Feldon A tip of the hat to Rixan of Antonia Bayle for bringing this to our attention. After hearing that there might or might not be an eight year vet reward at Fan Faire, it looks like we are getting a doozy of a set.
We’re talking a once-every-24-hours group resurrect (20% health and power), a 150% flying disc mount, a 110% XP potion, and an equippable illusion that adds a green glow around your eyes. You also get a “the Veteran” player title.
UPDATE: According to several sources, players will get a choice of several different 150% flying disc mounts. These are true flying mounts.
In-game item links if you want to check them out:
\aITEM 272055976 -771844514:Elemental Disc of Flame\/a – 150% speed flying mount
\aITEM 2075529796 123745388:Veteran Revival\/a – Rezzes group w/ 20% health and power – 10s casting time and 1 day reuse timer.
\aITEM 835506414 1725447049:Vision of the Thullosian\/a – Makes your eyes glow with green color
\aITEM 1036108679 297241924:Draft of the Wise\/a – 110% XP pot 1hr
Thanks to Kin for links to 2 of the other mounts:
\aITEM -89135461 804495077:Elemental Disc of Water\/a
\aITEM 1253672097 -1612317473:Elemental Disc of Earth\/a
On AB someone also linked an Air and Water disc, so there’s probably a choice.
I didn’t have logging enabled so I can’t get you a link.
from what I was seeing yesterday there is going to be a choice of 4 different elemental disks, not just the flame one you have posted here.
Does somebody already have these? If not, where did this info originate?
Kind of moot for me.
The chances that I will playing this game in June 2016 are pretty remote.
when do we get them? not in my claim window yet.
Pretty nice for $1440.00.
The group rez should come in handy, though I’m warden so i don’t need it on my main. My alts, however…
another spike in the coffin for Dirges.
Don’t you find it noteworthy that the potion adds 110% to all kinds of experience? If i’m remembering correctly normal potions just add adventurer exp.
So with 100% aa transversion you’ll end up with more than triple aa.
Qamar,
All XP potions have given all 3 types of XP for about a year now.
Oops, my bad.
Good to know 😉
lol, at a spike in the coffin for dirges. 🙂 I don’t think you will have to worry to much as it can only be used once a day. 🙂 Overall they look ok. Will be interesting to see when they come out. I am guessing they just ran out of time to do anything else but stick with the old system for vet rewards, which does not bother me at all. 🙂 I won’t complain to have another mount for my collection. lol. My baby beastlord will enjoy having a flying mount, lol
Aren’t the gryphons 200% flying speed? So the 8-year vet reward will actually be worse than the already existing, easily-quested version?
So, basically, for being a customer for 8 years you get an appearance mount, a near-useless rez (seriously, how many classes already have a rez that is better than 20%?), XP pots that are equivalent to what is already available, and an illusion that can only be used in lieu of an appearance helm. WOW!! It’s like I hit the lottery!
150%. You’re thinking of Leapers which can briefly fly at 200% speed.
I don’t know how many classes get a group-rez-from-death. Not every priest gets that as an AA choice.
Oh is it actually a group rez from death? I didn’t see that in the description, I know on my templar/inq it’s clearly stated on the spell description that it’s from death. I’m curious.
I don’t think it is on death and it takes 10 seconds to cast. This looks like a daily greater redemption of failure relic – probably useful to bring up the dead on wipes unless it can be used without being equipped.
It doesn’t appear to be from-death. It feels like a: “I’m the only one that survived and I’m a SK that FD’d knowing I was the only one left… its cool, I can use this thing to rez everyone because my healer guy didn’t cast his spirit/feather thing to the group” — Or some other complicated scenario that would take a lot longer to explain 🙂 That happens to me here and there, to save a run back to where you were – sounds like a fun trinket to me.
And my question about the disc, would be do you need to be flight unlocked (do the quest for a griffin) to use it. Be nice for insta-flight for alts.
“would be do you need to be flight unlocked (do the quest for a griffin) to use it. Be nice for insta-flight for alt”
don’t think you need flight unlocked, the only stipulation on it is to be level 85.
Huzzah and yippee-ki-ay! We’re seven!
The EverQuest franchise is near and dear to our hearts here at SOE and we really appreciate all of you that have also grown to love Norrath over the years.
As a small token of our appreciation, and to tie in with the “Freeport Reborn” game update coming up soon, there is a zero cost item in the marketplace for you. It’s a statue of Lucan D’Lere suitable for your guild hall or home (and it’s a twin for the Antonia one coming out next summer when we do the Qeynos revamp). For a limited time, we’re giving it away free of charge, so get it while the gettin’s good!
Additionally, the new “eight-year” veteran reward is now available also, so those of you that have been with us the longest will start earning those rewards as you hit your own eight-year mark. *
The new eight-year veteran reward contains the following items:
“Veteran Revival” : A spell that allows you to rez yourself or a friend once per day.
You choice of an elemental hover disc mount (flyable if you are 85 or above, ground mount otherwise).
“Vision of the Thulosian” : A green particle effect on your eyes, like the Thulosians have in the Moors of Ykesha.
Six XP potions (+110% xp, 1-hour duration (go alts go!)
A new title: “The Veteran”
So, Happy Birthday everyone! We’ll keep working hard on the game, and you…well…you just relax and enjoy, please.
(There’s lots of announcements coming your way soon that have nothing to do with our birthday. Stay tuned!)
— SJ.
Nope not a group rez…
Wurm, the screenshot and the item link says otherwise. It simply says “targeted group”. However, SmokeJumper is probably wording it wrong in his announcement or it may have been changed internally already.