....... change resolution crashes my PC then client decides to re-patch itself another 4 hours,then on launching the game a error message tells me I dont have Darkfall Installed, Re-install Patch all over again ( and dont dare try to change the resolution).

I will just add at this point that the community in general chat seemed extemley helpful with comments and suggestion ( except for the occasional " Get a new Pc you **** Tard comment ") so that at least made me feel a little better.

... some time later whoopee finally get it working , after 5 minutes learning the interface and finding my first quests and getting killed a couple of times ( which was kinda funny ) game starts to lag and ping goes up to record levels up to 200k ! . quit the game (starting get that pit of your stomach feeling whenyou think you've totally wasted your money now ) .....

.... some time later and after a quick session on Burn Zombie Burn I return to my PC feeling refreshed and optomistic and launch Darkfall yet again.

..... whats this wooot ! it seems to be working and the lag has gone hooray !!

..... some time later after gleefully feeling I was getting the hang it doin my fist few quests and getting some nice starter gear  I head just outside the starter area packed lunch in hand I start chipping away at some trees and rocks. With the warm sun on my back and the nice Ding Ding of my Stats starting to rise, I'm starting to feel all that stress is behind me ...... and then

....... Ganked ! 

Ok I tell my self picking my bloodstained body of the floor this is a PVP game after all bound to get Murdered occasionally...

so I forgive my Murderer and start all over again get some new gear and set out again..

...... Ganked !

one more time I say

...... Ganked !

so hey after all the hassle of getting this game actually working I know its a PVP game and I know your going to get killed alot.

But waiting around outside starter areas Ganking new players seems stupid to me , all it achieved was getting me frustrated and hitting the quit button.

Anyway going to give it another go later and see if I can get further than 100 yards outside the gate !

And to those that just sprout " Welcome to Darkfall " .... I'm not really feeling it Dudes

Rant Over  and have a nice day

This is why Im more of a fan of faction vs faction.   FFA is brutal.   Minding your business and someone walks up and pisses  on your shoe.  Totally uncalled for and extremely upsetting.  

I always hope for a FvF mmo to come out. 

Just an update, just logged on this morning and Ping was 200k and rising so unplayable for me at the moment 

Originally posted by summitus

Just an update, just logged on this morning and Ping was 200k and rising so unplayable for me at the moment 

Is your ISP comcast, by chance??

Also...what race did you roll?? What starter town are you in?? Some places are "milder" than others for n00bs. If you are human, make your way to Monkfield.

Learn to scope out an area before you enter. Do your mining / harvesting naked. Turn the music off and turn the volume up. Use your ears to clue you in to approaching enemies....if you hear people dying nearby, glance around, and / or bolt to town.

You're going to die a lot until you develop the "paranoia" necessary to survive. You are the lowest link on the food chain right now. It's a tough climb, but don't give up....claw your way up, and claim your place.

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

Originally posted by summitus

Just an update, just logged on this morning and Ping was 200k and rising so unplayable for me at the moment 

 

Is your ISP comcast, by chance??

Also...what race did you roll?? What starter town are you in?? Some places are "milder" than others for n00bs. If you are human, make your way to Monkfield.

Learn to scope out an area before you enter. Do your mining / harvesting naked. Turn the music off and turn the volume up. Use your ears to clue you in to approaching enemies....if you hear people dying nearby, glance around, and / or bolt to town.

You're going to die a lot until you develop the "paranoia" necessary to survive. You are the lowest link on the food chain right now. It's a tough climb, but don't give up....claw your way up, and claim your place.

 

 My ISP is British Telecom I'm in the UK , I rolled a Human in Monkfield, thanks for the tips .

I'm still getting the Ping problem but I'm thinkin its since that Patch they did.

Yeah I'm gonna defo stay naked for bit lol !

Another Update a few hours later ... logged in and Ping was now at an astonishing 480,000 !! Holy Crap I've never ever seen a Ping like that before, " Sigh" Back to Spellborn for abit and will try again later.

Ps I've never had a Ping Problem before except on Conan at launch.

Two of my friends have had the same ping issue as you experienced. They were both disconnected when it happend. It have not happend to me.... yet. But my friends Teamspeak server also crached at the same time!

Getting ganked is a pain in the ass. But if you take every gank as a lesson, not to do the same mistake twice. You will soon be fighting people and they will run from you instead : )

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

Originally posted by summitus

Just an update, just logged on this morning and Ping was 200k and rising so unplayable for me at the moment 

 

Is your ISP comcast, by chance??

Also...what race did you roll?? What starter town are you in?? Some places are "milder" than others for n00bs. If you are human, make your way to Monkfield.

Learn to scope out an area before you enter. Do your mining / harvesting naked. Turn the music off and turn the volume up. Use your ears to clue you in to approaching enemies....if you hear people dying nearby, glance around, and / or bolt to town.

You're going to die a lot until you develop the "paranoia" necessary to survive. You are the lowest link on the food chain right now. It's a tough climb, but don't give up....claw your way up, and claim your place.

 

Do your harvesting/mining naked, stupidest thing i ve ever heard come out of a MMO players mouth. Nice char progression. This game encourages it too, lol give me a break. And yes I ve played it so I know how lousy it is.
 

Originally posted by summitus

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

Originally posted by summitus

Just an update, just logged on this morning and Ping was 200k and rising so unplayable for me at the moment 

 

Is your ISP comcast, by chance??

Also...what race did you roll?? What starter town are you in?? Some places are "milder" than others for n00bs. If you are human, make your way to Monkfield.

Learn to scope out an area before you enter. Do your mining / harvesting naked. Turn the music off and turn the volume up. Use your ears to clue you in to approaching enemies....if you hear people dying nearby, glance around, and / or bolt to town.

