Daoc

Tusky

Ive been playing DAOC ( Dark age of camelot An MMRPG ) since its european release (with big breaks inbetween ) and have bumped into a good few irish folk...allthough none from boards.ie....how many of you actualy play it ? or did play it ?

Shinji

I played it for long enough to discover what a massive waste of time it was. So about three days. Does that count?

Pugsley

Used to, got bored not long after hitting level 43 with my luri ranger on hib/pryd. Good game, but the combat system is so damn tedious, only thing that kept me going was RvR and the battlegrounds, and even their only fun for a while. It started sucking when all the 50's appeared, the whole frontier was a constant zerg, no fun at all. Used to be fun tho.

OSiriS

I still play it, and still find the game hugely enjoyable ... but can see why many don't. To really get the most out of the game you need to have a class that you can enjoy RvRing with, and you need it at level 50 ... and the road to get there is long and tedious unless you know someone to powerlevel you, which unfortunately I didn't .. but then there were no level 50s when i started playing so powerlevelling didnt really exist.

BKtje

Played it for about 2 weeks x2.

god bored very very quickly and went back to AC which i find much more enjoyable. Theres an irish guild on one of the servers aint there? Na fianna or sommet.

Dr_Teeth

I played it for a year, and enjoyed it for the most part. However for me the effort required to get 50 was too much, and without 50 and uber equipment there was no point in doing RvR. I got my kicks in the battlegrounds with a selection of classes and then left.

Teeth.

Tusky

Originally posted by Dr_Teeth
I played it for a year, and enjoyed it for the most part. However for me the effort required to get 50 was too much, and without 50 and uber equipment there was no point in doing RvR. I got my kicks in the battlegrounds with a selection of classes and then left.

Teeth.

every time i saw you in dnc u were playing in teeth....the road to 50 isnt THAT long...im on my way to my 3rd allthough i know its a class i most likely wont like in rvr warden

OSiriS

it is when you play a class undesireable to group with;P

Tusky

i.e dont play nightshade/ranger or any of the other stealthers...problem solved

Pugsley

Originally posted by Tusky
every time i saw you in dnc u were playing in teeth....the road to 50 isnt THAT long...im on my way to my 3rd allthough i know its a class i most likely wont like in rvr warden

3rd??? you sad, sad man.

Mixie

I'm still playing it. Done alb/excal, hib/pryd, and now trying mid/excal - don't think I'll renew my subscription though tbh.

Dr_Teeth

It is when you get fed up of a class and start another. When I left I had 10 different chars: 42, 40, 38, 37, 35, 35, 24, 23, 22, 22. I probably would have gotten a few 50s out of that lot if the chars had stayed interesting for long enough.. god I knew like *everything* about that game. but I'm better now.

Teeth.

Thorbar

Got a L 29 shield hero on one of the Euro servers last year then got a bit tried of the grind of leveling and the ****ty service you get off whatever french company run the European servers. Pack of gomps buy some patch servers. Also it takes them 2-3 months to translate the American patches which they got in English into English so you could run them on the English speaking servers in Europe christ that makes sence. And then they completely deleted all their community forums on their web page because people were actually daring to complain about what was happening. They make the lads (ratpack or something) who run world war 2 online look good.

Pugsley

Originally posted by Dr_Teeth
It is when you get fed up of a class and start another. When I left I had 10 different chars: 42, 40, 38, 37, 35, 35, 24, 23, 22, 22. I probably would have gotten a few 50s out of that lot if the chars had stayed interesting for long enough.. god I knew like *everything* about that game. but I'm better now.

Teeth.

you sad, sad man.

Tusky

im not sad...theres no good games at all out on pc atm

Dr_Teeth

I'm looking forward to Planetside now - all of the fun and none of the leveling! woot!

Teeth.

Thorbar

A game can't really claim to be a mmorpg if its 'fun' :P. Honestly looking back on the 4 or 5 mmorpgs I've played none of the basic gameplay were ever any fun. For me it was always getting a random group of stangers together forming a group and sucessfully hunting down big nasties that I enjoyed.

Pugsley

Thats the only fun in most MMORPG's these days thorbar, the community, however recently the DaoC community has gone into a long phase of 'l33tism' in which case most players seem to think 'im special, your trash, give me all the loot you lump of rancid snot'. I left when all my best mates stopped chatting, and spent their time organising big hunts and all that tripe, the fun of the game went bye byes and everyone seemed to be out of a sense of humour, and then the last fun thing of the game, was gone. However this seems to be happening all over the internet these days, bring back the humour!!!

