Torment of Velious is now open for business on the live servers! If you haven't purchased the expansion, you can do so here or click on the image above.

We have been busy collecting information from beta and here is what we have so far.

All class spells level 111 to 115 have a ToV expansion tag.

All items we uploaded from beta have a ToV tag as well.

All achievements should be created and ToV tagged.

Many quests have been created as well.

A large majority of NPC's are entered in and are ToV tagged. If you have drops for these NPC's, feel free to post on their npc page with the drop name.

We'll work on getting items linked where they need to go.

Our ToV wiki still needs some work but we went ahead and opened up some pages for viewing for now. We'll open the rest when we get more info on them.

December 18, 2019
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*** Torment of Velious ***

- The lands and denizens of the continent of Velious are suffering. The icy landscape has seemingly come to life and is flowing oddly upward toward the sky. This restless ice is infecting and animating the inhabitants it touches, turning them into zombie-like beings with a strange icy infection that appears alive in its own way – moving and shifting over their bodies. What has caused this strange turn? And what could it mean? All adventurers are called upon to unravel the chilling mysteries that are the Torment of Velious.
- See Belinda in Northern Desert of Ro to get there.
- Increased the maximum level cap to 115.
- Added a new key ring for Hero's Forge armor pieces and suits.


*** Items ***

- New items for level 111 to 115 characters.
- Fixed an art issue with two Marketplace housing items: White Frontier Door and White Frontier Shack.


*** Tradeskills ***

- New crafting recipes for baking, brewing, tailoring, smithing, research, fishing, fletching, alchemy, tinkering, poison making, jewelry making, and pottery.


*** Quests And Events ***

- New Raids, Quests, and Missions for Torment of Velious!
- - Tier 1 raids are unlocking 30 days after the expansion launches.
- - Tier 2 raids are unlocking 60 days after the expansion launches.
- - Tier 3 raids are unlocking 90 days after the expansion launches.
- End of Empire (Raid) - Fixed a bug that prevented the shield from creating the protective aura.
- Counting Shadows - Improved operation of the task. It should be nearly impossible to be blocked by doing the steps out of order.
- Velishan's Revenge - Corrected a bug that would make it impossible to force the dragon to change forms.
- Braxi Roundup - You can now select a Snowstorm Ornamentation as a reward even if you've already received a Snowstorm Ornamentation in the past.


*** Spells ***

- Added new spells and combat abilities for level 111 to 115 characters.
- Scribing new ranks of spells will now un-memorize the spells that are a lower rank in that same group.
- Many long term buffs for levels 111 to 115 have been changed from three ranks to one powerful rank, available on vendors alongside other rank 1 spells.
- Level 111 to 115 hybrid class healing spells will now target an ally or the target's target, meaning you do not need to switch targets to heal.
- Cleric - Divine Alliance now modifies spells up to level 115.
- Druid - Bosquetender's Alliance now modifies spells up to level 115.
- Druid - Skin to Sumac now modifies spells up to level 115.
- Paladin - Harmonious Blessing now reacts to spells up to level 115. Harmonious Illumination can now stun targets up to level 115.
- Paladin - Remorseful Effect (from Remorse for the Fallen) now affects spells up to level 115.
- Shadowknight - Remorselessness (from Remorseless Demeanor) now affects spells up to level 115.
- Shaman - Ancient Alliance now modifies spells up to level 115.


