So, has anyone played this yet? What is it like?

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Update made at 4am GMT 2/26

A bug was discovered during final testing, and we need to resolve it before we can open up the servers. We didn’t want to launch to just say we launched. We can’t apologize enough for the long delay. The current ETA is two hours but it could be longer. We will launch as soon as possible and we will keep you updated.

We have extended the free month to 33 days to compensate for the inconvenience. Problems will occur from time to time but we need you to know that we’re committed to supporting this game to the best of our ability. It’s unfortunate that we are facing these issues at launch, and we’ll do everything we can to make this up to you.

The Darkfall Team

The game looks interesting enough to try though I agree the management thus far is FUBAR, granted it can be a complicated thing but never the less you should make sure you get your basics i.e. billing right before you go and ship anything. I have ordered the game and hope to have the opportunity to give it a run and see how it plays I'll hold any words of doom or praise until I have a week or 2 of game time down.

 And while I was writing that, they posted of a bug that has them stumped for at least another 2hrs lol. . . check there forums if you want the info (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/index.php)

Darkfall

man.. the forum fights and launch panic is probably much more fun to watch than the game. this should go down in history

Originally posted by Murdus

Darkfall

 

man.. the forum fights and launch panic is probably much more fun to watch than the game. this should go down in history

Me and the wife where talking about that today, every time a MMO goes to launch you get a good solid 2 weeks or so of some quality text based entertainment from people spazzing out.

I really want this game to succeed.  I want all of the hardcore, elitist, megalomanics to love this game so much that they'll leave all of the casual games the hell alone.  I'm sick of their influence on World of Warcraft and Warhammer.  Always pushing for raids and demanding that they get the best loot and all the rest of that bullshit.

Love it or hate DF, it's gonna get criticized withs tons of heated arguments.

We will see what happens after the initial fallout period or when the honeymoon is over.

Originally posted by LodenDSG

Originally posted by Murdus

Darkfall

man.. the forum fights and launch panic is probably much more fun to watch than the game. this should go down in history

Me and the wife where talking about that today, every time a MMO goes to launch you get a good solid 2 weeks or so of some quality text based entertainment from people spazzing out.

Haha true, but in Darkfall's case try multiple years  of flaming 

Originally posted by LodenDSG

The game looks interesting enough to try though I agree the management thus far is FUBAR, granted it can be a complicated thing but never the less you should make sure you get your basics i.e. billing right before you go and ship anything. I have ordered the game and hope to have the opportunity to give it a run and see how it plays I'll hold any words of doom or praise until I have a week or 2 of game time down.

 And while I was writing that, they posted of a bug that has them stumped for at least another 2hrs lol. . . check there forums if you want the info (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/index.php)

LodenDSG,

Because I'm bored as fuck whilst waiting for Darkfall to release (I pre-ordered) I'm going to critique your sig.

Firstly, I'm going to assume the code is C# because "string" is lower case. This code would not compile in a C# compiler. The keyword while must be "while" not "While". Unless it's actually C/C++ and While is a macro which does something different (which I doubt but just in case this is the case, I give you mondo geek credits for being so clever).

Secondly, considering the OO paradigm is to tell an object to perform a task on your behalf, shouldn't you have named your RandomStatement method "GetRandomStatement"? The lack of a verb in a method that performs an action can really throw people off.

Thirdly, where does the constant "cool" come from? Is it a global variable or a constant? Is it a static owned by the class or an instance variable owned by the object? The reader has no clue because you are using normal casing and you don't have a prefix or even (gasp!) a postfix. In the future, I'd suggest naming your constants like so: FOO, BAR, BAZ, etc... If in the odd case you need to have a multi-word constant name then you should separate all words with an underscore thusly: FOO_BAR.

Fourthly (?), you aren't using any indentions. This is just plain bad style, my friend. It has become, over the years industry standard, that you'll use a tab of width equal to 4 spaces to show scope.

Lastly, you should comment your code but be sure not to over comment. Nobody likes verbal diarrhea, not even in C#.

Because I like you so much I'm going to show you a before and after. First here is your current code:

string ScratchHead(thought)
{
While(thought != cool)
{
thought = RandomStatment();
}

return thought;
}

And here is your code after applying my aformentioned suggestions:

///<summary>
///Returns the offset (in percents) of Tasos' head from his rectum
///</summary>
public double FindTasosHead()
{
    while(TasosHead.Location == UP_HIS_FUCKING_ASS)
   {
        if(GenerateAnExcuseToDrainTheDronesWallet() != SHIT_THE_DRONES_WILL_BELIEVE)
        {
           TasosHead.Location = UP_HIS_FUCKING_ASS;
        }
    }
//For some reason the previous loop is infinite.
//I'll have to work on this some more.

    return TasosHead.Location;
}

See? Doesn't make so much more sense?
 

