Darkfall "Released"

[Azaroth]

I mean, the game looks like shit to me, but I'm wildly impressed that it's real.  It's real and it's happening.  Wow.  I feel different.

I'm agreeing with this. For the most part, I was generally quite sure that this game didn't actually exist (or at least in any minutely playable manner).

[gryeyes]

While i never expected the game to be released the recent difficulties seem to be aligned with my previous opinion of Adventurine being slightly shady and having no clue what it is doing.

[Azaroth]

Ehm.

Their webpage is still advertising beta, and hasn't been updated to indicate a release of any kind.

Really. Can't someone take five fucking minutes to delete a little HTML and make some kind of quick post about, you know, the game releasing?

[Redgiant]

I mean, the game looks like shit to me, but I'm wildly impressed that it's real.  It's real and it's happening.  Wow.  I feel different.

I'm agreeing with this. For the most part, I was generally quite sure that this game didn't actually exist (or at least in any minutely playable manner).

Great. When's the Gaming Graveyard unveiling for it?

[schild]

I mean, the game looks like shit to me, but I'm wildly impressed that it's real.  It's real and it's happening.  Wow.  I feel different.

I'm agreeing with this. For the most part, I was generally quite sure that this game didn't actually exist (or at least in any minutely playable manner).

Great. When's the Gaming Graveyard unveiling for it?

The day after never.

[IainC]

Please someone make a city in Darkfall called Compton.  Pass the baton in the clown-shoes relay.

What did I do now?

[Surlyboi]

I give it six months before it devolves into Lord of the Flies Online.

[Merusk]

I give it six months jiffys before it devolves into Lord of the Flies Online.

That's kind of the whole premise of the game.

[Hindenburg]

What did I do now?

You were a part of WAR. Never forgive, never forget 

[Tale]

BoneDancr
gryeyes

Is there a fucking 'e' shortage?  Should I be hoarding my e's before I run out?

My name is missing the letter A. A's are far more rare.

Gray is for people who can't spell grey. Eayes is for LARPers. Eyesa is for motherboards.

[Malakili]

http://www.keenandgraev.com/ has a great review of the first day of launch.  Things seem to be going swimmingly. 

[Delmania]

Based on that, I think a server wipe is imminent if Advertine fixes those bugs.

[LC]

Volunteer Community Manager speaks on IRC

[gryeyes]

Lots of words with little said.

Sorry pre-orders no ETA on when you will be able to play the game. 

[Mrbloodworth]

<@Brannoc> I'd be happy to tell you to go fuck yourselves! But a lot of people say that's bad PR

He gained points for that one from me. +1. LOL!

[Delmania]

As humorous as he is, it points to how it really is amateur hour at Advertine. 

[Nebu]

Worrying about customer satisfaction is a carebear attitude!

[gryeyes]

It part of the Darkfall meta-game. Only 1 in 10 pre-orders result in the ability to play the game. To further cull the weak.

[rturja]

Only 1 in 10 pre-orders result in the ability to play the game. To further cull the weak.

Unnatural selection? Or breeding humanity for luck?

The whole trainwreck so far just have left me wondering if Aventurine is just running some modified UO server emu and it just have met its limits. On the reported features and so, the similarities in game mechanics city/guildstones, skillgains and so on are plain startling.

[Nebu]

Give Adventuring a break.  It's not like they've had years of development time or anything. 

[kildorn]

So wait, going back a page here, invisamobs aside:

/stuck has no timer, casting time, or usage requirements, and just randomly ports you five feet!?

WHAT?

[K9]

You say that as if you're surprised that gaping exploits weren't reported and fixed in beta.

[Baldrake]

Include me in the "impressed" camp.

This seems to be turning out as well as could be expected. They had no open beta and no stress testing, so it was obvious it was going to be a rough opening day. The hacks and exploits are also no surprise at all.

But I think they've demonstrated that they have something to build on. I've gone from expecting their release to be in the Mourning class to believing that over time, they are going to build themselves into a solid niche title. If they can hold enough subs to keep development going for the next six months, they have a decent chance of settling in at, say, 30-40k subs.

I guess when expectations are so low, it's not hard to exceed them

[UnSub]

The real question is if the PvPers are going to stay past three months.

[schild]

Volunteer Community Manager speaks on IRC

Was it one of your links that gave of Bone Dancer? Was it?

[Calandryll]

As humorous as he is, it points to how it really is amateur hour at Advertine. 

The was my first reaction to reading the quote, but when I read the context, I thought it was pretty funny.

[Yew]Greg: Well heres a little helpful peice of advise if you ladies plan on keeping any sort of player base. Even in the shittiest circumstances, atleast tell us to just "fuck off we're working on it". Thats all most of us want to know.
<@Brannoc> I'd be happy to tell you to go fuck yourselves! But a lot of people say that's bad PR
<@Brannoc> so...I'm trying not to

[Mrbloodworth]

The real question is if the PvPers are going to stay past three months.

They are a fickle bunch.

As humorous as he is, it points to how it really is amateur hour at Advertine. 

The was my first reaction to reading the quote, but when I read the context, I thought it was pretty funny.

[Yew]Greg: Well heres a little helpful peice of advise if you ladies plan on keeping any sort of player base. Even in the shittiest circumstances, atleast tell us to just "fuck off we're working on it". Thats all most of us want to know.
<@Brannoc> I'd be happy to tell you to go fuck yourselves! But a lot of people say that's bad PR
<@Brannoc> so...I'm trying not to

That's why i gave them a +1. Guess i should have put it in context. 

[Lantyssa]

Every comment from him has to be a one-liner though.  It's a little much, and that's coming from me.  Maybe it's what the hardcore crowd appreciates.

[Delmania]

I sat down and gave the interview a better reading than before, and I guess thta given the stressful situation and little rest, Brannoc handled himself as well as can be expected.  Although, I am not sure what to make of his claims that he's seen no exploits when articles like the one on K&G and various videos do show exploits. 

[gryeyes]

Brannoc is just a volunteer correct? He is not a paid employee of Adventurine i dont believe.

[Xurtan]

It still reflects on them, though. Half the people can't tell the difference between a volunteer and a Dev/GM anyways. Just look at the EQ Guide system (I hate to keep going back this analogy); most people seem to think a volunteer has the same power and authority as the paid GMs. *shrug* Anything a volunteer does is going to be seen and assumed approved by the Dev/GMs/Parent company.

[gryeyes]

It still reflects on them, though. Half the people can't tell the difference between a volunteer and a Dev/GM anyways.

It most certainly does. My statement was just in regards to "they are so tired and dealing with drama". Why would a volunteer be exhausted? More importantly why is a volunteer being kind of an asshole given the current situation. People who have pre-ordered for the games accounts were mysteriously disabled with no ETA on when they can even expect to play.
Why is this information being disseminated by an unpaid volunteer over an IRC channel?

Why anyone would pre-order a game like this is beyond me.

[tmp]

Although, I am not sure what to make of his claims that he's seen no exploits when articles like the one on K&G and various videos do show exploits. 

That's not exploits, that's features

[slog]

you people are just not hardcore enough to understand...

[LC]

I present to you the Brannoc log.

It's around 2 years of Brannoc irc quotes.