Dark Age Of Camelot 2022 First Impressions "is It Worth Playing?"
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Dark Age Of Camelot is a classic PVP MMORPG that I'm sure many of you have fond nostalgic memories of, this game was the pinoeer of the GVG/Realm Vs Realm MMO subgenre and back in 2001 when the game first released it was massively popular, exploding to 250,000 subscribers for a while shortly after release, to this day I don't think there's been a single PVP only MMO to have reached the same numbers as Dark Age Of Camelot back in the day and I still see people reminisce about the games glory days in KZfaq comment sections whenever the topic of MMO PVP is brought up, In this video we're going to check in on Dark Age Of Camelot today, see if anyone's still playing and see how the game's looking now by todays standards.
What are your memories with Dark Age Of Camelot? like me in wishing we had a modern version of this game or Camelot Unchained could actually release and be the successor it's supposed to be? let me know in the comments below!
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--Dark Age Of Camelot MMORPG Wiki Description--
Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in October 2001 in North America and in January 2002 in Europe. The game combines Arthurian lore, Norse mythology, and Irish Celtic legends with high fantasy. It is set in the period after King Arthur's death, when his kingdom has split into three realms which are in a constant state of war with each other. Dark Age of Camelot includes both player versus environment (PvE) and realm versus realm (RvR) combat.
Developed by Mythic Entertainment, the game is in large part an adaptation of a previous text-based game called Darkness Falls: The Crusade (1999). On February 5, 2014, it was announced that development of Dark Age of Camelot would be transferred from Mythic Entertainment to Broadsword Online Games, a newly established studio, which also subsequently took over development of Mythic's other MMO game, Ultima Online. Mythic was shut down shortly thereafter, on May 29, 2014.
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Dark Age Of Camelot 2022 First Impressions "Is It Worth Playing"
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@chrismahlstedt3051 2 жыл бұрын
I started playing this around Christmas 2001 and played for close to ten years. All through my middle/highschool years. Some of the best gaming memories I have.
@nimbleu 2 жыл бұрын
WoW the hate.
@Zeonick1 2 жыл бұрын
Same, same.
@Getorix 2 жыл бұрын
Same here bud. Good fucking times. w00t
@garyliberty2285 2 жыл бұрын
Mordred MDK.
@flinter555 2 жыл бұрын
same... All throughout middle school and highschool
@Twizamber 2 жыл бұрын
DAOC is still the best RvR experience I have ever had in any mmo so far. To me, its the king.
@goodlookinouthomie1757 Жыл бұрын
It's true. They something just right with the three way factional war where you could PvE within your own zone or PvP in the frontiers. Really great times.
@moneyclip8772 Жыл бұрын
This game was my childhood. I used to play this with my parents, my uncle and all my friends.
@ViperVideo Жыл бұрын
Warhammer Online Age of Reckoning came close but no cigar
@Kushenable Жыл бұрын
it is indeed the best pvp system with realm ranks. best high end content, specialy with a grp of decent players. just a remake now with unreal engine 5 and it would be the best mmo now on market xD... maybe they have to change few things.
@garudagermany9112 Жыл бұрын
100% True…i miss the Good old days. Never found a Game like this again 😢
@GameHopping 2 жыл бұрын
Another great part of DoC was the dungeon Darkness Falls. It was a huge dungeon where you could get great loot AND it had entrances in all three realms so there was RvR combat all the time.
@Yor_gamma_ix_bae 2 жыл бұрын
Daoc*
@GameHopping 2 жыл бұрын
@@Yor_gamma_ix_bae Oops. :p
@nznige 2 жыл бұрын
so good, Albion online had elements of this in the roads
@cronopoly344 2 жыл бұрын
My necro pet slid thru a wall and dragged a lvl 75 prince to our raid. It was crazy as luckily one of our raids tanks was paying attention and called for the fight, otherwise I was toast. Then I caught he'll for summoning in any case between boss fights lol
@dariyen2618 2 жыл бұрын
It was the best game at the time and just by hearing the intro music I get chills from the nostalgia and the memories of all the fun I had with my friends.
@nachtdrache 2 жыл бұрын
The intro music will always give me a special feeling probably till the day I die.
@chuck180 Жыл бұрын
@@nachtdrache so true massive chills
@msmysticstorytime Жыл бұрын
what server were you on? race?
@alecbaker13 2 жыл бұрын
As a kid i would go to bed to hear my Dad playing DAOC across the room on our computer. Hearing those buff sounds while going to sleep will always be a fond memory of mine. There will never truly be a replacement for DAOC. Absolute masterpiece. I think about it still to this day every so often. My dad ran a guild called Superunknown, i remember getting on his alt account and running with his huge group of rangers stealth killing everyone in the New Frontier i think it was :’) The good ol days
@dduffy777 Жыл бұрын
Great memory. I STILL listen to the music from the game to fall asleep.
@alecbaker13 Жыл бұрын
@@dduffy777 me too! 👍🏻
@Senscrall Жыл бұрын
The 3 factions all had different classes. All 3 factions had its own PvE zones. This really gave you an identity that the current MMO's don't really have with their copy/past faction classes. You learned to hate class "x" in PvP as it was not part of your "tribe". If you did switch factions, the replay value was amazing with whole new zones to explore and classes to interact with. It really felt like 3 MMO's in 1.
@kentknightofcaelin4537 Жыл бұрын
I much prefer "copy-paste classes", thank you very much.
@BobsVagene 6 ай бұрын
Too bad they put all of their effort for the PvE zones into Albion. I mean, it was good for me since Alb was my main. But it was so anticlimactic once I leveled up 50s in Mid and Hib during ToA.
@wiefdiwbofdbw 5 ай бұрын
they're mostly the same classes with different names ^^ small differences
@tonibreiting3337 4 ай бұрын
What game did you people play ???? its not even close to mirror classes, ive played almost every single class to 50 in all 3 realms, and high level RvR for over 10 years... what are you people talking about ! BEST 3 way PVP/RVR out there by far and by FAR the most diversity in classes in any pvp game even to this day ! .......@@wiefdiwbofdbw
@PiriPiri_01 2 жыл бұрын
Something interesting about DAoC was that it had open dungeons that weren't instanced, so you would just go in and look for a party, or wait at the entrance to group with people. It made the game really immersive and socially interactive. You also had to sit down to heal your health and stamina every so often, which gave you time to just chat with the people you were with. I feel like modern MMO's are having the immersion exchanged for convenience with group finder and instances, as well as health/mana pools that never run out. This leads to non-stop grinding/questing which can be very exhausting, rather than enjoyable and relaxing. All systems have their flaws, but I feel like we are moving further and further away from MMO's being massively multiplayer, where they make you feel like you're in another world with other people.
@Hogscraper 2 жыл бұрын
Darkness Falls was an amazing dungeon since you could fight to the end then back up towards one of the other realm's entrances to PvP. Probably the only game where nearly everyone was ready to defend unless they were on a raid then the whole server would jump in to fight.
