DAoC new Expansion

[Awanka]

Originally Posted by Zierain

I kind of liked RAs.. those were great, becuase you got them from PvPing, not so you could PvP.

I should have excluded this. RAs were cool. They gave PvP a real purpose.

[Abalieno]

Originally Posted by Digits

Actually they made a post a while back saying that they were increasing the development staff for DAoC, not downsizing it.

Yes, and hiring from their QA and CS.

[needraRZ]

>Btw, the minotaur model is disappointing:

Holy comb-over batman!

[Araxen]

Originally Posted by Zierain

I kind of liked RAs.. those were great, becuase you got them from PvPing, not so you could PvP.

ML's, Artifacts, and those are what really killed it for me. It really was awesome getting the levels out of the way (1-50) finding an SC'er, and armorcrafter/weaponcrafter, and getting your gear and template made, and then going to RvR. That was it. 1-50 was like 3-4 days of PL, and about 20p for the gear. Made it easy to get into RvR.

Then ML's and Artifacts came along. Not only did you have to do each ML in order (well, they are pretty lax now about it) and farm mobs for artifacts (again,t hey became more lenient on it) you had to then grind and level said artifacts (yea. they nerfed this too! little too late tho).


So the 3-4 days of getting ready for PvP turned into over a month when you rerolled to play different classes/realms.

And I know, some of you are going.. just a month? bah thats nothing. and it isnt, really, but when you have a game like DAoC, where you play 1 realm for a while, get rr6-7, and reroll to try another realm (for variety) it does kind of grind on you. Staying 1 realm isnt very fun because its only 1/3rd of the game really =x

Also have to remember that PvE was not the reason you play DAoC. PvE sucked. Hard. =/

Epic PVE encounters sucked very hard in that game. Whomever the genius was that developed the to-hit modifiers for those battles should never be near a MMO again.

Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, you hit uber mob for 5 damage, whiff, whiff, whiff, whiff, whiff, whiff. Hopefully that crap stays out of Warhammer.

Ignoring the PVP side of the game in DAOC was Mythic's downfall and they deserve the very very small subscriber base they have now.

[Zurren]

Didnt Mythic roll out a bunch of "Classic Serves" without master levels and all that stuff?

[Zierain]

They did, and it worked, essentially.

Still, because of the limited buff range on ALL buffs, vampiirs ruled the solo world there. Being naturally fully buffed all the time kinda turned the tide for them.

Then there was melee rangers with there Physical Defense Realm Ability, which upped their melee resists (yes, you had melee resists like you have spell resists) and made it damn near impossible to kill them since there were no legendary weapons (ToA and beyond).

You still basically had all the cap stuff though, because classic servers were just TOA axed. Catacombs, DR etc, all still existed there.

[Kuro]

Does I smell some bot?

[Transvaal]

What was that one big dragon fight in DAoC where it would keep taking flight at a low percentage of health, fly around, regen, and then land again with more health, only to take off again at the same percentage?

I remember watching a friend of mine go through that fight and it seemed pretty fun. Granted, that was the only PvE I ever personally saw. Anyone know more specifics on that fight?

Transvaal

[turner]

Originally Posted by Man0warr

Have fun with all those people playing! Oh Mythic, how far ye have fallen.

North America 8,567

At least you won't have to worry about lag.

[Olio]

Originally Posted by turner

At least you won't have to worry about lag.

Or queues.

I didn't make it past the first opening months of DAoC when they made the PvP require a terrible PvE grind first and then kept nerfing everything you had spent time on into oblivion. That and the client was a buggy pile of crap at the time and wouldn't keep itself together for any reasonable playing session.

[Kaljin]

The best part of DAoC was when it was still in Beta and there was a huge flame fest on the old Noows boards.

Furor vs. Sonja or w/e her name was who worked for Mythic. It was pure gold!

[Warrik]

Originally Posted by Kaljin

The best part of DAoC was when it was still in Beta and there was a huge flame fest on the old Noows boards.

Furor vs. Sonja or w/e her name was who worked for Mythic. It was pure gold!

Sanya Thomas I think you mean.

[Man0warr]

aka Tweety. She still works for Mythic as far as I know, doing WAR stuff now though probably.

[Usha Starchild]

I remember when the PVP servers first opened

Afterlife
Conquest
DOM
and that goblin guild.

haha fun stuff that was.

Conquest all rolled enchanters or whatever they were called and PBAEd the server to death.

[Bizanich]

Originally Posted by Usha Starchild

I remember when the PVP servers first opened

Afterlife
Conquest
DOM
and that goblin guild.

haha fun stuff that was.

Conquest all rolled enchanters or whatever they were called and PBAEd the server to death.

Yeah Was a good move on their part. That and they allied with other guilds in the beginning and had them level in the beginning areas of Darkness Falls while they leveled behind them to protect from the PK attacks.

It was smart.