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Originally Posted by Leeyuuduu
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The admins also began messing around with custom content such as things from ToA despite the server not even having any expansion content, and they claim to have learned their lesson about that..so..nothing to do but wait and see
One thing you may want to have clarified as a ranger is the no-invis rule. I played a few years ago, and at that time there were certain hours when stealthers weren't allowed, so as to not harm RvR (ie making it so the entire server didn't devolve into non-visi vs non-visi)
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Sounds like most if the problems were that this "classic" server really wasn't all that classic at all. When admins get into tinkering around with the basic ruleset trying to "fix" things they personally don't like, things skew off into disneyland special ruleset servers that aren't classic in the least. Special hours for stealthers? That alone speaks volumes and if that's the case in the revamp I highly doubt I'll play. Would rather go resub my accounts and play live, really. They changed the battlegrounds around? How is that classic?
I, honestly, wish I had programming experience because I think a DAoC server like the live classic servers from a few years ago would be perfect, along with the RvR revamp...The one from around 05-06 bot the recent one. It may be cool, I just haven't played since then and have no opinion on it. But, essentially, those servers had all expansion content minus ToA because that introduced major imbalances into RvR once people stopped doing trials, and they put a range on concentration buffs making buff bottling in RvR virtually impossible. Beyond that, the world was your oyster, particularly with the catacombs expansion for pve, the low-mid level gear available in that content, and mist especially with a battleground for every 5ish levels starting at level 1. It was perfect imo. These servers were wildly popular for years during a time when DAoC was rapidly losing players. The only reason they don't still exist today is because pops game wide got so low they had to merge all servers to keep RvR alive. Really a shame.
But that would be a server well worth playing on, imo. No need for tinkering with every little thing. Just eliminate buff bots and ToA and the game is almost perfect.