EverQuest Secrets of Faydwer Preview - 11/09/07

The Secrets of Faydwer is the fourteenth expansion for EverQuest and launches on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.  Here’s a preview of its features.

Nov 09, 2007

EverQuest® Secrets of Faydwer™ Preview The Secrets of Faydwer is the fourteenth expansion for EverQuest and launches on Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Here's a preview of its features.

The clockwork armies of the evil gnomish necromancer Meldrath the Malignant gather in the Steamfont Mountains, awaiting his order to invade the kingdom of Ak'Anon. The launch of his great air fortress Mechanotus has torn open the earth, exposing new paths into unexplored regions of the ancient continent of Faydwer. Rediscover Faydwer as you adventure in the nearby Loping Plains, home to the soul eating wereorcs of Bloodmoon Keep. Strive to end the torment of humans and elves cursed for centuries in the Hills of Shade. All the while, an ancient menace stirs east of the Dragonscale Hills, where the prismatic dragon Kerafyrm the Awakened plans his revenge. Level Cap Increase Players can now achieve level 80. New high level item sets, new Alternate Advancement ability lines, and new spells will come with this increase, including a new AA that grants a new spell slot. Heroic Items One aspect of player power is based on the seven physical and mental attributes of their characters: Agility, Charisma, Dexterity, Intelligence, Stamina, Strength, and Wisdom. For player characters that have reached the caps for these attributes, equipping normal items with increased attributes offers no benefit to the character. Heroic Items feature particular stats that allow players to go beyond the caps and give players increased benefit from using these items; for players who are not reaching the caps from items alone, these heroic items would be desirable as they increase the cap for stat buff spells and AAs as well. Certain statistics on a heroic item will allow you to go beyond the cap for that statistic. For each point in a heroic stat, the player gains one point in the statistic and the hard cap on that statistic is increased by one point. New Content and New Areas Travel through Faydwer to complete new progression quests, other quests, tasks, events, and raids and to acquire new items, spells, tradeskill recipes, abilities, and more. The Secrets of Faydwer brings new zones for exploring and adventuring either solo or with groups or raids. Here are some articles that unfold the lore that surrounds the new areas: Unfolding the Lore: Part 1 – Meldrath the Mad and Fortress Mechanotus Unfolding the Lore: Part 2 – The Gyrospire Towers – Beza and Zeka Unfolding the Lore: Part 3 – The S.H.I.P. Workshop and the Steam Factory Unfolding the Lore: Part 4 – Meldrath's Majestic Mansion Unfolding the Lore: Part 5 – Curse of the Bloodmoon Unfolding the Lore: Part 6 – Bloodmoon Keep Unfolding the Lore: Part 7 – Hills of Shade Unfolding the Lore: Part 8 – Crypt of Shade Unfolding the Lore: Part 9 – Crystallos, Lair of the Awakened Unfolding the Lore: Part 10 – Dragonscale Hills Unfolding the Lore: Part 11 – The Guardian Gaming Website Previews Throughout the creation of this new expansion, we gave several websites a chance to get a sneak peek at the Secrets of Faydwer. Here are some of their previews: MMORPG Secrets of Faydwer: Behind the Scenes Video Progress Report - EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer EQ Vault Secrets of Faydwer: Forward Progression Secrets of Faydwer Creature Feature EQ Caster's Realm EQ Expansion Preview Mobhunter Secrets of Faydwer Q&A Answers The Druid's Grove Into Secrets of Faydwer UberGuilds EverQuest Expansion Preview Gen Con 2007 WarCry EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer Preview GameTap Expansions for EverQuest Series IGN RPG Vault Sony Online Entertainment Media Event Report GamesRadar EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer Preview To share additional preview links about the Secrets of Faydwer, you can visit the Secrets of Faydwer Preview discussion thread over on the official forums.