You're going to die a lot until you develop the "paranoia" necessary to survive. You are the lowest link on the food chain right now. It's a tough climb, but don't give up....claw your way up, and claim your place.

 

 

 My ISP is British Telecom I'm in the UK , I rolled a Human in Monkfield, thanks for the tips .

I'm still getting the Ping problem but I'm thinkin its since that Patch they did.

Yeah I'm gonna defo stay naked for bit lol !

Something wrong then, have been playing from day one and ping is pretty much set at 50-62.(Manchester) You seem to be getting a bad deal as getting ganked in starter areas is so easy to avoid not sure what you are doing wrong. Unless you just stand and don't fight.

Fight back most gankers are just lame cowards :)

Another update Re-booted my router and it seems to have worked ( for now anyway ) pings gone right the way back down to 60-80, took some of the advice especially about the naked one lol.

Went out naked slaughtered a few Goblins to get enough gold to re-buy my Axe and Mining Pick. Finished the Blacksmiths quest and have just purchased my first pair of Tongs ! 40 Gold tho !! Pair of Smithy tongs more expensive than a Sword wtf ! lol.

and the Lo and behold I just finished my first Iron Ingot and Server go's down for maintenance Doh !

Anyways thanks for handy tips guys ... oh and one more thing . How do sell the Ingots and stuff I've made and what is the best way to early Gold Killin or Craftin ? 

Ps a couple of people did try to Gank me again but I just Ran like the wind !! 

 My ISP is British Telecom I'm in the UK

My m8 who plays with me has ping issues as well. He uses BT, BT are shit tbh...

 In general we the "PKs" seem to try and help out newbies, I certainly do. The "Get a new PC **** Tard" only works for a short while until someone quits....and its not healthy for the game.

If you have any questions just ask here or whatever, and I'l try to help you out.

Originally posted by dinurium

This is why Im more of a fan of faction vs faction.   FFA is brutal.   Minding your business and someone walks up and pisses  on your shoe.  Totally uncalled for and extremely upsetting.  

I always hope for a FvF mmo to come out. 

Even with faction based PvP ive run into a lot of people that do  stuff like that.   You got high level guys waiting around in the first full PvP zones and kill you and camp your corpse.  Lets face it any PvP game there will always be someone that likes to grief the noobs or lower level characters.  As for me I will try to kill anyone even if they are lower level than me, but I kill them once and go on with my business, which everyone should do IMHO.

Just because you know that someone will spawn at a point or come back to get there corpse dosen't mean you should sit and camp them and kill them repeatedly.

You cant play any open PvP game without being ganked, only arenastyled PvP games dont have gankers.

I think you got the wrong game, open PvP is not something for everyone.

As for the long time to get it down, you can always use this torrent link if you get any problem with the official one.

darkfall is a mix of faction vs faction and free for all really, you can do either. maybe its the race you played but virtually none of the elves ever tried to gank me, couple who did I killed whilst they went grey. only time I really got ganked was when groups of enemy races rode into starting areas killing everyone outside the city walls, and thats your just like your regular faction pvp server action really.

edit: yeah I reckon alot of humans are gankers, you could always just travel to elf or dwarf cities without having to change race. and also BT are shite.

For what it's worth, im also in the UK with Virgin and regularly get the 200,000+ ping in this game. Doesnt happen in AO, Spellborn or EQ2 though.

Never managed to fix it, our AO clan were all UK players anbd most of us had this problem, most of us were with virgin, BT, and Sky. Darkfall Support said it was the UK ISP's at fault and not to log another ticket "moaning!" lol. We have all just gone to try out spellborn. If you manage to fix it let us know!

Originally posted by Nirvy

For what it's worth, im also in the UK with Virgin and regularly get the 200,000+ ping in this game. Doesnt happen in AO, Spellborn or EQ2 though.

Never managed to fix it, our AO clan were all UK players anbd most of us had this problem, most of us were with virgin, BT, and Sky. Darkfall Support said it was the UK ISP's at fault and not to log another ticket "moaning!" lol. We have all just gone to try out spellborn. If you manage to fix it let us know!

There are 3 basic rules in any Darkfall forum that any Darkfall player must abide with

1. It's always somebody elses fault ,never Aventurine's
2. It's always someone elses fault ,never Aventurine's
3. If this is your first time posting about Darkfall in any forum and any post ,you must make it a positive one

And you just broke all 3 of them

Originally posted by Wharg0ul

Originally posted by summitus

Just an update, just logged on this morning and Ping was 200k and rising so unplayable for me at the moment 

 

Is your ISP comcast, by chance??

Also...what race did you roll?? What starter town are you in?? Some places are "milder" than others for n00bs. If you are human, make your way to Monkfield.

Learn to scope out an area before you enter. Do your mining / harvesting naked. Turn the music off and turn the volume up. Use your ears to clue you in to approaching enemies....if you hear people dying nearby, glance around, and / or bolt to town.

You're going to die a lot until you develop the "paranoia" necessary to survive. You are the lowest link on the food chain right now. It's a tough climb, but don't give up....claw your way up, and claim your place.

 

Take a deep breath in.......................and breath out the feeling of Ultima Online in a 3D world!

Great words of advice. It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm eagerly waiting becoming part of it.

Anyone know if you can purchase the game even though I live in Canada? Are EU servers really high ping for us North Americans?

ill wait for the NA servers to come out. if mortal online comes out first then i wont bother.

To the op;

The ganking will never go away.  For some reason there are people who believe ffa pvp = "I can be an ass and gank whoever I want, whenever I want, as many times as I want".  "I can camp lowbies and kill them repeatedly!" 

You must understand op, the simple minded are easily amused.