Darkfall "Released"

[patience]

Who works for 7 years to have one crappy failure on their resume?  Who thinks that is a 'win'?  I'm clearly missing your point.

Oh, I'm sorry, were we being serious about this failure now? I thought we were doing random speculation and top of the head bullshitting because that's about three times the brainpower analysis of it deserves.

*Blinks at avatar and sig line* 

[NiX]

So that re-review never materialized?

Cause everyone believed them when they said the reviewer logged in for a whole 2 minutes.

[ashrik]

Source

On the American server: The American server will launch on July 7th. Characters from the European server can be cloned and moved without their possessions 3 months after the American launch. Certain restrictions and charges will apply, to be announced at a later date. In the meanwhile if you want to play on the American server at launch you need to buy the American Darkfall client. More information on the American server will be available in a few days.

Darkfall will launch a massive free expansion update the first week of July, something that the Darkfall team has been working on for a while now. This expansion includes major new features and major content, PvE, and PvP updates.

In the last few patches we had implemented several major optimizations making it possible to support even larger battles and sieges and more concurrent users than ever before. As a result, massive battles now run smoother than ever. We’ve seen some of the largest and the highest frequency of massive battles this past month, which has helped us find even more ways to optimize the Darkfall experience.

As a result of these optimizations we’ve also been able to keep sales open most of the time. We’re still being careful because Darkfall resubscription rates remain very high even though this is a time for exams and/or vacations. It’s still difficult to buy Darkfall but we hope that after the US servers have launched it will be easier for new players to learn about and to buy Darkfall.

To that effect, a new site is coming, along with new forums for Darkfall players only. These forums will be readable by the public and only players with active accounts will be able to post in them. The current public forums will remain active for anyone to post in, but moderation will be stronger. This because we’re getting people from other communities with the sole intention of disrupting our forums. The Darkfall community has always been a source of good feedback, constructive criticism, and inspiration for the Darkfall developers and we'll keep it that way by doing away with the non-constructive elements.

Our next major patch will be included in the Darkfall expansion the first week of July.

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[RhyssaFireheart]

Well, I'm not so sure they'll get the response they want with opening up a US server.  I could be wrong though.  My guild had been doing fine in DF, right up to the announcement of said US server and the rules around it.  From our guild board:

I don't want to be the cynic here, but if Darkfall didn't last more than a couple months (about as long as either AoC or WAR), what chance does any game have?

Things were going fine in Darkfall.  We had 2 cities, 20+ new recruits, member of a great allaince, active leadership, and more.  But when they announced there would be a North American server and that server transfers would not be open for months afterwards, alot of members were torn.

Do we go to NA server and start over?  Do we stay on EU server?  Do we wait for transfers to open to NA server?  If we do go to NA server and start over why bother to continue leveling a toon on EU server?  Why even bother building up our cities if we cant take it with us?  They couldnt even say what would or would not transfer when the opened transfers up.

We had a vote on it and there was a split.  Some wanted to go, some wanted to stay.  Understand, Darkfall more than any other MMO to date is a massive grind.  Skills takes months, even years to reach let alone max out.  They should have just not said anything about a NA server until a week before.  Then let people transfer skills only and not gold.

So player interest plummeted and people stopped showing up /playing anymore.  And another game falls by the wayside like so much chaff.

Personally, after dealing with the beta and then hearing about their sales plan for subs.. I decided it wasn't worth it.  I thought the gameplay was horrid and much too punishing for what I'm looking for in a game.  And reading the comments from guildmates who did choose to play didn't make me wish I'd chosen differently at all. 

[LC]

The best part is how they ninja edited all the old posts on their forum. Every instance where tasos promised free transfers to NA (when it launches) from EU if you went ahead and bought it at EU launch has been removed.

[LC]

i suck at edit.

[Mrbloodworth]

i suck at edit.

You are not a ninja.

[patience]

Well, I'm not so sure they'll get the response they want with opening up a US server.  I could be wrong though.  My guild had been doing fine in DF, right up to the announcement of said US server and the rules around it.  From our guild board:

I don't want to be the cynic here, but if Darkfall didn't last more than a couple months (about as long as either AoC or WAR), what chance does any game have?

Things were going fine in Darkfall.  We had 2 cities, 20+ new recruits, member of a great allaince, active leadership, and more.  But when they announced there would be a North American server and that server transfers would not be open for months afterwards, alot of members were torn.

Do we go to NA server and start over?  Do we stay on EU server?  Do we wait for transfers to open to NA server?  If we do go to NA server and start over why bother to continue leveling a toon on EU server?  Why even bother building up our cities if we cant take it with us?  They couldnt even say what would or would not transfer when the opened transfers up.

We had a vote on it and there was a split.  Some wanted to go, some wanted to stay.  Understand, Darkfall more than any other MMO to date is a massive grind.  Skills takes months, even years to reach let alone max out.  They should have just not said anything about a NA server until a week before.  Then let people transfer skills only and not gold.

So player interest plummeted and people stopped showing up /playing anymore.  And another game falls by the wayside like so much chaff.

Personally, after dealing with the beta and then hearing about their sales plan for subs.. I decided it wasn't worth it.  I thought the gameplay was horrid and much too punishing for what I'm looking for in a game.  And reading the comments from guildmates who did choose to play didn't make me wish I'd chosen differently at all. 

