DAOC: Uthgard Revamp

[Scrooge]

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

Hasn't been an update on uthgard since March. Might as well consider the project dead in the diaper.

That's nothing compared to how long it took for Kunark to be released on P99, or how long it's taking for Velious to be released either. It's better to wait for a functional server, as opposed to a buggy server which doesn't last, like Origins/Genesis, wouldn't you agree?

Those of you who played P99 since it's release know exactly what I'm talking about. Uthgard used to be buggy as hell too, it took them quite a long time to iron it out into the masterpiece of a classic DAoC server it became over the years, just like P99 is still being patched up even 5 years down the line. Both servers actually have alot more in common than most people realize.

Sure Genesis is still up and running, but that massive population the server had when it first came up 6 months ago (1300+), has dwindled down substantially (under 200.) Cause once all the excitement of a new server dies down, people realize it's not as much fun as they thought it would be; to play a buggy server with corrupt admins who don't care about maintaining the classic atmosphere whatsoever. Once Uthgard is back up and running again, the Genesis population will most likely drop down to double digits, or cease to exist entirely unless they also do a revamp of their own.

[Leeyuuduu]

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

Hasn't been an update on uthgard since March. Might as well consider the project dead in the diaper.

http://uthgard.net/forum/viewtopic.p...3614&start=225

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[MrSparkle001]

I think a lot of the reason Genesis died is the severe instability that led to pop caps way too low to support everyone who wanted to play. I haven't bothered with the server since. I loved how their classes were more or less complete but I'm not putting up with that server cap bullshit.

[Nihilist_santa]

I am just glad they are fixing whatever bug they are claiming caused the sloooooow ass exp in pve. Also bolt spells are supposed to be fixed along with a ton of other fixes that made it kind of lame before.

[FoxxHound]

If they bring it up hopefully classes are fixed, and pathing. Especially for pets.

[Scrooge]

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

I am just glad they are fixing whatever bug they are claiming caused the sloooooow ass exp in pve. Also bolt spells are supposed to be fixed along with a ton of other fixes that made it kind of lame before.

Where'd you see that part about the 'slow' PvE XP? It wasn't so bad last time I played there 1.5 years back, to be honest - it used to be ALOT worse on Uthgard, and even more worse than that, during the first era of DAoC LIVE itself! Solo XP in DAoC sucks outright, I'd never recommend leveling that way to anyone, especially since buffbots are against the rules, just like on P99. Group xp can be exremely fast depending on group make up and location, but I'd suggest making friends and grouping with the same players as often as possible, provided you find the types you're looking for.

[Nihilist_santa]

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

Where'd you see that part about the 'slow' PvE XP? It wasn't so bad last time I played there 1.5 years back, to be honest - it used to be ALOT worse on Uthgard, and even more worse than that, during the first era of DAoC LIVE itself! Solo XP in DAoC sucks outright, I'd never recommend leveling that way to anyone, especially since buffbots are against the rules, just like on P99. Group xp can be exremely fast depending on group make up and location, but I'd suggest making friends and grouping with the same players as often as possible, provided you find the types you're looking for.

I believe it was Blue who stated that there was a bug causing issues with xp gain on the Uthgard boards. From what I had gathered from his post at the time was that was one of the core reasons why they were doing the revamp so they could eliminate the bug. He was claiming they never knew about it until recently if I recall. I played DAoC when it launched on live and xp was slowish but nowhere near as bad as on uthgard. I don't recall the specifics but maybe he said it had something to do with "camp" bonuses?

[phacemeltar]

this sounds very interesting. i believe that i would like to take part but as im new to DAoC, i will have to do some research before i get involved. i was hoping someone could point me to a resourceful guide as to the roles of each class.

i have always done best in a CC role, but i also enjoy being dps/utility.

[Scrooge]

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

this sounds very interesting. i believe that i would like to take part but as im new to DAoC, i will have to do some research before i get involved. i was hoping someone could point me to a resourceful guide as to the roles of each class.

i have always done best in a CC role, but i also enjoy being dps/utility.

Would be great to have you, DAoC came out 2 years after EQ, so they have alot in common, though class names might be a bit misleading when compared to their EQ counterparts. The sites I've used in the past to help introduce new players to the game are down unfortunately, although there's the camelot.allakhazam.com DB which is still up.

I'll write the basic descriptions here for the time being, I'll try to find a decent site which would go into more detail though. Depending on the spec(ialization) of the class you pick, you'll have different spells/abilities, so for example; 2 high-lvl Wizards can have enitrely different spec spells based on the way they invest their training points as they level. That's one of the better things about DAoC, you have to choose between different paths, and your decisions will have a great impact on how good your character can get. If any of you here played WoW, the Talent Tree system is basically a copy of how spec paths are in DAoC.

The amount of training points differ by class, Healers & Casters get 1.0x points per level (when you get lvl 5, you get 5 pts, when 6 then 6 pts, etc.) Pure Tanks get 2.5x from what I remember. If you use the Character Spec Builder I posted on page 1, you can see how it works for yourselves.
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Come to think of it, I vaguely remembered writing all the class roles out on page 3 of this thread. I've linked the page instead of the post, cause I also wanted to show you how it's possible to level off PvP almost exclusively. The XP gained through PvP is also uncapped, check out that screenie to see how it looks. The image shows what capped XP looks like at lvl 48 after killing Legion, one of the toughest raid mobs in the game across all 3 realms, in comparison to killing a lvl 49 Shaman (cave spec, not so easy to take down 1v1, especially cause they were buffed and I wasn't.)

DAoC Class Roles by Realm

[Sssleeve]

i was really interested in playing this because I love MMO pvp but the pve was clunky as balls

do you use a voice chat that can provide information live while i stuggle to get a grip if i make an effort to try this again?