Multicore

In either this latest game update, GU49, or the previous one, SOE added new recipes for tailors so that cloth-wearing classes, the ones whose clothing choices have previously been limited pretty much to all-covering burkas, can have a little more flexibility with their look. Last night I stood in front of a loom and looked at some of these new options. Some of the new outfits are ungodly ugly, at least on halflings. But a couple really stuck out. I must point out, though, that the claim in the GU48 patch notes that all outfits would be complete doesn’t seem to be the case. If you could previously only make four pieces of a particular suit, you should now be able to make all of them. This wasn’t the case with the tier 1 Tranquil sets, below. Both were missing boots and bracers, and neither the hat nor the shoulder pieces had a graphic. ...

Via Taymar at MMORPG Info (always a fantastic place for information about EQ2 and other games), EQ2’s game update 49 – the last one before the expansion – is live. GU49 introduces guild halls, multicore support, and more. Perhaps another chapter in the Anashti Sul world event? I THOUGHT they were doing a tailoring update with new colors and patterns, but I can’t remember if that was expansion or pre-expansion. My tests with the multicore support on my Core 2 Duo-powered laptop showed a significant improvement on Test.