In article <auj4k1d433v8kphgk3d2qkvnc6to6cmdju@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Barnacle Bill
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> writes
>On Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:56:58 +0100, Sean Black
><sean@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>In message <elv2k1phahpq1l4lqqq826uvdnu4kg6ti5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Barnacle Bill
>><away@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>
>>>And please START play on a classic server, this is *crucial* to you as
>>>a beginner to DAoC and to MMORPGs in general. Once you know the game
>>>you can always roll a character on a standard Trials of Atlantis (ToA)
>>>ruleset server if you so desire.
>>>
>>>And now I must go, as there are Albs waiting to DIE.
>>
>>Have now started another character, a Kuriel, a Viking Troll in Midguard
>>on one of the classic servers, can't remember the name, I think it
>>starts with G.
>
>There are three classic severs.
>
>Gareth, Lamorak and Ector.
>
>So if it starts with G and it's classic, it be Gareth :). Pity as I am
>on Hibernia on Gareth otherwise I'd show you the ropes and get you off
>to a flying start. I am Midgard on Lamorak. And I don't play Ector
>much ;).
>
Yep, that was the one. I'm hopeless with names at the best of times.
Which doesn't help when you've wondered across the land for 10 minutes
and you've forgotten the name of the person you've got to see to
complete the quest :-)
The journal can leave a bit to be desired as regards quest details at
times, unless I'm missing something.
>>Is there any limit on the number of characters you can have on one
>>account? I know there are only so many character slots, but can you have
>>characters in each realm or are there any restrictions?
>
>No you can fill you character slots on each server. But you cannot mix
>realms on the same server. So if you have created a Midgard Troll on
>Gareth then all your other characters on Gareth must be in Midgard as
>well. To play another realm you can simply make characters on another
>server. For example, on the classic servers I play:
>
>Hibernia on Gareth (so all my characters must be Hibs)
>Midgard on Lamorak (so all my characters must be Mids)
>Albion on Ector (so all my characters must be Albs)
I remembered you'd got characters on each of the servers, but I couldn't
remember which ones were where, only that you didn't think much to
Albion ;-)
>
>It's a bit more confusing on the other servers, as they are clustered,
>apart from the Cooperative server, the PvP server and the test server.
>I'll start with these.
>
>Gaheris - an interesting server where the Realms are not at war, hence
>you can freely travel to other realms and group with character cl*****
>from other realms and play cooperatively with them. So you could have
>a Midgard Troll warrior grouped with an Albion Avalonian Cleric and a
>Elven Hibernian Enchanter, and the group can go anywhere in the three
>realms to hunt. This server was created for folks who like to PvE but
>don't much care to RvR or PvP.
>
>Mordred - A PvP server. Basically the opposite of Gaheris. Out and out
>PvP where you can be killed on sight by any other player after you
>reach a certain level. Not very popular and tends to be the kiddies
>who like to think they are 'leet' and want to pwn you and other such
>nonsense. Some folks just like the challenge of all out PvP though but
>the mature ones who enjoy this type of play are not probably not
>playing much DAoC as other games cater for this better.
>
>Pendragon - The test server. You can copy any of your characters
>across to this server. When I say copy I don't mean the character
>moves from its original server, but rather a clone is made. This is
>where Mythic test pending version upgrades and patches before letting
>them loose on the other servers. Only played on by folks who want to
>help test stuff and are curious to find out about changes early.
>
>Next are the clustered servers. They consist of two types, standard
>rule set and role playing. Rules are tighter on role play servers as
>to naming etc. and folks *will* expect you to stay in character,
>especially if you join a role play focused guild.
I'll skip those for the minute then :-)
>
>The clusters go as follows:
>
>Tintagel cluster (role play rule set)
>
>Guinivere
>Percival
>Nimue
>
>Caeleon cluster (standard)
>
>Pellinor
>Lancelot
>Kay
>Iseult
>
>Killbury cluster(standard)
>
>Merlin
>Bors
>Gawaine
>Palomides
>
>Devon cluster (standard)
>
>Morgan-Le-Fay
>Galahad
>Igraine
>Bedevere
>Tristan
>
>Servers were clustered when population levels dropped to make it
>easier for folks to group on servers that had low populations.
>Remember DAoC is four years old and although it is still popular
>server populations have dropped on the standard old servers.
>Population drops on every MMORPG over time as folks leave for personal
>reasons, move to another MMORPG because they have done it all in DAoC,
>or because they want to try the ****ny new MMORPG that has just come
>out. WoW for example took a lot of folks away from other MMORPGs when
>it was launched, but folks start drifting back once they get bored
>with WoW or whatever. So populations on MMORPGs do fluctuate for many
>reasons. Winter is also more active than summer for obvious reasons,
>so you are joining at the right time. Season doesn't affect us Brits
>much though, lol ;).
>
>This won't affect you much as you are new, but when the servers were
>clustered folks had characters on different realms but in the same
>cluster. For example I had characters in Albion on Pellinor, Hibernia
>on Lancelot and Midgard on Kay. These all became joined to form the
>Caerleon cluster. As DAoC is a Realm versus Realm game and with the
>PvP having an effect on the game world through relic owner****p and
>castle sieging and capturing, Darkness Falls owner****p etc. cheating,
>in the form of spying had to be avoided, so a one hour log-in timer on
>clustered servers if you change server (realm) applies. I hope this
>makes sense. It will become clearer once you understand RvR more.
>
I hope so! Most of it is way over my head at the moment, I'm sure it'll
make more sense the further into the game I get.
What sort of level will I be before I have to start worrying about RvR
or PvP?
>>I didn't notice much difference between the Albion and Midguard, only
>>cosmetic really (different scenery, different names) but the initial
>>tutorial quests seem exactly the same, bar the names,. i.e take the box
>>to where the noise is and capture the fairy in Albion or the something
>>else in Midguard. Are the differences more pronounced after the initial
>>tutorial levelling up, getting basic weapons, armour quests?
>
>Ahem, it's Midgard, not Midguard. A common newbie mistake but your
>fellow trolls will eat you if you keep getting it wrong in-game ;).
>And them pretty Norse ladies won't flirt with you.
>
Duly noted ;-)
>Yes they are more pronounced later on as Midgard is based on
>Scandinavian mythology and religion. Hibernia is based on Celtic
>mythology and religion and Albion on Arthurian mythology and its
>Christian overtones. Although if Arthur actually existed it was in
>immediate post Roman Britain, or dark ages and he certainly wasn't a
>Christian. That came later with the medieval grail Romances, given
>form by Chretien de Troyes and fleshed out and added to by the likes
>of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Gottfried von
>Strassburg through Thomas Mallory's epic "Le Morte D'Arthur" and on to
>Alfred Lord Tennyson and the modern era. I digress though :).
>
>You will notice a huge variation in zones between the three realms as
>well. However there are only so many quest types that can be done.
>Kill type quests, delivery type quests, searching type quests and a
>mixture etc. There are Epic quests as well and Realm quests. The new
>expansion will also introduce champion quests. It's mainly the
>Mythology of the realm and the uniqueness of the zones that give the
>quests their flavour. Some are tedious, some are great fun, some are
>simply ok. Some can be soloed whilst some need a group, or a battle
>group.
>
>Forgive me for any errors or if this is a tad unclear as I'm dog
>tired, been killing Albs all night and the old noggin is not working
>too well at the moment.
>
>BB.
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Sean Black
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