Velious...the myth?

[Anger]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest

So like, shouldn't Velious be out already, according to the timeline? Is there a post somewhere I missed about how much of it has been scripted so far on P99?

I'd totes come back and play again if Velious was implemented.

[Ashimar]

The staff at Project1999 has confirmed its working on Velious at this time.

However, it being implemented the same time as it was in classic is not a guarantee.

We ask for your patience at this time.

:)

[Tuffpuppy]

I am pretty sure Velious will be released. When, is another question. Velious is going to be a lot of work to get working correctly. Epics haven't even been out that long. I am assuming it will be atleast another year before we see Velious.

[Vraji]

There is allllllllllllllllllllllllot more to Velious than Classic EQ and Kunark. It will come - and it will be great.

[Flunklesnarkin]

better it comes out later and working properly..

than sooner and all screwed up

[Szeth]

better it comes out later and working properly..

than sooner and all screwed up

Keeping this around for 2 years from now when you've quit after hitting up Trak 50 times.

[Alarti0001]

There is allllllllllllllllllllllllot more to Velious than Classic EQ and Kunark. It will come - and it will be great.

Eh incorrect. There is alot more "raid testing" faction "testing" but all those quests are easy to test. Velks might be a pathing nightmare however HAHA

[Tuffpuppy]

Eh incorrect. There is alot more "raid testing" faction "testing" but all those quests are easy to test. Velks might be a pathing nightmare however HAHA

And Icewell..

[Alarti0001]

And Icewell..

Maybe Sirens and CC too but I dont remember CC being too terrible for pathing

[Xadion]

Pathing is mostly what needs to be done in Velious- a few scrips here and there... but compaired to classic and kunark- its alot less change from "What EQ emu database is" to "what classic XYZ is" compaired to vanilla and kunark.

not saying it does not take alot of time :-)

that being said, I am indeed excited for velious! <3

[Flunklesnarkin]

Keeping this around for 2 years from now when you've quit after hitting up Trak 50 times.

probably take me that long to do everything in kunark lol

[Sporkotron]

Extended timeline allows casuals a chance to experience some of the high end content they didn't have a chance to get to during the corresponding live era. If professional poopsockers get bored cause they've already burnt through all the available content thats their own mistake.

Velious will be out soon, and it'll be awesome. There is plenty of (often underplayed) content to enjoy in Kunark until then.

[Danyelle]

Extended timeline won't help casuals who will never get a chance to experience some of the high end content they didn't have a chance to get to during the corresponding live era because professional poopsockers will never get bored even though they've already burnt through all the available content.

Velious will be out somewhere between 2012 and 2087, and it'll be an icy tundra like Live. There is plenty of boring as hell lizard content to enjoy in Kunark until then.

[Sodapop]

There is allllllllllllllllllllllllot more to Velious than Classic EQ and Kunark. It will come - and it will be great.

It's more content but Kunark required a fuck ton more reconstruction to "classic" Kunark due to all the expansions. Velious was relatively left untouched and was under construct even during the Kunark dev. days. I await with my dick out.

[Anger]

I realize nobody likely can even give a rough guess as to when a supposed release date would be, save for the devs.

It would just be nice to know that they are indeed working on it, and maybe even a % estimate as to how complete it currently is. 40% complete vs. 5% complete would certainly make me more optimistic that I'll see it before I turn 30.

[Danyelle]

It's more content but Kunark required a fuck ton more reconstruction to "classic" Kunark due to all the expansions. Velious was relatively left untouched and was under construct even during the Kunark dev. days. I await with my dick out.

This.

They started with the PEQ database, as most servers do. Shit was already populated. The work they're doing is in fine tuning it to Classic era and putting in finishing touches (such as correcting spawn points/pathing etc), re-implementing broken and/or removed quests. Adding items that were removed, removing items that were added, removing mobs that were added, stat scaling for revamped zones and other things along those lines.

Kunark was vastly more affected by later expansions than Velious was. One simple example is the fact that LDoN added two new zones to Kunark. Veksar and Chardok B. Velious got no new zones ever.

[Awwalike]

tite

[Sodapop]

This.

They started with the PEQ database, as most servers do. Shit was already populated. The work they're doing is in fine tuning it to Classic era and putting in finishing touches (such as correcting spawn points/pathing etc), re-implementing broken and/or removed quests. Adding items that were removed, removing items that were added, removing mobs that were added, stat scaling for revamped zones and other things along those lines.

