Did you play DAOC? Do you miss the realm pride? Do you agree it had the best realm versus realm ever? Are you still waiting for DAOC 2? What if I told you there is currently a game out there that is a very close clone to DAOC. It is called Realms Online.
You have three separate factions. You have the Ignis, Syrtis, and Alsius. Currently the Ignis server is the underdog, and receiving 25% bonus to xp to get more players to the end game quicker. You can feel the realm pride. The factions land is split up into three different zones. You have the beginner zone, inner zone, and the war zone.
The War Zone is broken up into three separate sections separated by rivers. It seems very similar to DAOC where you can venture over to the other factions area looking for fights. It is also where the forts, and castles are when you decide as a realm to steal the gems to gain rewards for your faction.
Is it sounding really familiar yet? It is so close to DAOC it blows my mind for the rvr aspects of the game. The pve is basically non existent once you hit max level. There is no crafting, or side professions. It is all about fighting in the War Zones.
The classes remind me of how many games make you play until level 10 to pick your profession. I started off as a Mage. At level 10 I had to choose to either be a Warlock, or a Conjurer. I decided I wanted to be DPS in a pvp game so I rolled Warlock.
The GM's are really cool in Realms Online. They talk to everyone, and about every other hour they give 200% xp bonuses for an hour. It is a way to lessen the grind, and get people to the end game quicker. I love it.
The questing in the game is definitely its weak point. Don't expect to see spots highlighted on the map, waypoints falling from the sky, or anything like that. You actually have to read the quest text to know where to go. The problem I find is most of the quests are very vague so you spend more time trying to figure out what you are supposed to be doing than actually doing it. It is to the point now I am finding it faster just to grind mobs.
Realms Online is sort of old school when it comes to health, and mana. After about three fights you have to sit for a minute to regen. It gets old pretty quick. This is one item they sell in their store for $5 is to speed it up about 500%. For spending five bucks you get approximately 250 potions. I am not sure that is worth it, or not. I guess it depends on how fast you want to level up. I am debating on only using them on the GM bonus xp hours to take full advantage of it.
All enchanting of items is also bought off the store. If you want to add gems you have to buy them, and than buy the enchanting supplies to do it. It seems fairly cheap enough that you won't be spending more than a regular subscription MMORPG.
If grinding isn't your thing they sell special leveling scrolls. You can spend about $50 to get level 45 automatically. I may do it for alts later on, but with my first character I need to make sure I understand how the game works, and if I am sticking around.
The game isn't perfect, but I am looking past all of it because it is the game I have been looking for since DAOC. If it was any other game I probably would have already ragequit from some of the annoying quirks, but if PvP is anything like my memories of DAOC it is going to be so much fun.
If you want to check it out more I suggest checking out the Realms Online's Wiki page. They recently changed the name of the game, but all the facts are still the same.
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You have three separate factions. You have the Ignis, Syrtis, and Alsius. Currently the Ignis server is the underdog, and receiving 25% bonus to xp to get more players to the end game quicker. You can feel the realm pride. The factions land is split up into three different zones. You have the beginner zone, inner zone, and the war zone.
The War Zone is broken up into three separate sections separated by rivers. It seems very similar to DAOC where you can venture over to the other factions area looking for fights. It is also where the forts, and castles are when you decide as a realm to steal the gems to gain rewards for your faction.
Is it sounding really familiar yet? It is so close to DAOC it blows my mind for the rvr aspects of the game. The pve is basically non existent once you hit max level. There is no crafting, or side professions. It is all about fighting in the War Zones.
The classes remind me of how many games make you play until level 10 to pick your profession. I started off as a Mage. At level 10 I had to choose to either be a Warlock, or a Conjurer. I decided I wanted to be DPS in a pvp game so I rolled Warlock.
The GM's are really cool in Realms Online. They talk to everyone, and about every other hour they give 200% xp bonuses for an hour. It is a way to lessen the grind, and get people to the end game quicker. I love it.
The questing in the game is definitely its weak point. Don't expect to see spots highlighted on the map, waypoints falling from the sky, or anything like that. You actually have to read the quest text to know where to go. The problem I find is most of the quests are very vague so you spend more time trying to figure out what you are supposed to be doing than actually doing it. It is to the point now I am finding it faster just to grind mobs.
Realms Online is sort of old school when it comes to health, and mana. After about three fights you have to sit for a minute to regen. It gets old pretty quick. This is one item they sell in their store for $5 is to speed it up about 500%. For spending five bucks you get approximately 250 potions. I am not sure that is worth it, or not. I guess it depends on how fast you want to level up. I am debating on only using them on the GM bonus xp hours to take full advantage of it.
All enchanting of items is also bought off the store. If you want to add gems you have to buy them, and than buy the enchanting supplies to do it. It seems fairly cheap enough that you won't be spending more than a regular subscription MMORPG.
If grinding isn't your thing they sell special leveling scrolls. You can spend about $50 to get level 45 automatically. I may do it for alts later on, but with my first character I need to make sure I understand how the game works, and if I am sticking around.
The game isn't perfect, but I am looking past all of it because it is the game I have been looking for since DAOC. If it was any other game I probably would have already ragequit from some of the annoying quirks, but if PvP is anything like my memories of DAOC it is going to be so much fun.
If you want to check it out more I suggest checking out the Realms Online's Wiki page. They recently changed the name of the game, but all the facts are still the same.
Feel free to comment, and join the interactive discussion on Google +