Dr_Teeth

Read up on PS, it is going to ROCK. An MMO environment for BF1942-esque sci-fi FPS action. No leveling, no loot, no mobs, just lots of action and hopefully, a great community.

For RPGers:

http://planetside.station.sony.com/game_info/rpg.jsp

For FPSers:

http://planetside.station.sony.com/game_info/fps.jsp

Teeth.

Pugsley

/me signed up to PS beta test

Looks interesting, however I doubt I'll play the game on release, as SW:G will be out by that time, so maybe later

Tusky

Originally posted by Dr_Teeth
No leveling, no loot, no mobs

-Taken from your link -

"Your character will advance in levels, gaining access to a wider variety of equipment and implants"

anywho on a more daoc related subject what u think fo this for a warden spec Teeth ?

47 nurture 39 blades 20 regrowth and rest in parry ?

Dr_Teeth

The levels thing is a bit of misnomer - you get points for taking part in missions, shooting people etc. The more you get, the more different certifications you can train in - certs allow you to use various items like advanced weapons, vehicles etc.

However the cost of the certs are fairly flat. Both a complete newbie and an veteren could train in the same cert and get an uber weapon to use. The difference between the two is that the vet would have more points left-over to be able to drive a nice tank at the same time.

There are no 'stats' that increase as you gain points, and the points gaining is very easy - everyone in the same group gets equal points for a kill, regardless of how many points they already have. And of course, there's no boring mob camping required to get points - you get them as a result of normal, fun play.

My warden template was 45 nuture, 39 blades, 26 regrowth, 10 parry iirc.

Teeth.

Tusky

ppl are telling me to put 49 in nurture no mater what ... and also to put more in regrowth as wardens damage output is **** (so they say)

vac

I played for about 8 months, had a level 50 skald, level 50 thane and a 40 hero. Then i got bored, traded my account, got bored again (quickly) got caught and had my account banned

Its just a pain in the ass leveling when theres really fuck all to do at 50. You get bored but you don't want to lugg through leveling another char. Same old.

Pugsley

Originally posted by vac
Its just a pain in the ass leveling

You say that when you have 2 level 50's :rolleyes:

vac

Well i leveled the second to 50 thinking the char was the reason i was getting bored, but its not. Its just a lack of things to do at 50 in daoc. Rvr is repetitive zerg, boring as hell. Lack of skilled groups and not always alot of guildies online.

Thorbar

Teeth although that sounds like a great idea on paper I've a feeling its gonna get more abused then a polish hooker in a German holiday resort. You'll have an elite of players who just power level their buddies and making it a huge disadvantage to play the game properly as it was designed. I don't know maybe the developers have some means of stopping this sort of thing.

OSiriS

Rvr is repetitive zerg, boring as hell.

It's what you put into it, if you put no effort to set up a decent group nd break away you will get nothing out of it and get boring real quick.

Dr_Teeth

Teeth although that sounds like a great idea on paper I've a feeling its gonna get more abused then a polish hooker in a German holiday resort. You'll have an elite of players who just power level their buddies and making it a huge disadvantage to play the game properly as it was designed. I don't know maybe the developers have some means of stopping this sort of thing.

Err no. Like I said, the cert cost model is very flat and there is no advantage to having lots of certs other than flexiblity. A complete newb who has just finished the training mission has enough points to drive a tank or use the best weapons in the game.

The only advantage a veteren player has is that they have more points and thus can be both certified as a pilot , a tanker and a medic at the same time for example. They don't get more hitpoints, or do more damage or get better accuracy etc etc. Certs can be unlearned so you can 're-spec' any time you like, so players with a small amount of points aren't stuck with a few certs they don't like.

Powerleveling will not exist, the only way to get points is to kill the enemy - everyone has access to the same weapons and armour so there won't be any newbs who have to sit on the sidelines because they can't contribute. Plus everyone in a group gets full credit for each kill or goal accomplished.

Teeth.

OSiriS

That sounds pretty good alright, no having to spend a month or so on a levelling threadmill before you can compete=]

Pugsley

While it sounds like an interesting concept, I think it might take away from the longetivity of the game, and it may quickly get boring, but depends on how well the game is put together, hopefully theres enough variety to keep the game interesting, might give it a go some time.