A heads-up for server downtime tonight, from EQLive: "All EverQuest Live Servers (except Al'Kabor) will be coming down around 12:00 am PDT (PDT is -7 GMT: 1:00am MDT, 2:00am CDT, 3:00am EDT, 7:00am GMT) on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 for a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be down for about 8 hours. We apologize for any inconvenience. We'll update the status if the downtime changes."

Here are today's updates:

Updated Items: Crude Defiant Plate Greaves ;  Intricate Defiant Charm ;  Fine Spinneret Fluid ;  Black Sapphire ;  Tantalum Ore ;  Uncut Alexandrite ;  Ash Covered Chain Link ;  Sunshard Powder ;  Cockroach ;  Mephit Meat ;  Tungsten Ore ;  Cobalt Ore ;  Excellent Silk ;  Fresh Larkspur ;  Raw Diamond ;  Deepwater Ink ;  Uncut Rubellite ;  Fresh Privit ;  Uncut Combine Star ;  Refined Grade A Nigriventer Venom ;  Prestidigitase ;  Elaborate Defiant Chain Gauntlets ;  Rhenium Ore ;  Elaborate Defiant Leather Wristguard ;  Tome of Wheel of Fists Rk. II ;  Serpent's Water ;  Worn Blue doll ;  Crystallized Sulfur ;  Discord Rider Shield ;  Discordant Scoriae ;  Drape of the Fray ;  Quality Muscimol ;  Concussion Hammer

Updated Quests: Velium Retrieval ;  Fate of the Combine ;  The Great Invasion ;  Pluck It ;  Gorillas in the Garden! ;  Dwinn #1: What are they? ;  Mansion Event: Brinda Sprockets ;  Telivar Solo #1: You Pay the Price