Too busy actually playing the game...

Damn good fights today.  It's almost like the end of the world!

Did you even play the game?   Anyone knows that you would turn down all the grass/shrub effects anyhow...

This game is built around territory control and large scale sieges and battles.

Dunno.. we just crushed VAMP... not even close.  No server issue at all.

Guess we shall see!

Should be a fun evening.  Sieges everywhere and folks running around in their best equipment.

Probably won't see a night like this for a very, very long time once the game goes live.  Folks are too worried about losing their pixels.  

I have my Chinese Food on the way.. beer in the fridge... Dread Plate ready to go!

Originally posted by Deerhunter71
No it is a great idea no doubt. Where they got it wrong is not giving the same stuff to other clans so they can promote themselves also. There are bound to be other clans in beta who would love to have the free opportunity for publicity also....

Then maybe let them come and complain?

I'd be fighting Sendog and his merry band of misfits on day one, but I sure as hell don't mind that they gave out deeds to highlight some cool parts of the game A DAY before they take the servers down for launch...

DFUW and AV have plenty of issues, but this isn't one of them.

What is funny is that this guy has threatened MULTIPLE people with lawsuits (go check out his kickstarters..) but as far as I can tell he is all talk.  If he has any credibility he would have actually had to follow through on his threats.  Thus, any damage to his credibility is self-inflicted....

Originally posted by Talonsin

Originally posted by Anubisan

They can certainly spare the time to check out the game if it is free.

Normally I would agree but when a game has been out for over a year, has had a major expansion AND STILL can not gain a simple 2000 subscribers that is a big red flag.  Now throw in GM favoritism and corruption plus very poor company financial performance since the game went live and you have plenty of information to make an informed decision to avoid this game.

Actually the game is coming up on it's THREE YEAR anniversarry...

Day late and a dollar short...

2 years ago people kind of cared... one year ago people were still somewhat curious.  Now... almost everyone has moved on and stuff like this barely gets a shrug.

Originally posted by Alders

   No one gives a shit about server/faction pride anymore

Umm... I do...

Originally posted by Eraserhead

Death penalties need to be minimal. To keep the fights flowing requires as many players as possible in the zones actively looking for fights as opposed to being scared of entering pvp or entering and skulking around only engaging in guaranteed win fights. These games don't work when fights are hard to find, people log off.

PvP requires that there are regular and continuous player deaths, it's required for the mechanics of the game to function so adding to reasons for it not to happen should be avoided.

Besides that dying in PvP is a lot more personal because it was another person that killed you which is sufficient penalty to keep players competitive and avoiding death worthwhile.

Negative.  the whole point is to have serious repercushions so that your actions matter.  I have no desire to play E-Sports.  I want to participate in a war.

Originally posted by PerfArt
Hib was never weak. I was a stalwart Hibby and I never felt shafted outside of higher endo costs for styles.

This is a small dev company. They can only do so much. I would prefer that they focus on what they CAN do and do it right rather than half-assing a ton of things.

I played Hibernia.. loved the realm... but we were way weaker than Mid and Alb.  That's OK though, that was one of the things that made me love the game.  The realms were DIFFERENT!  Yeah I could bitch about the Bonedancer armies (and bugged pets), the two handed backstab of the SB, the Minstrel's ability to instastun, climb walls and wear chain.  In return I got "Moose Form" :-)

But seriously... if they ever go to "mirrored classes" it would make me instantly quit.

Looks like Pre-orders go until April 12th:

Darkfall Unholy Wars Pre-Order Promotion Ends-April 12th

By admin | Published 04/05/2013

According to his LinkedIn profile... none:

http://se.linkedin.com/pub/henrik-nystrom/18/149/4a0

Originally posted by taus01

 

Gotta love the internet, its full of fun and excitement.

Cheers | taus01

Did he unfriend you?

Originally posted by Mogus

That is not at all what I'm concerned with. My issues are with the regular stream of accusations of me, me personally, being a scam artist, a con man, a liar, a crook etc. Simply for getting a game funded on Kickstarter. This is where I have to draw the line. As I've said, I'm in the finance industry and am licensed in my industry in multiple states. You have to go through significant background checks and the like just to get your licenses. If I'm working on a loan for someone in their 70's and they decide to google me out of curiosity and find some forum thread accusing me of being a scam artist, that person may not understand that it's a typical forum troll or that it's a post about a game etc. Then I lose thousands in revenue every time that happens.

Seriously?  You think someone in their 70s is going to google your name and find some thread accusing you of being a scam artist and pull their request?

Did it not dawn on you that this person in their 70s would likely have pulled their request as soon as they realized you put on a cape, called yourself "Mogus" and spent your evenings trolling gaming forums?

Originally posted by Mogus

Bill,

 I have to say that I'm saddened by your postings here.

