FAO Requiel

Trez · Post by **Trez** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:34 pm

I think what Mythic should do is abandon DAoC... perhaps keeping a few servers open for staunch supporters of the game. Mythic could then concentrate on developing a new mmorpg entirely... perhaps something linked to DAoC, but not DAoC, if you see what I mean.

Mythic are working on something new, well as new as u can call it, it's Warhammer Online, it will be here in 2007 iirc and many ppl already call it DAoC 2.

Satyn · Post by **Satyn** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:58 pm

daoc might be old in years but I still love it deeply same with all the members. I dont see me leaving it unless my rl prevents me from playing.

Keriwin · Post by **Keriwin** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:22 am

Satyn wrote:daoc might be old in years but I still love it deeply same with all the members. I dont see me leaving it unless my rl prevents me from playing.

*claps*

Cernos · Post by **Cernos** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:05 am

Having played both US and EU DAOC, I can say I've never experienced lag on US servers but have intermittently on the EU servers. US server stability is higher. US customer support seems more responsive, more flexible and less prone to side-stepping issues, and of course there's in-game CSRs. US servers have web services that have additional features and aren't broken for months on end. And of course US servers haven't suffered any catastrophic database corruptions (which is such an unforgiveable mistake for an online game where the character database is the single most important thing).

With the benefit of hindsight and were I to do it all again, I would have serious reservations about starting on EU servers. But of course, with hindsight I know that I met a lot of wonderful people and made some great friends on the EU servers and wouldn't want to have missed out on that .... but that's not something GOA can take any credit for.

There's not a lot that advertsing can do now that the game engine is long in the tooth, the time for GOA to advertise the game properly was 2 years ago, and they failed, miserably. Of course they weren't helped by Mythic releasing an expansion that did more to drive players away than attract them.

Mythic need to work hard to make sure DAOC II is a real killer, building on the strengths of DAOC and learning from the mistakes. With a bit of luck they'll rethink any franchise deals too.

Sorry for the doom and gloom, just giving an ex-players perspective and perhaps showing why GOA will struggle to rebuild player numbers. All the recent Prydwen problems are rather a disincentive to reactivate anyway, but the real killer blow was being told by GOA support I would have to pay to re-activate my accounts just to find out if my characters have been stripped. Top customer support! A bit like saying to a bank "Hi, when the bank was robbed recently was my account affected?" and being told "Sorry we can't say unless you pay us". Sorry GOA, but I think I'll pass.

Grymligast · Post by **Grymligast** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:03 am

Satyn wrote:thats what I dont get. If you dont read the forums how do you stay upto-date on what is planned etc?

We have a couple of ppl that read FH then the word gets spread though our alliance forum and ingame. And ofc Ventrilo where we always cuddle with eachother

Mojo · Post by **Mojo** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:11 am

Cernos wrote: All the recent Prydwen problems are rather a disincentive to reactivate anyway, but the real killer blow was being told by GOA support I would have to pay to re-activate my accounts just to find out if my characters have been stripped. Top customer support! A bit like saying to a bank "Hi, when the bank was robbed recently was my account affected?" and being told "Sorry we can't say unless you pay us". Sorry GOA, but I think I'll pass.

Yeah that's pretty crap man.

Cromcruaich · Post by **Cromcruaich** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:25 am

Personally I still love this game, its got the best PvP of any mmoprg i know. I'm enjoying playing more now than I ever have.

Word of mouth is what has sold this game, so keep telling people how good it is!

Marracus · Post by **Marracus** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:25 am

In all my time playing daoc, i've never seen an advert or anything for DAoC in denmark, maybe the community isnt that big for this game in denmark, but how will it ever grow any larger if not, its not like "yes theres only 100 daoc players in denmark so lets not make ads there"

because its not like the ads should be for the 100 players, but for the 500000 other gamers in denmark :>

Cromcruaich · Post by **Cromcruaich** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:26 am

Oh and the ratings been removed? I was gonna give Gandelf a rep for that virgin joke - class one m8y.

clearbrook · Post by **clearbrook** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:31 am

Cromcruaich wrote: I was gonna give Gandelf a rep for that virgin joke - class one m8y.

and I would have given you a -ve rep, because I just wasted some of my life there paging back looking for a "filthy" joke