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Next in EverQuest is live! Win a Settler Founders Pack

Shiny Addict — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:00:00 +0000

The next thing in EQ is finally here: Next in EverQuest is live! Unlike here where I cover all things shiny in gaming, NiEQ is an in-character journey though the various lands of Norrath. (And yes, I still have faith that SOE will give us a Norrath-enforced realm in Landmark!) And if you join in the journey with me, you can win a Settler Founders Pack.

Many of you know me in game as some form of Emy, since naming conventions have always had an issue with MJ. NiEQ will follow the adventures of my character in all EQ titles — EverQuest, EverQuest II, Landmark, and EverQuest Next. Each game will have its own distinct travelogue on the site, so you can follow one or you can follow them all. Starting off are adventures in Landmark.

And now for how you can win the permanent Landmark Founders Pack and dispense with those seven-day codes. All you need to do is register an account on both NiEQ and here on Looking for Shinies, then post a reply right here! If we reach at least 50 registered followers of both sites by June 7th, 2014 at 12:00 p.m., we’ll have a random drawing with all names for the winner! So tell your friends and take a chance at nabbing your own unlimited beta access complete with founders goodies.

Stream: The Drunder-heads are raging in EQII’s Spire of Rage

Shiny Addict — Wed, 28 May 2014 21:00:00 +0000

In your endeavors in game as well as life, it’s always important to learn something. And learn something I DID! During our final delve into Drunder’s Spire of Rage in EverQuest II’s, I learned that even when you do everything right, things don’t always work out. And that it’s not always your — or your merc’s — fault.

Yah, who would have thought the merc could get off this time? And that wasn’t even the best lesson of the day. That honor goes to my new best friend, Squidface; I learned that when you have a Coercer merc and a trio of player healers, you can stalemate a bugged situation indefinitely! It will truly be the fight that never ends. Until you get bored, that is. Oh, and last lesson that is applicable no matter what you are doing: running out of bubbles is bad!

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Stream: Butting heads with EQII’s Drunder

Shiny Addict — Sun, 25 May 2014 13:00:06 +0000

When you start singing “This is the fight that never ends…. it just goes on and on my friends!” You know that things aren’t going quite as planned! But that doesn’t mean you stop having fun.

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