Thank god it isn't I just watched DAoC PvP battles. Horrible, no tactic, no skill... well just like WoW.
You'd have to actually fight in a good 8 man group to truly understand how much skill is employed by a well run team. With the proper gear, coordination and teamwork a single 8 man can easily destroy 3 same level 8 mans who lack the talent of the players who work them.
But I agree.... AOC combat isn't really anything like DAOC, unless you count the fact both games have people fighting with swords, axes and casting spells.
I had quite a reponse to that but I'm going to not "go there". I played DAoC from beta until today... finally quit. My observations would be quite different on how that "good 8 man" was actually winning that fight... which is why I choose not to post it. Its not really part of this thread.
Lets just say... if AoC had (and yes that is IF) RvR liked DAoC once had... That would be some point many years ago... before New Frontiers... probably before ToA as well. It would be a good thing.
Any game that had RvR like DAoC has now... should be flushed asap .. like any other steaming pile of crap.
So if its nothing like DAoC atm... that's probably a good thing.
See, its not that easy to sum up. DAoC also featured siege which you mainly saw the "casual" gamers liking as opposed to 8v8 free roaming that the more "hardcore" players enjoyed. The fact is its hard to classify games and compare them but people do it. So i'd much prefer people looking at factual things and making up their OWN opinions on what the game is like. AoC might be a great game, just not the one for everyone.
Im sorry im not being ignorant, the topic title says "Stop saying this games pvp is like DAoC's" - would you care to point out anywhere in the last year a post where someone has said this on AoC forum in mmorpg.com. I bet you will come up with maybe 3 people with less than 10 posts here. I think its obvious to everyone that both games are fundamently different to each other and also share some characteristics found in most mmorpg's. I've heard of alot of DAoC vets who look forward to AoC though..
I don't quite understand what your goal is here? Are you just trying to say the two game share a small similarity and that overall in your opinion DAoC vets won't be happy in AoC? Based on what you saw in the video you listed? If so I would say that, that opinion if true it is pretty weak argument. Did you also know there are a fair few hundred DAoC vets all happy, set up shop on the AoC boards, with there same guild looking to play AoC? I know that these DAoC vets are looking forward to AoC "Ticket" system in a seige in an GvG environment as opposed to realms.
Seriously though your the first person I've seen who has suggested that "people are saying the games pvp is like DAoC's" pretty much everyone who posts here knows that AoC is GvG and not RvR. Hence my original post to you saying are you sure that you have the right section. You can only really compare DAoC to one other game and thats warhammer online. Both games incorporate more similarities with each other that any other out there.
For any DAoC vet you should try looking at these guilds for AoC:
Example >> "Myth Guild" one of the biggest on DAoC: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=30238 - A legendary DAoC PvP guild founded in 2001, who dominated the Merlin server and reigned for nearly 3 years as the #1 ranked guild, and later became a force to be reckoned with as Royal Black Watch on Albion-Gareth. < 1800 forum members...
And "Varking" is a cool guy
Sad Myth is going to AoC, they were fun to farm. They didn't dominate Merlin also, more like zerg with the hordes of Mids lead by Drutt. Any Merlin "vets" remember the Drutt mp3? wonder if i can even post it here( has so much cussing in it ).
Anyway back on track, I don't think AoC pvp is anything like DAoC. AoC by the looks of it looks smaller, 100% guild based with a resource management twist brought in( I like this idea). If anyone played DAoC knows how intresting their realm vs. realm system was so I don't realy need to get into it or expressing my favorite parts.
Not really sure who are you talking about. Played there on mid side for 4 years since the release and didn't see him.
Know for sure that guilds named The Fellowship and Bloodwinter Clan rocked in rvr actions.
Also rvr is not pvp. In rvr you can't go solo and kill stuff if you are not a stealther otherwise it will be pointless.
Daoc's rvr is still the best, didn't see any better in new mmos.
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You'd have to actually fight in a good 8 man group to truly understand how much skill is employed by a well run team. With the proper gear, coordination and teamwork a single 8 man can easily destroy 3 same level 8 mans who lack the talent of the players who work them.
But I agree.... AOC combat isn't really anything like DAOC, unless you count the fact both games have people fighting with swords, axes and casting spells.
I had quite a reponse to that but I'm going to not "go there". I played DAoC from beta until today... finally quit. My observations would be quite different on how that "good 8 man" was actually winning that fight... which is why I choose not to post it. Its not really part of this thread.
Lets just say... if AoC had (and yes that is IF) RvR liked DAoC once had... That would be some point many years ago... before New Frontiers... probably before ToA as well. It would be a good thing.
Any game that had RvR like DAoC has now... should be flushed asap .. like any other steaming pile of crap.
So if its nothing like DAoC atm... that's probably a good thing.
Im sorry im not being ignorant, the topic title says "Stop saying this games pvp is like DAoC's" - would you care to point out anywhere in the last year a post where someone has said this on AoC forum in mmorpg.com. I bet you will come up with maybe 3 people with less than 10 posts here. I think its obvious to everyone that both games are fundamently different to each other and also share some characteristics found in most mmorpg's. I've heard of alot of DAoC vets who look forward to AoC though..
I don't quite understand what your goal is here? Are you just trying to say the two game share a small similarity and that overall in your opinion DAoC vets won't be happy in AoC? Based on what you saw in the video you listed? If so I would say that, that opinion if true it is pretty weak argument. Did you also know there are a fair few hundred DAoC vets all happy, set up shop on the AoC boards, with there same guild looking to play AoC? I know that these DAoC vets are looking forward to AoC "Ticket" system in a seige in an GvG environment as opposed to realms.
Seriously though your the first person I've seen who has suggested that "people are saying the games pvp is like DAoC's" pretty much everyone who posts here knows that AoC is GvG and not RvR. Hence my original post to you saying are you sure that you have the right section. You can only really compare DAoC to one other game and thats warhammer online. Both games incorporate more similarities with each other that any other out there.
For any DAoC vet you should try looking at these guilds for AoC:
http://forums.ageofconan.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17 < Guild Hall
Example >> "Myth Guild" one of the biggest on DAoC: http://forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php?t=30238 - A legendary DAoC PvP guild founded in 2001, who dominated the Merlin server and reigned for nearly 3 years as the #1 ranked guild, and later became a force to be reckoned with as Royal Black Watch on Albion-Gareth. < 1800 forum members...
And "Varking" is a cool guy
Sad Myth is going to AoC, they were fun to farm. They didn't dominate Merlin also, more like zerg with the hordes of Mids lead by Drutt
. Any Merlin "vets" remember the Drutt mp3? wonder if i can even post it here( has so much cussing in it 
).
Anyway back on track, I don't think AoC pvp is anything like DAoC. AoC by the looks of it looks smaller, 100% guild based with a resource management twist brought in( I like this idea). If anyone played DAoC knows how intresting their realm vs. realm system was so I don't realy need to get into it or expressing my favorite parts.
Not really sure who are you talking about. Played there on mid side for 4 years since the release and didn't see him.
Know for sure that guilds named The Fellowship and Bloodwinter Clan rocked in rvr actions.
Also rvr is not pvp. In rvr you can't go solo and kill stuff if you are not a stealther otherwise it will be pointless.
Daoc's rvr is still the best, didn't see any better in new mmos.
______________________________________
You Are Not Tifa, Cloud, Aeris, Barret, Red XIII, Vincent, Yuffie, Cait Sith, Sephiroth or even Cid.
Not Any Other FF Character.