For anyone interested in Darkfall a thread with lots of reading:-

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43318

Ships and Naval Warfare:

Ship movement is affected by prevailing weather conditions (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

Sophisticated fleet engagements with dozens of ships on each side, attacks on land from the sea, and combined land-sea operations are all possible in Darkfall (AR 2, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

There will be Sea Monsters in Darkfall (AR 7, SR 8) Source: http://df.warcry.com/forums/read/270.43023

A cannonball shot off a ship can not only damage but physically disorient an entire party by blowing them away (AR 6, SR 7) Source: http://www.womengamers.com/interviews/darkfall.php

We were on a smaller eight-gun ship, but they said the largest is huge with 50-guns (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

You can shoot from each cannon (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

The cannon can be destroyed, the ship can be sunk, you can board the ship and kill, or you can just make your way to the captain who steers it and turn the guns away from your ship (AR 5, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

You can bombard buildings or even people on the shore from the ship (AR 7, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

My god, Darkfall's minor feature will kill Pirate of the Burning Sea, a game that focus mainly on naval battle.

World:

4 massive continents and hundreds of small islands (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/437/437103p1.html

5 Continents and countless of small Islands (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

1 Main Continent and 4 Sub Continents (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/world_...ontinents.html

Weather plays a significant Role in Darkfall (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

There will be dawns and sunsets (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

There will be rain, snow, wind, thunder and lightning (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

the current total night/day cycle is about four hours long (AR 9, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

The world is huge, possibly the largest single online game world ever create (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

You can make your secret base on one of the hundrets of islands out there (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

They are hoping to allow for up to 10.000 Players on each server (AR 7, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Darkfall doesnt have zones. Only when you enter a dungeon or a structure there will be a loading screen (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Holy shit, Darkfall has the best world of any MMORPG ever created.

Crafting:

The ultimate PVE achievement is to kill one of the 6 demigods (these are the ultimate raid goals in the retail, and come with supreme loot) (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672736p1.html

The best items will be crafted by people, and items can wear out or be looted (AR 7, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

All items in the world can be made by players (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/create.html

Items can be invented bay the players, with the Item creator system (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/create.html

Players can create weapons, tools, jewelry, armor, clothing, containers, furniture, wands, potions, food (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/items.html

Farms will be in the game: "we had said that farms and farming were out, but we've managed to get them in the game" (AR 9, SR 8) Source: http://df.warcry.com/forums/read/270.40057

Unreal, they have the best crafting system, you can craft anything, even the best items, unlike WoW

Sometimes I wonder if they remember half of the stuff Tasos spits out of his a-, I mean mouth.

Players can fight over and own entire towns (AR 10, SR 10) Source: n/a, its a well known fact

Players will be able to set up houses of various sizes and design, ranging from small cottages to huge castles and citadels (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Players can design their own houses (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Clanstones are placed in interestingly designed strategic areas near which clans can chose to build their cities (AR 1, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/713/713375p1.html

There are clan cities, and clan villages. They are villages close to resources, or with a strategic position, which can be owned by the clans and operate like mini clan cities (AR 4, SR 8) Source: http://df.warcry.com/forums/read/270.48609

You won’t be able to build cities anywhere but just at key locations, which means more conflict for the limited number of city spots (AR 9, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

Darkfall is both a Age of Conan and Warhammer RvR Killer with these amazing features.

six playable races, Dwarves, Alfar, Humans, Mahirim, Mirdain, Orks (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

Open ability system, more than 1000 skills and spells (AR 3, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/437/437103p1.html

They are hoping to get at least 500 skills and 500 spells in the retail (AR 5, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/skills.html

Characters could theoretically learn any skill they want, but a variety of skills/spells is race specific or can only be learnt by prestige classes (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/skills.html

Ultima Online had about a hundred skills and spells. Darkfall has at least 10 times that

edit : omg they have 1 known spell, where are the 999 other spells, i dont KNOW !!

Known Spells:
Tornado (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/716/716421p1.html

six playable races, Dwarves, Alfar, Humans, Mahirim, Mirdain, Orks (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

Some Prestige Classes: Paladin, Assassin, Gladiator and Enchanter (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

There will be around 100 Prestige Classes Total (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/freedom.html

Darkfall has 6 races,and 100 classes. THATS RIGHT THEY HAVE 100 CLASSES.

I now can understand why there is very much doubt with this title.

Too many Bests Of's

Combat:

Real-Time Combat, with manually aiming and firing/fighting (AR 10, SR 10) Source: n/a, its a well known fact

Fighting from your horse or from ships, with your crew being able to man the cannons (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/fight.html

You don't have to be an extreme twitch FPS type to be successful, although it will give you an edge, of course (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/671/671666p2.html

Friendly fire is always enabled in Darkfall (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

There's no target selection in Darkfall; all attacks are aimed (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

Characters in Darkfall collide with, rather than passing through each other (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

Is Darfall a new type of FPS+MMORPG hybrid ? i DONT KNOW , but it looks amazing

Wow Karrair, you put a lot of time into this....

Nice job

There will be arena events to compete for fun and profit (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/challenge.html

Cool, they even have an arena for the e-sport.

okay i am stopping