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eragrim
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Some of you might know me, others might not, I am an old hunter sharing my story, my glory and my fall...
I have played daoc since the early beta, and back in those days decided already then that the path of the hunter was to be my desinty. I played intense and I soon releasied that our kin was not well liked by other souls, we were concidered a weakness within groups, so I soloed most of my lvls and after alot of very hard work I managed to raise in skill...
I soon discovered that the class had many weaknesses, the pet abillity was there to "make up" for it, as I noticed how much more powerfull the Scouts and Rangers were. I soon discovered that the pet was totally useless and I often had to dismiss it in groups (when I got groups) since they declared it an exp leecher. Neither could it take aggro allowing me to range kill the mobs and it scarcly ever hit the mobs I was fighting.
I was sad at first when I noticed how our kin was treated and told myself that when I reach 50 all the fun on the battlefield will make up for my hard time lvling, so I continued...
Then I reached the lair, I was allowed within the leech group at 44 which had forced me to solo from 40-44 and that was no easy task. I played in the leech group until lvl 48 when I was finally allowed in main group, then I faced another problem. I needed a bow for RvR. At this time I was not a member of a large guild to this task proved to be very difficult as well, but I got some help from Tiwaz's Emissaries and together we managed to find the Death Whisper bow. I remember that day, it was a good one
By this time I had reached 50 and discovered how difficult RvR was, the Death Whisper still helped a little but finding your targets was a very hard task. I could not solo a tank, there was no possibillity, but mages was a possibillity. And the pet abillity... Well, in RvR it is closer to a disadvantage then an advantage.
I quickly noticed that Hunters werent very welcome in groups in RvR either, but yet again, we had stealth, and we were a solo class. Then after a while I started to get the hang of it, grouping with other hunters etc making dual critshots was the most fun I have ever had in daoc. I managed to get up to around 350 000 RPs, often you died short after killing your target, but still you were possible to make it alive, and the feeling of a succesfull kill, was a great one indeed.
I noticed how many new hunters that popped up around in Midgard, I got many /sends of advice and good lvl 50 templates etc, I even had a rather many offers of intrested buyers of my account.
I remember those days as the best in my daoc careér. When the hunter still were a hunter...
I want to point out at this state that making a kill was no easy bussiness, it could take ages for the right target to come and you could blow it totally even on the most solid chances you had...
Here I heard the roumurs from the US server, and shortly after they were confirmed. See Hidden arrived.
All people who are Whine sensetive, please stop to read right here...
The first days I found myself so very angry as I turned of the cpu. You lasted for about 5 mins solo as a hunter in Emain. This change had such a BIG impact on the Hunter class that imo that it is a total different class today. All my ideas of the hunter and all I enjoyed with it were smashed to pieces. Suddenley the ammounts of hunters in Midgard dropped with more then half, and the SB population grew so intense... Not to mention the infiltraitor population. Atm the number of pure stealthers are skyhigh... Everyday I was owned by a new name, and the worse thing was, I had and still hav no abillity to defend myself against them, not a chance whatsoever! I wrote several letters to Mythic's Support and they answered following:
"The Hunter had no natural Predetor"
Goodwork Mythic, we are no longer hunters...
Solo We are the hunted, not to mention gimps , since we are unable to defend ourselves...
(and please dont tell me to spec RA's Purge/IP/True sight, they will make you last one attack from an Infil, the next, you bite the dust)
Some say spear is an advantage Hunters have, against an Infil, it is worthless, one evade is fatal for the battle and one evade will get you that Dragon fang in your face...
Today as Mythic has stripped us of stealth and we have to seek groups and we are still only a weakness in the group compared to other classes, we have nothing to offer...
If I only could go back to the day when my trainer asked which path I were to choose... If only I could get the feeling back of feeling secure when stealthed... I would still find joy within the game itself.
As a customer I think it is horrible how Mythic can allow such a major change to a class that you no longer recognise it, and have to alter your whole playstyle...
was this a fair move from Mythic? Were a hunter with proper stealth owerpowered?
If so, I can defently assure you that nothing of the former hunter remains (the solo hunter), we are no longer a threat gentlemen and ladies, and all my time on Eragrim Nightfall was a waste, which in the end only would bring pain and sorrow upon me...
"As the hunter walks away, you can see the great pain that is over and inside him, batnerfing hurts and it has forced him to leave the path of the Hunter..."
