Kunark Ascending

Notes

• The Beta will open on 11 October.
• The release is planned for 15 Nov 2016
• There is no NDA for this expansion but things in Beta are subject to change as we get through the beta process.

Timelines

• Kunark Ascending Timeline
• Kunark Ascending Crafting Timeline
• Kunark Ascending Collection Timeline

Instance Entrances

• the "Crypt of Dalnir" Instances (Solo, Heroic and Event Heroic) are at ( 790, -129, -584 ) Copy/waypoint 790, -129, -584 in Obulus Frontier
• the "Kaesora" Instances (Solo, Heroic and Event Heroic) are at ( 345, 21, -1307 ) Copy/waypoint 345, 21, -1307 in Fens of Nathsar
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Features

Producer's Letter Discussion Thread

• No Level increase and level 100 content
• There will be some new character progression. (no epic weapon upgrade, or artifact upgrade, no new AA)
• No reuse of old dungeons, all new dungeons will have a "new" look
• The public quests are the prelude of the expansion
• New code for battlegrounds
• Kander said: 1 Overland zone. Its larger than Thalumbra. We are going to be making close to the usual amount of heroic and raid content, maybe a bit more, but this expansion we will be making more Solo and Advanced Solo dungeons as well. So expect 8 to 12 solo dungeons, all in the 4 or 5 themes we are using.

From the Live stream

New game features:

• Ascension Classes
  • another way to level/improve your characters
  • original appearances
  • Each Ascension class has a different elemental damage type. Casting the Ascension spell converts all your damage to that type.
  • 4 Ascension classes: Etherealist, Elementalist, Thurmaturgist, Terramancer
  • Combo abilities
• Epic 2.0 Weapons
  • requires your Fabled Epic Weapon from the original Kunark (not Epic Repercussions)
  • Totally new weapon for all 26 classes.
  • Must be Ascension level 5 to start it.
• Quests
  • No feathers over people's heads, no blue POIs, sometimes invisible quests. We’ll have to work together on the quest details.
• Mercenary Gear
  • Rather than replacing your merc, you can power up your existing mercs
  • If you pre-order Kunark Ascending, you get the Mercenary feature.
  • Player gear or Mercenary gear can be applied to your mercenary.
  • You start with head, shoulder, and 2 other merc equipment slots. You have to train your Mercenary (time investment, you can spend Daybreak Cash to speed up the time) to unlock the other 4 equipment slots.
• Wardrobe tab
  • Items with an appearance can be consumed (destroyed) and added to your Wardrobe tab. It no longer eats up bag and bank space.
  • compatible with House-placed dummies.
  • From the livestream, it looks like 18 slots per slot so 18 Head items, 18 Shoulders items, etc.
  • More slots presumably purchased with Daybreak Cash.
• New Tradeskill Recipes, Signature Quest, and Gear

EQ2i credits this article at EQ2U for the written info from the live feed.