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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, HenryV wrote:
> Fun for you maybe. But I'd be back to being confused (worse than I already
> am). Hehe.
>
> I did have another question though...
>
> I'm an Everquest refuge that's looking for something new so I'm doing the
> DAOC 7 day trial thing. So I just have the original DAOC with no expansions.
> Some of the things I've been reading are suggesting that you can't do RvR
> with out gear from the expansions. True?
The first expansion, Shrouded Isles is not a whole lot different than
Classic in terms of use, look and feel, items, etc. In fact, really soon
now Classic is going to go away and everyone will be required to have SI
or the Gold Edition (which is both put together). Gold is currently
selling for $19.99 RETAIL, so it is affordable.
The newer expansion, Trials of Atlantis, *IS* significantly different.
Look and feel have been improved. The areas "uncovered" by it required
the changes (underwater, for example). And you need to know that ToA was
designed from the start for those of us with several Level 50 toons,
giving us new challenges in what are called Master Level (ML) abilities
and Artifacts (special enchancement items). These are not what the
average newbie, outside of starting with a bought (as opposed to a *bot*
<g>) 50 account will have to deal with. ToA's minimum level was set at
40 for getting artifacts and MLs.
The assumption was that the 40 to 50s were already RvRed out, and that the
new abilities and items would spark new life. It has, and the free
expansion, New Frontiers, (imagine that, a *free* expansion, you EQ
player!) will do even more. The new Realm Abilities change may lessen the
need for ToA items and MLs or they may enhance them. With the way all of
them are being nerfed in beta, who can tell anymore?
> While not trying to start a debate I also hear that DAOC is bot paradise.
> True?
>
I'm not quite sure what "bot paradise" would mean. Is it easy to run two
accounts? Yes. Mythic has done many things (including Windowed Mode) to
make it work well for the average player. Do bots, either power leveling
or buffing, improve your success in the game? A definite yes. More so in
PvE than RvR, but ymmv. They are like MLs and Artifacts. If you are a
"Power Player" you are going to have all of them. Do they make you
Achilles? No, more like Ajax the Greater! <g>
IMHO, the main difference between DAoC and EQ is that we strive to make
the experience more realistic. The day DAoC has sword-swinging tigers and
frogs is the day I give it up. I don't do EQ, FF XI, and any other
"cartoonish" RPGs. If that's the experience you are looking for, DAoC is
unlikely to fulfill you needs. If you want realistic weapons and armor,
fight dynamics, sieges (luv the new boiling oil), DAoC For The Win! <g>
> Thanks!
>
>
> "Dan English" <dan.junk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:E6Bzc.586$tC7.4167864@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > The fun would REALLY start if we had three completely different sets of
> > answers! hehehe
> >
> > Dan
>
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