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A patch has been pushed to the EverQuest live servers and with this patch bring some interface changes. I have posted a full compare of the interface changes here.

*** Highlights ***

- Station Voice: Station Voice is a voice chat service powered by Vivox and included with certain SOE game subscriptions. Station Voice allows players to talk person-to-person in-game at no additional cost. Players can go far beyond basic real-time chat with the usual headset and microphone setup that is commonly used today, and will be able to access a suite of voice communication tools.

Upcoming features are scheduled to include voice mail, the ability to receive external calls, and voice fonts to synthesize player voices into in-game character voices. Station Voice will be hosted and managed on the Vivox Network. Game software and headsets sold separately. Station Voice is also present in EverQuest II and Star Wars Galaxies.

Features at Launch in EverQuest include:

-- Talk person-to-person in game with any microphone and headset combo.
-- Chat with your party, guild or any other group in game.
-- Create automatic channels for guilds, raids and groups.
-- Play and communicate without worry of a significant increase in game lag.
-- Manage group/user participation with moderator controls.
-- Individually mute and set volume per user Create automatic channels for guilds, raids and groups.
-- Set up easily without the need for separate software, accounts or registration.

(For details on Station Voice see below under the UI changes.)

- Group Merge Ability: Looking to fill the last few spaces of your group? Groups now have the ability to merge with each other without disbanding from their own group!

With this new feature, the group leader of one group can invite the group leader of another group to join his/her group. If the invitation is accepted, the two groups will merge together to form one group.

This change merely allows groups to merge without having to make everyone drop out of their current group. All other group functionality should work as it did in the past. It does not increase the six person group maximum for groups.

- Weightless Coinage: Coinage no longer adds to the weight of player characters. Adventurers all across Norrath rejoice... especially monks!

UI Compare
Full Patch Notes (Thanks Brighid741)