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Note: Patches from 2007 and later can be found in the News Archives Are we missing an earlier patch? Email: railus@allakhazam.com  Patches from January 2007 - June 2007 Stand Out Occurrences: - Druid spells Wildskin and Blessing of the Wild are replaced by Blistering Sunray and Sunscorch (Jan. 17) - Cleric spells Rectitude and Cure Corruption are replaced by Blessing of Purpose and Ward of the Dauntless (Jan. 17) - Drakkins rejoice as they can now dye their armor (Jan. 17) - The Akihiro event in Stillmoon Temple now yields rewards (Jan. 17) - The Buried Sea expansion launches (Feb. 13) - In-game mail messages over four months old will be deleted, and you can now "export" messages to a text file (Feb. 13) - Gates of Discord instances now require the same flags as their parent zones (Feb. 13) - Epic 1.5 and 2.0 effects now work up to level 75 (Feb. 13) - Max levels of Echo of Misdirection, Spinning into the Void, Color Collapse, Dreams of Veldyn, and Wake of Subdual increase 78 (Feb. 13) - Toxxulia Forest is graphically revamped (Feb. 13)  Patches from July 2006 - December 2006 Stand Out Occurrences: - The Serpent's Spine expansion launches (Sep. 19) - The Drakkin becomes a playable race (Sep. 19) - Characters now "hover" over their corpse upon death (Sep. 19) - The /con colour system is revamped (grey-green-lightblue-darkblue-white-yellow-red) (Sep. 19) - A new out-of-combat regeneration system is introduced (Sep. 19) - Highpass Hold receives a graphical revamp (Sep. 19) - Group leaders can now "mentor" other members of their group for leadership experience (Sep. 19) - Bards and Beastlords gain the "Double Attack" skill at 71 (Sep. 19) - Melee tomes can now be right-clicked, instead of having to turn the into guildmasters (Sep. 19) - Players can no longer see a Shroud of Stealth'd rogue (Sep. 19) - The fix of the fix of the fix of the Finding Fibblebrap mission goes through (Sep. 27) - AA experience from NPCs is now based on an NPC's level rather than its /con color (Oct. 25) - Numerous Frostcrypt giants gain the ability to see invisibility (Oct. 25) - East and West Commonlands receive graphical revamps (Dec. 5) - Most gems now stack to 100 (Dec. 5) - Arrows and Bolt spells are no longer affected by height differences between PC and NPC (Dec. 5) - Bard instruments are considered one-handed items regardless of which hand the instrument is in (Dec. 14) - Aggro generated by pet heals is reduced (Dec. 14) Patches from January 2006 - June 2006 Stand Out Occurrences: - Things get chaotic when Test Server tradeskill vendors are accidentally made live; player rollbacks ensue (Jan. 18) - Prophecy of Ro launches (Feb. 21) - Oasis of Marr and North Freeport are no more; and, East Freeport, West Freeport, North Ro, and South Ro receive revamps (Feb. 21) - The Wizard AA Mana Burn receives some tweaking (Feb. 21) - Rogues and Bards gain the AA Thief's Intuition (Feb. 21) - Monster Mission experience receives a long overdue nerf (Feb. 21) - Alchemy undergoes a major revamp (Feb. 21) - DirectX 9.0c (2006) becomes a requirement (Jun. 13) - 8th Year Veteran AA Throne of Heroes introduced (Jun. 13) - Guild Lobby is now available to everyone (Jun. 13) - Death penalties now begin at level 6 (Jun. 13) - Experience needed to level evolving items is reduced; Cloak of the Spirit Tracker experience is increased (Jun. 13) - Taunt changes are made; Paladins, Shadowknights, and Rangers have taunt skill caps raised (Jun. 13) - Lost Dungeons of Norrath raids become expeditions, allowing greater flexibility in additions/removals of players from raid (Jun. 13) - The Illusion Werewolf spell now uses Depths of Darkhollow model (Jun. 13) - Many NPC character models are updated throughout the world. Say goodbye to the old werewolves, zombies, and snakes, among many others (Jun. 13) Patches from July 2005 - December 2005 Stand Out Occurrences: - War develops between the Ykeshan army and Gukta-supporters (July 13) - An SOS'd Rogue can now tell if a mob sees invis (July 13) - Pet focus spells get buffed up (July 