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SWG vs DAoC
OMFIntrepid
Member Posts: 38
I am unsure which path to go with, i know SWG has better graphics and i have played it for 6 months but lately i have been wanting to try DAoC and the trial is too short to give you any real idea of the game.
Any ideas/suggestions?
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Depends what you like. SWG and DaoC are 2 totally different kinds of MMORPGs.
SWG has better graphics, even with DaoC's newest expansion, SWG is still nicer to me! SWG feels like a virtual world, where you can roleplay, have hundreds of different animated emotes at your disposal, lots of races (Although only humans, twileks and zabraks really interest me, I don't like playing an "ugly" looking alien race. No offence wookies, zodians, and the others which I forgot the names), lots of professions to chose from if it's either combat, crafting or socializing.
DaoC is just your average fantasy MMORPG that's existed ever since Ultima Online. Except what I love with DaoC compared to all the other Fantasy MMORPGs I would not reconsider ever going back to, the game is balanced, it has a great PVP system which is actually RVR (Realm VS Realm) that gives you experience to gain more skills as you kill players and take over places, it has sooooooo many combat classes you'll never be able to do'em all in your lifetime, very quest oriented like WoW and the quest rewards are not crap, they are useful and will save yourself some Gold instead of buying weapons and armor all the time. But the game is old, everyone in the game is already at very high levels. I joined a guild, I was helped maybe 1 out of 10 times I asked, most of the time I soloed cause no one could help me. Not that it sucked, cause soloing isn't too hard.
SWG has the worst Quest system ever!!!! First of all, all the equipment you win through quests are junk. They are nice looking, so they will make great Trophies to show off in your house! But that's it. Since the game had a really f***ed up economy with so many money-holes from the past, player equipment is dirt cheap, they are 100x times better than looted items you win from quests, so why wear cheap quest equipment when player equipment will give you better protection?
DaoC, you won't start buying player equipment until level 20 or more. They are EXPENSIVE! The loot needed to craft magical weapons and armor do not drop as often as you think, so it's only logical that a player will sell their crafted items for a price High level players can afford. But hey, NPCs sell enough great equipment to have you well equiped for a long enough period of time.
All I can say is that SWG lasted me 1 year. Unfortunatly I discovered everything possible the game had to offer in less than 6 months. The last 6 months of my gaming was spent trying to become a Jedi, which I haven't achieved since it was not worth the time anymore. But I quit mainly cause EQ2 and WoW were coming out.
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Stealth - Ambush - Hemorrhage - Sinister Strike x2 - Cold Blood - Eviscerate - Vanish - Preparation - Cold Blood - Ambush - ... you're dead! :P
not to flame SWG, but imho its garbage and been garbage since day 1. Sorry thats just my opinion, some people like it i guess.. but its just not fun at all...... i dont know any person who still plays it(and i come from a large group of SW fans who played it and they thought it was garbage)
heck even star wars KOTOR>SWG.
daoc on the other hand is still a great game, always has been, it has some balancing issues(it is so not balanced in PvP don't make me laugh that hard..) But overall its a great game. And with the new catacombs expansion, low levels are alot easier.
Achiever 86%
Killer 60%
Socializer 40%
Explorer 13%
A lot of people still dont seem to understand this was a to build a unique player run economy never before seen in an MMO. However, its clear this didn't end up working out to well. Bria, the server I played on for example, had the WORST economy in ANY MMO i've seen to date. Certain players dominated the market by paying people for their lots and mass minign resources at cheap, and than creating mass quantities of items to sell at below the average server price. In ohter words, a monoply existed. A very annoying one at that.
Furthermore, many players exploited millions of credits, and other crafters that monoplized the economy often had a BILLION credits or over! This led to people price gouging items because so many players were rich and thus the poorer and newer players could not afford ANYTHING.
Makes me wonder how i lasted a year in SWG...
I'm sorry for interrupting you guys, but I disagree with you guys. Surely the game has it's flaws but people are still playing it and the game has been improved 100%.
I started playing since release date, played for almost a year...got tired (as anybody else) and quit. Just reactivated my account again and I'm playing it. Also installed JTL (which is great btw).
They revamped the Jedi system and now you can call that (in my opinion) one of the best long term quests ever. Not the stupid professions grinding they had at the begining. It's fun, diversed and entertained to do. Someone was mentioning that there were people with zillions of credits out there...so what?? make your way!....it doesn't matter if you are not rich in the game....being richer doesn't have anything to do with your skills.
The graphics are the best ever (only EQ2 have better graphics).
I would say that it is not the best game you can get nowadays, but it is one of the best you can play.
Pasho.
Never played SWG so I cant help you with that game (except the VERY bad reputation, even from beta and the fact it's a SOE game).
About DAOC, this game is heavily PVP (realm vs realm) oriented. PVE is good too (nice quests, good hunting zones, tasks (small solo mission you can do for some xp and cash) etc.)
But personaly game lacks some depths and pvp can be boring but well.
THe game is relatively simple (more simple/(rich?) than EQ or AO, may or may not appeal you.
I think you can have fun for at least 6 months with that game, certainly more if you enjoy pvp and find a good guild (without having the feeling you wated your time).
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i like SWG better....i tried DaOC and the interface was not user frendl and looked like it was made on VB...other wise DaOC is a great game just as goos as SWG.
Bobbler master of the obvious/rules
SWG is pretty empty since the expansion so I heard, and it's hard to start...