I promise to tell the truth and nothing but the truth about this Realm GO!

As this is the realm I will play, I'll give you a more serious response

Also do not compare some of these with Genesis where they were / are bugged.

The positives:
Armsman RA: Soldier's Barricade. A serious chunk of AF for your group for 30s, very anti-melee.
Cleric RA: Bunker of Faith. 50% ABS buff for the group for 30s, better than the above.
Minstrel RA: Old version of SoS. You can be CCed but without the movement hindering part. Which means you're likely to get that CC broken.
Wizard RA: Volcanic Pillar - Get ~4 Wizards on a relic raid/defense to assist and fire together and you'll wipe out anything around the target from bolt range at instant speed. Pick a nice tight clump!
Infiltrator is arguably the best stealther. NS has better RAs but a low rank Infil is deadly from the start with Dragonfang 9s evade stun. Add minstrels and now you have the most diverse stealth teams.
Theurgists make raids much easier! (Or Animists) - Poor Midgard!
Emain: You don't have to run to to it. Get on the pad and grab a drink!
Sorcerers have bolt range mez, and will have higher dex than Bards or Healers.
Camelot is a pretty good city. Not as tight as Jordheim but way better than TNN.

And no ugly trolls or fugly firbys!

Albion might be not as populated as the other realms, therefore it is important that we stick together and communicate well to take the other realms' keeps and relics and be a force to be reckoned with in RvR!

Unfortunately with the way things are developing on the server alb is gona be seriously worse then mid/hib. As we all know alb need 5 classes to fill the usual grp stuffs. End reg, speed, mess/demess, 2-spreadhealers. Mid need 4 and hib 3. Some grps can work without speed but minstrel is so good most grp will have 1. End reg however is a must for all grps and alb has the worst end class in the game. Pala is a TOTALLY useless class. And since uth Devs wont see this as a problem and give uss 10min end reg pots all alb grps will be worse. 10 min end pots will fix soo much for alb and give uss SO many more options for grps.

Also, since bb will not be allowed alb grps wont be able to run fully buffed. Further nerfing this realm. There is some serious alb "grudge" from devs, probably unknowingly.. (A small increase to conc pool for clerics could fix this)

Its easy to focus on a narrow set of problems to make a case. Yes, Alb has a somewhat gimpy endu class... then again, theurgists and sorcs are tremendously powerful classes, as are minstrels...BOF and SOS are also pretty OP realm abilities.

This stuff tends to balance itself out, mostly. Maybe more so for organized 8vs8 guilds than for Pugs, but unless you mirror the realms, there will always be stuff to obsess over. At the end of the day, the majority of people will know what to expect when the server opens and can plan/decide for themselves what to do with the setting they are given. If you roll an Avalon Paladin specced 2h, you have no one to blame but yourself (an example, but you get my point).

5 buffs per player is not enough ??

alb have some seriously strong classes and RA's this patch, the ONLY downside is the paladin issue, but i think palas will be ok just takes some teamwork to keep them in the fight.
Plus, who says you have to just run 8?

All realms have good and bad stuffs, thats why daoc will always be the best mmo! Just saying that Those 2 things, no bb and no 10 min end pot is only bad for alb. (Mid might have a slight buff issue too). And its mostly a "standard of living" issue. I will run no pala grp, and will have to pop end pots on every inc. its a pain in the ass and such an easy fix that raises the player experience and make no differents whatsoever to balance. Cant for the life of me understand why admins wont see it..

- nicely designed and varied landscape
- good music
- best stealther teams
- good xp spots
- port to emain
- non-invaderfriendly frontier
- fun classes

i know epic armor stats are terrible... but alb epic skins have always been my favorite!

paladin, armsman, cabby, sorc... just beautiful skins!

I don't have much to add that wasn't spoken pretty well already - Alb has some serious RA's in this iteration.

The endurance issue is already so disheartening for many players that I'm already seeing 8v8 veterans inching towards the idea of larger, well coordinated raids, composed of and led by their peers. The endurance problem is not so pronounced in this environment.

This disadvantage may prove to shake up our community in a way that pulls us ahead. I'm convinced we'll need to play our zergs seriously to compete. Alb Zergs will probably be quite a shock for the other two realms due largely to the grudging acceptance our 8v8 scene is already showing for forming larger raids. I'm excited to have joined Vanquish for this exact reason - big groups whipped into formation on TS3.

And let's not forget a certain realm ability that has been mentioned here, which, when applied correctly to an opposing zerg, caused quite a lot of flame wars on message boards in the early 2000's.

Finally, I'd like to add that I am of the opinion that Cleric was the best healer of this era.

The complaining about useless Paladins really makes me want to play one ...

Gerbald wrote:The complaining about useless Paladins really makes me want to play one ...

Think im rolling one this time as well

Thalien wrote:

Gerbald wrote:The complaining about useless Paladins really makes me want to play one ...

Think im rolling one this time as well

was thinking the same, ensley almost talked me into making one tbh
but 1000(!!!!!!) endu chant range and no stacking bleeds for pve.....thanks, but no thanks, mate.

ontopic:

alb has....stronk RAs! and boltrange mezz!
..thats it. but hey, its something.
oh. and the music is also very nice.

bdf wrote:i know epic armor stats are terrible... but alb epic skins have always been my favorite!

paladin, armsman, cabby, sorc... just beautiful skins!

Not hard to explain, Albion was the first Realm who got created, See like the Zone in front of Camelot ( haha Ofc the Dark age of Camelot...)