Throwback Event - RvR Saturdays in Dark Age of Camelot!

So it seems ALOT of you would like to give this a try. I've gotten dozens of emails from people who haven't been seen in years all excited at the possibility of going back to Camelot for a month.

Here's how this will work.

Where: Ywain 1: Hibernia, Dark Age of Camelot
When: November 5th, 11h, 12th, 19th, 26th

Nov. 19th: We bring all to the battleground Thidranki (20-24) for some RvR Fun!

Nov. 26th: We'll decide what we want to do when we get there.

Any who have high level characters are encouraged to come out to protect the lowbies. We will be going up against people with way better gear, way more skill, and far superior battlefield awareness. Numbers might be our key to survival. I will be on Foghladha who is a level ... 50? Once our month of fun is over we'll resume our typical Tue/Thu/Sat events in Rift. I will however keep the family open for any who wish to linger. I may be occasionally stopping by for a bit of fun in Hibernia.

We will not be recruiting new players, this branch will be for existing members only and will not be a viable source of progression within the family. Its merely a vacation destination like world of tanks, ddo, lotro, free realms, runes of magic, etc.

From what ive seen you do not need to own a boxed copy of the game to load up and play. You just need to register a trial account and then upgrade to a monthly sub for 1 month.

NOTE: You will need to download the installer from DarkAgeofCamelot.com to play. The install discs talk to the wrong patch server and will not connect. You do not need to own a boxed copy to play. Just open a free 14 day trial and then pay for a month subscription and you've got all expansion packs.

Please list your character names on Ywain 1/Hibernia in this post and I'll add it to the participating roster.

Current Participants:
Foghladha
Foglhadha - 50 Celt Ranger <-- Note Backwards Spelling
Alaois - 48 Lurikeen Enchanter
Fugmug - 48 Lurikeen Nightshade
Vaughn - 36 Celt Bard
Dannan - 6 Lurikeen Nightshade
Lorgair - 26 Lurikeen Ranger


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We've been talking about this in G-chat and I know Vandyl, Eeers and I have all expressed interest in playing it again, even if only for a short time. We had been looking at the free time we should have on our accounts but, I would happily re-up for a month, I loved that game! <3 I think Eeers, a fellow former Hib-ster will be pleased to see that you all were like minded! I will have to leave my Midi ways behind to join you but I tend to think you guys are worth it. :P **I'm having trouble accessing my account so will have to call Mythic to get the proper name and pw again, but if not I'll start a new one. I actually still have the old boxes the game came in. (so sentimentally sad I tell ya) Awesome Idea Foggy! /cheer!

I just really want to get some video and now that my machine doesn't suck i can run the game on max everything :D. Would be nice to have some kind of footage from the game.

Ive never played Camelot but if you guys all do it id definitely give it a shot.

Put me down as a strong maybe. How long do they keep old characters?

forever. I've been gone 5 years and mine are still there.

Also does the game cost money to buy or download or is it free except for a subscription?

You can snag a copy of the collectors edition on Amazon for like 5 bucks

Dark Age of Camelot - Gold Edition on sale for 5 bucks. Most of the expansions are free download now.

haha sweet thanks

ordered. cant remember the email i used when i played so starting fresh. but i did email cs to see what if they can do anythingoff the character names or what i think may have been the old email address. if not my lump of a brother aint doin much, ill make his ass level me a toon.

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I played a little while earlier this year, just kinda logged on and ran around a bit. But i did transfer all ( i think) my tunes and i don't think it was ywain 1. Do u know if i would be able to transfer from a live server, when i logged on they were all on old servers. Was kinda cool for a while had the whole place to myself untill i transfered them.

I'd be interested in a walk down memory lane. I was primarily Midgard in the day, but I know I had several Hibbies too. Once and Altaholic, always an Altoholic. Where exactly are you seeing a free return to an existing account? All I'm finding is free time for new accounts...

It has been so long since I played not sure what my email was at the time... Thinking of it might be fun.. loved the game would have to start anew even if I remembered my account info not enough time to transfer to server..

I have never played this game but thinking I would love to see what everone is talking about. I will order it also when I get home.

I've always wanted to play it Ben so I would definitely be interested. Although I am starting a new job soon so I would only be able to make Friday and Saturday night events.

Messing around on the 14 day free trial, also I emailed cs, I have to cal them, if I can remember my secret word they can give me my old account back!