@Eyrothath 2 жыл бұрын
Same goes with Ultima Online, nothing was instanced.. You formed a party with others or joined a guild and there was no chat boxes/general chat.. It was a very social MMO..
@nznige 2 жыл бұрын
dont forget a loot split that lasts hours
@Last.Dark.Emperor 2 жыл бұрын
@@Eyrothath Check out Ultima outlands,free uo private server,it has over 2k active players daily,with alot of costum content and no pay2 win.
@Eyrothath 2 жыл бұрын
@@Last.Dark.Emperor I play Ultima Online Outlands, I am in the orc RP guild.. I have many good things to say about it.. However, I would hope Peon plays the official/OSI shards as well cause the devs need a wake up call..
@spreenjeff 2 жыл бұрын
Dark Age of Camelot (DAOC) was one of the best mmos ever. No other game after it did the frontier and the open PvP with zergs. It was a great time. Especially when there was stealthers out there looking for people going through the gates. There was a actual purpose to getting to max level and defending and keeping your keeps up to date.
@icepicmusic4324 2 жыл бұрын
this is the game that introduced me to mmos, one of the best pvp experiences I’ve had in any game
@m4rtx 2 жыл бұрын
Actually GW2 does the open PVP with zergs pretty similar to DAOC, WvW in Gw2 is essentially RVR.
@PrinceArtemis 2 жыл бұрын
Ooh man, i remember back in the day the call to arms to protect the relic of the realm when I was I was a lvl 30 lol
@killerv135 2 жыл бұрын
Aion was amazing at pvpve, and won awards for it.
@aptubby1 2 жыл бұрын
I still play the game the videos on my KZfaq are my most successful its just a brilliant game
@HonestReviewsPH 2 жыл бұрын
literally if htey updated the engine with modern skins, ui's and such this game would have a huge player base to date
@nurs3826 2 жыл бұрын
The game has basically no marketing at all. And even if new players find this game, they will most likely quit after dying twice. Daoc just has a frusttrating gameplay which makes it unappealing for most new players
@Drannos99 2 жыл бұрын
The World, Quest and Progress Design is Shit in this Game. Even with UT5 Engine and the best Graphics to Date this would Flop hard
@nurs3826 2 жыл бұрын
@@Drannos99 And yet the whole progress design is more fun than other MMOs'. FF XIV as an example, the only thing you do in this game is mindlessly walk from one point to another, watch a cinematic, fight some enemies that cant even kill you and get XP. Thats the whole design. I had more fun progressing in DAOC than in any other MMO
@yasmanygarcia8257 2 жыл бұрын
@@Drannos99 yes the questing and progress sucks. However once u hit 50 and get your gear... which is shit to get, I agree.. its a ton of fun when u start rvr. Best pvp game ever made.
@CyanShaman 2 жыл бұрын
@@nurs3826 Sorry about whatever accident you were in...
@T0beyeus 2 жыл бұрын
You can run away you just need to Sprint, the distance between you and the mob is what causes the de-aggro. Also in terms of mechanics DAoC is pretty advanced. Each of those "skills" you used are called Styles and they have Growth rates, which determine the damage, but also the accuracy of the move, or moves used against you. Styles consume Endurance which is also what is used to Sprint. Something else to point out is that as a Mercenary you need to train in the main weapon damage type Crush, Slash or Thrust and then train in Dual Wield. Base weapon damage determines the damage range of your main hand and off-hand weapons whereas the Dual Wield spec determines the accuracy and frequency you swing the off-hand weapon. Spellcasters worked similarly, you has a Base and Spec line, if you did not Spec into a spell school your Base damage spells would have a ton of variance. The spell might deal 1-100 damage but if you Spec 25 into the spell line it would deal 50-100, etc... It is sad, but I agree I do not think Camelot Unchained will ever release. They kept adding and promising more and more and ultimately they lost their direction. An updated, refreshed DAoC would be wonderful, but I do not think it would come and Camelot Unchained ultimately isn't DAoC either
@mikegreene6742 2 жыл бұрын
I am curious about the Classic style server coming this summer
@wizardtim8573 2 жыл бұрын
I was really sad when Mythic canned their futuristic Imperium game or whatever it was called. I REALLY wanted to play a future sci-fi MMO from them so badly.
@huldu 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if the mob hits the player they'll keep chasing the player until they've been unable to hit the player for 10 seconds maybe?
@grumblegnome Жыл бұрын
+ every style, no matter if you´re a warrior, rogue etc. every class able to use that style gets the same abilities as you level them up. not very productive but why not putting on a shield and the piercing weapon taunting ability as a nightshade when the tank goes DC :P RIP Healers xD
@bobach6083 Жыл бұрын
Aahh a veteran. I was only 7 when I played DAoC but I managed to get a hero and vampiir too 50. Actually I soloed instances with the vampiir because of his self healing abilities. And when u ran instances alone it gave you more exp per kill so even though they were higher level and also hard. It made it worth it to grind out. Which ended up actually being fairly easy even at 7 years old.
@reqhart 2 жыл бұрын
DAOC was truly special and will be missed, Played for about ten years starting at launch and I have so many great memories of it. Still remember my first relic raid against Hibernia as a midgardian on igraine. The respect people had for solos or 8v8s and even their enemies from the other realms truly showed how amazing this game's community was, no MMO has filled the hole this game has left behind. I hope one day someone can capture this game into a modern iteration.
@samringwald Жыл бұрын
I came in around the first expansion and I loved it so much. It's too bad they tried to take the EQ market with the gem system (forgot what it was called) and the level-up weapon system.
@j.s.8780 8 ай бұрын
Game is still far more active than what this video portrays.
@vknight7497 5 ай бұрын
The Eden team is actually remaking DAoC in Unreal Engine.
@Andrew-kv7fk Жыл бұрын
This game was amazing, I went from EverQuest to this and spent 13 years playing was one of the fondest times of gaming I’ve ever had
@waynevandermerwe505 2 жыл бұрын
Some of the RVR content in this game was way ahead of its time. Some amazing experiences in some massive RVR battles.
@nznige 2 жыл бұрын
god I love RVR instead of PVP as a highlight, the highlight of my 30 odd year gaming career was still getting up at 3am NZ time and killed like 100 people with my Troll Shaman on Defence and getting a screen full of DM's asking how, playing on 56k modem with 200 ping to the US and it was still playable, 8 v 8 or 8 v 24 open world PVP with my Spiritmaster bomb. The only real downside was that dying was such a painful experience it did create quite a bit of elitism, wasnt a problem if you had an elite group but yeah. Having your realm work together to take over the entrance to Darkness Falls and ferry out wood to keep defence etc, just awesome
@gstwo6571 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah those rvr battles were intense. My best memory was rvr’ing and carrying one of the relics back to our relic keep. Having that sign above my head saying “here come kill me and grab the relic” was so intense. Best of times for pvp for me.
@nznige 2 жыл бұрын
@@gstwo6571 lol yeah man intense!
