DAOC new Server time OLD OF no TOA/DR/LOTM

[gwal]

Originally Posted by Access Denied

Granted the pets are good for interrupt but they have to get to the target first. A decent caster for instance would have time to really wallop the Theurg by the time the pets arrived on his doorstep, and a pure tank calss would be able to ignore the pets and go straight for the caster.

no gonna get into whether or not the theurg was a mistake, but..

determining any one classes strength on the ability of a single opponent to find him in a grp is not fair.

no, the theurg isnt all that great if he gets targetted quickly and ppl are on him - but neither is any other caster. even the bd will fall if he has a couple moccing casters on him.

on the other end of the scale of ur example would prolly be smth like this:
a decent theurg is able to hide at the start of the fight and come out on either side of it. being out of view for a few secs will allow him to spam pets on pretty much every person in the enemy grp. after that their caster(s) will be too busy to go for him, and tanks will be too late as he can now kite with pets out alrdy.


that said, i personally dont care if its in or not, unless i play alb

[gwal]

oh, forgot why i even started to write

dont need MP armour to compete tho, 99% will do just fine, and can still cap almost all. the cash for that will be gained purely from lvling to 50 in a pl grp, maybee with a short grind without the pl (ie 1 - 2 days of a couple hours each).

[Tuorin]

Yeh 99% SC and few bits n bobs like Warshadow bracers would probably be just dandy.

[Faeldawn]

Originally Posted by gwal

oh, forgot why i even started to write

dont need MP armour to compete tho, 99% will do just fine, and can still cap almost all. the cash for that will be gained purely from lvling to 50 in a pl grp, maybee with a short grind without the pl (ie 1 - 2 days of a couple hours each).

Who is going to do the pl? Everyone will be level 1...

Personally i'd like to see pult groups again

[Coldbeard]

Originally Posted by Tuorin

Yeh 99% SC and few bits n bobs like Warshadow bracers would probably be just dandy.

Hey Tuo, you gonna be playing on this server?!

[Tuorin]

Originally Posted by Coldbeard

Hey Tuo, you gonna be playing on this server?!

Hi Zeph how's it going?

It does intrigue, gaming with old friends and perhaps back at when 8v 8 rvr was real fun. Yes I will play if it pans out, albeit finding the time may a problem!

A good thing could be that it goes back, but with some of the later fixes made to classes. It will be good to play a warden again potentially. Instead of being shoe horned into a Bg/grapple bot you can play the ubiquitous role that Wardens used to have in the past. The additions of some of the abilities like the heal procs/group heal procs and celerity and of course slam make the the old interupt style even better. Was some great fun playing that way when there was some equilibrium to the realms.

I don't think I'll be a wanting to pve though.

[Faeldawn]

Originally Posted by Tuorin

Hi Zeph how's it going?

It does intrigue, gaming with old friends and perhaps back at when 8v 8 rvr was real fun. Yes I will play if it pans out, albeit finding the time may a problem!

A good thing could be that it goes back, but with some of the later fixes made to classes. It will be good to play a warden again potentially. Instead of being shoe horned into a Bg/grapple bot you can play the ubiquitous role that Wardens used to have in the past. The additions of some of the abilities like the heal procs/group heal procs and celerity and of course slam make the the old interupt style even better. Was some great fun playing that way when there was some equilibrium to the realms.

I don't think I'll be a wanting to pve though.

This is one of the big unanswered questions still, how far exactly are they going to change the current classes. Wardens needed spec shield from the outset, but celerity etc? Current classes have tried to be balanced for full ToA/NF/LOTM, I wonder how they will change them for a "classic" server?

[Tuorin]

Originally Posted by Faeldawn

This is one of the big unanswered questions still, how far exactly are they going to change the current classes. Wardens needed spec shield from the outset, but celerity etc? Current classes have tried to be balanced for full ToA/NF/LOTM, I wonder how they will change them for a "classic" server?

Quite true. I never played with the celerity chant, had finished before then. It is relatively short range so its value post toa isn't that uber if wardens are bg botting. In Origins, its value would have to worked out. As Pally's are going to have their healing boosted, then you could have a more effective hybrid than a Warden if all things stay the same. As you say, it depends what they tinker with.

[Yurka]

will be interesting to see what they do about cast speed... maybe mota or moa (can't remember which one it was) will make a come back.

[gwal]

Originally Posted by Faeldawn

Who is going to do the pl? Everyone will be level 1...

Personally i'd like to see pult groups again

ment in general with the pl, but some ppl do make their own pl grps (what we used to do when on new server). everybody goes pb class, or healer/guard bot. once done lvling u lvl the pvp classes.
faster than lvling a tank grp for instance, and u got all the cash u could want.

[Lucius]

I think the atmosphere of starting a new server will be the best thing. People will be exping in the old areas again with old faces from as long as 5 years back. It will be a fantastic experience, very nostalgic.

[Manisch Depressiv]

Yeah, if I'd have a C64 I'd undust it to for 30 seconds and put it back again.

[Drucken]

Originally Posted by Manisch Depressiv

Yeah, if I'd have a C64 I'd undust it to for 30 seconds and put it back again.

Good for you

[Manisch Depressiv]

Originally Posted by Drucken

Good for you

I just witnessed what happened to the so called classic server on Europe and GoA's broad inability so I don't believe in the success of a new server type in Europe whatsoever.

Furthermore fragmenting the population further instead of fixing the main game design is something I won't support anymore.

[Kaun_IA]

uu.. this is something that should have happened 2 years back.. might resub in US to see it :P