I really like sites like eq2idb.com or the Xanadu Community Loot page but there a few things that I miss. Mostly it is the fact that both sites are in english language and list EQ2 items just in english language.

Unfortunately I play on an international server — to be specific ‘Valor’ one of the two german language servers. All our item names, zones and mobs are in german language.

Playing on a non english localized server has its difficulties. Even while most stuff is written in german some stuff is not and you cannot actually bet on something that used to be german for the last two years to still be german after the next time you are starting the patcher. We are cursed with a german logfile that turns peaceful raiders into angry customers once they notice that their beloved EQ2 logparser (e.g. Advanced Combat Tracker) stops working every once and a while because SOE had to change the format of the output _again_. Don’t make me start telling you that quests are horrible since NPCs tell you 4 phrases in german the 5th in english and the 6th gets cut of in the middle of the sentence or even the lag that is created by some sort of just-in-time translation engine that SOE uses :-)

Okay that was enough offtopic chitchat.

fo0bar.org eq2item database. This is planed to be an easy to use database just like eq2idb.com with the exception that you can also search for items with their alternate language names. It is currently just filled with items I was able to get my hands on (approx 1200) but it fills up quickly with new items. Item screenshots and stats will get added to all current and future items by the end of the week — so do not worry about the very modest information it currently spits out once you search for something.

Want to help filling the database? Send me your eq2 logfiles — please .zip them — (no matter if english, french, japanese or german) to

eq2item [at] fo0bar [dot] org

Oh and not to forget — how can you reach fo0bar.org eq2item database? It is right here.

Yesterday SOE patched the Legends of Norrath ingame TCG into EQ and EQ2. It is a fantasy based trading card game similar to popular titles like Magic: The Gathering.

Unfortunately Legends of Norrath is currently in a closed beta status. Attendees of the 2007 SOE Fan Faire in Las Vegas get exclusive opportunity to try out the game on their live servers. Unlike other betas this one is different. The usual rule of the thumb for betatests is ‘what happens on beta — stays on beta’. This means that everything you earn while in a beta is lost once it ends.

LoD beta is different. Everything you earn while on beta will stay in your possession after beta ended. This includes the looted cards and the special rewards that are associated with some of the cards. These rewards differ from game to game but seem to be very nice and people will really want them.

Included are some really nice mounts (for EQ2 you will be able to obtain 2 carpet mounts and 2 armored worg mounts), Adventuring, Tradeskill and AA boost potions, a nice set of cloaks that have nice boni, house items, crafting recipes and illusion items.

In EQ2 once can access LoD using the EQ2 menu or by issuing the /tcg command. Even while not being part of the beta test you can try out the tutorial and read more information about the game in the LoD window that will open.

UPDATE: Beta is no longer closed. It got opened to email applications.