I was also in the last beta.
The other thing is that weapons are rated compared to your ability to use
them. If you use a weapon that is better than you are then you are unable
to use it to its maximum potentional. If it is way above you, you can
actually damage the weapon by using it, probably since you would be
incapable of using it correctly.
Nice twist on anti-twinking.
Looting is different. When the MOB dies it drops stuff on the ground, you
need to select it and get it. Your loot is your loot, no one else can pick
it up. On the downside, if someone doesn't want the loot and leaves it
there, you cannot ever take it. I do beleive it is theirs until it
disappears.
----- Original Message -----
From: Drewt Drumslinger <drewt@...>
To: <eqbards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 8:19 AM
Subject: [eqbards] Re: Hmmm. Someone else looking at DAoC?
> I had the opportunity to Beta test DAoC. I was impressed.
> A lot of unique things in DAoC that you don't see in EQ but might wish you
did.
>
> A few examples:
> 1.) Equipment and Armor degrades as you use it. If it degrades far
enough
> you'll have to run to town and get it "refreshed" to keep the stats up.
> 2.) Any player can bind him/herself to any city/town/village bind point.
> Commmand: /bind
> 3.) Seems to be a lot more low and midlevel quests for experience. Every
visit
> to "guild master" presents a new quest.
>
> I started many characters in each of the realms to "try" them out, didn't
get to
> level many of them up very far.
>
> That's all that comes to mind at the moment. If you're playing feel free
to
> elaborate.
> Still need to run out and get my copy of DAoC, Beta is over and I'm cut
off at
> the moment.
>
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> Drewt Drumslinger
> 23rd Level Half-Elf Bard of Veeshan
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>
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