Darkfall "Released"

[Vinadil]

It is strange, however, that I feel so strongly about missing 1 hour of playtime in some games, and other games I may pay a month's subscription and never even log in.  I guess it is the fact that I could log in if I wanted to that makes the big difference.

Darkfall has it's own brand of Stockholm syndrome, then?

Meh, its not just Darkfall.  I remember being very upset in early WoW, VG, WAR days when servers would be down and I wanted to play.  Then the last 2 months of WAR I never even logged into the game but they still got my $15 each month.  I suppose it is nothing new, just an indicator of how things like "value" are so subjective.  People get irate over missing 1 hour of playtime in one venue (1 out of the 672 that they are paying for), then passively hand over $15 and don't take advantage of any hours in the other venue.  Maybe people is just me, but I kind of doubt it as I hear many people go through the whole, "Hmm I paid for that game and did not even log in this month... maybe I should cancel" routine.

[sidereal]

It's not calculus.  What you're buying with your $15 is the opportunity to play when you want to.  Maybe you never want to that month.  Fine.  You still had the opportunity, and you paid for it.  If you want to play and you can't, you're not getting what you paid for.

[gryeyes]

Darkfall has someone convinced its fanbase instability and lack of access to the game is a boon. 

[Shatter]

Darkfall has someone convinced its fanbase instability and lack of access to the game is a boon. 

The 12 year olds just cant enough of not playing this game

[Segoris]

It is strange, however, that I feel so strongly about missing 1 hour of playtime in some games, and other games I may pay a month's subscription and never even log in.  I guess it is the fact that I could log in if I wanted to that makes the big difference.

Darkfall has it's own brand of Stockholm syndrome, then?

Meh, its not just Darkfall.  I remember being very upset in early WoW, VG, WAR days when servers would be down and I wanted to play.  Then the last 2 months of WAR I never even logged into the game but they still got my $15 each month.  I suppose it is nothing new, just an indicator of how things like "value" are so subjective.  People get irate over missing 1 hour of playtime in one venue (1 out of the 672 that they are paying for), then passively hand over $15 and don't take advantage of any hours in the other venue.  Maybe people is just me, but I kind of doubt it as I hear many people go through the whole, "Hmm I paid for that game and did not even log in this month... maybe I should cancel" routine.

Got to love the "you want what you can't have" instinct. Anyone know if there is another (edit: a medical term/condition/etc) term for it besides instinct?
This does remind me of a short video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRrpjFZ6_Sc&feature=related

[sidereal]

Got to love the "you want what you can't have" instinct. Anyone know if there is another term for it besides instinct?

Tanha.
The term for taking advantage of it is 'artificial scarcity'

[Segoris]

Got to love the "you want what you can't have" instinct. Anyone know if there is another term for it besides instinct?

Tanha.
The term for taking advantage of it is 'artificial scarcity'

Thanks, was always mildly curious about that

[ashrik]

I'm thinking of releasing a series of videos to show all you nonbelievers the truth and the light.

If only you knew....

[Redgiant]

I'm thinking of releasing a series of videos to show all you nonbelievers the truth and the light.

If only you knew....

Someone needs an intervention. Did you fall asleep near a big pod perhaps?

[ashrik]

Amazing pvp. Pick those jaws up off the floor, boys

[Trippy]

[NiX]

Am I missing the sarcasm here?

[Trippy]

You aren't. My facepalm is for the gameplay not ashrik's post.

[sidereal]

Amazing pvp. Pick those jaws up off the floor, boys

We're sorry.  This video is no longer available.

[ashrik]

Still works for me. Perhaps it was too hardcore for your carebear computer and posh pampered lifestyle




This is actually kinda fun. I need to create a new online persona entirely centered around being a pk. For my greatest trick, I'll kill Dread og and assume his mantle

[cmlancas]

This thread is made of win.  Ultra fucking win.

Well played, f13, well played.

[K9]

For my greatest trick, I'll kill Dread og and assume his mantle

That's impossible, he played in beta!

[Ghambit]

For my greatest trick, I'll kill Dread og and assume his mantle

That's impossible, he played in beta!

exactly

[Rendakor]

I'm so confused, I miss my crutch of green.

[schild]

I'm so confused, I miss my crutch of green.

Don't worry. It'll wear off. It's The Darkfall Effect. Unlike The Tetris Effect, which makes you see blocks, The Darkfall Effects makes you see retard.

[WindupAtheist]

Is it true that we quit using green for sarcasm because they started doing it on the Vault boards or some stupid place like that? Because that's pretty bullshit.

[IainC]

Is it true that we quit using green for sarcasm because they started doing it on the Vault boards or some stupid place like that? Because that's pretty bullshit.

MMORPG.com.

[Signe]

Did they use it to express sarcasm or did someone just post in green.  They post in all sorts of silly colours over there.  They also have six inch long animated sigs.

[Falconeer]

Why can't I get a ticket for this trainwreck? This is disturbing, like they don't want to hurt the good people out there. How sensitive.

[Dren]

fucking epic

Calling that a circle jerk would be kind.

Edit: MJ called Tasos to personally thank them for lowering dropping the bar on the ground.

Seriously?  That's what the game plays like?  That is all kinds of fail.  How many of these POS's are we going to see that just haven't figured out that if you aren't going to polish your game, it will fail?  All PvP arguments aside, I wouldn't play that if you paid me.

[Nebu]

It's easy to forgive shitty pve in a pvp title.  Pve is nothing more than a loot slot machine. 

This title will be based on the quality of its pvp mechanics and if the arms race kills the game for any newcomers. 

[ashrik]

It was this one guy who on the mmorpg forums who posts in all green, not for sarcasm, but just to look pretty. I think that was enough to turn Schild off, though

exactly

I really don't think the game is set up to be so painful to newcomers once they've learned how to play. A guy with maximum rigor (a defensive stat gained unending hours of grinding acid pools or probably months of normal play) has the added protection of wearing, say, an extra helmet.

[Lantyssa]

An extra helmet?  Like, a helmet under his helmet?

[CharlieMopps]

I think they have a real money maker here... it's identical to wow, except the mobs don't move. Which will clearly attract more casual players.  

[CharlieMopps]

An extra helmet?  Like, a helmet under his helmet?

I'm fairly sure this dude has done his fair share of acid grinding...

[Rendakor]

An extra helmet?  Like, a helmet under his helmet?

Yo dawg, I heard you like helmets...

[Lantyssa]

I've already used that once this month and it felt dirty no matter how apt it was.  I was trying to refrain.

[DLRiley]

It's easy to forgive shitty pve in a pvp title.  

It's unforgivable when you have shitty pvp in a pvp title.

[Nebu]

It's unforgivable when you have shitty pvp in a pvp title.

I agree.  We're seeing the effects of that right now in WAR.

[Lantyssa]

I thought WAR was shitty PvE in a PvE title touted as a PvP title.