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Topic: Returning Player, May be long post....

friz898 Posts: 1,088 Registered: May 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 970 User ID: 684,126	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Hi Guys, I'd pretend like I'm coming back and I'd expect people to remember me, but last time I came back in 2008, nobody was around from my time before. But I did make some good friends in The Jaded Ones. I remember a good guild leader, and a married couple that played all the time. Any Jaded that see this, probably know who I'm referring too. There was several others, but I dont really remember. I only played for a few months in 2008. Anyway, who I am: I am mostly some form of Dook. Dook/Dookx/Dookpbt/Dookbuffs/Dookheal, etc etc etc. Last I checked I had: 50 Friar 50 Cleric 50 Bard 50 Theurg And maybe something else? I dont remember. I remember at the time that I made the friar in 2008 because they were EXTREMELY overpowered with their new'ish proc-heal....I could solo everything "proc proc proc, heal heal heal". I'm sure whatever I had for a house is long long gone. The Jaded Ones stuff is from 2008 era. Before that I played many months with the top Gaheris guild way back when. I forget the name, very elitist guild, although friendly, man, wish I could remember their name. I joined Xeen/Xeene in that guild since I knew him from the Kay server. They all moved on though long ago. Before coming to Gaheris in 2002/2003 whenever it was. I played for a couple years on Kay server, where I had 50 Cleric, then 50 Healer, then back to Albion for 2 50 Clerics, 50 Necro, and 50 Minstrel. So anyway, there's my blog of a life story. My first account was created Oct 18th, 2001, the opening day of Kay server which was I think 3-5 days after opening day of DAoC. Thanks for my account for telling me my creation date. Next part of this guided tour... The accounts process is pure hell at this point. Jesus, what gives? There is game accounts, Mythic Master Account, EA Game/Master Accounts, and then something now called Nucleus account? Wow. I logged in via my email, and I was able to "link" 4 of my 5 accounts to that email. I think I got all my main characters... but I cant for the life of me remember the password for one of them. Customer Service via mail and phone has been zero help. The one dude even kept telling me "your account doesnt exist".. and I go on about how i'm at accounts.eamtyhic.com etc, and I'm logged in right now... and he's like "uh, lemme check some other place" and come back again and said my account didnt exist. Either way.. I went ahead and paid, and now I'm downloading the game. Unfortunately, I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan, and it's going to take like a week to download. I think I'm at 15 megs of 3.7gigs. In the meantime, one thing about DAoC, is that it has to be the least-changing game in all of the MMOs I've played. However, does appear to be some new/different stuff going on? I plan on checking these two links: http://gaheris.net/ http://camelotvault.ign.com/wiki/index.php/Returning_Players Is there anything else you guys recommend? Once I finally get online, I'll be sure to look up Ella and the Jaded Ones.. they were such a good guild last time I was around. I hope someone there (hopefully Ella) remembers the name of Dook. But then again, I wasnt around for longer than 2-3 months in 2008. Thanks to anybody who takes the time to read and reply. I dont mind being so informative and sharing so much as the Gaheris community has always been different than the community on any other server, and just about any other MMO game there is. I'd like to think it's mostly older folks playing, as I'm 32 with a wife/kid. Wow. It's hard to think when I started playing this, I was 22. I wish I could get this game downloaded faster, but I'm at the mercy of 17k/sec download of Afghanistan. Once I get in though, the connection is smooth and static. (I have already played Everquest on this connection for 4 months). Anybody that recognizes my name, please be sure to say hello. I still keep in touch with my old Guild Leader from Kay Server from 10 years ago. -----signature----- Dook. 5 50's on Kay. <Forsaken> <Elysium> 3 50's on Gaheris. <Legion> <Jaded Ones> Only I could enjoy both RvR and the Carebear server.
