Destiny of Velious
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Destiny of Velious is scheduled for release on February 22, 2011.
Announced at the 2010 SOE Fan Faire, the 7th expansion for EverQuest II takes place in the fabled continent of Velious.
Once thought lost in the cataclysms of the past, the ultimate fate of Velious had long been a mystery to the scholars and explorers of Norrath. Recently, however, the mighty creature known as Lodizal appeared in the Sinking Sands, with offers to transport the adventurers of Norrath to the frozen continent, under the direction of the ocean god Prexus himself. Adventurers must travel to the rediscovered land, embarking on an epic adventure while exploring places and facing enemies spoken about in legend. Only the mightiest of adventurers will prevail in this hostile and perilous land, as they make their way to challenge what could be the greatest threat Norrath has ever known. [1]
PATCH NOTES: See GU59 for the full patch notes for this game update and expansion.
ZAM Reviews
- Destiny of Velious NDA Lifted (expansion overview)
- Exclusive Destiny of Velious Screenshots!
- Destiny of Velious - Public Quests
- The Friendly Faces of Velious
- Destiny of Velious - Flying Mounts
Related Content
- Game Update 59 (Destiny of Velious original release)
- Game Update 60 (Fortress of Drunder; tradeskilling in Eastern Wastes and Fortress of Drunder)
- Fae and Arasai Flight
- Freeblood Flight
- Game Update 61 (Plane of War)
- Game Update 63 (Withered Lands and Skyshrine; tradeskilling in Withered Lands; level cap raised to 92)
- Game Update 66 (Cobalt Scar and Siren's Grotto; tradeskilling in Siren's Grotto)
Welcome to Velious!
Lodizal in the Sinking Sands
Once you are in the Great Divide, adventurers will be welcomed by the othmir of Fina's Retreat, who will guide them to begin their way through the Great Divide Quest Series. Crafters will be called upon by the Far Seas Supply Division to begin the Destiny of Velious Tradeskill Quests.
Those players excited to take flight will be interested in seeking out the Goahmari Village to begin their way through the Flying Mount Quest Series.
City tasks and other quests can be found in the Coldain city of Thurgadin. See: Destiny of Velious City Tasks
Harvesting in Velious
It's important to note that Velious has no regular resource nodes, and therefore no regular harvesting. There are four specialty nodes in Velious to provide special resources for Velious crafting: two fishing nodes and two nodes only found in the highest reaches of Great Divide. These require a 400 in your harvesting skills.
Portal Paintings
- Destiny of Velious: Velious Portal Pack - a single-use container that contains
- Otter's Rest: "Stare into the Painting" to be transported to Fina's Retreat in Great Divide.
- The Eternal Battle: "Stare into the Painting" to be transported to Ring War Battlefield in Great Divide.
- Victory of the Dain: "Stare into the Painting" to be transported to Frostreaver Monolith in Thurgadin.
- Withering Forest: "Stare into the Painting" to be transported to Wakening Lands in Eastern Wastes.
Videos
ZAM Videos
Along with our Flying Mount videos, we also have two other sneak peeks of Velious!
The Walk of Glory
The Walk of Glory and entrance to Kael Drakkel in the Eastern Wastes.
Nipik's Haven
Nipik's Haven in the Eastern Wastes.
SOE Art Video
EQII character artist Christopher Atkins provides a first-hand look at character creation as he walks viewers through the construction of Lord Yelinak.
Fan Faire Video
Pre-Order Video
This trailer gives you a taste of what's coming in the next EverQuest II expansion.
Screenshots and Concept Art
Aside from the Fan Faire Velious Gallery, SOE released more public images with the announcements of the expansion pre-orders. Click any of the pictures below to enlarge them! [2]
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Pre-Orders
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- Details on the various Destiny of Velious purchase options can be found at http://everquest2.com/get_the_game/dov.
- The edition for Fan Faire attendees is presumed to be the Standard Digital Version, but has not officially been mentioned yet (as of January 18, 2011).
