Curious about this game

sanitysend

Hello all =]

as the title suggests, I've been searching for a new MMO and am quite curious about this one.

Is it worth starting now? How is the player base? Pros/Cons?

Anything at all, just want to know if i should play it =]

thanks

daeandor

You are a little late on playing the game, but the reality is that DAOC is still one of the best games out there for pvp (RvR it's called).  I would think that if you got into the game and found it interesting, you could still do fairly well as a newb.  Overall I feel that DAOC, while older, still measures up well against the newer mmorpgs out there.  It is a little more difficult than say, WoW, but not too bad if you get in a guild where people help you out a little.  There is a 14 day free trial that you can download and check out the game.  I recommend some of the easier classes as a newb, such as pure caster (runemaster, eldritch, wizard), self-buffing hybrid (Friar, vampiir, valkrie, thane, heretic).  Most classes are quite easy to level now days except a pure healing class (healer, druid, cleric) and a pure melee class (warrior, armsman, hero, mercenary, blademaster, berserker).  The above are generalizations of course, and with knowledge of any class, nearly all are easy to level.

Ledrir

sanitysend,

 

Daoc is a fun game, I recently returned to it and decided to give the Gaheris server a try which is a pve only server.  The community there is very friendly and helpful.  If you are new to Daoc and pvp is not a must have, I would recommend starting a character on the Gaheris server.  It has a great community and Ive found community is probably the most important attribute of an online game.

sanitysend

Thanks both of you =]

i just dl'd the free trial and am patching right now. Although I'm late, hopefully this game will tide me over for a while since i think i might kill myself if i touch WoW one more time.

Thanks again for your help!

Ratboy51

Originally posted by daeandor


You are a little late on playing the game, but the reality is that DAOC is still one of the best games out there for pvp (RvR it's called).  I would think that if you got into the game and found it interesting, you could still do fairly well as a newb.  Overall I feel that DAOC, while older, still measures up well against the newer mmorpgs out there.  It is a little more difficult than say, WoW, but not too bad if you get in a guild where people help you out a little.  There is a 14 day free trial that you can download and check out the game.  I recommend some of the easier classes as a newb, such as pure caster (runemaster, eldritch, wizard), self-buffing hybrid (Friar, vampiir, valkrie, thane, heretic).  Most classes are quite easy to level now days except a pure healing class (healer, druid, cleric) and a pure melee class (warrior, armsman, hero, mercenary, blademaster, berserker).  The above are generalizations of course, and with knowledge of any class, nearly all are easy to level.

 

I agree. I haven't played for a while.. but it is definitely an awesome game!!

Definitely, try it out..

Cartography

I started playing DaOC off and on last year, and boy was I glad I discovered it. It's a great game, and the graphics actually aren't too bad for being an older game. If anything, it's made me pumped for WAR because it's being developed by Mythic... hopefully some of the charm in DaOC will carry over Definitely worth a shot.