I would be interested. It has been.... 8 years? Since I played DAoC. Would love to play again.

Haha reclis. True story. On one of my game accounts they made you choose ask a question you could answer. Somewhere in this brain of mine I decided to put "what is the route of pi?" Still today I have no freakin clue as to the answer. I'm sure it made sense at the time lol.

Last time i booted up the courage to play DAOC I got myself killed by a trash mob. I couldn't figure out what does what. I think Week 1 we should focus on the Baby Battleground, get our bearings again then go guns blazing in the RvR Lake the next 3 weeks :). I was figuring 4 events plus whatever time you guys wanted to put in. I'm not going to build out a full DAOC version of the site but may be able to throw in some very basic targets to claim some participation for the events.

dam i would have to blow the dust off my copy to put it on this machine. I dont know what toons i have. Is the server we playing co-op or is it split most of my toons are mid. but i did have some albs.

Ywain 1 - Standard Server - Hibernia Characters We'll run Saturday Events with a Kickoff Party on Friday November 11th Here's a Te native Schedule November 5th: Starting Zone Romp Finale in Level 1 - 10 Battleground November 11th: Kickoff Party in Tir Na Nog, Tour of "Carragh dé Earsadh", where original Gaiscioch na Anu members had their Coming of Age Ceremony, then out to the RvR Lake for a little cautious fun. November 12th: We bring all to the field for some RvR Trinity Style! November 19th: More RvR in the Fronteers November: 26th: Final night of RvR Any who have high level characters are encouraged to come out to protect the lowbies. We will be going up against people with way better gear, way more skill, and far superior battlefield awareness. Numbers might be our key to survival. I will be on Foghladha who is a level ... 50? Once our month of fun is over we'll resume our typical Tue/Thu/Sat events in Rift. I will however keep the family open for any who wish to linger. I may be occasionally stopping by for a bit of fun in Hibernia. We will not be recruiting new players, this branch will be completely off the radar and will not be a viable version of our family. It's merely a month of going back to our roots and making some video clips for the coming years.

It hasn't gone F2P yet so count me out. Can't afford another game right now.

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I miss you all so much not to mention DAOC has a special place in my heart. Count me in. Question: Is the Standard Server the "classic" server (I.E. Trials of Atlantis expansion have been disabled)? I was not a big fan of what ToA brought to the game.

DOC! you still linger!

I'm in. Talked to CS they got my old account back. My 50's were Albs, so not much help but hey auto 20 is still around right? Either way, it's cool in a 2001 kinda way. I rolled a Reclis.

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If you are not inviting new players - should i bother to purchase the game? or do you mean just non-previous gaiscioch. DaoC was before my time in mmo's but would love to give it a spin. Bit confused.

Mira you likely can just download and play off of the free trial. This will just be a 1 month type thing and then however long you all decide to stick around. I'll only be running 5 events (4 saturdays and a friday) in game.

I'm having a heck of a time trying to recover my account. I have a email out to support. It doesn't seem like you have to 'buy' the game at all, it's a free digital download. They still want a credit card for after your free 14 days expire however.

Count me in, sorta! I've ordered the game (never played it before), but I'm out of the country for the first 2 weeks of November. I'll try to level up a bit in October I can join in the fun for the second half of November when I'm back.

I have 2 wks free and then I'll pay for a month. I can't find my characters on the old servers so I just started a new one. (Doesn't matter because they were all Middies and Albs) - but will try to lvl her a bit. Names Bellala Celt Warden Still working out what I want to play and how to even run with that game, I totally forgot how "chunky" it was to move around compared to what I was used to! lol But jeese it's got that fun blast from the past feeling.. even the intro music. :P See you guys in there? Oh btw .. can I get an invite :D

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Don't have the guild formed yet. It's still sitting on fog. Sometime this week I'd like to get a few of us together to form it.

A question for those of us who never played DAOC before: where's a good place to learn about race/class/guild combos? Stuff like: good combos for typical RvR roles, how to spec attributes, etc.

Count me in. I've always wanted to play, but never got around to doing so. I'll probably start tinkering around in game sometime this week. Let me know if/when you need bodies to form the guild Fog.

K Foggy.. great:) Lakshuni, this seemed a good site. I need to read up a bit as well seeing I've forgotten more than I ever knew I think. lol http://camelotvault.ign.com/

I will Roll a Druid

Thanks Bella, I'll check that one out. Having stared at the game a bit there's a lot of old school EQ feel to the classes and stats. Moving is clunky! And I still need to figure out how to scale the video to my 16:9 monitor. :) For now, my toon is: Firebuck, Lilliput Chanter No idea if enchanters are useful in RvR but they were a favorite of mine in old EQ, so...

