10-16-2003, 04:49 PM
Taking the bad out of EQ would leave you with a dragon-raiding PVE game but without the 4-hour "get-ready" part. PvP in EQ was bad, so I take it that means they'd take that out too =)
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DAOC does kick ass nowadays, I reactivated my account. The level grind is still neccessary unlike SWG, but it goes by alot faster than EQ, and especially as a melee, the fighting is more fun since you don't just hit attack and sit there. And they rebalanced all the combat styles so there's actually reason to use something other than Hurricane and DoubleFrost now.
Mythic is sticking to the origonal plan of never putting in "uber items", which makes it impossible to ever go back to EQ once you quit. There's still 'good' gear but it's little difference except for adding a few more HP or a handful of stats that are in the 100s by default. 16.5dps weapons are still the cap for level 51(a level only achievable by PvPers, bl00bs be damned), and the AC of your armor is still 102 at 51, and that hasn't changed since release. The realm abilities(kinda like EQ aa's) are great, and again, only achieved by PvP kill points, which you arent gonna get killing dragons, deamons, or badgers.
With the addition of the battlegrounds(which are like single-zone King of the hill areas), you can start PvPing at 20(a 20-24bg, 25-29bg, and 30-34bg) now and not have to worry about getting waxed constantly by level 50 stealthers from other realms. You also get exp for all PvP kills now, so theoretically you could level from 20-50 purely in PvP, although that would be slower than dirt since I can't imagine being able to PvP people as quickly and readily as a good group can do mobs.
They just revamped all the Keep models(to make both keep attack and defence more fun, and ranging on different levels of the keep, instead of just a battle over that 1st door that it used to be) and siege engines to give them more meaning, and after Atlantis(the expansion due out within the month(and yes it's ready for realease unlike SOME games we know)), the following expansion is a pure RvR(PvP for those not familar with DAOC lingo) expansion.
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WOW online might be nice. So it DOES have PvP afterall? Hmm, might have to check it out if it's any good.
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DAOC does kick ass nowadays, I reactivated my account. The level grind is still neccessary unlike SWG, but it goes by alot faster than EQ, and especially as a melee, the fighting is more fun since you don't just hit attack and sit there. And they rebalanced all the combat styles so there's actually reason to use something other than Hurricane and DoubleFrost now.
Mythic is sticking to the origonal plan of never putting in "uber items", which makes it impossible to ever go back to EQ once you quit. There's still 'good' gear but it's little difference except for adding a few more HP or a handful of stats that are in the 100s by default. 16.5dps weapons are still the cap for level 51(a level only achievable by PvPers, bl00bs be damned), and the AC of your armor is still 102 at 51, and that hasn't changed since release. The realm abilities(kinda like EQ aa's) are great, and again, only achieved by PvP kill points, which you arent gonna get killing dragons, deamons, or badgers.
With the addition of the battlegrounds(which are like single-zone King of the hill areas), you can start PvPing at 20(a 20-24bg, 25-29bg, and 30-34bg) now and not have to worry about getting waxed constantly by level 50 stealthers from other realms. You also get exp for all PvP kills now, so theoretically you could level from 20-50 purely in PvP, although that would be slower than dirt since I can't imagine being able to PvP people as quickly and readily as a good group can do mobs.
They just revamped all the Keep models(to make both keep attack and defence more fun, and ranging on different levels of the keep, instead of just a battle over that 1st door that it used to be) and siege engines to give them more meaning, and after Atlantis(the expansion due out within the month(and yes it's ready for realease unlike SOME games we know)), the following expansion is a pure RvR(PvP for those not familar with DAOC lingo) expansion.
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WOW online might be nice. So it DOES have PvP afterall? Hmm, might have to check it out if it's any good.