In message <13q4k1hck35cfdgf7mf82uf88h9du7gmkb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Barnacle Bill
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> writes
>On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:07:11 +0100, Sean Black
><sean@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>In message <dau2k1145ge2s7q1rkof1h6hqu0u3iujd3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Barnacle Bill
>><away@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 17:30:19 +0100, Sean Black <Gooner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>In message <li72k1le7f3r1ju9m6dgai8mv1fjccrjvv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Barnacle Bill
>>>><away@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>>>
>>>>>So the UK servers are not dead, no.....They are just an INSANE choice
>>>>>for an English speaking complete newbie IMHO. Also with Mythic now
>>>>>offering digital downloads of all the packs with deals on multiples,
>>>>>and the fact that the Epic version will be out very shortly, you
>>>>>really haven't saved that much money anyway. Sorry to say it :(.
>>>>>
>>>>Bill, have you got a link for these digital downloads? The only sign I
>>>>can see of them is for Catacombs and the new expansion, not the full
>>>>game.
>>>
>>>Hi Sean,
>>>
>>>Here it is. http://catacombs.darkageofcamelot.com/downloads.php.
>>>
>>>It's where I told you to get the trial from in a prior post.
>>>
>>>You can upgrade straight from the 14 day trial to catacombs. No having
>>>to buy anything and get it sent from the states!
>>>
>>>Select the "I am playing the fourteen day trial" option. Download the
>>>file that upgrades the trial to Catacombs. Once installed you pay via
>>>the game client and you are in :). No boxes, no ****pping.
>>>
>>If I click on the expansions button on the account info screen, it tells
>>me I've got Shrouded Isles activated, Trials of Atlantis not activated,
>>and gives me the option to download Catacombs and Darkness Rising (when
>>it's released) if I buy both I get a free bonus of ToA. I've emailed
>>Mythic sup****t to check I can still do this from within the trial, if I
>>can I'll do this.
>
>I presume this is exactly how it works. They throw in ToA free because
>it is needed for Catacombs and above and they know that if it wasn't
>free nobody much would buy it separately and they'd lose folks wanting
>to come back to play the classic servers and run Catacombs.
>
I'll give it a try. I guess the worse that can happen is, it won't work
with the trial, but I'll have the expansion ready to install as soon as
the Platinum turns up.
>>At least then I won't have to wait for my Platinum edition to arrive
>>(which I want to get anyway). I'll at least have the discs handy, in the
>>event of having to reinstall sometime and the manual.
>
>Or you could sell it on ebay? You have broadband you say so pulling
>down the client again and getting patched will not be too painful.
I presume the trial version is the full client, just limited to 14 days
by the serial key? I notice from the splash screens when I quit, it
appears you can just continue your subscription and carry on.
If this does turn out to be the case, I can just burn the client from
the trial to a CD/DVD should I ever need it.
Like you say I could always Ebay the Platinum when it arrives. Not to
mention the UK version, lol! In my bid to save a few quid, not for the
first time, my impulsiveness has ended up costing me twice as much :-)
>
>>Is the manual any good? Or is it one of these pamphlets that give you a
>>list of some of the controls and leave you to figure the rest out
>>yourself?
>
>Better than some, but still lacking, although I haven't seen the
>Platinum edition manual as I have bought the original box and all the
>expansions separately as they came out.
>
>There are the Prima guides, but they are mostly outdated now. The only
>one I would say would be worth it is the DAoC Atlas which was truly an
>excellent guide when it came out but slightly less so now because of
>the map in-game. It's still a treasure though and very useful.
>
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761540415/202-3698962-4307015
>
>
>There is also a new Prima guide coming out in November, 'Dark Age of
>Camelot: Official Strategy Guide: Epic Edition' which I am presuming
>is all the old Prima guides combined and updated to cover the game as
>it is now. This might be worth you purchasing. Keep in mind though
>that due to the dynamic of MMORPGs no guide will be bang up to date
>when it is released.
>
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761552367/202-3698962-4307015
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>BB.
Thanks Bill, you've been very helpful.
--
Sean Black
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