Comments on: I’m Back; The DAoC Experiment http://www.lumethemad.com/2008/05/29/im-back-the-daoc-experiment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=im-back-the-daoc-experiment Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lume http://www.lumethemad.com/2008/05/29/im-back-the-daoc-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Lume Thu, 29 May 2008 22:52:06 +0000 http://www.lumethemad.com/?p=59#comment-44 For DAoC, crafting serves its purpose in the sense that it can be used to create the best starting gear for level 50's. Rarely does any of this crafting gear remain as the best-in-slot for end-game, though it's possible for some classes playing on classic realms. It takes a very, very long time to cap your crafting abilities, however. So being a capped crafter was a big deal and you could make a lot of money off it providing great starter gear for people. I'm pretty sure none of the crafted gear would be end-game quality on ToA servers, however. It used to be in WoW that having a tradeskill was unnecessary beyond enchanting and resistance gear. And now it has progressed to a point where it's actually worthwhile to have LWing or JCing, because you can obtain best-in-slot items. So I think WoW's crafting system, while overly simplistic, is what I prefer. Spending 5 minutes to craft one item hoping it gets you closer to capping in DAoC was maddening. For DAoC, crafting serves its purpose in the sense that it can be used to create the best starting gear for level 50′s. Rarely does any of this crafting gear remain as the best-in-slot for end-game, though it’s possible for some classes playing on classic realms. It takes a very, very long time to cap your crafting abilities, however. So being a capped crafter was a big deal and you could make a lot of money off it providing great starter gear for people. I’m pretty sure none of the crafted gear would be end-game quality on ToA servers, however.

It used to be in WoW that having a tradeskill was unnecessary beyond enchanting and resistance gear. And now it has progressed to a point where it’s actually worthwhile to have LWing or JCing, because you can obtain best-in-slot items. So I think WoW’s crafting system, while overly simplistic, is what I prefer. Spending 5 minutes to craft one item hoping it gets you closer to capping in DAoC was maddening.

]]> By: Auzara http://www.lumethemad.com/2008/05/29/im-back-the-daoc-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Auzara Thu, 29 May 2008 14:48:14 +0000 http://www.lumethemad.com/?p=59#comment-38 I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's blogging suffers due to GMing responsibilities. I'm surprised not to see any trade skill commentary here. I didn't play DAoC, I was an EQ, EQ2 girl so maybe it was different in DAoC. The one thing I noticed immediately when I started WoW is that it was worthwhile and somewhat fun to have a trade skill, where as in the EQ line I'd rather have poked myself with hot needles than level up a profession. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who’s blogging suffers due to GMing responsibilities.

I’m surprised not to see any trade skill commentary here. I didn’t play DAoC, I was an EQ, EQ2 girl so maybe it was different in DAoC. The one thing I noticed immediately when I started WoW is that it was worthwhile and somewhat fun to have a trade skill, where as in the EQ line I’d rather have poked myself with hot needles than level up a profession.

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