Call of the Forsaken: October 8, 2013

[Fanra]

http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/call-of-the-forsaken-update.203697/

Hello my Norrathian Friends!

Since SOE Live, the team has been cranking away at the Expansion, Call of the Forsaken. It gives me extreme pleasure to work on EverQuest right now with such a creative team, delivering to you, the 20th Expansion this Fall.

Beta for Call of the Forsaken started soon after SOE Live and we are now extending Beta through October 7th. That also means we are moving the launch of the expansion a couple weeks as well to October 8, 2013. If you haven’t jumped into the Beta yet, there is still time to adventure through some of our new zones like Bixie Warfront and Neriak Fourth Gate before they go live! We are flagging accounts daily and we welcome everyone to check out the expansion and send us feedback while we finish with polish and tuning. More information on Beta Sign Ups (https://www.everquest.com/news/call-of-the-forsaken-beta-opens)

If you have been following the expansion details, then you will know that one of the biggest features for Call of the Forsaken is the customization with Mercenaries with their own AAs and power-added Armor. To give everyone a taste of what to experience with the new Mercenary Armor, we are giving everyone that Pre-Orders Call of the Forsaken before October 7, an exclusive piece of Mercenary Armor. We hope you will check out the expansion on Beta and take advantage of the Pre-Order exclusive item! More information on Pre-Orders and In-Game Reward (https://www.everquest.com/expansion-content)s

Our Big Bags bring all the boys to the yard! That’s right, last Friday we started a Super Sonic Sack Sales Spectacular with Big Bags back in the Marketplace. They will be available for a couple weeks so be sure to get yours before they are gone.

I want to thank all of you checking in and reading my letter. The EverQuest team is excited with much anticipation to bring you the 20th expansion in just two weeks from today. If that isn’t rewarding enough for us, we are already discussing ways we can continue the storylines in additional game updates that tie into the expansion throughout the year.

See you in game soon!

Thom Terrazas
Senior Producer, EverQuest
Sony Online Entertainment, LLC.

[Fasz]

I'm still not clear on what you get extra for buying the premium one for like $20 or $30 more

[Denlar]

A bigger bag
A new house you can put up a Bixie Hive
A new merc.

http://eq.sig.magelo.com/1832970.png (http://eq.magelo.com/profile/1832970)

[ieaien]

Not gonna lie, the bixie hive does look pretty cool inside, but not cool enough for me to pay the extra.

[Patancia]

We no longer get the discount for the upgrade?

[Lluke]

A bigger bag
A new house you can put up a Bixie Hive
A new merc.


New merc, or another merc slot? What class is this new merc?

[ieaien]

Lluke, it is one of the 4, but with a bixie skin

[Denlar]

Rats I forgot the mount !

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

This was posted elsewhere by Fanra.

http://eq.sig.magelo.com/1832970.png (http://eq.magelo.com/profile/1832970)

[Fanra]

This was posted elsewhere by Fanra.
http://everquest.fanra.info/wiki/Call_of_the_Forsaken#Pre-order_rewards

Standard Edition

Tirun House Pet or Familiar
Gargoyle Statue
Painting: Naythox Thex
Painting: Cristanos Thex
Mark of Neriak (sign for house)
Journeyman's Pocketed Rucksack (32 Slot Bag)


Collector's Edition
All Standard Edition Items plus the following:


Hive of the Bixie (House)
Ethernere Wurm Mount
Contract of the Bixie (merc contract)
Honeycomb Satchel (36 Slot Bag)


The link gives photos of each one, as well. I didn't put up the prices, which I guess I should.

$39.99 for Standard, $59.99 for Collector's.

If you went to SOE Live with the All Access Pass, you get Standard for free and Collector's for $20. For Collector's, go to the order page, order Collector's and when it finally takes you to the confirm order page, it should have the final price of $20, ignore all prices until that point (SOE Live people only).

And Lluke, you do not get an additional merc slot. You get the ability to get a Bixie merc. If you do not have an open merc slot, you have to dismiss your current merc and replace it with a Bixie, if you want a Bixie merc.

That said, you get 999 Bixie merc contracts, so you can have it on every toon and if you have more than one merc slot on a toon, they can have all Bixies, if you want. My link has the screenshots of each Bixie type, they are slightly different for Tank, Healer, Rogue, Wizard.