Where do you guesstimate that mid will be overpop? Only hint i see is forum post count from each realm and alb is top, then that other one, then mid
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If it's literally classic version, then it will be Albion and then Midgard. Hibernia was always the red-headed stepchild. Sorcerers were OP in the beginning and would do a rape train of about a hundred enemies. Then came Midgard with the chain stun from Healers.
However, if those had been patched, then it should be a little more even.
However, if those had been patched, then it should be a little more even.
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Actually healers were OP in the beginning and sorcs were shitty and one of the least played classes on albion. The least played class was probably piercing mercs which i happened to play ;0. Anyway i hope for the sake of all of you exp gain is not the nightmare it was when the game started. I was one of the first to hit 50 on lancelot and i remember sitting in wights 12 hours a day for 4-5 bubbles a day from 41 to 50. This was before barrows was even itemized and when my sole duty was to shoot shit with a short bow to pull since mercs sucked a massive dick.
I see server isnt up, do we have a date on when thats happening? I cant see one anywhere on the forums
Main admin is teasing people with a guess the date the server will launch game, cant be that far off
Early january is official release date from admins
Iirc Sorcs were weak because they lacked instant casts that the other side had and were in cloth. Later on they extended the range of their mez as a little welfare.
I don't remember being scared of Sorcs at all. IIRC they had a cast time to their Mez and were very susceptible to getting instant stunned and instant mezzed right after and didn't have much of a chance to cast shit when everyone was roaming at speed 6 or whatever it was. Didn't leave much time to get anything off cast wise. Their nukes weren't all that great either at least compared to PBAOE groups and other much more efficient means to destroy unmoving enemies.
Albion got the short end of the CC stick big time.
Once they buffed them, a well played Sorcerer could actually take down a good group, and it did happen sometimes on Percival where I played. It was always amusing watching a Ranger or Shadowblade try to take a well played Sorcerer down.
However, they were generally a speed bump to a Skald, 2 Zerks, Shaman, and Healer. Midgard groups were the easiest to synergize and gank with, by far. It's why most of us assume Midgard will be the most popular realm for older players.
The first two months my Champion was death. Then they nerfed the debuff and Champs pretty much sucked thereafter. Same scoop for Druids, who had their pets nerfed to nothingness in the first 60 days.
Mythics class balancing was really awful pretty much throughout the games life. I'm curious how things will look on this server and how classes will play. I haven't fired up DAOC since Andred.
Theyre working on fixing their launcher, but say that you can log in using the dawn of light portal (the little prog you start uthgard with)
I copied the folder i installed not to fuck with it, used DoL on it and im getting the same thing you are, loading screen to 95% then nothing
I think I talked to you some too, although I'll be damned if I can remember what my friar's name was.
Am looking forward to giving this a shot. Never played DAOC the first time around, as I was in an every-night Eq raiding guild, but I hear nothing but happy nostalgia stories from people.
Just do yourself a favor and try to get in with a guild/group quickly. The happy nostalgia stories are almost always RvR related. 1-50 can be PAINFUL if you try to do it solo. Even good solo classes are very slow. Speed isn't really the issue either, the pve is pretty bland. One big exception being Darkness Falls which is still one of the best dungeons ever made.