but in the end SOE doesn't give a crap about its customers. Maybe Mythic does ..........

I could not agree with you more.  In the end it's all about money, not a hard thought to grasp.  Mythic is doing everything they can to show gamers they are a company that wants to create what the players want to play...  again, easy thought to grasp.  What is soe doing?

Happy gamers = money

Being hard-headed = fail

We all know NGE killed SWG, no need to beat that dead horse anymore.

Another great game, DAoC, took a big hit with one of its expansions... of course it was nothing as insane as the NGE.  The powers that be at EA/Mythic rolled out "Classic" servers and they have been a huge hit and quickly had a higher pop than the older, "regular" servers.  This feel good story doesn't end there however.  In an effort to give the players a feel for the game they played (and loved) EA/Mythic is preparing an even older version of the game on yet another server.

Imagine if soe would follow this example!  All it would take is one small step like the one EA/Mythinc is taking to start the healing process between soe and the rest of the world. 

For sure, a WAR/DAoC combo sub. would be great and I honestly think it would help DAoC survive... we can hope I guess.

Great thread!  I agreed 100% that it has become a bit to easy to take on higher level mobs, however just look at it like OJ is the new blue. 

Maybe I'm just a little to old school or whatever, but I like to level all my alts without any help from my 50's.  What makes the game easier is that good drops are everywhere and it's so easy to have your toons temp'ed all the way to 50, even without crafting help.  Just saying, give it a try, start from "scratch" with your alts... the reward is a lot greater and so is the diff. level.

Go dig out your NES and play duck hunt, that will solve your problems.

I had that issue with my old PC a few years back, not really teleporting, but ghost players running into clip range then poof, gone.  Since then I have learned a nifty trick that not only stops that problem, but actually gives you a little clue that enemy players may be near.  Like someone has already stated in this thread DAoC loads everything in a large area around the player.  As you move this load "bubble" moves as well.  The ghost players are a result of both server lag and "load lag" or your PC loading the player model.  By the time your PC has rendered the enemy the server has "caught up" and of course they are actually not there so you get the teleport effect as they are removed from this load bubble range.  The best way to reduce this is lower the detail of distant objects.  This will of course lower the amount your PC has to load and by the time the emeny gets in clip range the server will (sometimes) remove them. 

Here is the cool part which I'm sure 99% of DAoC players have already encountered.  As you run around in any RvR area you will get the odd "load lag" when an enemy comes into your load bubble, which is larger than your clip range.  The faster your PC and the less amount of detail it is loading the less this lag will affect you, BUT, you will get some.  So don't let the ghost players get you down, just let it remind you to stay on your toes!

I agree with all posts in this tread... even the sad horrid truths about a new game being held up against the high pre-CU standard of SWG.  Anyway, if/when this game rolls out I'll be on the pre-order list.

I agree with everything that has been posted in this thread.  If you really want to rush to 50 and RvR you can find a guild and get leveled up very fast.

If however you want to actually play the game and not just get PLed, the game is much quicker than it used to be.  On a side note, if you want to PvE I would suggest the co-op server.  A lot of serious hardcore players there and starting from scratch is ultra EZ since the cost of everything there is very low... just a suggestion  =)

Sweet, this is just the info i was looking for, TYVM.

I'm coming back after a very long break and TBH I'm more excited about returning to this game than playing some of the others I have for the 1st time.  So glad to see the pop is still very active.

I have thought about coming back myself and I've only been gone about 3 months.  My issue is after so many years of RvR I made the move to the co-op server where you can play for an hour and never see another player.  So if-when I do make it back I guess I'll head back to the classic cluster so I can learn to hate the cross-realming too.