*** AA ***

- New AA abilities for level 111 to 115 characters.
- All - Adjusted the AA ability window descriptions and spell descriptions for all ranks of every AA line that was upgraded with new ranks for Torment of Velious to include spell description links and more accurate information regarding how each ability functions.
- Multiple - Made the following changes to Cleric's Exquisite Benediction, Druid's Nature's Boon, and Shaman's Call of the Ancients:
- - Reduced the initial reuse time from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
- - Granted the ward immunity from damage so that it cannot be killed early.
- - Changed the healing spells cast by the ward from a heal over time cast every 10 seconds to a direct heal cast every 6 seconds and increased the base value of the heal.
- - Increased the range of the ward's heal from 60 to 100 feet.
- Bard - Changed Selo's Sonata to cast the highest rank of Selo's Accelerando that you have scribed and added a passive effect that extends the duration of Selo's Accelerando by 2 minutes.
- Cleric - Adjusted buff stacking on Divine Avatar to reduce conflicts with other buffs.
- Magician - Changed the pet summoned by all ranks of Servant of Ro to follow the caster when out of combat, improved its survivability, and increased the damage done by all ranks.
- Necromancer - Changed Gathering Dusk from a delayed damage over time effect that is applied after an initial hatred generation period to an activated damage over time effect that blesses the caster with a buff that both increases DoT damage and negates Spell Casting Subtlety for 24 seconds.
- Necromancer - Added additional ranks of Embalmer's Carapace from levels 85 to 110, reduced the damage absorption total of the existing ranks, and reduced the reuse time from 20 minutes to 15 minutes. Extended the duration of the buff and removed the hit limit from all ranks. Replaced the self damaging component that was previously triggered after the rune expired with a self damaging component that is active during damage absorption. Removed the critical DoT damage modifier from this line and increased the critical DoT damage modifier for ranks 7+ of Spire of Necromancy.
- Necromancer - Renamed Gift of Deathly Resolve to Heretic's Twincast and modified the functionality of this ability to match that of Improved Twincast.
- Paladin - Changed Marr's Salvation from a single target buff to a targeted group buff. Increased the duration of all ranks to 10 minutes and the recast time of all ranks to 5 minutes. Adjusted the levels and expansions that each rank is made available to more closely match the Shadowknight ability Voice of Thule.
- Ranger - Consolidated Outrider's Attack to be ranks of Outrider's Accuracy and modified all ranks to grant the bonuses of each ability. Adjusted the levels and expansions that each rank becomes available for purchase.
- Rogue - Changed all ranks of Envenomed Blades to a toggled passive ability and adjusted the damage based on its previous uptime.
- Shaman - Adjusted buff stacking on Rabid Bear to reduce conflicts with other buffs.
- Warrior - Removed the self damaging component of Warlord's Tenacity.


*** NPCs ***

- Rare spawn bonuses will no longer prevent Telgrith, Black Legion Captain from spawning in Direwind.
- Capped strikethrough values on non-raid NPCs from Underfoot to Torment of Velious. You should see fewer strikethroughs, especially from higher level NPCs.
- The ghostly student in the Tower of Frozen Shadow who appears in odd places on the 6th floor has found his way back to the 2nd floor library.
- Spells cast by NPCs in Heroic Adventures will scale more appropriately at higher levels.
- Level 106-110 NPCs in Heroic Adventures now base their stats on tier 1 Ring of Scale instead of tier 1 Empires of Kunark.

*** Mercenaries ***

- Increased the abilities of level 111 to 115 mercenaries.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Accelerated the unlock schedule of Rain of Fear and Call of the Forsaken later tiered content.
- Decreased turn-ins required to unlock the druid rings in Shard's Landing.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Customers browsing a Buyer or Trader in the Bazaar will be prompted to re-open the Merchant/Barter Window if there is a price change before they are allowed to complete a transaction.
- Vex Thal - Fixed a bug that would send players to the zone in if they got too close to some walls in the rooms where the various Khaas Thox Aten Ha Ra hang out.
- Fixed a crash that can occur at the server select screen.
- Fixed a problem in Valdeholm that was causing characters to fall through the world if LoD bias was set to low.
- Granted access to Ring of Scale content for free to play players.


*** UI ***

- Corrected an issue where right-clicking an AA hotbutton would not always go to the correct AA description.
- Corrected an issue where avoiding a hit by a lucky riposte would not display that it was lucky.
- Corrected an issue where a twinproc would cause additional procs from the same cast to report incorrectly as twincasts.
- Corrected an issue where the Marketplace did not always display a membership discount correctly at the character select screen.
- Moved spell emotes from heal messages to their own line of text instead of at the beginning of a heal line.
- - Removed the spell emote that made it look like the caster of a lifetap was hit by the spell.
- Added the ShowHeader property for the ListBox control to allow for hiding the header via XML.


