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CATEGORY: OMENS OF WAR

When their mouth is foaming, it's never a good omen! -- Bonzz

This Achievement for the Omens of War (OoW) expansion.

The Omens of War was the 8th expansion, released in September 2004.

Before it weas released, a GU Comics (Woody Hearn) comic panel satirizing the coming Omens of War expansion, followed by a forum write up, a boycott was called for on EverQuest. The boycott was due Player concerns of mass producing expansions versus the quality of game play and addressing Player concerns. Sony Online Entertainment (then owners of EverQuest) took notice and invited Players to Beta Test the Omens of War. They also delayed the slated release of Omens of War. Many believe that, as a result, Omens of War was one of the 'smoothest' expansion releases EverQuest has ever had.

Omens of War added:

• Epic's 1.25 / Epic 1.5 / Epic 2.0;
• Increased character levels from 65 to 70;
• Introduced the "Task" system (before this, there was no task window for quests, you had to keep track and figure stuff out on your own);
• Omens of War expansion brings a new Guild Tribute system. This system will allow guild members to donate items/cash for Tribute points, and 
  allow officers to select benefits that the entire guild will receive, deducting the cost from the guild’s tribute pool. Guild Tribute is an extension of the tribute system introduced in Gates of Discord and purchasers of either expansion, will be able to reap the new benefits. 
• Introduced Titles / Suffixes. You can hit (Shift T) to bring up the new Title selection UI which will allow you to choose from the titles (prefix and / or suffix) you have earned, through AAs, levels or accomplishments, to be shown with your character name in-game. 
• Added in-game Voice Macros. Using Ctrl + V (now EQ Button > Actions > Voice Macro) will bring up the new Voice Macro UI. There you will see a list of available voice macros as well as the options of Play, Tell, Group and Raid. Selecting a macro and play will play the macro for you only. Selecting a macro and using one of the other options will send the voice macro to either a tell (using the person you have targeted as the recipient), group or raid. To create your own voice macros, make a sound file using the same name as one of the existing voice macros, which can be found in your Everquest > Voice > Default directory and place it in your EverQuest > Voice > User directory. You can create hot keys of your favorite Voice Macros by selecting the macro you would like and clicking and holding on the Tell, Raid or Group button until the icon appears on your cursor. 
• Added the realm of Kuua, which had been merged with the realm of Discord by the Muramites;
• Shadow graphics and reflective water (new next generation graphics engine).
• Added many new MOB's types to the game (Murkglider, Discordling, Girplan, Chimera, Bazu, Dragorn, Lightning Warrior, Pyrilen...).
• An additional spell slot / gem (9 Total).
• Additional Buff slots  (Mystical Attuning AA).
• Attunable Items: Some of the new Omens of War items will now display an "Attunable" attribute, which means that they can be traded freely until they are equipped or augmented. Attunable augments will become no-drop flagged when added to an augment slot, attunable items will become no-drop when equipped. You will not be able to auto-equip an attunable item that has not been attuned to your character. Please be mindful of the new Attunable flag before equipping or augmenting new items.
• Zoning Screen - When zoning, you will now see the loading splash screen. You have not crashed, do not be alarmed. 

It was also first expansion to utilize the (then) new EverQuests' graphics engine.

Achievements listed in the below sections are not necessarily listed in alphabetical order. They are generally listed in the order seen in the game (at the time they were added to the lists below). Use Control-F to "Find" a specific achievement you may be looking for.

This expansion was sold both at retail and via digital download for $29.99. The boxed version also included one (1) of four (4) different Epic 2.0 Replica real-life keychains (SK, ROG, BST or BER), as well as a mini-poster of Epic 2.0 artwork. It also included an in-game /claim item... a Frozen Crystal Shard (a Nimbus item), which could be converted to a Burning Crystal Shard (also a Nimbus item) by way of an NPC in the Plane of Knowledge.

UPDATE: Hunter Achievements were added for a number of expansions (Gates of Discord to Underfoot) with the May 2021 Patch, and were modified / updated for errors in at least three subsequent Patches.

UPDATE: Progression Achievements were added with the Terror of Luclin Expansion.

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NOTE: Any rewards highlighted in YELLOW might be worth pursuing, due the fun factor, benefit or usefulness of the reward (you decide).

NOTE: Some miscellaneous “hints” may also be included in PURPLE. These hints are intended to enhance / clarify the "how to" for accomplishing the achievement.

NOTE: Anything in RED text is either an informational comment, or data / details that is not fully verified. If you can verify or provide correct information, please do (see end of page)!

NOTE: Items noted as a "REWARD" are items granted from the achievement, itself. Items listed as "ACQUIRED" are unique item's that can be / are / should be acquired along the way, towards completing the related achievement, but are not actually a reward granted from the achievement itself. In fact, the achievement may even be for acquiring said item. Additionally, only the more "unique" Achievement awards are noted below... "common" or "generic" Achievement Rewards like Alternate Advancement points, Character Experience & Coin, are not noted in the Reward options below.

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EXPANSION (VISIBLE) ARMOR SETS

Known full (visible) armor sets. Did I miss any? Let me know!

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GENERAL

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EXPLORATION

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HUNTER

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OMENS OF WAR ZONES

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RAID INFO & STRATS

The generic strats / info below are from successful raids that I was part of, from research and / or from what I recall. The below info should be adapted, as seen fit, by your Raid Leader. Key emotes may also be noted below. Raid make-up (classes, levels, Player skill levels, etc.) can and do make a difference on raid strategy options and winning or losing. In any situation, Players fulfilling their roles, using assist, and following emotes is always essential. There is always more than one variant strategy that can successfully defeat a raid. As Levels increase, defeating old raids can prove much easier and more forgiving (even as a group or solo / molo, depending on how old the raid event is). However, sometimes, certain mechanics still have to be honored. It has been known that in some events, due raid mechanics, too much DPS; killing MoB X before MOB Y; and similar, can bug the raid and cause it to fail. The below info does not include details on how to complete raid-related achievements. Those are noted elsewhere on this page, if any. Some of these targets may require 'zerging' into the zone get to them (killing stuff along the way). They may also have 'adds' which are often more like trash MoB's that in the general area. The original / older targets / encounters were pre-raid window events. Raids were more of a collective effort, or better, an extremely challenging group event. Any effects noted below  often 'scale to level,' so the effects can be lesser or greater than stated, depending on raid force levels. On Progression servers, targets can use 'Mitigation of the Mighty' (mitigates Spell Damage, Melee Damage and absorbs DoT damage), at least until such time as certain later expansions (typically, expansions that are at least seven-plus expansions after the expansion of the related target). While older targets are static open world (non-instance) events, there are now an Agent of Change in various locations that will provide instanced version of the same event (which are noted below, if any).

NOTE: None of the Event below involve an Agent of Change.

If I missed anything or got something wrong, let me know!

NOTE: Some of the below respawn timers are based on other targets in the same zone and / or expansion.

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LORE

Lore is from / based on Daybreak, Expansion release information and / or Dev / Beta Forum Info.

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GAME / EXPANSION CREDITS

Recognitions and credits for all involved with developing and creating EverQuest, for the current and past expansions, can be seen by clicking the 'Credits' button at the bottom of the Server Select Screen and then viewing the 'Current Expansion' or the 'Previous Expansions' tab.

They can also be found in your EverQuest Directory (credits_current.txt & credits_previous.txt).

A huge thank you to all involved!

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