid window, script cannot reference controls such as the text control Group1.Member1.Name because .Name refers to the name of the page Member1. The control can now be referenced using the syntax: Group1.Member1.child.Name.
Changes to Buddy Key Accounts
~ 13 March 2007In-game advertisements from platinum sellers are a constant community concern, and something we take very seriously at SOE. The dev team has been looking into different ways to curtail this behavior, and have made some changes to Buddy Key accounts that should help ebb the tide of spam from platinum sellers. Specifically, Buddy Key accounts will soon be under a set of restrictions similar to Trial accounts. For those who do not know, a Buddy Key account for EQII has been a way for players to invite their friends to try the game out. If you purchased the Echoes of Faydwer expansion, you may remember finding a postcard in the box with a 7-day buddy key to share with a friend. The goal behind these Buddy Keys has always been to provide a means for you to invite your friends to share the fun of the game with you; as such the keys offered unrestricted access to the game during the trial period.
The platinum-sellers have abused these buddy keys as a means of having a second account to advertise their wares with at no extra cost when the account is banned. To remedy this, the following changes are coming.
Users of Buddy Key accounts will no longer be able to:
Join or create a guild
Send mail or receive mail from other players
Use /auction
Speak in chat channels
Group or raid invite players in other zones
Purchase items from player sales displays or the broker
List items on the broker
/claim rewards
Exceed level 10 (adventure or tradeskill)
Trade with players
Do tradeskill commission work
Purchase, visit or tour a house
Send tells to other players (unless the trial player is on the other player's friend list
These restrictions, similar to the restrictions placed on Trial accounts, should reduce the volume of platinum seller spam that you may be experiencing. As always, if you receive in-game messaging from someone offering in-game coins for real money, please file a /petition through the game system so the offender can be identified and handled.
People who use a Buddy Key for legitimate purposes will also be under these restrictions during the 'try out' phase, but can upgrade to a full game account with purchase as they always could.
Thank you for your patience while the dev team worked on this new resolution.
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