Everquest: The Scars of Velious
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
Developer: Verant Interactive
Category: Role-Playing
Release Dates
N Amer - 12/05/2000
Interviews
Author R.A. Salvatore talks about EQ, and the proposed
series of books founded in Norrath
“I'm strictly a wizard BOOM-BOOMer. I like the big, splashy, kill 'em dead spells.”
News
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Service available later in day
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New York Tims Bestselling Fantasy Author, R.A. Salvatore, to Produce
Series of EverQuest Novels
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Game pulls in wide range of players, from 9 years old to 78
Description
Before recorded time, Veeshan the great Crystalline Dragon marked Norrath by striking the continent of Velious with her foreclaw, and deposited her brood there to dwell. The legends of that time also tell that Veeshan blasted Velious with her breath, encasing it in eternal ice and creating a barrier of deadly ice flows and stormy weather. This marked the beginning of the Age of Scale. The Age of Scale lasted untold millennia. From the tidbits of information passed down, it is known that a group of dragons mastered magic and spellcasting during this era. Additionally, dragons of power and influence among their kind gathered together and formed a hereditary ruling council known as the Claws of Veeshan, who rule the dragons of Velious to this day. Few of Norraths inhabitants know more of this Age, and none that do would dare to speak. The end of the Age of Scale was marked by the Gods creation of the other races of Norrath. Many of Veeshans vainglorious brood perceived that they might rule over these lesser beings and left Velious. This splinter group became known as the Ring of Scale. Those dragons that remained upon Velious had little interest in temporal power, and were content to pass the millennia in homage to their goddess, and in quiet contemplation and the study of magics.
Hardware Requirements
The minimum requirements are: Windows® 95/98/00, a Pentium® 200 processor, 64 MB of RAM, Direct 3D or Glide compliant graphics accelerator card with 8 MB of video RAM, a DirectX 7.0a compatible sound card, 28.8k bps internet connection, 2X speed CD-ROM, and 600MB+ of hard drive space. Naturally, the recommended specs are a bit higher, including a Pentium® 350 or greater processor, 128 MB or RAM, 16 MB of video RAM, and a 4X speed CD-ROM.
