My father, my brother and I used to play Dark Age of Camelot quite along time ago, around 6-8 years ago(Not sure, my dad was somewhere around one of the first hundred level 50's). We ended up quitting the game due to how unbalanced and frustrating it became. I've been reading on this forum that the game is actually starting to maybe pick up some speed. Is the game decently populated? How has the game become socially? It used to be a real social game. How has the game become in general? I miss my old guild Legacy of Valor. I'm mainly afraid of being dissapointed if I come back. Alot of memories and such come from this game for me.


I might or might not be returning to the game. If anything I would like to return for just a little while to see what Dark Age of Camelot has become.

EA/Mythic will give you 14 days free to play if you have been gone longer then 90 days so you don't really have anything to lose.

I came back a month ago or so, too so I try to answer your question.

population: Really active in RvR due to the server cluster (There is only 1 Server left with 10 different "clusters", mainly for housing zones and character-slots)
Most of the zones got people, battlegrounds have also pretty much people and action, esp. lvl 20-24, lvl 35-39 and lvl 45-49 are really full at primetimes. (EU and US times)

PVE is not that active I guess because there is no need for a grind-group nowadays. You just go into the battlegrounds and repeat the quests there, often in groups (PVE quests in a RVR zone, so you will have RVR fights from time to time in most BGs)

Leveling is EXTREMELY fast now, they brought quest-hubs a week ago with extremely rewarding quests.
You need ~4h solo from lvl 1 to lvl ~33 (depends on class), then with 35 the quest-hubs end and you have to grind, quest in BGs or do some other tasks like taskdungeons (small instanced dungeons just for you and/or your group). You will need ~8h from lvl 35 to 50 with straight forward PVE quests in battlegrounds.

You can then buy a lvl 50 RvR template with bountypoints (from kills and quests in BGs) to have a REALLY good and nice template for pve and rvr for a quick start so you won't need to farm weeks for a "cheap" template.

I did no lvl 50 RvR yet BUT I see really much activity the whole day (keep captures), the borderkeeps are REALLY full of people and yea. Dont know how hard it is to find a group for RvR.

If you want to have social contacts, grouping, help, active chat you clearly have to join a guild.

For my taste as a returner, daoc did really well to get rid of the really painfull grind (classic and SI times).
If you want to reach your goals fast, like being lvl 50, template, master level, champion level etc. you can reach it REALLY fast compared to the old times.
If you want nostalgia leveling, big raids for masterlevel, epic quests, champion groups and so on, you probably have to bring some of your friends AND/OR join some guild.

Thank you for all the info. Sounds promising. One thing I really enjoyed was ToA.

Oh, and Darkness Falls. I spent a lot of time in DF. Is DF still used for pvp? Or is it completely dead?

First time I've heard that.





DF is alive and well, though not as popular for PvE as it used to be.

Welcome back!

 

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Honestly, I had a lot of fun with ToA before the artifacts/items started to really impact RvR. The raids were really interesting, I thought.

As far as how the game is now, it is a lot of fun. There are still plenty of bugs, so have that expectation going in, but RvR and the BGs are great fun and the new PvE content is fast and rewarding. There are quite a few players who are leet trolls, but you'll still find some decent people so don't be discouraged if your first interactions aren't terrific.

Also, play Hib!

 

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