So I finally gave in, I have been thinking about getting Darkfall ever sense the EU release but I finally gave in today and signed up for the NA servers.  I tried to do research about which server to pick, EU or NA.  Most of the people in forums say that NA is barren compared to EU.  Well I can tell you this it definitely wasnt barren when I was on NA the first 30 min of playtime.

I made my character, an Ork.  I was pretty happy about his appearance and was ready to play the game, I had no idea how to play or what I was supposed to do.  Although I did know the controls because its like a basic FPS.  Within the first 20 seconds I started to hear screams "Help meee!!!!" over and over, I was like wtf and looking around saw nothing.  Then I saw around 8 people turn around on mounts and begin to chase me.  At first I though oh great gankers, didnt expect it this soon.  After I died I wandered around the town I respawned at, I jumped over the wall to try and avoid the entrance where the gankers were.  I was walking around in what felt like a alien world to me.  This is the first time in a long time I have actually felt like I was playing the game in depth and adventuring into a mysterious land.  I finally came to a group of monsters and began to fight them, when I lunched at a goblin he moved out of the way.  I was thinking what the hell intelligent monsters???  I got my ass whipped.  So basically the only skill I have become good at in the game is Resting.

Well thats my first 30 min, gotta go to bed now hope you guys enjoy my lame story. :)

This is not lame at all.  It in fact is a very honest and fair opinion about your 30 minutes in Darkfall.

I do not play Darkfall, but I hope this game will be enjoyable for you.  I have to say though I find being ganked is the first thing that happend as you spawn into the world rather hilarious.

Originally posted by linren

This is not lame at all.  It in fact is a very honest and fair opinion about your 30 minutes in Darkfall.

I do not play Darkfall, but I hope this game will be enjoyable for you.  I have to say though I find being ganked is the first thing that happend as you spawn into the world rather hilarious.

I do not intend to bash the game in any way, but to be honest the ganking story is a familiar one to me, Ive heard this from several people who did try the game. (I have never tried myself since I disliked pvp servers in wow, and judging by the stories this game takes the grieving & ganking one step further, not my cup of tea)

Originally posted by GrandoReaper

Within the first 20 seconds I started to hear screams "Help meee!!!!" over and over, I was like wtf and looking around saw nothing.  Then I saw around 8 people turn around on mounts and begin to chase me.  At first I though oh great gankers, didnt expect it this soon.  After I died I wandered around the town I respawned at, I jumped over the wall to try and avoid the entrance where the gankers were.

So griefers farm the newbie spawn point? That design is full of win... *chuckles*

Congrats on finding a game that you seem to enjoy.

Originally posted by Ghimpi

 

So griefers farm the newbie spawn point? That design is full of win... *chuckles*

Nope, spawn points for regular players are well protected by towers.

not only that but a bunch of nubs can quite easily turtle at the entrance and kill the reds. i assume other starter cities have as nice walls as the one im based in. makes a great defense point. then they get all that loot, presuming the pks have any. besides, there is race alliance chat for a reason, combine that with the in game co-ords and voila!

Originally posted by DarthRaiden

Originally posted by Ghimpi

 

So griefers farm the newbie spawn point? That design is full of win... *chuckles*

 

Nope, spawn points for regular players are well protected by towers.

Ah ok, good to hear that. It didn't make much sense otherwise.

Originally posted by DarthRaiden

Originally posted by Ghimpi

 

So griefers farm the newbie spawn point? That design is full of win... *chuckles*

 

Nope, spawn points for regular players are well protected by towers.

I can tell you for a fact, immediately after I spawned within 10~20 seconds I got ganked by atleast 8 people.

 After 30 min, I said to myself "I wasted my fucking money", then after forcing myself to play it around a month, I quit. It's not OMG AWESOME, but it's not FAILFFAILFAIL either. It's good to who it appeals to.

That rarely happens because of the towers, but I guess if they all hit you really fast and ran, maybe they could escape.