Here is the link to the thread on the official forums. I am having trouble formatting it here.
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Welcome to a rehashing of FAQs in a longer but easier to read format. There's some really good and somewhat accessible info here. I thanks Xantheous of DROW.org for his research.
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Is DFO like WoW?
AUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! Don't ask that question! *hiss hisssss*
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Originally Posted by Paulpwns
free trial?
Tasos has said that they would like for everyone to have tried the game before they pay anything. Sounds like a free trial is in the works!
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Originally Posted by Zyrex
How will the chat system work..?
Instant messaging, an IRC-style chat system, in-game message/trade boards, voice support, and mobile phone SMS messaging.
You can also toggle off tells and chats so you have to be face to face with someone to talk to them. (A little something for the RPers!)
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edit: is armor a big factor in combat? e.g. if one guy has super awesome armor, can he own like 5 guys by rolling his face all over the key board?
There won't be any items that powerful. In fact, equipment in general only grants you a nominal advantage in battle. If anything, expect to get a little bit of an edge over another player with good armor.
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Originally Posted by Nackl of Gilmed
Well, nice work so far Lucius. Let's see, more questions... Ah! How much is known about the challenge shard system that replaced Gloomers in sieges?
"The gloomer isn't in the game in its original form. The concept remains but has been added on and improved. The attackers need to protect their assets and their challenge shard - which isn't stationary anymore but in the hands of a clan leader. While in possession of the challenge shard, the holder is a bleep on the defender's and attacker's maps and global messages are issued. He cannot use magical means of transportation, and his clan has to protect him while the defenders and allies need to kill him within the allotted time in order to break the siege. There are other ways to break the siege, by taking attacker territories, or defending your clan stone."
-Tasos
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Originally Posted by Archmichael
In regards to the attackers in a siege;
1. You said that the clan leader will be the "VIP", and if he is killed, the siege is broke. Does that mean that the clan leader must be present for a clan to siege?
Not necessarily the clan leader, but a clan leader. Someone can be chosen for this position.
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2. Can a clan leader nominate a person in their clan to "carry the stone" for a given siege, for instance, if they can't be online? We have a very active clan with a slightly less than active leader - will our sieges be limited by his amount of online time?
Nominate away! Darkfall has a very complex clan management system. You won't ever feel restricted by artificial clan structuring.
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Originally Posted by kking1
how will looting other players work? will they have one designated item that they can keep? I wouldn't really care if this was implanted it may seem a lil too carebear for this game though.
The looting system is very similar to UO's, if you've ever played it. You have to open up their corpse box, then manually drag items you want into your inventory. As far we know, nothing is unlootable.
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I planed to be a wandering alfar necromancer...
but now that spells take regrants & magic weapon (staff/wand), I'll be limited to how close a friendly town is/how large my inventory is/how much money I have to purchase items/how many regrants I plan to risk losing just leaving a town.
I planed to be completely on my own (reason for being alfar) but if I can't defend myself when I lose my regrants then there's really nothing I can do on my own is there?
You'll have to trust an old UO vet, when I say it won't be a problem. UO had a reagent system, open pvp, and full loot. It sucked to have your regs looted, but it was hardly the end of the world. It's no different than a warrior requiring a sword, shield, armor, etc. Mages will need to be mindful of the tools of their trade as well.
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Originally Posted by Yamamoto
Asides from NPC's refusal of service, inability to bind to town stones, and being put on KOS by town guards, what other disadvantages or penalties do PK "evil" clans receive?
An NPC's refusal of service is a pretty significant thing, since they give out special rewards and profitable quests to good-aligned characters. Also, other players will receive a positive alignment boost for killing a player of evil alignment. So, players looking to boost their alignment and get those special rewards and advantages are going to be hunting down evil aligned characters at every opportunity.
The ultimate repercussion to an evil alignment is that you essentially have to live as an outlaw. The only other people who are going to want to share you company is other outlaws... unless they're looking to boost their alignment. Then you really can't trust anyone.
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How accurate will the in-game world be when compared to the maps that have been out? Will there be as much, if not more water than land in Agon?
Since the world was hand-crafted, we can guess that it'll be pretty accurate.
As for the size of the ocean. We know that it takes 4 hours to get to the edge of the map from land via ship. It takes about 12 hours to reach the edges of land via mount. Ships, in general, are faster than mounts...
So my fuzzy math says the ocean will be huge.
