ETA on Velious?

[Aabdel]

So I've only been back to the project for about a week now and see talks of Velious everywhere I go, but no definitive talk of a release date anywhere (searching 'Velious' only yields about a thousand hits). Has there been an actual date announced? Or are we all just waiting patiently for more information?

[this user was banned]

It should be out tomorrow morning at 9AM sharp. Servers will be down briefly while they make some quick changes.

[Asap]

No official date announced. Devs are still working on factions, items, drop, etc..

[Tecmos Deception]

Staff have said that they hope Velious beta will be this year.

Of course, that has only been said once EVER and it was in some obscure newbie questions thread that almost no one ever saw.

[Ele]

Everytime someone asks, they add a week to the timer.

[Tecmos Deception]

wru swish?

[diplo]

So I've only been back to the project for about a week now and see talks of Velious everywhere I go, but no definitive talk of a release date anywhere (searching 'Velious' only yields about a thousand hits). Has there been an actual date announced? Or are we all just waiting patiently for more information?

best sig.

[murcielago200]

Just curious if it is something like ~3 months, ~6 months or a year away and always if there is anything we can do that'll have an impact In helping.

[Ele]

if there is anything we can do that'll have an impact In helping.

Yes, need more assistance answering these questions posed in the following threads:

Crowdsourcing Velious Quests
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76729

Skyshrine: The Unscrewing
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=109668

Velious Spells - Community Input/Discussion
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=109286

Tower of Frozen Shadow - some questions.
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75938

Some Kael questions
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74755

Western Wastes - a few questions.
http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=104640

[Swish]

wru swish?

http://i.minus.com/i0hvIOd6s4NlJ.gif

[Swish]

while we're there, new players aren't going to like the prices...

http://i.minus.com/ibrdm1zoA8eWj1.gif

[Tecmos Deception]

Yay :)

[Hailto]

Swish has some weird desire for velious to never be released, I don't get it.

[Dirtnap]

Swish has some weird desire for velious to never be released, I don't get it.

Swish just likes to up his post count.

[Sirken]

our dev team is a group of people that do this in their free time. games with real paid staffs assign them schedules and know how many hours a group will spend on each day until everything is ready.

since there's no way to predict the dev teams availability and/or free time, there's also no way to predict how long it will take to get the job done.

from what ive seen on the velious server, i can say its coming along very nice. i can say a lot of players have been helping out, and that really helps us out and speeds things up.


but the rumors are indeed true... Winter is Coming

[diplo]

swish, i don't get your sig.

[Flamewraith]

Everytime someone asks, they add a week to the timer.

Seriously you guys remind me of those kids that sit in the backseat constantly screaming "Are we there yet?" "Are we there yet?" "Are we there yet?"

[Tasslehofp99]

I'd rather wait a few extra months for velious if it means it is released as a complete expansion. I'm glad to hear folks are helping you guys out sirken.

[falkun]

I'd rather wait a few extra months for velious if it means it is released as a complete expansion. I'm glad to hear folks are helping you guys out sirken.

I thought CSR/GM duties were separate from Developer duties? Something about Xzerion...

[falkun]

Winter is Coming

But Winter can take a almost a decade (http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Westeros#Climate_and_seasons) to arrive.

[Tecmos Deception]

from what ive seen on the velious server

:D

[Aabdel]

Just so I don't get lumped in with the "are we there yet?" crowd that Flamewraith is referencing, I was only asking out of curiosity because I keep seeing posts about it everywhere making it seem like it was right around the corner, and I haven't been around to know otherwise. None of my characters are high enough for the content as it is. I having nothing but the utmost respect and appreciation for what the GMs are doing, and were I not completely uneducated in Velious content I would love to help out.

[Swish]

Seriously you guys remind me of those kids that sit in the backseat constantly screaming "Are we there yet?" "Are we there yet?" "Are we there yet?"

People don't understand. Once Velious is here, Project 1999 will be in its final phase... and once people get bored of dragon pixels, what else is there to look forward to on the server? Rumours of custom content etc, that's all fine, but the great memories will have been relived :)

Right now though, I'm still enjoying Kunark and all it has to offer...new players keep turning up by the dozens and have got the opportunity to level before its release, I think its nice they get to see 2 expansions on the server.

Really, enjoy what's here and now... and stop pushing the devs free time. Patience is a virtue ;)

Oh, and Dirtnap...there won't be any 2-boxing here...

http://i.imgur.com/cYrx8G0.gif

[Faerie]

I bet when the custom content comes out after Velious, all the best gear will be deity-based and all the boring min/max people to choose agnostic (especially enchanters) to avoid potential faction issues will regret their choice.

[TarukShmaruk]

I just want to see mayong mistmoore in his original model of what we now know as the maestro.

[Samoht]

all the boring min/max people to choose agnostic (especially enchanters)

enchanters choose to be agnostic for the opposite reason of min/max... not to get the best gear (no tunare/innoruuk cultural), but to be accepted in felwithe and neriak at the same time

[Faerie]

enchanters choose to be agnostic for the opposite reason of min/max... not to get the best gear (no tunare/innoruuk cultural), but to be accepted in felwithe and neriak at the same time

And I hope they suffer for it.

Tunare is a vengeful Goddess, and you all had your chance.

[Samoht]

we'll see just how vengeful tunare is when she dies within minutes of her spawn in PoG

[mtb tripper]

If I had to guess I'd say march of next year or so

[Aeolwind]

It feels like this when I get rolling on a zone

http://newspaper.li/static/8453cff44f643a11efa56afe2a6de392.jpg

But in reality it is this

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IF_jQM6ZuOI/TAT6cgCiqVI/AAAAAAAAA2s/bE7EFxwR-Zc/s1600/Paul+flattened+at+Turtle+Crawl+Nov+14,2009.jpg

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

When the moon is in the second house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars

[Aabdel]

seriously i don't even ask questions for answers any more, i just look forward to whatever gifs Swish is going to post next

[Flamewraith]

we'll see just how vengeful tunare is when she dies within minutes of her spawn in PoG

I lol'd at this comeback. +1