All Posts by Dradiin

Why does AoC take forever and a day to install ? This is ridiculous. Vanguard had more to install, over 20 gigs and it took 1/4 the time its taking to install this game.

"The game of today has been in development for 5 years.  This is totally normal blah blah blah.  The Darkfall of 1999 has nothing at all to do with the Darkfall of today blah blah blah.  It's a completely different game, I swear!"

 

 

Huh ?  Because the fact that the game was restarted in development in 2003 its just considered wrong because why ?

Sorry you disagree with facts but they still exist and there still there. 5 Years for MMO development is NORMAL and considered the standard set by none other then Blizzard with a little known title Called World of Warcraft.

Just because some moron who did not bother to read his FACTs, makes a post, does not make this FACT any less true. Just because you think its one way does not mean its actually how things have happened.

But you go now and keep on fighting the good fight !!! Sound that rallying call for all those who have been duped by the evil empire known as Adventurine. Cause i am sure in the end, once the game is released, this same person who made the OP will not be playing under the same name.

Well i am waiting for Darkall, so i was looking for a F2P mmo to hold me over. I am telling you try Sword of the new world. it is very different. You control 3 characters at once, makes for some very interesting strategies. Also Perfect World was rather nice for a F2P game.

Originally posted by Kairarr

http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/devjournals/darkfalljournals/4883-Darkfall-Dev-Journal-26-Questions-Answered

After 8 years of hardcore development, the game is finally releasing, and only in a couple of months. Darkfall is coming !!

Official forums : http://forums.darkfallonline.com/

There wont be a public beta because the game is almost perfect

Keys features of the game

Numbers and underscore are allowed in your name
World is 2x bigger than dark and light
Full loot and ffa PvP
500 vs 500 battles
You can siege a city 
Theres no levels or grind
Raids better than World of Warcraft
Naval combat better than Pirate of the Burning Sea
Better graphics than Age of Conan
Better pvp than Warhammer

Unlimited freedom, you can do almost everything you want in the game.

Thasos said they will release a video of the game maybe this year.  

 

 

But nice try.

Maybe Blizzard needs to get more creative and stop thinking just Raiding is the only way for end game content? Why not make single group encounters that are just as difficult yet just as rewarding as a 40 man raid?

Course it all boils down to weather or not one enjoys raiding (work) or not.

Originally posted by sayuri2006

Hi there,

Yes I know all this and I see your point completely.....my thinking now is that someone can do something about the actual game elements now to create a more working and polished MMORPG. I mean, the graphics (terrain/environment) are a strong point, they would certainly not be outdated by an means if someone was to pick up this game, bring it under their wing and carry it to a working product.

I for one would play this game. One must still look beyond the grey fog to see the light that this game, if worked on, can be revived.

The questions lies would someone want to?

Thats like asking a cop to go help sell cocaine so that it might look like its not illegal ? Regardless of the outcome he will still be tainted.

Seriously your either completely ovlivious to the facts surrounding this game or you are brand new to MMOs. If you want a FTP game thats not complete garbage go try Perfect World Or Mabinogi. At least then you wont get a virus and have to spend months trying to get the owners of DnL to stop billing you.

Huh?

Someone cares enough about this game to even mention that ?

Wow there really are completely dead behind the eyes people.

Originally posted by Consensus

 

Originally posted by Apraxis

Lol.. and again the same ppl complaining. Look, it is a game from a indy development team, with that said, they will need some more time than a major company with 150+ developers and almost unlimited funding. Yes.. Earthrise will most probably not release next year, and even 2010 is doubtful.. but to say it is vaporware is just ridiculous.

And dont expect one million advertising and hype vids like from AoC or WAR.. it will not happen, they have not the funding, they have not the enormous amount of developers, and they have most probably something better to do with their time and their money. And they have not a PR department which is as huge as a lot of indy team in a whole.

