MISC NEWS:
RPGwear is Proud to present Dark Age style Apparel
posted by: RPGwear on 1/15/2002 5:43:33 AM
Looking for DAoC T-shirts?
RPGwear now has 10 new DAoC designs, including Invader, Hibbies Suck, Albies Suck, and Middies Suck. The new designs also feature original artwork by Blair Grafix, including two popular Panzer images.
Check them out at www.RPGwear.com.
Nightshade Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 12/19/2001 8:13:06 AM
Camelot Vault is now featuring a guide to the Nightshade character class from Dark Age of Camelot, an online RPG from developer Mythic Entertainment.The Nightshade is an assassin from the Celtic realm of Albion, one of three warring realms in the game. Guest writer Mike Wellman offers techniques for
advancing and methods for creating two different styles of Nightshade.
Dark Age of Camelot Developers Chat Tonight!
posted by: Camelot Vault on 12/5/2001 9:08:16 AM
Camelot Vault would like to announce the first Developers IRC Chat since the release of Dark Age of Camelot. Join the members of the Mythic
Entertainment's development team for Camelot tonight in a moderated chat environment.
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Time: 7:00pm EST (4:00pm PST)
Developer Chat at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 11/29/2001 5:35:09 AM
Camelot Vault would like to announce the first Developer IRC Chat since the release of Dark Age of Camelot. Join the developers from Mythic Entertainment and the Camelot Vault staff in a moderated chat environment.
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Time: 7:00pm EST (4:00pm PST)
Access details are available using the provided link.
Blademaster Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 11/27/2001 6:45:09 AM
Camelot Vault is now featuring a guide to the Hibernia Blademaster character class. Written by guest writer Mriswith Bladedancer, his guide covers getting started, leveling, specialization, questing, and general strategy.
Paladin Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 11/13/2001 5:56:31 AM
Camelot Vault is currently featuring a guide for the Paladin character class
courtesy of guest writer Aartemis D'Turton. In his guide he covers
everything from getting started to making long term plans for the
development of this spiritual fighting profession from the realm of Albion.
Guild Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 11/6/2001 6:29:10 AM
Camelot Vault is now featuring a guide to creating and managing Player Guilds in Dark Age of Camelot. This guide covers guild formation, communications, structure, selecting emblems, as well as Frequently Asked Questions.
Character Creation Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 10/30/2001 10:49:54 PM
Camelot Vault is currently featuring an article from guest writer "Ned of
Hibernia", who offers readers his advice for distributing attribute points
during character creation and specialization points during the course of a character's development.
More DAoC Screenshots!
posted by: Camelot Vault on 10/29/2001 10:36:07 PM
Camelot Vault is featuring a gallery of fifteen images from a recent Realm
vs Realm battle in Dark Age of Camelot. The screenshots come from a Midgard player guild and demonstrate the use of a siege engine to get through the doors of a Hibernia keep and eventually the keep's capture.
Infiltrator Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 10/25/2001 7:16:03 AM
Camelot Vault is now featuring a strategy guide for the Infiltrator
profession in Dark Age of Camelot, courtesy of guest writer Andrew
"3DKnight" Knight. Andrew was the Lead Tester for this character class
during the game's beta and his guides covers training, critical strikes,
stealth & envenom skills, as well as general strategy.
Lingo Guide for Dark Age of Camelot
posted by: N/A on 10/24/2001 5:50:53 AM
Camelot Vault is currently featuring a Player Lingo Guide by guest writer Brambth Daedralk. The guide contains many terms and abbreviations common in massively multiplayer online games such as Dark Age of Camelot and is a useful reference to players who may be new to the environment.
Scout Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 10/22/2001 7:30:01 AM
Camelot Vault presents today another in the series of Dark Age of Camelot guides from former beta tester Jim "Oaklief" Rothwell.
The quick, stealthy Scout is modeled after the historical English/Welsh
longbowman. As such, he is very proficient with the most deadly ranged weapon prior to the introduction of firearms. He is also skilled in melee combat, though not able to stand toe-to-toe in the infantry line next to his heavily armored shieldmates.
Specialization Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 10/15/2001 7:48:13 AM
Camelot Vault is pleased to welcome Jim "Oakleif" Rothwell, an experienced beta tester from Dark Age of Camelot, to discuss character development at length in our new Specialization Guide.
Characters in Dark Age of Camelot have a variety of skills and abilities
known as specializations. These can include anything from a fighter's weapon skills, spell lines for mages and clerics, and the stealthy skills of a rogue.
Death Penalty Guide at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 10/15/2001 7:44:40 AM
Camelot Vault once again welcomes Jim "Oakleif" Rothwell, an experienced beta tester from Dark Age of Camelot, this time to discuss the implications for a character dying in the game in his Death Penalty
Guide.
The guide covers the use of bind stones as well as experience loss from initial to advanced levels.
Dark Age of Camelot Preview
posted by: on 10/10/2001 6:07:30 AM
RPG Vault gives a preview of the newest RPG Dark Age of Camelot.
"Dark Age of Camelot attempts to take what made previous games in this genre fun and add next generation technology, and a realm versus realm twist, as well as several unique features in a 3D online game such as horses, siege weapons, and roleplaying and other specialized server types. The majority of feedback for the game has been positive among testers and observers alike and fans of the old school style of RPG gameplay..."
Dark Age of Camelot Preview
posted by: N/A on 10/5/2001 11:48:56 PM
WomenGamers.Com's Atari takes a look at Mythic Entertainment's upcoming MMORPG, Dark Age of Camelot, through the eyes of a Hibernian.
