the fact that 8 can stomp 75 is a contributing factor.

 

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Origins or a new server and I resub.

 

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too hard to get rr5? WUT.

I was templated / rr6 / ml10 / cl10 with 4/5 days played..

1. Lack of maintenance - server performance is totally unacceptable considering today's standards and availability of high speed internet access. This also applies to game bugs/broken game mechanics; some that are years old.

2. No variety - basically RvR in NF or maybe a little BGs. Other than that the rest of the game is a ghost town.

3. Community - the decreasing game population has resulted in a "crucible" effect, with the game currently having the highest % of asshats in any current MMO (easily). This discourages new players and veterans who remember the "glory days".

4. Realm Pride - With no check on character creation or realm timers, who gives a crap who owns what now?

Then your friends are wussies,stupid or both. This is a group based game for visi and stealth, and if you could not avoid a stealth group..

You sucked anyway !

Would this be an example of the fine community that was referenced in an earlier post?

Doesn't make anything I said any less true.

THIS!! Dear god, if all the whinners that don't get invited to groups would just notice the 7 other people doing the same thing and <gasp> /invite them....HOLY CRAP - groups!!

 

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I've been back for 1 month. TOA was easier before when you didnt have to spend days farming glass to get new toons to ML10. Only raids now are ML10. Solo stealth game has gone to shit, Last night after playing 3 hours in a low populated area I logged out with 4k rps made. Only 1 clean solo fight but I did get added on after I killed the first target. Rest of the night I got zerged by FG's of RR7-RR12 stealthers. I'm talking 2-5 AM pacific. Died 8 to 10ish times. :facepalm: I understand its a group/realm game, but soloing and dying to 2-6 other stealthers repeatedly causes you to stop rvr'ing.

Other complaints-
1.just now after trying to quick log into a character... tried twice... different character each. Then did realm selection instead... took 6 tries to log in to a toon. Nothing wrong with my internet.
2.get rid of phase shift and zephyr from stealthers.

 

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Kudos for recognizing this. Casual players were the backbone of RVR action, and as much as 8v8 people complained about the zergs, those same groups sure were in Emain alot getting RPs. Elite players need casual players like bears need salmon.

If you're a casual player without an active RVR guild, in my experience it can be very difficult to form a group as a single person, because you're not going to have the core support classes you need to get people to stay. I tried forming my own groups multiple times, but so many people will immediately quit when they see you're a group of 4 people without a healer, or without CC,or without speed, etc.

Not being able to form a balanced group then leads to getting rolled all night by guild groups, so you hardly get any RPs, and it takes you forever to get the RRs you need to get some abilities to help you compete.

Bottom line, DAOC is not a casual player friendly game, and in my opinion, the fewer casual players, the fewer elite players the game can support.

 

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