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Promising but botched

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: April 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you enjoy tedious activities, hours of boredom, and seconds of fun dispersed inbetween, than this game is for you! If you enjoy mindless, mob-based and mismatched combat in which outcomes are determined by sheer coincidence of numbers and repetitive exploits, you will like this game! If you like well-thought out and fast paced pvp games that posit relatively equal numbers of characters with balanced abilities agaisnt each other in frequently rewarding engagements, you will be disappointed by this game.

In all honesty, this game is great 20-40 seconds at a time in pvp combat. However, it can take 3-8 hours to generate these short bouts of fun. It's really disappointing that Mythic isn't competent enough to capatalize on a good concept by turning those seconds of fun into minutes, or even hours by making some simple adjustments.

My advice: wait for Star Wars Galaxies. Do NOT reward Mythic for their laziness.

Subscription needed to play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: November 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The only gripe I have with this game is the fact that you don't find out about the subscription rates until you're deep into setting it up. It also takes a lot of digging on the Mythic web site to find info about the monthly subscription.

All that is good, with a few minor bugs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a similar game to EQ, but has eliminated a lot of the hassles of EQ. Nice items drop even on mobs that are low level and if you cant use it, its nice to give to a lower level friend, yes GIVE, many quest items and drop items have enhanced properties but have no real monetary worth. If you die and choose to wait to see if someone will rez you, in most occasions it is done in a cheery way with the Cleric, Friar, Paladin and others in other realms doing so with no expectation of anything in return, unlike paying a lot of game loot in Evergreed. Should you choose to release your corpse and go back to pray at the grave you get some experience back for the cost of a few silver at a healer to return constitution points. You CANNOT lose a level even if you just got it and died immediately afterward. The only real drawback that I have experienced in Camelot is that occasionally I get a video problem that I have to camp out to correct. Also if you get stuck in the world and cant move out just type /stuck and you will camp to a safe spot near to where you were stuck, instead of waiting for a GM to answer a petition to pull you out. Overall this is a very satisfactory game especially if you hate beggars and overpriced auctions and want some real fun.

did these guys even play the game?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

sounds a lot like the previous opinion givers were hardcore evercrack addicts. you couldnt break into that game as a newbie with a jackhammer. the economy is dead, and everyone is already high level. daoc has the stuff for new people, and experienced players are encouraged to help out.
i am new at the mmorpg thing, and this game really turned me on to the concept. it has grabbed my attention. very worthwhile for new people, but i must tell you to get the strategy guide because there are really thin explanations in the game booklet. also if you want to know what spells and such are out there, what they mean and do, get the guide.
awesome game.

Time Sink

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are just getting into online MMORPGs I would suggest to be careful with DAOC :). Like EQ, this game is very addictive and is a MAJOR timesink. If you are able to spend a few hours a day on a game then you will love this more than your children. But if you are just a casual gamer be careful...

Currently the best, but 2003 may change that

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are much better than Ashrons Call and Everquest. There are problems when 50+ characters are in realm vs. ream battles in that the frame rate will slow down and never return to the norm until you relog.

Questing is fun until you reach the higer levels, then you almost have to find a will group (can be a big pain).

RvR is excellent fun. The frame rate issues absolutly need adressed, but even with this problem the heart gets pumping. Small RvR encounters are prime!

There's still a bit of content unreleased: housing, chartered NPCs, crafting elements...

IMO this is the best RPG currently available.

Unique Multiplayer Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game for over 2 years now, and am still enjoying it. It has different systems and style than the other MMORPGs out there at the moment, most notably the 3 realms competing against eachother, each character and guild having a current and custom web page automatically built on the Herald, and a development staff willing to fix its mistakes.

This MMORPG is less of a time-sink than many of the others out there, though still is a bit of one.

Very addictive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online roleplaying games) are a breed unlike any other computer game, and DAoC is one of the best out there.
Sure, it has its problems like any MMORPG, but overall it's captivating and immensely fun. This game really begins when you hit the highest levels and can adventure in the frontiers, fighting real player enemies, which, let's face it, is definitely more challenging and exciting than fighting AI monsters.
The game does appear to be more geared to hardcore players who can devote a lot of time to it than to casual players.
There are three realms to explore and numerous class/race combinations you can create within those realms.
The user interface is pretty friendly - someone who had never played an MMORPG could catch on to DAoC pretty quickly.

Now available for free download

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong, DaoC is a great game and I have two accounts and 14 toons to attest to this fact. The good news, at least for those just entering the game, is that you'll have an easy time immersing yourself in the game, at all levels. The bad, for long-term gamers, is that Mythic has made all of those levels, Master Levels and achievements that took you months and months of work MUCH easier for noobs to achieve, without actually giving you anything in return (you DO get the nice title of "Elder" if you've player for four years or more). Given the ridiculously exaggerated prices for artifacts and scrolls achieved through Atlantis (now available for free download along with the basic DaoC software and Shrouded Isles expansion at Mythic's site), Mythic has made scroll drops vastly easier, and dramatically increased the cost of repairing artifacts (in addition to adding Epic Armor in Catacombs that comes close to approximating artifact quality, and which anyone can, and almost has to, get as part of general class quests).

It's genuinely sad that Mythic, rather than responding to its long time, loyal customer base, has chosen to pander the game to potential new subscribers. It wouldn't be such an issue if something were done to balance this, like giving long-time players some advantages in crafting (getting an LGM "has never been easier"), or benefits for toons leveled prior to the Task Dungeons of Catacombs (where "leveling has never been easier"). Sadly, this is not the case, and new subscribers continue to join, which is, in some ways, great news. What should concern them, however, is one day they'll be veterans, like the rest of us, and will find out first hand how deaf Mythic can be to that group.

Everquest should be jealous

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game not only has amazing graphics, but the essential part of eq which I feel was player interaction has taken a new level. EQ was one of the best for getting to know other players and interacting a virtual world. DAoC guides you and helps you generate friends and get to know an entire realm of players who play together with a common goal. It player interaction is amazing and in almost everyway inhances the positives from Everquest and got rid of the annoyances such as (I used to sit in front of a pond fishing for hours just so I get get a skill high enough to survive) very boring but I had to do that just to get on with the game and interact with others)
Anyone who says this game (...) has another agenda other. They must be getting paid by Everquest or something.

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