Looking at the pre-order page for the new expansion here, https://www.everquest.com/expansion-content, there is no option to actually pre-order! Also, it appears there is only one edition?
Well the page is up and it says "pre-order today", there just is no option to pre-order and no info on if there are different editions.
yeah, the page has just gone into 'under-maintenance'. It looks like you were probably looking at a placeholder page that is about to be updated.
This is the real bug, no reason for the maintenance page to be redirecting to http. HTTPS Everywhere noticed you were navigating to a non-HTTPS page, and tried to send you to the HTTPS version instead. The HTTPS version is unavailable. Most likely this site does not support HTTPS, but it is also possible that an attacker is blocking the HTTPS version. If you wish to view the unencrypted version of this page, you can still do so by disabling the 'Encrypt All Sites Eligible' (EASE) option in your HTTPS Everywhere extension. Be aware that disabling this option could make your browser vulnerable to network-based downgrade attacks on websites you visit. http://maintenance.daybreakgames.com/eq-maintenance.html
It's not redirecting to the http version, https isn't enabled at all. It times out. Your extension is trying to redirect to https, their link is to http. It really should be an https site, but that's another topic altogether.
They haven't announced the pre order yet and I expect that to happen around noon pacific when they typically post new announcements.
Yes I use HTTPS everywhere to fix mixed mode sites which is blocking this, but not what im pointing out. The URL "https://www.everquest.com/home" redirects you to an http maintenance page "http://maintenance.daybreakgames.com/eq-maintenance.htm", which yes their server side maintenance redirect should be configured https.
Just preordered it, I'm still a low level newbie and I won't be accessing those areas anytime soon but I couldn't resist, that artwork looks awesome!