Discuss...

[Elorelen Hearthunter]

How come people are leaving DAoC...

I´am having great fun with ToA.
Nice looking armor set.
And those masterlevels are very cool..

It is very beautifull etc...

So why don´t people like it?

so again the question to discuss is:

Why are people leaving DAoC so suddenly?

[stighelmer]

Originally Posted by Elorelen Hearthunter

How come people are leaving DAoC...

I´am having great fun with ToA.
Nice looking armor set.
And those masterlevels are very cool..

It is very beautifull etc...

So why don´t people like it?

so again the question to discuss is:

Why are people leaving DAoC so suddenly?

I think it is mostly RvR:ers who are leaving DAoC because of ToA. Although it might not be entirely due to ToA it is probably a contributing factor in many cases.
ToA is kinda a breaking point and to continue with RvR you now have to endure painstaking PvE. Many of those who are leaving now might have left in the coming half year but probably find this as good time as any.

oh, and...

GOD, I really HATE PvE

[BlueJam]

You might find some of them don't want too, but find ToA such a chore they are left with no choice. It's a toss up between a terminal case of Deep Vein Thrombosis or doing something else.

[Tiki]

A. Most of the people leaving arent liking the future developments to theier RvR exprience. They really dont want to put in the months of PvE action to stay "ontop of the game"

Which is the main reason. They would rather quit now while thier ahead and not getting owned because someone has stuff from toa which they use to thier advantage. Some toa twinked warden smacks a RR7+ non-toa char down, u really think the RR7 will like that prospect? Nah leave now and be forever remembered in the book of leet

its thier choice

[Asty]

many dont like toa, including me

[Vindicator]

Well as you said alot of the players leaving are RvR players primarly.

The fact that daoc is being pushed, kicking and screaming into a Zerg Verus Zerg warfare type game. So after all this pve you learn that the best way to use your ML's is to get into battlegroups with even more ppl. These ppl leaving, of the most part, Prefered 1fg V 1fg combat. This is become really difficult with froniters here. Also the fact that the game is 2yrs+ old some ppl just want something fresh, its fun to be a noob sometimes .

[Behmoth]

Originally Posted by Tiki

. Some toa twinked warden smacks a RR7+ non-toa char down, u really think the RR7 will like that prospect

yeah as if ! may bore them do death can't see a warden being uber tank

[nol]

lots of people leaving because their best friends, uncles, step-sisters, husbands nephew read something about it not being nice...

[Kagato]

Because ToA is ruining the game and pushing it in a bad direction, before getting to 50 was enough to compete in RvR, then you had to get high RR and plan out your RA's effectively to compete in RvR,then we got SC and you had to farm money all over again to cap all your stats to compete in RvR.

And now we get ML's and Artifacts meaning we now need to spend 2 months in pve and redo all our SC templates again to over-cap our stats to try and compete in RvR again.

And it gets to the stage where its simply no longer worth it, and it becomes time to smile at your victories, salute your rivals and walk away.

If you look back, this is an entirely different game we're playing now, its barely unrecognisable to how it used to be, I'd hate to be a new player starting out, and its still changing, but not for the better. As mentioned above Mythic are forcing the game towards large scale zerg warfare where skill will become less and less needed, we're going to end up playing Starcraft pretty much with each little minion being a person and pushing 2 buttons or 5 wont make a differance.

Well, enough ranting, the game is not what it used to be and changes for the better are more and more rare.

[Konah]

Originally Posted by Elorelen Hearthunter

So why don´t people like it?

cos i'd rather be killing hibs and mids than being _forced_ to pay £15 to pve for ~8weeks

and then stepping into the unknown, the future RvR battlefield, full of bullshit artifacts & bullshit unbalanced abilities, thats why.

/grind

all i can say is it better be worth it

[Archon]

ToA is only a imporvement to the game... People who dont like it is mainly ppl who got xx... pl'ed fotm or stealth char's or only do rvr anyways.
But anyway I wouldnt mind if 1/3 of the albs stopped playing because of ToA, would help outballance the game for us Excalibur gamers! So.. Please.. Leave... All.. you... guys...

Thx for reading my post m8

[Wonk]

oi, there are also many who's reactivating their accounts

[Elorelen Hearthunter]

Well, I have got Trials of Atlantis, and I sure think it's an improvement to the game...

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Archon

ToA is only a imporvement to the game... People who dont like it is mainly ppl who got xx... pl'ed fotm or stealth char's or only do rvr anyways.

You couldn't be more wrong

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Behmoth

yeah as if ! may bore them do death can't see a warden being uber tank

He probably meant WardeR (RR2 in Albion)