#1. I made it clear in my email to you that I had no intentions of taking legal action against mmorpg.com but I did present clear cases of slander and defamation suits that this website is known for harboring. I understand that such things are great for page views and thus advertising revenue, but the intention of my email was to simply remove the slandering and defaming posts from this site that the people who created them continued to post in other mediums.

One of these cases I presented in that email was this one:

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-10-internet-defamation-case_x.htm

Another such case is this one: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/jury-awards-13-million-texas-defamation-suit-anonymous/story?id=16194071#.UV2SyVeReSo

The fact is, slander and defamation are a big deal. You simply can't run around hiding behind anonymous usernames while spreading lies and falshoods about people in efforts to damage their reputation and or business. There is a difference between saying "His game is awful!" to "hes a liar and a scammer taking your money and running!"

Now, contrary to what some may say, I've made many efforts to make ammends with those who have slandered and or defamed me with no basis whatsoever but that didnt work. I talked to a lawyer about it and he simply said, take screenshots of everything, ask for it to be removed, (which it all was) and then if people persist in their actions, we go from there. I don't want to have to resort to legal action against anyone, but from what I've seen, people really think that their geographic location or anonyminity will protect them.

I wrote a letter the other day that my community manager is preparing to publish today applauding mmorpg.com for their quick reaction to my requests, but to find these posts from you Bill, I have to say I'm dissappointed. As a primary medium for MMORPG gaming, I'd like to think that this site would be more interested in taking an active stance against slander and defamation instead of defending it and encouraging it.

I am not a faceless corporation. I am a man, developing a game with others and have been attacked, lied about, slandered and defamed personally by members of this site. I also have a day job in finance and a family of 5 that depend on me and my livlihood to support them. Personal attacks on my honesty, integrity and the like cause more damage than just swaying people to not support my game. It's damaging to me personally and financially with my day job as well. This is the difference between trolling me, an independent developer and a corporation. It's not about "having thick skin" or "sucking it up with trolls". It's about feeding my children and paying my mortage and not having to worry about some anonymous people on the internet spreading terrible lies about me to serve themselves.

The message is clear from here on, I simply can't and won't sit idle and let this activity continue. Say whatever you like about the game. Hate it, love it, whatever, but when it comes to me and members of my team who are all working very hard on this game, keep to the facts.

That's all I have to say about this.

Thank you.

 

HAHAHA...

I thought I would never see a company that more deserved public disdain than StarVault but I have been proven wrong!  I think I am going to have to do some research on this company/game and I just may have found a new hobby/reason to visit a variety of public forums and speak THRUTH.

I assure you... I am very good at what I do (just ask StarVault).  Should you ever find a factual error in any of my posts feel free to point it out and I will correct such errors.  I look forward to a long and enjoyable relationship going forward!

Originally posted by nariusseldon

Originally posted by azmundai

first ... you list non-MMOs with difficulty settings. I can't really comment on single player games as they bore me to tears.

then you list sunwell. the general theme of the complaint is that mmos have become too easy. there are not many people who thought BT/Hyjal/TK/SSC were too easy. Even if there is a final boss on a hard mode that is very hard, the other 98.923% of most new mmos are still way too easy for my taste. im not saying all mmos have to be hard, but overall I havent been able to find one that I consider to be all that challenging outside of a few bosses on hard mode.

Did you read the article?

I guess not.

So i suppose you have all the achievement on all the hard mode stuff? Care to show us?

Playing a game over and over again to "unlock" harder levels of the exact same game is just something that does not appeal to me.  It's a developer copout in place of real content.

How about the game scale up in difficulty as you play it?  With oh.. actual new content?

Anyhow, to me the problem is simply that games are made "harder" in a very poor manner.  Mobs get more HP and do more damage.  Great.  They did this back in the 70' with games like Telenguard

Originally posted by JamesP

I'm not going to address the things I've read in this thread for reasons I won't go into... All I am going to say though is that inspite of what the thoughts are concerning Greed Monger we ARE moving forward with Development. We will be into Alpha nearly on schedule. We already have people running around with the world. Our Server Side Seamless tech will be online shortly and our Server Cluster continues to expand as needed. Our Team continues to expand which now includes some World Builders who have worked in the industry for a while including on games such as Crysis 1 and 2. Our Q&A Department is up and running and includes 1 Windows Tester, 1 Mac Tester, and Soon a 3rd tester who uses both Windows and Mac so we can ensure equal playability on the range of supported Platforms. 

 

Here's a link to our latest video:

http://youtu.be/nDOxcqd9rbk

If you threaten this site and force them to take down your game forum you should delete this site from your history and never come back.

Seriously, some pepople have nerve...

Originally posted by DMKano

Given all of that how big of a playerbase is anticipated?

 

Watch the number of backers in a month....

Originally posted by DMKano

And the game is $15 per month, it would take 30,000 subs for 12 months to break even.

Thoughts?

Break even for who?   If the Kickstarter funds they will get $2M+ which does not have to be repaid...