13) - The Trolls regain power of Gukta, forcing the Frogloks into the Rathe Mountains (Aug. 11) - Nektulos Forest is revamped ahead of the Depths of Darkhollow expansion (Sep. 7) - Depths of Darkhollow launches along with monster missions, evolving and intelligent items, and spirit shrouds (Sep. 13) - EverQuest: Escape to Norrath, a free trial, is introduced (Sep. 13) - Cleric ability Divine Avatar reuse time is lowered and duration increased (Sep. 13) - Lesser Faydark and Castle Mistmoore return to their pre-revamp states (Oct. 12) - Worn damage shield cap increases from 15 to 30 (Oct. 12) - Cultural pottery charms are introduced (Oct. 12) - The "Escape to Norrath" UI is introduced as the default UI on live servers (Oct. 27) - Helms can now be hidden (Oct. 27) - EverQuest now uses the computer system's mouse cursor (Oct. 27) - Raid invites can be done across zones (Oct. 27) - Audio triggers are introduced (Oct. 27) - More than 1000 Darkhollow items receive significant stat upgrades (Nov. 16) Stand Out Occurrences: - Major revamps to Mistmoore and Splitpaw (Jan. 26) - Enchanter Epic 1.5 and 2.0 effects no longer aggro NPCs in their vicinity (Jan. 26) - Dragons of Norrath launches (Feb. 15) - The EQ Mail system goes live (Feb. 15) - PvP servers Rallos Zek, Tallon Zek, Vallon Zek, and Sullon Zek merge as the single "Zek Server" (March) - Bazaar and Barter Hall zones merge (Mar. 3) - Many pre-DoN tradeskill recipe trivials are lowered from the mid-300s to mid-200s (Mar. 3) - The 'Return Home' function is introduced (Apr. 12) - A stone to The Arena is added in the Plane of Knowledge (Apr. 12) - Class "re-envisioning" begins (Apr. 12) - Title suffixes are introduced (Apr. 12) - Tradeskill hell levels (160 to 190) are softened (Apr. 12) - Player pets over 52nd level are immune to fear (Apr. 20) - New instanced missions are added to North Qeynos, Unrest, Befallen, and Hate's Fury (May 11) - Casters now receive at least one spell with each level gained (May 11) - The Type 9 augmentation slot is introduced (May 11) - The Essence of Froglok illusion potion is introduced (May 11) - Veteran Rewards are introduced (May 13) - Plane of Time becomes instanced (June 29) - You can now invite players from across zones (June 29) Patches from July 2004 - December 2004 Stand Out Occurrences: - Veeshan's Peak revamp goes live (July 14) - Pets now zone with you (July 14) - Siginifcant PVP changes go live (Aug. 11) - Raid window allows leader to lock/unlock raid, and put players in different groups (Aug. 11) - You can now /consent your group, raid, and guild (Aug. 11) - Omens of War goes live (Sept. 14) - Piercing and 1HBlunt/2HBlunt skills see cap inreases (Sept. 14) - Fire Beetle Eyes now stack (Oct. 25) - The 85/15 system is introduced for Gates of Discord zones (Dec. 15) - AA costs for Discord abilities see numerous reductions (Dec. 15) - Tacvi loot receives hitpoints/mana/endurance and effect upgrades (Dec. 15) - NO RENT containers no longer poof when you log with them on your character (Dec. 15) Stand Out Occurrences: - Nedaria's Landing goes live (January) - Gates of Discord goes live (Feb. 10) - The Casino returns (Feb. 10) - Tradeskill UI goes live (Feb. 10) - EverQuest celebrates its fifth anniversary with numerous ongoing events (Mar. 16) - DirectX 9.0 becomes required to play EverQuest (Mar. 23) - Player pets receive a boost (Mar. 25) - Shadowrest goes live (Apr. 13) - Invisibility actually has some use in Ferubi (Apr. 14) - Boat gnomes become a permanent fixture (Apr. 24) - Hot zones are introduced (Apr. 28) - Plane of Knowledge is now open to everyone (Apr. 28) - Named NPCs no longer spawn at an expedition's creation point (Apr. 28) - /surname and /rewind commands introduced (May 5) - Only one raid member must have completed Ikkinz trials to get players into raid trials (May 12) - Gunthak stone is added to the Plane of Knowledge (June 16) - You can now port to the Plane of Hate from the Plane of Tranquility (June 16) Stand Out Occurrences: - European players get dinged with VAT equal to 17.5% of their subscription fees (July 1) - Temple