- International players will be able to purchase via the Station Marketplace, both Collector's and Standard editions. In fact, Collector's edition is digital only. [3]
- The only difference between the digital versions and the retail version is that the retail version will come with a cloak, and the digital version will come with a pet. [4]
Retail Box
Destiny of Velious retail box.
It includes:
- Standard of the Dain Cloak - Animated glowing hammer cloak (Retail Box Only)
- Four Different Velious Portal Paintings - Paintings with teleportation powers
- 30-day subscription for new accounts
Digital Standard Edition
Available for $39.99. Click here to pre-order the Digital Standard Edition.
It includes:
- Loyal Snow Hound - Digital Pre-Order Exclusive
- Four Different Velious Portal Paintings
- Free 30-day subscription for new accounts
Digital Collector's Edition
Station Exclusive - Available only until 2/21/11 for only $59.99. On February 22, 2011 the Digital Collector's Edition price will increase to $89.99.
Click here to pre-order the Digital Collector's Edition.
It includes:
- Loyal Snow Hound - Siberian Husky Puppy
- Four Different Velious Portal Paintings - Paintings with teleportation powers
- Tserrina's Wedding Present - Tower of Frozen Shadows house item with special ability (Collector's Edition Only)
- has the same buff as The Spear of Sentries, the deity prelude award for Marr. It is house placeable only (not guildhall), but has no recharge time, and can be used by anybody who visits the house. [5]
- Cryomantic Armor Crate - Magical ice appearance armor (Collector's Edition Only)
- Everfrost Summer Home - Menagerie Prestige Home (Collector's Edition Only)
- Stormfeather Brood Guardian - Alternate griffon mount (Collector's Edition Only)
- This mount, called Stormfeather's Brood Guardian, is available exclusively with purchase of the Destiny of Velious Digital Collector's Edition pre-order. This is a full mount (contrary to some prior confusion that this was only a mount appearance). Players still need to complete the in-game quest to earn the ability to fly, but will then have this gryphon as another option for flying over Norrath. [6]
- Free 30-day subscription for new accounts
Box Hype
The latest addition to the monumental MMORPG franchise, EverQuest® II Destiny of Velious presents an unmatched all-in-one compilation pack loaded with the groundbreaking EQII base game, seven thrilling expansions and three exciting adventure packs. New and veteran players are transported to the legendary Great Wastes of Velious, where towering dungeons, dangerous beasts and epic storylines provide the ultimate MMO experience. EverQuest II Destiny of Velious launches its adventures into the sky delivering impressive new features and gameplay, including flying mounts. Following the events of Sentinel's Fate, the twin Swords of Destiny, Soulfire and the Qeynos Claymore, have been drained of their powers, setting the stage for the destruction of the EverQuest universe. The prophecy known as Age's End begins to unfold in the legendary continent of Velious and it is here where the war for Norrath will arise. For there to be any chance to save Norrath, the Swords of Destiny must be restored. Norrath's guardians who undertake this burden will be tested by labyrinthine dungeons, the harsh Velious tundra and powerful creatures. To succeed would mean ultimate glory. To fail would mean annihilation. [7]
- Standard of the Dain Cloak - Animated glowing hammer cloak
- Four Different Velious Portal Paintings - Paintings with teleportaion powers
- 30-day subscription for new accounts
- Flying mounts - Soar high above Norrath and explore EQII like never before
- More than 1,000 new weapons and items - Customize your character and in-game home in thousands of ways
- Over 300 new quests - Follow the EQII storyline through the fabled lands of Velious
- Ten instanced dungeons - Crawl your way through 10 dangerous dungeons
- Four new Heritage Quests - Live the legacy of the EverQuest franchise and gain memorable rewards
- One massive contested dungeon - Good or evil, be the first to conquer the all-new contested dungeon
- Two overland zones - Journey into incredible unknown lands
- Four raid instances - Group up with 12-24 man raids for desirable loot
- A new Signature Quest line - Immerse yourself in EQII lore and get the goods
- Over 30 new creatures - Battle dangerous and fantastical enemies
- More than 100 new armor sets - Gear up in powerful armor sets
Velious Winter Rewards
EQ2 Live and EQ2X Gold and Platinum accounts in good standing on December 14, 2010 will qualify for the first two items. Meeting the same qualifications on January 17, 2011 will earn you the second set of rewards. The final set of rewards will be awarded to players who met the December and January requirements and order the Destiny of Velious expansion pack by December 31, 2011.
