Originally posted by Grailer

Originally posted by Dibdabs

Originally posted by Grailer

 

....unless Black Desert which is going to be the greatest MMO ever made .

Ohhh, if I only had a dollar every time I heard sentiments like that about a forthcoming game!  :D

 

Clearly you haven't watched the Trailer .

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtB5DoJ6OI

I have to admit, the trailer definitely seems to show a game with promise.  Only two things I don't approve of:

1. Not once in there did I see anything resembling a black desert.

2. That black poodle cat thing has to go.

While I won't be playing this TITle, I can only say this:

Hooray for boobies.

Originally posted by cration
Dude. Its just a game.

Member since '08, 1st post ever on the account, and man, I couldn't have put it more succinctly myself.

Brilliant, sir, and well played.

I love gaming, but I don't think I've had had the sort of emotional attachment to a character or game as Mr. Barreiro is exhibiting.  Bacon, yes.  Beer, most assuredly.  Games?  Nah.

If you look at the majority of the threads containing a-holes on forumfall, you'll see multiple posts by the same people.  These people are not representative of the game as a whole.  In my clan of 25-30 actives, maybe 2 of us post on the forums on a semi-regular basis; I usually end up posting in the tech support thread when something's broken.

Judging the game by a few lost souls is not the best way to research a game.

As far as shunning box + sub games, that's your prerogative.  But in a game like DFUW, a cash shop (which would be the only way to make money) would surely kill the game.  P2W accusations would cause even more problems, and lead to AV's downfall.

I'm enjoying the game along with a lot of others who don't care to post on the forums.  Having too much fun in game to bother Forumfalling.

Originally posted by Hotjazz

Originally posted by Consensus

however look past the short term, and the gap/grind is virtually non existant compared DF1 launch.

Are you serious?

 

The grind is so huge I`m seriously thinking about leaving Darkfall after only two weeks. Casual  players will never be able to do the quests in the guide posted on forumfall. Casual players will never be able to do the hidden feats that give them the prowess needed to get a high level char. Without a high level char, you are not going to have any fun pvp. So what`s the point of playing Darkfall? harvesting and crafting?

 

AV fcuked up again, and that`s unbelivable. We have the same number of players in DFUW as DF1 had in the last year. No wonder really, because most of us are DF1 players. Some people got the illusion that steam players will somehow save Darkfall. Yeah right, like steam players are some weird cult that will find Darkfall appealing.

 

I sadly don`t have high hopes for DFUW.

It seems like you want to be given a maxed out character.  What you say is true, but it's true in EVERY mmo.  Casual players, regardless of the game they're playing, won't catch up to those who put the time in.  In WoW, for example, if you want the top tier raiding gear, you raid.  Casuals who don't raid don't get the gear.

It's a shame you feel like you won't ever catch up, so I guess this is where I ask if I can have your stuff when you quit...

As a DF1 "vet" who was in a 2-3 month long rage fit over the changes in aesthetics and gamepley (classes, etc), I'm enjoying the hell out of the game.  There have been vast improvements over what I experienced in early beta, and the reworked prowess system is ok with me.  The delay/hitching problems that prevailed early on don't seem to be present any longer, but there are reports of memory leaks leading to stuttering performance.  I've noticed some of this stuttering after playing for a few hours; that's usually my queue that I should go pee or get a sandwich or something.

Overall, the game's certainly not finished, but it's a load of fun.  It's all about what one expects from the game he/she is playing.  It's AV, so I didn't expect much, and was delivered more.  As long as they keep communication up and listen to the players (as they've been doing), the game should turn out to be pretty spiffy.

-Pink Floyd, Neighborhood Watch

Originally posted by Mors.Magne

I played quite a bit of the old Darkfall, but stopped playing about 2 years ago.

How does the new game compare with the old game?

Is the game world bigger?

How have they changed skilling up (if at all)?

How are the NPC quests (if there are any)?

 

 

You now level up your skills via prowess points, which are gained by doing just about anything - harvesting, crafting, killing mobs.  The more you harvest/gather/kill in increments, the more prowess you get.  You then allocate those points to your skills for harvesting/crafting/combat, or you can spend them on stat boosters, i.e.e strength, dex, etc.

The world was actually made smaller by AV, and there are less holdings and no chaos cities.

The NPC quests are nonexistent, aside from the kill (x) of this mob in the dungeons, I believe.

The character models have all been made the same size, so with armor on, it really doesn't matter which race you chose.  This is the biggest =( for me; as the models and size of the models in DF1 were what gave me that "Holy Crap, this is awesome!" feeling.  The combat system doesn't seem to be as fluid, and there are classes (yeah, AV calls them roles): Warrior, Elementalist, Primalist, and Skirmisher.  Pretty limited set of combat skills.

Mana missile is still there, though.

Overall, it's a shell of DF1, pretty much a completely new game with a little bit of the feel of DF1; I'm playing it, though.  Might as well.  Maybe by 2019, AV can figure it all out and make a happy mixture of the two games.

Originally posted by imagina

Originally posted by Iselin

Originally posted by Sovrath

Originally posted by imagina

 

 

This is nowhere close from an Ogrim original design from morrowind that was much more looking like the rock giant from "a neverending story" than a generic / troll / ogre's body and face from a very bad lotr spin off.

 

Not close by any stretch of the imagination.

 

it's not that far off

Nice understatement. :)

I would say "almost frigging identical."

 

 

Let's begin by its face shall we ? The original had more a toad face on the lower part, it had "double" pectorals because, wel, he was much more "fatter" didn't have "spikes" coming from everywhere on it's body, and not wearing that ogrish style leather thing, the "new" ogrim also has no ring on his nipple but it's a silly detail.

This "new" version is much more close to a fan serviced ogrim to look more like an half assed lotr ogre than an actual ogrim.

And i stay with that statement.

You're stretching it.  It's obvious you have something against the game.  Let it rest.  We know; it'll be ok.

Originally posted by Dr_Shivinski

 

Putting cauldrons on NPCs heads and robbing them blind is my favorite past time.

As soon as I get home tonight, I'm firing up Skyrim and doing this.  Brilliant.

Originally posted by aleos

it was kinda like going on a bilnd date.. Built up tension and eagerness only to get there and be like.. "This bitch is ugly." Even worse when you sit down shes totally uninteresting and has no personality...

 

But you do it anyway..

beacuse you're bored...

 

This genre blows.

Well, my friend, both situations can be remedied with copious amounts of alcohol...race you to the liquor store!

After playing the original Darkfall for a few years, starting about a month and a half after launch, I have to say that the "new" game is pretty lackluster.  I'm not a fan of the class system (half of which aren't in game yet), and the characters all look the same with the same armor (unless that changed). 

I doubt AV will ever get their acts together, but good luck to the folks playing.