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PasswordLLOTH Title: i can haz title Posts: 15,288 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,238 User ID: 1,228,994	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	you posted: The Jaded Ones stuff is from 2008 era. Before that I played many months with the top Gaheris guild way back when so you went from a 'decent' guild to the bottom of the barrel? oh how the mighty have fallen -----signature----- "Password, you and I both know your posting style is quintessential of baiting/trolling." - Chanell "never listen to anything Password says, he is a creature devoted to chaos and misery. " - Pentegarn
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Gringor Title: Hungry Beaver Posts: 4,473 Registered: Mar 13, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 4,356 User ID: 903,782	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	I don't know you, but welcome back. Jaded Ones is still going strong and the alliance is very helpful and active. Ella and her husband still plays if you were worried about that. As far as your first guild, that would've been Legion. Not much at all has changed since 2008, except maybe a lot of things are purchasable with bounty points (ml's and artifacts, equipment, clxp, mlxp and such) and there are currencies now for both the dragon loots and the epic dungeon loots. Thats about all of the game-wide changes though. Stay safe over there. -----signature----- u good cleric - Zarius, Warrior on Gaheris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
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friz898 Posts: 1,088 Registered: May 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 970 User ID: 684,126	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	LOTH, I was happy when I saw your name earlier, it's the only name besides Ella that I recognized off of Page 1. I didnt dig very deep. No idea who geckobanzai or saxona are. Yah, I realized it was Legion once I noticed my signature still attached to this account. I only ever used VN Boards for DAoC. I dont know about going from a Top guild to a bottom-barrel guild. What I do know, is that back in my Kay and early Gaheris days, I was a 6-10 hours a day guy. All I cared about was making some kind of progress for my character and my guild. For Kay server of course, it was all about defending them realm and relics, etc. Now, being married, and in the military, I can only play casually. Jaded Ones was very efficient. It had knowledgable people, yet was causal/friendly, yet was organized. -----signature----- Dook. 5 50's on Kay. <Forsaken> <Elysium> 3 50's on Gaheris. <Legion> <Jaded Ones> Only I could enjoy both RvR and the Carebear server.
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PasswordLLOTH Title: i can haz title Posts: 15,288 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,238 User ID: 1,228,994	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	i dont doubt that just saying that i havent seen a TJO in a decent template yet either way have fun and welcome back to gaheris -----signature----- "Password, you and I both know your posting style is quintessential of baiting/trolling." - Chanell "never listen to anything Password says, he is a creature devoted to chaos and misery. " - Pentegarn
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friz898 Posts: 1,088 Registered: May 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 970 User ID: 684,126	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	What guild are you in man? I remember when I returned in 2008 and found out Legion was all gone, I wondered who replaced them as the ones who "get it done". And this was my first return since DAoC -really- started dying. Anyway, I remember there was a few huge guilds like TJO and BHP...and like 2 others...but no Low-amount-of-hardcore-players-who-kill-everything-with-bare-minimum-of-people type guilds anymore. -----signature----- Dook. 5 50's on Kay. <Forsaken> <Elysium> 3 50's on Gaheris. <Legion> <Jaded Ones> Only I could enjoy both RvR and the Carebear server.
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PasswordLLOTH Title: i can haz title Posts: 15,288 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,238 User ID: 1,228,994	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	that isn't really around much anymore since the usual hkn'rs aren't around as much. saxona from Grace would be able to answer that question better for you. i haven't been on gaheris for a month or two and i'll always be primarily in Ar Fein -----signature----- "Password, you and I both know your posting style is quintessential of baiting/trolling." - Chanell "never listen to anything Password says, he is a creature devoted to chaos and misery. " - Pentegarn
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Saxona Title: Viking of Paragon Posts: 15,996 Registered: Nov 17, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15,730 User ID: 858,919	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	friz898 posted: ...but no Low-amount-of-hardcore-players-who-kill-everything-with-bare-minimum-of-people type guilds anymore. Most guilds are like this now, simply out of necessity. Grace has reduced all NF encounters to 1 or 2 live players, though not many of our members have really tried to small-man the big 3 or Draco, so those are still left to larger raids (2fg+) -----signature----- - Grace - People who don't punch their ponies make me sick.
