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Bought, but rarely use

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Have several level 50 toons, and got this expansion because as many have said it's a "must have" in order to survive in RvR - the main/only "end-game" to DAoC.

Main reason I don't use it anymore is they enormously sacrificed performance for eye candy. Using a 3Ghz, 1M, Nvidia system it's still a totally porked out lag-fest. Just try walking through Camp forest without looking at the ground and you'll probably lag all the way to Sauvage before you rubber-band back.

I only load ToA to assist guildy's with their quests, then go back to the much more fun and much faster SI engine for regular game play.

I'd only recommend this xpack to well developed characters. New players don't need it and would cause more frustration than fun. If your new to the game, get SI and have a blast. When you're 50, get ToA to do the quests, then go back to SI to enjoy the game again.

Tortures of Atlantis

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you enjoy EQ camping this is the expansion for you! Riddled with bugs and unbalancing the RvR endgame, this expansion should not have got out the door. There should be a warning label "Required a large unusually supportive alliance and 40+ hours per week to devote to PvE." On the plus side the artwork/models are beautiful and there are some very clever level designs. Unfortunately it takes DAOC in a direction many are unwilling to go. Casual players beware.

bad eq clone

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

title says it all. what differentiates daoc from eq is it's pvp focus. this expansion takes all of the 60hr+ timesinks eq and and adds buggy untested items as your reward for blowing 1.5weeks of work.

Add on that changed a game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This really changed the game from something fun for most
gamers into something only for the diehards who puts in
hundreds of hours each month.
Now the game is NOT for the more casual gamer, if you come
without the latest skills and Artifacts you will be steamrolled
by those who have them, and you cant get these skills and
artifacts alone or even with a handful of friends, no you need
up to 30+ people for days on end ..real time.

After 2 years with DAoC Im now done with it - as are so many others.

Trials of Customers

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I am extremely sorry I bought this product when the price was 29.00. Six copies is a whopping amount of wasted money for a unit-tested piece of software (that's PRE-beta testing for you non-tech types). The bugs, the rewrites, lack of ability for casual gamers, new direction of the game all adds up to pay WAY TOO MUCH for new eye-candy that required a graphics card update as well. It's so laggy, I've had to go back to the Shrouded Isles graphics options.

I used to recommend this product to other families and gamers. Even those I've run across in stores. I can't and won't do that anymore.

Get better value for your money: buy a different software product from Amazon!

Dark Age of Camelot is officially dead as a doornail

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: November 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Lots of other reviewers have already pointed out this expansion's bugs & problems...& they are not exaggerating in the slightest.

After two years of playing DAoC, this expansion, combined with Mythic's unwillingness & inability to fix long standing existing bugs/balance issues, finally caused us to cancel our family's three accounts...& it was probably long overdue.

Avoid DAoC at all costs, as most of the players left in the game still hanging on are the least desirable elements left in the online gaming community (powergamers, ... kiddies, etc). Almost everyone with any sense has already jumped ship...& await upcoming MMORPG game releases that will hopefully be treated better by their creators than Mythic has treated poor DAoC. Trust me, ToA is only one of many reasons to now avoid DAoC.

Horrible mess for a great game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This exp pack ruined a good game, unreal how a company can make such a huge mistake after a good track record.

Great Graphics

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Great Graphics is is why ToA gets 2 stars intead of 1. It took me a very long time to get a character to 50. But once I got to RvR it was well worth the time. Fun still just not near what it was before ToA came out.

Guess I could set aside 10 hours to do a ML(ML=Master Level) all at once but that would really not be much fun and the game should be fun. Took me 3 months to finish up ML2 because I did 1,2 or 3 sections at a time(each ML has has 10 sections) and it is very hard sometimes to get enough people together to help. It's just to frustrating to go on the ML's.

Even the quest items have to be leveled(another 10 levels each) which are far more painful then the ML's. 1 quest armor item took me from level 44 past 50 just to get the 3 scrolls, get the faction to get the item and then the mind numbing hours it takes to get it to level 10. So for over 2 months I was playing in one small area of ToA killing the same mobs over and over! ARGGGGGG!!! (A very sweet powerful item that is fantastic)

People are showing up in RvR now covered in ToA gear and ML10. If I just cut out 6 hours of sleep for the next few months I think I can compete in RvR again. Of course as soon as I get the Gear and ML10 Mythic will do another of the ever popular nerfs. Think I will hold off, keep getting my 8 hours sleep, check back in in a few months and see if I will ever play this game again. GL all u diehards.

Trials of Atlantis review?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 27
Date: October 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Is this a Trials of Atlantis review or a rant and rave section about Dark Age of Camelot?

Plain and simple this game is great. Everyone has said the expansions make it better and better and that's true. But please people stick to the subject here.

Trials of Atlantis is supposed to have some of the best graphics of any MMORPG to date. From what I have seen from the beta I would have to agree. The new underwater system is a trip along with the new tradeskill recipies. I am looking forward to playing this expansion the moment it arrives at my home.

Why only 4 stars then? Because I have yet to actually sit and play this expansion. I was only able watch someone on beta testing. But, from what I have seen and read it is going to be a great expansion just like Shrouded Isles was.

Personally I love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 13
Date: January 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It seems like alot of the reviews for this game are all bad, but let me assure you that plenty of us like it! The graphics are AMAZING.. the textures and new trees really bring all your favorite old hangouts to life. The new races are also really fun to play. Albion finally gets a huge and strong race, the half-ogres. Hibernia finally gets a mean looking race, the Shar. And Midgard gets a real casting class finally, the Frostalf.

Not only does the scenery look amazingly better, but all the windows have gotten a makeover, that you can choose new themes for or even make-over yourself if you know how to.

Another fun feature is, of course, the world of Atlantis itself! It's so entertaining to explore the new areas (which you don't need to be highest level for by any means!) and fight underwater creatures, new land creatures, and see all kinds of amazing new places.

I would recommend this to any type of DAOC player... RPer, RvRer, casual PvEer.. you'll all find something you like!

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