The fine print reads: "EverQuest II Live subscribers and EverQuest II Extended Gold and Platinum members with accounts in good standing are eligible for rewards. If qualified to receive the third and final reward, EverQuest II Destiny of Velious expansion pack must be activated on or before December 31, 2011." [8]
Tiffany "Amnerys" Spence added later that "to the best of my understanding, if someone subscribes and cancels as you described, they should still be eligible for the rewards. You do have to meet the qualification that you received both the Dec and Jan rewards in order to get the Feb rewards though, [...] and purchase the expansion before the end of 2011." [9]
She also added that "you do not have to have pre-ordered the expansion before launch. You only have to meet the stated qualifiers (active subscription in good standing on the stated dates) and purchast the expansion before the end of 2011...not the end of 2010." [10]
Press Release
| What: | The latest addition to the monumental MMORPG franchise, EverQuest® II Destiny of VeliousTM presents an unmatched all-in-one compilation pack loaded with the groundbreaking EQII base game, seven thrilling expansions and three exciting adventure packs. New and veteran players are transported to the legendary Great Wastes of Velious, where towering dungeons, dangerous beasts and epic storylines provide the ultimate MMO experience. EverQuest II Destiny of Velious launches its adventures into the sky delivering impressive new features and gameplay, including flying mounts. |
| EverQuest II Destiny of Velious Storyline: | Following the events of Sentinel's Fate (tm), the twin Swords of Destiny, Soulfire and the Qeynos Claymore, have been drained of their powers, setting the stage for the destruction of the EverQuest universe. The prophecy known as Age's End begins to unfold in the legendary continent of Velious and it is here where the war for Norrath will arise. For there to be any chance to save Norrath, the Swords of Destiny must be restored. Norrath's guardians who undertake this burden will be tested by labyrinthine dungeons, the harsh Velious tundra and powerful creatures including the God of War himself, Rallos Zek. To succeed would mean ultimate glory. To fail would mean annihilation |
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| WHEN: | The scheduled release date for EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious is February 22, 2011 |
System Specs
Information for system specifications was provided on EQ2 Players on 8/11/2010.
| Windows® XP with SP3, Pentium® 4 1.3 Ghz or greater, 512 MB RAM(1GB for Vista), DirectX 9 Compatible video card, Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64MB of texture memory, DirectSound compatible audio hardware, 56k Internet Connection, 16x DVD-Rom, 14GB Hard Drive Space. | Windows® XP/Vista/Windows 7, Intel(TM® Core 2 2.4Ghz or greater, 2 GB RAM(XP) 4GB (Vista / Windows 7), DirectX 9 Compatible video card, NVIDIA® 8800GTS / ATI 3850 Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 512MB of texture memory or greater, DirectSound compatible audio hardware, Broadband Internet Connection, 16x DVD-ROM, 14GB Hard Drive Space. |
The closed beta for Destiny of Velious opened for registration on December 22, 2010. The beta testing period started January 5, 2010 . The original announcement for beta registration, along with the sign-up link, are available on the SOE EQII forums.
The original release date for Destiny of Velious was scheduled for 2/8/2011, but a two week delay pushed it to 2/22/2011. [11]
See also: Destiny of Velious Prelude
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- ^ Lore from an article on EQ2 Players
- ^ Destiny of Velious features & screenshots page
- ^ Amnerys, January 18, 2011 on the official forums.
- ^ Amnerys, January 18, 2011 on the official forums.
- ^ Amnerys on theOfficial Forums
- ^ Flying Mounts Announcement on EQ2 Players
- ^ from GameStop.com, January 15, 2011
- ^ Velious Winter Rewards announcement on the EQII Players website
- ^ Response on subscription qualifications for the Velious Winter Rewards on the SOE forums.
- ^ Response on expansion purchase qualifications for the Velious Winter Rewards on the SOE forums.
- ^ Smokejumper announcing release date change on 1/13/2011
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