World events are the greatest: Catch up in Caledonia for DAOC announced.

 

Dark Age of Camelot courtesy of u/macewindupe Reddit mmorpg forum

    I have to say that special events and world events in mmorpgs are some of the best events in all of gaming. They are so cool that they even made web series episodes about them to wit:

OK that's a classic but I digress. Two days ago, the DAOC Herald announced this weekend's upcoming Catch up in Caledonia event and I am so psyched for it! From the announcement: 

Q. What is Catch Up in Caledonia?

A. A10-day long event that will take place entirely in the Realm vs Realm-enabled Caledonia battleground zone.

Players will start at level 1 and rapidly progress to level 50 all while earning gear, master levels, champion levels, and realm ranks along the way!

By the event's end participants will be ready to competitively RvR in the Frontier. 

The event starts precisely at 4 PM EST / 9 PM GMT on Friday, March 5 and will end on Monday, March 15. 

I personally won't be able to participate on day one due to RL and work getting in the way of the fun, but I definitely want to roll a midgard toon bash on Albs and Hibs and join in some of the RvR fun this weekend and next. 

Here are some more of the event deets straight from the dev notes:

How does the event work?

For the first 3 days of the event, newly created level 1 characters will be automatically zoned into the Caledonia battleground where they will vie for control against the enemy realms

This will be the ONLY way to get inside the battleground zone. Once inside, characters can voluntarily leave but CANNOT return!

All monsters, center-keep guards, and siege weapons are removed for the event. The only way to progress is by defeating realm enemies in battle and turning in related quests.

The post goes on to say that the battleground will use a mix of leveling caps and new instances to maintain populations throughout the event. 

Players that start at the beginning of the event should be able to reach level 50, Champion level 15, Master level 10, and Realm Rank 5+ with the potential to earn much higher realm ranks. Characters will also be able to earn enough bounty points to not only obtain gear as they progress towards level 50 but also to use for end-game gear via Bountycrafting after reaching level 50!

So get ready to level up DAOC faithful, as far as world events go, this one sounds like an absolute blast. See you in the battleground!