We’re in that last gasp of summer, with autumn on just a week or so away on the calendar, which is when the Norrath team at Daybreak generally starts talking about their next expansions. EverQuest II is the first out of the gate with the announcement of the Visions of Vetrovia expansion, the 18th for the title.
The 2021 Expansion
So at least we can assume for now that the Enad Global 7 purchase of Daybreak hasn’t broken the expansion stride for the Norrath crew.
While details are sparse so far, the Visions of Vetrovia will take us away from the lunar adventures on Luclin and send us on a seafaring adventure.
I find it a bit amusing that EverQuest has already had two nautical themed expansions already while I’m pretty sure this is the first for the younger game, but EQ has an advantage in years.
The prelude event for the expansion kicked off yesterday after downtime. Players can get warmed up for the new expansion by checking their in-game mail for a invite from Douglan Wakerunner, captain of The Swimming Oak.
Invite to adveture
Then it is off to The Village of Shin on the Isle of Mara for the preliminary quests.
The Village of Shin is there
You’ll find The Swimming Oak docked there, but it isn’t ready to set sail yet.
The ship is off limits for now
If you do the daily quests you should visit Aariena Glitterflitter near the docks to trade your bobbing acorn rewards in for some nice items, including a Striped Pteradon mount. (45 acorns, so start saving up.)
Of course, with the announcement that a new expansion is coming, the old one goes on sale. The Reign of Shadows expansion is 25% off from now until the 18th of October, which I would bet is the date that pre-orders will open up for the Visions of Vetrovia. Anyway, this is the last chance to get the extras that come with Reign of Shadows, as the Norrath team has moved to a model of having only a single expansion available for purchase at any one time. (Though you might, at a later date, be able to buy get some of those items in a crate from the cash shop, but you never know when that is going to happen.)
Now is the time when I start wondering if this is an expansion worth coming back to play. I run hot and cold on EverQuest II, but enjoy it well enough at times. I’ll have until at least October 18th to think about it. By the time they have the pre-order available we should have more details and be able to tell if this is a real nautical adventure… pirates maybe, though the foolish would assume them from what we know so far… or just a ship to another continent and the traditional overland adventure.
We shall see. There are often a series of “gear up, level up” events in this time frame before an expansion, and usually the team gets a late start on the season with the annual Days of Summer event. Did we get one of those already this year? I didn’t see it on the news page.
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