Darkfall will find its market and everyone else will find another game. The heated words will disappear. It's not a big deal.

The interview was pretty typical for a mmorpg interview. Not much hard information. I still look forward to the game but the developers could've kept some friends if they did what so many developers do: kept a developer's journal with regular entries.

The level of smug, self-congratulatory bullshit in this thread is incredible. How can you people indulge your own vanity and arrogance so much without a hint of embarrassment.

This thread is mostly a debate about topic that no one has the true, up to date information for. And the debate consists of both sides of the argument trying to get the other party to admit they don't know the true, up to date information. None of you do, put it to bed.

MMORPG.com:

Can you give us any more details on pre-order plans?
Tasos:

There will be a limited number of pre-order copies of Darkfall offered, and a limited number of copies available at launch. We won’t try to support more users than we can guarantee a good gameplay experience for, and if demand is higher than supply, then we will move to a structured release. It’s also not a matter of simply throwing up a few more servers to meet increased demand.  

A mmorpg without players is a dead mmorpg. This is a nonsense.

D- 7 , NDA not lifted... not even a webpage for payment.

DFO : 100 %  fanboys' game. 

Originally posted by elate

This thread is mostly a debate about topic that no one has the true, up to date information for. And the debate consists of both sides of the argument trying to get the other party to admit they don't know the true, up to date information. None of you do, put it to bed.

correction: i supplied at lest *some* evidence, which they chose simply not to believe without giving valid reasons why not. they are yet to supply a single link that backs up their original claims.

 Heheh, I can just see it now...

MMORPG.com: So now it's April 2010 and many of our readers are still wondering whether Darkfall even exists. Care to comment?

Tasos Flambouras: Of course it exists! We kept to our promised February 25th 2009 release date as planned, the launch ran seamlessly and our current playerbase is having an amazing time in Agon. Actually, of those players recently polled 100% said unequivocally that Darkfall was the best MMORPG game they'd ever played ever.

MMORPG.com: And can you tell us roughly how many players are actually in the game at this time?

Tasos Flambouras: No, since we are a publicly listed company we are unable to divulge that information, just like all the other major AAA MMO titles. But it's lots and lots.

MMORPG.com: What about the rumours that in fact Darkfall only had a limited "Friends and Family" release, and that there are actually just a few hundred players currently?

Tasos Flambouras: Er... that's lies, all lies. It's true that because of limited server resources we were forced to make a 'staggered' release, but we are working towards inviting more players into our Full Public Release all the time. Keep checking your Inboxes!

MMORPG.com: Any chance of your lifting the NDA soon? Since the game's been 'released' for over a year now...

Tasos Flambouras: Not yet but soon, very soon. Very, very soon.

MMORPG.com: Any comment about all the Release Leak footage on Youtube? The world looks pretty empty in most of that footage, and the performance still looks very clunky for a supposed AAA title...

Tasos Flambouras: Never trust Release Leakers, they're the scum of the earth! And anyway that footage is from a much earlier Release Build than the one we're currently running. And the world isn't empty, it's just really really big. And a sandbox. You make your own fun. That's what sandbox is. Mobs and in-game content are for carebears!

Originally posted by Greek_Matt

MMORPG.com: What about the rumours that in fact Darkfall only had a limited "Friends and Family" release, and that there are actually just a few hundred players currently?

rumours are usually started by clueless people to substitute for real facts, which people with a clue are able to find using a few simple searches.

eg: like how there are leaks showing 1600 *unique* posters in the welcome to beta thread on the beta forums, which mean there are *at least* 1600 people in beta. probably 1.5-2 times this many, possibly many more... depends on the percentage of people that are actually reading the forums and posting in the welcome thread.

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Originally posted by Fariic
mmorpg.com forums are just getting sad.  Page after page of posts on the interview and only like 3 people have commented on the article itself; the rest has been a bunch of useless bickering back and forth about nonsence, 
It's an FPS, one world, sandbox MMO geared toward a small audience.  People are hyping this game way beyond what the devs had hoped for, at least that's the impression I'm getting as they have to resort to staged releases in order to cope with the demand.  Not to mention the games being developed by an indy group.
The expectations from believers and non believers alike is just absurd.  The game will stand on it's own merits when it's released.  Anyone who thinks they know what will happen after release is talking out of thier backsides. 
You know nothing.
A lot of you are simply full of yourselves, and seem to think that your opinion holds more weight then the next guys.  I would really hate to have to work with a lot of you after seeing some of the behavior you demonstrate here I can only imagine what kind of selfish stuck up egotistical twats some of you could be in real like. 
It's a game for godsakes; one that hasn't even been released yet.  Get over it already.   The arguing isn't funny, it's sad.

