makaab7414 posted:

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When you first started Dark Age of Camelot:

1. which realm did you start in?
2. what were your thoughts on the trivial things in you surroundings at the time?
3. did you ever switch to another ream? for good or temporary for trial?
4. what attracted you to the realm that you stayed in?
5. did you screw the spec up on your first toon?
6. what was your first pvp experience like?
7. How did it feel when you got in your 1st 1vs1? . did you win?

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Meddyck24 posted:

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years later I did finally get him to 50 for the hell of it

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makaab7414 posted:

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When you first started Dark Age of Camelot:

1. which realm did you start in?
Midgard. I was working for a company called PureEdge Solutions here in Victoria, and would go outside for a smoke break from time to time. The area I went to was also frequented by the folks who worked for a branch of Disney on the bottom floor, and I got to talking to one of them about DAOC because I was complaining about how irritated I was with Everquest at the time. He told me there were a bunch of them that were going to play together in DAOC, so I pre-ordered it and my wife and I joined them. We played on Percival/Midgard, forming the guild Teeth of Garm, although I was later in other guilds as well (Seventh Legion, Rage of Fenris). Luckily for me they were also inclined to play Midgard because that would have been my choice no matter what. Later I learned a very good friend of mine was playing on the Alb side mind you

2. what were your thoughts on the trivial things in you surroundings at the time?
DAOC was like a breath of fresh air after playing Everquest. Pretty much everything that had bugged me about EQ was dealt with in DAOC. Even though the game wasn't complete when it started, it worked like a dream, everything was fresh and new, the UI wasn't irritating me, and I had an absolute gas. I loved the fact that much of the artwork, culture, storylines etc was drawn from real world mythology to some degree (well except the hib side where the design was apparently based on looking at a Lucky Charms cereal box).


3. did you ever switch to another ream? for good or temporary for trial?
I tried playing in Albion on Nimue and Hibernia on Guinevere, and despite meeting some great folks there, never got into either realm sufficient to get a character much past level 20 (keep in mind this took time, not like today). I did cancel my mid account and create a new account on Albion/Percival for a few months, mostly leveling up a Minstrel, but never really got into it. Midgard remains home and the finest of realms in my opinion.

4. what attracted you to the realm that you stayed in?
I have always been a fan of the Vikings, Norse culture etc. It was a natural fit.


5. did you screw the spec up on your first toon?
Nope but then I always research that sort of thing, talk to people about it etc. As well I was not able to play as much as many of my guildies so I could draw on their experience as they marched ahead of me up the levels. I played pretty regularly mind you - probably 3-4 hours a night - but some folks were playing a lot harder. Nowadays of course 3-4 hours a night is "casual" for most people


6. what was your first pvp experience like?
I was leveling up a character - my hunter I think - outside Vindsaul Faste, just hunting the mobs directly north of the gateway, when all of a sudden these new mobs showed up - it was a line of something called a "Hibernian Invader". It took me a few seconds to realize that these were actually enemy players.
To put this in perspective:
* There were no relics
* There were no realm points
* There were no horse routes
* Some dungeons didn't have any mobs or loot
* There were of course no battlefields or anything like that, this was Old Frontiers.
* High level players often ended up leveling on blues and greens if I recall. By the time I got there we mostly went to Raumarik and killed Horses to get from 45-50.

What had happened was a group of Hibs had powerleveled themselves up (ie playing a lot since no one was higher level) to levels 25-30 or so, then decided to attack Midgard. Somehow they managed to get across the mid frontiers to Vindsaul Faste. They slaughtered the mids who were leveling there and then fought with the few mids who had managed to get up to comparable levels. It was great to watch the fight but everyone was purple to me so I couldn't really participate much. Mind you everyone did, we all threw ourselves at them and died repeatedly. It was an eye opening experience and served to provide a great inspiration to level up higher. As it was it took me over a year to get to level 50 on my first toon. People have no idea how slow progress was at that time.


7. How did it feel when you got in your 1st 1vs1? . did you win?
I don't remember but probably not. I mostly grouped up then mind you, as I had a good guild and was playing one of the weakest classes in Midgard (Spiritmaster - as far as I can tell there were only around 20-30 other people playing SM at the time).

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