DS1 & LoA General Discussion

I thought I'd accidentally deleted my copy of the LoA expansion pack for XP - the one where you rescue the Hassat King - so I went looking for the original download, and couldn't find it on the Microsoft site where I thought it originally lived. There are clones around on other sites that I trust less, most of which want a registration so they can send you spam.

As it happens, I found a backup copy on another machine here, so I didn't need it, but does anyone know where the "official" copy lives these days?

Since the zonematch is off line for almost 2 years now, a dungeon siege fan made a Zonematch Workaround. this means u can still host your game and share it to everyone.

There website is http://www.dsgamezone.com/

MasterR made a client that has the following features.

DSG Tray App V1.0
• First Released Version
• Allows log-in with email address and passsword
• Allows Games Hosts to be set "Online" or "Offline"
• Allows The changing of the Game Title
• Lists all currently active hosts

DSG Tray App - V1.5
• Incorporates Version Checking

I am making a Map in that are near to all maden Maps of DS.
The maps
EliteEhb
EasyWalk
Chiltown
Chickenworld
Udenis[self maden]
Seme[self maden]
Ugunis[self maden]
ColosseumPvP
are already imported.
I had uploaded the map but it was deleted because it wasnt downloaded much.
I will upload it next morning.

Hello, I've owned dungeon siege since the release day in 2002 and i only started playing again recently

after a 2-3 year break and i noticed Zonematch was down. Well, today when i had some free time, i

programmed something to help with tcp/ip games:

screenshot: http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2613/dsiegelistny6.png

So basically how this works is, people can apply for the status of "Approved Host" through my program

which will then send me a email. I'll speak to the host and try to connect to their DS game, if i can, i

Yay. SiegeNetwork

I have played DS since it came out in April of '02
Love the game, I dont care if people hate hack-and-slash and click-to-shoot games and the such, this game is still fun (much due to the fact of Siege Editor)
I am wondering...
Is Zonematch still up or is it a desolate field of serverside info and memories
back in '05 before a mod hit my comp w/ a virus and i had to get and new one and my DS CD broke all I saw were names in Red
Do people still even play this game online?

From a game balance perspective, what reason is there to make archers and mages? Melee damage seems to be a lot higher than either. You might say "melee makes you vulnerable to hits", but SOMEBODY has to take the hits, so that's no disadvantage.. in fact it's MORE of an advantage because the more melee you have, the more the damage gets spread out (and thus easier to heal in time)

What am I missing?