Season 3. So far, not a fan.

[shieldladaoc]

S3 its pretty terrible compared to S2 from my perspective.

S2 felt like real DAOC. S3 is more like a big battlegrounds or somebody's weird interpretation of DAOC that went terribly wrong.

The mechanics of S3 reward huge zergs doing more pve activities than last season, while at the same time utterly gutting everything good about anything smaller other than the group bowtown arena which is thriving. Realms are rewarded for teaming up on a single realm instead of organically choosing what to take and where to fight.

The campaign is a pve joke for the most part, and I destroy the rewards almost every week because I don't need any more useless currency or dumb horses / pet whistles I can't use anywhere important.

Needless changes to things like the box zone have killed off a good portion of my playtime when my group isn't on, and when they are on, i often find myself falling asleep at the keyboard because things like Taste of Zerg are just boring.

Live is actually looking like it might be worth going back to if things don't change for the better. At least there, I can go productively do stuff when I want to do it, and people aren't rewarding in volumes for breaking down doors and taking empty keeps in massive semi-afk zergs.

[rentwin]

Have fun on live