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The begining of the end for EQ

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This expansion to EQ was the expansion that really turned the game into a gamer addict paradise now you could spend 15 hours raiding dragon necropolis of sirens groto and not have a dam thing to show for it but screen shots.

If you are thinking about buying this now. Your to late look into another game like World of Warcraft or Warhammer coming in 2007.

EQ: Scars of Velious: An unequalled high point

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Note: This review is ONLY about the "Scars of Velious" add-on to Everquest, and not the game itself.

"Scars of Velious" (referred to as SoV or simply "Velious") is an Everquest expansion for levels 27-65. Unlike other expansions, it does not introduce a new race, a new class, raise the level cap or introduce a lot of special new abilities (although it does introduce a few for melees). Instead, its focus was on content.

Specifically, it covers the frozen lost continent of Velious, home to a race of shipwrecked dwarves from Faydwer (in the original Everquest), trying to survive when faced by hostile giants and ancient dragons. The struggle between these three forces defines the expansion -- if you spend more than an hour here, you're more or less forced to choose sides, and who you fight determines how the other sides view you, which in turn closes off some content and opens up other content, as you become part of the battle for the future of this continent.

The epitome of this struggle are two parallel quests for melees and spellcasters given out by the Coldain dwarves. Each is a multistage quest, and involves you proving your loyalty to the Coldain in their war against the giants. At first, the tasks they assign you are mundane -- deliver this axe to be sharpened, keep my nephew the "great hunter" out of trouble, go deliver some food to the captain of the guard -- but they culminate in skirmishes and even a full fledged war that totally redoes one zone for several hours in a pitched battle (lead by the players) between the giants and dwarves.

Even for players not interested in this content (the ring war in the Great Divide is a high level raid), the expansion offers the best dungeons in EverQuest, amazing new cities, two new planes, high level spells, and a greater concentration of dragons than any other expansion in the game.

While much of EverQuest can, at times, feel like a fantasy version of Quake, Velious lives up to the promise of an online roleplaying game that immerses players in another place and time. Featuring landscapes so chilly, you find yourself putting on a sweater, terrifying enemies, and great acts of heroism, "Scars of Velious" is the peak of the EverQuest experience.

This expansion receives my strongest possible recommendation to all EverQuest players with characters level 27 and up.

Required

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As I posted on the Shadows of Luclin expansion, you must have this expansion to REALLY go anywhere in the game, however if you aren't sure about the game, you shouldn't buy anything beyond the Ruins of Kunark untill you are sure that you can become a serious EverQuest palayer and dedicate your time to the game.

I LOVE EVERQUEST!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: August 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Everquest is the most amazing game ever. It allows you to experience an amazing fictional world where your imagination can run wild. It will also challenge you to plan strategy and definately keep you on your toes!!!! It is wonderful!

SoV

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: August 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This Game is awesome although I can say its very addicting I play alot my 55 war is soloing here like a mofo I am buying a 60 cleric and a 59 enc we can do anything

Sarahw 55th Warrior of Fennin ro and member of "Sacred Fyre"

Just visiting...If I venture far, I'll perish.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: July 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Everquest: Scars of Velious is the 2nd of 3 available expansions for the Everquest, Online Roleplaying game. The original game was released about three years, ago, and used the self-title, Everquest. Subsequent releases were Kunark, which added an Austrailian-like continent, populated by evil lizardmen. Scars of Velious adds an icy-wasteland, populated by dwarves, giants, and dragons. Those three races are at odds with one another. SoV is best for character that are about level 30 or above, on a 60-level, logarithmic scale. SoV is no longer sold, separately, except for this jewel-case version. Instead, it is sold as part of a...trilogy. The newest expansion, available, is Shadows of Luclin, which adds access to a moon, populated with cat-people, which originally were on the main planet, called Norrath, but were blasted into orbit, leaving a particularly dangerous area on Norrath, called The Hole, near the evil Erudite colony of Paineel. I've jumped into the Hole...and perished. I took the icebreaker to the shores of Velious, but all the critters were considered deadly, to my character. I teleported in, from Luclin, but was promptly slain by a giant. I'm simply completing the world...just in time to have it all swept worthless, by Everquest II, which is set some time in the future of the current land of Norrath. Rather, this copy is for a friend of mine, since I'm already registered...but I replaced my hard-drive, and haven't yet reloaded this place...to which I venture to my own peril.

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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i been playing everquest for a long time and sov is no better then the first or lulcin verant will still never allow you to make a dime spawns still never drop anything, it used to be fun when they would allow people to make a living but now nothing drops anymore ,or its all no drop you have to go [somewhere else] just to be able to get armor cause verant refeuses to let anybody make any plat or loot and when you do camp something youre sitting there for 10 hours in a group with 6 people and have to roll for it it would be a great game if they would just allow people to actually get armor and gear but they wont and the techinal staff [is bad] but thats just my oppinion of the game

Great Exp

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For everyone who has played everquest before, this place is cold! from dragons to dwarfs... icely! I played on sullon zek, and neutral owns it, its peaceful!

the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

EQ is the most fun you can have with a computer game. Patience and social skills required.

Each expansion has proved to be pretty darn cool.

EverQuest

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I would haft to say that EverQuest is the best game i was eve introduced to. Many of my friends play it so it never gets boring. Even though the game is 10.00 a month, it is worth. I would have to give Verent major Props on making this game. And on a scale i would give all the EvrQuest games a 10 out out of 10!

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