So give them a break, and let them develop their game, and let them show us what they have, when they are ready for it. No patience nowadays, but not a need for a hypewagon either, estimate it, when it is actually released.. and not 3 years before.. because no game will come close to the hype before...

 

 

fair enough point, I don't know its vapourware.

 

but your argument is flawed. you do not need tons of funding to make a video of the game. nor would it take tons of time. you need money and time to make the content, yes. but just to film a bit and put onto the internet would be relatively effortless.

they should move thier realease date now if theres no hope they'd make it. until they do that they won't get my sympathy as they are claiming to have this finished in a year.

I love how players of games consider themselves fonts of knowledge just on speculation and conjecture.

Jesus Christ 3 years of development time and some moron is saying vapor ware? 

I guess since wow took over 5 years to release its vaporware also ?

WOW, this has to be the biggest pile of steaming crap i have ever read... LOL FoxNews replied... REALLY ??? if so why not copy/paste it in the thread?

I mean if you really wanted us to believe this crap you could have at least tried to make it seem real. OH well nice Epic Fail.

Originally posted by Mortemia

 

Originally posted by adrianemery

  The AFS Needs You!

 

 

 

It's been six months since our great struggle against the Bane began. In that time, the AFS has released a barrage of free ...

Hmm has it been already six months? Damn I still can't believe this game fooled me, I actually thought It was THE scifi mmorpg I've been waiting. To me, TR failed even worse than the "legend" Auto Assault. It just bored me to death and it only took less than one month. 

 

Auto Assault, I never quit it because the game sucked in some weird way, I quit it because my old computer couldn't handle it's requirements. :) I'd propably install AA again and have some fun with my friends if it were possible.

Oh, and Auto Assault has a very cool soundtrack. Even that makes it better than TR. :)

LOL too bad AutoAssault is no more..  they pulled the plug on that game 3-4 months ago.

Originally posted by ghoul31

Because when a game is in development for 7 years , and is still in alpha, thats a very bad sign. And it is certainly worth discussing.

When the devs have been lying about beta for the last 5 years, thats a very bad sign.

i don't understand why you think we should pretend these facts don't exist?

 

As stated by me in this thread and i am sure in countless other threads by others who actually know alot about this game and its development; DARKFALL HAS BEEN  IN DEVELOPMENT BY THE CURRENT DEVELOPERS FOR 5 YEARS NOT 7. 5 years is average development for AAA MMOs yet given the fact that DF is made by independant developers people still complain about the length of development.

But thanx for making my point again ghoul13.

Because originally i am sure the intent of these forums was to bring together those who supported the games development and were anticipating its release.

But in the process of this games long development  (2 years with Razorwax, then 5 with Adventurine) several other games have been released and have been dismal failures. For example Dark & Light, which was pretty much one of those few games intended to be a scam of the playerbase. Along with other games that are considered "flops" there evolves the negative poster. The negative poster had a reason to be, they were the gamer watchdog and they set out to inform other MMO game players to stay away from games like D&L.

The negative poster (also known as a troll) then learned that they can get attention from game followers (or fans) by passing off speculation and innuendo as fact. They got attention from flames, and outright lies. In the process of this, the trolls found what was missing in there real lives and replaced this lack of social interaction with flames and the desire to make others angry and unhappy about there game and its development. From watch dog to that annoying terrier that barks all day, the trolls have found a place to vent lifes frustrations upon those who want a game to be released, or enjoy other games that are released.

Back to DF. Razorwax Announced this game almost as soon as it was starting to be developed, but once Adventurine bought the game they basically restarted its development. So in effect DF has been in devlopment on average with other games such as WoW, DAoC, or EQ2. The devlopers of DF are not afforded any latitude by the Trolls because in there opinion the game has been in development for 7 years, technically there correct but in reality its 5.

So in the end you will find yourself on the fence or on either side of it. DF has a multitude of features that serious PvP players are looking for, alot of those players have had the rug pulled from under them in the past, so its easier for them to just be negative and not be disappointed if the game does not meet expectations. Either way this game will have a huge impact with its release or its cancellation.

