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I Just Resubbed: Classic Cluster
nate1980
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The Devon cluster has over 2x the amount of active players on it, but I just couldn't go there due to the botting, (probably) lack of levelers, and the sheer amount of ToA stuff I'd have to do to become competitive. There are new games on the horizon, so I'm not all into taking months to get up to speed in a game I'll likely quit before then.
So I rolled a new Ranger on the Classic server. My name is Validorn if there are any other new levelers out there that want to say hi.
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Wow, I thought I'd last longer than this, but I guess newer games has gotten me spoiled. I couldn't last more than an hour in-game before all the dated technology bogged me down and left me swearing I'm finally through with DAoC.
I played DAoC for 3 years and was my first and most favorite MMORPG, but after playing the newer games since 2005, I cannot believe how much I take for granted with the newer games. Oh well, I tried to get back into DAoC, but it just isn't up to par with modern games. That means I won't be trying the Origins server either if/when it ever releases.
Good luck to you all.
Sorry to here that Nate.. At least you tried.. What other mmo's do you play?
Anyways..
Just curious though, did you download the client from DAoC website and patch from there? Mythic by far has the worst system to download the game client. And did you get all the expansions up to DR or LoTM? I believe theres a graphics patch update if you dont have those expansions called Town Art Upgrade.
Dont get me wrong and I am going to assume you downloaded everything you need, however DAoC graphics is really not that bad compared to most mmo's that are out there now. The enviromental graphics in DAoC is still amazing, but I know the characters graphics could be improved just a little more.
Just a couple of enviromental pics from the game..
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but if you didnt get a feel for the game its understandable, when I 1st logged back into the game I it took me a while (few hours) to get accustomed to the game mechanics and play, but once I got past it.. I was hooked again.
Then a couple of my buddies had the experience where they wanted to quit when they logged on, but gave the game a chance and it finally stuck with them. We have characters on the classic server now hitting level 30 within 1 week of gameplay, but playing the game with friends make leveling easier instead of looking for a PUG which is pretty hard in DAoC now.
If you decide to give the game chance again, look us up on the Lamorak server (Midgard). Shoot me a PM and I will give you my character names.
Nate: your posts are only 1 hour and 19 minutes apart. How could you have given the game an honest try in that short of a time? You still have the remainder of your sub left, why not use it up before making a decision?
I'm giving serious thought to resubbing myself on the Classic server, so I might just see you there.
Ion
Heres a couple of pics I just took a few minutes ago.. But graphics arent that bad for a game that came out in 2001, we know DAoC has had many facelifts since then, but you really cant knock the graphics that bad.
I use a POS HP D1430 w/ 3gigs of Ram and a 8800 GT graphic card from PNY
I just resubbed and downloaded the client myselt. I'll be rolling Mid on the classic cluster.
After the implosion of Age of Conan, Warhammer Online, Darkfall Online, there just isn't much else to play right now, and nothing on the horizon. I decided to give DAOC another try.
Currently Playing: DAOC Uthgard
Previously Played: UO, DAOC, Shadowbane, AC2, SWG, Horizons, COX, WOW, EQ2, LOTRO, AOC, WAR, Vanguard, Rift, SWTOR, ESO, GW2.
Can you elaborate?
The only thing that is lesser on DAoC compared to "modern" games are the somewhat clunky controls, which you get used to.
I've not really played another game with the depth that daoc has - the only thing this game lacks is population.
Sevitoth,
If you need any help getting started again on the Lamorak Sever as a Mid, shoot me a ingame tell. I will be on later tonight around 8pm est with my ingame character: rorre
Goodluck!
Sevitoth,
If you need any help getting started again on the Lamorak Sever as a Mid, shoot me a ingame tell. I will be on later tonight around 8pm est with my ingame character: rorre
Goodluck!
Good deal.
I hadn't decided which of the servers to roll on yet. How is the population on Lamorak for Mid?
Currently Playing: DAOC Uthgard
Previously Played: UO, DAOC, Shadowbane, AC2, SWG, Horizons, COX, WOW, EQ2, LOTRO, AOC, WAR, Vanguard, Rift, SWTOR, ESO, GW2.
Sevitoth,
If you need any help getting started again on the Lamorak Sever as a Mid, shoot me a ingame tell. I will be on later tonight around 8pm est with my ingame character: rorre
Goodluck!
Good deal.
I hadn't decided which of the servers to roll on yet. How is the population on Lamorak for Mid?
As stated 1 thing DAoC lacks his a HUGE population at the lower levels alot of veterans been there and done that with the game and with WARHAMMER being the new RvR game and new mmo titles hitting the scene, DAoC has taken a huge hit, especially for the people that were waiting for a Origins server for DAoC, for mythic to just hold back on it, pissed off alot of DAoC players.
