I can't wait. I loved the first one. The art direction really made the game for me. Hopefully it delivers though. I'm a bit hesitant to get overly hyped given American McGee's track record as of late.
I used to play DAoC. I do have to say that Darkness Falls was amazing. Not only was it a fun dungeon in general, but think of all the trickle down effects of adding a realm controlled dungeon.
Darkness Falls was only open when a realm earned it. In DAoC there was 3 realms fighting over access to Darkness Falls. I think only having two realms in WAR will create a more heated tug of war for control of the dungeon. I haven't read up on all the ins and outs of how it will be handled in WAR, but I hope control of Lands of the Dead is tied to control of keeps in oRvR. WAR has been struggling with getting players to participate in oRvR and I think a massive awesome dungeon is just the carrot on the end of the stick WAR needs to get players to want to participate in oRvR.
Lands of the Dead will basically be an RvR dungeon. There were always people who logged out in DAoC and then tried to kill players. It was great. It just added to the tension. It would fit the WAR universe and further differentiate them from WoW.
I have faith that Mythic will get things right. As soon as I found out about Lands of the Dead I reactivated my account. I'm betting that it will add greatly to the game.
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Feb 2nd 2009 8:57PM (Massively)Darkness Falls was only open when a realm earned it. In DAoC there was 3 realms fighting over access to Darkness Falls. I think only having two realms in WAR will create a more heated tug of war for control of the dungeon. I haven't read up on all the ins and outs of how it will be handled in WAR, but I hope control of Lands of the Dead is tied to control of keeps in oRvR. WAR has been struggling with getting players to participate in oRvR and I think a massive awesome dungeon is just the carrot on the end of the stick WAR needs to get players to want to participate in oRvR.
Lands of the Dead will basically be an RvR dungeon. There were always people who logged out in DAoC and then tried to kill players. It was great. It just added to the tension. It would fit the WAR universe and further differentiate them from WoW.
I have faith that Mythic will get things right. As soon as I found out about Lands of the Dead I reactivated my account. I'm betting that it will add greatly to the game.
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