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STOP copying WoW and start copying DAoC

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STOP copying WoW and start copying DAoC

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Melacon
03.20.2012 , 09:00 AM | #261
Performance issues....

That's what is the limiting factor here.

They can't do mass pvp, they can't do chat bubbles (see dev post on performance issues with them), they can't do public combat logs, all due to performance issues. Maybe when they iron those out, we can start seeing some cooler stuff being added.

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Desgarden
03.20.2012 , 09:04 AM | #262
Quote: Originally Posted by Dmasterr View Post
Most players want large scale battles because most players do not know how to play, and larger numbers scale down the importance of their individual mistakes, and masks class differences in power.
If you are the one who just runs with the zerg, sure. If you are skirmishing and doing flank attacks to break the enemy zerg up - certainly not (one mistake gets you killed). Judging by your comment you must be the former.


Quote: Originally Posted by Blamminator View Post
Responses like this and even the OP 's title says it all. Most people today that play just want to play the exact same thing for some reason.

People play "any MMO"
People get tired of it and talk about "New MMO" coming out, building it up
People play "new MMO" then get mad because it isn't like "any MMO"
Get on forums and cry.

You can go to ANY forums on any MMO and they all look like this. Maybe the problem isn't with the games, maybe the problem is with the players.
There is for sure a certain percentage of people you describe. However, generalizing to such an extend is pretty narrow-minded or do you think just because you saw a leather trouser wearing German on the Munich Oktoberfest that every German wears those trousers?

As for mmos...ask yourself if there was an mmo which did really differ from WoW in some meaningful way? I think the only one was WAR...and it failed not because of the customers but because of a spongy character control and a horrible class balance (and some other things)
Sith happens!

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Poulay
03.20.2012 , 09:04 AM | #263
Quote: Originally Posted by SeloDaoC View Post
Farming in DF for 1 week, then dying once, and loosing the whole weeks worth of exp over 40 :P

Still, that didnt stop you from enjoying the game, which kinda says alot.
Farming DF as an infiltrator was so awesome....that was the funiest time I had in my MMO existence. I miss it...

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Dmasterr
03.20.2012 , 09:11 AM | #264
Quote: Originally Posted by Desgarden View Post
If you are the one who just runs with the zerg, sure. If you are skirmishing and doing flank attacks to break the enemy zerg up - certainly not (one mistake gets you killed). Judging by your comment you must be the former.
That was an observation, not my personal preference. Reading comprehension much ?

Read my other posts on the forum and find my preference, cba repeating myself in every random thread.

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Desgarden
03.20.2012 , 09:15 AM | #265
Quote: Originally Posted by Dmasterr View Post
Most players want large scale battles because most players do not know how to play, and larger numbers scale down the importance of their individual mistakes, and masks class differences in power.
Yes, and your observation and thus conclusion is wrong. Larger numbers do not compensate the lack of indivual skill (else you couldn't easily harass them often by flanking attacks or do skirmishing in general with much success). Logic much?
Sith happens!

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mystbladex
03.20.2012 , 09:19 AM | #266
Quote: Originally Posted by Yadad View Post
FACT 1 is WRONG get over yourself, WOW PVP when it first came out was awesome fun, on par with UO. Anyone who played when WOW first came out and didn't enjoy the MC fights at the mountain or TM/SS is someone who doesn't like PVP or just sucks at it.

The rest of your points I didn't bother to read since you discredited yourself after your first failed fact.
OMG Southshore and mill battles, those were freaking epic. And the random raids on crossroads.

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Rhaiz
03.20.2012 , 09:27 AM | #267
Quote: Originally Posted by Fearo View Post
the pvp society online as the
Holy **** I think the entire office heard me laughing at this. Both floors.
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TeaMug
03.20.2012 , 09:32 AM | #268
Quote: Originally Posted by Fearo View Post
You show how little you know, if DAoC had the budget of WoW or SWTOR for that matter and could have thrown up a PR Campaign like either game the scales would be different, the game ran up to what a million players despite NO commercial advertisement. Hell half of you peons didnt even know the game excisted Conclussion is DAoC has by all standards and remains by all standards the most challenging pvp game and if you say otherwise it prooves you are a complete and utter tool who has no say in anything on the interwebz, theres no argueing a fact sorry bud, You'd say to me with a straight face that random zerging in a battleground/Warzone has anything on small man/solo/Group action where you proove yourself the better or the worse player everytime you enter a fight? come now don't embarass yourself, the world PvP is something to learn and live by , the DAoC Battlegrounds are something worth looking into , and ya know best of all is if they implement them i'll bet ya anything that the Warzones will become completely deserted and we'll be back to World pvp - MMORPG Fact... People prefers killing / hack and slashing to do useless random objectives and being told by random scrubs what to do ...."go plant the bomb on the door noob dont fight people omg" is one of such idiot comments, if YOU prefer to play pvp for ....well...PLAYING PVP? ....PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER? ..... Not CATCH THE BALL AND RUN .....not .... PLANT THE BOMB AND GET TO THE CHOPPAH.......or the all time favorite....CAMPCAPCAMPCAPCAMPCAP...yea... F THAT.... more actual PvP and less objectives k thanks bye
Quite the aggressive little troll aren't we?

You forget that there are MMOs you (clearly) haven't played that might be *gosh* better than DAoC.

"the most challenging pvp game and if you say otherwise it prooves you are a complete and utter tool who has no say in anything on the interwebz, theres no argueing a fact sorry bud"

There's plenty of arguing it - It depends on what you define as 'challenging'. I doubt most of heard of it; but for me PvP in Neocron was the best - Aiming reticules, full RPG (not skill/talent trees), 12 factions (or was it 10? memory escapes me); vehicle combat, reward based metagame, death penalty, corpse looting, etc, etc.

Exploits and bugs killed it; but it was a great game and better PvP in my opinion than DAoC (which I also played for 18 months).

SWTOR does need a metagame desperately though; I quite liked PotBS until it turned in to a speed whoring gank fest. Metagame there was good fun.

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unicornfive
03.20.2012 , 09:34 AM | #269
I didnt read your post, but i vote it 10/10 only by the title.

This game deserves to fail cause instead of making something unique and adding world pvp, they totally ignore it and copy wow rated bgs....

If i want rated bgs (which i dont want) i ll play wow instead and not some fail copy wow-wannabe

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Dmasterr
03.20.2012 , 09:35 AM | #270
Quote: Originally Posted by Desgarden View Post
Yes, and your observation and thus conclusion is wrong. Larger numbers do not compensate the lack of indivual skill (else you couldn't easily harass them often by flanking attacks or do skirmishing in general with much success). Logic much?
You look at it from your pov, stealther type that goes behind blah blah...

You need to look at it as a whole and apply to both parties,-> the guy you are attacking mistakes don't matter so much when he has you 5v1.


All he needs is a team mate to pickup his slack, and nothing to do with individual skill. The larger the numbers the less will it matter that "i" afk and the group still wins. That means i won due to my pro afk skill right?