DAOC: Uthgard BETA IS COMING!

[Sinadin]

sorry if this has been asked already:

buffbots are not allowed I assume?
buffs from other players have a limited range?
only 1 char can be logged in at the same time?

[Scrooge]

Originally Posted by Millburn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I played a bard for 8 years from release and I'm down to play Hib again in May. Thanks for keeping us in the loop Scrooge. Really looking forward to this.

Np, although this is backman's thread, I'm glad I can still help out in some way. Are you planning on playing a Bard as your primary char in the BETA or will you be trying out other classes?

Originally Posted by Sinadin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

sorry if this has been asked already:

buffbots are not allowed I assume?
buffs from other players have a limited range?
only 1 char can be logged in at the same time?

No buffbots; buffs did have a range within which they were effective - although this was the case in the previous version of Uthgard, and seeing as how they are planning to run under a much earlier patch version, I'm not 100% on this. As for being able to login more than 1 char at a time, it was possible to do it before, and most people would only do it to trade items between chars, but if you get caught doing that you'd be risking a permanent ban nonetheless.

[Krycek]

If they had long duration potions other than the 10 min buff pots I would play there. Played on origins/genesis and prefer soloing so pretty much needed the pots but seemed like all I got done was farming for more gold to buy pots. Got old fast. I always had a buffbot back in the day to solo on my inf.

[Oleris]

Looking to join a legit 8 man as a caster. Sorc/cab/theurg on alb. RM/SM on mid. Any caster on hib. I hit RR10 right when TOA landed on percival server.

[Millburn]

Originally Posted by Scrooge [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Np, although this is backman's thread, I'm glad I can still help out in some way. Are you planning on playing a Bard as your primary char in the BETA or will you be trying out other classes?.

Haven't really decided on exactly what I'm playing yet. I've been tossing around the idea of giving Valewalker a decent chance this time around. All my time in DAoC was split between a Nightshade, a Bard, and a Cabalist. Definitely gonna branch out just haven't settled on anything concrete.

[Scrooge]

It'd be nice to have a Bard of our own for our guild/P99-crew groups, but if not I'm sure we'll be able to find one in-game. Depending on whether our group is more melee or caster type, a Bard's Endurance Song can make a huge difference - otherwise we wouldn't really need the Mana Song if I'll be a Mentalist. Having a Warden would be really good too, for melee groups especially, with their Damage Add chant and PBT (Pulsing Blade Turn) - this is kind of like a pulsing Rune but instead of absorbing a specific amount of damage like in EQ, it absorbs 1 entire melee hit, regardless of how much damage it does!

My personal advice is, don't play a class unless you really enjoy doing so! I usually pick and stick to one char like I would in EQ, but with DAoC it's a good idea to try to have 1 Caster Main and 1 Melee Main so you can experience the different sides of gameplay.

Use the BETA period to try different classes, especially ones you have never played before. Although it'd be great to have a PBAOE Bomb group for PvE and PvP both, it's some of the strongest spell damage in the game, and I'd support it with my healing and AoE DoT.

I'll re-post the Class Descriptions from my old thread so people can get a better idea and understanding of what to expect, cause while there are alot of similarities between EQ and DAoC classes, there are also many differences as well.

[Scrooge]

I'll post all available classes for Hibernia with my personal, basic class descriptions, grouped by their base classes, like 'healer-base', 'fighter base', 'caster base', etc.

Naturalist Base (healer): all get base healing, base buffs, basic rez (L10), basic group heal, can wear small-medium shields (but can't spec)

Bard - primary CC, endurance/mana/heal/speed songs, some healing, base buffs, cure disease/poison. Can also spec in weaponry for melee styles: -Blunt, -Blades

Druid - primary Healing, spec buffs, base buffs, resist buffs, pet, root/ae, dot, buff dispelling, spec rez (return with more HP/mana), cure disease/poison

Warden - base buffs, some healing, resist buffs, Group Damage Add chant, Group Pulsing Blade Turn chant (absorbs any melee hit every 10 seconds, can be decreased to 6 seconds depending on spec), Group Run Speed chant (comparable to low-lvl SoW, maxes out at 53% at 44 Nurture), Self Endurance Regen chant, Self Haste buff. Can also spec in weaponry for melee styles: -Blunt, -Blades, -Parry.

