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With the dust setting from the introduction of Halas, and the Druid Circle world event, it’s time to check in again with Maltheas, and the Extreme Questers! When I last put together a leaderboard, just before Halas went live, it looked like this: There’s big changes this month, as for the first time I’m including the 60-69 level range: The level 49 Icelad, sitting on 3063, is extremely impressive, and I wonder if I can find another 400 […] I’ve been helping a couple of newer players find their footing in EQ2 recently, and it has reminded me of how many aspects of Norrathian life are not immediately obvious to newer players. One example are the overland ring events. I’m not talking about the Druid Circle event that is still ongoing in EQ2. Rings events are always around, and always profitable, if you know where to look. Ring events tend to involve a small gathering of monsters, clustered around […] WordPress 3 came out today, and I’ve just backed up and upgraded the site. So far as I can tell, everything is working fine, but I apologise in advance for any weirdness that raises its head. It’s Quacker Yig!!! Oh, Quacker Yig. Your name speaks of formless and ancient horrors from beyond time and space, but you’re so cute! What is your purpose amongst us? Do you mean us harm, or are you here to guide us to wisdom? Do you desire to devour our souls, or just a few morsels of moistened bread? Such are the mysteries of Quacker Yig. As half of the EQ2 servers are down for 7 hours or so […] I occasionally get asked what quests Maltheas is working on, so in the absence of any desire to talk about the iPhone 4, I thought I’d share his current quest journal! In the early days of EQ2, collections counted towards your quest limit! Thankfully those dark days for questers are no longer with us, but we are still often up against the generous limit of 90 active quests. Maltheas has 5 free slots at the moment, after a serious effort […] On May the 10th, Codemasters, who run the European LOTRO servers, ran […] My garden would horrify most real gardeners. Most of what I do to it involves ripping out the ever-encroaching bindweed coming under the fence from neighbours who consider them “ornamental”, and trying to make it as pleasant a place for nature as possible. Here are a few things I found in my garden adventures today. My little camera, as usual, struggles with getting close enough, but they’re just about usable: Seven Spotted Ladybird Galls on a […] |
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