@ovimir9667 2 жыл бұрын
Relic raids were the best with hundreds per side... frame rates measured in SPF, but still an awesome experience! :)
@trxe420 2 жыл бұрын
I judge pvp in every game based on how it compares to RvR. ESO is the closest I have found, but I am hoping maybe AoC will be as good. I would kill for something like Darkness Falls.
@cronopoly344 2 жыл бұрын
DAoC's future was highly hamstrung when Jacob's sold to EA...of course. The music was magical. Hearing the ambient music of Mag Mell, and Tir na Nog (city) was awesome. So many of my best gaming memories. I caught it when guilds were awesome, and the /alliance chat feature for guilds was so helpful when you could talk to other lower level "alliance" guild members to quest. It wasn't as Toxic as today's generation of gamers /cringe
@slightly_tilted 2 жыл бұрын
Same exact thing happened to Ultima. Sold to EA, game went to crap.
@LongToad Жыл бұрын
I feel like Trials of Atlantis ruined it for a lot of people (which came out 3 years before Mythic sold). I know Mythic somewhat fixed ToA encounters later but my guild and everyone I knew stopped playing when we had to go through ridiculous raids to be competitive in PvP again.
@nznige 2 жыл бұрын
it still baffles me as to why they haven't replicated the ideas in DAOC it was so bloody good
@NorthernBuffalo 2 жыл бұрын
Camelot Unchained was going to but fucked it all up
@dannyv233 2 жыл бұрын
Same reason why people haven't replicated the even more successful runescape formula. WoW's success drowns everything else out and mmos are a risky afterthought for most modern devs.
@SheewdoodleFB 2 жыл бұрын
@@dannyv233 wow is a meme
@drowningin 2 жыл бұрын
@@dannyv233 WoW's success? They can't even pull 10k players anymore
@Kenzinru 2 жыл бұрын
@@drowningin pretty sure they meant its *overall* success
@Konuvis 2 жыл бұрын
I love the feel of those old school MMOs, they bring me into their worlds so much more than modern ones.
@dmsephiroth 2 жыл бұрын
Yes pal. Even the feeling xping with 7 other players. At start of daoc you had to wait till mana and endurance refill. There were nothing like sorc/minstrel mana song/spell or paladin endurance chant in albion. So you chatted and talked bout stuff in group. Good old time. I miss those slower paced mmorpgs :< no stupid raid id/week...no "GOGOGO"content...
@melissakampers 2 жыл бұрын
DaoC was my first MMO and I miss it still. It was amazing and I made so many friends back in the day.
@patm374 2 жыл бұрын
Insanely great game, so many good memories leveling then pvping when max level, the music was amazing and made you feel apart of each different realm. The fact that you had different classes for each realm was amazing. If you had 8 elite players you could take out groups of 15-20 in PvP. Thanks for covering this game, I would love for an updated relaunch of this exact game
@MegaMalfurion 2 жыл бұрын
DAOC 2 is my dream game. DAOC's engine shows its age, but still has the best PvP system of any MMO.
@dmsephiroth 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe Ashes of Creation can be similar in pvp systems. But only time will tell ;) the hope is there.
@shokomann 2 жыл бұрын
oh yes...please!
@michaelglaser1669 2 жыл бұрын
@@dmsephiroth Camelot unchained? Not gonna happen thkugh
@goodlookinouthomie1757 Жыл бұрын
Yes it's what we hoped Camelot Unchained would be but alas.
@masterkeef133 Жыл бұрын
@@dmsephiroth we could only hope but ive seen some people say ashes of creation might already be too ambitious and that fans are hoping for too much
@balintlaczko4679 2 жыл бұрын
I have also played it years before WoW was released. I particularly remember, that (at that time) it did not have a map. If you knew the hidden key combination, you could bring out a compass:). All three realms had 2 relics. One gives 10% extra damage for melee and the other one 10% extra damage to ranged characters (or something like that, it has been ~20 years). You could set up massive raids to steal each other relics. Also, every realm had 7 keeps or castles and the realm that controlled the most had the access to an awesome dungeon. The whole realm (both PvE and PvP players) were motivated to work together to get the relics and hold the most keeps. Several big guilds were working together to get things done. I do remember, that on a random weekday morning like 6 AM we got together 200+ people to steal a relic:). We had manage something on that scale and we also had to keep it secret from the enemy realms, because they had spies... In DAoC, the PvP server meant, that you can attack people from the same realm/faction as yourself... That is something that a today's MMO player cannot even imagine.... Also, this game has three factions, as you could see from this video. It happened fairly often, that you fought with someone and the third realm reaped the battlefield. Not exactly fair, but actually a lot more fun than a 2 realm based game. The large scale PvP system was awesome. It was a ton of fun. I am not denying that I am nostalgic, but out of all the MMOs, that I have played, this is the one, that I have the most fond memories of.
@echoview 2 жыл бұрын
This post sums it up perfectly. Very well said.
@IAmMurdrface 2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how I remember my experience. I remember waking up at 4am to meet the realms giant raid to capture the relics, because we knew that they would be asleep and their realm were double our size in terms of numbers. We did this often and also had our own spies. Truly a wonderful experience that I wished modern MMO's can capture. For instance, I wished a game like New World would have a better PVP system, really lean in on the castle siege aspect. But we just have the portal in and out. and instant respawn in the castle, it just falls flat. Sadly, I always compare them to DAoC in terms of PVP.
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
The freeshard just had a PVP style event, apparently. I don't remember DAoC ever not having a map, and played before WoW..
@balintlaczko4679 2 жыл бұрын
@@thedrunkergamer8822 I am 100% sure, it did not have a map. I stopped playing it on the day, when the 2nd expansion came out. I am not sure, when the in game map was introduced, but not till the end of the first expansion. Until this day, I have the vague paper based map, which came with the original CD, when I bought the game, which I used until I learnt, what is where.
@echoview 2 жыл бұрын
@@balintlaczko4679 there def wasn't an in game map early on. I purchased those books at gamestop that had all the maps and I would use the /loc command to zero in on a certain place in the zone. The zones were 0-60,000 vertically amd horizontally so I would put the necessary data to get me in the right part of the map. Was real dangerous to use in the Cursed Forest with all those level 60 mobs camping about.
@danielherren5799 2 жыл бұрын
You have a 'sprint' skill. You have to create enough distance from an enemy for it to disengage or it will chase you across the entire world. You can run to a guard who will kill it as well. Back in the day this was used to great effect to lure powerful enemies to noob zones, or world bosses to active sieges for absolute chaos. Your combat skills don't have cooldowns. If you used any techniques that did, they would show in the UI. It's always fun to see people who never played an ancient mmo, try to play an ancient mmo :D Since this is a PVP game, trying to find people in pve zones is going to be difficult. Pretty much everyone has a set of max level character. You need to go to pvp zones to find players.
@gman092803 2 жыл бұрын
I do remember this being the only game that you could raise and lower the hoods on your cloaks. It was a very fun game
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
It's still a great game
@maxmillion7007 Жыл бұрын
Our guild had a uniform... "Hooded Nomads" everyone in the guild had the same custom cloak...
