eq1 kunark was the last great. great. great expansion. velious was great but. it wasny kunark great. yea.. the planes of power was very convienent, it was good, it was quite fair, but as soon as that first pirate themed DLC released... it was clear.. there was no going back. alll down hill. first example.... the very first velious raid I entered..... every room, every hallway, every room was so huge and wide. Remember raiding solosek A in eq1 ? the dungeons were so small and organic, ogres needed shrink postions just to get in.... the quality of dungeon went sstraight down after kunark. remember guk? it was a huuge maze of tiny tiny spaces. all eq1 dungeons were.. they were master pieces.
Glad to see you are back, i found your videos and ended up on Quarm to give Everquest a shot. I used to watch my dad play when I was little, and your videos remind of of those times. Really loved your series on your bard, hope to see more content in the future!
@@F_POV That's where EQ ended for many of us even if we kept playing. You defeat all the gods, including of time. Then GoD was somehow released, tuned for 70s, those AAs, gear instead of Omens. What a cluster fuck. -Overrated, Horribad.
Always love ion blaze videos. This one was awesome. Quick minor edit, I believe (I might be wrong but mainly play ench, so I think I’m correct) Tash and Malo can be resisted but it’s very very hard to resist. Great video and with my work schedule changing, can’t wait to play on Teek
Look at those mage pets go! Angeliana said the tower “runs through” the end of the year. When I asked if that meant whether it would 1) go away completely, 2) only be available during the anniversary period, or 3) still be there but no new missions, she said I was an idiot for asking 🤷♂️ I suspect #1 and that it won’t be a thing in the future but 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Some corrections: - rangers had weaponshield in kunark. - there are no new discs for SKs, when you said tanks get new DPS disciplines, I think for SK you're referring to Unholy Aura, but we've had that since kunark. don't know about warrior and paladin - Tower gear is already beginning to be replaced (mainly by tanks) in velious, and in Luclin focus effects become active and mana pres 3, improved damage 3, burning afflication 3, etc... are all better than just the raw stats from tower gear. Tower gear should start being replaced by *everyone* in Luclin in favor of focus effects, and by planes of power and beyond the charm is the only piece that is still worth using. even the upgraded level 65 tower mask, earrings, rings, necklace, shawl, cloak, are all bad compared to pop gear
There's an overpowered two-handed sword comes off of the queen in Crystal caverns also. my shadow Knight ran with that for at least 10 levels, maybe more
Im new to everquest and just leveled my first character as a shadowknight. I just hit 60 tonight and got all the towergear. Appreciate the video as i know next to nothing about velious except that people say the bots are going to "own velks", whatever that is 😂
There is so much about the original that the TLP server can never truly get, like the first time a lowbie zoned into Qeynos Hills on Halloween night and saw giant skeletons and other type of undead for the first time, hearing about high level characters getting destroyed in Kithicor and knowing most of them were aholes. Everquest 2 has released the origin server and that manages to capture the magic EQ 2 original has more than the TLP sadly
Stormfeather camping for haste clicky, EB items (lol, with your Focus Effects, AAs), The Pirate ranged weapon that procs Shadowstep essentially, useful that. Get those beads, before they end up in Luclin's Casino.
@@nathans1787 I'm not sure but yeah those might get added. I don't think there'll be many people though unfortunately. They should get added earlier tbh
No mention of the armor of distraction? Nature's defender? Guardian's robe? SCHWs? 10 slot tool boxes? Lodizal drops? Maybe the TLPs don't need this classic bling...
(sigh) I still want to play the original EverQuest (most recent edition of course.....put mildly...) & to do so as a Barbarian, Cleric, Rogue & WIZARD. 😅
Should try out project quarm if you haven't! Goes to Planes of Power and is just in Kunark right now. No bots and cheating... if there is cheating they will get banned unlike on live servers. No tower mode either. Also it has instanced raids and less time on mob timers. It is good for players that value time
@@icemage21k they are not great for anyone. They trivialize the game, and make progression and character upgrades pointless, for several expansions. It won't be until Omens / DODH where gear is substantially better. So like, no reason to log in for the next year or so, unless you only want to farm KR.
