Well I made it to a guild meeting after who knows how long. After the meeting I got to go on a RvR raid with my AOD guild mates. It was an interesting experience. It was my first trip to another realm. Needless to say I died. There was some disruption of the chain of command. Chaos ensued and more than just me died.

So maybe I’m going to spend some more time gaining levels before I try that again. I have 4 bounty points, whatever that means. The whole RvR thing was a chaotic mess. I will get used to it the more I go.

Well I have been playing DAoC some more and I’ve made level 19. And I have noticed that I’m getting better at killing stuff. Which really is the point of the game isn’t it? Now I’m not knocking the game. I dig it. I wouldn’t write about the game if I didn’t like it.

Sadly my hitting level 19 was a lonely event. It was me and three other AOD guild mates playing. These guys were upper twenties to low thirties. Not a peep out of them when I made my level. Usually you would type in something like “Ding, made a level” which would be followed by the others with “Congrats” and maybe a “Woot” or two.

Now I don’t blame them. They could have been busy or in the group channel. But it was a lonely moment. This is why I have to start playing during the pm hours. I have been getting on when I get home in the morning from work. The game really is more fun when playing with other people.

Oh well. I have found a great spot for hunting solo and I made my level there in just a few hours. So I’ll see if my luck holds out and maybe I’ll hit twenty by tomorrow.

Well here is a GuestBook entry that was a welcome surprise! The leader of the DAoC guild I joined stopped by. Here is what the AOD head honcho had to say:

Name: Farooq
Where: AoD
Date: January 15, 2002
Time: 05:58 AM

Comments
It was nice to see you playing last nite!!! Your Guildmate, Farooq

Thanks Farooq. I’m trying to get back into the swing of things. Everyone that I played with before are now 40+ level wise. Like I said I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me. See you in the game.

So I don’t know if any of you pay attention to stuff on my site or not. On the right below the Hotelblues.com email login there is an info box with my guys name and level. I have been updating it as I have leveled up. I’m sitting at level 16 at the time of this post. The more I play DAoC, the more I love it. There are some deep elements to this game.

It really is more than a hack and slash kind of rpg. I recently took up trade skills. And this is where the game gets interesting. There are a number of trade skills. Weapons crafting, Armor crafting, Siege crafting, and a number of others. I picked up the Weapons craft. Weapons a player can make are superior to what the npc’s sell. And I figured it goes good with my fighter type guy.

I also had the privilege to get some time grouping with a Guild Mate named Aix who is level 19. Now this gives the lower level members of the party a huge experience boost. I made two levels in one day. In a number of hours actually. I got to say the joining the AOD Guild was a fine decision. Grouping up with other players is the way to go. Having Guild Mates makes it so much easier to find a group.

There are so may things to look forward to as I gain levels. I also continue my trade skill apprenticeship. The higher my trade skills are, better weapons become available for me to make. Then there is the realm vs realm aspect of the game.

This is the player killing feature that is abused in other mmorpg’s. In DAoC realm vs realm is just what it sounds like. You can’t kill players in your own realm. When you get to a level you can handle life in the frontier areas you can meet new people and kill them. No talking, so the immature taunts of teenagers won’t fill your chat interface. Realm vs Realm is handled like an encounter with a foreign people. And it’s small raids in which you can try to conquer parts of the enemy territory. Really cool feature. If a player has sufficient skill in the before mentioned Siege craft, you have actual medieval siege weapons to help with your conquering of enemy castles.

If you play Everquest or any other mmorpg I suggest giving DAoC a try. You may forget all about those other games.

Ok I’m a little pissed here. I had some problems yesterday getting on to the game. Now Dark Age of Camelot plays. The bad news is the goddamned thing disconnects me every five minutes. I have tried everything I can think of to fix this problem. I just don’t know what the deal is. And I’m very mad. What can you do?

I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to uninstall that finicky bitch that is Windows XP! And then I will see what happens.

Oh man I got the shakes. I can’t get into the game:

I can’t get in to play my level 13 mercenary. Oh the humaity!

Well my addiction to Dark Age of Camelot is getting worse. I recently put some major hours into playing my character. I even have joined a guild. Me Mr. Anti-Social is playing well with others. I am starting to see the benefits of playing with others.

The guild makes it even easier to get a group going. And while you can play DAoC solo. Grouping is more efficient. When you group you get bonus exp based on how big your party is. I made two level in one sitting.

My bad ass Turk the Mercenary is now level 10. And 10th level is when you really start to get going. I can use chain mail and have the ability to dual wield weapons. Geek stuff? Yes. But I’m having a blast. I have a dilemma though. I get to give my dude a last name now, exept I have no idea what it should be. When I get home I will slap up some more screen shots.