<Eragrim mumbles: Clerics, you're next...>
I have played daoc since the early beta, and back in those days decided already then that the path of the hunter was to be my desinty. I played intense and I soon releasied that our kin was not well liked by other souls, we were concidered a weakness within groups, so I soloed most of my lvls and after alot of very hard work I managed to raise in skill...
I soon discovered that the class had many weaknesses, the pet abillity was there to "make up" for it, as I noticed how much more powerfull the Scouts and Rangers were. I soon discovered that the pet was totally useless and I often had to dismiss it in groups (when I got groups) since they declared it an exp leecher. Neither could it take aggro allowing me to range kill the mobs and it scarcly ever hit the mobs I was fighting.
I was sad at first when I noticed how our kin was treated and told myself that when I reach 50 all the fun on the battlefield will make up for my hard time lvling, so I continued...
Then I reached the lair, I was allowed within the leech group at 44 which had forced me to solo from 40-44 and that was no easy task. I played in the leech group until lvl 48 when I was finally allowed in main group, then I faced another problem. I needed a bow for RvR. At this time I was not a member of a large guild to this task proved to be very difficult as well, but I got some help from Tiwaz's Emissaries and together we managed to find the Death Whisper bow. I remember that day, it was a good one
By this time I had reached 50 and discovered how difficult RvR was, the Death Whisper still helped a little but finding your targets was a very hard task. I could not solo a tank, there was no possibillity, but mages was a possibillity. And the pet abillity... Well, in RvR it is closer to a disadvantage then an advantage.
I quickly noticed that Hunters werent very welcome in groups in RvR either, but yet again, we had stealth, and we were a solo class. Then after a while I started to get the hang of it, grouping with other hunters etc making dual critshots was the most fun I have ever had in daoc. I managed to get up to around 350 000 RPs, often you died short after killing your target, but still you were possible to make it alive, and the feeling of a succesfull kill, was a great one indeed.
I noticed how many new hunters that popped up around in Midgard, I got many /sends of advice and good lvl 50 templates etc, I even had a rather many offers of intrested buyers of my account.
I remember those days as the best in my daoc careér. When the hunter still were a hunter...
I want to point out at this state that making a kill was no easy bussiness, it could take ages for the right target to come and you could blow it totally even on the most solid chances you had...
Here I heard the roumurs from the US server, and shortly after they were confirmed. See Hidden arrived.
All people who are Whine sensetive, please stop to read right here...
The first days I found myself so very angry as I turned of the cpu. You lasted for about 5 mins solo as a hunter in Emain. This change had such a BIG impact on the Hunter class that imo that it is a total different class today. All my ideas of the hunter and all I enjoyed with it were smashed to pieces. Suddenley the ammounts of hunters in Midgard dropped with more then half, and the SB population grew so intense... Not to mention the infiltraitor population. Atm the number of pure stealthers are skyhigh... Everyday I was owned by a new name, and the worse thing was, I had and still hav no abillity to defend myself against them, not a chance whatsoever! I wrote several letters to Mythic's Support and they answered following:
"The Hunter had no natural Predetor"
Goodwork Mythic, we are no longer hunters...
Solo We are the hunted, not to mention gimps , since we are unable to defend ourselves...
(and please dont tell me to spec RA's Purge/IP/True sight, they will make you last one attack from an Infil, the next, you bite the dust)
Some say spear is an advantage Hunters have, against an Infil, it is worthless, one evade is fatal for the battle and one evade will get you that Dragon fang in your face...
Today as Mythic has stripped us of stealth and we have to seek groups and we are still only a weakness in the group compared to other classes, we have nothing to offer...
If I only could go back to the day when my trainer asked which path I were to choose... If only I could get the feeling back of feeling secure when stealthed... I would still find joy within the game itself.
As a customer I think it is horrible how Mythic can allow such a major change to a class that you no longer recognise it, and have to alter your whole playstyle...
was this a fair move from Mythic? Were a hunter with proper stealth owerpowered?
If so, I can defently assure you that nothing of the former hunter remains (the solo hunter), we are no longer a threat gentlemen and ladies, and all my time on Eragrim Nightfall was a waste, which in the end only would bring pain and sorrow upon me...
"As the hunter walks away, you can see the great pain that is over and inside him, batnerfing hurts and it has forced him to leave the path of the Hunter..."
<Eragrim mumbles: Clerics, you're next...>