- Added -
EQUI_OverseerWnd.xml


- Changed -
EQUI.xml
EQUI_Animations.xml
EQUI_KeyRingWnd.xml
EQUI_Templates.xml
SIDL.xml


- The EverQuest Team

ZONES AND POPULATION

• Drag can no longer be used on Arcanax, Fayren Icefang, Graw Maul, or Toxyca Vile.

ZONES / POPULATION

• Fabled Throne of Storms: Hall of Legends [Raid]
  • King Tormax should now start gaining increments of "Strength in Determination" starting at 40% health instead of from the start of the encounter.

• Deathtoll [Raid]
  • During the Fitzpitzle encounter, the summoned book minions should no longer cause the encounter to reset when he attempts to flee across to the other side of the room.

ITEMS

• Ancient Plate of Karana:
  • Requires Kingdom of Sky expansion, Primary Att decreased by 6, Stamina decreased by 6, Potency decreased by 0.7, Crit Bonus decreased by 0.1, Crit Chance decreased by 0.4, Haste increased by 2.7, DPS decreased by 1.5, Mitigation Increase decreased by 0.7, Block decreased by 0.4, Defensive Skills decreased by 1.
• Small Carving of Aaryonar:
  • Requires Kingdom of Sky expansion, Primary Att decreased by 6, Stamina decreased by 6, Potency decreased by 0.7, Crit Bonus decreased by 0.1, Crit Chance decreased by 0.4, Multi Attack decreased by 1, Ability Modifier increased by 20, Offensive Skills decreased by 1, Spell Skills decreased by 1.

LIVE EVENTS

• Dragon Attack Event
  • The progress tracker signs in Commonlands and Antonica have had an issue corrected that sometimes caused it to show 0 progress percentage instead of actual percentage while in stage 2.

It is with sad news to report that Brad McQuaid passed away in his home last night.

I just wanted to say something because Brad meant so much to so many people, including myself.

His love and passion for creating new worlds allowed people from all over the world to experience something beyond just a game. His games formed communities that saw players come together to help each other not only in game but out of game. That love spread to so many people. Some of these very same people have branched out into other games and they have created imaginative worlds because they too were able to experience Brad's gift. Thank you for sharing your gift with us Brad, you will be remembered.

Our hearts go out to his family.

GENERAL

• Several client stability fixes added.

LIVE EVENTS

• Dragons Attack Anniversary Event
  • A portal has been added to Antonica docks that will take you directly to the build site in Antonica

Source

Happy days, Norrathians!

It’s that time of year again! We’ve got a lot coming up, so let’s get right to it.
EverQuest: Torment of Velious




The team has been heads-down on the latest expansion for quite some time now and we’re
heading into Beta next week! That means pre-orders will begin next Wednesday, Oct. 23, between 10 AM and 12 PM (Noon) PDT. If you pre-order, you will get access to Beta.
As the expansion name suggests, we’re heading back into Velious though events there have significantly altered the landscape. After 20 years, the devs have brought you a new ice shader – for obvious reasons. What a difference it makes! More on the story and events of Velious as we continue.

Torment of Velious brings you a level increase from 110 to 115 with new spells and AAs, gear, and content with 6 new zones, and quests, raids and more. The team will share more info as we go through Beta and get through the final stages of finishing up this expansion which will launch in December. We’ll firm up the final launch date as we get closer.
We have added a new expansion bundle option you’ll see next week that is geared toward Family and Friends. In addition to getting all the items included with the Standard, Collector’s, and Premium editions, it also includes:

• TRADABLE Standard Torment of Velious Expansion
• TRADABLE versions of the Collector’s and Premium Edition mounts
• TRADABLE heroic character boost
• Gnomish Legendary Bundle which will grant you:
  • Clockwork rhino mount
  • Gnomework illusion
  • And your choice of all three of the following:
    • A full suit of gnomish appearance gear
    • A gnomish heritage teleporter
    • A gnomish heritage familiar
  • 40-slot bag
  • 2 shared 50% experience potions.

