I played DAoC from the time it was released. I want to RvR, are BGs still going on? Part of me misses the game and part of me does not want to stay up until 1:00 A.M. in NF.


To be honest, what finally drove me off was the constant tinkering of characters, or, nerfing. The final straw that broke my gaming back was when shield block rate was nerfed from a maximum of 100% to 60%. A tank could retrain and get a little back with parry, however, one of my favorite characters was a scout, and they cannot parry.


To get some melee defense back I could increase Dexterity, but that ment a complete equipment overhaul. Or, a more slight gear change and opening a second account and dragging a buff bot around, more money for Mythic.


I know whiners got their way about block rate. Did they get their way about shield slam too? After all, it lasted a whopping 7 seconds. God forbid anyone should endure 7 seconds...


I have all kinds of characters in all three realms, but I like my scout the best, or did. Years ago I kept building them until I got the right balance, but Mythic's super nerf destroyed them and he crafted for years, worthless for anything else if unbuffed.


Well, that's my beef, unnecessary nerfs.


What has changed that will make the game fun for me again?

Shield slam lasts a lot longer than 7 seconds...

 

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My memory is not the best. May be it is 9 seconds.

Then add in the +duration gear...

 

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So I gathered from that part (Didn't read the rest) that you wanted to be SEVERELY OP to where you blocked everything incoming to you. It wasn't a nerf, but to prevent 1 trick ponies from logging in Shield users and just block block block block, slam, 2h away. Because playing a tank needs skill and timing of the user, you left the game. Have fun dieing to everything.

 

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I was talking about a scout. I used shield slam to save my life, not to be over powered. I used Engage to block melee attacks, however, scouts are not tanks, so, using up Endurance by using Engage is not a long term combat solution for a scout.

It stopped affecting melee stun duration years ago.

 

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the days of icy rock paralyzer(?)

 

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Well Scouts could be argued to be at the top of the stealth pile atm and shield classes are still retardely OP'd in many situations and when you're being hit for 500+ every two seconds a NINE second slam can be a lot to endure. From all the whining about a pretty damn strong class I wouldn't re-up.