Originally posted by Alan0n

I really dont know what to think atm.  What I have seen so far is making me really wonder if anyone can pull of what  FC is up to atm.

I've looked at pretty much every video out there and scanned the websites.  Videos look nice but half of the time even in demenstration the servers crash.   Now.. after seeing the AO servers failing for the first few months that just CAN'T be a good sign. 

No of the content I've seen so far is MMO content.  Its all one person walking, running or riding around.  That doesn't sound pormising to me.

Recomended rig...  Now.  PPL can say whatever they like but those that play MMOs know how much FPS and no lag matters.   So are we seeing a game that will be running over  20fps with 40 ppl in same area?  And do you need PC from Nasa for that ?  And it must eat up memory and have long time loading screens.

Graphics.  Look great but how many bad paths and holes will it create?  My guess is alot. And I mean ALOT.  HOw fun will it be to fight mobs that run away from you to be able to get to you ?  I think we will see alot of those and even more of where players become stuck cause of enviroment issues.

Combat.  Melee combat looks ... well nice...  But is this game just gonna be about chopping heads as melee and nothing else ?  Was watching video of the makers explain the system and tbh the Spell system seems to be very weak.  What kinda game can maintain any kinda integrity when it seems to be supporting just one way of playing ?

How good of a launch can this game throw out.  Considering the lenght it has been in development it has to be  very very smooth now so it should be great.  But ... will it really ?   There are huge names behind this game but is that enough ?   I'm really not sure.   I see this one beeing full of maybes - so many that no normal person should take any chance of Pre-order.

My advise.  Wait for release.  Hope for lift of NDA and lets hear from the testers what has been going on.  But if no NDA will be lift then we all know it was bad.  

I think many are hoping for a good game in AOC.  But pretty much everything is telling us it will be.... anything but smooth sailing.   But even if it did.   Will it ever be a playable MMO with big siege battles and raids ?   Can any kinda rig atm handle such groups of players with this kinda graphic?  I just can't see it happen. 

WOW please speculate more and pretend to know everything...   I mean seriously why post liek your a know it all and it amount to pure and total speculation ?

Originally posted by Ngeldu5t

 

Originally posted by rascalcmos

 

Originally posted by Ngeldu5t

I wonder who's fooling who...may be it simply time to let this game die and move over.

 

OR....maybe it's time for you to leave VG for good, its forums, and just accept the fact that it will simply not die because you don't like it,...

Are you doing APW?Have you been doing crypt run and can`t trigger event and must wait for a GM to reset chunk?Have you been doing the Lucent faction quests and found it` s bugged and must  petition to have GM reset the quest? If the answer is no then you have no idea of what I`m talking.

 

...and if you look at my previous posts for vanguard I have always defend the game, since release

 

Fyi if you are unhappy with APW or Lucent faction quests maybe you need to find an alternative ?

i mean seriously does it make any logical sense.. WAAAAAAHHHHH game is bugged end it !

Any server is fine unless you like PvP then take Sartok.

As for classes, there are so many to choose from i strongly suggest playing a few alts to 15 and see how ya like em.

Don't  be too rushed to join guilds alot of the established ones are kinda snobbish and have a holier then thou attitude. I would certainly take my time and get to know who's who on the server first.

Originally posted by Zsari

 

Originally posted by Dradiin

Do any of you really believe that other players run up and look deep into your avatars eyes and see the depth of your devotion to a realistic face ?

 

Disturbing attitude.  Everyone plays differently.  I know the first thing I do when meeting new people is to zoom in to their face.  Afterall, its such unique feature that sets one player apart from another.  While I can't recall the name of the people I've met, I do remember their faces, some of which are very unique, like a necro with a erudite/clonehead, a chinless wonder of a tank, etc.  And as for helms, just 2nd day into GU4 and 50% of the population already have it turned off.