The bundle is set at a high price point but is a good deal as a package overall. We made it because we’ve been asked for this type of package for years and wanted to try it out for those players who have multiple accounts, play with families, guildmates who support friends, and others. It’s an experiment and we’re interested to see where you go with it as players.




Miragul Server: A New Type of Progression!

Looking to join a new community on a new type of server?

On November 5, in support of EverQuest II’s 15th anniversary, we are going to be launching a new type of progression server, named Miragul, that will start at the House of Thule expansion that launched in 2010. What does that mean?

You start as a Level 85 Heroic Character with live server experience rates, and all the trappings of a server that starts with a level cap of 90 with in-game housing, loads of raids, over 800 AAs, and more.
The server requires a membership to play and that’s it!

What Else?

Keep an eye out for other news in November. We’ve got EQ2’s 15th Anniversary as well as other announcements around that time that will further define our commitment to EverQuest and EverQuest II! We’re also toying with selling limited edition EQ and EQ2 anniversary shirts on the internets. More on that soon!

See you in Velious, friends!

Sincerely, as always,

Holly “Windstalker” Longdale

October 16, 2019
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*** Highlights ***

- Made significant changes to fade and leap abilities. See the AA section for details.
- When using Search in the Barter Window, the results will only display the most expensive buy line from each buyer per unique item matched from the search.



*** Items ***

- Increased the proc rate of Whispering Midnight Defending Fire, Whispering Midnight Defending Magic, Blazing Euphoria Defending Fire, and Blazing Euphoria Defending Magic.
- Adjusted the spell stacking on Illusion Benefit Greater Jann to coexist with the Enchanter spell Night's Endless Terror.
- Corrected the spell descriptions for the Mana Preservation focus on the high tier ring and shoulder chase items from The Burning Lands.
- Corrected Sebilisian ornament descriptions.


*** Quests and Events ***

- Antraygus, the Sporali King - Antraygus will only spawn once in the instance.
- General Reparm (Raid) - Put in a speculative fix for the Bone Burners spawning more than 3 times.
- The Darkness Howls and Ironing Out the Legion - Aggressive NPCs will grant experience where they were not before.
- Guntrik's quests - Sven and Philicia Drinn have had their difficulty reduced dramatically. Tattered Parchment now drops from some NPCs in Rathe Mountains and Innothule Swamp.



*** Spells ***

- All melee classes - Hiatus can now be activated in combat. It still has the melee speed penalty and endurance cap.
- Corrected melee abilities that were listed under incorrect timers in the right-click menu. For example, Bestial Savagery was listed under Disciplines->Timer 3 when it is Timer 7.
- Ranger - Drifting Smoke is now flagged outdoor-only as intended.
- Rogue - All three ranks of Waylay can now be found under Combat Abilities->Stun.