Originally posted by kedoremos

Originally posted by LodenDSG

The game looks interesting enough to try though I agree the management thus far is FUBAR, granted it can be a complicated thing but never the less you should make sure you get your basics i.e. billing right before you go and ship anything. I have ordered the game and hope to have the opportunity to give it a run and see how it plays I'll hold any words of doom or praise until I have a week or 2 of game time down.

 And while I was writing that, they posted of a bug that has them stumped for at least another 2hrs lol. . . check there forums if you want the info (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/index.php)

 

Loden,

Just wanted to give you a heads up on your sig:

I'm assuming the code is C# because "string" is lower case, it wouldn't compile in a C# compiler. The keyword while must be "while" not "While". Unless it's actually C/C++ and While is a macro which does something different.

 

Ha good eye wasn't meant to compile just pseudo code as I set there thinking now what the hell should I put there? but for note both string and String will compile in Visual 2005 and 2008 string is a value type and String is a reference type if I recall and with C++ I tend to use char*

Not sure if it will update the sig but i fixed and credited you on the catch :)

LMAO!

I hate to gloat, because I haven't been on the boards flaming the game or anything, but I have been reading them on occasion and most fanbois have been terrible, so I'm glad they're learning the hard way.

This is not to say the game won't launch, but it's like most of us sane people have been saying all along. The game isn't ready for release and isn't worth a persons money. 8 years of development and 5 years of Tesos saying the game is ready to release, and this is what you guys get in return for your blind fanboism.

LMAO!

I have to be honest here. I was in the Darkfall Beta. It is infact real software, unfortunately it isn't impressive in the slightest.

I've seen plenty of free to play MMO's that hold up to the exact same caliber as Darkfall Online. I've been in quite a few Beta tests and by comparison Darkfall isn't a terrible game, but it's simply not for me. The game control is slow and robotic at best. The collision that was originally set as a feature is definitely not there. While the game does infact allow progression through use of skills and not by a number system, the use of magic and melee skills and switching between them is problematic at best.

The healing and spell systems are troublesome at best, and there is little if any content to guide one from one place to the other or even get one started to far along. Only those with the time and energy to put themselves through their own makeshift tutorial sessions would seriously find it a good fit. 

The graphics aren't terrible, but they aren't impressive. As it feels more like they've done their best to just go along with what they see as the vision of their sandbox world. That isn't a bad thing, but it doesn't make it stand out to me either.

It's amazing the craziness the game seems to be generating. It may still yet appeal to a niche audience,  and be a successfully self sustaining MMORPG.  But, they'll have to get the billing together before I see that happening.

Originally posted by LodenDSG

Originally posted by kedoremos

Originally posted by LodenDSG

The game looks interesting enough to try though I agree the management thus far is FUBAR, granted it can be a complicated thing but never the less you should make sure you get your basics i.e. billing right before you go and ship anything. I have ordered the game and hope to have the opportunity to give it a run and see how it plays I'll hold any words of doom or praise until I have a week or 2 of game time down.

 And while I was writing that, they posted of a bug that has them stumped for at least another 2hrs lol. . . check there forums if you want the info (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/index.php)

 

Loden,

Just wanted to give you a heads up on your sig:

I'm assuming the code is C# because "string" is lower case, it wouldn't compile in a C# compiler. The keyword while must be "while" not "While". Unless it's actually C/C++ and While is a macro which does something different.

 

 

Ha good eye wasn't meant to compile just pseudo code as I set there thinking now what the hell should I put there? but for note both string and String will compile in Visual 2005 and 2008 string is a value type and String is a reference type if I recall and with C++ I tend to use char*

 

Not sure if it will update the sig but i fixed and credited you on the catch :)

 

Well I mistakenly posted that before I wrote the whole reply. Read it, you'll see my full intentions :-)

Originally posted by kedoremos

Originally posted by LodenDSG

Originally posted by kedoremos

Originally posted by LodenDSG

The game looks interesting enough to try though I agree the management thus far is FUBAR, granted it can be a complicated thing but never the less you should make sure you get your basics i.e. billing right before you go and ship anything. I have ordered the game and hope to have the opportunity to give it a run and see how it plays I'll hold any words of doom or praise until I have a week or 2 of game time down.