No its not a disturbing attitude.

It is realistic.

Opposite of you taking the time to memorize the insignificant facial features of an ingame avatar of someone you do not remember the name of. It is a UNrealistic expectation to have the customization that Vanguard had and expect the game to run smoothly and to have helmets(ugly or not). This is even beside the fact that this process is ongoing but the whiners who gotta have it all now and do not comprehend the nature of MMOs and the process of how they develop with TIME, those whiners will constantly cry over changes.

The rendering of the millions and millions of different facial and body structures was taxing systems on the lower end of the PC systems spectrum. SOE not Sigil understood that in order to gather more subscribers to this game the hardware barrier had to be lowered more.

You know this is ridiculous having to explain something so BLATANTLY obvious to all of you. You play these games you all should fricking realize how this industry works and how these games develop. For some reason... Elikial(sp?) your the biggest culprit here. You should understand this moreso i have seen you on MMORPG.com as long as i have been here and yet you still have yet to grasp this simple concept.

Fyi, i am not making any excuses for SOE mainly because i will never forgive them for SWG, but just piling on blindly is retarded, sophomoric, and uneducated. Take a few minutes and THINK.

Originally posted by Elikal

 

Originally posted by Uproar

Couple of rebuttals to OP:

-Auction house prices were not too high.  I never once bought gold, my characters (were routinely dressed in level appropriate armor (or even higher after first toon got to about level 14 and had made some money:  on the auction house selling named MOB drops!!!).

The loss of character customization is unexcusable.  If graphics ARE going to be reworked -- do it first.  Why should WE suffer to gain something I'll likely have turned off anyways -- helms.  I could care less about helms if the faces that show through all look alike.  It defines SOE -- if it makes the devs life one iotta easier -- F___ the customer.  I'm through with that. 

Enjoy.

Amen to that!

 

This is SO SOE! Promises, promises, promises. All the wondeful things that MAY BE one day if you wait and pay. Bah. No longer will I PAY SOE on PROMISES what maybe may be someday. Pft.

Yay bob.

Yes because looking at the back of your hours long customized head for 99.9% of the time is so damned important to gameplay.

Seriously i understand the time players took to make there toon look the way it does but really.... unless you sit at the char logon and dream of your avatar, why does it matter ?

Do any of you really believe that other players run up and look deep into your avatars eyes and see the depth of your devotion to a realistic face ?

More then likely there just happy the game is starting to perform better.

Course you can insert the normal blathering about how you do not notice a performance increase and whatnot i am sure it will be coming eventually.

Honestly i have a ton more sympathy for those who made a in game living by deconning named drops then i do for the graphically distraught.

Originally posted by Pjay2k

I read a lot complaints of players about Vanguard and how Sony Online Entertainement ruined Vanguard - Saga of Heros.

For at least 4 years, we Star Wars Galaxies Veterans told you guys about SOE's "talent" for continiously pissing off their paying customers by "improving" their games with major next generation improvements or game updates.

We told you guys how SOE made their customers search for non existent areas in everquest only to keep them paying and we also told you guys how they completely turned Star Wars Galaxies into the opposite of what the community asked SOE for.

We told you guys how SOE refuses to listen to their paying customers and how they simply copy game concepts and elements of successful titles such as world of warcraft to add them into their games with the desperate hope of beeing as successful as those titles...

I think you guys get my point. Read and think about it and then tell me again why you keep paying 15 bucks each month or arround 20 bucks for a SOE station pass access?

Just tell me why? do you think we SWG vets just post on mmorpg.com for fun, simply because we dont got a life and just want to ruin gaming companies reputation?

We got a good reason to share our experiences with Sony Online Entertainement and nothing will ever change if you guys keep paying them each month only to be dissapointed in the end.

 This is no flame-thread. I just try to clear things up.

This is so dumb on so many levels...  i had this huge reply i wrote but honestly.... troll on sir troll on.