@happynucca1127 2 жыл бұрын
Not even gonna lie...i might play this now, it looks pretty good. I actually like the combat with auto attacks and such.
@aaronziermann9470 Жыл бұрын
Do it
@CFLsurfr Жыл бұрын
The aspect i love most is the 3 realms were all very, very unique, and the fact of having 3 factions often helped to keep any single faction from becoming too powerful because the two smaller ones would realize the 3rd was too powerful and would often help each other.
@GrooveSpaceArk 2 жыл бұрын
There's a legacy private server with a lot more players than official ones. I think it's called Uthgard.
@Noiderx 2 жыл бұрын
Uthgard closed (I believe may have re-opened). Phoenix replaced it and is also closed. Celestius is the current iteration.
@Eyrothath 2 жыл бұрын
Yep.. Just like Ultima Online Outlands, another good UO shard is Evolution..
@garyliberty2285 2 жыл бұрын
How and where can I play on Celestine? Is it advised for a returning player on one acct or do I need multiples and cheats of some kind?
@Guinnessrules 2 жыл бұрын
I have played the game since december 2000, the beta. Still the greatest mmo, imo. Relicraid/defence with 3-400 peeps fighting. Now there r still peeps playing and running battlegroups. Sometimes there are 50 to 70 players fighting, at odd times it can push up to 100. Still playing and enjoying the 21 yo game that still crushes it!
@Leparn 2 жыл бұрын
Still the best pvp game I have ever played. The 8 man scene was incredibly good when this game was in its prime. I still am waiting for any new game to have what DAOC offered.
@Phillid4e 2 жыл бұрын
The mmo love of my life. Managed to bring back my old guild to phoenix freeshard a few years ago. Looking forward to playing on other freeshards after phoenix was shut down.
@MrBagelz 2 жыл бұрын
This game was my childhood. I played it throughout growing up back when it only had one expansion out. Life would happen and id be forced to stop, then years later id start back up. When I was older I was a raid leader and guild leader. Even found a bug that allowed us to instantly kill ML10 raid bosses. I LOVE this game... but there really just hits a point where you're doing the same thing over and over and you know at that point the game is done. You meet people and watch them leave constantly. Ill always love it, and when it got a Free to play option I thought id always keep it downloaded, but just didnt. So much time spent, just dont feel like theres more to spend. But god there is just no game now that has classes like this. Love Minstrel, Bonedancer, Thane, Animist, Thaumaturge. AH Damn the feels.
@stevewashamaudio2022 Жыл бұрын
Daoc was one of the best games i had ever played. I had played for many years and made a lot of friends from all over the world, and the game made you feel like you were a family with all the different Guilds. The RvR was amazing and the raids will forever hold exciting memories! I remember going to a town and giving 1 plat to a beginning player so he or she could get started! I used to create armor and enchant armor for players it was so much fun!
@matthiasfestner8062 2 жыл бұрын
Ohhh what memories Re coming up with this game. Ve playing it for 13 years n im still in connection with a few ppl from that time. Really it still has the best combat System of pvp wise. Not 1 mmo out there gets near its realism, specially its CC System and its indebt grp play and interaction with grp members. Its still a masterpiece of a game n shame that not many ppl of that young generation had a chance to play it on Daoc's prime. Soloing, duoing, 8t man groups n some 500+ people fights for a castle with all 3 realms. That memories...
@fpscanada3862 Жыл бұрын
realism...? dude its a fantasy game with magic and monsters
@zeathedaocgaming Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite MMO of all time. There can be a learning curve but once you set up the UI properly and understand the targeting/combat system and classes it really is great. DAoC Eden private shard is the game to play at the moment even in Alpha. The team is doing some great things
@LupulSai Жыл бұрын
Hallo, is there in Dark Age of Camelot a class that is playable with dual wield swords(not daggers)? Because in this video, that Mercenary weapons looks more similat to daggers than swords.
@zeathedaocgaming Жыл бұрын
@@LupulSai at level 50 there are weapons that you can use in your left hand that resemble bigger swords (your right hand can always use bigger swords).
@seanmcdonald4156 2 жыл бұрын
Played DAOC 1 week after it released then for ~6 years. Best PVP ever in an MMO, no game has captured it as well. Fondly remember many 8 v 8's out in the frontiers. 3-5 minute fights just waiting for someone to miss a cooldown etc. awesome memories.
@voiceofdreams762 2 жыл бұрын
my first mmo, started playing in 2001 in beta. still playing on and off at least once a year. about the cons: there is de-aggro, you just need to sprint and that leads to UI is a mess. yes it is. there are UI mods and they are basically mandatory, but still a new player would need 100% help from a vet player to understand how it works. same for combat. skills don't work as other mmos, here they are all positionals and follow-ups. also casters can't cast if attacked/interrupted, i would have liked you to try that PepeLaugh rvr at max lvl there is a lot of action for 1v1 and zerg everyday both EU and NA primetimes (we are talking around 200 ppl zerg). they are going to finally launch a classic server this summer, that would be a perfect time for a new player to join. there are also freeshards. phoenix was the last big one with thousand of players, atlas is going to be the next opening really soon.
@abarasabwehttam 2 жыл бұрын
Follow ups and backups. Having a backup attack incase you didnt parry/block/dodge was crucial. Most people now just press all their buttons and have no strategy, in DAoC, you had to or run out of stamina and die (Unless you had a Shaman Buffer in Midgard)
@McOwnagez 2 жыл бұрын
@@abarasabwehttam or running a pally or a endo pot/bard.
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
Waiting on Atlas, still subbed to live, didn't rlly fw Celestius because of ToA
@CCC-ly5xg 2 жыл бұрын
I played this growing up, i rememeber my father getting internet installed back 2001 so we could play this game, and it was indeed addicting back then, and graphic was insane for the time Tho the unique classes, sounds, history and map of each realm really give it a "whole feel" and identity to your faction, i feel games lack today. interms of your abilties, you should read them as they have chains, usage after block or parry and alike, so its about using right abilties on your next attack. it doesnt explain very well, but acutally pretty immersive again for 2001, I still hope they would overhaul DAoC UI and graphics and rerelease it, the game was really game breaking for its time and introduced many elements to MMORPG we see today,
@timredhead7355 2 жыл бұрын
Played this game since I was 12 years old and I was born in 87, still play today. Only game I've ever played continuesly for 22 years. The game the got me hooked on computers
@Huggliest 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for visiting one of my favourite games ever! You really didn't get a chance to see where the populations were (mostly in RvR end game) and you missed a lot of classes that aren't seen with the free account. I'd recommend trying out the freeshard on Celestius where there is a LOT of people there as well. You also didn't get the chance to try out the dragon raids or the other Shrouded Isles raids or any of the Trials of Atlantis content that was really fun to do! You also didn't get a chance to hit up the housing area where you could explore the player housing zone which was also really good for its time! To this day I have yet to find a game that was as fun to PvP in as this game. Running around with 8man groups and fighting zergs of people was fantastic. Sieges and relic raids were such great times and Darkness Falls was a blast, especially if you got locked in with enemy realms!
