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re: Broken Mirror expansion launches Nov 18th

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Yes that date of Weds 18th Nov is OFFICIAL and we have a new expansion in just over 6 weeks time.

A goddess wakes and gazes into a looking glass. The reflection of her true nature fractures and breaks. Even as the looking glass shatters and the world around her dissolves, Anashti Sul only looks deeper still into the fragments as they drift away. When her fractured mind glimpses her surroundings, she discovers that she is adrift in an unknown time and place where gods and goddesses maintain direct influence over Norrath. A hunger for power wells within her, having passed many an age with no power at all and an upstart sitting in her place. With a whole new realm before her, she resolves to rule again!

Anashti Sul's passage through a rift into this reality caused her to split into the two most dominant aspects of herself - life and decay. Fully aware of each aspect, she knows that both must command a plane of power lest she weaken entirely and crumble into the nothingness of The Void. And so she crafts a plot to infect the planes of Norrath with a war that threatens to collapse the balance of all life! Are you brave enough to face the might of a goddess who is ravenous to rule? Will you prevent the chaos she would unleash in all of Norrath?

The Broken Mirror is the 22nd EverQuest expansion. This expansion features new zones and dungeons, and must-have in-game items.


https://www.everquest.com/expansion-content


Level Scaling Raids – Instanced versions of Plane of Hate and Plane of Fear that scale for level 75-105 raids.
7 Expansion Zones – 4 completely new zones and 3 revamped zones.
Illusion Key Ring – Access your illusions in one easy location!
New Quests, Heroic Adventures, Missions, and Additional Raids
New Spells and AAs

Some other details that I picked out of last nights Live Stream:
Plane of Fear raids will be Cazic Thule, Dracoliche and 3 mini raids for the golems
Plane of Hate raids will be Innoruck and one other ( I missed which)
Progression raids will be scattered across the new zones
The last progression raid has to be unlocked by beating the other progression raids.
Each progression raid will have a different 'best in slot' drop so that there is still a reason to do them once they are beaten.
There will be two different types of armour dropping but you can mix and match them.
Each class will have a special spell that is based around the core abilities of the class. This spell will have 6 levels that are rewards for doing progression, so the further you get thru progression the stronger the spell gets.
The two Anushti Sul zones, health and decay, have identical maps but completely different looks and mobs. As part of progression you get a piece of the broken mirror and can use it to move between the two zones at the exact same spot. Some of the progression quests actually require you to do this as part of the script.
The new Hate and Fear zones will have portals in Plane of Tranquillity and the portal to Health was near Plane of Nightmare.

In the run up to the new expansion there are weekly bonuses - last week was bonus XP and starting today we have +25% rare spawns for a week. A good time to farm some Circle of ... rank 4 clicky's maybe?

What's next? Well this post from Eqresources is enlightening:

Quote:
This likely refers to the 6 new Alerts found in the Test Files:
The nights grow longer, and in these dim twilight hours you have cause to reflect. You'll gain additional experience during this time.

The nights grow ever longer, giving foul creatures the courage to crawl from their darkest dungeons. You'll see more rare monsters during this time.

The nights grow longer still, and Norrath's most terrible foes grow bold. You'll see lockout reductions during this time.

The leaves change their color, and their multihued foliage gives you pause to reflect. You'll gain additional experience during this time.

The weather grows cooler, and your actions make more meaning. You'll gain additional faction during this time.

The leaves turn to brown and tumble from treetops, a symbol of change, decay, and transition. You'll see lockout reductions, additional faction, and more rare monsters during this time.

So it looks like 'reduced lockout timers', then more bonus xp, then bonus faction, then all 3 together.
I must remember to hit plane of war during the bonus faction periods :-)

Preorders for the expansion are live now and the base version costs just $34.99. Gold members get a 10% discount.
Beta will probably go live in the 3rd week of October around the 21st but Daybreak are moving into new offices atm and this date is actually dependent on their internet being ready in time.

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And how could I forget the Cat's. Sorry.
The most common request that DB got from players was for Cat familiar's. So Cat familiar's are now available in the store, they come in various random colours with some rares too such as the cranky cat and the scaredy cat.


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