Preview EQII's Game Update 47, Storm Break

by William Dobson on Jul 17th 2008 3:00PM

The EQ2Players community site has a short preview of EverQuest II's next major patch, Game Update 47, the "Storm Break". As we already knew, GU47 is the patch that will finally bring Vivox voice integration to EQII. Here's the list of features that will be available straight away:

Create your own password-protected custom channels

Automatic channels for Guilds, Raids and Groups

Group and Raid windows have speaking indicators

Leaders can invite any other players into Guild, Group and Raid channels

Moderator controls (kick, ban, mute, etc.)

Logitech G15 keyboard integration

Ability to individually mute and set volume per user that you can hear

Troubleshooting tools to get you chatting instantly

Other new feature coming in this update: a revamp of items for levels 1-59, a change that is sure to make alts and newcomers awfully pleased. A large amount of old-world items will automatically be improved, to be more in line with newer rewards. This includes items that you already own -- there's no need to go around collecting your gear for a second time. It also looks like Guild Housing will soon be in the game, judging by construction near Freeport and Qeynos. Storm Break still holds more surprises, and we're promised a second part to this preview later in the week.

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Tags: eq2, eq2-gu-47, eqii, everquest-2, everquest-ii, g15, gu-47, item-revamp, logitech-g15, patch, soe, sony-online-entertainment, storm-break, vivox

Reader Comments (3)

The item revamp was VERY needed; right now there's no reason to make a new character in the old zones, with the items from the Kunark starting area being as they are.

Voice fonts are not yet supported? That was the one feature I was looking forward to. :-(

Agreed on the item revamp.. I had a crack at EQ2 recently, but didn't stick it out past level 35 or so. Itemization was an immense and glaring problem with the game, just horrible, it seemed like they just threw darts at a board to generate the stats on items, and didn't care if they came up with level 3 quest rewards that were more powerful than anything you'd see drop for the next 20 levels.