Tower made me stop playing. A server focused on loot where you just get a bunch of PoP gear right of the bat making a bunch of loot obselete.. fuck it lol
Should try out project quarm if you haven't. Goes to PoP but doesn't have that tower crap or any bots and cheating... well there will be some cheating everywhere but they actively look for it and ban people for it
Bit better then POP gear, usually. closer to gates.. kinda in between gates and pop. It's pretty dumb, on this server you 60 in 2 weeks, and bis by week 3, no point in logging in.
some of the QOL for TLP's is quite nice, and some of it is way overboard.. tower gear is fucking dumb. exp potions i can understand, distillates i can appreciate, but that tower gear is so stupid.
Playing on teek is pointless... tower gear ruined the whole server. It's fucking dumb. And i would not count on many / any bot armies in Siren's Grotto, it's simply not worth the squeeze at 170k KR price. On oakwynd we started Velious with ~ 25k krono. Very little reason to play on Teek. Maybe in DODH era... Had a level 60 shaman in first 2 weeks on teek in full tower gear and all BiS, have not logged in, in 6 weeks since then. Went back home, to Oakwynd, where I raid with a guild, and we are mostly past Tower gear (not quite, still bis for boxes and alts)... people on Teek are toxic as fuck, now that im accustomed to FTE i never want to play without it. The current price of KR on Teek, makes the oakwynd plat dupe look tame.
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Velious, the expansion of "oh thank god we're done with kunark!" WOOOHOOOO
@@varietyvoid it's a nice relief for sure
Ion, Welcome back. More content please!
@@sweetyd thank you! Yeah more videos for sure
You forgot one of the most important changes Velious brings...BEAR FORM!
Shaman can become a bear, and Barbarians become Polar bears!
@@Smullik oh my bad haha. Those illusions are sweet!
eq1 kunark was the last great. great. great expansion.
velious was great but. it wasny kunark great. yea.. the planes of power was very convienent, it was good, it was quite fair, but as soon as that first pirate themed DLC released... it was clear.. there was no going back. alll down hill.
first example.... the very first velious raid I entered..... every room, every hallway, every room was so huge and wide.
Remember raiding solosek A in eq1 ? the dungeons were so small and organic, ogres needed shrink postions just to get in....
the quality of dungeon went sstraight down after kunark.
remember guk? it was a huuge maze of tiny tiny spaces. all eq1 dungeons were.. they were master pieces.
you're right, I've never to this day seen any dungeon design quite like something like Guk, in other MMOs. It's never been replicated.
@@RobCardIV oh yeah definitely. There was a lot of attention given to all those earliest dungeons.
@@killval849for sure, most mmorpgs have been theme park dungeons... point a to b and a port out. Seb was also a masterpiece.
Glad to see you are back, i found your videos and ended up on Quarm to give Everquest a shot. I used to watch my dad play when I was little, and your videos remind of of those times. Really loved your series on your bard, hope to see more content in the future!
@@F_POV thank you so much. We got a similar background. I got into it cause my dad lol
@@F_POV That's where EQ ended for many of us even if we kept playing. You defeat all the gods, including of time. Then GoD was somehow released, tuned for 70s, those AAs, gear instead of Omens. What a cluster fuck. -Overrated, Horribad.
Ranger's already have weaponshield in Kunark. edit* also the cleric clicky heal legs are a must-have item.
@@siah7590 oh lol my bad. Thanks for catching that
Could you please do a video on the raids for this xpac? Just literally talk about all the stuff you know about them haha…great content!
@@deebsly I do have some old old videos showing them but they're all simple. They're just tank & spanks before the aoes kill everyone
Always love ion blaze videos. This one was awesome. Quick minor edit, I believe (I might be wrong but mainly play ench, so I think I’m correct) Tash and Malo can be resisted but it’s very very hard to resist. Great video and with my work schedule changing, can’t wait to play on Teek
@@ehliaskarim1520 thank you man. I hope you see you around
HE'S BACK
@@Truecaveman1999 haha definitely. Thank you
Thank you for the great video! I didn’t actually explore Velious much back in the day, so I’m looking forward to seeing it on Teek!
@@nathans1787 oh thank you. Yeah should be a good time for awhilr
Awesome video, as always!
@@astockalypse7500 thank you man! Might get some FFR rate drop next month
Bro, you gotta get a custom EQ tie. There are companies that make ties with whatever designs you want. Do it.
@@kurticusmaximus oh never thought of that! I was looking at the swag store but that's a good idea
Great timing on the video release, much appreciated, always solid content per usual.
