October 21, 2008

The (dire)Bear Facts

* From 1 to 19, he’s a little bearcub that follows you around. 
* From 20 to 39, he grows up and you can ride him around (a 20% speed mount). 
* From 40 to 59, he gets a saddle, and some more speed (30%). 
* From 60 to 79, he gains armor, and more speed (40%). 
* At 80, he’s fully grown. He has a full set of armor & saddle and is as fast as he’ll ever get (52%). 

Each character on an account will be able to claim the bear. 

 

As it is all working right now people who attended fan faire will get a digital download of the expansion all-in-one pack. 

The dire bears only come as part of the retail box (either pre-ordered or purchased after launch) so they won’t be part of the fan faire distribution.

DFC Adventures, and working computers

Last night was a great time in EQ2 – but then again lately every day has been. To start things off, the wireless issues are solved and everything is working flawlessly. It was something I wouldn’t have known to fix, so thank you Woof for explaining it to me. Apparently microsoft has a ‘feature’ that bumps all wireless connections every 10 minutes looking for a new connection. Specifically if you don’t have your wireless broadcasting. Which I didn’t, it was locked and hidden. So now it’s encrypted, has a password and is broadcasting. Played last night for a few hours with no interuptions at all, everything worked just fine. 

I’m still getting used to having my two accounts on two seperate computers. I imagine it will take some time after 7 years of boxing on the same computer. The most difficult part is figuring out which account to put on the laptop. When I’m soloing that tends to be a healer, as I am using them less. However, when I’m in a group the healers tend to be someone I use a great deal more depending on who I’m with and what I’m doing. 

Last night I wanted to try to get some items to transmute as well as some of the special blood iron ore that’s used in DFC crafting. So I asked Kasul if he wanted to tank DFC and I’d play my monk / defiler combo. It was actually a lot of fun, and we both got a lot of goodies to sell and transmute. Most of them ended up in the guild bank for Nostalgia members to use. My fae monk also hit level 49 while we were in there which was nice. The defiler hit 80% into her level, so I’m hoping to reach 73 today with no issues. 

I’ve been contemplating re-activating my EQ1 account and taking a peek around again, and re-joining with Nostalgia The Guild on their Friday night adventures. I stopped a little bit ago when I was focusing more on EQ2 and had other RL things going, but it’s been tugging a bit lately. 

Nights of the Dead should be coming tomorrow and I’m really excited about it. There’s apparently a heroic version of the instance, which should be a lot of fun – not to mention LOTS of crafting goodies. Excited? Yes I am! I donated all of my old Halloween items to the guild hall, so it will be nice to get a few extra for my own homes. I decided to go one character at a time, and “complete” their homes, though my warden and illusionist have had theirs for years now they could use a facelift. 

Just another week of good ‘ol fun EQ2 style!