DAOC Catacombs Testing

October 9, 2004 11:02 AM

Dark Age of Camelot players who want to beta test the upcoming Catacombs expansion pack can now sign up at this Camelot Herald page. A few thousand players will be randomly selected, you have until 7am CST on October 11 to sign up. Thanks HomeLAN.

Maarten Goldstein

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hobosapien

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October 9, 2004 11:19 AM

i would love to do this, too bad i will enever play it again because of ToA...although Gaheris i kind of liked...
- tort feasor
  
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  October 9, 2004 11:22 AM
  
  What exactly did ToA do that was so horrible? I've seen a ton of posts like yours that claim ToA ruined the game.
  - hobosapien
    
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    October 9, 2004 11:29 AM
    
    the way you had to get those items irritated me to no end, and then you had to level them up even higher with specific mob types which was also annoying to no end. and it took forever. and you had to have these items to be competitive in RvR, which was also stupid IMO.
    - Tripps
      
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      October 9, 2004 11:59 AM
      
      They turned the game into a worse time sink than EQ for hells sake with that expansion. I quit playing too, even the New Frontiers couldn't do enough to bring me back. WoW, here I come.
      - hobosapien
        
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        October 9, 2004 12:37 PM
        
        amen.
    - DanglingChad
      
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      October 9, 2004 1:27 PM
      
      They relaxed a lot of those restrictions a few patches ago. Not saying it's perfect now, but it's definitely an improvement.
      - hobosapien
        
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        October 9, 2004 2:02 PM
        
        like what kinds of stuff?
        
        ]aratex[
        
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        October 9, 2004 2:11 PM
        
        Now artifacts level in more generic places.. They all level off either classic outdoors, classic dungeons, SI outdoors, SI dungeons, ToA outdoors, or ToA dungeons.. Those are the ONLY artifact leveling restrictions now.
        
        In addition ALL artifacts gain experience in RvR and from mobs killed in the new RvR dungeon (Passage of Conflict), in addition to their listed locations...
        
        hobosapien
        
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        October 9, 2004 2:21 PM
        
        hm interesting.
        
        DanglingChad
        
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        October 9, 2004 4:17 PM
        
        I believe artifacts also benefit from the huge camp bonus increases that went in with the same patch. In addition, they tinkered with a lot of the ML encounters to make them easier to complete.
        
        They also implemented a free level system, where you get a free level every so many days as long as you get at least one by yourself. Quite nice, actually :)
        
        R.Cade
        
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        October 9, 2004 7:20 PM
        
        Yep, ALL artifacts level in NF now, not just POC, so you get in a arti-xp group and you can level 8 artis at once in a couple days.