of Droga and Mines of Nurga receive revamps (July 10) - Chardok "B" The Halls of Betrayal goes live (July 10) - Mass Enchant, Imbue, and Thicken spells are introduced (July 10) - Solusek "C" The Caverns of Exile goes live (Aug. 6) - Scaled Wolf and Guktan illusions go live (Aug. 6) - The Plane of Time "B" now remembers your progress in the zone and no longer resets (Aug. 6) - Revamps to Grieg's, The Deep, Charasis, Necropolis, Siren's, The Hole, City of Mist, and Cazic-Thule (Aug 26) - Platinum slot added to the shared bank (Aug. 26) - Divine Ressurection recast time cut in half (36 hours to 18) (Aug. 26) - Plane of Time raids now only require 18 people present instead of 40 (Aug. 28) - Lost Dungeons of Norrath goes live (Sept. 9) - Plane of Mischief receives a significant revamp (Oct. 9) - The auto-attack key now defaults to Q (Oct. 9) - The "Find" feature is added (Oct. 9) - Number of players required for LDON adventures is now 3 instead of 4 (Nov. 5) - 3D Target Ring introduced (Nov. 5) - You can now buy and sell containers in The Bazaar (Dec. 18) - Most Invigor effect items are replaced with sight-enhancers (Dec. 18) - Endurance is added as a stat; melees receive disciplines as tomes (Dec. 18) - The Shadowhaven Casino goes live (Dec. 18) - The Shaodwhaven Casino shuts down (Dec. 19) Stand Out Occurrences: - Classic & Velious user interfaces become extinct (Jan. 9) - You can now window out of EverQuest (Jan. 9) - Song buff window added (Jan. 9) - Wraith of a Shissar is no longer attacked by other Fear inhabitants (Feb. 4) - Rallos Zek is now tethered to the Tactics arena pit (Feb. 4) - Legacy of Ykesha goes live (Feb. 24) - The "85% rule" is introduced, making raid flag requirements much easier on guilds (Feb. 24) - Charm sees significant nerfs (Apr. 8) - Acrylia Caverns, Hollowshade Moor and Grimling Forest receive major revamps (Apr. 23) - Plane of Hate "B" goes live (May 14) - Call of the Hero works in the Plane of Water (May 14) - Gravel Rain is now cureable (if you've ever fought Glykus, you are quite thankful (May 14) - You can now gate out of Veeshan's Peak (May 14) - Bankers no longer take items (May 14) - Shared bank slots, spell descriptions, spell menus, and NPC job titles are added (June 11) - High level spells no longer affect low level characters under any circumstances (June 11) - Flag restrictions in the Planes of Power are relaxed in Tiers 1 and 2 (June 11) - The Prexus Server goes through one of the worst server crashes in EQ history (June 12) Stand Out Occurrences: - New interface goes live (July 24) - The Bazaar is introduced (July 24) - Lifetappers no longer say "Ahhh... I feel much better now!" with every spell (July 24) - Players are no longer susceptible to other players' fears and charms (July 24) - /makeleader command introduced & LD group member no longer bugs the group (July 24) - You can now view and/or delete your own petitions (Sept. 4) - Hell levels are eliminated (Sept. 4) - DoT spells cast by different players on an NPC now stack (Sept. 4) - Clerics gain the Bash ability (Sept. 4) - Merchant inventories grow to 80 (Sept. 4) - Items are now linked in the "... has looted an X" messages (Sept. 26) - Recast times are added to Rods of Mystical Transvergence (Sept. 26) - Rods of Mystical Transvergence no longer kill you if your max-hitpoints are lower than the conversion (Oct. 17) - /shield is introduced (Oct. 17) - Planes of Power goes live (Oct. 21) - Planes of Power flags can be done out of order (Dec. 19) Stand Out Occurrences: - /ttell and /shownames commands introduced (Jan. 8) - The Nexus becomes bindable (Jan. 8) - Ragefire is moved out of Nagafen's Lair (Jan. 23) - Pets stop pacing (Feb. 13) - Levitation buffs get stripped upon entering a no-lev zone (Mar. 7) - If you die while below 11th level, you respawn with items and keep your experience (Mar. 19) - Lower level rez, evac, and corpse summon spells become available (Mar. 19) - /hitsmode command introduced (Mar. 19) - EverQuest monthly prices increase to $12.95 per month (Apr. 9) - Non-pet NPCs stop accepting non-quest items