Kunark was vastly more affected by later expansions than Velious was. One simple example is the fact that LDoN added two new zones to Kunark. Veksar and Chardok B. Velious got no new zones ever.

An erudite once told me most the pathing if not all is completed for Velious. Kunark had a ton of overhaul with the current expansions.

[Nagach]

When velious comes out I will join jeremy and stealin's guild, we will be BFF and they will help me to get me my epic (show some love to the french ikkys yes?)

Only if QF and fountree are gone though.

Might aswell be fun to have a chat with those specimens in vent.

eh.

[fastboy21]

The real questions will start rolling about a month after Velious release...what will be the next step for p1999?

I think a new classic server with the promise release of content on the real time schedule next time around will be twice as popular. P1999 has been a revolving door for many players due to the extended time of the content. On a real schedule (the original time line) our population would be much higher....MUCH higher all the way through.

It might be two, or even three years away, but a total re-roll of the server would be HOT.

[Lunanegra]

Heheh.. given that there is nothing expected after Velious, for me, the longer it takes to be released, the better!!

I am an slow leveler anyway, so I'll still need 1 or 2 years to arrive to lvl 60 ;) So... I whish Velious released in 2015!! :) :)

[Alarti0001]

Heheh.. given that there is nothing expected after Velious, for me, the longer it takes to be released, the better!!

I am an slow leveler anyway, so I'll still need 1 or 2 years to arrive to lvl 60 ;) So... I whish Velious released in 2015!! :) :)

But leveling in velious is the best ever.... Crystal Caverns, Rygorr fort, TOFS!!!! DN, WW for rangers,druids, KD for funzies. Giant forts all over, Velks, SS, SG for the adventurous.
Who wouldn't want to level in Velious

For Quadders there is othmir, walrus dudes, and wyverns

[falkun]

SG was a horrible leveling zone. Mobs had obnoxiously high HPs/AC for their reward in exp. It just wasn't worth it to go there. The sit/camp trick to port you across the zone was the best thing about that zone.

[Alarti0001]

It was fun and a challenge

[Danyelle]

The real questions will start rolling about a month after Velious release...what will be the next step for p1999?

I think a new classic server with the promise release of content on the real time schedule next time around will be twice as popular. P1999 has been a revolving door for many players due to the extended time of the content. On a real schedule (the original time line) our population would be much higher....MUCH higher all the way through.

It might be two, or even three years away, but a total re-roll of the server would be HOT.

So...you want the exact same thing but done over again... If getting burnt out due to time of releases is 'the problem' you see no issue making people do the exact same content on the exact same server a second time just with more Live like release periods? May as well just roll an alt or reroll your toon.


That's just...a terrible idea. Yeah let's just never expand or build ever. Not a horrible plan at all.

Best plan post-Velious is leave P99 at Velious untouched forever and throw up a second server that makes custom 'Classic' content out of the later expansions. Add new client support or something. That way you have the still-Velious server for the rabid Classic Brigade and a still growing server for people that aren't still stuck in time 13 years ago.

[fastboy21]

So...you want the exact same thing but done over again... If getting burnt out due to time of releases is 'the problem' you see no issue making people do the exact same content on the exact same server a second time just with more Live like release periods? May as well just roll an alt or reroll your toon.


That's just...a terrible idea. Yeah let's just never expand or build ever. Not a horrible plan at all.

Best plan post-Velious is leave P99 at Velious untouched forever and throw up a second server that makes custom 'Classic' content out of the later expansions. Add new client support or something. That way you have the still-Velious server for the rabid Classic Brigade and a still growing server for people that aren't still stuck in time 13 years ago.

It is obviously a matter of opinion. I can see lots of folks enjoying keeping the old server up in a stasis of classic content forever and ever. I can see lots of folks wanting to wipe clean and start the slate over. I can see lots of folks wanting a hybrid of the two.

Personally, I would stop playing all MMOs and focus on EQ again full time if there were a relaunch of p1999 from the beginning. I'm not saying that I think that will happen any time soon, I'm just saying that I would really go for it and I think lots would go with me.

[Transient]

What are the odds they actually make the sit/camp trick actually work here?

[Nuggie]

Probably low.

[Arteker]

what about some people who have the velketor wall bug ,u know the one next to CE spawn point wich allowed monks to pull nameds to CE without having to clear kobolds