Fearing Velious?

[Jauna]

Weird feeling. Back in 1999-2000 I loved Vanilla and Kunark, I was a Paladin but still. I remember all the old zones, I remember all the places for loot, where the zones were and just... but then highschool and jobs happened and missed out on a large chunk of Velious. Between only getting a few hours to play a week, even then only exping to 60 and only visiting ToV a few times and other misc targets.

I never exped in crystal caverns
I never raided Skyshrine
I never raided PoG because paladin
I never seen Zlandicar alive
Only seen Lodizal once, even then it was a massive shitfest
Only done ToFS during PoP just because I was bored and horny wanting to see a zombie girl because resident evil 2 did things to me
I stopped at the 8th ring
Never got far on the shawl
Never been in a dragon group hunting necklaces for alts in Western Wastes
Siren's Grotto was only a zone to run through and hope for the best type of deal

But now here I am, 55 bard, 41 druid, 29 chanter, old dusty account that I am not sure is still there or not anymore and first hearing the news of Velious and thinking.. new things scare and frighten me. Also change. And deep water. And lagging in a KoS zones. And falling in pits that I cant get out of easily. And rangers who pull indoor zones.

Since im about to try and login for the first time in a year and a half or so, how has the market been?

[Itap]

Nows your chance to experience all the things you listed

[Swish]

I wonder how many shammies think they'll be doing the lodi solo tank challenge in the first couple of months? Plenty who'll want to try it.

[BlkCamel]

I wonder how many shammies think they'll be doing the lodi solo tank challenge in the first couple of months? Plenty who'll want to try it.

Depends if Lodi has variance. If he doesn't (like he should) you will see snipe groups camped/bound at him making it difficult since he should probably be a FTE target (atleast he was on Tunare live).

If he does have variance that makes it more likely solo shaman will be able to get a chance at him.:D

[Swish]

Can hope for variance, but is he a raid mob? Tricky.

[DevGrousis]

I wonder how many shammies think they'll be doing the lodi solo tank challenge in the first couple of months? Plenty who'll want to try it.

My shaman is a pitifully twinked lvl 22, and even I was thinking about that as I read his post haha

Welcome back man! It's a great server, and Velious will be fun!

[webrunner5]

I still play on Live and Sleeper, so I play Velious zones a lot now, and have been. It is a LOT harder than Kunark zones by far. Even being able to 4 box on the Sleeper, and heck even 6 Box on Live it is hard to kill a lot of mobs in Velious zones that are a even or above con without a bunch of Mercs on Live.

The mobs have a TON of HP and summon, and resist, and etc. etc.. But the gear is killer and so is the experience of doing Velious zones, but it is just hard as hell to pull it off without the right mix of people. You WILL need DPS, DPS, DPS to make it happen. Mobs don't just fall over dead like they do here now. :p

You will all enjoy it a lot, but you will have to change your mindset compared to now. It is like playing a whole different game. It is Hard Mode. And all the good stuff will be perma camped to hell and back for months.:eek: