Velious for Beginners.

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by Kevris [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a perfect analogy, but Velks was shittier than KC. It is a great place if you can go there alone or if the entire zone is full of people who know how to play, but the icy bits/invis mobs and other little traps mean idiots are going to be CONSTANTLY fucking it up for everybody.

What's really going to suck is that it's going to be incredibly difficult to get past Skyshrine for a long time. I expect 300 people standing around Ziglark with javelins ready to go for about the first 6 months after Velious releases. Which means unless you're ready to deal with that, you're going to be stuck in the "worst" of the high-level dungeons. May as well stay in Kunark to level to 60, really.

Ziglark will be set Invulnerable and Indifferent to all players for the first month of Velious. Meaning anyone can get a key.

[Juevento]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ziglark will be set Invulnerable and Indifferent to all players for the first month of Velious. Meaning anyone can get a key.

Pras non-classic QoL solutions!

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by Juevento [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Pras non-classic QoL solutions!

Well... The classic situation, as described by Nilbog, they cannot resolve in their system the way they set dates. Classicly the first month the key didn't matter. And they don't have a way to set key on/off flagging in their timeline of updates, thus this fix.

[falkun]

Originally Posted by Kevris [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What's really going to suck is that it's going to be incredibly difficult to get past Skyshrine for a long time. I expect 300 people standing around Ziglark with javelins ready to go for about the first 6 months after Velious releases. Which means unless you're ready to deal with that, you're going to be stuck in the "worst" of the high-level dungeons. May as well stay in Kunark to level to 60, really.

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is the way it is currently implemented.

Skyshrine keys will not be on lock-down month 1. Anyone can get the key if they can avoid the mobs surrounding these two quest mobs.

Quest: http://wiki.project1999.com/Key_to_Cobalt_Scar

[Kevris]

Originally Posted by falkun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Skyshrine keys will not be on lock-down month 1. Anyone can get the key if they can avoid the mobs surrounding these two quest mobs.

Quest: http://wiki.project1999.com/Key_to_Cobalt_Scar

Edit: Just saw all of the stuff they've said about Ziggy.

I am shocked; they're going to implement a non-classic solution to deal with the problem. That's pretty cool.

[ryachart]

Originally Posted by Kevris [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Edit: Just saw all of the stuff they've said about Ziggy.

I am shocked; they're going to implement a non-classic solution to deal with the problem. That's pretty cool.

The server itself is inherently non-classic because people have so much experience/information about how the game works and how the world behaves. Also because they aggressive prevent multi-boxing (that's not classic!)

Fixing QoL things to make a better-than-classic experience is a slippery slope for them, but the guys who run this server have shown so far that they have good ideas and good intentions for their non-classic changes.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

seb is the new seb
hs is the new hs
anything that is the new kc, my god not another one, but yeah velks i guess. velks is a vertical kc

velious not much of an exp expansion, fact. it's all about the armor/gem farming.

[Jzendo]

Otter base camp in Cobalt Scar- home of the most wonderful midi music in the game. They drop crustacean shell armor- boosts str and Sta but decreases dex. Great mid level tank armor. The Scar is a Druid and wizard paradise! Quad kiting wyverns (the unnamed ones are Not on dragon faction)

Crystal Caverns- favorite zone. Starts as series of windy tunnels full of Orc miners. Once you get to the tunnels at the bottom of the mine shaft you find a forgotten dwarf town cut off from the outside world. Keep exploring to find tunnels with geonids, terrors, and crystal spiders

[Ele]

People thinking there will be quading in cobalt are going to be sad.

Groups were AOEing the zone down for gem drops during earlier sessions of beta.

[cornisthebest]

Originally Posted by Ele [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

People thinking there will be quading in cobalt are going to be sad.

Groups were AOEing the zone down for gem drops during earlier sessions of beta.

that is a very depressing thing to read