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Originally Posted by SpectralColt
If you have the teleportation spells or revall options available, then why is it not convenient? Because you cant decide exactly where you want to go?
There are two options for teleportation that we know of. The first, is using portals. These are located in remote areas and warp you inside a random part of a dungeon (to prevent portal camping). The other, is using a UO-style recall spell. You mark a spot with a spell and the memory is enchanted within a rune. You can then cast a recall spell on the rune to teleport to that spot.
To quote Claus:
- runes will be rare and expensive
- casting Mark on a rune will take 10-12 minutes
- moving while casting Mark will break the spell
- areas can be protected from Marking runes
- casting teleportation on a rune takes 40-50 seconds
- the rune has to be in your backpack when teleporting
So you can see how it's a pretty arduous process to teleport.
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Originally Posted by Beorg
Will newbie mages be able to go to their master and just /learn all their spells in a matter of minutes? And will we be able to pick up spells from creatures that used those spells? Ex. Big Bad Warlock of Epic Death NPC is slain by you--can you somehow take his spell from him and use it for yourself?
You acquire skills and spells by being trained by NPCs, or even other players. Some training requires certain quests to be finished first, so you wouldn't be able to do it all in a few minutes.
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Originally Posted by Wel
When I was looking for some specifics about housing I could only find some answers contradicting eachother, so...
- Can we build our own house anywhere on the map?
No.
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- If not, could you give an estimate of % of the map where we can?
No, but enough housing spots for it to get competitive.
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- Do all houses look the same?
No.
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- Can we build different kinds of buildings?
Yes.
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- Would it be possible to even build an entire outpost including defenses?
Yes.
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- If so, do you need siegeweapons to destroy it and if you do, will you still need to declare war and all?
Yes.
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- Can you set permissions on who can / can't enter your house?
You can depending on how you program your guards.
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- Can you build more than one building?
In a city, yes. Outside of a city... we don't know.
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Originally Posted by Vampa
You mentioned rune teleportation, where you set the recall location and then use to rune to teleport back to it. Will the runes have a note on them telling you where you set the recall point?
You can label your runes.
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Second, are you aloud multiple runes set in different places?
I don't see why not.
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and third: if you die before using this rune and it is looted off your body, will the ganker be able to use the rune to teleport back to the place that you set? There will be a number of hilarious events surrounding runes if this is true.
Thanks for your time by the way!
Yes, and I will do it to people as much as humanly possible!
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Originally Posted by Staatsschutz
Searching secret places for your fortune.. is that a special game feature or did you just pull that out of your pockets?
No, exploring obscure parts of the world for valuables is most certainly a game feature.
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Originally Posted by maskedtears
Is there a start off story for when you start playing the game, or are you just plopped into the game with no pre-story. Also will we ever get cut-scenes kinda like in GW?
There is background, but you will be expected to write your own story in Darkfall. It's a sandbox, not an amusement park ride that carts you through a generic story line. You want an epic storyline? Do something epic, be a part of the world around you. Don't just be a tourist.
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Originally Posted by Moribund
Can you dye cloth?
Yes, and you can change the color of your armor.
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• How will the combat system be? (Like Mount&Blade, Oblivion...)
I've heard Brannoc describe it as being similar to Mount&Blade after he first played it.
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• Can we shoot the ranged weapons, like bows and crossbows, with their real shooting distance?
Bows will be more realistic than most games, because they will fire with an arc, have a limited range and the arrows have their own velocity. They should have a very real feel to them.
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Originally Posted by Lipton35
Will i need torch to move in the night?maybe some spell of good night vision ? Maybe alfar will see better in darkness and not so good at day ? Or it will be the same like in other games-circle of light?
You won't need a torch, but you might want one. If you plan on doing anything clandestine, you certainly won't want to make yourself visible in the dark with fire. I'm sure that the subterranean Alfar will find the dark most advantageous.
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Originally Posted by BRiksins
for sure in DF should be RAID system! but I think friendly fire system might be a problem! can u imagine that 10 people (min) doing melee damage to one target (some boss), it would be hard to avoid friendly damage! could u explain how will work RAID system in damage?
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+ which advanced option we will have in RAID creation? would be there any possibility to sort people by class? for example group of rangers, group of mounted, would be there possibility to create real battle formation? like it was in real live? Artillery, mounted formation, rangers, dismounted formation, buffers, healers and lock them by groups?
