prospective velius launch date

[DevGrousis]

Does anyone have a time line for launch of Velius? Obviously no one knows for certain, but I just jumped back in the game from quite a long break, and I want to play my Bard or Paladin, but I remember the hybrid penalty being an absolute joy kill. If Velius is coming soon, I'll just push through, if not, I'd rather just play something else. Let me know, and thanks guys!

[Clark]

Welcome back man long time no see; pm sent.

[sox7d]

Does anyone have a time line for launch of Velius? Obviously no one knows for certain, but I just jumped back in the game from quite a long break, and I want to play my Bard or Paladin, but I remember the hybrid penalty being an absolute joy kill. If Velius is coming soon, I'll just push through, if not, I'd rather just play something else. Let me know, and thanks guys!

quit being a pussy

[Cyrano]

Hybrid penalty goes away during velious.

[gprater]

Hybrid penalty goes away during velious.

is it suppose to go away at Veilous launch or at some point into it? What about racial penalties?

[loramin]

Racial penalties (at least on classic) stick around.

[Danth]

The class experience penalties don't get removed until several months after Velious launches, assuming P1999 sticks to the historic time frame. Racial penalties remain, and are changed to self-only instead of shared across the group like current penalties are.

Danth

[Lojik]

Swish knows. Ask him.

[baalzy]

The class experience penalties don't get removed until several months after Velious launches, assuming P1999 sticks to the historic time frame. Racial penalties remain, and are changed to self-only instead of shared across the group like current penalties are.

Danth

43 days after Velious launched was when the patch occurred to remove class penalties.
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/editorial/011401_EQ_Producers_letter.html

Letter from 1/14/2001

Velious was released 12/5/2000. So 40 days after Velious release Sony says they are removing the penalties.

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20010117.html
1/17/2001 the patch note, pointing to this letter. So 43 days after Velious release, Sony effectively removes the penalty (the mechanics are a bit more complicated then just removing).

[webrunner5]

43 days after Velious launched was when the patch occurred to remove class penalties.

That equates to about 8 months on here. Oh well. :(

[baalzy]

That equates to about 8 months on here. Oh well. :(

Non-content related (IE: Not having to code quests/zones) patches went in within about a week of their timelines dates at Kunark release.

Things like TD-Bind nerf. Items being removed from loot tables. Items having their effects changed (fungal robe).

I would hope, since they've got the gift of knowing it's coming, the devs coded in the necessary adjustments for class penalties long-long ago and just need to flip a setting. Whether it's just a true/false flag in the DB to distribute experience based on level while multiplying xp gained for those classes appropriately or if just by running a script that removes excess-experience from the afflicted characters & moves them over to a race-appropriate xp table.

[Briscoe]

What the fuck is Velius?

[RiffDaemon]

What the fuck is Velius?

http://kambyero.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/fft-velius.png

With relevant dialogue, too

[Furniture]

sirken or derubael (i dont remember who) said on the stream in the beginning of February that the velious beta should start in about a month. I don't think it has been mentioned since then (or so that i've seen)

[Tecmos Deception]

http://kambyero.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/fft-velius.png

I always hid from that dude and yelled+shouted and stuff, cause I'd be worried I was gonna lose. Then when I would finally let myself run up next to Velius, I'd just punch him in the face for 999 (well, plus the dual-wield air punch for good measure).

[Destron]

So sad how people avoid hybrids.

[Acrux Bcrux]

ranger bard all day here, thinking sk next too... hmm

[NextGenesis88]

SK is beast. bitches avoid more gameplay on an awesome character on an awesome server. got dat 68 all day son.

[Oleris]

100% it will be announced when Pantheon's fundraiser ends.

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Wen wil velimus get releese?

[Swish]

Does anyone have a time line for launch of Velius? Obviously no one knows for certain...

Beginning and end of thread in a sentence.

Stop foaming at the mouth and wait pals, its coming... no need to harass nilbog and the team for fixed dates because you know they're not stupid enough to promise something they can't guarantee.

[Whoop]

Screw it! I had enough of snow, ice, rain, xmas and all that crap that comes with winter. I want summer, any ideas when it will be released?

[Nydosa]

Summer expansion is next. Leaked map below.

Working title is 'Unacerveza Porfavor'.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W4ludN5buoQ/T4zh6g9W3HI/AAAAAAAAARQ/ToNSnUYUj9E/s1600/Cozumel-Island-Map.jpg

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Summer expansion is next. Leaked map below.

Working title is 'Unacerveza Porfavor'.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W4ludN5buoQ/T4zh6g9W3HI/AAAAAAAAARQ/ToNSnUYUj9E/s1600/Cozumel-Island-Map.jpg

You heard it here first - Yumyums with the server first Chupacabra kill in Plane of Lettuce.

Gotta stack your FR to resist "grilled in tinfoil" aoe

[baalzy]

I can't wait to explore the Margarita Mountains

[Unfadable]

The bard drug running quest will give so many xps

[Nydosa]

The bard drug running quest will give so many xps

It'll be twice as much fun when you play the new race, the Coati.

http://i803.photobucket.com/albums/yy319/nydosa/coati_zpsa5483dae.jpg

[BahamutDF]

Great. So do we stack alcohol tolerance for this expac?

[Glain]

Aren't the Burrito Bandits in Margarita Mountains?

[Burrito]

Aren't the Burrito Bandits in Margarita Mountains?

Nah we relocated because being drunk all the time led to too little burrito theft.