I have another question. I've been reading everything about how to attack something but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get my fighter to attack. Nothing I do works. He just stands there and doesn't do anything.. Again I've taken the time to read up on this but so far I can't figure it out.

Please check your key bindings using /keyboard in game.
Look for: Attack

You will need a weapon equipped, otherwise you will see an error/system message in your system chat window.

Please also make sure to target an enemy (left click on the monster you want to attack)

Please also make sure you are in range to your target.
If you are out of range you will see error/system message in your system chat window.

Ok I figured it out. I had already gone thru everything you suggested and the only thing I hadn't checked yet was when it said to use TILDE. I had no idea what that was. So at that point I left the help message. Now this time I googled it for an explanation and found out what and where it was. I've never used it for anything ever. Of course it worked when I used it. I'm wondering if this is a game attack key for just DAOC or is it something special for the Uthgard server? In any event it worked so now I can go on with the game hopefully.

Thanks

The default keyboard configuration in the game client is unchanged. About 13 years ago (around LOTM time) the default keyboard binds were changed to the "mmorpg / fps" defaults (WASD etc) vs the 2001 configurations (arrow keys, f6 for attack)