*** AA ***

- All - Made the following changes to fade abilities for retuning and to provide a more consistent experience:
-- All AA escape abilities now have a 100% chance to succeed on opponents up to 5 levels above the caster.
-- Escape abilities trigger their secondary invisibility or sanctuary buffs regardless of proximity to attackers.
-- Escape abilities will reduce the amount of hatred any NPC the caster fails to escape from by 1 million points.
-- Escape abilities now have higher reuse times and resource costs for most classes, as this better reflects our vision for these abilities.
- - Pet Users - Summon Companion - Rank 2 now provides a 100% chance for your pet to escape combat from all NPCs. Removed ranks 3 and 4 of this ability and made rank 2 available in Underfoot. Ranks 1 and 2 now consume 1% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Bard - Fading Memories - Removed ranks 4-40. Ranks 1-3 now consume 12, 6, and 2% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Beastlord - Falsified Death - This ability is now available at level 80 in Underfoot. This ability consumes 2% of your maximum mana to feign death, allows you to escape combat from NPCs up to 5 levels higher than you, allows your warder to escape combat from all NPCs, triggers Evader's Invisibility, and has a 2.5-minute reuse time.
- - Berserker - Self Preservation - Removed the self-stun component of this ability. Removed ranks 4-11 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse by rank 3 at level 85 (up from 6 minutes at level 100). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Cleric - Divine Peace - Set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes), removed the 0.25 second cast time, and made the ability available in Underfoot at level 85 (previously Veil of Alaris at level 91). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Druid - Veil of the Underbrush - Set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes), and made the ability available in Underfoot at level 85 (previously Veil of Alaris at level 95). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Enchanter - Friendly Stasis - Fixed the mesmerize duration to be 18 seconds rather than 30 seconds. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Enchanter - Self Stasis - Removed ranks 5-11 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 5-minute reuse by rank 4 at level 85 (down from 6 minutes at level 105). Fixed the mesmerize duration to be 18 seconds rather than 30 seconds. This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Magician - Drape of Shadows - Removed ranks 2-14 and set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes at 105). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Monk - Imitate Death - Reduced the reuse of ranks 1-8 by 30 seconds. Rank 9 is now available in Underfoot (previously House of Thule). This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Necromancer - Death's Effigy - Ranks 1-4 are now available in Underfoot (previously House of Thule for rank 1 and Call of the Forsaken for ranks 2-4). This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Paladin - Balefire Burst - Increased the reuse time to 10 minutes (up from 3 minutes), removed the 0.5 second cast time, and made the ability available at level 85 in Underfoot (previously House of Thule). The ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Ranger - Cover Tracks - Removed ranks 4-15 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse by rank 3 at level 85 (up from 3 minutes at level 100). This ability now consumes 8% of your mana to activate.
- - Rogue - Escape - Reduced the reuse of ranks 3-11 and added rank 12 resulting in a 1.5-minute reuse timer at level 85. This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Shadowknight - Death's Effigy - This ability now consumes 2% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Shaman - Inconspicuous Totem - Removed ranks 4-13 and adjusted the hastening so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse by rank 3 at level 85 (up from 4 minutes at level 105). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- - Warrior - Howl of the Warlord - Removed the 0.5 second cast time. Removed ranks 2-5 and adjusted rank 1 so that this ability has a 10-minute reuse time (up from 3 minutes) at level 85 and is available in Underfoot (previously House of Thule). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum endurance to activate.
- - Wizard - A Hole in Space - Set the reuse time of this ability to be 10 minutes (up from 2.5 minutes), and made the ability available in Underfoot at level 85 (previously Veil of Alaris at level 95). This ability now consumes 8% of your maximum mana to activate.
- All - AA abilities that allow characters to leap forward have been normalized with improved reuse times, distances, new abilities for some classes, and reduced level and expansions to obtain:
- - Bard - Increased the distance that Lyre Leap allows you to travel from 160 to 315 feet.
- - Beastlord - Reduced the level required to purchase Cheetah's Pounce and made the ability available in Underfoot.
- - Berserker - Changed all ranks of Furious Leap to function like other leap abilities rather than relying on applying force to the caster. The reworked ability will now allow you to travel up to 234 feet forward. Reduced the initial reuse time of this ability from 60 seconds to 40 seconds and modified ranks 2-5 to reduce the reuse time by 5 seconds per rank rather than 10 seconds per rank, resulting in the final rank matching the existing reuse time of 20 seconds.