Very useful. No grind group is complete without a enchanter. The pet is the key with thornshield. Your foes will kill themselves and then you nuke to finnish them off.

classesofcamelot.com taultunleashed.com camelot.allakhazam.com Found these. Starting or returning can be daunting. Hope it helps.

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Thanks for the info Fog. My chanter is level 6 now (/flex) and currently I'm specializing half Light (for pew pew) and half Enchantment (for pets+buffs). I sure hope it's possible to respec later (without rerolling!), because I'm flying blind here. :)

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Im still working with support to get my password. Once I get in Id like to make a luri mana ment. POM=FTW. Or a Warden (group bubble pulse =D) @Lakshimi I think you get a free respec at 20 edit: You can /respec buy to reset your points, too. Just found that out today. I made a warden named Oscer, see you all there.

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Looking to mod the UI a bit. Does anyone know of a decent mod and where to get it? I've been told that Ghost UI and Bob's UI are probably the one's I would want to look at. side note: I tinkered around last night trying to figure out how to play the game, and wow, talk about nostalgic. Patience is a virtue while trying to understand the mechanics. I started a Vampiir and he's level 6. More than likely I'll make one of each class seeing how it looks like there's enough toon slots. =D

Is the server we plan to play on Trials of Atlantis enabled?

Yes I believe so. Don't think they have one that isn't anymore.

Anyone up for meeting up on Wednesday to form up the family? Say about 5pm pst in tir na nog? Need 8 people. Will only take a couple minutes.

Sure

If this had been done in October I may have joined you all, but alas my heart is set on playing Skyrim till my eyes bleed until GW2 comes out. Definitely a great idea though Ben. If you folks end up doing it more than just November I may consider coming out.

I can help form up the guild on Wednesday, Fog. BTW thanks for enchanter tip. I respec'd my enchanter for the jumbo pet damage shield and stood down in Muire Cavern having my pet tank 4 yellows at a time while I healed him. Went from 13 to 18 in about 3 hours, whee. :)

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I should be available wednesday. First 9.

I'll be there. :)

I just discovered that all the ywains play in the same world. I think that the ywains have to do with the housing areas and you can travel between them. So if anyone made toons on a different ywain, its not a problem and they dont have to reroll.

I'm just wondering if we can guild cross shard

Yes. You can guild cross shards. I just think that if someone is from a different shard they need to port to that ywain to go to the guild house. There is a porter near all the gates to the major cities and at the housing entrance.

For those of you who may need help remembering the different slash commands in the game (like me), here is a good reference site: http://camelot.allakhazam.com/Commands.html I played the game for a good 6+ years, but I'm a bit rusty now too. :)

so painful of a learning curve. This game will test your patience but it will be worth it in the end.

I hear you Fog. Docroc Level 50 Druid is now on line. He is 35 Regrowth, 40 Nature (buffing, could be wrong about the name) I can help with any Interface mod and controls questions. Tried many of the available mods from the VN boards. http://vnboards.ign.com/user_interface_board/b22592/p1 Many new things are in place that I am completely clueless about. I.E. Mounts, Champ levels, etc. There are supposedly a quick way to grind up very good gear to get us viable in pvp. Something about Farming dragon scales and glass....

Oh, and Vamp back away from the single player scrotum or whatever its called and get your ass in DAOC.

We might try a UI Mod that might help some people. i am getting bob's ui now. Here is the link might want to check it out. http://camelotvault.ign.com/View.php?view=UI.Detail&id=33

Uh-huh-huh-huh Doc said scrotum. Uh-huh-huh.

:)

You can add me to the participation list. Just resubscribed.

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As my Rift time was quite short lived, I'm looking forward to playing with everyone. I have a 47 Eldritch (Cintalate), and a 36 ish Druid (Tserna). These were side toons that I'm going to have to learn all about over again, starting with specs. As a bonus, if the guild wants to play the "let the little ones team up on the evil saracen (one of the Albion races), I can offer up a RR10 infiltrator, (Alteris). I'm slowly remembering how to play him. The humor is, I'm sure there are some hibs and mids out there laughing at how easy that infi was to kill! Reflexes just aren't what they used to be.