given to them (Apr. 9) - The item, White Dragon Hide is introduced (June 6) - NPCs are now bound by casting range limits (June 12) - Magic Clay becomes stackable (June 12) Stand Out Occurrences: - Spider and Spiderling Silk become stackable (July 10) - Folded Sheets and regular Sheets of Metal become stackable (July 10) - Stonebrunt goes live (Aug. 29) - Server population counts become hidden (Sept. 11) - The September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks hit close to home for Sony - Graphic upgrades are announced for Luclin (Oct. 5) - The Firiona Vie (roleplay) Server goes live (Oct. 8) - Flayed Barbarian Hide Mask gets Illusion: Barbarian added to it (Oct. 8) - High level NPCs develop immunities to certain spell types, and are no longer outright magic immune (Oct. 8) - The short-lived "Project M" is introduced, where players can spawn as monsters (Nov. 7) - /targetgroupbuff is introduced (Nov. 7) - "Light Blue" /consider is introduced (Nov. 7) - DirectX 8.0 is now required to play EverQuest (Nov. 28) - Luclin goes live, but not without its problems (Dec. 4) - Non-targettable NPCs are introduced (Dec. 4) - Option for Texture Cache is introduced, making load times a little quicker (Dec. 13) - Windows 95 no longer functions with EverQuest (Dec. 18) - Soulbinders are introduced (Dec. 20) Stand Out Occurrences: - /lootnodrop command added (Jan. 9) - Root and Snare are now seperate effects (Jan. 9) - NPC Aggro is significantly retuned (Feb. 21) - Rangers can now sort and filter tracking system (Feb. 21) - Taunt now affects NPCs above the player's level (Mar. 6) - EQGems is introduced (Mar. 6) - E'ci and The Rathe servers split to Zebuxoruk (March) - The Warrens is introduced (Mar. 14) - Hate and Fear planes receive revamps: New minibosses, better god loot (Mar. 14) - Food items get durations (Apr. 17) - Characters now say "Hail Playername" instead of just "Hail" (Apr. 17) - /charinfo command introduced (Apr. 17) - NO RENT items adopt the 30-minute rule (Apr. 17) - Shadows of Luclin expansion announced (Apr. 18) - Players no longer get stunned while invulnerable (May 8) - Items can be moved inside containers while in bank (May 8) - "Regards you as an ally" is added as a new /consider (May 8) Stand Out Occurrences: - Karana splits into two servers, the other being Terris Thule (June & July) - NPCs stop saying "hit by non-melee for XX points" (July 19) - /hidecorpse and /fastdrop commands introduced (July 19 & Aug. 1) - Wurmslayer becomes a one-hand slasher (Aug. 9) - NO RENT tags are added to NO RENT items (Aug. 9) - Epic quests are introduced (Sept. 19) - Players are now able to exceed 200 in one tradeskill (Sept. 19) - Corpses of NPCs 55th level or higher get 30-minute decay timers (Sept. 28) - Tholuxe Paells introduced as a new server (Sept. 28) - Mithaniel Marr and Tunare servers split to Drinal (Sept. 28) - Pauses are added to socials, /camp command added (Sept. 28) - DirectX 7 becomes required to play EverQuest (Nov. 15) - Povar and Tarew Marr servers split to Xev (Nov. 21) - Velious goes live (Dec. 6) - NPCs gain RAMPAGE and FLURRY abilities (Velious Release) - Solusek Ro, Karana, and Cazic-Thule servers split to Ayonae Ro (December) Stand Out Occurrences: - Plane of Sky is introduced (Jan.) - Casters respawn with no mana after being killed by a player (Feb. 3) - City of Paineel is introduced (Feb. 17) - Erudites can now be Shadowknights (Feb. 17) - Rogues get the Evade ability (Feb. 17) - Deity-specific items are introduced (Apr. 10) - Kerra Ridge and Splitpaw are revamped to higher level (Apr. 10) - Kunark goes live with a new level cap of 60 (Apr. 21) - Newbie guards get buffed to their current levels (May) - The Hole is introduced (June 22) - Lady Vox and Lord Nagafen are no longer attackable by players over 52nd level Stand Out Occurrences: - Original patch information (April) - PvP Melee/Caster balance (Sept. 13) - Rez timers set (Sept. 28) - Temple of Solusek Ro added as an optional zone (Oct. 13) - Journeyman Boots become quested (Oct. 13) - Press release details upcoming Kunark expansion (Nov. 1) |
