The future of DAOC!

[illu]

2006
I think I read somewhere that DAOC will have another expansion in the Fall with the addition of a new class. I can only assume this will be a new class for each realm, should be "interesting".
2007
Most casual players will reach rr10, hardcore/students/on-the-dole will be getting to rr12 with the better RP patch (1.81?) so everyone will be getting the most out of their toons. I imagine most people will have at least 2-3 toons that they play with regularly depending on what is required for each stage of the battle.
Another expansion arrives that will not affect RvR except that all the drops from the new mobs have 100 util.
2008
First players hit RR13. The same players need to be put into a hospital to wean themselves off DAOC. They go cold-turkey for a while, scream out obscenities like "I almost had that f*cking warlock!" "Bloody bainshees!" and eventually simmer down and get released back into the community.
Crafting gets an overhaul and becomes automated.
2009
New Blood is needed in the game as only the most hardcore are left, everyone is RR12+ except for Thanes and Hunters who are only just reaching RR10. A new expansion comes out that gives instant ML10 CL5 Level50 on underpopulated realms (Midgard/Hibernia) and the realm of Albion is made twice as big as there is not enough room for the zerg to live.
2010
Scientists find another sun and a strange black block that is spinning around sucking up the galaxy......


Something else I found:
A patch note that we left out of 1.81. It said, "It is now possible to begin repairing a destroyed tower at 0% condition rather than 25%."
whatever that means.

So where do people think the game is going?

How are games like Everquest II, World of Warcraft and all the new MMORPGs dealing with new technology and keeping their fan base happy?

I looked at the Everquest site and saw they have 4 expansions. How many does World of Warcraft have?

Also what is the new Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG game like?

Is Warhammer going to be the new DAOC?

Type stuff! Make this an interesting thread. Fed up of all the gratz threads and adding threads. Converse! Discuss! Make my afternoon at work interesting you flaming fookers :>

Oli - Illu

 

[Liff]

Cant tell if your predictions are right or wrong, but the 2009:

everyone is RR12+ except for Thanes and Hunters who are only just reaching RR10.

really made me laugh

 

[CuddleBunny!]

I doubt much people will still be playing daoc in 2010

 

[Kagato]

I just wish they'd stop messing about with new expansions and actually put some effort into learning more about their own damn game and fixing it.

We have more then enough classes and races as it is, we don't need anymore, specially when so many of the existing ones are screwed up already.

To be honest i'd rather they just added another realm.

 

[elbeek]

Good post Illu.

I hope the game continues to evolve, I agree with Kagato that perhaps fixing the ingame mechanics rather than adding more expansions is the way ahead. There will ofc be expansions, this way it draws new players to the game.

Class imbalances still need attention badly, there are still too many op classes and too many needing some fixing.

A new RvR area would be nice, on a much larger scale than Lagramon.

Crafting desperately needs retuning.

I would love to see the ability to hold large scale battles without zone crashes, imagine Camelot under siege.

Consider a retune of relic powers as has been previously mentioned.

Consider giving titles some unique ability.

 

[Varna]

As much as I hate to say it, they need to remove alot of the classic / SI zones. No-one uses them anymore as much since the catacombs areas offers much better EXP potential.

 

[Rauno]

make all MLs soloble

 

[Everz]

As much as I hate to say it, they need to remove alot of the classic / SI zones. No-one uses them anymore as much since the catacombs areas offers much better EXP potential.

Or update them.

 

[Emmet]

I just wish they'd stop messing about with new expansions and actually put some effort into learning more about their own damn game and fixing it.

We have more then enough classes and races as it is, we don't need anymore, specially when so many of the existing ones are screwed up already.

To be honest i'd rather they just added another realm.

but if they add another realm, they need new classes and races? :>

 

[Eyres]

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[Oysterboy]

As much as I hate to say it, they need to remove alot of the classic / SI zones. No-one uses them anymore as much since the catacombs areas offers much better EXP potential.

NO! I like to go there from time to time, for nostalgic reasons.

 

[Emmet]

As much as I hate to say it, they need to remove alot of the classic / SI zones. No-one uses them anymore as much since the catacombs areas offers much better EXP potential.

but task dungeons are in mainland

 

[adorf]

As much as I hate to say it, they need to remove alot of the classic / SI zones. No-one uses them anymore as much since the catacombs areas offers much better EXP potential.

where will teh poor dragon go?

 

[Kinag]

2010
Scientists find another sun and a strange black block that is spinning around sucking up the galaxy......

Actually, I Just read that they found a new black hole associated with a new sun that is yet to be found

Though they have some ideas on where the sun is, and how long until the earth will actually be taken by the black hole

 

[Varna]

where will teh poor dragon go?

okok I said alot but obviously not her!

 

[atos]

As much as I hate to say it, they need to remove alot of the classic / SI zones. No-one uses them anymore as much since the catacombs areas offers much better EXP potential.