@An0nym0 2 жыл бұрын
This is the definitive PVP game, from the RvR to the PvP server Mordred. Its variance, the balance between realms, it was awesome.
@Nomans1971 2 жыл бұрын
I remember Realm raid battles with in excess of 1800-2000 people, at times making it impossible to move and when you did eventually get to move you were dead. The downfall of the game was Atlantis and EA buying Mythic Entertainment. Still the best MMO I ever played.
@xro1983 Жыл бұрын
When EA bought the game it was already headed downhill
@wtDrake 2 жыл бұрын
This was the first MMORPG I witnessed back in 2001. I was watching my brother play it in his apartment on dial up.
@mufasafalldown8401 2 жыл бұрын
First MMO here as well. It was glorious.
@Jagr00nage Жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the GOAT MMOs. The battlegrounds at level 20-24 and 35-39 were some of my best pvp experiences I've ever had. For large scale, GW2 was the closest thing to modern RvR but it's not a great replacement.
@jaymichaelmichaels 2 жыл бұрын
One of the GREATEST games ever made...Too bad we wont see this again. Was an amazing adventure as a young 20 something year old.
@martinsinger6434 2 жыл бұрын
That was my first and biggest gaming-love ever! Love you, for (finally :D ) covering it. So sad, that no predessesor nor any game close to it came out yet. The combat was much more fun, especially for casters. Also the healer class was really good made. Despite having so much/deep PvP / RvR, the PvE content still was more than most modern MMOs. There were like 200-400 men raids. And then there were the Atlantis challenges with were really unique. Also it had unterwater content. Mark Jacobs was also behind Warhammer Online, which felt kind of like DAoC but still unique and really great. It's incredibly sad, that he was not able to release a game ever since. Am not to deep into what happend, but bought and tried Camelot Unchained, but it really felt meh (like 2 years ago - not sure how it is now). Just a DAoC-like game with good UI, inventory, modern combat and especially grafics, and I would no life it right away.
@c4tubo 2 жыл бұрын
Probably the most hours played in any MMORPG, it was a solid game with very few flaws, bugs, or exploits--a rare find.
@williambourque6963 2 жыл бұрын
Like: Classes being SO different from one another. Each realm being basically an ENTIRELY different game in a game (since they all had different areas and quest lines and group compositions, you'd have a different experience in each), awesome first expansion with Shrouded Isles, decent memorable music, very cool and interesting combat mechanic ideas especially for melee with the positionals (still haven't seen another game do anything similar which is nuts), RVR dungeons + RVR frontiers that gave a "risk versus reward" style of gameplay -- you could hunt there and the entire time be open to RVR happening while you would be killing monsters (another idea I think modern games should look into to encourage PVP/RVR happening), crafting system was straightforward and helpful AND you could salvage any random drops you'd get from enemies if you leveled up crafting sufficiently high enough, had player housing ahead of many games doing it Dislike: Some classes were more powerful and needed then others - there was definitely some "class bloat" and some classes never would get groups, PBAOE groups dominating EVERYTHING when it came to PVE, hard interrupts for casters (which forced the caster classes to be incredibly powerful in the RVR/PVP when played well and supported), lack of appreciable quest lines and dungeons -- there were a few quests with nice rewards but they were few and far between and each realm only had a handful of dungeons and I wish there was more, no auction house (never been a fan of the housing explorer the game did have for searching for buyable loot from players) Overall I still consider it my favorite all-time MMO.
@MrBagelz 2 жыл бұрын
The music in this game is insanely good. I ADORE the music in the zone of Aegirhamn or Aegir's landing. Every time I hear it my brain returns to being a kid, running around killing giant flys.
@tehiratepirate Жыл бұрын
Any game that allows me to mod in music... I mod in DAoC's music to it. I did it to Valheim and it kind of felt like Midgard again lol
@SENEX12 Жыл бұрын
Must be odd to think that there are games like this that existed before many players today were born. I started playing this in 2001, played for some years until SWG beta started, but returned on and off. This will always be heavily nostalgic.
@jmannxiiiaaron 10 ай бұрын
SWG for the win
@DiscoPilgrim4903 2 жыл бұрын
Holy sht, this was my first MMO. What a nostalgiagasm of a video. Thank you for taking the time to do this one!
@falan9021 2 жыл бұрын
DAoC was amazing and as a young teenager the game and its community I spent so much time with probably shaped my personality a fair bit. At the time having this huge, interactive world with its great lore and being filled with other players was amazing, and only became better when you entered the RvR zones where you never knew when the enemy would show up. The suspense and excitement I felt back then is something I still look back to. Obviously the game doesn't hold up very well anymore today, the downtimes and travel times were massive back then, and the combat system is completely dated. The RvR system has inspired quite a few newer MMOs by now, but somehow none of them got it quite right (some coming closer than others).
@kindred3147 2 жыл бұрын
DAOC was the best; absolutely loved the game and played for years. Even played the private server and had a blast. Wish the game would get a revamp but it’s hard to capture the original nostalgia feeling
@jaimeskuse 2 жыл бұрын
My first MMO! I have fond memories of playing on the Hib side as a Druid, and then a Vampire. WoW stole me away in 2005.
@M4D4FR0 2 жыл бұрын
Never played this game but it looks amazing...even by today standards. The graphics are acceptable, nothing fancy but still some pretty cool things like visual progression. I'd totally go play this.
@johannes40 2 жыл бұрын
Check out the freeshard Celestius
@PhilippinesLife101 2 жыл бұрын
To this date DAoC has my best memories of PvP and RvR of any game ever released. The strategy and coordination required to steal and enemy relic was always a massive undertaking. Some of my best online gaming friends were from DAoC and we still stay in contact and play games together to this day. Game was truly ahead of it's time. I understand you didn't want to invest too much time in the game but some of the best parts are after you start crafting master pieces and customize your gear to max all your stats. One of the most fun parts of the game for me were battle grounds where you could twink out your characters in the lower lvl's and turn off exp gain to keep them in that battle ground.
@JeffreyWilson007 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, best MMO I've ever played by far. Played it for a very very long time. Man, Darkness Falls was one of the best things ever.
@kooken58 2 жыл бұрын
Some things are rough around the edges by todays standards but it still remains one of the best PvP games out there, and I love the gear system in this game. Even with Trials of Atlantis. It is just shocking to me other developers didn't try to emulate it more. It's like they take the 3 faction RvR aspect and ignore everything else that made the pvp stand out.
@nadiposzata17 2 жыл бұрын
the editing is on point! made me laugh a lot! thank you!:D
@dannyroe1697 2 жыл бұрын
This game
@fox..2668 2 жыл бұрын
20 years ago DAOC managed to have more than 100 players together in PvP. You'd think 20 years later we could do 1000 players PvP... Nope, nowadays server crashes with more than a 100 people and everything is instance based... What a shame.