 And while I was writing that, they posted of a bug that has them stumped for at least another 2hrs lol. . . check there forums if you want the info (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/index.php)

 

Loden,

Just wanted to give you a heads up on your sig:

I'm assuming the code is C# because "string" is lower case, it wouldn't compile in a C# compiler. The keyword while must be "while" not "While". Unless it's actually C/C++ and While is a macro which does something different.

 

 

Ha good eye wasn't meant to compile just pseudo code as I set there thinking now what the hell should I put there? but for note both string and String will compile in Visual 2005 and 2008 string is a value type and String is a reference type if I recall and with C++ I tend to use char*

 

Not sure if it will update the sig but i fixed and credited you on the catch :)

 

 

Well I mistakenly posted that before I wrote the whole reply. Read it, you'll see my full intentions :-)

LOL ok now we have a inf loop so before we go locking up any ones system that might be dumn enough to compile that I pulled the code out of the sig but while we are on the subject which has little to do with the topic you could always throw in an interator and test

int i = 0

...

if ( i != END_OF_TIME )
      //Drive on
else
     //epic fail

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A bug was discovered during final testing, and we need to resolve it before we can open up the servers. We didn’t want to launch to just say we launched. We can’t apologize enough for the long delay. The current ETA is 2 hours but it could be longer. We will launch as soon as possible and we will keep you updated.

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Translation: We don't know when Dark Fall be released. It could be today, tomorrow or the next ten years.

Who didn't see this coming except the blind Darkfall fans.

Originally posted by dalevi1

Originally posted by Lydon

/waits for trolls to have a field day over a 1 day delay.

 

I have seen post, after post, after post by DF fans over the poast 48 hours trying to bait a flame thread. It seems most of your (plural) posts aim to do nothing but create the environment that you are somehow being virtually oppressed. It's laughable. I should also mention, that if you think the delay has only been 1 day....

It's hopeless.

Edit: There is an "r" in vitually. Got me there.

  You hit the nail on the head with that comment! Anybody who doesn't have a 100% positive opinion are jumped on by this army of angry teenage fanbois throwing Troll accusations about, childishly thinking it refutes the factual bad points being made about the game from beta and now this launch. The intellectual level of conversation by what seems a majority of player frequenting the main DF forums and these DF forums is akin to a child's playground. Do you really want to play 42 Euro to join a bunch sociopaths?

Originally posted by JK-Kanosi 

I hate to gloat, because I haven't been on the boards flaming the game or anything, but I have been reading them on occasion and most fanbois have been terrible, so I'm glad they're learning the hard way.

This is not to say the game won't launch, but it's like most of us sane people have been saying all along. The game isn't ready for release and isn't worth a persons money. 8 years of development and 5 years of Tesos saying the game is ready to release, and this is what you guys get in return for your blind fanboism.

It is rather sad and pathetic watching this whole thing unfold, but even more pathetic is the swarm of blathering idiots on their single- or double-digit-post-count accounts spamming "LOL EPIKK FAYL" over and over and over. There are retards on both sides and dumb things have been said in both directions. I think it's time to stop pointing fingers at who said what and start digging for the real truth, whatever it may be.

Personally, I'm staying as far away from this project as possible. The game may be the best game in the world but I can't buy it even if I wanted to, and that's enough to turn me away.

Originally posted by Waddy

I didn't know darkfall was a game...

Dont worry, it wont be soon...

The sad thing is all those people who pre-ordered. I seriously hope you all actually get a months worth soon. I will say that if this game tanks, dont come to other games with that attitude. The darkfall community has become the bane of our gaming society and one thing I will cheer for is the fall of that horrid community.

Originally posted by Z3R01

Originally posted by miagisan

Tasos lie again?

<Brannoc>:We are currently hard at work on getting the game and account servers online and working, at this time I cannot provide an ETA, all updates will be posted here as I receive them. All game accounts already created will be credit with game time to compensate.

 

That bastard Tacos said it was a billing issue!!!!!!!!

wtf?  Now the servers are down??????

Seriously thank god I play Eve.

March 10th Apocrypha Xpac releases, come on over guys.

No sandbox fan should be without a sandbox to play in. pew pew

Man i hear you, Apocrypha seems to be what i was waiting for (except players movin into stations not here yet). Going back to EvE and not D&L bis, check that Tasos real name is not Quilichinni, i'm sure it's D&L crew under disguise.

 EVE

And for everyone who want freedom n hardcore pvp, seriously, get urself a UO account on a free shard while u wait for the mongoose who runs to provide electricity for Tasos to take some EPO.