On the bright side of things...
If you find yourself a good band to run with, the game can still be fun to play. The Battlegrounds in the game now is pretty much where people are leveling. One can easily get thru levels quickly if you are playing a class that is capable of soloing Task Dungeons (Darkness Falls expansion) or as stated, the BG's is the way to do by farming mobs.
For a active Dark Age of Camelot forum, head to: www.camelotvault.ign.com
Alot of active posters for DAoC there then on this website. This should help you decide what class you want to play and alot of your common questions on getting started again in DAoC.
Goodluck!
The 3 classic servers being Ector, Gareth, and Lamorak are all clustered. This means that if you roll a mid on Ector, and a buddy rolls his on Lamorak you still play together as if you were on the same server. That's the whole point of clustering. The population is shared between the 3 servers. Everything except the housing area is the same for all 3 servers. So pick any of those 3 servers and roll Midgard on them and you'll be fine.
The more I sit around and wait for something good to come out the more I'm inclined to go back to my mids on the classic server. Who knows maybe in march I'll resub.
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-
Great to know.. I just made a post on some newbie questions in DAoC.
Ah. I didn't know that. I always thought that only the frontier areas were clustered.
Thanks.
Currently Playing: DAOC Uthgard
Previously Played: UO, DAOC, Shadowbane, AC2, SWG, Horizons, COX, WOW, EQ2, LOTRO, AOC, WAR, Vanguard, Rift, SWTOR, ESO, GW2.
The reason you saw tons of abilities is because just like wow did in the begining the list all the abilities even the lowest level ones. That means you have to just go to the last one and use it. What wow did is the put in a filter to only show the highest level ones so that people can get right to the end of it.
They did screw archers up a bit though. They have them too many weird things and turned them into almost a caster though....
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-
If that was the problem, I'd of noticed it off the bat, I'm not an idiot. Something that easy would have been noticeable. No, my problem is you have a Fire shot, Ice shot, acid, poison, etc etc and the a variety of normal shots that bring various things to the table. Thrust, Slash, and Blunt arrow buffs. Ability buffs and so on.
That's a lot to handle 4 levels into the game, and since I'm a veteran, I understood how to use all of it. I knew that armor types vary in vulnerability in dmg types and I knew that some classes are more or less likely to have resistance to this or that element. All of this is already known to me from my years of experience in DAoC. As you level up, you receive more abilities depending on your spec, which will also need to be put on the action bars. There are only 3 bars and those 3 would be full before I even got level 10. I don't do well switchining individual bars. I prefer to only use the abilities on the first page of each bar (ie. alt 1, shift 1, ctrl 1), instead of swtching between pages (ie. alt 1,2,3; shift 1,2,3; ctrl 1,2,3). On my Thane, that I leveled up to 50 several years ago, I didn't need more than 2 hotbars and never had to scroll through the bars to get to abilities. Scrolling sucks, because living or dying in PvP depends on being able to get to your abilities fast, and execute them when needed. Maybe I'm getting old, but choosing between 20 abilities is too much for me and adds complexity I don't need in a game anymore. I prefer easy to learn, hard to master; rather than hard to learn, harder to master.
Call me spoiled, whatever, but WoW and other newer MMORPG's has streamlined these sorts of things and made playing more enjoyable for me because of it. When I played DAoC, I obviously was accustomed to this and it never bothered me. I guess it'd be like going back to the round dialed telephones and throwing your cell phones away. Sure you can accomplish the same thing with old landline telephones and using them adds more depth to the task, but the cell phones have streamlined dialing and offers modern features that makes talking more enjoyable.
I ment no insult, I never said you were an idiot. Was just bringing it up as conversation.
As for switching quick bars there are ways to make macros that will switch to a page of your choosing at the push of a button. I think it goes along the lines of /macro <name of your macro> <qbar #>
so if you wanted to swich to qbar 2 you could make /macro 2 qbar 2 and then as soon as you hit this button it auto swiches to the number assigned. I know it does not solve your problem but I'm just throwing it out there for anybody who decides to read it. I used to do this with my assassins. I'd have the PA chain on the 2nd page and then my standard combat stuff on page 1 along with all the other abilities (this was still in the begining of the game way back when there was no multiple bars) and I'd PA, do the rest of the chain, hit a button and be on my combat bar. I never liked doing the whole ctrl+/shift+/alt+ stuff for some reason.
The thing is, from my perspective, WoW gives you a shit ton of abilities anyways. I know I had 4 bars going on screen and that's roughly 40 abilities so it's not that big of a deal for me. I also liked the fact that DAoC didn't have info poping up on screen because it kept it more clean (I'm a minimalist) and simple and focused more on the fighting then the flashy stuff.
