The longer I wait for Uthgard the more I want it - but what if I've hyped it up so much in my mind that it's not really as good as I remember it to be?

Think I started playing on Uthgard in 2011; ~4 years ago. Half of my experience on Uthgard has been waiting for the server to open.

Still no information and no new grab bag after two months.... talk about taking it slow considering there was like 300+ comments and hundreds of different questions. I don't think they really care or else they would put more effort in keeping the devoted players informed. I'm sure the staff think we are selfish and that they are doing the best they can, but the truth is they are ungrateful because without the players Uthgard would be a dead game no matter how awesome it was. It's like you lose motivation and just stop caring... There is no God or else he would have heard my prayer to launch Uthgard.

Thank you Uthgard and the staff for making me an Atheist.

Im crossing my fingers that it launch in October.. Ik wishful thinking...

Lets see if we can rail this thread back a little.

Anyone in for wild speculations about what the awesome new features, that have been hinted, might be?
Also, what exactly takes this much time?
Rumours and conspiracy very welcome! If they don't come up with infos, we make them ourselfs, huh?

Some guesses

On one hand, the policy is still "classic daoc", afaik nothing has changed about that. So there is probably little room
for changes regarding gamebalance, gameworld and general mechanics.
Imagine, even something small like porter NPCs for timesink in traveling accross your homeland is an invasion in the general atmosphere and was utilized very conservatively on old uth.

But then again, mod xyz has been very excited about upcoming features. What is it about?

>Rumours are, Albion and Hibernia can start realm polls every 24h. Everytime they agree up to a >=50% stage, all DG accs get banned for 3 days. This feature has been requested many times and should finally make its way into the game.

>The pathing of mobs sucked in daoc since ever. Changes, i.e. a new pathing system has been announced already and is something that will really improve game atmosphere big time. Not a trivial task. I am curious if this is an algorithm solution where available paths are calculated dynamically, based on current and targeted position or just "hardcoded" paths that have to be set for each map, dungeon individually.

>Will we finally have some sort of real use for bounty points?
Indeed, you will be able to spend your bps on Lurikeen herbs, Norsman snow and Saracen prostitutes. Each perk comes with unique effects.
Lurikeen herbs: Movement speed decreased by 15%, all stats decreased by 25 points. Casting speed and all defence abilities increased by 50%.
Norsman snow: RP / Exp gain decreased by 100%. All stats increased by 100 points. Movement speed increased by 25%.
Saracen prostitutes: Miss & resist rate increased by 200%. All stats increased by 50 points. Melee and spell damage increased by 50%.

>It has been said that SI will not be part of the relaunch and come later.
I doubt that. I think SI will be in and is one part of the huge amount of time needed.
Populating the zones including correct loot tables and mob factions sounds like a tedious task. Even if there is plenty of data available already, uth staff isn't known for just copying maybe-correct databases.

>Old RAs
Guess thats the major timekiller. As we have seen on genesis, implementing old ras isn't as easy as one might think.
Especially the order of CC effects is tricky, let alone RA caused immunity effects interfering with normal CC/immunity.
Given the fact that this has such a big impact on the game.. i prefer they do it right instead of quick.
Nah, just kidding. Bring the server. Idc if RAs are bugged. The worst solution will still be better than genesis' best one.
And if its only for a beta stage... BRING IT!!11elfkobold

>Non DET tanks
You can Y-E-S any level 50 non DET tank. The next character you create will receive a "scroll of the pitty" upon creation in its inventory.
The scroll doesn't have any effect at all (just like the non DET tank) and can be sold for 1 gold.


Stay tuned for moar hot inside news.

i am so sad about that DG feature

riad wrote:Saracen prostitutes: Miss & resist rate increased by 200%. All stats increased by 50 points. Melee and spell damage increased by 50%.

Excuse me, you forgot to mention you also get a permanent disease status that can be healed by capital healers only

>Rumours are, Albion and Hibernia can start realm polls every 24h. Everytime they agree up to a >=50% stage, all DG accs get banned for 3 days. This feature has been requested many times and should finally make its way into the game.

