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Cusashorn · 12-30-2009, 05:05 PM

Greyquill wrote:

From a pre-release interview for Scars of Velious by IGN sometime in 2000:
IGN PC: Velious will add new Velium weapons and armor sets for each class/race combination. Tell us a little more about these items.
Jeff Butler: Velium is the eternal ice created when Veeshan breathed upon Velious. In the expansion, the mundane Velium weapons will largely replace the Fine Steel- found elsewhere, and can be recognized by their transparent textures. Weapons of Enchanted Velium will be found rarely as treasure. Enchanted Velium is unusual in that it does not demonstrate its enchanted qualities outside the frozen environs of Velious. This will allow the team to make some interesting weapons, but please don't expect to see them commonly in the expansion, due to their limited utility outside Velious.
The emphasis is mine, but it's rather clearly stated that Velium is, in fact, good ol' fashioned god-touched frozen H2O, (read: magical ice). Not some exotic mineral or metal.

I stand corrected.

12-30-2009, 05:05 PM	#6
Cusashorn Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cheeseland, USA Posts: 14,919	Greyquill wrote: From a pre-release interview for Scars of Velious by IGN sometime in 2000: *IGN PC: Velious will add new Velium weapons and armor sets for each class/race combination. Tell us a little more about these items.* Jeff Butler: Velium is the eternal ice created when Veeshan breathed upon Velious. In the expansion, the mundane Velium weapons will largely replace the Fine Steel- found elsewhere, and can be recognized by their transparent textures. Weapons of Enchanted Velium will be found rarely as treasure. Enchanted Velium is unusual in that it does not demonstrate its enchanted qualities outside the frozen environs of Velious. This will allow the team to make some interesting weapons, but please don't expect to see them commonly in the expansion, due to their limited utility outside Velious. The emphasis is mine, but it's rather clearly stated that Velium is, in fact, good ol' fashioned god-touched frozen H2O, (read: magical ice). Not some exotic mineral or metal. I stand corrected.