Free week

Eyrea · Post by **Eyrea** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:46 am

Well, I got a mail saying my account is open for a week, so I thought, what the hell and downloaded the client. It was actually quite nice walking around the classic lands and checking out places like Muire Tomb or Bog. Could use some company though, there's wasn't too many people online.

Is everyone playing the free servers nowadays?

Quinlan · Post by **Quinlan** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:22 pm

A yeah just saw that mail too. Was a bit surpised and wondered who the **** opened my acounts but this explains it

Eyrea · Post by **Eyrea** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:07 pm

I took a peek in a free server, Uthgard. It was unbelievable. There was constant RvR action, people were nice, low level xp groups going. Im losing my faith in the internet! Anonymity in the net, especially while using a free service should turn any normal and sane person in a complete *******! It like the law of the nature!

Think I'll keep playing there for a while

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:53 pm

I'm back on Prydwen for the free week, but I won't be subscribing as there are too few players to make it worthwhile.
It is nice to see my old cottage again.
It's quite sad actually. I found it upsetting. When I think how it used to be... it's like it was all a dream. All the hours I spent levelling my class and spellcrafting... in the end it was all for nothing. But that's mmorpgs for you! They are not real life! In the end they're just another computer game.
Of course, the people who play them are real and it's sad to lose touch with such folk, but in the end real life is the reality and the thing that is most important.
Anyhow it's nice to be back in Pryd Hib.
Wouldn't it be great if we could all come back? I know other games have come along since, but like I've said, they are all games and we'll lose interest with them all at some point. So if that's the case, what's stopping us from coming all back to DAoC? It could potentially be as good as it ever was—if we wanted!
Regards to you all,
Gandelf

By the way: It is rather nice to see my name back at the top of the list of Spellcrafters again on the rankings on Camelot Europe!

Post by **Lairiodd** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:11 pm

I wonder if it would have been a good idea for them to specify a specific 'recommended' time for people to login. Most people logged in and saw and empty server and then logged off.

Eyrea · Post by **Eyrea** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:30 am

Gandelf, I suggest you check out the Uthgard server. As far as I know, there's nothing fishy or illegal about the free servers, it's an open source project. You only need to follow the DAoC client EULA and that's it. Head to http://www.daocportal.net/?page=serverlist and move from there on. Or direct link to Uthgard pages is http://www.uthgard-server.net/index.php?name=Index

It's running version 1.80 rules, no expansions, except the frontier area is New Frontiers, but only Agramon area. The SI classes and races are in (with the exception of Necromancer as there is some problems with the pet scripts as well as Bonedancer pets are somewhat broken). Here's a pretty good post about what is going on http://www.uthgard-server.net/modules.p ... pic&t=8753. The staff is really dedicated and people are nice. There's that hibbi love in the air.. or its just someone smoking pot, which is essentially the same thing.

Downside is, you gotta start over. I rolled a warden, specd it blades/nurt and killed Bantam Spectres for a while

.. until I remembered wardens don't get shield spec in 1.80 and now I'm trying to figure out what to do or how to spec next. But definitely will be logging back in tonight.

Maeloch · Post by **Maeloch** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:52 pm

I only let subs drop for a few months since I started playing - it's actually busier on there now than it has been for months, maybe a year. But it's all relative - 25 hibs online at peak time is busy nowadays! Will be back to 3-4 again after this week no doubt, don't think will be renewing accounts for that.

Quite a few pryd old timers still seem to play daoc if the forums are anythign to go by, but they ain't playing dyvet: mainly between german servers, US and freeshards. Shame they ended up split all over.

Post by **Lairiodd** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:20 pm

Eyrea wrote:Gandelf, I suggest you check out the Uthgard server. As far as I know, there's nothing fishy or illegal about the free servers, it's an open source project. You only need to follow the DAoC client EULA and that's it. Head to http://www.daocportal.net/?page=serverlist and move from there on. Or direct link to Uthgard pages is http://www.uthgard-server.net/index.php?name=Index

Surely using Mythic's IP without permission is illegal.

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 8:04 pm

Eyrea wrote:Gandelf, I suggest you check out the Uthgard server.

I've tried Uthgard. It's good, but levelling is extremely slow... as slow as it was when DAoC first came out.

Also, I think a lot of the quests have been removed, so you couldn't get bits of armour, jewellery, weaponry etc. As far as I'm aware you have to rely on crafters.

It's basically barebones DAoC... just the basic gameplay without any of the enhancements that came along after SI... in fact, last time I looked there was no SI, just Classic.

Sporin Claymore · Post by **Sporin Claymore** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:25 am

I had to have a scout about today, found Satyn's house... & robbed it!