If you read the official EverQuest II Forums, you should be aware that there are some changes coming June 30. According to Grimwell:

Our goal here is to better serve the needs of the community, and the needs of the development team. If you can’t find information you are looking for quickly, neither can the designers, artists, and engineers working on EQII. These changes are intended to streamline the path to the information you want, and to provide that same benefit to the development team.

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Gnobrin Posteth:

This is a notification that UK worlds will be updated at 5:00 AM London Time on the 06/28/2008. The estimated downtime will be 2 hours. - SOE Operations team

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Amnerys Posteth:

I first saw the great healer as a young girl. I had the fortune of being there, that day, when he first came to us. I had bent down to pick up a bluebell that had grown alongside the walkway in North Qeynos, carefully extracting it as gently as I could so as not to destroy it. As I finally stood back up, I noticed not only that my mother had gone on without me, but that something peculiar was happening. Around me, people were frozen, gazes fixed on the sky. I craned my head upward, searching for what it was that they were all looking at. It was only later that I would realize I had dropped the bluebell I'd spent so long trying to preserve; when my eyes fixed on the focus of their curiosity, I had dropped it, forgetting it had even existed.

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Gnobrin Posteth:

The Living Legacy summer events are just kicking off, and now that you’re back, we want make it easy for you to enjoy the rest of the summer celebration by linking back up with old friends or by helping you make some new ones. To help provide you with guidance, we have organized a Guild Recruitment Fair. We have called upon all the EQII legends that are “living the legacy” by running guilds to gather around and recruit new blood.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to meet in-game and learn more about the guilds on your server. EQII has a highly developed guild tool system to help you find the right guild and a massive guild community base for you to continue your adventures in a group environment. With guild halls quickly approaching, and several new raid and group zones being released this summer, you’ll need all the help you can get.

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Ever since announced, players have been eagerly awaiting the implimentation of the Vivox integrated chat system. Wait no more! Amnerys posteth:

You've heard the buzz, and now you can check it out for yourself! SOE has partnered with Vivox, the integrated voice chat system, to bring a whole new dimension to EverQuest II and the rest of the SOE family of games.

Right on the heels of last week's game update, this great new in-game feature is now running live on the EQII Test server, and the team is anxiously awaiting your feedback. EQII Technical Director, Joshua "Autenil" Kriegshauser, has posted two related forum threads, one for discussion and Q&A, and one for feedback only.

If you'd like to try it out, log on to the Test server, click on the tutorial trigger that appears on your screen, and follow the simple instructions. All you need is a microphone to chat, and those without mics can still listen in.

So, will you give up your beloved Teamspeak and Ventrillo for this super-spiffy integrated chat? Let's discuss!

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So you think you're an EQII Legend? Maybe so... but you'll have to prove it! Dress your character in his or her finest armor, equip the most epic weapon, search for an iconic location, strike a pose and then…BAM! Screen capture. These summer events are all about players living the legacy and we want to help you show off. This is your chance to let others outside of the game see what you have achieved. Each week we will be posting images leading up until the announcement of the winners. Get in-game and show us your stuff!

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The Living Legacy program has come to EverQuest and EverQuest II, bringing with it months of events, special items, and a phenomenal program designed to bring former players back to Norrath. Last week Torrie Dorrell, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Sony Online Entertainment, graced us with an interview on this unprecedented promotion.

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This is a notification that US worlds will be updated at 7:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time on 06/23/2008. The estimated downtime will be 1 hour.
- SOE Operation Team

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Gnobrin was kind enough to post:

This is a notification that UK worlds will be updated at 5:00 AM London Time on the 06/24/2008. The estimated downtime will be 2 hours.

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Gnobrin posted on the EQII OFficial Forums:

Once again we've braved the steamy wild jungles of development; we've waded the torrential rivers of code and climbed the peaks of producer ridge to bring you another riveting Dev interview!

This time we've ensnared the ever elusive Noel Walling and grilled him for answers! Never fear though, we do keep a "catch and release" ideal with our development staff, so when we achieved the answers we sought, he was once again released back to his native environment.

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