Darkfall "Released"

[Draegan]

Is there a free trial yet?

[ashrik]

Is there a free trial yet?

They can't even handle all the people who're trying to pay them money yet.

[Draegan]

I went to Target and I couldn't find this on the shelves.  What gives?

[DayDream]

I went to Target and I couldn't find this on the shelves.  What gives?

Sanity.

[ashrik]

heh I get it 

[Signe]

Is there a free trial yet?

I went to Target and I couldn't find this on the shelves.  What gives?

Hey!  You're a worse troll than me! 

[Draegan]

Hey... it's monday.

[Signe]

It's ok.  I approve! 

[Nonentity]

Man, watching their official forums during the period in which you can buy accounts is hilarious. No joke.

The rise of people getting excited, the people exclaiming they have received accounts, the threads about the website issues, then finally the ending with the troll thread and people calling Tasos a nazi.

[DLRiley]

Man, watching their official forums during the period in which you can buy accounts is hilarious. No joke.

The rise of people getting excited, the people exclaiming they have received accounts, the threads about the website issues, then finally the ending with the troll thread and people calling Tasos a nazi.

Sounds like the ending of most zombie movies.

[patience]

Hey... it's monday.

Then go to the Darkfall forums and see how many responses you can get before the mod locks and/or bans you.

[NiX]

Then go to the Darkfall forums and see how many responses you can get before the mod locks and/or bans you.

Why don't we all get Syphilis while we're at it?

[LC]

What race are you playing LC? Are you guilded yet?

I'm playing an emo Alfar. I'm with bonedancer's clan.

[ashrik]

Alfar's the way to be

[LC]

Alfar's the way to be

You should come join us. I think Bone is looking for people who aren't horse thieves.

[Azaroth]

They've just begun banning exploiters.

I'd say they're about to find out very quickly what happens when you start throwing lots of bans around in a PvP game.

As my friend (who was a GM and head of my security on IPY, and is now the GM of Goonswarm on Eve) said to me a few weeks ago:

"Griefers are huge nerds who don't like to be told no."

Aventurine is about to figure out what that means.

Since they've already proven highly susceptible to DDOS, I'd say that it won't go too smoothly for them.

[NiX]

Potential drama + Darkfall = 

[Shatter]

The game is the Drama

[Mrbloodworth]

Potential drama + Darkfall = 

[Draegan]

I really can't understand what either is saying.

[Mrbloodworth]

*Shrug* other than the banning, and what looks like a GM giving warp tours of the world....Drama?

[Vinadil]

Meh, if they manage not to kill their own game then I will have a few more weeks of fun anyway.  Last night we all hopped on our raft (about 14 of us... it was packed); and we set out to raid the Orc lands!

We decided to stop by the Orks R Us town, but our ninja raid was spoiled when we killed one of them in the water outside of town.  It was still rather cool to have the boat run up to the shore, all of us jump off, kill 6 to 7 while they tried to bank... and then get chased off by like 15-20 people (numbers were iffy... they were recalling or logging in or something) as we ran back to the boat.  All in all it was great fun, hopefully for both sides.  Then we land on the actual Orc Shoreline, and while killing some random Alfar guild we smack our heads up against another roaming PvP group.  Well, one guy smacked his head... as he found out just how fast mounts die when 12 people are shooting you with arrows.  The 10 of us that survived then chased them down.

Already this game has provided one of the things I really enjoy about MMOs... memories and shared experience.  Now when we are all standing around the town mining/crafting/whatever you will hear about "that night we landed on the Orc Town".  Even if you did not make the trips you become a part of the experience... and the game really shines for guilded play.

The people that probably won't make it long are like the guy who was mining... and never saw 10 people sneak up behind him.  We literally formed a firing squad line behind him, drew our bows, and fired... poor guy died in like 2 steps and lost probably an hour+ of minerals.  That guy won't last long in this game, which will mean that instead of a cool story to remember guilds like us will remember the night we ran around and did not see anyone to kill for 2 hours.  Or, we will be doing many more city-raids and less roaming the country-side stuff.  Either way, they have done a few things right here among the many things they done poorly.

[Mrbloodworth]

Meh, if they manage not to kill their own game then I will have a few more weeks of fun anyway.  Last night we all hopped on our raft (about 14 of us... it was packed); and we set out to raid the Orc lands!

We decided to stop by the Orks R Us town, but our ninja raid was spoiled when we killed one of them in the water outside of town.  It was still rather cool to have the boat run up to the shore, all of us jump off, kill 6 to 7 while they tried to bank... and then get chased off by like 15-20 people (numbers were iffy... they were recalling or logging in or something) as we ran back to the boat.  All in all it was great fun, hopefully for both sides.  Then we land on the actual Orc Shoreline, and while killing some random Alfar guild we smack our heads up against another roaming PvP group.  Well, one guy smacked his head... as he found out just how fast mounts die when 12 people are shooting you with arrows.  The 10 of us that survived then chased them down.

