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DAoC 1.87! Should YOU come back? My experince this month.
Devalon
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I came back to DAoC to play on Classic server after being away more then a year or so. I found out it was easy and fast to template out my character, make money, and get to Champion Level 10 when I only had acouple hundred gold and a level 50.
They buff many classes that werent freindly to group with so I had a great time soloing. The only problem was that it was filled with annoyances and missing Seige action.
After every death I would have to spend time waiting for res sickness so i could buff my self with potions that must be bought at the market every so often. Some of these potions like end regen and power regen would run out many times or right before you engage a fight. So many fights were lost becuase of your buffs worn out during combat. You can not buff yourself easily becuase you need to equip equipment that would give bonuse to your buffs if you wish to compete soloing.
Soloing is great fun, watching and avoiding the 8man groups to stealth zerg just to get some fun 1v1 action was great. A lot of soloers respect the 1v1 so another soloer from diffrent realm would wait till your fight is over before engaging the victor. but most of the fights you won were becuase your buffs were up and theirs wasnt.
The 8v8 action can be fun and are a lot longer but even match between 8v8 are rare. Most of the groups you run into are more powerful then you are or out number you with 2 or more groups. but most 8man groups were made just to farm RPs off the small groups and soloers.
There is no seiging during prime time most of the time but even during off hours there is no use defending it.
Most of the mechanics use for defenders are useless(Oil/balistas do little damage ) becuase the attackers would abuse the rams making a War ram first and once you got that down to 10% or so they would turn it into a battle ram with full hp. The doors would go down to fast to even try to damage down the battle ram. The defenders have nothing todo becuase the attackers woiuld usually stand agaisnt the wall out of sight. When they get to the inner gate it can get more fun for melee/nukers because of many doors you can pop out to attack the attackers and strategy you can use to kill the attackers. but usally the attackers over whelm you so your stuck inside waiting till they get to the lord room.
But its useless to attack or defend unless they are going after relics becuase the reward for your hours are nothing and rarly fun.
If your looking to come back to DAoC be prepare to go through frustrating times for very few minutes of fun and I mean few.
but DAoC did improve sence I last played because of the class balance they made and how easy it is to get back out there to RvR.
They buff many classes that werent freindly to group with so I had a great time soloing. The only problem was that it was filled with annoyances and missing Seige action.
After every death I would have to spend time waiting for res sickness so i could buff my self with potions that must be bought at the market every so often. Some of these potions like end regen and power regen would run out many times or right before you engage a fight. So many fights were lost becuase of your buffs worn out during combat. You can not buff yourself easily becuase you need to equip equipment that would give bonuse to your buffs if you wish to compete soloing.
Soloing is great fun, watching and avoiding the 8man groups to stealth zerg just to get some fun 1v1 action was great. A lot of soloers respect the 1v1 so another soloer from diffrent realm would wait till your fight is over before engaging the victor. but most of the fights you won were becuase your buffs were up and theirs wasnt.
The 8v8 action can be fun and are a lot longer but even match between 8v8 are rare. Most of the groups you run into are more powerful then you are or out number you with 2 or more groups. but most 8man groups were made just to farm RPs off the small groups and soloers.
There is no seiging during prime time most of the time but even during off hours there is no use defending it.
Most of the mechanics use for defenders are useless(Oil/balistas do little damage ) becuase the attackers would abuse the rams making a War ram first and once you got that down to 10% or so they would turn it into a battle ram with full hp. The doors would go down to fast to even try to damage down the battle ram. The defenders have nothing todo becuase the attackers woiuld usually stand agaisnt the wall out of sight. When they get to the inner gate it can get more fun for melee/nukers because of many doors you can pop out to attack the attackers and strategy you can use to kill the attackers. but usally the attackers over whelm you so your stuck inside waiting till they get to the lord room.
But its useless to attack or defend unless they are going after relics becuase the reward for your hours are nothing and rarly fun.
If your looking to come back to DAoC be prepare to go through frustrating times for very few minutes of fun and I mean few.
but DAoC did improve sence I last played because of the class balance they made and how easy it is to get back out there to RvR.
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Comments
Thats all very nice...
I didnt buy a MULTI player game to solo and watch others fight ...
The potions have been available for years.. but the quicker endo and power regeneration is nice.
Every time that I'm tempted to return to DAoC ( I played for better than three years on Guin and then Perc, boy do I miss it sometimes...
Sorry, DAoC's population loss can't be overcome unless they consolidate the servers - the "grouping" of servers just wasn't enough from what I saw.
You'll always miss your first MMORPG love....*sigh*
Who was your character by the way? I was Csma Hexors..Firbolg Hero of Hibernia. I was GM of X way back in the day and a officer in Dorlach Sgath when Kurator, Tombo, Gazz were all around and playing.
Idk if u would remember me but I was Haithen from Shadows Of Vengence (NS)
I was Kayodot the BD on Lancelot.