New race = Kerrans New class = ... (confirmed)

[EZ_Spellbounder]

Beastmaster

From eq.castersrealm.com

HOT OFF THE PRESS!

In an interview with Gamespot, Verant have released further information on the upcoming expansion.
The new playable race will be Kerrans, and the new class Beastmasters.

No other major information was released in the interview, but there were two screenshots of the new engine.

You can read the interview in full here.

Submitted by Baelish, 7:29 PM


Link is here at Gamespot

Just one thing

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HELLO!!Edited by: Spellbounder at: 4/18/01 5:55:35 pm

[Yalum]

Oh dear, I'm going to have reevaluate my wardrobe. At least it doesn't look like any new slots are visible..

[EZ_Shintilly Lace]

is it me or does that look like you can see backpack straps!?!

[Koru]

Hm, looks to me like it's the leather straps connecting the breast piece with the back piece. They connect at the right place to be that at least.

[EZ_Squink McPoke]

Could be the straps showing from the bra that supports his man-boobs. That seems to be the current trend with new armor.

To be constructive to the post:

I truly hope that this isn't going to be such a load on my system that it is like Kunark was at first before I majorly upgraded my vid card. I won't buy a new computer just to play a game, tempting as it is.

Looks pretty nice, but it's only one of three screenshots. The other two seem to have much better lighting but don't impress me otherwise. Squink McPokeLevel 53 Halfling Rake
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Member of Arma Aquetatis on Lanys T`VylEdited by: Squink McPoke at: 4/19/01 3:02:24 am

[Yalum]

Well, you know they maxxed out all the detail settings and whatnot for the screenshot, but that's no where even close to coming from a Pentium 200 (the minimum requirement for Velious). Just a guess, but I'd expect the recommended config to be somewhere around a 500MHz processor and a 32Meg vid card.

[EZ_Malqanar]

Heh, plenty of time to Upgrade between now and the end of the year

Heck, I'm almost tempted to upgrade right now after playing Tribes 2

[EZ_Pharius Ravenslock]

soon we be be expected to all run on OCH3 lines and have 10 gigahertz comps with 1.2 gigabytes of ram and a 528 meg video card!

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[EZ_B00PY]

Beastlord, not Beastmaster...Class rumored to be playable by ogre, troll, and barbarian along with Kerran of course. ie (shamanistic races). Supposed to be a hybrid warrior/shaman with a 'heavy' reliance for pets.
Not quite sure how this will play into current pets. May cause a rift in class balance arguments from current pet classes. Who knows. But it and 25 new zones that is more like the kunark expansion rather than velious...Breath of fresh air


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[EZ_Throg Quakestomp]

It was said that the beastlord is a hybrid class with a heavy reliance on pets. It was also said that it was a leather class, somewhere in one of the interviews. I don't know about it being a shaman hybrid, it would be pretty overpowered to have a warrior/shaman hybrid along with what i'd imagine as necro-type pets. We'll have to wait and see. Anyone have an idea about the niche this class will have in the group?

[EZ_Ghost of Pretz]

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