http://www.stormsurge.us/ Stormsurge | An EQ2 Guild based on the Everfrost server en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:31:42 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Stormsurge | An EQ2 Guild based on the Everfrost server News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.stormsurge.us/images/logo.gif http://www.stormsurge.us/ http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=58.html On Thursday (2/23/12) we will switch from using in-game newsletters to newsletters sent from the website. Why you ask? For several reasons: - There have been far too many problems with the e-mail system. Everything from a user not existing to an inbox being full when it isn’t. - There are size restrictions to the e-mails. - Formatting. In-game, there isn’t any. - Pictures. What’s the fun of having a newsletter without some cool graphics? Mostly it is because we will be able to newsletters that are both easier to read and more enjoyable. So the next question is how do you know if you are signed up to receive it or not? The steps are easy. 1. Go to the website – www.stormsurge.us 2. Log in (if you aren’t already logged in). 3. Click on “My Account” on the menu bar under My Stormsurge. 4. Click on “My Preferences” under the Configuration category. 5. Look for the item “Receive Newsletter” (should be the 3rd item down) and select either yes or no. 6. Click “Save Changes” That’s it. That is how you both subscribe or unsubscribe and you can change those settings at any time. One important note regarding the newsletter. This is a new feature so while we are trying to make it as smooth as possible, there may be a few bumps along the way so just hang in there with us. We will still use the in-game e-mail system, just not for newsletters. If you have any questions, just let me know! Sincerely, Aliriela Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:31:42 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=57.html *stops looking under the rocks* Do you have photography skills? If so, we could use your help! The mastheads on our website have turned up missing. Since only having one masthead is rather boring, we are looking at replacing them. The Stormsurge website is an extension of the guild and for all of our members to use and enjoy so we decided that rather than having one or two people trying to come up with new mastheads, we would ask the members themselves to contribute any they would like to see used. How does this work? It's really quite easy, just take a screen shot of a scene or event that you like, modify it so the image size is 1920 pixels wide x 250 pixels high and then send it our way via our e-mail address of Mastheads @ Stormsurge.us. (Please keep the size of the image file as small as possible with a maximum size of 1 mb). And yes, the images have to be screen shots from Everquest 2. What do you get in return? First, knowing that you added something of great value to the website. Second, your name in lights! What?!?! lol Your name will be added to the image so everyone will know who contributed it. *goes back to looking under the rocks for the missing images* Sincerely, The Stormsurge Website Team Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:56:23 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=56.html Linda "Brasse" Carlson (SOE's Director of Global Community Relations) hosted a webcast last week taking an in-depth look at Dungeon Maker. The webcast, included above for your viewing pleasure / pain (delete as applicable) shows a couple of dungeons, including one of Brasse's very own creations on the Crushbone server, which features a series of Norrathian themed pubs in one of the Chardok map layouts and looks rather excellent it has to be said. There are tips and hints aplenty for this great new aspect to EverQuest II that will hopefully just keep on improving in the months and years ahead. Somewhat disappointingly though, unless I happened to miss it, this webcast didn't feature the new map layout that was hinted at just recently, but I am sure there are more on the way, no doubt some of which will be via StationCash. Note there is a pause at the start due to technical difficulties and an issue with game sound overpowering Brasse's mic in the first few minutes which is eventually remedied, so stick with it if you are interested. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:47:15 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=55.html In a bid to break the 5,000 quests barrier, I've recently been working on a few Heritage Quests that I've never gotten round to finishing up. One of which, was the Dark Mail Gauntlets timeline, a lengthy and involved timeline that is flagged as level 82 in the Journal. This quest begins by examining a hanging skeleton in The Ruins of Guk: Halls of the Fallen, a zone I'd only previously been in a time or two beforehand, and sees you entering an instance through a barrel behind Butcherblock Mountain docks, The Halls of the Unseen, where further quests in the timeline can be started, which will end up sending you all over Norrath including Jarsath Wastes, Nektulos Forest, Neriak, Gorowyn, North Qeynos, South Freeport, Miragul's Phylactery: The Crucible, The Ruins of Guk: Halls of the Fallen (again), Antonica, Darklight Woods, and the Commonlands. It's a long questline but a fun one to get nailed. Whilst the HQ reward in itself is not that tantalising, there are a couple of good things about doing this HQ timeline. There are three titles that are earned in the process, 'The Dark Talon', 'The Shadow Blade' and 'The Voice', a fair bit of coin to be earned along the way, as well as status and faction with The Circle of The Unseen Hand. Better still is the neat little item 'Barrel of Butcherblock' that is earned towards the end of the timeline which allows you to port to Butcherblock Mountains every 15 minutes, a handy little thing to have for sure! Furthermore, once the HQ timeline is complete, you will still have access to the Halls of the Unseen (where most of the quests in this timeline begin) and have access to a repeatable quest, that when completed 10 times give access to a faction merchant in the zone that sells a variety of some rather nice looking themed appearance gear as can be seen in the Youtube video above on the Stormsurge Youtube channel. However, don't expect to breeze through this. It took me around five hours to get all the repeatables done - there is a lot of zoning involved, but its something to chip away at if you like the looks of the appearance gear to be had, and a rather nice house banner. