Originally posted by oscarkool2

I finally caved in last week and decided to shell out 50 bones and get the game.  And, like everyone else lately, I am having a blast.  A lot of people are scared off by the full pvp/loot system and it makes sense to be scared.  I was that way too because I am coming from world of warcraft where I have two level 80's with Ulduar/Tourny gear.  I quit right when the Ice Crown patch went live.

Darkfall is just awesome.  It's really hard to put it in words how fun the game is, so I'll just talk about what I did today.  Me and this guy I met today randomly decided we would go head over to a clan station and look for some guys harvesting the plants for herbs.  We took off all of our gear knowing that we may easily be killed.  We headed over to one of the clan stations and saw 2 guys harvesting naked as well (it's smart to harvest naked so you don't get ganked by people like us lol). 

We approach the two and one of them immediately mounts and runs away leaving his friend, lol.  We kill the guy, loot his stuff and head east a bit.  There's nothing there so we head back a little while later and we run into the clan leader of the guy we killed who immediately destroys both of us.  Not a big deal lol we were griefing and deserved to be killed.  But still fun.  Sneaking around and doing shit like this is always fun and exciting.

Later in the day, some guy thought he would be tough and tried to kill me while on his mount.  My friend was hiding behind a tree waiting for him to go rogue (this happens once the guy attacks me).  He goes rogue, my friend pops out and we burn the guys mount down and kill it.  So now he's off the mount and starts chasing me, determined to kill me of course.  Being the noob that I am, I run towards my town knowing that the only way this guy will die is from the guard tower (though looking back on it, my friend could have killed him).  But still, the guy dying to the guard tower is 20 times funnier than us just killing him.  Insta death and we loot his shit.  So great.

The vets will obviously not find this that exciting, but to me and other people just joining, this is what makes Darkfall great.  That fact that you can pretty much do anything you want and, using your brain, you can still kill people left and right.  There's no limits other than the fact that people that have been playing longer have stronger characters (just like in any mmorpg).  However, they are still definitely killable as I have done multiple times.  What I described above is just from today over a span of two hours.  Yesterday I had a guy die to a tower again and I got 2 mounts off of him.  Serves him right for trying to jack my ore :P

I've been playing for 5 days now and really looking forward to the next 5 and then 5 after that.

And I haven't been grinding at all.  I don't know why you people keep telling everyone about this major grind.  Sure, if you want to skill up in the quickest time possible, then kill a million mobs just like in any other mmorpg.  Or, you can do all the quests in the 3 towns around you, go do some wild pvp with a friend, take on some harder pve mobs with a buddy, go take your bow out and go shoot at people harvesting to watch them freak out, harvest some berries, craft (which I didn't even get into and it's awesome), or just bullshit in the public chat which is very much like Barrens chat.

If you're on the fence, give it ago.  Stop trying those free trials for all those hand holding, linear games like LoTR, conan, warhammer, etc.  They won't satisfy you and we both know it.  So man up and try Darkfall.  If you don't like it, you can turn around and sell your account and get some money back :P

If you want to take the jump, PM me here first so I can help get you started.  And we can run around and have fun :)

so.... you want more people to run around naked with.... and cheat on other games.... what grade are you in? This isn't high school. I'm sorry your imaginary GF and your other MMOs aren't leaving you satisfied. this game sounds like a sausage fest/high school reunion the way you talk about it.

<- Still waiting for the trial.

I'm surprised how so many people can just buy stuff without trying it.

Originally posted by Devalon

<- Still waiting for the trial.

I'm surprised how so many people can just buy stuff without trying it.

QFT

Darkfall wouldnt be the first or the 15th game i thought sounded cool but then blew anyone who came along when it came time to check it out for myself.

I agree...this one has had such mixed reviews I would prefer to try before I buy.  Unless there's a recruit a friend option :D  But I have no friends who play :( So I guess I wait.

Originally posted by Devalon

<- Still waiting for the trial.

I'm surprised how so many people can just buy stuff without trying it.

Darkfall is all about risk vs. reward ;D

Open your eyes; read what other players are saying about the game and make your own judgement. There are plenty of youtube videos, PLENTY of player stories, plenty of longterm players that still can't wait to log in every day. I'm one of those that believes that free trial accounts would hurt the game. Darkfall is all about player accountability. If you give people the ability to run a free account with a character they have no connection to, there would be havoc in the game. Paying players tend to care about their characters reputation because it can have a serious effect on your game. (eg. Ginger Magician - unless he wants to start all over again, he can't escape that name and is forever being hunted.). Darkfall with a free trial is just asking for a chan-raid!

Originally posted by GeniusSage

Originally posted by Devalon

<- Still waiting for the trial.

I'm surprised how so many people can just buy stuff without trying it.

Darkfall is all about risk vs. reward ;D

Open your eyes; read what other players are saying about the game and make your own judgement. There are plenty of youtube videos, PLENTY of player stories, plenty of longterm players that still can't wait to log in every day. I'm one of those that believes that free trial accounts would hurt the game. Darkfall is all about player accountability. If you give people the ability to run a free account with a character they have no connection to, there would be havoc in the game. Paying players tend to care about their characters reputation because it can have a serious effect on your game. (eg. Ginger Magician - unless he wants to start all over again, he can't escape that name and is forever being hunted.). Darkfall with a free trial is just asking for a chan-raid!

Have the free trial gated by a valid credit card number. Most 4chan people are too young to have credit cards.

this is what my and my clan's typical day in Darkfall looks like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofDC7YLY1F8

two thumbs up!

Originally posted by Cruoris

Originally posted by Devalon

<- Still waiting for the trial.

I'm surprised how so many people can just buy stuff without trying it.

 

QFT

 

Darkfall wouldnt be the first or the 15th game i thought sounded cool but then blew anyone who came along when it came time to check it out for myself.

Very sensible, while it's obvious the OP is having a blast, thats never a guarantee anyone else will.

It's obvious these days a lot of mmo gamers have more money than sense and modern mmo companies are getting smarter in their endeavours to cash-in on this. People pay to play betas, pay for lifetime subs for a game they have never even played and buy buggy, broken and unfinished mmo's in the hope that it'll improve on the baffling premise that it has "potential".