@XTheBossAruX 2 жыл бұрын
Lol me thinking about Apex Legends servers.... they are so bad
@braydopaintrain4346 2 жыл бұрын
Big difference in the amount of data exchanged with servers nowadays.
@Xeirus911 2 жыл бұрын
@@braydopaintrain4346 No there's not. If you're talking about the computations the server has to do with damage calculations and such, that's the devs fault for making their shit so complicated. But the same amount of data is being transferred from the player to the server.
@namesvale5904 2 жыл бұрын
I can only rember 2 times in the last 3 years that one of the zones crashed but never a whole server
@mikemarkovich69 2 жыл бұрын
@@Xeirus911 No it's not man
@offgridgaminguk 2 жыл бұрын
As one of those oldies who played DAoC back in the early 00's for a solid 3 years before WoW took over, the PvP in it has yet to be matched. Still loads has changed since 2004 when I last played the game. That whole early section is different. It wasn't just PvP encounters that were huge, even the PvE raids were obscene, Malmohus dragon raid with 300+ people yep, Darkness Falls PvP dungeon with a 200+ strong zerg, sure why not.
@offgridgaminguk 2 жыл бұрын
@@dvdx3336 I was in my 20's, met some incredible people in DAoC, many of which are still good friends now. I played a Shadowblade on the Prydwen (EU) server :)
@chriswheeler8143 Жыл бұрын
I did as well. Loved the raids (led weekly Master Level raids for a year or so), and the RvR. Once the game started dying the PvP 8 man guilds got desperate enough that I ran with one for a few weeks and had a blast. When WoW came along I just saw a game that had poorer graphics, two realms (so no balance possible in PvP), and almost all the same design decisions otherwise, so just skipped it. Two things led to the dominance of WoW, Marketing and running on low spec Computers (I spent a lot getting my computer to run DAoC in max graphics in those days!
@doomsdayprophet6847 Жыл бұрын
Tons of good memories with this... my guild started when it went live and we stayed until wow came out... this brought back great memories
@tillson8686 2 жыл бұрын
Oh that music in the beginning... I was literally a child (9-10) when my father showed this game to me and let me play on his account. The music instantly made me remember the mornings when I woke up when it was still dark on the weekends just to play. I loved that game although I had no idea what I was doing and I think never made it past level 15. Amazing that the player-base kept it alive. Everything in this video just screams nostalgia. Thank you for this video!
@Evina2261 2 жыл бұрын
I've been playing this game on and off since launch. This, by far, has been my all time favorite mmo. There's soo much you didn't get to check out just in classes and races alone. Unfortunately, you would have to get a sub to be able to play all races/classes and if I remember right, you can only own a home if you sub. You really need a vet player to show you around to really appreciate the game. I'd gladly volunteer :). My main realm is Hibernia but I have a max toon in every class in the game, which by now I would assume most long time players would as well. It used to be a long journey to max lvl and gearing up. Due to the lack of starting players, they have streamlined the lvling so people can get to end game quickly. Heck, I could now lvl a toon from 1 to 50 in 9 hrs, quite sad really. You just rush past all the great times in pve. There is still need to template your toons for rvr but you get a really decent set of gear once you hit lvl 50. There are still large rvr fights on retail to this day. I honestly didnt rvr a lot in frontiers, I was more of a pve player. But , of course, I did rvr, just never got a toon past realm rank 5 I believe. I could go on and on for pages about this game lol. Anyways, awesome to see you take a look at it. Like I said, if you ever feel like delving into the game, I'd gladly help. That's extended to anyone btw.
@pknail5129 2 жыл бұрын
Ive played on and off since 01 as well. Started in mid Percival, hib Kay
@kennybrunton4944 2 жыл бұрын
I'm looking at trying this game out
@icantthinkofaname7827 2 жыл бұрын
Could you help me out if I started playing? I'm thinking of trying it out bro. Thanks :)
@Evina2261 2 жыл бұрын
@@icantthinkofaname7827 sure can
@Evina2261 2 жыл бұрын
@@kennybrunton4944 it's worth a try imho
@invuh 2 жыл бұрын
I played this game for so many years before jumping onto WoW TBC. Dark age of Camelot also had a housing system! and raids with Dragons. It was also easy to Powerlvl in it :D The housing system was actually a bit like FF14, where you buy a plot, and then your house would show in that lot in physical presense, no instanced housing.
@erichansen9427 2 жыл бұрын
That music still gives me chills, brings back so many memories.
@moneyclip8772 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this review. It took me back so much and I saw so many familiar names that I'm just happy to see it.
@shaddowdancer5430 2 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this game and log in from time to time. The nostalgic music hits me right in the feels every time with out fail. :) With the pandemic starting 2 years ago the "Live" servers got a boost of players since many of us were stuck at home. Also there is podcast on twitch also posted on youtube called "DAoC State of the Game." by Ramik Oaken. I'ts a great listen while you're at work or doing household chores. I believe the last episode was 2 or 3 months ago but the episodes are a lot of fun and worth a listen in my opinion. If you want to try Dark Age of Camelot, there is a free to play type of mode called Endless Conquest. It gives you a taste of what's to come. There are a lot more Races and Classes than TheLazyPeon was able to show us and those are available in the full version. Anyways, thank you for checking out one of my favorite Mmo's of all time. Happy Hunting!:)
@logan225 2 жыл бұрын
My first MMO. Wow the memories.
@abarasabwehttam 2 жыл бұрын
I have had high hopes that Ashes of Creation would fill the void that was left when DAoC died. I played in DAoC Beta and for many years after. Was the best game ever made IMO.
@echoview 2 жыл бұрын
I hope it will too. Last game I had high hopes for to give me that rvr high was new world but what a dumpster fire that turned out to be.
@abarasabwehttam 2 жыл бұрын
@@echoview Agreed.
@tors10x42 2 жыл бұрын
Another amazing thing was each realm had its own strengths. Albion had plate wearing paladins that were extremely resistant to physical damage and pierce/slash. Midgard had berserkers that dual wield axes and could turn into a bear to rage on people for 20 sec. Hibernia had amazing casters and pet classes. Healers in this game we're also the main source of cc . You had group heals, long cast st heals and insta heals. As well as aoe sleep spells or stuns, roots etc. Each realm had a form of stealther, one melee on ranged. Albion scouts had the longest range of any bow class but Midgard hunters got a beast companion. Melee attacks had positional requirements, long chained combos and status effects for pulling them off perfectly. Public dungeons and realm controlled territories that were constantly being fought over for realm points and realm perks. Your shield, and cloak could be emblazoned w your guilds crest and all armor was able to be dyed w expensive and rare colors. Siege machines and ballistas, catapults and rams, tower defense and keep doors that could be repaired w proper mats and crafter skill. The world was vast and you weren't" the chosen one". You were just another person. Equal to all. Important within your guild, and your realm , and every man mattered. A team of 8 could take out twice or three times as many with strategy and cooperation. Skill was king. This will forever be the greatest MMO I've ever played. I hope something will come out that can hold its own beside DAoC within my lifetime.