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True, this is what happens to forums when they become total chaos and not modded. One of the main reasons I only visit every so often now.

On a side note, can someone give me a good reason to play this game if you die, you then start from scratch? What are my incentives to have fun? Is that fun?

Originally posted by javac

Originally posted by Greek_Matt

MMORPG.com: What about the rumours that in fact Darkfall only had a limited "Friends and Family" release, and that there are actually just a few hundred players currently?

rumours are usually started by clueless people to substitute for real facts, which people with a clue are able to find using a few simple searches.

 

eg: like how there are leaks showing 1600 *unique* posters in the welcome to beta thread on the beta forums, which mean there are *at least* 1600 people in beta. probably 1.5-2 times this many, possibly many more... depends on the percentage of people that are actually reading the forums and posting in the welcome thread.

The unequivocal truth that javac does not have a sense of humor is contained within this post...

Originally posted by KenTsurugi

Originally posted by javac

Originally posted by Greek_Matt

MMORPG.com: What about the rumours that in fact Darkfall only had a limited "Friends and Family" release, and that there are actually just a few hundred players currently?

rumours are usually started by clueless people to substitute for real facts, which people with a clue are able to find using a few simple searches.

 

eg: like how there are leaks showing 1600 *unique* posters in the welcome to beta thread on the beta forums, which mean there are *at least* 1600 people in beta. probably 1.5-2 times this many, possibly many more... depends on the percentage of people that are actually reading the forums and posting in the welcome thread.

The unequivocal truth that javac does not have a sense of humor is contained within this post...

apparently humour is relative... like for instance i think organised religion is the greatest scam in history and anyone believing in it is a joke, but not everyone feels this way... does that mean they have no sense of humour too?

[quote]Heheh, I can just see it now...

MMORPG.com: So now it's April 2010 and many of our readers are still wondering whether Darkfall even exists. Care to comment?[/quote]

And yes, you *did* miss the whole point

And not by a small amount. Hell right now i wouldnt trust you to hit the broadside of a barn right now.

feel free to go ahead and explain why it's funny, bearing in mind that Darkfall's official release date has been delayed fewer times and for a shorter period than WOW's was.

It's not funny because it doesn't correlate with what's actually happened; it's just more clueless trolling.

Originally posted by javac

feel free to go ahead and explain why it's funny, bearing in mind that Darkfall's official release date has been delayed fewer times and for a shorter period than WOW's was.

 

It's not funny because it doesn't correlate with what's actually happened; it's just more clueless trolling.

Your assertion about Darkfall having been less delayed than WoW is just patently wrong.

You might be right if you are only counting the Jan 22, 2009 dates, but if you ignore Dec 08, Oct 08, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, 2006, and 2005 you might have a point.

In strict technicallity, Darkfall has never annouced a release date, they merely have stated times to lift the NDA and a BETA release date.

Atleast WoW actually released.

On to the Article.  After reading it, I am more and more convinced that Tasos is not to be trusted.  I will NOT preorder DF, for currently I trust the anonymous spam in my e-mail box more than I trust Tasos.

I hope DF is a good game, but I am not willing to bet any money on it.  We'll see I guess.

Originally posted by javac

feel free to go ahead and explain why it's funny, bearing in mind that Darkfall's official release date has been delayed fewer times and for a shorter period than WOW's was.

 

It's not funny because it doesn't correlate with what's actually happened; it's just more clueless trolling.

Really?

I might be mistaken but I seem to remember Blizzard just saying "When it's ready" over and over. 

Then in 2004 they officially said it would be simultaneously released in the U.S and Korea at the end of 2004; which it was.  (Nov. 23rd, 2004 to be exact).

Perhaps you have a better memory than I do though.  

Originally posted by javac

feel free to go ahead and explain why it's funny, bearing in mind that Darkfall's official release date has been delayed fewer times and for a shorter period than WOW's was.

 

It's not funny because it doesn't correlate with what's actually happened; it's just more clueless trolling.

Oh dear.

I can't bring myself to spell it out to you, and clearly it wouldn't make a difference since you've obviously had a humourectomy some time ago. Let me just give you a few words to look up in your dictionary... they might help you understand why sometimes people are opening their mouths, showing their teeth and making laughing noises around you in a way which does not compute with you:

Caricature

Parody

Satire