http://www.zam.com/ ZAM gaming news rss feed http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23149 <p><img style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" src="http://www.zam.com/Im/Image/175834.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" />Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske posted on the <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/station/posts/list.m?topic_id=11500017867" target="_blank">Station Community Forums</a>:</p> <p><span class="postbody"> <blockquote> <p>Account services, including account maintenance, all commerce, and Station Store will be down for maintenance for 3 hours on Thursday, September 2, 2010, from 5:00 am PDT to 8:00 am PDT.</p> <p>The Station Store and all commerce avenues will be unavailable for the duration of maintenance. This may also affect the performance of the forums and any or all accounts' abilities to log in.</p> </blockquote> <p>Here's our handy <a href="http://eq2.zam.com/cgi-bin/tzconv.pl?year=2010&amp;month=9&amp;day=2&amp;hour=05&amp;minute=00&amp;zone=US%2FPacific&amp;tozone=UTC&amp;submit=submit" target="_blank">Time Zone Conversion Tool</a> to help you plan!</p> </span></p> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23135 <p>We're in for a week-long <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=168099" target="_self">50%</a> experience bonus set to begin on Thursday. Here is the word from <a href="http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/news_article.vm?id=52004" target="_self">EQLive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Greetings Norrathians!<br /><br />In honor of the Labor Day holiday we'll be turning on bonus experience for a week! Bonus exp will be turned on starting at noon PDT on Thursday, September 2nd and turned off at 10am PDT on Thursday September 9th.<br /><br />Safe and happy gaming to everyone!</p> </blockquote> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23101 </blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23101">View in full...</a> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23078 <p><!-- Language: --><!-- Region: us --><!-- CD: --></p> <p>Several adjustments to Tier 7 Underfoot raids were pushed live in a hotfix yesterday (from the patcher):</p> <blockquote> <p>*** Hotfix ***</p> <p>Changed several Underfoot raids to make them easier. Many of these changes came from feedback we received from the community.</p> <ul> <li>The Death Beetle The type and number of hatchlings that spawn from the Death Beetle will no longer be randomly decided. The same hatchlings will spawn each time they spawn. The hatchlings have also been renamed. </li> <li>The Death Beetle Rapid hailing of the elder sporali will no longer cause the event to advance phases. </li> <li>The Death Beetle Reduced the number of fungi (and their equivalent sporali) that spawn at the beginning of the raid by half, but increased their HP. Overall there are fewer targets and less total damage to deal in order to kill the waves. </li> <li>The Death Beetle The raid event will reset if the Death Beetle is left idle for more than 60 seconds after it is first aggroed. </li> <li>The Death Beetle Hatchlings will now spawn less often and at a more reliable interval. Instead of spawning every 10 percent (with some variation) they now spawn every 15 percent. </li> <li>Masked Invaders A message will now reveal the character responsible for causing the greken to be healed. </li> <li>A Cunning Plan Further reduced the DPS of the mephit keyholders and minions for a total of about 20 percent. </li> <li>A Cunning Plan Reduced Taskmaster Yeorick's DPS slightly. </li> <li>Trial of Destruction Reduced the DPS of the rotocopter, gnomework, and skittering sentinels. </li> <li>Trial of Creation Many enemies in this trial have had their DPS reduced. </li> <li>Trial of Creation Many enemies in this trial have had their hit points reduced by approximately 10 percent. </li> <li>An Audience with Brell Brell and his Armored Visage have had their DPS reduced. </li> </ul> <p>- The EverQuest Team</p> </blockquote> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23067 <p>According to a post by Aimee "Ashlanne" Rekoske on the <a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/station/forums/list.m">Station forums</a>, there will be an estimated five hour downtime at SOE on <span class="postbody">Wednesday, August 25th, 2010, at 2:00 AM PDT.&#160; The services impacted are:<br /></span></p> <p><span class="postbody"> <ul> <li>EQII Voice Chat</li> <li>EQOA</li> <li>Star Wars Galaxies all servers</li> <li>Vanguard log in</li> <li>EQ Marketplace</li> <li>The EQPlayers Website</li> </ul> Here's our handy <a href="http://www.zam.com/cgi-bin/tzconv.pl?year=2010&amp;month=8&amp;day=25&amp;hour=02&amp;minute=00&amp;zone=US%2FPacific&amp;tozone=UTC&amp;submit=submit">Time Zone Conversion Tool</a> to help you plan!</span></p> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23054 </blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23054">View in full...</a> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23049 </blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23049">View in full...</a> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23022 </blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=23022">View in full...</a> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22969 </blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22969">View in full...</a> http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22931 </blockquote><br/><a href="http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=22931">View in full...</a>