"The Dark Age of Camelot system promises to make player killing enjoyable for people who don't have the mentality of a 12-year-old bully, something that has yet to be accomplished by the many MMORPGs I have tried. If you don't like the concept of player killing, perhaps this game will change your mindset."
Dark Age Of Camelot Beta Journal at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 10/2/2001 7:28:04 AM
Camelot Vault is now featuring a beta journal entry from guest writer Vance
"Alisdair" McAlister who was among the first to leave the safety of his
friendly homelands in Dark Age of Camelot to explore enemy terrain and strongholds.
Dark Age of Camelot Screen Gallery
posted by: N/A on 8/6/2001 7:55:20 AM
Camelot Vault has captured thirty new images from two brand new cities in Dark Age of Camelot's beta test. A variety of sights and landmarks from the Celtic city of Tir Na Nog and the Norse city of Jordheim are featured in this Screenshot Gallery.
New Beta Journal at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 7/26/2001 6:11:18 AM
Camelot Vault has posted a new Dark Age of Camelot Beta Journal which
describes the questing system in place in Mythic Entertainment's online RPG. Written from the point of view of a beta tester, the article gives a sense of the type of gameplay that adventurers can expect outside of the usual exploration and player-versus-player conflicts.
New Beta Journal at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 7/20/2001 8:33:08 AM
Camelot Vault now has online a new Dark Age of Camelot Beta Journal from the eyes of a beta tester who recounts his first steps in the Celtic realm of Hibernia which was released earlier this week. Covering character creation, combat, exploration, and forming a party, he covers many things a fledging Celt may expect to find when they first travel in the Dark Age of Camelot. Eight new screenshots illustrate this tale.
Camelot Hibernia Race Gallery
posted by: N/A on 7/20/2001 8:07:44 AM
Earlier this week, Mythic's online world opened Hibernia, the lush green realm inspired by the forces of nature. It includes four new playable races, the human Celts plus three varied non-human races, the Lurikeen, Firbolg and Elves. We check them out in the 20 new screenshots that comprise our Camelot Hibernia Race Gallery.
New Hibernia Screenshot Gallery at Camelot Vault
posted by: N/A on 7/17/2001 5:23:14 AM
Yesterday Mythic Entertainment debuted the Celtic Realm of Hibernia in the Dark Age of Camelot beta test. Today Camelot Vault has fourteen new images of the four new races introduced to the game both from character creation and in-game scenes.
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posted by: Camelot Vault on 7/14/2001 10:23:01 AM
Today at Camelot Vault we have an
exclusive Dark Age of Camelot screenshot courtesy of Mythic Entertainment. This massively multiplayer RPG is set in the period following King Arthur's death and features the Albion, Midgard, and Hibernia realms at war with one
another. The game is currently in beta testing with a release target of
October.
Our screenshot today shows the Lurikeen and Firbolg, two races available to Hibernia's players.
Dark Age of Camelot Developer Profile
posted by: N/A on 6/29/2001 6:04:54 AM
As the recently hired Internet Relations Manager for Mythic Entertainment's upcoming Dark Age of Camelot, Sanya Thomas will be the ombudsman for the players who will make up the online RPG's community. We Sanya Thomas and gain insight into an upcoming Guilds program in a new Dark Age of Camelot Developer Profile.
DAoC Screenshots
posted by: N/A on 6/26/2001 5:23:20 AM
RPGDot's first feature for today is a new gallery of screenshots for Dark Age of Camelot, showing off the beautiful landscape in the Midgard region.
Preview of Dark Ages of Camelot
posted by: N/A on 6/13/2001 5:10:24 AM
Arkray has posted an informative preview of Dark Ages of Camelot (or DAoC for short). In this preview, she looks at
the playable races and special features of the game. Here's a part of the preview:
"Another major complaint in MMORPG's is death penalty. In DaoC, it is dealed with in a new way: The most important fact is that equipment never gets lost - so there’s no more unprotected trips to dangerous places where one died. Until one reaches level five, there is no death penalty, but afte
Dark Age Of Camelot Camelot Gallery
posted by: N/A on 6/7/2001 7:57:48 AM
In Mythic's online world, King Arthur is dead, but Camelot still stands, located in Albion, the Realm of the Britons. The city doesn’t seem to be complete yet, but our new Dark Age Of Camelot Camelot Gallery offers a dozen new screenshots showing a new character entering for the first time and taking a walking tour.
Dark Age of Camelot Screenshots
posted by: N/A on 5/21/2001 8:28:55 AM
RPGDot has posted 19 new screenshots from the Dark Age of Camelot beta, showing more impressions of Camelot City (as always, the topmost are the latest)...
Dark Age of Camelot preview
posted by: N/A on 5/11/2001 8:33:55 AM
Dark Age of Camelot will be a fantasy-themed role-playing game that'll let players enter a world at war as part of one of three sides in the conflict: the nature-loving Hibernians, the fierce Norse, and the Britons of Albion, the kingdom of the fallen King Arthur. The game itself will take place shortly after the demise of the legendary king.
RPGDot: Dark Ages of Camelot Interview
posted by: N/A on 4/23/2001 9:47:23 PM
RPG presents you an interview with Mark Jacobs, president of Mythic Entertainment, about their upcoming MMORPG "Dark Ages of Camelot". Mark sheds some light on Realms battles, as this snippit tells you:
RPGDot: Is there going to be a level cap to start taking part in realm battles or can a low level player participate and get experience from realm battles?
Mark Jacobs: In order to allow new players some time to gain experience in the game, each realm will have its own unique, protected