Thank you man. I watch everything you put out. I love your stuff
@@IonBlaze1 Oh so you're the one fan I have, nice, thank you!
glad to see your still around:
as to the velious teeth you can get a TL to CS a from a wizard at level 5, no need to run.
@@mortenhundevad oh yeah I forgot about that. Thank you for catching it
Look at those mage pets go!
Angeliana said the tower “runs through” the end of the year. When I asked if that meant whether it would 1) go away completely, 2) only be available during the anniversary period, or 3) still be there but no new missions, she said I was an idiot for asking 🤷♂️
I suspect #1 and that it won’t be a thing in the future but 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@Aethplayseverquest yeah it remains to be seen what will happen with tower. Thank you for the mage idea
" she said I was an idiot for asking"🙄
Knowing the person from the Discord I can believe them saying this.
Some corrections:
- rangers had weaponshield in kunark.
- there are no new discs for SKs, when you said tanks get new DPS disciplines, I think for SK you're referring to Unholy Aura, but we've had that since kunark. don't know about warrior and paladin
- Tower gear is already beginning to be replaced (mainly by tanks) in velious, and in Luclin focus effects become active and mana pres 3, improved damage 3, burning afflication 3, etc... are all better than just the raw stats from tower gear. Tower gear should start being replaced by *everyone* in Luclin in favor of focus effects, and by planes of power and beyond the charm is the only piece that is still worth using. even the upgraded level 65 tower mask, earrings, rings, necklace, shawl, cloak, are all bad compared to pop gear
This is soooo helpful. Thank you!
@@opiate05 no problem! Thank you so much for watching
There's an overpowered two-handed sword comes off of the queen in Crystal caverns also. my shadow Knight ran with that for at least 10 levels, maybe more
Im new to everquest and just leveled my first character as a shadowknight. I just hit 60 tonight and got all the towergear. Appreciate the video as i know next to nothing about velious except that people say the bots are going to "own velks", whatever that is 😂
@@Jeremy-83 oh wow! I hope you're enjoying the game. Yeah velious is mostly about raiding. It'll finally be some new stuffs
no reason to goto velks, your already 60, there is no aa, and there are no loot upgrades there. may as well not bother logging in.
Grats on 60!!!
@@mikeweatherford5312 Or just make alts.
PVE servers are so boring 😊
There is so much about the original that the TLP server can never truly get, like the first time a lowbie zoned into Qeynos Hills on Halloween night and saw giant skeletons and other type of undead for the first time, hearing about high level characters getting destroyed in Kithicor and knowing most of them were aholes. Everquest 2 has released the origin server and that manages to capture the magic EQ 2 original has more than the TLP sadly
I actually just ported into Cobalt Scar with my Druid - didn't get him a key or anything, just bought the spell
Stormfeather camping for haste clicky, EB items (lol, with your Focus Effects, AAs), The Pirate ranged weapon that procs Shadowstep essentially, useful that. Get those beads, before they end up in Luclin's Casino.
@@garrett3117 oh for sure. Those are some other great items. I always went for a lodi shield
Oh! The Warrens and Stonebrunt Mountains will be coming out with Velious, right? Those are pretty good low-level leveling zones, as I recall.
@@nathans1787 I'm not sure but yeah those might get added. I don't think there'll be many people though unfortunately. They should get added earlier tbh
I just found these videos yesterday. I've been inspired to come back and play Ranger. What's the difference between Green and Blue server?
Are you going to be playing Pantheon early access?
Tower gear, why would they include that in classic servers? 😔
It sold the new expansion. There is a non fixed exploit where you use a level 2 mage to gear your mains.
@@joemac84 25th anniversary. It makes sense to add some extra stuff to do on Tlps but the gear was overtuned
No mention of the armor of distraction? Nature's defender? Guardian's robe? SCHWs? 10 slot tool boxes? Lodizal drops? Maybe the TLPs don't need this classic bling...
@@kingfisherb90 all those are great items for sure. Teek is such a loot pinata that vulak gear might be selling very cheap towards the end though
@@IonBlaze1 wild, yes I agree the meta will be very different
Crush>Unrest>MM>CoM>Karnors is my leveling route
@@maxpower2511 mistmoore is pretty brutal but I like that route
@@IonBlaze1 Yeah MM can be bad but if you get a good CE group, the experience and loot is great!
