Posted by Kai Schober | 2012 Feb 03 18:32 -0500 GMT
Do you want to combine knowledge, skill, and willingness to help with some bragging? Dark Age of Camelot now offers you the opportunity to do exactly that. We are looking for your creative minds to produce shorts video for our Wiki to familiarize new players - but also long-established veterans - with the different aspects of the game.
We seek your creativity about topics specified by us. You will have three weeks to create your work, we will then select the best video with the help of the community.
The winner gets the special title "Councelor" unlocked for all characters of his account and the winning videos get posted to our Wiki site for all to enjoy.
Are you up for the challenge?
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2012 Feb 01 11:34 -0500 GMT
Today it’s been 10 years since the European community joined the eternal battles in Dark Age of Camelot. In celebration of this special day we have some special bonuses for you. Enjoy the extras and have some great battles everyone!
The following Zone Bonuses are now live:
On Normal Ruleset servers, the following bonuses have been added:
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• 200% bonus to XP in all classic zones and dungeons.
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• 200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.
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• 125% bonus to RP in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls)
On the PVP ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
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• 200% bonus to BP in all classic zones and dungeons.
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• 200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.
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• 125% bonus to RP in all classic zones and dungeon.
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• 125% bonus to RP in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls)
On the PVE ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
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• 200% bonus to XP in all capital cities, classic zones,Happy Birthday, DAoC EU! and dungeons.
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• 200% bonus to BP in the capital cities.
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• 200% bonus to RP in the capital cities.
Please note: The bonuses above will last until Monday, February 13th.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2012 Jan 04 11:25 -0500 GMT
MMORPG.com used the holiday break to conduct an interview with Stuart Zissu, Producer for Dark Age of Camelot, reviewing the past ten years of successful RvR.
"Why does the three realm break down in Dark Age of Camelot work so well? How come we have not seen it replicated as much in MMOs as it probably should have been?
There are many reasons why the three realm system works, but I think the biggest is the self-balancing. When one realm gets too far ahead, it's only a matter of time before the other two realms knock them down a notch. This allows for an ever changing and engaging RvR gamespace and reduces the feeling of hopelessness that can occur with a 2 sided conflict. With only 2 sides, if one gets too far ahead, it is tough for the underdogs to make a comeback.
As to why we haven't seen three realm RvR more, I think that is because of the difficulty that is inherent with it. It is a lot of hard work to balance a game for two sides, let alone three. Even after 10 years, we are still tweaking things here and there."
Follow the link to read the complete interview.
Happy New Year and see you in the frontiers!
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Dec 23 17:01 -0500 GMT
The Dark Age of Camelot development team and the Community team wish you happy winter holidays and a good start into the New Year. We will take a break and will return to work on January 3rd; preparing version 1.111. The in-game customer support will continue to be available 24/7 throughout the holidays.
Have a happy and safe holiday season; see you in the frontiers!
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Dec 20 12:39 -0500 GMT
Old grudges seldom die and some tribes nurture theirs; just waiting for the right moment to settle them. With Albion, Hibernia and Midgard weakened by their constant battles, a number of old bloodthirsty tribes seize their opportunity to reclaim what once was theirs. As initial settlers of Hibernia and the menace behind Hadrian’s Wall, the tribes of the Picts have united under one leader and come back with plans for revenge.
It seems that the Kings were right when they opened up their armory some time ago, everyone must be on their guard and ready to counter this new threat.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Dec 19 16:15 -0500 GMT
The Midwinter Festival is about to start in all three realms. This is a time for hearth and home, and bright and merry decorations! Come see this year’s celebrations at your realm’s festival grounds. Tavern Keepers everywhere have decorated their buildings with traditional adornments.
Olibar, the Midwinter Tomte, will be paying frequent visits to Castle Sauvage, Svasud Faste, and Druim Ligen seeking assistance. He seems to have lost some Midwinter presents throughout the battlegrounds. Speak to him if you wish to assist him. Players on the Mordred and Gaheris servers between the levels of 35 to 49 can speak to him to receive a special Frontier Gift Retrieval quest instead.
Santa Nicholas, Lucia of the Light, and Jack Frost will arrive with gifts for the people of the realms, but there’s been a bit of a crisis: their presents were hijacked and are now in the possession of dangerous enemies. They will offer the Saving Midwinter quest to all adventurers level 48 and above. Save Midwinter and earn a Cloak of Midwinter and a Medal of Honor! Visit them at the Winter Villages outside of Ludlow, Ardee, and Vasudheim.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Dec 09 12:37 -0500 GMT
Fresh from the editor, we have published the Making Of “DAoC 10th Anniversary Work of Art” video. Join Stuart Zissu, Kai Schober, CJ Grebb and Eric Polak as they talk about the ideas and process that led to the creation of the 10th Anniversary Work of Art for Dark Age of Camelot.
The Lithograph of the Art Work can be pre-ordered at the BioWare store with an estimated ship date the Week of December12.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Nov 23 12:27 -0500 GMT
We have some holiday bonuses for this weekend in celebration of Thanksgiving here in the United States. Enjoy the extras and have a great holiday weekend everyone!
The following Zone Bonuses are now live:
On Normal Ruleset servers, the following bonuses have been added:
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200% bonus to XP in all classic zones and dungeons.
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200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.
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125% bonus to RP in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls)
On the PVP ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
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200% bonus to BP in all classic zones and dungeons.
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200% bonus to BP in all NF zones.
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125% bonus to RP in all classic zones and dungeon.
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125% bonus to RP in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls)
On the PVE ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
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200% bonus to XP in all classic zones and dungeons.
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200% bonus to BP in the capital cities.
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200% bonus to RP in the capital cities.
Please note: The bonuses above will last until Tuesday, November 29th.
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Nov 18 16:42 -0500 GMT
The list of last week's Top RP earners of Ywain for all three realms was just published.
Did you made it into it - or will you try so this weekend?
Check it out!
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Posted by Kai Schober | 2011 Nov 18 14:42 -0500 GMT
With version 1.110 and the follow-up adjustments out the door it’s about time to say thank you to all of you who helped us testing this version on Pendragon. We received a tremendous amount of feedback and we are sure that the last patch was a great step in the development of the game.
As announced during the test phase, we have created Pendragon’s Ring to distribute it to the New User Journey test winners who are randomly drawn from the list of all testers. As a big thank you we have decided to raise the percentage of winners to 50% - every second tester will win one of these rings.
The winners will be contacted via email and may choose one of their characters on the winning account which will then have the ring placed in its inventory.
Keep an eye on the Herald – we’ll let you know when the e-mails are sent.
In the meantime, please make sure that your email address on your account is up to date.
Keep sending in your feedback and see you in the frontiers!
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