I doubt anyone will ever see this but there is new free DAOC server called Phoenix that is a whole lot of fun. It's been out about a month and a half, has about 3k player pop daily (no bots), and is a ton of fun. The basic stage of DAOC is patch 1.65 which is pre-TOA. If anyone has any interest, would be happy to help get you going.

https://playphoenix.online/