*** Highlights ***

• All Underfoot zones have had a temporary 20% increase in experience granted when killing NPCs.

*** Items ***

• Recent marketplace items and all marketplace mount saddles are now Heirloom.

• The Bridle of King Kalakor will once again summon a lion with a full mane.

*** Quests & Events ***

• The Hot Zone tasks in the Firiona Vie zone now give the proper updates.

*** Miscellaneous ***

• The Welcome Screen now displays only if it hasn't been seen by any character on the current account in the past 22 hours.

*** UI ***

• Corrected issues with the 3D preview window where it would not show proper coloring on tinted mounts or illusions.

• Corrected issues with the 3D preview window where it would not show illusions that were triggered by spells (such as the Fabled Ball of Golem Clay).

• Fixed issue causing your buff window to reset to 2 columns wide in some cases when you had set it to 1 column wide.

• Fixed issue with the map window where the minumum window size was hard coded into the window. It now is represented in the xml file.

Changed

EQUI_BuffWindow.xml
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_MapViewWnd.xml
EQUI_ShortDurationBuffWindow.xml

*** Previously Updated ***

• The gnomes that made the Clockwork Magma Meter have made further adjustments to its design that should make it even less likely to lose track of its owner.

• Unstable Creation Corrected an issue that could potentially have caused the loot chest to despawn early.

• Unstable Creation Fixed an error with the Creation's non-overloaded spell selection and timing.

• Magus Sisters Sisters who absorb the essence of a fallen sister will receive more benefits than they did previously.

• The First Creation decided that he has been a bit too easy on adventurers that dare to threaten him. He has decided to pick up his pace a bit.

- The EverQuest Team


Read the full patch notes HERE.

Sony Online Entertainment has announced a new EverQuest II feature that brings the free to play MMO model to the game called EverQuest II Extended. This new service will be applied to the NEW EQII Extended servers only. The service will not be available on the existing servers.

You can read more about the service in their official announcement. You can also see a breakdown of pricing vs what you get for free here.

So what do you guys think? Good for the game? Bad for the game? Reply here.

Meghan Rodberg, Senior Manager of Community for Turbine talks to "Set on Stun" about Free to Play coming to Lord of The Rings Online. In this interview it is revealed that with the launch of their free to play features turbine is adding Lua support to allow people to customize their UI much like World of Warcraft.

LoTROInterface will be working on upgrading this site in the near future to accomodate lua AddOns by adding many of the features we use on our WoWInterface site.

Thanks to Sparr for pointing out this is now public knowledge. It was hard for us not to say anything.

Lord of the Rings Online is getting ready to go free to play, and Turbine is in the beta phase of testing the new product and content. To help them out, our friends at ZAM are offering its Premium members access to the beta.

Premium members of our interface sites also have access to these keys! If you don't yet have a premium account sign up here otherwise head on over and login to ZAM's giveaway page.

*** Highlights ***

• Resurrection and Revival Sickness will no longer trigger OOC timers on their own. They will still have their normal detrimental effects on resurrected or revived players, however.

• There is a new 3D preview window available for seeing what items will look like on your character. See the UI notes below for details.

*** UI ***

• Added a new 3D preview window. Items with visible appearance or visible effects may now be previewed by alt-right-clicking on the item or on the item's icon in the item window. Use the scroll wheel and the right mouse button when over the window to change the window's viewpoint.

• Fixed an issue with the spell list while scribing spells using the right click menu.

• Fixed an issue causing the spent AA total to display improperly.

• Added background drawing options for window draw templates. Backgrounds can now be drawn (Tiled(default) = 0, Normally = 1, Stretched = 2, Centered = 3, Centered Vertically = 4, and Centered Horizontally = 5).

• Fixed an issue with scroll bars not properly appearing in combo boxes.

• Added Files

EQUI_ObjectPreviewWnd.xml

• Changed Files

EQUI.xml
EQUI_AAWindow.xml
EQUI_Animations.xml
EQUI_MarketplaceWnd.xml
EQUI_MerchantWnd.xml
EQUI_Templates.xml
SIDL.xml

Read the full patch notes.

Who loves ya baby? Okay, maybe love is too uncomfortable a word. Who takes care of ya baby? We do! Another massive Beta key give-away for AddOn authors, this time for the upcoming expansion Cataclysm™!

This is not a contest! Whether using US or EU client, if you are an AddOn author that hosts with us and you have been keeping your AddOns current, you are eligible for a key!




Once they have been enabled and you get the chance to get your AddOn ready for beta testing in the expansion, upload it to our Cataclysm Beta download category and then be sure to check back in our Cataclysm Beta forum for possible feedback.


Rules:

• You must have an active World of Warcraft account.
• You must be an addon author with one or more files on the site that are current to 3.3.x (Plugins/Patches, Compilations & "Hello world" or its equivalent do not count).
• One key per author. Blizzard will check to make sure you aren't getting multiple keys, so don't try to scam.
• Your WoWInterface account must be registered to a valid email address.
• Do not upload addons that are not your own. Anyone caught uploading someone else's work will be banned from the site. All AddOns submitted are manually checked.
• Blizzard and WoWInterface reserve the right to deny anyone a key.
• Must have a WoWInterface account registered before 7/12/2010. *New

  Read post explaining the decision to add this requirement.

Your Beta Key will be shown under your tracking number on the sign up confirmation page as we receive keys from Blizzard so please check back often! We will post news on our community page regarding what range of tracking ID's have been assigned keys. You will not be contacted when your key is assigned.


Again, don't forget to make use of our Cataclysm Beta download category and Cataclysm Beta forum!

• [Edit] Keys for Tracking numbers #000199 - #000408 assigned (22 July)
  • Keys seem to be working again now - (26 July)
    
• [Edit] Another 48 keys handed out. Tracking numbers #000151 - #000198
• [Edit] Another 50 keys have been assigned. Tracking numbers #000101 - #000150
• [Edit] Next 50 keys have been assigned. Tracking numbers #000051 - #000100
• [Edit] First 50 keys have been assigned. Tracking numbers #000001 - #000050

Cataclysm Beta Author guilds


US PvE
Alliance: <Secure Hookers>
Horde: <Lewd On Demand>

EU PvE
Alliance: <Secure Hookers>
Horde: <Garbage Collectors>