Dark Age of Camelot

I think this game is going to take a big hit when it's current population gets a taste of how simaler and better war is over this game.  Don't get me wrong, I think this is a solid game, but WAR is in a much better position, and this game is getting pretty old.

The future of DAOC is uncertain..as was the future of EQ when EQ2 came out. Or UO, or AO. These games survive because they are decent games in and of themselves. I agree that many players who play DAOC will likely try WAR. HOwever will they abandon DAOC? That part is still unclear. People cannot play just one game strictly for a long period. People do like to take breaks from games and many, these days, are heading back to DAOC.

Also Mythic may have plans for DAOC to allow it to compliment WAR rather than compete against it. As an example, They may offer free play on DAOC for everyone who plays WAR (I think this is a smart option). That way, when WAR players get a little burnt and want to take abreak, they can go to daoc for no (additional) cost and have fun. Players get thier break and mythic doesnt lose players to ther MMORPG companies.

Time will tell

Torrential

If you visit the Camelot Herald, you can see how few subscribers remain for DaOC.  And most are in europe.  I expect virtually ALL the european ones to move to WAR (a Euro original miniatures game).

If Mythic / EA were smart, they would offer all current DAoC players a free three month run to switch to WAR and then shut down DAoC.

It's day is over.

3 Months, oO

     Personally i think daoc will still have alot of people playing after warhammer, First reason is there is 3 realms which make it unqiue and warhammer has 2, Also Daoc does not have the crybabys that warhammer will have and by crybabys i mean the ones saying nerf this class if they die to it one time. Also all post wow games suck in my opinion and alot of old timers of mmo's agree. I think alot will like warhammer but i feel daoc still will have enough people to support it for a few servers, Also Daoc has stealth and mezz classes which are fun and warhammer will not.

WAR will have minimal impact on DAOC population unless WAR delivers a playing experience similar to DAOC.  WAR will be a different type of playing experience in terms of quests, RvR, PvE, character classes etc.  The only thing that will be shared is the RvR focus. 

This is not to mean DAOC will be around for years to come, but WAR will have a minimal impact. 

Also the herald does not report subscriber numbers, it reports the number of players on at any given time.  That number is important for players, but it is not important for DAOC.  DAOC relies on the number of subscribers which is much larger than what the herald says.

Although Mythic makes both games, I think WAR will be quite different than DAOC in many ways and the old school Dark Age players are going go back to it in the end.  They'll always be people playing DAOC, even if its just on a few servers.

They better start giving the game away though, because the key difference between the two besides what has already been mentioned (which were game issues) is that WAR is newer, with "better" pvp (we'll see), and more world.

I wouldn't play DAoC if I didn't already own the game once WAR comes out.  It's like buying an '85 taurus when you can get the '08 for nearly the same price.

We don't know how  WAR will be accepted by players. My personal view is if WAR offers similar experiences to DAOC...you can turn out it's lights.