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Thinking of coming back to DAoC...
OnyxBMW
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Hello all. I've been searching for a new (relatively speaking) MMO to venture to before WAR comes out. I tried DAoC way back when and didn't like it (I got hit hard by the leveling grind) and wanted to know if it's worth trying out again until WAR?
Key features I'm looking for:
One, is it fun (I'm talking about classic servers too). If so, what, to you, makes it fun? Since this is a subjective term I'd need it layed out.
Two, are there people to play with?
Three, what's the leveling grind like? Is it easy? Hard? Neutral? A /played for hitting 50 would be nice...
Four, what's the power regen like? Still horribly long?
And, finally, once hitting 50, how hard is it to "gear up" so you are a challenge in a fight.
I'm planning on, if I come back, playing one of the various mage classes, so it'd also be nice to know which mage class, in your opinion, is the "best" for dealing unrivaled damage, and if it can also compete.
Thanks in advance.
Key features I'm looking for:
One, is it fun (I'm talking about classic servers too). If so, what, to you, makes it fun? Since this is a subjective term I'd need it layed out.
Two, are there people to play with?
Three, what's the leveling grind like? Is it easy? Hard? Neutral? A /played for hitting 50 would be nice...
Four, what's the power regen like? Still horribly long?
And, finally, once hitting 50, how hard is it to "gear up" so you are a challenge in a fight.
I'm planning on, if I come back, playing one of the various mage classes, so it'd also be nice to know which mage class, in your opinion, is the "best" for dealing unrivaled damage, and if it can also compete.
Thanks in advance.
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They have things like tinderboxes that drop off humanoid mobs, and basically they are designed to speed up regens. They are useful for groups and solo folks.
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I like the necro/heretic concept, but the warlock looks cool, the vampiir as well, and the wizard, so now I'll be stuck deciding on that before I decide upon rejoining.
Thanks for all the help thus far guys.
I found the PVE part of the game mind-numbingly dull (and annoying, for example you have to keep typing random words to scroll through quest text), it seems that the primary PVE activity is just powerleveling. There really doesn't seem to be much to the PVE side of the game, it's basically get the appropriate expansion, go to the super-power-level dungeons, and start repeating a pattern over and over for weeks. If you don't play on a classic server, then you get to follow your power-leveling up with raiding.
The RvR might be good, but it's not worth thousands of dollars for it, and I could make thousands of dollars by spending multiple ful-time weeks doing something boring rather than grinding some character to cap.
*hands pantastic a cookie*
I'd love to see levels in a game where only the uber could move on. new concept but hell might be nice to just munch on folks that slam things for the sake of slamming an event.
I'm not ubah at all in DaoC I just play it casually. If I could find the time between games wanna RvR? I reserve hib, no mention of my class but email each other and set up a duel date? let others on the forums know the oputcome is my only wish....if you kick my sorry asterix they know. If I win then you are exposed as the retard know it all yopu think you are
Yes, I feel so terrible for giving someome honest feedback about a game. What kind of sick bastard I must be to want to enable people to make an informed decision about a game! I obviously would be a much better person if I just told people that every game is great and let them spend money to find out it's not for them! Obviously when people ask for information about a game, they just want to hear that it's the best thing since sliced bread, they don't want people to talk about good and bad points!
On a non-sarcastic note, I do find it fascinating that when I asked 'how is DAOC PVE' initially, everyone told me that it was great, it wasn't a burden to just rush through to get to the end. Then later when I said I was finding it boring I asked for advice, and all I got was advice on rushing through it ASAP and people telling me that DAOC is about RvR and that the PVE is pretty weak.
Ahh yes, it makes perfect sense to challenge people to a duel to settle a forum dispute! Obviously, if someone loses 1 duel in any game out there, they're just a 'retard know it all'. All you need to do to win an argument is to challenge someone to a duel in a game they don't play. Don't bother with anything silly like refuting their points, providing counterarguments, or anything like that. Just set up a duel and YOU WIN!
Oh well, it's not like I expect logic from people who seriously believe that posting something other than 'this game is great' means you're a troll.
If you are talking about the 72 hours, that assumes one of the following options: being powerlevled, being botted, or playing the right character class and knowing exactly where to go. TD, in general, are the best places to go, but certainly are not the best XP per time. A Chanter with PbAoE, or an animist for example would be much quicker at soloing.
Further, the time I am talking about is /played not days in real life. One person can do 72 hours in one sitting, another person might take 2 months.
If you are talking about the other time, that is what I have on most of my level 50's since Catacombs. One character I soled, the other ones I have duoed. Two of the toons are starting at level 1, the rest are /level. All using /level has saved me is maybe 12-16 hours of play time.
I have no idea what you are talking about with the super power level dungeons unless you are talking about instances. The two dungeons people go to most of the time came with the original game. Well one with the original and another one was a free patch.
You can level as quickly doing quests and avoiding TD if you want.
Getting to 50 ASAP is a mistake. You need to go earn realm ranks prior to 50 in the BG.