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Summary: Poor Effort - many mistakes
Review: The maps for albion are missing the location of many mobs that have the drops that you would be looking for. Lynn Brafog has none of the loot list of the Higer mobs that have the most desirable loot from there. Lyoness some of the mob are missing drops especial if there is a common drop and a magical drop with the same name and magical properties. I got this book for loot drop location and % chance of drops. I was disapointed, the maps can eaisly be found online.
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Summary: I wish it were better
Review: The only reason this gets 2 stars is because its a little better than the first version but not by much. Maps are terrible, char guides are bad, inconsistent and wrong, online information is easier to find and use. Mob info is sparse and usless, drop info is just a print out. Sorry I want this to be a good book but its not. If you are totally new to the game you may feel that this is a good companion to your gaming however if you have any char > lvl 40 its kinna useless.
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Summary: Wonderful help hithout having to go to the net while playing
Review: This book in an incredible help when playing the game. I used to search the website for info and write everything down or print it out before I started playing, but sometimes you needed to know an answer to something while in the game. This book has it all from rules, suggestions, character development, spells, monsters, armor, weapons, maps, what cities merchants and trainers are and is incredibly useful in every way. It's a must buy if you play DAoC!
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Summary: Much improved over previous version
Review: This book is a vast improvement over the first version of this book. This book is more organized, up-to-date and helpful. Obviously, with a game that is contstantly changing, no book could ever be perfect, but it seems like they put a lot more thought and effort into gathering information.I definitely recommend picking it up, it's very well done. For those of you who were burned by the first one, go to a book store and computer store and look at this one. You'll be able to see the difference immediately. I do not regret buying it.
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Summary: Good for getting started...
Review: This book is good for understanding combat and building a character but assumes knowledge of the game that beginners may not have. It is definitely not a how-to play guide, it is strictly a combat and character building strategy guide. Personally I needed a lot more detail than it gave about actual game play but it was great for weighing the pros and cons of various classes and weapons. One thing I will say for it is that it is much much more detailed than the guide that comes with the game itself.
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Summary: Handier than the web,
Review: This book is way out of date, but the best parts of it -- the reference tables -- are mostly correct. You can read the class info for a high level overview of each class, and the game info is useful if you are a newbie, but all that stuff has changed a lot since beta when this book was written. The maps are useless, obviously an afterthought. But the reference tables are still mostly correct, and the information in the bestiary in particular I haven't found anywhere on the web. The spell lists are easier to read in the book than on the web, but you need to check the web for spells that aren't in the book and that have changed. For all of the information in this book except the bestiary, you can find on the web and it's much more current. But I still refer to the book often just because it's handy.
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Summary: Nice
Review: This book is what every newbie needs. It lists many areas and stuff to solo and has two types of maps, such as a flat map with NPC's and a elevation map. It also shows what mobs drop what and the percentage they drop. When it comes to soloing it shows the zone and what levels you need to be and what to solo. Sure its not updated but it wont be compared to whats on the net that gets updated everyday. In all a good book and very informative. A must for every newbie.
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Summary: Outdated and Poor Quality Reference
Review: This current release of the DAOC strategy guide is well below average. There are plenty of tables and statistics, but often the information is inaccurate and incomplete. The book lists all the items in the game (at the time of printing) but neglects to tell you where you can find any of them, and provides cryptic and often incorrect abbreviations regarding their attributes. Same thing with monsters - you can read about their approximate levels and damage types, for instance, but nowhere will you find out what area they're located in. Maps in the book are completely useless. They only give you a vague overview of each area, with eight or nine general "points of interest" - no mob listing, no hunting ground suggestions, no recommended levels. Town maps are slightly better and do list most NPC locations. The brief, one or two page class guides are also inaccurate and have misleading information. Investing time to develop a character is important, and following the book's suggested spec paths for most of the classes will result in a below average character. The class guides do list most of the skills available to each class and at what levels. Important information such as horse routes and class trainer locations are hidden deep within each realm's chapter, and a chapter on craft skills is heavy on numbers (which you find in game anyway) but short on help with getting started. The books shows a listing of many quests available in the game, but gives you no help or information or even an idea of what the rewards are. Darkness Falls addition is okay, but nothing really above and beyond anything you will find online. The expanded RvR section is useful to only RvR newbies. You also don't even get an index. All of the information in this book can be found in better, more accurate detail for free on the game's more popular fansites. Don't be fooled by the size of the book either, as well more than half of it is filled with those data-intensive tables which have little practical use. Only a DAOC newbie has any use for this guide, and even then it's recommended that they cross-check any of it's information with the fansites for accuracy.
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Summary: Outdated!!!
Review: This is 4 months outdated. DON't BUY IT!!!
Buy the Proma's Official Strategy Guide. It's the newer betetr one. ...
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Summary: Good for people who don't have internet access
Review: This is a good strategy book for someone with no internet access. Oh wait, Dark Age of Camelot can only be played by people that have net access! D'oh! There are numerous web sites with more accurate, up-to-date information. Particularly in a game such as this which is being patched and changed constantly, a paper guide has limited value. Especially when the paper guide contains factual errors and bad character development advice. In my experience, the only truely useful part of this book is the bestiary. It's handy to have and seems to be pretty accurate and comprehensive. If you're too lazy to go online and find the information go ahead and buy this book but be advised of its limitations.
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