Guardian Base (fighters): all can spec Blunt, Blades, Piercing, Shields, Parry, can all wear Reinforced Armor, Protect ability (can be placed on friendly targets to attempt to take their aggro, good on casters/healers), Guard ability (requires a Shield on, attempts to block any melee hits on target, must stand real close, Guard I at 7 Shield spec), Intercept ability (attempts to take melee hit in place of friendly target)

Blademaster - Light Tank (primary melee DPS), Celtic Dual-wield spec, shield/parry specs, short-bows, Reinforced Armor, Advanced Evade (passive), Triple Wield (L25, Every 30 minutes you can summon a magical sword that adds 50% to your damage for 30 seconds. Charge RA (I'll add details for this awesome ability later)

Hero - Main Tank (defensive if shield spec, offensive if 2H spec), shield/parry specs, Large Weaponry (2H) spec, Celtic Spear (2H) spec, short bows, Scale Armor (L15). Initiate of the Hunt (class ability): You can turn yourself into a half-stag once every 30 minutes for 30 seconds. While in stag mode you get +25% to your HP (heal/total).

Champion - Hybrid Tank, melee with self STR/CON(hp) buff, instant spells; DD, stat debuffs, snare. Large Weaponry (2H), Scale Armor (L20).

Magician Base (casters): all have a Heat based single target DD, single stun (duration improves every, self AF buff (AC equivalent), self Absorbtion buff (for melee dmg), and self bladeturn buff (absorbs 1 melee hit, L19). The base spells in the 'Sun' and 'Moon' lines are all the same for all 3 classes, the only different base spells are in the unique spec lines for each class. For example; Eldritches 3rd spec line is 'Void' which has bolt damage and instant stat debuffs, Enchanters 3rd spec line is 'Enchantment' which gives a heal spell for your pet, the summon pet spell, and a run speed group chant (equivalent to mid-lvl SoW), and Mentalists get the 'Mentalism' spec line which has a single target DoT and a base Heal.

Eldritch - Wizard class; mainly direct damage spells in both base and spec lines, they also get an AE Mez in the Light/Sun spec, as well as Nearsight, which lowers the casting/shooting range of enemies who either cast or shoot with a bow, etc VERY USEFUL spell in PvP, it's bolt-range too. The Moon/Mana spec has some good utility in it as well; it features the strongest PBAOE spell in the game, DD+Snare & the AE version, single and AE Disease (disease in this game slows down your movement, and makes all heals on target do only 50% of their value), there's also the single target STR/CON debuff, as well as an AE version later in the spec. The Void/Eclipse spec features a spec bolt (so you'll have 2 bolts if you spec in this line), there's also an AE DD, and GTAOE (which is known as ground target AE, means you can cast on a certain loc whether it has targets in it or not), and last but not least; resist debuffs for Body, Spirit, Energy, they have 3 strength levels, -15, -30, -50.

Enchanter - Caster Pet class (like EQ mage); Light/Sun spec gives a Heat-based DD, and instant atk speed debuffs single and ae versions. The Moon/Mana spec also gives the strongest PBAOE spell in the game, same one as Eldritch, but also has a Pet Focus Damage Shield which is one of the greatest pet spells (it does really awesome damage, but while in effect, the caster cannot move or cast anything else), the spec also gives resist debuffs for Matter, Cold, Heat! (Heat is the most used caster DD in Hibernia). Enchantment spec gives stat/proc buffs for the pet only, and a Damage Add buff which can be used on other players. There are various pets this class can summon at certain levels, some pets are casters and will nuke your targets, other pets cast regen on all party members, and another type is a tank pet, great for when using the focus shield.

Mentalist - Utility class (familiar to EQ Enchanter); Light spec gives single DD, AE DD, and a Charm 'chant' which drains your mana depending on the level of the spell. Mana spec gives single target DoT, AE DoT, HoT (heal over time, one of the best in the game), and Mana Regen (single target, until high 30s when you get the first group version). Mentalism spec gives a spec Heal equivalent to those of Druids/Bards/Wardens, single target Mez, Confusion, and Cure Mez! (at L28)

Stalker Base (stealthers): both classes can dual wield and receive the Celtic Dual spec line, both can spec in Piercing and Blades, as well as the Stealth spec line (the more points you invest in this, the less likely you are to be seen. Although you can still stealth without investing any points, you'll be seen from a farther range, and won't be able to stealth around mobs.