@Mocski00 2 жыл бұрын
The competitive group vs group was ahead of it's time and remained amazing for many years. I think the downfall was due to people not being able to compete and simply left for more easier button mashing games.
@uhhhpvp4691 2 жыл бұрын
Th Daoc is hands down the best RvR pvp game ever made. I have played it hardcore for 20 years. It has PvP for everyone, small man, grps, zergs, solo, gank. It's hands down a gem. It was the only game to never raise a lvl cap because its pvp system was flawless.
@B35point1 Жыл бұрын
What a great time in my life this was. Just grinding and exploring. The best.
@lioneldelorme7481 2 жыл бұрын
I do miss playing this game. Haven't played it since 2006, and I gave my account away (which was slightly common at the time). Did a search for my old character, and you can still find it which was surprising. I had a lvl 50 Norse Thane Realm Rank 7L9 ML10 (too many stats to remember) on the old Pellinor server. As everyone I knew began leaving, I found no real reason to stay. Good memories though. A midnight relic raid where we didn't even keep the relic - we dumped the Albion relic in Hibernia and mooned it. The one time I got to lead a keep raid (which having played a thane was unheard of). Then of course being part of an 8 man team going around the frontiers. I would return if only to just look around, but I don't want to start over, so I'll just keep my memories, and a few hundred screenshots.
@doodlesquatch277 2 жыл бұрын
I remember mobs chasing you out of the zone and then passively returning to their starting positions I think.
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
Nah, sprint away, hit F11, watch for it to deaggro lol
@Rollingthunder987 2 жыл бұрын
DAoC is still the best pvp (rvr) in any mmo ever made, but the pve was also amazing. Dragon raids are still unmatched in mmo games pve raiding.
@quathan7861 2 жыл бұрын
DAoC melee abilities (styles) are an attack added to your next auto-attack swing.. styles also have follow-up styles and positioning etc.. So even though it sounds dull with +dmg on next swing it adds depths in other ways since you have to pay attention to your combat log to see if your styles comes through so you can follow up etc. Regarding de-aggro it only happen if you use flee ability (Sprint) to get away.
@jaceborg 2 жыл бұрын
So many amazing memories even after all these years. Simply the best!
@jstncheney 2 жыл бұрын
I got chills with that opening music when I clicked the video. I loved this game so, so, much. Thank you for giving DAoC the RvR credit it deserves. WoW did NOT start RvR.
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
I've been going back to free shards since 2014 and originally played as an 8 yrs old, lol unforgettable
@antonasstaskevicius8190 2 жыл бұрын
Been playing like 10years ago, was epic game, RvR and Master levels are great :) with amazing bosses. been there for morre 1 year non stop playing. ( min 12hours a day)
@NyoFdj 2 жыл бұрын
so many memories.. 2001-2011and i loved my role
@Sk1ndredd 2 жыл бұрын
So many good memories of castle sieges. Was also one of the first games to allow you to dye your armor.
@aptubby1 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my god... I'm honestly so excited seeing you play this. The private servers are 2k to 3k population strong and alot better than the retail version these days
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
Yessss
@matta3962 2 жыл бұрын
How do you get involved in the private servers?
@sittolla 2 жыл бұрын
@@matta3962 Google Uthgard. I used to play. It was running a pre-ToA patch and it was really accurate and ran very well. I would play but I get obsessed too easily and can't at this point justify putting all my time in an MMO.
@DorkissFromDaoc 2 жыл бұрын
Private server currently opened : Celestius. Check their website
@DrNaz Жыл бұрын
@@DorkissFromDaoc url is broken
@ChristosapherDre 2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites of all time. This, Planetside 1, and Eve Online. The early 2000s were great. DAoC was a 10000 hour game for me. Made a few videos myself! Literally nothing ever, and maybe never will be like that again for me. When you have good netcode, gameplay, and end game....These 3 things together will do that. There is a freeshard scene for DAoC that attracts tens of thousands of players, but usually the populations falls off after a few months due to how the servers are run by the admins of them. The next one is called Atlas Freeshard, a classic ruleset one(widely popular if run well), launching later this year. Give this one a look on their discord! There will be a ton of people, sometimes these freeshards on launch surpass a live server when it was in it's prime in the old days due to technical advancements. Phoenix, another classic freeshard, had 4000+ online at once in 2019 when it launched, way more then live ever had at one time. It was pretty damn cool. But then the admins wanted to play god, and now it no longer exists. So on to the next one :)
@ericandriechack1726 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Are you mid alb or hib
@rickycook6608 2 жыл бұрын
Man, I still remember sneaking down into my fathers office to play this game (only PC in the house with internet). This was back when I lived in Alaska, the room wasn't insulated so I would play while wrapped up in a blanket. It was also next to my parents room, so I had to turn the volume down very low so I can go out on my dwarf thane and explore Midgard (later switched to Hibernia).
@Duukar 2 жыл бұрын
I played this from 2001-2007 when WAR online was released. Played that for a year. I revisited both on player run servers. A year on the DAOC Phoenix server I had a total BLAST reliving the glory days of old with tons of large scale pvp and ran with a really elite tank group as well. Then I played WAR online on the Return of Reckoning server after watching your video. Man I LOVED that server and that version of the game. Ran with one of the top destro guilds on the server and had a BiS Black Ork 1H and 2H. It was truly glorious! Then I moved to Crowfall and shot called for the top guild in the game. My experiences in WAR and DOAC served me well. Classics!!
@jeeshadow 2 жыл бұрын
This was my first MMO. I discovered it pre-SI. That music still gets me right in the feels.
@johnwick9367 2 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yey best game hands down for straight 21 years
@chrismba777 2 жыл бұрын
Ah the memories; my nephew actually got me into this game upon release - played until WoW came out in beta. Should never have left.
@nulltheworm Жыл бұрын
The aggro range thing was common back in the early days of MMORPGs. Except -- well, you had to zone to break aggro. In EverQuest, you crossed an invisible zone line and it would feel like you were leaving the server. In DAoC, you had to run far enough away where you left the region -- or you entered/exited a dungeon. Basically you had to run far enough for the server the generate an entirely new set of mobs and players to display around you, or zoned into or out of a dungeon. It feels clunky at times by today's standards, but the rush for the zone line in games like EverQuest actually creates a lot of fun but stressful interactions between players. There would be times when you'd be fighting your way through a dungeon or something with your group when someone would spam, "TRAIN TO ZONE!!" and if you didn't get out of the way, there was an almost 100% chance that any mobs being dragged past your group fighting would aggro onto you because you were fighting the mobs' friends. Stressful. Funny. But... there were moments of heroism in these trains. Sometimes it'd be a slightly higher player who would jump into the mix to turn the tide of battle. Or sometimes everyone would make a desperate stand together at some choke point. Or some wizard would "memorize" and then cast a gate/evac spell for the entire group that would finish casting just before everyone started dying. I can remember rushing in to other groups as a tank to try and play secondary tank for another group, peeling off aggro to the extent that my group could handle it, and somehow pulling off a win. Or... everyone dies miserably but you just made friends because you tried to help. Some of my favorite gaming moments occurred because mobs don't snap back or path back to their original spawn point. Nobody even gives a crap if you're dying in WoW unless it's in a dungeon, at which point you're kicked if it happens more than once. Some changes only feel better. They're not always better.
