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Developer: 
BioWare Mythic
Genre: 
Fantasy
Release Date: 
October 10, 2001
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Dark Age of Camelot arose as Everquest's first fantasy MMOG competitor two years after the reigning fantasy MMOG was released. Originally developed by Mythic, DAoC was scooped up by EA along with Mythic (now BioWare Mythic), making it part of the large EA conglomerate. When it was introduced, DAoC was considered to be very similar to Everquest in many ways, but eventually they shed that thought process and began to accumulate a popular following of their own.

Along with offering some incentives to alleviate camping spawn points, make customizable armor, and its enhanced graphics, the game's guiding principles capitalized on one gaming aspect many felt was absent in Everquest: truly integrated player vs. player (or "RvR" - realm vs. realm, in DAoC). PvP action, that has tangible impact in the virtual world.

DAoC introduced one other important technological element to the fantasy RPG scene: for lack of a better term we'll call it "dynamic zone loading." Everquest used what became known as a traditional zone architecture, splitting the world into small zones that must be loaded sequentially while gameplay is suspended. DAoC's "zones"- called regions- are extremely large swaths of terrain that load in a "bubble" around the player; in other words the game constantly loads while the player travels.

Dark Age of Camelot generates revenue through monthly subscriptions.

  • DAoC: Reports From the Realms
    Reports From the Realms

    The Camelot Herald has posted an new article in the Reports From the Realms series.

    Raine

    May 9th

    Citizen report, Tir na mBeo

    News
    Thu, May 10, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Newsletter Deadline
    Last Call for Newsletter Sign Ups

    News
    Wed, May 09, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Camelot Campaign Update
    Camelot Campaign Update

    The Camelot Herald has been updated with a note letting us know that latest from the Camelot Campaign has been posted.
    Have you been sitting on the edge of your chair, waiting to hear the latest from the Camelot Campaign? Check out the latest Writings of Gerik Morrow here! If you haven't been keeping up, now's the time to start.
    Get clicking to check it out.
    News
    Wed, May 09, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Hot Fix Notes

    Hotfix Notes

    The Camelot Herald has posted the latest hotfix notes on their site today.

    Oh me, oh my, what do I spy? A hot fix, of course!

    - The granite giant raiders, drakulv raiders, and glimmer raiders will now drop coin, loot, and grant XP when killed.

    - Various merchants in Huginfel can no longer engage in combat.

    - The Quests Old Stone, Living Wood, Cleansing with Light, Dousing the Flames, and Melting the Ice are now offered through dialogue and can be removed.

    News
    Thu, May 03, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Hotfix Note

    Hotfix Notes

    The Camelot Herald has a note today on the latest hotfix.

    In 1.68b, we added a turn-in for Thanes and Champions who activated the Shield of Khaos to get back a sellable version of the Shield of Khaos. This was done because these classes could not use large shields at the time. In 1.87, Thanes and Champions were given the ability to use large shields, making this turn-in obsolete. Because the Shield of Khaos can now be used by these two classes, the turn-in has been disabled.

    News
    Tue, May 01, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: EA Mythic Q&A

    Q&A with EA Mythic

    WarCry has posted this interview with EA Mythic. It covers Dark Age of Camelot.

    Our devs are dedicated to reviewing classes every patch, and looking for places where all classes need help. We don’t like to say what exactly is being looked at too far in advance, since things do tend to change, but we’re certainly not finished with class revamps yet. You’ll just have to keep an eye out for the notes on Pendragon, our test server.

    Get clicking to read more.

    Features, Interviews
    Tue, May 01, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Hotfix Notes

    Friday Hotfixes

    The Camelot Herald has the notes for today's hotfixes for Dark Age of Camelot.

    - (PVP Ruleset) - Modified the mechanics of the Agramon encounter in the Labyrinth to prevent the mobs involved from fighting amongst themselves. This will prevent monsters from potentially getting credit for the kill and disrupting loot dispersal. Note: The issue only affected this encounter on the PVP server because of how monsters interact under that ruleset.

    Read the rest with just a click.

    News
    Fri, Apr 27, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Dragon Campaign Info

    Dragon Campaign Update!

    The Camelot Herald has updated their site today with this note on the progress of the Dragon Campaign.

    If you've been following along with "A Dragon's Revenge," then you shouldn't miss this week's installment. Check out the latest Writings of Gerick Morrow here! If you haven't been keeping up, now's the time to start. Read the archives today!

    News
    Wed, Apr 25, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Server Down Time

    Live Servers Coming Down

    The Camelot Herald has posted a note today about some down time needed for their servers.

    I'm really, really sorry for the short notice everyone. We're taking the servers down in fifteen minutes or so to fix a bug in which pets were being randomly set on 'passive'. We expect to be back up by 3:00 PM EST. Thanks so much for your patience in this matter, and as always keep an eye here for updates!

    News
    Mon, Apr 23, 2007
    LadySirse
  • DAoC: Roadtrip Roundtable

    Roadtrip Roundtable

    GamersInfo starts out the week with this article that takes a look at Dark Age of Comelot.

    Crafting is undergoing a revamp. Starting with patch 1.88, crafting times were normalized, and many of the NPC's needed for crafting were centralized to areas of the game world where the crafting would be happening. The phrase repeated time and again, and not just in regards to crafting, is that the developers are trying to remove the frustration and "annoyance factor" of the game systems.

    More is just a click away.

    News
    Mon, Apr 23, 2007
    LadySirse
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