Does not seem to be a tooth requirement for ports in Velious on Teek
Ayonic where are you playing these days?
Woooowooo!
@@KM-ql7kv thank you for watching :)
what is the name of the AOE manasong?
@@phenolicresinoid ancient lceas. It only drops off of vulak raid afaik. Next expansion gives a version you can buy from vendors at lvl 55
Forget about Puretone for bards?
@@ryanbachman8359 oh thanks for catching that. Yeah that's added
(sigh) I still want to play the original EverQuest (most recent edition of course.....put mildly...) & to do so as a Barbarian, Cleric, Rogue & WIZARD. 😅
Pretty sure Holgresh elder beads don’t drop on TLPs
@@ScareWRLD yeah not 100% sure about dropped. I know you can in the luclin casino though for sure
how to get geared, do tower quests :D
@@louielazzarini that's basically it lol. Yeah tower for no visible & raid drops for visible
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@@El_nino-44 thank you for watching :)
Whats TLP?
45 Warrior lfg on Teek ;)
lol 2 days since my last comment, KR up to 230k now +50k in 2 days. RIP teek. 10x oakwynd price in era. At this rate will be 2 million by luclin
while the idiot farmers are in sirens grotto farming gem just go to the geo caves in wakening lands or crystal caverns where it's 2x as good hehe
@ 170k krono, no bot crew is going to give a shit about SG gems. That's on a normal TLP when KR price is usually 25-35k right now. Not 170k
@@willbo-baggins botters gotta bot. They use lvl 1s & push them out of bounds to spawn picks if I remember right
Tower quests were the reason I cancelled after a month at launch. Disgusting out of era items.
Well they are great for new casual and non raiding players
Should try out project quarm if you haven't! Goes to Planes of Power and is just in Kunark right now. No bots and cheating... if there is cheating they will get banned unlike on live servers. No tower mode either. Also it has instanced raids and less time on mob timers. It is good for players that value time
@@gavcarl yeah super strong. I wish they toned it down a bit
@@icemage21k they are not great for anyone. They trivialize the game, and make progression and character upgrades pointless, for several expansions. It won't be until Omens / DODH where gear is substantially better. So like, no reason to log in for the next year or so, unless you only want to farm KR.
Tower made me stop playing. A server focused on loot where you just get a bunch of PoP gear right of the bat making a bunch of loot obselete.. fuck it lol
Should try out project quarm if you haven't. Goes to PoP but doesn't have that tower crap or any bots and cheating... well there will be some cheating everywhere but they actively look for it and ban people for it
@@kevincaron1790 yeah it definitely changed a lot about EQ. I didn't necessarily like it much either but is what it is
Bit better then POP gear, usually. closer to gates.. kinda in between gates and pop. It's pretty dumb, on this server you 60 in 2 weeks, and bis by week 3, no point in logging in.
Oooorrrr go play on Project 1999 where its up through Velious, free, and just infinitely better than daybreak TLP slop.
Or project quarm!
some of the QOL for TLP's is quite nice, and some of it is way overboard.. tower gear is fucking dumb. exp potions i can understand, distillates i can appreciate, but that tower gear is so stupid.
@@boltz8609 eh I love all the different versions of EQ. I'm glad there's options
How dare you suggest that rangers are tanks........shameful.
getting quite fat, cut down on the carbs
@@malcomflibbleghast8140 but the carbs love me bro! I can't say no! Aldis is selling an everything bagel chip
@@IonBlaze1 try the 100% anchovie diet......kills wrinkles, waste line and sex appeal /////fishbreathtymez
Playing on teek is pointless... tower gear ruined the whole server. It's fucking dumb. And i would not count on many / any bot armies in Siren's Grotto, it's simply not worth the squeeze at 170k KR price. On oakwynd we started Velious with ~ 25k krono. Very little reason to play on Teek. Maybe in DODH era... Had a level 60 shaman in first 2 weeks on teek in full tower gear and all BiS, have not logged in, in 6 weeks since then. Went back home, to Oakwynd, where I raid with a guild, and we are mostly past Tower gear (not quite, still bis for boxes and alts)... people on Teek are toxic as fuck, now that im accustomed to FTE i never want to play without it. The current price of KR on Teek, makes the oakwynd plat dupe look tame.