DAoC: New Frontiers Site Update

Mythic’s official New Frontiers website has been updated with information about the upcoming DAoC expansion’s Realmwars map and the transportation changes they’re designing. Here’s a snippet about how the current method of finding a battle will be improved:

The map window shows locations of battles – above a certain size – by displaying a crossed sword graphic on a spot in the general vicinity where the battle is occurring. The colors of the swords denote the Realms involved, and the size of the graphics denotes the general size of the conflict. These markers slowly fade over time until they disappear to give you an idea of how old the batttle is.

Also, the frontier zones themselves are separated into smaller regions that are named based on geographical features in that area. These region names will be used in the death messages that are displayed in the chat window to give players who are used to reading the chat window for the location of player deaths. This means that players will be able to find battles on the map, and once they get into the general area shown on the map, they can use clues from the chat text to find the actual battle location.