QUIT EQ!!!Follow

Hello I recently quit EQ. The game just got to the point of absurdity and pointlessness. I am looking for a game that gives me a reason to improve my character. By that I mean things that I accomplish will have someffect in my game world. I hear the realm pvp in DAoC offers this experience. I am not interested in PVP unless it is team or diety based or something along those lines. In EQ the only reason you want3ed to get buffer was so that you could go someplace to get even more uber in a pointless cycle. I never understood why I would want to put raid force together to go kill the god i worship LOL.

One other thing that bothered me was EQ insistance on grouping and nerfing of melee classes.

Does DAoC require grouping as EQ does?
Can melee classes effectively solo?
Is there a vibrant team pvp structure in DAoC?
IS the games challenge level more like EQ or like WOW?
Would this be a game a mature adult would like playing?

I WILL BE BUYING THE STRATEGY GUIDE TODAY AND DEPENDING ON WHAT I READ IN THERE AND WHAT I READ ON THIS FORUM I MAY BE BUYING THE GAME ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

edit: What wuld be a good class choice for someone who is dying for melee soloability?



Edited, Wed Mar 9 13:07:40 2005 by dracoboars

Ok, I have no reason why you had to post this thread three times. Unfortunately you couldn'tve been bothered to read any of the other threads where this type of question has been posted, sadly one of them had a very good write-up with links to important websites and whatnot.

EQ required grouping to advance your character, it forced everyone to work together. DAoC classes can all solo effectively if you can play them well. Grouping becomes a must for Master Levels, RVR is always a group endeavor, and with the advent of instance levels, if ya wanna solo, go for it.

If you want to play a melee class that can solo, pick any of em' if you're an intelligent gamer you should be able to solo any melee class.

That is exactly wht happened. I am sure that is exactly what happens everytime I or someone else double/triple post

DAoC plater? I make it look all nice and pretty before you eat it?

I never necessarily got on his case for the triple post matter, just that, this type of thread is asked so often, and people are too lazy to look at any thread that has a similar title. It's not that hard to look around for a question you might have, rather than ask someone to drole out the same thing they've already had to.

Hi quit DAOC today and will miss it. The reason I quit is I enjoy playing melee classes. Here is the rub in pve the melee classes are fun to play and effective, but in pvp they are worthless. Do not in any circumstance roll an armsman they are so worthless that once you get high lvl people wont even talk to you much less group with you. The only classes worth playing in pvp have ranged attacks. After getting to lvl 50 with a paladin and discovering how useless they are on the battle field I made a scout and used him as a sniper. This how it normally works, (the battle goes like this) mezz, nukes (damage spells), release and do it again. Which ever group gets the drop on the other uses a mezz spell (makes you not be able to move or react in any way, all you can do is watch, thankfully it is normally quick) then they hit you with high damage spells that kill you quick. The fights are soo fast you are wondering what happened. Very rarely are there any battles. This basically means that for each realm there are few classes that are useful in pvp (melee classes are definitely not in that group unless you like dieing) I for one am tired of either wining with no competition or dieing so fast I don’t have time to react. Also be careful what you whish for. I too don’t enjoy grouping all the time but soloing in this game is real boring. Instance dungeons are cool, but hear is the deal, kill some thing sit for 10 minutes to heal then again kill and heal. So for every hour of play 40-45 minutes are spent sitting and healing. If you have some one to talk too it can be fun, or if you watch tv wile healing not so bad. In you low level it is fairly easy to find groups as you go up in level it becomes harder to the point where you almost have to play solo. For a long time I stressed about all the grouping then I got to the point where I had to solo. I played for about 2 years in the first year there where plenty of groups available but lately it is becoming real hard to find any. I am not sure if this is a side effect of Catacombs or just drop in over all population. With all the down time playing solo is amazingly boring. You will probably have to purchase two accounts to find a healer to group with to cut down on the down time. Here is the sad part if you make a healer class you will find it just as hard to find a group because most people use their second account for that (in DAOC we call that a bot as in robot healer) If you get into a good guild then you are pretty much set (in that they will help you with the TOA stuff. Which requires 6 hour missions with sometime not even getting the item drop at the end, that requires 2-4 full group teams. With out the help of a good guild this is almost impossible.), but again here is the rub, rarely will you meet some one from a good guild because very few people group anymore. I got lucky that way I meet some one in a good guild and got invited in when people still grouped. One of the great things about this game is people are generally friendly and will answer questions when you ask. I just started playing everquest 2 and am missing the friendly atmosphere. If you go into new frontier with out the toa equipment and try to engage in rvr regardless of which class you are playing expect to lose. Once you get the toa equipment it will be fun steam rolling every body but that gets old after awhile. If you do come across some one to fight who is close to your specs then it is all about getting off the mezz first. And yes there are ways to counter the mezz spell but by the time you use it your already nuked to death. Of course the other group knows you are trying to counter it.
Good Bye Old Friend I will miss you Dark Ages of Camelot

I quit DAOC too. I'm an old EQ'r. DAOC is dead. The RvR is so off balanced its unreal, the realms so off balanced it makes me want to cry, the people are great though. I had fun times playing. It just wasn't worth the **** we put up from mythic anymore. I'm going to be playing GuildWars when it comes out. I gave away my house and a bunch of my stuff to some guild friends and havnt looked back.