everyone can get a holding but there sure as hell will be a fight for it. it's only in the very first days on the rush that many clans will rush for holdings and then the big and strong ones will be the ones more likely to get ahold of one first.. but owners will change all the time. if your clan goal is to have a holding you will most likely end up with one, despite a bug or not

this bug wont keep you from getting a holding at all, and is most likely fixed by launch

it's understandable that some people are sceptic to the luanch but having spent over nearly 300 hours into the beta myself i can say that the game is not as flawed and is actually more ready for launch than what DF 1 was.  It will be much easier to support this launch, both with content but also techically speaking in terms of stability and the performance of the game overall.

Of course the dwellers and deluded will come forth and cry because they cant play the trainwreck of a game that was DF 1 and curse this game to the ground if they have to, but the fact remains that if DF 1 was a good game we would play it today.

I have played for 2 weeks without a single crash, without a single DC, with 130 fps and 60 ping all along. I have had more fun the recent 3 weeks than i've had the last 2 years of DF 1 and in any other game, even if it's hard to play the game the same way in a beta.

Those who are hesitant shouldnt play the beta, because, well it is a beta to test things and adress things. If you think this beta is a free trial then i'm sorry to say you are a victim of the disgusting trend the last years of companies launching free catchy trials disguised as beta.. AV and DFuw beta is not 1 of them.

Originally posted by ThirteenJinks

1. Good community?
2. Is this a skill based game or do certian classes have avantages over others that even skilled players cant win against?
3. Does this game reward those who like to explore?

 

Any insights would be helpful.

 

1. DF has a strong community, finding a bat potato or two is inevetable, but the community is overall good.

2. It's pretty much all skill based, can't say otherwise

3. Exploring can actually be very rewarding at times, and it's fun

Originally posted by BigMango

Originally posted by BuniontToes

98% of everyhtingg on the DFO forums in bullsh*t

 

Especially Tasos's annoucements.

 

especially

Originally posted by Yalexy

 

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Read again. I'm an old EvE player and there's nothing like assist there. EvE is all about fleet-positioning and focussing enemy opponents. It's pure tactical warfare enabled by seeing the whole battlefield and having all information (speed, direction, names, etc) at hand.

Darkfall offers no information at all. You can't even see the battlefield or give precise orders within a single second. And I simply don't see where this is any fun given that there's hundreds of players within sight of each other.
You basically die or stay alive based on pure luck, as you'll never have the control over the whole situation.

In EvE I can allways react to a changing situation, but that's only because I'm allways fully aware of what's happening on the battlefield.

I've no problem with FPS-games at all and that's all the misunderstanding. I really like playing shooters like CS:S or UT, and I really dig games like Borderlands aswell, but we're talking about a maximum of some 16 vs 16 here on rather small maps we've played several hundred times allready.
I just don't see FPS fitting for 200 vs 200 in an openworld map, where the fight happens in a very small area like a castle and 100 yards around it. This will be totally crowded and basically a zergfest.

Darkfall is not an FPS. It is in fact as of DF UW entirely third person if you chose so. Even bringing FPS games into the discussion shows what you base your statements on. Secondly, combat in Darkfall has so much going into it, what you fail to realize is that behind most of the sieges are much detailed planning of combat scenarios, squads, target callers, ambush points, chokepoints, spy intel, and even material resources affect the battlefield. Darkfall is in fact what many many people want battles to be, and if you don't like it, stay away -- because DF will never have a targeting system

Originally posted by teratya

So my concern is will the game be tailored to both PvP experts and noobs?

yes