There is no raid formation system or classes in Darkfall. Players will be expected to organize their own formations manually. You'll need strong leaderships in charge of your party to manage such a thing, but it can be done.
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• There will be a real difference between armors? (i.e. the plate armor penetration is less than leather armor).
Armor varies in how much damage it blocks, how much it slows you down, and how much noise it makes when you move. Different kinds of armor will be more suitable in different situations.
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• All in Darkfall is made around combat or will be a balance between combat, crafting, etc.?
While Darkfall's combat features are something we tend to dwell on, I think that it's only part of the overall appeal. You can quite literally craft every object in the game (maybe except for certain rare items.) Remember that all items and equipment have a decay rate and this game is full loot. This mean crafters will be a huge and integral part of Agon's economy, since there is a never-ending need for their services.
Aventurine also has created the most dynamic PvE system ever. Not only do monsters run away when hurt, seek help, and try to outsmart players, but they also have their own ecology. If you over-farm a certain spawn, they will migrate to a safer place. If you leave a spawn alone for too long, it will grow stronger and bigger and eventually create champion creatures.
The entire world is massive and hand-crafted. There is nothing restricting you from climbing to the highest mountains or exploring the winding subterranean underworld. Adventurers and explorers will love this game.
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• Will we have all commands in buttons, or will we have to write them in the chat? (commands like /help, /dance, /bow, /cry, etc).
Darkfall's GUI is highly customizable and has tons and tons of features. I don't know if it will have buttons for emotes, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did.
I've also heard it is going to be VERY minimalistic.
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• About PvP: Will the mages have the possibility to cast in movement? And how will be the PvP system? Like UO?
Mages will move slower while they cast. Since Darkfall has an FPS aspect to it, I doubt mages would entirely "freeze" while casting, like they did in UO.
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• What type of siege weapons will be?
We know there will be mobile siege towers, ballistas, cannons, catapults, ships and warhulks.
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Originally Posted by Silky
if i was to shoot someone with an arrow in the head , am i right in thinking it will do no more damage than if i was to shoot him in his arm?
thanks
Unfortunately, hit boxes were dropped after come consideration. So, no, a hit to the head won't do more damage. Hit boxes can contribute to lag during large scale battles, so the decision was made to cut them out. It's really too bad, but I think they made the right decision. The good news is that if you attack somebody in their backside, it will deal more damage than the front. So sneaky players have a bit of an advantage there.
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Originally Posted by Glue Gun
What form do traps take? Are they traps that you place on the ground or do they have to be place on an object?
Are traps crafted (like in UO) or just made out of nothing (like traps in DAoC/WoW)?
Traps will be crafted and as far as we know, you can only place them on the ground.
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Originally Posted by Drool111
Can we pick up any up any armor or weapons? Or will there be a requirement to hold them?
Like on the sword it may say Requires: 55 swordsmanship or w/e so you'd have to get 55 swordsman skill to hold it? Or as long as you have the swordsman skill you can pick the sword up, same question for armor.
Also what difference would there be from someone with 1 swordsmanship and someone with 99 swordsmanship?? Faster swings? Higher damage etc???
We haven't heard of skill requirements to hold weapons.
Skills will in one way or the other affect everything you do. If you have 1 swordsmanship expect weak, sloppy, slow blows. At 100, you will be lethal.
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is there a dead end in the world like do you swim in to ocean and find a invisable wall? or is it like a sphere you swim across the ocean you will get to the over side type of thing???
You'd probably never find out, because the giant killer sea monsters would devour you first. And I'm not kidding about that!
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are there any benefits from being evil
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Evil is its own reward for the greedy and ambitious. Loot and plunder taken from the innocent should be a huge benefit, indeed.
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Originally Posted by maskedtears
So how exactly is food going to work? And are we going to have the option of combining food resources so like meat + veggies = soup which has a greater value and effect than meat or veggies alone?
You won't starve to death in Darkfall, but not eating negatively impacts your performance. Your skills will be slightly dull on an empty stomach.
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And what can human's horses do? Can it do damage like other mounts? maybe fire from mouth like alfars dragon mounts?
Mounts can be killed or stolen. So don't abuse your pets!
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Originally Posted by Silky
on the subject of mounts can i get knocked off in the middle of a battle? if i do what happens to my horse if everyone else dies will it just wander around the map so anyone can take it, or will it stay in the same area?
