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Hamster wheel greased?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are very well done. The idea of realm vs realm warfare is appealing. Each realm is well built and distinct from one another. Mythic tries to fix and tweak the game as needed and is pretty good at communicating with the players. Their website is informative and has a nice layout.

Some are content to sit for an hour or more and level. In order to participate in the 'end game', realm vs realm (RvR), one needs to be level 45+ and have good items.

The 'end' is level 50. (possible to attain in a month)

When I buy a game, I buy it to be entertained. At first the game was very fun. I'd run about killing 'mobs' and chatting it up with other people. Most people are nice, some aren't. Some try to roleplay, some don't.

Leveling. It is what the game is about. You need to kill kill kill to get experience(exp). If you die you get a penalty and lose exp and constitution (determines amount of life you have). The ammount of exp you need each level goes up exponentialy where at level 40-ish you need millions. (hours of killing)

The games is kill, level, go to trainer, kill, level, go to trainer- until you hit 50. There are quests that give you items and exp, some have a good story, some were broken.

Classes- There are a variety of classes to choose from each with its distinctive attributes and 'flaws'.

You could be an armsman from albion decked out in plate armor and carrying a big pike. Gotta get close to deal out damage.

Or you could be a Wizard with powerful magics at your command, but a strong gust of wind might kill you.

Or you could be a healing class that can heal and resurrect! And you can buff! Buff's are benifical spells that enhance your and other players stats. Most players are generally nice about asking for buffs, some demand them and get indignant when denied.

You could be a support class. Some have well defined roles. Some have a mana-regeneration spell or song that replenishes the groups mana, which is required to cast spells. Or some support classes have crowd control. Crowd control helps stop 'mobs' and players in thier tracks allowing your group to easily dispatch the assailants.

For most every class there is a yang to their ying. Some classes hardly anyone plays or they get another account and have a buff-bot. A buff-bot buffs his main account and sometimes friends, then gets auto-stuck to his master or left in a safe location.

RvR can be very fun and entertaining, but it also can be very fustrating. Mythic put in battlegrounds, each with level ranges, so that players could get a taste of RvR.

RvR's fun things: You can siege a keep! You can built siege weapons! You can fight other people! You can fight realm guard npc's (non-player charectors)! You can hunt down the umpteen solo-ing assassin's, and look for their hidden buff bot!

RvR's not so fun things: On servers with population disparities you can face 10 to one odds. He who mashes the crowd-control spell button or any other button for that matter first wins.

Almost done!

There is the EPIC ENCOUNTERS!(EE) There are EE's for each realm. The EE consists of fighting mobs to get to the uber-mob. These uber-mobs have uber loot(items/weapons) which would be benifical to get. The drop, when the monster dies and the loot appears, is random. In order to slay such a baddie the realm needs around 100 players. The baddie only has a few weapons. Loot distribution becomes interesting, usually it is decided before the mass goes to the EE.

Going to an EE is an all day event, and it is very likely for you not get anything.

I played Daoc on and off for about a year. If you find good people to play with it can be fun. I'm not into running on a hamster wheel.

darc is the best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game has ton of action it is so fun my friend liked it so munch that he pied in bottles! lol! if u like first person games and enternet games that are changling this is for u!!!

WARNING!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

hello,
WARNING! this game is really addictive and as soon as u sit on ur pc u just cant leave ur place... or even [take a break].....because this game rocks, because:
1)hundreds of new friends to meet
2)great new skills for each class which makes him unique
3)great grafix (spells and moves)
4)3 great realms with different skills and techniques
much more to say but cant fit them here.....
an advise from a DAoC fan and player u must try this game...
i cant wait im going off now to play DAoC...
bye

This game is great, but tedious

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 15
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really reccomend this game for hardcore gamers. It takes an extremely long time to gain levels past 20. I have been playing this game for over 1 year and have only hit 50 with 1 character. The concept of this game is great. By far the best i have ever played. The graphics are awesome and RvR is the best idea i have seen. But, with all games there are drawbacks. I just recently hit 50 with one of my characters. Which took me a year of playing. Around 3-4 hours daily. There are also class balance issues as well. If you buy this game. I suggest becoming an assasin. They are hard to level but they are Gods in RvR. Albion is the infiltrator, midgard is the shadowblade and hibernia is the nightshade. Being any other then one of those you are dead meat.

Great gameplay but could have more.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: December 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game and you will want this is if you own the game or plan on geting it. The new grappix are stunning with vary little lag. Most 56kers will love this game considering it dont take much to run it. The game is loaded with a ton of game play.

The down side to this game is, it could have more in. On day one on alot of peoples heads was they wanted horses in the game that they could buy was never added, they was spose to add housing before the expansion came out. Now they are not even talking about housing comming out any time soon. The expansion was spose to offer player housing but was also not added.

So they left out alot of things people wanted and instead just added grappixs and new zones. But if you like the game as it is any ways you will like the expansion even tho they could have put more work in to it.

BEST GAME EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 36
Date: October 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

BEST GAME EVER OMG ITS SO COOL I LOVE DAOC AND THE EXP PACK JUST MAKES IT MORE FUNNER YEAH ITS DA COOLEST!

*** DON'T BUY THIS GAME ***

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Do yourself a huge favor and do not buy this game. I played DAoC
for the past year and I just recently bought Shrouded Isles expansion pack. I have spent over 360 hours playing the game and
for what? Nothing, I'm still lvl 41 not even close to getting to the magical 50th level player. Which by the way is pretty much needed if you are going to do any of the so called cool things in the game.
Here it is I bought DAoC when it came out I've paid two 6 month access fees required to play the game and I just recently bought the SI expansion pack for what a game that is anything but fun to play. Keep your money buy another game or heck just burn your money with a lighter but DON'T BUY THIS GAME.

Good but gets boring fast

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is good, graphics are wonderful, gameplay is good however the game lacks challenge. Encounters are far too easy, soloing is far too easy which leaves you stranded for groups for long periods of time.

It's more a game designed for the casual player, or console player than a person looking for a dedicated community with hard core challenges.

I like Shrouded Isles MCsquared

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

LALALA shrouded isles is the best. New races classes and even new continets to explore.if u liked DAoC before u will like this even better it is a little frusterating at times but its fun. lots of emotes (/words to make your person do something like wave). I also am writting a book(not about DAoC) and it is going to be called THe Silver MAre.

The first step in any 12 step program...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Highly addictive and well worth the purchase.

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