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:53:04 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=54.html I recently paid a visit to the Legends of Norrath Museum in Norrath, where I received a guided tour of the latest Legends of Norrath loot cards available for EverQuest 2, which I thought I'd share with you with this new video on our Youtube Channel. The Legends of Norrath Museum can be accessed in South Qeynos or West Freeport, and is a showcase of the latest Legends of Norrath loot card items. If you are a new player and you weren't sure what Legends of Norrath is, it is a Trading Card Game, much like the popular Magic: The Gathering trading card game for example, only set in the world of Norrath obviously. You can visit the official Legends of Norrath web site here for more information about Legends of Norrath, or read up here on EQ2 ZAM. Loot cards in the latest Legends of Norrath card set 'Priestess of Anarchs', include four brand new paintings, some nice appearance gear, a couple of cosmetic pets, some cosmetic appearance items and four new mounts available exclusively as loot card drops. Don't forget all EQ2 players (on Gold subscriptions at least - not entirely sure about Silver accounts, maybe someone can confirm for me) can claim their five free Legends of Norrath booster packs once a month to see if they are the lucky recipient of a Legends of Norrath loot card (generally speaking, I tend to get an average of 1 loot card per month from the five free booster packs, sometimes I'll get two, and occasionally nothing). To claim yours, select 'Legends of Norrath' from the EQ2 start menu to fire up the Legends of Norrath trading card game. You can also type /lon or /tcg at the command line to access Legends of Norrath which is in-built in to the EQ2 game client. Some players report crashes / out of memory problems when running Legends of Norrath through the EQ2 client, and should this be the case for you then we recommend downloading the separate standalone version of Legends of Norrath available via the Legends of Norrath web site to claim your five free monthly booster packs. It's actually a fun game if you can persevere with it, with some outstanding artwork to be seen. Regular tournaments are held, with some rare / unique loot items available for rewards. We have at least one hardcore Legends of Norrath player amongst our ranks in the form of our travel-challenged Wizzie, Nooks, who has won some of these unique rewards. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:22:15 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=53.html Eagle-eyed guildies will have noticed the fantastic Frostfell decorations now gracing the Stormsurge Guild Hall. In fact, let's face it you could hardly miss them! The new decorations are courtesy of Stormsurge decorating supremo Sangrea with a little assistance from our beloved Maus (despite her denial of pretty much any involvement whatsoever, I witnessed her placing the garlands in the garden early on Sunday morning!), though the majority of the decorations are by Sang. I thought they looked so good and the Guild Hall looks so atmospheric that I just knew they had to be captured for posterity, plus we can use this video next year as a reference point hehe. I head up to my Mums for Christmas on Friday, so the site isn't likely to be updated much if at all until closer to the New Year when I'm back, but on behalf of all the Stormsurge Web Site Admin Team, Luchog, Aliriela, Arikk and myself, may we wish you and your loved ones a Very Happy Christmas (and Frostfell)! Eat, drink and be merry! Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:56:27 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=52.html I was having a ten minute EQ2 break earlier and stumbled upon this piece of magic on that Gnomish tinkered intermaweb thingy. I reckon Tielk will probably appreciate this especially! Pretty amazing don't you think?! Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:40:33 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=51.html Tuesday, 6th December, marks the release of EverQuest 2's eighth expansion pack, together with a whole host of other stuff including Game Update 62 'Freeport Reborn' (covered here), a new Free to Play model across all servers, a brand new EQ2 players web site, EQ2 Share, and not forgetting Frostfell 2011! This article rounds up all we can find about EverQuest 2's latest expansion including links to useful resources and guides along with embedded YouTube video clips relating to this expansion. I'll try and update this article with more useful finds in the coming weeks. Learn much much more about 'Age of Discovery' after the jump... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:23:52 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=50.html Not only does today see the launch of EQ2's eighth and latest expansion, 'Age of Discovery' (AoD), a brand new EQ2 Players web site, and Frostfell 2012, it also heralds the release of GU62 (Game Update 62) - 'Freeport Reborn', a free game update for all EQ2 players to get their teeth stuck into featuring the rebuilt city of Freeport. 'Freeport Reborn' features over 130 new quests, including new racial, archetype and Freeport storyline quests, a visual facelift (which from the preview screenshots and videos does look pretty impressive), a seamless zone (with the exception of the Hamlets which are now instanced). All Freeport housing is now moved to the Jade Tiger Inn for further convenience where I understand a single portal is also placed giving access to all Prestige Housing. Learn more about 'Freeport Reborn' after the jump (full Game Update notes coming later on, stay tuned!)... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:38:10 GMT http://www.stormsurge.us/News/article/sid=49.html The recent Nights of the Dead celebrations also included a Community Lounge party, a special event held for a few hours on each of the servers whereby players could meet the new Community Manager and play with a bunch of stuff in the zone, which was essentially a portion of the top level of Poet's Palace. Players could also blag and fish up some free stuff in the zone, throw things at each other, and just generally have a hoot. This short video clip I managed to capture shows Thor and Sang exploring the zone during the mayhem of the event, and is just but a small insight of what the event was like. As well as picking up a nice scroll that can be placed in your houses, I also managed to grab a couple of other bits and pieces including a really cool fire breathing thingy, so Thor can breathe fire just like the guys at the City Festivals. Only 5 charges, and I've burned through 1 of them. I will try and capture one of them on video - it looked great! A fun distraction for an hour or two, and well worth checking out next time if you like free goodies! Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:03:27 GMT