Playing DAoC while waiting for CU?

Tilda

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Anybody still playing, if so, where is the action/fun? US?
Or private servers?
 

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I'm still having fun sometimes.

Sometimes the action is really good, others it's full of zerging idiots who just run 5fg+ and roll over everything.
 

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Quite good action CV most of the time, Small mans, fg action in there. And quite possible to solo in there even as a noone stealther.
And the best thing is not getting rolled by 345 people as soon as you poke your nose out of the keep gate.
 

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Uthgard!

It can be a little bit wonky, but no way no how does EA get any of my money again as long as I live.
 

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Come and play uthgard, way better than live. EA dosen't deserve any money for making DAoC totally bullshit. On uthgard you get the good old DAoC feeling, and there is amazing 8vs8 action :)
 

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I am still playing on the US servers, but totally avoid NF. I spent 70% of my time in the battlegrounds(Molvik and Cathal Valley), 5% crafting and 25% putting together templates, farming and leveling characters :)
 

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I am still playing on the US servers, but totally avoid NF. I spent 70% of my time in the battlegrounds(Molvik and Cathal Valley), 5% crafting and 25% putting together templates, farming and leveling characters :)

But you are never on when i am, love CV.
 

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But you are never on when i am, love CV.
I try to be on most nights.. I am mostly on my little dwarf healer in molvik, but would love to play my zerk or sm more in CV
 

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Yeah good 8v8 action with no Cure NS and 1:30 NS timer, sounds like real fun.
 

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Before you start playing Uthgard you should ask yourself a few simple questions:

  • Am I ready to level, mostly solo, old school where xp is beyond slow?
  • Will I be willing to play without a buffbot?
  • Can I cope with no NS cure?
  • If I decide to play support, can I live with being out of power every fight?
If you answer yes to all of the above, here is a link to the portal: http://www.dolserver.net/daocportal/
 

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Uthgard would be good is the admins weren't so up their own asses about how DAoC should be.
 

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How do i get to uthgard?

http://uthgard.net/

Yeah good 8v8 action with no Cure NS and 1:30 NS timer, sounds like real fun.

QQ more, its not that bad you just play in another way..... But might be hard for some

Before you start playing Uthgard you should ask yourself a few simple questions:

  • Am I ready to level, mostly solo, old school where xp is beyond slow?
  • Will I be willing to play without a buffbot?
  • Can I cope with no NS cure?
  • If I decide to play support, can I live with being out of power every fight?
If you answer yes to all of the above, here is a link to the portal: http://www.dolserver.net/daocportal/


  • That's not true, its easy to find groups or you just make them yourself always people to level with in the EU primetime.
  • True but crafted pots etc might help you abit
  • OFC only qq kids wont
  • Not true, ofc if you are so clueless to spreadheal the hole time but singel heals is the way to go like it always have been :p
 

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http://uthgard.net/



QQ more, its not that bad you just play in another way..... But might be hard for some




  • That's not true, its easy to find groups or you just make them yourself always people to level with in the EU primetime.
  • True but crafted pots etc might help you abit
  • OFC only qq kids wont
  • Not true, ofc if you are so clueless to spreadheal the hole time but singel heals is the way to go like it always have been :p

Yeah, single heal when you're red nearsighted for 1.30 and can't do shit about it, clue_less.

Pointless playing casters on that server.
 

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Yeah, single heal when you're red nearsighted for 1.30 and can't do shit about it, clue_less.

Pointless playing casters on that server.

Well we're running a full caster group in BTL and purge helps you alittle but seems like we have a qq problem :p
 

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purging nearsight, sounds like real fun

Seems like you hate that part a lot but tbh i didn't like it in the start aswell but find it fine now, its a part of the gameplay etc :) But i would rather play any other game than DAoC live, ask EA what you want and you'll get it :) EA did a great job in killing DAoC. Went there 2 month ago and i would never go back to live again.
 

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Pot juggling on Uthgard is no fun, as well as the even slowing leveling now that a blue takes eons to kill.

If you've got a month to get to 50 then go for it.
 

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Seems like you hate that part a lot but tbh i didn't like it in the start aswell but find it fine now, its a part of the gameplay etc :) But i would rather play any other game than DAoC live, ask EA what you want and you'll get it :) EA did a great job in killing DAoC. Went there 2 month ago and i would never go back to live again.

It ruins the game, you're kiting for 1.5mins if you don't have purge, or trying to push on a mid rr11 tank group, which to me just seems sad.

I'm not saying live is better by any means, but a few tweaks (such as NS cure) and it'd be pretty good really.
 

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my accounts are active but the action is terrible these days, times I play the german bg's are out and its more or less no fun to play at all solo :p constant boat rides, getting ran over by 80+ zergs = zzzzz
 

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I've played some Uthgard and from my view: yes, the levelling is dread slow, but it's very easy to find groups and I find people more friendly and laid back than in other mmorpgs (a friend of mine just started playing there was shocked over how relaxed people were after moving from the likes of WoW, Rift etc). Population seems decent enough, this weekend there was over 1000 online, and since buffbots are banned that is a sound number.

DAoC on live can be fun also, but I found the action to be pretty awful. RvR split up in way to many battlegrounds and frontiers and population (already dwindled) spread thin.
 

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Anybody doing leveling 1-50? ;p
 

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Anybody doing leveling 1-50? ;p

Im in thid on my druid. But i can help you with some gear on alb :) and just started to lvl on mid with some friends :) We're around 13-15 on mid atm.
 

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I know alb and hib best, but could get by on mid.
Is my best bet going to be to go with what I know best (ie probably reaver or cabby on alb, or bard on hib) or should I do something different?
How likely am I to get groups/rvr groups as a random, or do I need to find a guild first really?
 

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i could get on again, but i feel it's just too dated for me to play without ruining my rose tinted glasses
 

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I have a level 35ish chanter somewhere on Uthgard :)

Sold my cleric for £40 :)
 

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I'm almost tempted to play again, shame all my accounts are completely stripped. Not sure I have the patience to level and template a new character.
 

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