Game, set, match

would be nice if shaman instant aoe disease / fart they have 10% chance to follow through and destroy their leggings

I found this article on the The Times this morning:

Following DAoC-Freeshard Uthgard's shock decision in January 2014 to wipe the server, a move which plunged millions of gamers into depression and led to serious over-crowding of gamers' rehab centres throughout the world, a re-release of the gaming world's flagship has remained elusive until this very day. Rumours of Blue's (the wealthy CEO of Uthgard's corporate empire) early demise, insanity or non-existence were even hard to quell during Uthgard's heyday, but have soared sharply since shutdown.

New internal sources are finally able shed light on Uthgard's mysteriously long downtime, however. One of Blue's associates, who wishes to remain anonymous (understandably so, considering previous leakers have been known to disappear), told The Times:

The downtime has a reason, a big reason. In Early Spring '14, the Grand Imperial Theurg [ed.: Blue's internal nickname] decided to scrap the game altogether. We all thought he was mad - well.. madder than usual that is - until he surprised us with an announcement of wanting to develop a new game and that we should start work immediately. We were to use the CryEngine 3 as a basis. And he called the new game: DAoC 2.

Thousands of programmers have since been involved in the development of this top-secret project. DAoC 2 is rumoured to have a development budget of 500,000,000 USD - easily dwarfing the likes of GTA V, SWTOR and Destiny. Due to the organisation's notorious information policy, any news on progress are hard to come by. Nevertheless, game industry analysts expect DAoC 2 to topple League of Legends from the top of the most-played list.



Source: thetimes. co. uk/tto/news/gaming/uthgard/article4512655.ece

So I am sure many people will cheer at this but after having tried Genesis for 5 days I find that I like it very much. Pop is a bit low but it is a very active server. I had a major bug when I first joined and one of their GMs refused to give up until it was fixed. I am not saying all of this to poach people from Uthgard but wanted to share my experience. I am grateful for the time I spent on Uthgard but a year and a half of not being able to play Darkage after having just found the server has been too much for me. I understand the loyalty to Uthgard and may myself come back if the server returns but for now I will be on Genesis and probably won't post on the Uthgard forums for a good while.

kildich wrote:So I am sure many people will cheer at this but after having tried Genesis for 5 days I find that I like it very much. Pop is a bit low but it is a very active server. I had a major bug when I first joined and one of their GMs refused to give up until it was fixed. I am not saying all of this to poach people from Uthgard but wanted to share my experience. I am grateful for the time I spent on Uthgard but a year and a half of not being able to play Darkage after having just found the server has been too much for me. I understand the loyalty to Uthgard and may myself come back if the server returns but for now I will be on Genesis and probably won't post on the Uthgard forums for a good while.

Kildich talking sense. I have to say I think genesis is looking more and more tempting. Uthgard's downtime is getting ridiculous. I understand devs don't have to communicate, but in equal measure players don't have to stick around and wait to see what happens.

im way ahead of ya's i held out for over a year but now im playing activly on genesis.

but i warn u all, it wont be long before u have a new found respect for uthgard and its staff and the craving for uthgard will begin again with a vengeance

ill also admit the grass is not greener on the other side in terms of old ra's vs new. i personaly can play either but new RA's provide more better and more fair fights across the board. whilst old RA dumping is getting rather tedious.

did they finally manage that both doors in porterkeeps can be opened?
working hard on server... and some idiots still donate 300 per month

Skarz wrote:im way ahead of ya's i held out for over a year but now im playing activly on genesis.

but i warn u all, it wont be long before u have a new found respect for uthgard and its staff and the craving for uthgard will begin again with a vengeance

ill also admit the grass is not greener on the other side in terms of old ra's vs new. i personaly can play either but new RA's provide more better and more fair fights across the board. whilst old RA dumping is getting rather tedious.

Aye after playing again with the Old RA system, i very much miss the new RA set... comparing both the new RAs very much balanced things out, and made more classes playable, Old RAs not only make certain classed OPed grouppurge/Ichor/SoS it also kills even more so other types of classes Champ/Thane/Paladin/Reaver but thats a argument for a different thread ^^

Hi Sali

i think the same about old ras.

btw you know the series Mystic Knight ?
just type in in Google
wiki Mystic Knights
found it on the net while Surfing and had to laugh when i saw the Picture XD
is there any kind of relativship to you or your guild =P?

Mystic Knights – The Legend of Tir Na Nog

Okay, I think we actually run out of thing to talk about. You guys can post the next update anytime now.