DAOC: Uthgard BETA IS COMING!

[Aalderon Crystafire]

Also, I don't mean to say Earth Wizards are at all worth playing, just that GTAE is superior when it comes to keep fights. I believe Earth is pretty gimp? Midgard/Hibernia casters don't have to gimp themselves for GTAE.

[Missingo]

Eh I guess I will try out Hib, put me down for Ranger or Blademaster

[tristantio]

When is this going to be out?

[Scrooge]

Don't overthink your class choices and all that end-game 8v8 stuff, play whatever you like, there are no bad classes - it all comes down to how well you can master the class you play, and make it work within a group. One major point to a group isn't just "right or wrong setups," it's being able to compensate for each others weaknesses.

We'll be hitting up every single BG on the way up, so we'll have plenty of opportunities to try out our classes in RvR (PvP) and better our teamwork. I've seen all types of weird class/spec combinations over the years, and you can be successful without restricting yourself to a specific class spec just cause someone else thinks it's the only way to play the game.

Originally Posted by NegaStoat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Someone remind me - you could respec your characer build points in the game up to... twice I think?

Uthgard 1.0 allowed free single-line respecs at levels 5, 20, and 40. There's no word about whether this will still be the case in Uthgard 2.0, but for now we can assume that feature remains untouched.

Originally Posted by tristantio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When is this going to be out?

11 Days - https://uthgard.org/

Originally Posted by backman_66 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Man, I never even played live DAoC. My first experience was when Scrooge introduced me to Uthgard, several years ago. I absolutely loved it. I think it's a nice blend of PvE and PvP, and I'm really not into PvP games that much because I don't like competition. But the PvP in DAoC is just so legit.. and the points you get from doing it to spend on upgrading your character, which also helps in PvE.

Excellent post, but "several years ago" = 2007!

Uthgard 2.0 Roster "patch"

1. TreegreatesT: Enchanter (Nightshade alt)
2. toastyoven: Eldritch or Enchanter
3. Missingo: Blademaster (Ranger alt)
4. NegaStoat: undecided / going to Midgard?
5. Kodim: undecided

[backman_66]

Originally Posted by Scrooge [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Uthgard 1.0 allowed free single-line respecs at levels 5, 20, and 40. There's no word about whether this will still be the case in Uthgard 2.0, but for now we can assume that feature remains untouched.

I browse the Uthgard forums a lot and I'm pretty sure a dev has confirmed the respecs will still be in place, I'm not 100% on it though.

[Scrooge]

Just to get things rolling as far as communication of the guild outside the game, try to use IRC as often as possible. Even if you are AFK most of the time while in there, the more people idle in the channel, the more active it will become.

Originally Posted by backman_66

We've created an IRC channel for our guild-to-be, for the time being, for all of us to meet in, on irc.rizon.net, channel #uthgard. It's great especially for a crew with varying time zones, we should all idle in our channel as much as possible, to get familiar with each other, live chat is a much better way of me answering any additional questions you may have, or even scheduling group times by posting them in the topic.

If you've never used IRC before, it's a simple chat-room kind of server, stands for Internet Relay Chat. To get the windows client, go to www.mirc.com, it's a fairly straight forward setup. Once you setup your nick/alias (use your p99 forum names for now, so I'll know who's who for the time being,) do /server irc.rizon.net, then /join #uthgard. You can even register your nick with a password so that no one can steal your name there and we'll always know it's the real you, syntax is: /msg Nickserv register passwordhere emailhere, then you'll get an email with a confirmation code you'll have to enter and that's that.

There's another way for all of you guys to communicate via live chat on iRC, for those who never used it before, it's a chat client - very easy to setup.

Windows Client software: www.mirc.com
server: irc.rizon.net
channel: #uthgard

It's a great way for everyone to meet everyone else who will be playing, to ask any questions you might have, or discuss everything from class specs to game mechanics, even play times or guild events. We can even leave messages in the topic section of the channel, so that even if no one is in there, you'll still be able to see it, kind like an ingame MOTD.

1) Download & install the client at http://www.mirc.com/get.html

2) When you start the app, just put in your nick, preferrably same one as your forum one

2a) What you can also do is register your nick with the server, so that only you can use it on that server, it's a good security measure.

3) In the Servers section, add "irc.rizon.net" with the default port: 6667

4) Then hit "Select", it will take you back to the Connect section, then hit "Connect"

4a) An alternative way to connect to a server is to simply type "/server irc.rizon.net" in the console/status window, or to change your nick without reconnecting by doing "/nick newname"

5) Finally type /join #uthgard, and you're done

Cya in there!

P.S. There are IRC apps for Smart Phones also (search: irc client,) they're even easier to setup and connect with.

[TreegreatesT]

Hi guys, haven't played p1999 in a while, but I still check in.

I'm currently playing DAoC Live, but will be playing on Hibernia when Uthgard comes out. I never played on Uthgard 1.0, but I tried the Origins server last year at release and it was pretty garbage. Excited to get into Uthgard should be way more fun then playing the Live DAoC servers.

Main will be a Mana Enchanter and eventually will level and template a Nightshade.

[backman_66]

Cool man, glad to have you aboard. The main reason I liked Uthgard 1.0 was the polish and overall stability of things, compared to other servers.

[backman_66]

UPDATE: Added a little how-to guide for using the character planner / builder. This is to help plan your build in advance. It can be found at: http://play.nixian.eu/index.php?page=charbuilder

The first picture is a tutorial on how to use it, and the second picture is an example Druid spec.

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[tristantio]

Any idea if the client works with wine?