Players can be knocked off their mounts, and the mount can even be killed while the player is riding it. I don't know how far mounts wander after their master is killed, but you can probably find them in the vicinity of your corpse.
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Originally Posted by Jao
Will you implement an arena that allow people to fight for glory and money?
And if yes will you allow other people to watch battles to learn how to fight well. Will you allow people to bet money on a participant?
There are combat arenas where you can even compete in team, if you wish. You can win glory and money alright. I don't know if there's a coded betting system, but players could easily make their own anyways.
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Piggybacked with that question...
Lets say Silky can NOT do that, that you have to be in one of the clans that are at war to take a keep. Can a member from Clan A sneak into Clan B's keep, and again, providing they aren't paying attention at all for whatever reasons, single handedly take the keep?
Yes. During a siege, both cities become vulnerable to an attack. A sneak from Clan B could theoretically single-handedly take Clan A's keep as well.
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Originally Posted by Galadon
1. When a clan owns a city or fortress of some kind do they also own some plot of adjoining land. Like a city-state of sorts?
A clan city also includes a surrounding "kingdom" to do with as you will.
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2. If your answer is yes, would our clan name and an outline of the land we own show up on the map so that everyone can see. Kind of like the EVE-Online maps, which show which systems are owned by who and how far the clan's influence extends?
Yes, there will be a political map that shows you exactly that.
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3. As a clan leader what controls over management, specifically financial/economic management within the cities/lands/towns/resource points would I have? Would I be able to set taxes that are automatically included in all sales? Would I have ownership of plots and be able to sell them? Would I be able to evict people that have built houses on my land.
Darkfall will have a very deep city/clan management system that will allow you the flexibility to run your land as you wish. You can sell plots on your land and evict people at will. We don't know all the circumstances involved in taxation, but a sales tax of some sort should be possible.
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Can I tax them in some automatic way [meaning is it a game-mechanic] or would I have to do it the old fashioned way and send the tax-man around with some armed guards and a cannon ?
You can do both!
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5. Is there any way to identify if someone is in a clan or not without them saying so? Like maybe right clicking on someone and opening a profile, or just clicking on them and seeing clan tags?
Yes, there may even be a skill involved in identifying people. There are infiltration skills that allow you to appear to be in different clan, so a detective may be needed to counter this.
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7. If you are allied can your allies participate when you are defending against attackers or attacking others. Would they get any alignment penalties?
Allies shouldn't take alignment hits for fighting against your mutual enemies.
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Is there is prerecorded messages to give orders during a battle (a bit like in M&B) to configure easily your formation and react as a team if there is problems? If yes, can you configure those messages? Is there is a minimap where you can shows several things (position, warnings, orders...) during battle to the member of your group?
There is a clan-map that can be used to issues order and mark certain points of interest. I don't know if there are prerecorded command messages, but they do seem to be pretty popular in team-based games nowadays.
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Originally Posted by Archmichael
Two questions.
1. Will there be a limit on the number of players a clan can have at one time? If so, how many?
You can have as many players in a single clan as you wish. What does restrict clan population is the fact that only so many people can bind on a clanstone. You can have a million people in your clan, but they wouldn't all be able to bind to one city.
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2. A thread from earlier today mentioned that the devs had said there would be a cap of 50 players that could bind to a clan's clanstone. It is my understanding that by binding to a clanstone, you gain the abilitiy to res there when you die, thereby making you more valuable to your guild during sieges.
Yes, this is true.
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Is there are some big Public Quest that take month to be done or something like that?
There will be big public event quests that will be unique occurrences. I don't know how long they will last, but they will most likely be epic.
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Originally Posted by Jao
About this, I'm worried a bit : clan of 24h/24 7d/7 will be surely advantaged... Is there a place for casual players ?
We don't know how the servers will be distributed, or how many there will be. Clans who spend more time and effort in this game will naturally have an advantage. This game will have a lot for casual players, depending on where they set their goals. I don't think you can expect to take over the world if you only play a few hours a week, but you can certainly do some dungeon diving and casual pvp.
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Can you make different type of building into your own fortress like Crafting Building, Merchant Building, Housing of member of the guild...etc... ?
Yes, actually city building is very similar to playing an RTS. You can make different kinds of buildings that have different functions, buffs and effects.
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Do you need a career specialization to make building (architect)?
What sort of thing do you need to make building (wood..?) ? How can you find it ?
You only need the crafting skills needed involved in building and materials like wood, iron, etc. You can harvest these from resource locations throughout the land.