- - Cleric - Added the ability Holy Step available at level 85 in Underfoot which allows you to teleport forward by 160 feet every 20 seconds.
- - Druid - Reduced the initial reuse time of Mistwalk from 30 to 20 seconds and made rank 1 available at level 85 in Underfoot.
- - Enchanter - Added the ability Phantasmal Step available at level 85 in Underfoot which allows you to teleport forward by 160 feet every 20 seconds.
- - Monk - Reduced the initial reuse time of Neshika's Blink from 30 seconds to 25 seconds, made rank 4 available in House of Thule, made rank 5 available in Veil of Alaris, and removed ranks 6-10.
- - Necromancer - Increased the distance that ranks 1-6 of Whisper Step allows you to travel from 234 to 315 feet.
- - Paladin - Reduced the level required to purchase ranks 2-7 of Leap of Faith and made ranks 6-7 available in Rain of Fear.
- - Ranger - Reduced the level required to purchase ranks 2-6 of Gladestrider's Leap, made ranks 2-4 available in House of Thule, and made ranks 5-6 available in Rain of Fear.
- - Rogue - Added new ranks 1 and 2 to Whisper Step at level 85 in Underfoot and 87 in House of Thule making the current rank 1 into rank 3 thereby reducing the final reuse time of this ability from 30 seconds to 20 seconds, increased the distance that all ranks allow you to travel from 104 to 234 feet, and made the final rank of this ability available in Rain of Fear.
- - Shadowknight - Reduced the level required to purchase ranks 2-4 and 6-7 of Hate Step and made ranks 6-7 available in Veil of Alaris.
- - Shaman - Reduced the level required to purchase Spirit Leap and made the ability available in Underfoot.
- - Warrior - Changed all ranks of Furious Leap function like other leap abilities rather than relying on applying force to the caster. The reworked ability will now allow you to travel up to 234 feet forward. Reduced the initial reuse time of this ability from 60 seconds to 40 seconds and modified ranks 2-5 to reduce the reuse time by 5 seconds per rank rather than 10 seconds per rank, resulting in the final rank matching the existing reuse time of 20 seconds.
- - Wizard - Increased the distance that Netherstep allows you to travel from 160 to 315 feet and added 2 additional hastening ranks bringing the final reuse time down to 10 seconds at level 95.
- Multiple - AA abilities that reduce that chance that your root spells will break (ex: Druid - Enhanced Root, Enchanter - Clinging Root, etc.) will now only apply that improvement to root spells cast by that caster. Previously, when a caster with one of these abilities would cast a root spell, the improved break chance would apply to all root spells on that target.
- Bard - Corrected an issue with rank 43 of Boastful Bellow that caused the maximum level target that can be stunned to go down to 106 rather than up to 109.
- Enchanter - Increased the effectiveness of rank 17 of Gather Mana from 37,000 instant mana and 750 mana regeneration for 1 minute to 40,000 instant mana and 1,000 mana regeneration for 1 minute.
- Magician - Refunded all ranks of Intrinsic Efficiency, which was intended to be done when ranks 13-15 and 19-21 of Conjurer's Efficiency were consolidated.
- Necromancer - Refunded all ranks of Intrinsic Efficiency, which was intended to be done when ranks 2-7 of Embalmer's Efficiency were consolidated.
- Shadowknight - Refunded all ranks of Intrinsic Efficiency, which was intended to be done when ranks 2-7 of Embalmer's Efficiency were consolidated.
- Paladin - Hand of Tunare - Increased the number of counters on this ability to 20 to account for the fact that a successful twinheal focused with the mana penalty will consume 2 charges per cast. Reduced the duration of the ability from 6 minutes to 5 minutes and reduced the reuse time of the ability from 18 minutes to 15 minutes. Updated the ability so that the healing component of your Denouncement and Valiant Deflection line of spells will continue to be twincast, but the initial mana cost of these spells will be increased to compensate.
- Wizard - Ranks 1-5 of Mirror Mirror now increase the resist modifier of the reflected spell by 20 points per rank.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Messages sent using tell windows are now logged correctly.
- /pick will now send players and group members to the evac point of a zone.
- Corrected an issue where days entitled could be incorrect when logging in by bypassing the LaunchPad, resulting in issues with claiming veteran rewards and easily becoming marked as spam.


*** UI ***

- Fixed a crash that can occur when there are multiple entries for the same ChatWindowX_ContainerIndex saved in the UI configuration file. This should help in some of the cases where you had to delete your ini files in order to login.
- Corrected a crash bug from moving a tab left of Main Chat.
- Removed some no longer used UI elements from the Marketplace window.
- When using Search in the Barter Window, the results will only display the most expensive buy line from each buyer per unique item matched from the search.
- When searching for items in both the Bazaar Search Window and Barter Window, results over the transaction cap (2000000 platinum) will not be displayed.
- Fixed a bug where you could not disable tribute benefits when running out of favor.


- Changed -
EQUI_MarketplaceWnd.xml


- The EverQuest Team