looking bleak :( ?

boppas

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ellos peeps :)

im bored & with the current state of DAoC atm (especially rvr) here goes a boppa post ^^

RvR .....whats that!?

Thats what some noob would probably think if they stepped into the frontier atm its that quiet!

I wouldnt have thought WoW would have made such an impact, but a few weeks on, RvR seems dead & getting worse imo.

Alot of the regular rvr guilds have almost fell apart due to members leaving from all realms, Im one of the fortunate ones who moved to a pretty active guild, but going RvR is dull at the best of times.

Im spending most of my time atm over on mid/exc leveling a BD as atm rvr on there is alot more active than pryd, but even exc has been hit hard.

I know theres been talk of Server Clustering, tbh they need to do it quickly before those of us thats left get fed up & move on. I know catacombs is around the corner, but then so is a handful of NEW mmorpg's (one of which is Dark & Light) which i will more than likely be leaving DAoC for. I cant help feel that catac wont solve all of DAoC's probs..ok it adds a few new classes etc..but imo Catacombs will be a PvE'rs dream, for the RvR freak (like myself!) it dont offer much, apart from the fact i will have to do yet MORE PvE if i wanted to try out one of the new char(s) in RvR, dont get me wrong i will prob try one or 2 of the new chars before leave DAoC... but i wont be getting it to L50 wit ToA'd gear etc, I will prob just have a lil fun PvE & maybe try out thid, but thats as far as im going.

GoA/Mythic whoever, could have done ALOT to keep its customers, instead they just thrown useless x-pansion packs at us once in a blue moon & the only useful expansion to-date imo is NF..but as usual for us Euro players, this came much later than promised..

WoW has hit daoc hard & will continue to do so, i know some ppl will think alot of players that left DAoC for WoW will come back, tbh by the time they get bored of WoW they will prob move to another new mmorpg thats around the corner...whats there to come back to ? A few new chars.. more time on useless PVE raids to have a chance in RvR..

DAoC imo is purely a PvP game. They should have concentrated on this instead of trying to "beef-up" the PvE side, its the PvP in DAoC that has kept daoc above water for so long, theres many other mmorpg's out there (& around the corner) that makes DAoC look like child's play when it comes to PvE, but PvP (atm) DAoC is by far the best, which is why im still playing DAoC.

But with Dark & Light around the corner, i will not think twice about leaving DAoC if it lives up to what beta testers/dev's have said about it... I like to PvE in mmorpg's but in daoc its not fun at all..its a chore & a grind...slaying same mob after mob just to reach L50..then more PvE to get ToA'd then even more PvE for ML's which some classes need for rvr...all this just for RvR!

Ah well, time will tell as the motto goes, but it dont look good & im guessing theres many more leaving soon for another mmorpg thats around the corner.

cyaz soon peeps

Bops!
 

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Seems to be getting better...this weekend was floushing with tower takes and defence..lots of hibs/albs and even mids moved from BB :wub: ... I even killed you a few times bebop xD. :p
 

gervaise

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Gamah said:
Seems to be getting better...this weekend was floushing with tower takes and defence..lots of hibs/albs and even mids moved from BB :wub: ... I even killed you a few times bebop xD. :p

RvR is all about active players in RvR - and nothing really measures this statistic. Overall though the logged numbers suggest its getting worse.

Last Saturday peak : c. 700, this Saturday c. 650
Last Sunday peak: c. 830, this Sunday c. 700
 

Eroda

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Had some good rvr this weekend, felt it was a good bit more active than the last 2 weeks.

I'm not too worried unless the server is still losing people after the release of catacombs, i expect a fair few new players and old ones to return. If it gets to a stage where the server population is regularly 300-400, i would guess they will cluster pryd with excal which can only be a good thing imo.
 

Bahumat

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why not come join us on PvP?

if you can get past the fact your gonna die regardless of how leet u are when your a /20 in free armour it is alot more fun.

alot more rvr guys are coming over and its alot more fun what with the vast amount of 50's now playing
 

Awarkle

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pitty there isnt an option to transfer your main chars from the normal servers to the camlaan servers. I personally dont enjoy camlaan very much i find it anoying that if you go even near a trainer you get about 30 stealthers crowd around you.

Then from then on your chain killed by red con people constnatly you cant even dare roll a support class because you cant get groups.

Everyone rolls the following

1. Bonedancer
2. Theugist
3. Cabalith
4. Sorc
5. Skald
6. Ranger/hunter/scout/ns/infil/minstrel/sb etc

going anywhere in pvp will have you ganked 10 seconds after you arrive.

Sorry but camlaan just isnt my cup of tea its not fun to die constantly from the time you log in to the time you log out. If your going to camlaan take a 8 man guild group with you at least that way you can gank at least 1 person.

O yeah and if you do kill someone as a group you get flamed because you didnt solo.

just my experiences :)
 

Straef

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I'd go pvp if I could copy my merc there, even tho I find the atmosphere there.. shit, to say the least :p
 

boppas

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ellos again peeps :)

I guess rvr will pick up soon, last night i was bored & with the state of rvr atm i thought id make a post :)

Some might /flame me for saying this, but rvr is at its best for me when ALL 3 realms are "zerging" so to speak. I liked the large scale battles,think the last good one that happened some might remember was on a sunday when we hibby's lost a relic & there were mass LD's all over... but that day was a damn good day for RvR, wish it was like this all the time!

Nowaday's i play my mana ment more if im in a mini grp or random grp as i find him alot more fun & is pretty useful with the utility he has, but in a good setup or fixed rvr grp that my guild sometimes has a space for, then ofc i will take my chanter :)

anywayz fingers crossed it picks up, until then i guess im jus gunna keep dinging my BD over on exc!

Bops :)
 

Gamah

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Awarkle said:
O yeah and if you do kill someone as a group you get flamed because you didnt solo.

just my experiences :)


I play a sorc and bd on camlan occationaly..its great, always get insulted in broken English..like "FUCK NOOB BD YOUR MOTHER IS FUCK" "STRAFE NOOB I FUCK STRAFE".. hehe.
 

Maeloch

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Awarkle said:
Everyone rolls the following

1. Bonedancer

Bonedancer vs bonedancer fights must be thrilling.

Mael, 50th ment.
 

Straef

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Kained_again said:
I guess it comes down to who has the higher +pow cap :)
Or if one of em decides to stop strafing and actually use some of their other spells :x
 

Bahumat

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nah dd +lifetap commander the qc dd and lifetap commander

1 bd now has no pets and can be lifetapped to death.

anyways PvP you either get a hard time like someone mentioned above but then again you can do really well.
 

Awarkle

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i think i need to leave my care bear attitude at the door and roll somthing overpowered :D
 

Roadie

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This is the worst time....wow isnt even a mounth old yet, ppl still playing free mounth.

I guess people will start slowly comming back soon then when cats comes out loads will renew their accounts and might stay :)

Tbh its only rly fg rvr that suffers like this. small group + soloing is very fun with such low pop rate.
 

Elitestoner

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rvr is fucking brilliant atm tbh, i can go out solo and actually meet other soloers, i love it xD
 

Straef

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Elitestoner said:
rvr is fucking brilliant atm tbh, i can go out solo and actually meet other soloers, i love it xD
Went out and didn't meet any soloers, or hardly :p Still the same old, either zerg, or don't go out at all :<
 

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