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Can clan cities have different defenses like towers, strong wall, door, murderous (archers shoot through the murderous), boiling oil ?
There are various kinds of defensive buildings and weapons you can use.
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Do building deteriorate with time ? Do you need to pay for maintain buildings ?
Buildings do require upkeep, but we haven't heard a final word on how housing decay will work.
We've seen screenshots of destroyed city walls, from a canon blast, so yes.
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When will we have more information about the game ?
Will there be a newsletter ? If the answer is yes, when ?
Thx you very much
We usually get updates every other Friday, but it's not guaranteed. Ass. Producer Tasos Flambouras usually has an update published on http://df.warcry.com but his contact there recently left that site.
I'd recommend using http://darkfallinfo.com/ to read up on past updates. You'll find lots of goodies there!
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Originally Posted by Moribund
What is the radar? How do you get off it, ect. What sorts of maps will there be? full description for both, my nuwbness needs correcting.
The only radar in Darkfall is one that shows your own party members. You won't be able to see anyone else via radar, ever.
There will be markable, dynamic maps, political maps, weather maps, clan maps, city maps... lots of maps!
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Originally Posted by Aelius
will mounts be allowed everywhere or will there be places where you can't mount?
You will need climbing and jumping skills to get up to certain places. There will be places too steep for your mounts.
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Originally Posted by Jao
Will there will be enchantment spells that can be used on equipment like in Morrowind or Oblivion?
Yes, there is an enchantment skill. Not sure how similar it is to the Elder Scroll games, though.
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Originally Posted by Mhorham
Can you tell us what clan leadership setting are available for guards? Will we be able to set clan guards to accept evil and good players at the same time? Or turn off racial antipathy toward non clan members? Do these settings also effect NPC merchant/trainers?
You can set your guard to accept good and evil players, specific players, and have them ignore enemy races in your clan (making ARAC possible.) I'm not sure how this affects other NPCs, if at all.
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Originally Posted by Galadon
Are there any plans for an "Bird's Eye View" type option of skill for leaders in battle, for ease of commanding. If not, do you think it would be a good idea?
No and no. The reason for this being is that I feel that a leader shouldn't be able to obtain some kind of omniscience on the battlefield. One of the really cool things about Darkfall is that you can you use weather, darkness, cover and sheathed weapons to hide the presence of your troops. What's even cooler is that this means that scouts are going to be very important for any army. I'd hate to ruin that with an overhead shot.
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Originally Posted by endofline
Will there be things other than clan stones to fight over, but would give the owner great ability to retain it? I know gear in the 99% isn't all that important or overpowered. My one example is the similar to how the ring of power was in the LOTR stories. Everyone was after it and would kill for it. But it made whoever had it very hard to kill. Then when they were killed it made whoever looted it, the new target. much like an "it" game but you want to be it.
Clan stones also mean that you get to have access to the resources in the surrounding land, which will be quite a prize. There will also be NPC cities and villages that can be conquered. If you have a clan stone, you have the ability to build defenses around it. Sieging those defenses will be a difficult and expensive task.
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Originally Posted by Lipton35
Can character lay into grass and creep ? Is there such pose like laying on the ground ?
The instruction book for the demo was released in a Dev journal, and there was a key bound for crawling/swimming. So yes, you can sneak in the grass!
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Originally Posted by Jao
Will there be espions/assassins that can be for example invisible for a while ?
If yes, can those espions do terrorist attack into a city/fortress (or do a bank (or something else) theft) ?
There will be absolutely no magic-style invisibility abilities in Darkfall. The reason for this being is that you can wear all leather/cloth, sheath your weapon, use quiet footsteps, and sneak in and out of shadows. Stealthing is going to be manual, and extremely realistic in this game.
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Originally Posted by Asthaar
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Is it possible to climb trees? Can I set someones house on fire?
Can you hide in for example a huge bush?
We haven't seen any information to indicate that you can climb trees. We know there's a climbing skill, but that might just be for terrain. Housing is destructible, but I doubt you can just go around and commit random arson. You can hide in huge bushes and other types of terrain.
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Do you see the names of other people? Or Can I pretend to be someone I'm not?
The only way that you can see a player's name is to move your reticle on their character and hold it there. There are no silly names floating above people's heads in Darkfall. You can pretend you're someone you're not with a disguise skill, that even changes your clan affiliation.
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