But people are quitting because they are considering on transferring to a different server. Not a big deal considering the nature of the game.

I'm really shocked that not only are they still claiming this server will launch in July but that they gave a specific date and mentioned they are releasing an expansion at the same time. 

This may turn it around for Vanguard. Darkfall.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Except that you can't transfer for another 3 months or so, reportedly. 

So once again, why bother hanging around leveling up your character and doing anything for the next few months if the only thing you can transfer with are your skills and.. your skills?  No gold, no armor, no weapons, no nothing, while those who bought the US edition now have a 3 month head start in a game that is, by all accounts, incredibly and horribly grindy in order to gain anything.

[UnSub]

Adventurine must be bleeding money badly to consider this option.

[LC]

They insist that we have to pay again because another unnamed company will be running the game in North America. I'm willing to bet nobody has ever heard of this company if it is ever named.

[Severian]

They insist that we have to pay again because another unnamed company will be running the game in North America. I'm willing to bet nobody has ever heard of this company if it is ever named.

Not GNi, from the original news of a NA server? Granted, hosting and "running" are not the same thing.

[Triforcer]

They insist that we have to pay again because another unnamed company will be running the game in North America. I'm willing to bet nobody has ever heard of this company if it is ever named.

Depends.  How many Haitian drug syndicates have you heard of?   

[NiX]

I think even Haitians know better than to invest in Darkfall.

[Senses]

I got a fax from a Nigerian Prince asking me to help him deposit his Darkfall earnings for a sizeable percentage of his profit.

[Nija]

Fax? Sounds pretty legit!

[LC]

So we are 1 week from North American launch, and the mystery publisher is still a mystery.

But accounts.na.darkfallonline.com was up and ready to accept 1 out of 10 credit cards for a short time over the weekend.

[ashrik]

I think even Haitians know better than to invest in Darkfall.

I bought the EU version so, I guess not hahaha

[patience]

So we are 1 week from North American launch, and the mystery publisher is still a mystery.

I don't see what you were expecting. Their official publisher for the European version has been AWOL since a couple of weeks prior to launch. Even though they signed a deal where they would roughly get over 60% of the revenue made, even though they didn't have to do anything to make and fund the game prior to launch, it seems they want to have nothing to do with DF anymore.

[LC]

So we are 1 week from North American launch, and the mystery publisher is still a mystery.

I don't see what you were expecting. Their official publisher for the European version has been AWOL since a couple of weeks prior to launch. Even though they signed a deal where they would roughly get over 60% of the revenue made, even though they didn't have to do anything to make and fund the game prior to launch, it seems they want to have nothing to do with DF anymore.

Well their justification for charging NA players a second time for the game was that another company will be handling the game in North America.

[ashrik]

It's Darkfall Expansion News Day!

http://www.darkfallonline.com/expansion/

[K9]

So we can expect it to be released onto live servers some time in 2016?

[tmp]

We've added a compass to Darkfall which should provide to be a great tactical addition to the game.

[ashrik]

heh Tomorrow

I hadn't played the game for a few weeks, and would have cancelled my sub yesterday if I weren't so lazy. But I think I'll start playing again. Any other f13'ers still have this inglorious piece of shit installed?

[Redgiant]

It's Darkfall Expansion News Day!

http://www.darkfallonline.com/expansion/

That's not an expansion. That's reworking major parts of the game after a paid year-long Alpha.

Maybe a paid Beta will come from it ...

[schild]

It's Darkfall Expansion News Day!

http://www.darkfallonline.com/expansion/

That's not an expansion. That's reworking major parts of the game after a paid year-long Alpha.

Maybe a paid Beta will come from it ...

Not that they'll do it right:

Random Treasure Chests
Explorers can now find random treasure chests scattered all over Agon. They may hold rare loot like house deeds, spell books, gold, runestones, sithras, rare ores, keys, attribute consumables and much more.

But this is how games should be rewarding exploration.

[Azaroth]

Isn't that just more of a random chance reward not truly worth exploring for, an incredibly boring and nonsensical carpel-tunnel-of-the-brain hunt, or a bunch of free shit scattered randomly depending on how it's balanced?

[schild]

Isn't that just more of a random chance reward not truly worth exploring for, an incredibly boring and nonsensical carpel-tunnel-of-the-brain hunt, or a bunch of free shit scattered randomly depending on how it's balanced?

Like I said, they won't do it right. It would take some real time and love to make that sort of thing worth chasing after.

[Azaroth]

In their defense, rewarding exploration correctly would take skill, innovation and money, yes.

[WayAbvPar]

A real MMO development house should take that idea and flesh it out. Anything to feed my exploration jones.

[Mrbloodworth]

A real MMO development house should take that idea and flesh it out. Anything to feed my exploration jones.

Games already have this.

[WayAbvPar]

Which? None of the ones I have played have ever given anything other than completely insignificant amounts of XP.

[Xurtan]

Free Realms. 

[LC]

It's a nice looking patch. I'm not sure it's enough to pull them out of the nosedive they are in.

[Mrbloodworth]

Which? None of the ones I have played have ever given anything other than completely insignificant amounts of XP.

LOTRO has randomly spawning chests with things inside (some times its a corps, chest, or other container) with items, potions, crafting supply and always a good chink of coin. I believe the longer it is not found the more items inside.