Ah Docroc, how I missed you... ....and your scrotum...errr comments. I'm a sucker for the TES series. For me, Morrowind was decent, Oblivion was pretty awesome, and Skyrim looks like it's going to be damn amazing. It's a good break for me to not pay attention to GW2 info for once; you can only wait for so long. Plus I've played DAOC and while the RvR is great..the leveling is definitely not fun for me in that game. Once I finish Skyrim, and if there's no hint of open/closed beta for our guild, I'll come help out in DAOC.

I've got 2 daoc accounts active atm. So we have a buffbot if needed :D

As soon as I figure out what my old mythic account name was, then I'll be there hahahaha.

Hi I never played DAoC before, so I just downloaded it and started my first character. My name is Aseacht - same as my defiant mage in Rift.

remember "/who Gaiscioch na Anu" will show you who's online. If nobody is online pop on vent and I can login on my second box and toss you an invite. We have a house which will be quite useful :)

Druid - Troghladha - Firbolg - Starter Druid - Greenberry - Firbolg - level 49

Just doing the pve quests in the battlefield I ran my hero to level 20 in a few very interrupted hours.

Hmm not sure if I can find my install disks...looking Ben =)

Don't need install disks. Download it from the Dark Age site. The disk's wont patch.

Downlaoding as well, sounds like a hoot of fun!!!

When can we log-on and find someone to invite to guild? The housing zone is huge... we have a house in there somewhere?

I tried to remember the email I used when I played , but even if I remembered it wouldnt know the password. I tried using my Seaufly as log in for account and of course I got the message already used. I tried to call them and the phone rang and rang and rang.. so I gave up and am downloading a free trial account.. I might be done by Saturday nite hehe.. if not might be fun to check out old stomping grounds. what server and side ? Ywain 1/Hibernia

Well do I feel like a noob.. trying to remember how to move around. Seawillow enchanter might try a ranger too, wasnt successful getting my old account back yet. It was around 9 years ago.

I'll be logged in most of the day Wednesday if anyone needs an invite. I'll have my second comp sending out invites.

Abikalea , Celt druid

I cant believe it, but I remembered my old account name and have activated my account this morning. Unfortunately I seemed picked a patch day to resubscribe. I am hoping the character xfer process is fairly simple. Will be nice to have Pslye back fully loaded =) I cannot remember my buffbot account name atm, which really bums me out. Count me in! Pslye - 50 Lurikeen Nightshade Edit: The /freexfer command is not working for me, and there appears to be no Royal Accountant where I was logged in at. Can anyone who has xfered from Nimue to Ywain 1 assist?

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You can buy Buff tokens with bounty points now. :) Im not sure how I transferred it was a while ago but I did it wrong and lost everything, the house, the vaults, everything bye bye. It's great to have ya Pslye :) our NS's need to go hunting. BTW leveling in Battlegrounds is sooooooo fast. I created a new druid yesterday and leveled from 1 - 24 in the BG's in about 3-4 hours. We can probably as a group level all the way up through the battlegrounds alone quite rapidly. You also get fairly nice gear using bounty points.

Fog there should be a vender or bank or something like that where all the things from the house was supposed to go. same place as if you let it go into foreclosure. don't know if u checked on that or not. also I wont be blessed to make it every week bit will make it as I can. I have quintain a 40 something BM and Eeers a 30 something mentalist as well as a few lower toons. but haven't practiced at all so will require a very steep learning curve I'm sure. look foward to it, will bring back lots of great memories.

Yeah i did, it's all gone.

Thanks again for Night #3! This was a wonderful turnout, we sieged, we conquered, and we even broke out pandora's box on some albs. Awesome night guys thanks for coming out :).

Thanks for all the fun last night .. it was kick , well you know what. Sure the game isn't as graphical as rift but being with guidys and taking down others by surprise wes fun. Thanks again Fog for running it.

Indeed it was a blast, thanks! Trog / Azurefel Hey Fog, is that MrsMental peering in your window?

Had a great time. Definitely helped cure my pvp hunger. We need more deeps!

This Mrsmental is hooked. She's tasted the Gaiscioch life and wants more.

Wow, thanks for my new wallpaper! Troghladha is one handsome devil.

Still trying to find the best spec for a nightshade. If anyone's got any suggestions let me know. Think my problem at this point is mostly gear related. My str/con/dex is nowhere near some of these other NS's.