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cheers for the replies, been very helpful (:

I play every day and I plan to play as a ToS, so I guess it's safe to assume it'll take me less than a month (it took me 3 weeks to get to 80 in WoW, so I'm aiming for less than that!). I rather get to 80 fast with 1 character and then level alts when I get bored with endgame.

thanks~

i'm wondering how long it takes for one to get to level 80.

anyone here mind giving me a rough estimate based on personal experience?

would also like to know what class you played. thanks!

the website you get directed to offers a different product called "gameguard personal", which is some sort of security software. anyway, it's not what you're looking for.

here's what you need to do:

run the spellborn launcher and click "check files", it'll run a check which will replace any missing or courrpted files. after the check is done, try launching the game from the launcher. if you still get the same error as before, try to re-install the game (uninstall>install). if you still get the same issue, i recommend to redownload the client.

(BTW, gameguard doesn't work on windows 7 beta yet, so if you're using that you need to wait for a patch. )

i really hate asking for invites but this game looks very interesting and unusual, so if anyone has a spare invite i'd really appreciate getting one!

i've read that the new version of gameguard does support windows 7, but TCOS uses an older version so it doesn't. until they update the gameguard version, playing on windows 7 isn't possible.

Originally posted by Kordesh

 Fortunately, the whole coin thing is only temporary until they get the subs going at the official launch. This doesn't quite answer my question though. At the moment, the only people who can play either have to activate their beta account (which is currently "closed for the day") or were already accepted into closed. Mine was listed as "pending" as of closed beta /=. Basically, I'm wondering if subscribing with the coins will activate it or not. I'm planning on subbing regardless, I just don't want to start my sub, and waste days that I can't access it because it's not activated.

 

Personally, I wouldn't recommend the Acclaim "membership" thing.

oh, i see. well, subscribing won't solve your issue. you may want to check with the official forum for an answer (phpbb.acclaim.com/spellborn/viewforum.php). i managed to activate mine yesterday, and it changed from "pending" to "active", so it's definitely not a subscription issue. open beta seems to have limited slots per day, so i'm guessing you tried to activate your account when the slots reached the limit.

if you don't find/get an answer from the official forum, i'd wait to tomorrow to try and activate again.

good luck!

according to this spellborn.acclaim.com/keypurchase.html, subscribing via coins is basically the only way to go. there's  no other method of buying game time as it seems (well, there are few payment methods *to buy coins*, but getting coins is a must).

annoyingly, there's no way of getting exactly 1500 coins (the amount required for 30 days of game-time) in one bulk. you have to buy a higher amount of coins, which costs more than the usual 15$ per month of most MMOs, but this leaves you with spare coins like the guy above me said.

the acclaim membership subscription *can be* nice, but it costs money and it just gives you a discount. quite useless IMO unless you plan on playing for a long time.

CHEAPEST way of buying coins is using the phone/cellphone method. it costs 5$ per 500 coins, which means you can do it 3 times for 1500 coins, and it should cost you 15$.

confusing, i know. but i hope i managed to clarfiy it a bit.

Originally posted by kithe

 I havn't really followed this game, but has it switch owner or something? I am fairly sure I have played it like 6 months ago and don't have any recollection of ever being in closed beta. :S

as far as i know, the european version of the game already launched, so you probably played that one (www.tcos.com/). from what i've read, there was a lot of IP blocking involved so people who weren't from europe couldn't play, so the population was rather low.

this open beta is basically the north american version, which is maintained by Acclaim (spellborn.acclaim.com/).

wow, awesome! thanks for the heads up(((:

i'm experiencing the exact same issue, for a few hours now.

lol ((((:

fat guys in AO always made me chuckle! especually engies, cuz it made perfect sense (fat master controls bot to do his bidding, etc).

i agree with you OP, even though i don't like playing a fat character, i sure do enjoy seeing a wide variety of players.

hey, I was wondering if the case the OP is talking about occurs only when you upgrade the trial account with a retail key?

I mean, if I play the isle trial and then decide to subscribe to the game directly (paying 15$), will I have to pay another 15$ afterwards in order to get 30 days of playtime?

also, I'd really like to know if it's possible to use an SOE gametime card to activate a trial account with 30 days of playtime.

thanks

Originally posted by Ozreth

This game looks great, needs a new name though : ( something a little more catchy. Link Realms sounds like one of the reaallly bad f2p korean MMOs that have no heart behind them.

heh yeah, i kinda agree. though the name actually makes sense: www.linkrealms.com/pages/faq/#6

is it possible to get invites yet?

anyway, it would be nice if i'd get an invite when it's possible~ (:

i'm pretty sure EVERYTHING drops, including equiped armor and weapons.

would be nice if someone could clarify though.

what was the GM doing there? was he helping people? or was he playing his character?

if it's the latter, something is really wrong here and i think the GMs are abusing their powers.

if it's the former, i think the GM should have gave warnings (if he didn't) to the attacking player, saying that if he continues to attack him, he will get kicked. still, not a big issue, if that's really the case.

anyway, i'd really like to have more information about this incident.

how long have you been playing DF? or better yet, how long it has been out?

it's easy to say "everyday you find something new" when a game is fresh; hell, i've felt like that with every new MMO i played, even ones that sucked bad. exploring is great but eventually there's nothing to explore. an MMO is not a game you play for a week, it's a game you play for months and years. if you could say what you said in 6 months from now i guess you'd be on to something, but it really doesn't mean much when the game just launched.

i think some people are praising darkfall way too much way too soon, regardless of what it has to offer. i'm sure the game has its depth and that it's fun, but it's still rather shallow in its approach.

don't get me wrong, i plan on buying the game. i love FFA PVP and huge worlds, etc, but i still have my doubts. also, i don't get people who say good things about darkfall's crafting. sure, it's great to be able to craft things.. but it seems very mediocre, grindy and tedious.

not bad actually. i'd really like to see bigger pictures though, these are waay too small. thanks (:

Originally posted by Pyrostasis

Originally posted by dropp
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This is the issue, specifically the bolded part.

"Unfortunately we’re running behind schedule as far as opening up the extra sales which we hoped to do tonight as well. We’ll do this tomorrow as early as possible, likely sometime around noon GMT time, around the time of our first scheduled maintenance. At this time we will also process the problematic accounts which had 0 euro problems, no charges, no balance, but received a successful pre-order message."

oh i see, so basically all the people who pre-ordered but didn't get charged will have to wait until tomorrow?  ouch. well, tough luck to them. hopefully they'll get their money's worth.