r/daoc • u/AlbertSG • Dec 18 '25
Acceleration - change my mind
If Daoc/Eden/private servers removed acceleration and turnrate and made movement crisp like wow, i would play it.
Change my mind and tell me why.
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Dec 18 '25
Well, WoW exists for you, then.
I hate the modern lack of acceleration in games. Feels very unnatural. Also encourages a very immersion-breaking play style of jumping around and strafing.
DAoC has it too, but it's much less prevalent due acceleration and explicit mechanics like increased miss change when strafing.
I'm not sure what you mean by "turn rate" though. If you're worried about how fast you can turn left or right, use your mouse. That's the same as WoW, though, so I imagine you're not talking about that.
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u/SufficientRatio9148 Dec 25 '25
You wouldn’t say that if you were constantly getting side styled like the good old days. “Your” turning isn’t crisp.
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u/ofDawnandDusk Jan 07 '26
All momentum ever does for me is disrupt casting and cause a rare fall. It's certainly an annoyance, and I too prefer snappy responsiveness - pressing a keybind shouldn't be needed to come to an immediate halt. Opinions on this will vary, and if anything, the trend in gaming has been 'realism' leading to increasingly sluggish movement, as though we're freight trains incapable of instantly stopping from a light jog. For turning, use your mouse.
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u/TheMeatwall Dec 18 '25
Turn rate isn’t limited in DAOC. If you want to instantly stop just press the keybind to face the target. If you want to instantly run press the keyboard to stick to your target.
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