I've thought about this before. Instead of adding new zones they should remake all these old classic zoens into really high lvl zones where all mobs are like lvl 50+. And also add lots of named mobs with new drops. Perhaps update Muspelheim with higher lvl mobs and perhaps add another dragon to each realm for fun? More epic encounters that could be a part of some really hard quest.

 

[illu]

Hmmmm a 4th realm might be interesting, but again - you'd get a lot of strange class imbalances at the beginning, and the 3 realms we have at the moment seem "relatively" balanced.

I like the idea of MLs being solo'able or maybe at least there should be some questing equivalent that takes the same amount of time but you get no uber drops from it. That way at least you can get to ML10 somehow. (Saying that - it's not too hard to go on a realm outing to do a ML, but I suppose these will get rarer as time goes by?)

Do many people here play Everquest II, World of Warcraft and any of the new MMORPGs (Dark and Light - is that one?)? How do they keep their fan base happy?

What is the new Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG game like?

Has anyone tried the Codemasters RF Online MMORPG?

Is Warhammer going to be the new DAOC?

The main future changes that I would like to see to DAOC (that I've mentioned before) are player RR/ML/XP/CL pooling, so you play the toon you want to play and ALL your toons benefit, and I'd also like to see poisoned weaps have a different coloured text when in your back pack. I think I'll send that one into Mythic, as I'm fed up of cycling through 6+ weapons every time I leave a keep to make sure I have the right poisons on each :> (not that it makes much of a difference on damn Remedy Shades :>)

Oli - Illu

 

[[NO]Subedai]

i think itll stay alive until mythic realese warhammer online. then it will die as loads of players will leave and mythic will focus their attention on warhammer. That will be end of daoc and the coming of daoc2 (warhammer online)

 

[Matmardigan]

Also what is the new Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG game like?

D&D is shit MMORPG.

no rvr,pvp

just u and some hardcore pve freaks against mobs.

 

[Raven]

midtard will get a class that insta kills everything in the same zone, but ofc it will be balanced and actually hard to play for your average midgardian.

 

[Bistrup666]

I just wish they'd stop messing about with new expansions and actually put some effort into learning more about their own damn game and fixing it.

We have more then enough classes and races as it is, we don't need anymore, specially when so many of the existing ones are screwed up already.

To be honest i'd rather they just added another realm.

What kaga said.

It's insane how they screw us over they havn't even tried to fix all the bugs in game, they just release new expansion's with some new must do pve new items and OP'ed classes.

The game need fixing not more crap put in.

 

[Niko]

lol funni tredd! +1

 

[Ogen]

midtard will get a class that insta kills everything in the same zone, but ofc it will be balanced and actually hard to play for your average midgardian.

 

[Whispers]

I agree with Kagato, dont add new stuff carefor the existing features.

Yes new classes are exciting but after the experience we made with cata classes who honestly wants to face new OP enemy classes that go through a 6 month nerf process.

There is so many bugs and flaws that need a look over just to name a view

LoS issues (nuke through walls) (cant hit someone u obviously have in sight coz his left midle toe is hidden behind the wall structure)

Character placement issues (speed hacking) (Strafing) (Walk Through) etc

Cheeter detection (they realy should start to implement stuff that helps em to find and ban cheeters)

Class Balancing

RA / ML / Skill Abillity check over (I am thinking about things like (TWF + Grapple etc where u combine abilities to summit like GoD Mode

there is many things that need some loving

Once those stuffs are fixed it would be nice to have an overhoul of the existing zones so that SI / TOA and Mainlands get mobs and drop tables fixed (pretty much like they did with DF in DR patch)

only once all those things are settled I would like to see new zones or classes etc


only my unholly opinion

have fun

 

[Calo]

midtard will get a class that insta kills everything in the same zone, but ofc it will be balanced and actually hard to play for your average midgardian.

looks like we made him cry again.

 

[Whispers]

oh and add summit like a 1vs1 or XvsX RvR Instance like an arena where u can choose your opponent by class and RR and invite him to a duell or summit.

Would realy love such a feature.

 

[Eeben]

Cant tell if your predictions are right or wrong, but the 2009:

really made me laugh

an you will be the only player who is rr6 still because you got lost in your pond an never got back to the rvr zone

 

[Muylaetrix]

i think that with mythic also doing warhammer that warhammer will be based on the DAOC engine, play in the warhammer universe, and look like WoW.

I think warhammer will be a lot more targeted at the `younger` WoW playerbase, not at the daoc playerbase.

Games workshop wants to enter the online game market and compete with WoW.

 

[Anarawan]

oh and add summit like a 1vs1 or XvsX RvR Instance like an arena where u can choose your opponent by class and RR and invite him to a duell or summit.

Would realy love such a feature.

= arranged fights against CoC

 

[SoulFly]

Upping RP gained is a fucking joke.