The fantasy art world, family and friends have lost one of the all time greats - Mr. Keith Arlin Parkinson. We take this time to reflect on the contributions he has made to our EverQuest community.

Producer's Letter

EverQuest Producer Craig Knapp unleashes another Producer's Letter, where he discusses the Depths of Darkhollow expansion, the recent SOE Community Summit, and some other concerns that he has come across.

Interview with Lead Designer Rashere: Depths of Darkhollow Loot Upgrades

After Depths of Darkhollow launched, we saw a lot of feedback from players that non-raid loot rewards weren't appropriate for the difficulty of the content. Carefully evaluating the cases players brought up led us to audit the model that has been used for itemization for several expansions now. Read the EverQuest Dev Team interview that explains the upgrade in detail.

Stratics House of Commons Dev Chat

Join us for a chat with the Developers of EverQuest. The topic of October's chat was the recent EverQuest expansion, Depths of Darkhollow. Here are a few chat highlights. You can read the entire chat log at EQ Stratics. The next Dev Chat is scheduled for December 8th. We hope to see you there!

We polled the community:
What have you enjoyed most so far about the newest expansion, Depths of Darkhollow?

1. Monster Missions (37%)
2. New Alternate Advancement Abilities (22%)
3. Spirit Shrouds (16%)
4. New Missions (9%)
5. New non-player characters (4%)
6. New Zones (4%)
7. New items (3%)
8. New Spells (3%)
9. New Tradeskill recipes (2%)
10. Evolving items (1%)