Already this game has provided one of the things I really enjoy about MMOs... memories and shared experience.  Now when we are all standing around the town mining/crafting/whatever you will hear about "that night we landed on the Orc Town".  Even if you did not make the trips you become a part of the experience... and the game really shines for guilded play.

The people that probably won't make it long are like the guy who was mining... and never saw 10 people sneak up behind him.  We literally formed a firing squad line behind him, drew our bows, and fired... poor guy died in like 2 steps and lost probably an hour+ of minerals.  That guy won't last long in this game, which will mean that instead of a cool story to remember guilds like us will remember the night we ran around and did not see anyone to kill for 2 hours.  Or, we will be doing many more city-raids and less roaming the country-side stuff.  Either way, they have done a few things right here among the many things they done poorly.

Sounds like any other PvP game. *Shrug* Sorry, that came out wrong, i am glad you are enjoying it.

In other news, VN likes it too!: Darkfall First Impressions

[Zzulo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWjfvW38lZI&feature=channel_page 

[DLRiley]

Reminds me of every other pvp server....

[Soulflame]

Why exactly did you kill the miner?

[Hawkbit]

All the videos have people hitting other things with sawfish.  I don't understand. 

[Mrbloodworth]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWjfvW38lZI&feature=channel_page 

That's some advanced AI right there (must be the same they used to beta the game) and some really engaging combat.

[Merusk]

Why exactly did you kill the miner?

The same reason you climb a mountain.

Because it was there.

[Vinadil]

Why exactly did you kill the miner?

He was Mahirim mining in Orc lands... we are a human/dwarf guild... it is kind of what you are supposed to do.

And, I am not sure exactly what PvP games you are referring to, so I suppose I will just say that this is not like any PvP game I have played since Shadowbane.  There was no room for stories in WoW, very little in WAR... mostly because the backdrop repeats itself too much.  You can only tell the, "Hey remember that one arena match where we fought those 5 guys?" story so many times before people get confused or just stop caring.  And, "Hey, remember that Keep we took with all those guys defending" turns into the same thing after a while.  Last night our stories spanned half a continent (hours of travel), and the liklihood that tomorrow's stories will be the same is very slim.  THough the interaction of: Find enemy - maneuver into position with enemy - kill enemy; might be similar to other PvP games, the backdrop here is much more diverse.  It is the difference between a book about a battle in one city vs a book about a war that encompassed an entire world.  In the book covering one city the only thing that stands out is personal performance... the "heroes" if you will.  In the book about the world you have people groups that can stand out.

I guess this all gets back to my guild-focused gaming interest rather than personal.  The story was what WE did, not what I did.  Fact is I did not kill a single person last night, and I managed to pick up two junky pieces of armor.  But, WE rolled around enemy land and just laid waste to multiple groups of Orcs and Mahirim (and a few pesky humans).  It created a narrative that I have been missing in my recent gaming experience.

[NiX]

Cause it fits the thread and we can't let this discussion get too serious.

On another note, I was watching that video and wondering why everyone was clipping through the ground when I realized they weren't. It was just the worst water/swamp/whatever texture I've ever seen in my life.

[ashrik]

I feel bad for whoever rolled a whiteelf yesterday. Their entire countryside was pillaged by roaming bands of well, everyone.

As for killing miners- why wouldn't you? They've got stuffs inside them!

[sidereal]

And, "Hey, remember that Keep we took with all those guys defending" turns into the same thing after a while.  Last night our stories spanned half a continent (hours of travel),

In other words, PvP in Darkfall is awesome because it's new.  Hate to break it to you, but it won't be new in 3 months.  So far you haven't described anything any different from Alliance taking a boat to Ratchet to dick around Crossroads.  I'm not sure why adding hours of travel adds rather than detracts from the experience.  If it's because you see more diverse terrain, see the first sentence.  It won't be diverse anymore after the fiftieth random continent walk.  That doesn't mean Darkfall's bringing something new to the table, it means you haven't seen all of their textures yet.

[Soulflame]

Sooo, you're deliberately going around and trying your best to thin out the playerbase?  While I'm entirely unsurprised that a supposed "PvPer" seeks out fights he cannot lose, then has the nerve to boast about it on a public forum, I'm completely nonplussed at your behavior.  You even admit that the player probably won't last, and as a direct result of your own actions.

It baffles me, mainly because I fail to see the value of murdering everyone not in my tribe in a video game.  Other than being a jackass for the sake of jackassery.

[Draegan]

I was going to say the same thing.  I have fond memories of raiding the Barrens especially Crossroads/Wailing Caverns.  I remember awesome random PVP in STV for the first month or so.  Then it all got incredibly dull and boring since there was no point to it.