Welp, today is the day. I have completely removed DAoC from both my computers at this point.
If anything, playing this server has brought the unfortunate realization that DAoC will never again be the game i loved several years ago and i need to move onto something new or something that is more my style.
Not everyone is going to be happy with every single change that is made. You have People who love NF, and people who love OF. People who love animists, and people who hate animists. People who hate zerging, and people who love zerging.
Another thing is the type of people that play currently. 14 years ago there were more family and friends oriented guilds who would run RVR, Raids, and Exp groups. This server is not that. There are maybe 1 or 2 guilds on the server that push a "family" feel, and even they have their own little cliques that wont group with people. The remainder of guilds are small groups of people who Min Max all their stats and will not group out of their friends circles because god forbid they lose a fight because a random didn't stun someone at just the right time.
Leveling is mostly solo, because if you aren't playing a very specific class that allows for the fastest leveling of everyone else in the group, you're shunned. Because today's players want nothing less than instant gratification. While leveling is "fast" even when soloing, that is not the reason most people play Massively Multiplayer Online Games. They play to converse with people. They play to meet friends.
And while i know people are going to chime in with "QQ", "Git Good", and "Can i have your stuff", that just proves what i'm saying about people not knowing how to communicate and be decent human beings towards each other, and again, is another reason this server will not last on its current path. I don't blame that on the Dev's, because i do believe they are trying their hardest to please as many people as they can. I blame it on the toxic and antisocial personalities demanding they get their way, and crapping on anyone who disagrees. The people who shun anyone who enjoys anything other than OF with classic RA's and no Zergs.
No. You can't have my stuff.
If anything, playing this server has brought the unfortunate realization that DAoC will never again be the game i loved several years ago and i need to move onto something new or something that is more my style.
Not everyone is going to be happy with every single change that is made. You have People who love NF, and people who love OF. People who love animists, and people who hate animists. People who hate zerging, and people who love zerging.
Another thing is the type of people that play currently. 14 years ago there were more family and friends oriented guilds who would run RVR, Raids, and Exp groups. This server is not that. There are maybe 1 or 2 guilds on the server that push a "family" feel, and even they have their own little cliques that wont group with people. The remainder of guilds are small groups of people who Min Max all their stats and will not group out of their friends circles because god forbid they lose a fight because a random didn't stun someone at just the right time.
Leveling is mostly solo, because if you aren't playing a very specific class that allows for the fastest leveling of everyone else in the group, you're shunned. Because today's players want nothing less than instant gratification. While leveling is "fast" even when soloing, that is not the reason most people play Massively Multiplayer Online Games. They play to converse with people. They play to meet friends.
And while i know people are going to chime in with "QQ", "Git Good", and "Can i have your stuff", that just proves what i'm saying about people not knowing how to communicate and be decent human beings towards each other, and again, is another reason this server will not last on its current path. I don't blame that on the Dev's, because i do believe they are trying their hardest to please as many people as they can. I blame it on the toxic and antisocial personalities demanding they get their way, and crapping on anyone who disagrees. The people who shun anyone who enjoys anything other than OF with classic RA's and no Zergs.
No. You can't have my stuff.