@Tuttifrutti_Extrafruchtig 2 жыл бұрын
My god. This game was my first MMO, besides little games like Graal Online and other stuff. I remember a mild september evening. It was like 8 p.m., a warm summerbreeze of fresh air came through my window and couldn't find out, how to attack a crab in Connla untill a player named Gnampf told me, that F5 is the combat mode..... my friends asked me, if I wanted to play outside. I pretended to be sick... :D Sad, that Camelot Unchained turned out to be a hoax :(
@PocketsandOutlaw 2 жыл бұрын
Dang it was a hoax? Seemed more like a failure.
@deam0155 2 жыл бұрын
YOU CHECKED OUT THE WRONG SERVER MY BRU. Celestius Freeshard is where the Dark Age of Camelot action is currently. I enjoy your content but it also drives me insane when I see vids like this, and the vid will Willie did. Everyone always just does the starting zone quests and wonders where the players are and what the point is. The "game" doesn't actually start until your max level, it's a PvP game, and since it's 20+ years old none of the player base is leveling characters, they are out in the frontier PvPing. If you really want to review this game borrow a level 50 account from one of your viewers and check out the frontier. Or just make a character on the Celestius Freeshard since you can get max level and pretty much fully geared in 1 day. Or just check out my YT as it has plenty of PvP videos from over the years which will give you a much better idea of what is going on. Cheers.
@SirDigbyChickenCaesar 2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, the hours I would spend, and the friends I would meet in that game. It was truly the best of times. Thanks for jogging my memory of this relic.
@muneirovalibas6194 Жыл бұрын
At its peak, which was very early 2000s, DaOC was legendary. Hibernian Ranger. Most memorable moment was when I managed to take out 2 Midgard stealthers solo who'd been menacing our guys in Darkness Falls. But there are tons of memorable moments. I miss the CTA and seeing everyone running to assemble at the Border Keeps from all over. I miss my youthful days. I just miss being young, I'm glad my time was so much simpler and alot more fun than today's toxic vibes.
@Pastrahmy 2 жыл бұрын
DAoC was a great experience as a first MMO. Elder Scrolls Online has a nearly identical cross faction PvP system in the form of Cyrodil. Yes, it's laggy, but so was DAoC pvp to be honest.
@goofsaddggkle7351 2 жыл бұрын
The thing that makes ESO's pvp useless (besides the ridiculous lag STILL in 2022) is it has no affect on the PvE game. That was the beauty of DAoC PvP - wins granted ownership to Darkness Falls which greatly helped all on the winning side to make $$$.
@thedrunkergamer8822 2 жыл бұрын
DAoC RvR and PvP is not laggy at all
@goofsaddggkle7351 2 жыл бұрын
@@thedrunkergamer8822 It was back in it’s hay day when there were 100’s of people rushing keeps. Doubt it gets that much action anymore.
@trxe420 2 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Matt Firor went on to ESO as the game director? I wish Cyrodil was as good as DAoC's frontiers because I think that the 3 faction system and siege weapons are jus the way to go. I agree that pvp was laggy in DAoC, but I think that was mostly due to the technology we had.
@goofsaddggkle7351 2 жыл бұрын
@@trxe420 I did know that and its probably why Cyrodil is as good as it is. But its a game within a game. Doesnt integrate the RvR game into the overall PvE world, which is something DAoC did so well.
@TheNichq 2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly why WoW was such a huge hit. The level of polish that it had compared to games like DAOC and Everquest was huge.
@Blizofoz45 2 жыл бұрын
I tried to beta test DAoC and at the time seriously wondered if a quality developer would ever attempt a MMO. I can only assume that like Everquest, there were developers ingame posing as players/guildleaders to drag people through the content and create hype.
@matthi_be 2 жыл бұрын
Just like so many others I have tons and tons of fond memories of DAoC. Played it in beta, and then on release for about 4 years. I went back to it for about a year a few years later so all in all about 5 years worth of game time. Absolutely loved the game when it came out and pretty much spent all my free time ingame playing my Thane or Skald. It was also my first MMORPG and as I played on the EU servers, it was so awesome to me to play with people from all over Europe. I still remember my first RvR experiences (beta) or the first Relic Raid, the first dragon, getting to level 50 on my first character, patrolling the Midgard frontier with our guild against those filthy albs and hibs. Being in our server's channel in IRC and bantering with the other realms players about how we got them again at alb gate in Emain Macha (or vice versa). I honestly cannot remember any toxicity like I encounter in many MMORPGs these days. DAoC really was the best MMORPG of its time and if it was managed better and perhaps gotten a little UI or engine overhaul, it could maybe have been a WoW equivalent with a few million subs 20 years later. It's sad that Mark Jacobs is a big talker but in the end doesn't really deliver anything he promises. Camelot Unchained should have been a DAoC 2 with a modern existing engine but he wasted the money and time on trying to get his own (crappy) engine created and look at where we are all those years later... almost nowhere.
@wilsontanlk 2 жыл бұрын
You can sprint to de-aggro once you have more distance between. You have to key bind commands like /sprint and /follow ... etc to a button. I used to have all max level chars on all factions between 2 accounts. Was the server's 2nd richest player at 60 plat then from trading glowie weapons and rare materials for level high armor crafting and player estate trading. I even created my customised Celtic Gold and Magma Red UI Interface skins for the game. Those were the wonderful days of MMORPG.
@orbitalcracker 2 жыл бұрын
the thing that killed the game was when they added teleporting from keeps to keeps, which completely destroyed the rvr planning and tactics and just threw everyone instantly to the front lines for an eternal zerg vs zerg vs zerg battle
@orbitalcracker 2 жыл бұрын
which was around the same time that wow was in beta, and wow was promising the best open world pvp, they told us there would be contested zones that you could take over for your faction. sucks that wow just got worse and worse after beta and it took us like 8 years to realize it
@ubemakai275 2 жыл бұрын
PLEASE DO ANARCHY ONLINE NEXT!! It used to be one of my favorite MMOs ever when I was a kid so Its probably going to be really cringe now but it was awesome
@apolakii9492 2 жыл бұрын
Dude yessss!!! That was one of my favorite MMOs growing up too. And idk about the whole cringe thing but I feel like a lot of the mechanics would hold up to this day. Combat might be janky now, but i feel like it was a pioneer of Old school MMOs
@nursewithwound4343 2 жыл бұрын
I will never forget the run times I had in this game, even though I jumped to Asherons call first as it came first.. =) we need more games like this..
@hughjazz8207 Жыл бұрын
Played this from UK release, early 2002, until late 2003 when I moved to SWG, but later reverted back. I vividly remember the days before voice chat in games. You had to be able to communicate effectively in the chat in order to be sucessfull in groups. My command of written language vastly improved quite quickly!
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