Nightshade - Rogue type, Critical Strike spec line (some of these attacks depend on you being able to stealth well enough to get within melee ranger without losing it,) they also get a Poison spec (the more points you put into this, the better poison you can use on your weps,) and they get 2 DD spells - one instant and one regular. Can only wear Leather.

Ranger - Archer type, Bow spec, Pathfinding spec (spells) includes; self-AF buff, self-STR buff, self-DmgAdd buff, self-DEX/QUI buff, and temporary Run speed buff (% of speed, as well as duration, increase as you level, maxing out at 95% and 30s.) Can wear Leather & Reinforced.

Forester Base (unique caster/fighter classes): they receive a combination of base spells ranging from; self AF buffs, Lifetap (instead of stun), Damage Shield, self Absorb buff, and the self Bladeturn like the other casting classes in the realm. Ofcourse Animists have a plethora of spells for their stationary pets and such, there are way too many to list here. These two classes came with the first DAoC expansion, Shrouded Isles, and they both wear cloth.

Animist - Pet Bomber class, summons these non-mobile shroom pets which can do various things like PBAOE damage or single target DD (random targets, you can't really control who they attack, they just attack anything within range). There are various pets which are limited to a single ability, depending on the spell being used, some cast Root nonstop, others cast Damage or a resist buff, etc. There are 3 versions of these pets, version A) can only summon 1 of, but can control which target it should cast its spells on, version B) can summon up to 15 of in one area, they cast their spells on random targets which are within range, and expire within 2min, version C) are like these Light grenades, you summon it with a target already in place, and it flies into the target and explodes. It's a pretty complex class, but once you play around with it a bit, it'll get much easier. Only thing is, it's a double-edged sword when it comes to PvP, on one hand it's awesome when it comes to Keep Defense, it's also great for an ambush, but out in the open field it can get difficult. Then on the other hand, it can get really dull having to camp keeps and bridges, to wait for someone to run into your traps. Overall though, I'd say it's one of the better and most unique classes in the game.

Valewalker - Hybrid Melee with some very decent spells, and a unique weapon spec for the Scythe. The spells are: instant DoT, instant Snare, self-Absorbtion buff (only casters get, but this version is much more efficient), Offensive Proc buff, Defensive Proc buff, and a 30s duration self-Haste buff with a recast of 2min. Another unique class brough by the first expansion of the game. This class can only wear cloth, but the Absorbtion buff more than makes up for it in the long haul.

note: Class Descriptions for Hibernia are done.

[Fifield]

Bump for how excited i am about this.

Sadly I won't be joining you guys on Hibernia though, when i contacted my friend who i played DAOC with as a kid, we both agreed we gotta relive our troll shaman/thane combo.

So i will see you guys on the battlefield, I hope the latency isnt an issue being in Canada with the server in Europe? or wherever it is

[Scrooge]

Originally Posted by Fifield [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bump for how excited i am about this.

Sadly I won't be joining you guys on Hibernia though, when i contacted my friend who i played DAOC with as a kid, we both agreed we gotta relive our troll shaman/thane combo.

So i will see you guys on the battlefield, I hope the latency isnt an issue being in Canada with the server in Europe? or wherever it is

That's quite alright, try whichever realm/class you want to try, it's what the BETA is there for after all. Shaman and Thane are both very fun classes to play, especially together in the same group. If you end up not liking your time in Midgard, you can always come over to Hibernia to join the P99 group later on.

Anyway, if anyone else would be interested in playing with the P99 group, make a post in this thread with the realm and class you'd want to try first, and maybe we can do some realm hopping to try different class combos. This game is way more interesting when it's being played with others, and if you're a first-timer in DAoC or Hibernia for that matter, being an EQ player will help you get adjusted much easier - since both games are from 'that era' of MMOs.

If you'd like to try classes from different realms, just list them in the same post like so:

Hibernia - Mentalist, Hero (Spear spec), Animist
Midgard - Skald, Healer (Aug spec)
Albion - Sorceror, Cabalist, Wizard (Earth spec), Armsman (Polearm spec) or Minstrel

[Spyder73]

I played Hib and Midgard...Maybe it was just the server I played on but Midgard always had an advantage in PVP with their AoE groups.

I think I will be playing Midgard this go round even though I remember the PvE on Warden was quiet rewarding. PvP on my Ranger was super fun also...sniping people out on the planes until a rogue came and stun locked me to death