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Ella77 Posts: 77 Registered: Nov 6, '08 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 77 User ID: 1,335,327	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Dook ! of course I remember you, and we would be more than happy to have you back ! Even if you choose another guild don't hesitate to contact us. We are still an active guild in an active /as with regular raids. gad hasn't been playing but Jas and Super are still playing and co-gm's now. Hope to see you in game soon ! -----signature----- Britouttaheal Tickella Barfolomoo Ellapants Galalella
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LigenBrawler Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Heya Dook =) Not sure if you remember me but it took a moment for this old man's memory to jog hehe =) How ya been ? ...and as for PW never seeing a TJO in a decent template...as a templater myself I believe you never will because its not one you personally made...and how do you know if you dont play gaheris but for 30 minutes every 3 months ? =) -----signature-----
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Unacceptablenick Posts: 516 Registered: Dec 17, '08 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 514 User ID: 1,341,505	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Back in 2008 is probably when the real hardcore people left the game. By hardcore i mean people running 6-8 chars tempted to the max and soloing almost everything. Jup and Mplode would be 2 examples. Now "hardcore" players arent really hardcore per-say they are just people the run 3 or 4 chars and team/guild up with others like them and get things done. I say this is not hardcore because when i think hardcore i think assholes that hate everyone and that doesnt exist on gaheris. Grace has quite a few people (including myself) that run multiple accounts and try to minimize the live player amount on most encounters. Grace is obviously not the only guild with people like this and we also dont just do thing that way either, you will see us on almost all server raids in one form or another. Most of the server i feel is like you, casual player for the most part. Not sure if its worth putting 6-10 hours a day into the game now or not -----signature----- Gaheris-Sheb Thid-Blood/Absolute chars
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friz898 Posts: 1,088 Registered: May 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 970 User ID: 684,126	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Ella, Thanks, if I ever get this game to finish downloading, I'll login. -- I'm currently worried about the Render Creation failed error. This netbook i'm using ran Everquest and can run World of Warcraft, I'd be annoyed if it couldnt run DAoC. If/when I get back, I'll definitely stick to TJO. Super, ya man, I remember you, the Troll (in blue I think) who was full of energy, and like to lead/organize stuff. -----signature----- Dook. 5 50's on Kay. <Forsaken> <Elysium> 3 50's on Gaheris. <Legion> <Jaded Ones> Only I could enjoy both RvR and the Carebear server.
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LordWhiteTiger Posts: 531 Registered: Oct 9, '09 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 531 User ID: 1,372,955	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Who knows with race/color anymore with Super. I don't know you but you seems really cool, will be happy to see ya in TJO -- Mike aka Uber, Officer for <The Jaded Ones> -----signature----- http://gimpchimp.etilader.com/display.php?user=Albhir, Albhir2, Albhir3 GM: The Ruffian Band (Hib) White Tigers (Alb) Royal White Tigers (Mid) GM: Black Ruffian Dragons (Gaheris) Ard Tiarna Ubershorty (Officer for The Jaded Ones Gaheris)
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Jasurra Posts: 118 Registered: Dec 29, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 118 User ID: 1,194,562	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Welcome back Dook! I remember you also =) Thank you for all the kind words about TJO. You're always welcome back in guild - we have a few others that have come back to the game in the past few weeks too. You all can refresh yourselves to the game together?! ps I've been out myself for a couple weeks or so due to medical stuffs. Hope to group with you when I get back (hopefully soon) ! edit... I had troubles with the renderer creation fail for awhile - a friend reset my 'paging files' never had a problem since. I just wish I rememebered how he did it though :/ -----signature----- Jas/Surra/Sooke The Jaded Ones
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friz898 Posts: 1,088 Registered: May 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 970 User ID: 684,126	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Thank You Jas, Ella took care of me, my close rl friend, and my wife yesterday with tags. Dookpbt (therug), Dookstaff (friar), and Dookx (bard) were already still tagged TJO. Now my new toon Dooctic, my close rl friend Nenamyra, and my Wife (Dookette) are tagged. For rest of TJO: If you see any Dook or Dewk online, it's me. Feel free to send a hello. If you see Dookette, that's my wife, she's learning DAoC for the first time. Never been an MMO gamer before. If you see Nenamyra or Zargath online, that is my close RL friend, and we've logged many hours of FFXI/EQ/EQ2/WoW/DAoC (kay server) and other games together. He's not a Gaheris pro, but he'll level up quick too. Thanks Again! -----signature----- Dook. 5 50's on Kay. <Forsaken> <Elysium> 3 50's on Gaheris. <Legion> <Jaded Ones> Only I could enjoy both RvR and the Carebear server.
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menial Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Returning Player, May be long post....
	Welcome to TJO I'm awol atm but I should be back next month. If you need help and see any form of Apath that would be me. -----signature-----
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