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Rumors of the Void in EQ2 Game Update 45
Keen-eyed SOE watcher Kendricke of Clockwork Gamer has been scouring the 'Net for hints of the nature of EverQuest 2's next expansion. And he may have found a clue on the French version of SOE's EQ2Players web site. The announcement reads, in part (translated from the French): "The Rodcet Nife event will go live with Update 45. Optional quests associated with this event will grow in intensity leading to large-scale invasions of Void creatures around the world for all levels."We've written previously that the next EQ2 expansion, The Shadow of Odyssey, might have something to do with The Void. The Void is a realm of which we know little, aside from being the extra-planar home of the Shadowmen from which they are launching their secret invasion of Norrath. This latest news has us more and more convinced that come November, we may find ourselves exploring the eldritch towers and dead moonscapes of this shadowed realm.What has the god of healing, Rodcet Nife (a flawed anagram of Fine Doctor), to do with the Void? We don't know yet, but somehow his return is mixed up with the Shadowman invasion in some way. We'll know in a couple of weeks when GU45 hits the live servers.[Via Clockwork Gamer]
SOE already patching in files for the next EverQuest 2 expansion?
Game Update 45 is in the works for Sony Online Entertainment's EverQuest 2, and patch notes have been flying off of the test realm for a while now. Finalized notes are now on the official forums, and GU 45 should be going live fairly soon. In the meantime some alert forum-goers have spotted some really interesting additions to the actual file contents of these test patches. It seems SOE is already adding in content from the fifth expansion, The Shadow of Odyssey. They're prepatching model files to get our clients ready for the big day down the road. A wise move, and it allows us to get a taste of what might be in store.Forum poster Vulkoor seems to be the mastermind behind these observations. Says the player, "You will notice several things of note. Lines 8158-8162 reference the dungeon Veksar and line 8228 references the dungeon of Nuroga (Nurga/Droga perhaps?) ... To me, with all these references to 6 new voidbeast models and a goddess who was willed in non-existence by the gods (perhaps into the void?) it seems as if this will indeed be a expansion based on the void. Either that or Anashti'Sul has somehow found a way to return to Norrath." He/she goes on, noting that among additional models there is an "undead version of Anashti Sul, the god Rodcet Nife, new diety cloaks for every god, more void creatures, fungusmen, and elementals. You will also see reference to a third dungeon- Miragul Upper. Oh, and evidently, someone is getting a wedding veil."There's plenty of rumor and speculation in the thread, so make sure to check it out! For our own speculation, make sure to read Brenda Holloway's thinking-out-loud piece about the next two updates to SOE's flagship games.[Via Clockwork Gamer]
The next EverQuest 2 expansion is ...
The moon was so clear. It was alive with energy flowing through every part of it. Then it was as if something in the center broke loose and leaped outward, like a bird of prey hatching from an egg. I couldn't turn away. It was so beautiful. -- excerpt from The Shattering.Cyanbane posted a cryptic note on EQ2-Daily.com this morning. "EverQuest 2 - The Shadow of Odyssey? Those f'ing Everlings..." He'd done it. His USPTO-fu was strong. SOE had trademarked the names of their next expansions for their EverQuest franchise. EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction for the older game now entering its tenth year; and EverQuest II: The Shadow of Odyssey for its sequel.So what is the Shadow of Odyssey? There are so many unexplored plot threads in the Norrath of EQ2, and the title is so vague, that it could be almost anything. Still, we have a few good ideas. If we had to put money on it, we'd bet that the shadow in question has something to do with the Void, and the mysterious Shadowmen. Or, Odyssey could refer to the long-lost homeland of the Erudites, the magic-weaving spellsmiths of yore. And then there's the possibility everyone's been mulling ... the one obvious if you look into Norrath's night sky. What if that shadow is the one cast by the shattered moon? What if Shadow of Odyssey will send us back to Luclin? Click on through for a discussion of what "The Shadow of Odyssey" might suggest about the next expansion.
