Explain to me Velious

[Kurtanius21]

I am nearly level 57 on my cleric. I have never had a level 60 in Everquest, ever, so endgame content is not my expertise. I have asked groupmates what are good zones for leveling. Usually I get Karnor's, Sebilis, Burning wood, and Hole. Why is Velious so ignored? I have not been there at all on P1999, and back on Live, I went there only once to Crystal Caverns.

What use is Velious?

Why don't many people seem to go there?

Was it like this on Live?

[ScottBerta]

Mobs in velious generally have more hp and hit harder. Velks sometimes has groups but I do remember on live Velks was way more group friendly.

[Videri]

Getting around:
https://wiki.project1999.com/The_Missing_Velious_Guide

Top quests (copy-pasted from announcements I made to my guild in Discord):

1. "Scout Tools" Quest https://wiki.project1999.com/Leuz%27s_Task
• Requires Amiable faction with Claws of Veeshan (the dragons of Skyshrine and their minions).
• It is a simple quest, but very popular. It yields an excellent melee bracer, priest range-slot, or caster robe.
• Project1999 has staff-enforced rules for Scout Charisa. When Scout Charisa spawns, everyone present randoms 1000 within thirty seconds (strictly enforced, so roll instantly and only once). The highest roller gets to loot. You must be level 55 or higher to roll. The last time someone under level 55 won, the GMs deleted the loot. This system has been successful for years on Blue99.
• Everyone who rolls is required to stick around and help with the fight. Bring pride upon our name.
• Scout Charisa has a 10-hour respawn time.

2. Circlet of the Falinkan https://wiki.project1999.com/Circlet_of_the_Falinkan
• Requires Warmly faction with Claws of Veeshan.
• Hardest part: Vilefang in Dragon Necropolis. 24-hour spawn, no variance. Vilefang is defined as a camp; whoever is clearing the snakes owns the camp. All camp rules apply. Members who break rules or create unnecessary drama will be removed.
• Hard: Gkrean, Prophet of Tallon in Kael Drakkel. We kill him when we raid Kael Arena. He is technically groupable with a very strong group.
• Easy: Staff Sergeant Drioc in Kael Drakkel. Groupable. Train the whole room toward a zone line; have a feign death puller tag Drioc off and FD; kill Drioc.

3. Lodizal Shell Shield https://wiki.project1999.com/Lodizal_Shell_Shield
Kill Lodi, loot piece of shell, give it to an otter in Cobalt Scar along with 10,000 gold. Amazing back/secondary shield for any who can use it!

4. Eyepatch of Plunder https://wiki.project1999.com/Eyepatch_of_Plunder
A rather hardcore quest that requires one item from Lodizal and one item from Stormfeather; as well as two other, easier items from Iceclad Ocean.
• Stormfeather is an 18-hour spawn that can skip spawns. Stormfeather is a camp and you may have to wait in line behind others. It took me several days on Red99.
• Lodizal - info above.

5. Ice Forged Shackles https://wiki.project1999.com/Ice_Forged_Shackles
A weird and cool item from another quest that starts in Iceclad Ocean. It could be used by melees to pull from a short range even when they have run out of arrows (it’s not monk-usable, though). Note that the range is very short, so its usefulness for pulling is limited.

6. Coldain Ring quests https://wiki.project1999.com/Coldain_Ring_Quests
Ring 8 is a great instant clicky junk buff. https://wiki.project1999.com/Velium_Coldain_Insignia_Ring
Ring 9 is much harder, but even better. https://wiki.project1999.com/Coldain_Hero%27s_Insignia_Ring
Ring 10 is a grand achievement. https://wiki.project1999.com/Ring_of_Dain_Frostreaver_IV

7. Runed Coldain Prayer Shawl https://wiki.project1999.com/Coldain_Prayer_Shawl_Quests
Very long quest involving most tradeskills that rewards a +1 mana regen shawl. https://wiki.project1999.com/Runed_Coldain_Prayer_Shawl

8. The Spirit of Garzicor https://wiki.project1999.com/The_Spirit_of_Garzicor
Another very long quest that requires a ton of blacksmithing.
2-hander reward: https://wiki.project1999.com/Ethereal_Bladed_Naginata
Priest/monk reward: https://wiki.project1999.com/Sanctum_Guardian%27s_Earring
Caster reward: https://wiki.project1999.com/Pitted_Iron_Ring

[Videri]

hope this helps

[Jibartik]

New armor textures were just the canary in the coal mine for luclin models

[mycoolrausch]

When they made the mobs and environments more challenging in velious they forgot to increase the XP. Woopz! Great end game content though.

[Jimjam]

Imagine if they took Everfrost and the surrounding zones and stretched it over an entire continent, so there are dragons and giants (even gnolls and orcs and mammoths and spiders) but the barbarians are shorter.

[Videri]

I am nearly level 57 on my cleric. I have never had a level 60 in Everquest, ever, so endgame content is not my expertise. I have asked groupmates what are good zones for leveling. Usually I get Karnor's, Sebilis, Burning wood, and Hole. Why is Velious so ignored? I have not been there at all on P1999, and back on Live, I went there only once to Crystal Caverns.

What use is Velious?

Why don't many people seem to go there?

Was it like this on Live?

People definitely go to Velious - mostly for loot (raid and non).
Velious is not good for exp. The mobs have relatively more HP and AC than Old World and Kunark mobs. People gave you good tips on where to go for exp.
I don't know whether it was like this on Live.

[starkind]

Boring and inflated.

I guess it's ok for kiters to get some afk exp.

[strongNpretty]

Ignore half the server with BiS equipment who still choose to not go to velious cause "Mobs are harder"....

Go to Velious for adventure, challenge, fun. But definitely don't stay away from Velious cause "Mobs are harder".. That's a sad way to play this awesome fuckin game....

[Jimjam]

Ignore half the server with BiS equipment who still choose to not go to velious cause "Mobs are harder"....

Go to Velious for adventure, challenge, fun. But definitely don't stay away from Velious cause "Mobs are harder".. That's a sad way to play this awesome fuckin game....

But we gotta maximise our time efficiency in a game we’ve all been playing for over two decades!!

[strongNpretty]

But we gotta maximise our time efficiency in a game we’ve all been playing for over two decades!!

Haha JimmyJam.. Yep- That way of thinking is gross, and makes Norrath a shittier place..

When the server merge happens, lets just take all accounts created in 2009 and stick them into their own realm... Imagine that server- Just imagine it.....

[Worry]

Velious is great. But as others have said, not as "efficient" for leveling.

Crystal Caverns, Tower of Frozen Shadow and Velks are three of my favorite zones in the game though. You just have to bring your own group usually :|

[oldschoolguy]

Really great for druids, a lot of quadding zones in CS and WL.

As far as quests, some are just nightmarish... the prayer shawl, the 10ring. Clearly quests that are not meant to be done more than once. They really should make some of those trade skill stuff be tradable, right now it's a stupid chore no sane person wants to do.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Crystal Caverns Geos is a great spot for the level range. Great XP and money. They aren't that much harder than Vanilla/Kunark content, and you get great money to boot. My Shaman did that in his 40s.