To each his own. I understand that as much as I liked the interface in DAoC there are people that hated it and same applies and will apply to future games to come. Like someone said above, at least you gave it a shot.
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-
Dated technology? This game unlike Warhammer was really optimized for mass scale battles and i've been through lots. I don't know what you mean by saying not up to par with newer games. I've played ALL he newer games and though some may be more pretty , looks don't make the game This game looks very nice. Better then WOW does as far as I'm concerned. Combat mechanics and animations are right up there with the likes of EQ2 which is very beautiful. So yeah you might not have a AH no biggie. You have mounts like all other games but most importantly this is the BEST team based PVP/RVR game in the world hands down. There is nothing in the forseable future thats going to be released that is any better then the older games that are still open.. I think people/gamers are finally starting to realize modern MMO games are in a rut.
I read a lot of posts from people recently saying how dated the game seems, but was pleasently surprised when I resubbed to try it again. I don't think the graphics are that bad at all, they are much better then I expected.
The controls are a little clunky, but you get used to them in a few days. I don't even notice it now.
If you are thinking about coming back, but aren't sure if the game is too dated, make sure you try the trial before deciding. You may be surprised how good it still looks.
Currently Playing: DAOC Uthgard
Previously Played: UO, DAOC, Shadowbane, AC2, SWG, Horizons, COX, WOW, EQ2, LOTRO, AOC, WAR, Vanguard, Rift, SWTOR, ESO, GW2.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a shining example of the "WoW generation" and why any other game won't keep their attention for more than an hour (which someone pointed out between posts). Summing up his entire defense with one line; "It's not WoW therefor I don't like it nor will I give it a chance." Minus EQ clones, no two MMO's are identical nor do they play exactly the same way, so if you were HONESTLY looking forward to playing DAoC and giving it a fair try, you would go in with a clear mind as you're starting fresh with a new (irony) game.
It would be perfectly fine had you said "the controls are a little unresponsive and I'm not a fan of the combat style" but you said what every other WoW child says as I mentioned previously. Regarding the quests, I'm assuming you started in the revamped beginner area that has been semi-recently implemented to show new players the ropes and give them some starter equipment. When I returned, I skipped that entire area and went right to the RvR zones/dungeons and starting leveling there. I'm not even going to comment on your "too many abilities" complaint of the Ranger and the utter laziness on your behalf. Is it really that big of an inconvenience to you to hit one extra button to read an item/ability that once you learn you'll never have to read again?
It's obvious you never wanted to play this game and you're either fooling yourself into thinking you actually gave this game (or probably any that matter) a fair try or you're attempting to show diversity and not just your singular game experience.
I was playing last month. The game does feel clunky, but I got use to it again after a day. The movement has always bothered me which is probably why I usually play casters (which are some of my favorite all time of any mmo). Even with population increase, I would find maybe 1 night out of a week with some good rvr. This was on classic because I just can't stand the toa stuff.
I've actually started up war again and having fun. Funny thing is, I like the melee better there than the casters, hehe. It is nice again to have like 12 hours straight of open rvr. I did notice though, daoc works way better in huge battles, even long ago when I had a crappy computer and was in a relic raid with like 500+ people. War starts to strain with like 60-100.
I wish I could get back into daoc, but just not enough people for me still and the movement, sigh. I guess I too have gotten to use to fluid movements.
Oh, as far as the archers, ya it can be overwhelming, but I never liked this new system they have anyway. I liked the old archers.
I've resigned myself to the fact that daoc is dead for me (sigh). I'm hoping to find some other rvr game with as much depth that daoc had for me. Maybe fallen earth. I think that is an rvr type game. heh, I don't keep my hopes up anymore for MMOs. It just ends in disappointment, lol. Well, I'll keep playing war for now, who knows how long it will last. it might be a while though because there is a lot of open rvr. Main reason I quit was everyone just did scenarios before, bleh.
People go on about "fluid" movement and I would like to remind them that DAoC focuses more on realism then most of the other games. When you think about it, when you break into a run you're not moving at max speed untill a few steps into it, and when strafing I don't think any of you can sprint sideways.
What WoW tends to do is pivot the characters at the waist where their legs are running forward while their torso is facing sideways. Basically you're not really strafing.
As for the multitude of skills all these other games have just as many, especially WoW. I'm actually starting to think that some of these people are "trying" this game agian because they think it's some sort of fad or the "in" thing to do.
No required quests! And if I decide I want to be an assassin-cartographer-dancer-pastry chef who lives only to stalk and kill interior decorators, then that's who I want to be, even if it takes me four years to max all the skills and everyone else thinks I'm freaking nuts. -Madimorga-