This is to all the haters and those that said "vaporware" .

Awsome news.

Originally posted by Greatness

This is to all the haters and those that said "vaporware" .

You used the wrong word there,  I have not seen any hate at all in the threads on Darkfall, just a lot of healthy skepticism.  Which is more than warranted due to the high levels of secrecy maintained by the development staff.

We will just have to wait and see what January brings us.

Wonderful news...as well as historical considering all the drama that has led up to this moment. Bravo to the team over at Darkfall...and bravo to the effort that has come out from a small independent company that could.

That's great newz!

I hope we will see a 7-days free trail or so soon ^^

I wish them luck.

i am looking forward this game, looks great. Gl guyz

Here's to raising the bar on mmos.

Here's to this time, hope not being the 1st step on the road to disappointment.

Cheers :)

I am so happy. I juat got done calling up four of my friends. None of them could believe their own ears.

I think Aventurine went about teh right way on this, by invoking this veil of  'secrecy' and by not hyping it up so uch, He has given us sneak peeks at the game, and allowed the community to draw their own conclusions.

As we have seen from AoC and WAR launch is the hype was too much for the game to live upto, everyone had such high expectations, the Beta testing resulted in such negatory comments about the game and (in teh case of AoC) failed to live up to its promises.

By simply outlining what the game will include and enforcing such a strict NDA to the current testers the mystique of the game is maintained.

This game (and indeed Aventurine) have the potential to change the way games are 'exposed' prior to launch, this game will find itself in the same market as EvE, a PvP FFA that appeals to a broad base of players, for many this will be the first time they play something that doesnt involve powerlevling to max level and then constant raiding.

I personally am awaiting the next 6 weeks with baited breath, My cupboards will be stocked with food and snacks, my phone will be off the hook and my TV disconnected and Darkfall installed and ready to go (hopefully!!) on 22nd January

So will there be a open beta?  I'm still interested to see unaffiliated or obscure/questionable point of view on the game.

Best wishes to everyone that is placing all there hopes and dreams on DF.  I hope you get what you want.

yes!!!!!!!! this game is hopefully going to be amazing. cant wait!!!!!!

Originally posted by Obidom

I think Aventurine went about teh right way on this, by invoking this veil of  'secrecy' and by not hyping it up so uch, He has given us sneak peeks at the game, and allowed the community to draw their own conclusions.

As we have seen from AoC and WAR launch is the hype was too much for the game to live upto, everyone had such high expectations, the Beta testing resulted in such negatory comments about the game and (in teh case of AoC) failed to live up to its promises.

By simply outlining what the game will include and enforcing such a strict NDA to the current testers the mystique of the game is maintained.

This game (and indeed Aventurine) have the potential to change the way games are 'exposed' prior to launch, this game will find itself in the same market as EvE, a PvP FFA that appeals to a broad base of players, for many this will be the first time they play something that doesnt involve powerlevling to max level and then constant raiding.

I personally am awaiting the next 6 weeks with baited breath, My cupboards will be stocked with food and snacks, my phone will be off the hook and my TV disconnected and Darkfall installed and ready to go (hopefully!!) on 22nd January

By allowing the community to draw their own conclusions, you are opening the door for hype and thus disappointment.

Originally posted by Venger

So will there be a open beta?  I'm still interested to see unaffiliated or obscure/questionable point of view on the game.

Best wishes to everyone that is placing all there hopes and dreams on DF.  I hope you get what you want.

Yap, when is open beta?

Forgive me of my negativity, but  i dont wish to see europeans players pay for beta games...

edit: rephase my meaning....

Ahhhh, I love the smell of victory in the morning.

The haters will now have to resort to simply calling Tasos a big meanie

Originally posted by OutlawVR

Ahhhh, I love the smell of victory in the morning.

The haters will now have to resort to simply calling Tasos a big meanie

Victory, dont you think thats a bit premature? If I were you, Id save my victory dance for release. That way you can tell if the game is actually all thats been promised.

Gloating is the sign of a small man.

Originally posted by OutlawVR

Ahhhh, I love the smell of victory in the morning.

The haters will now have to resort to simply calling Tasos a big meanie

hahaha they'll complain about how he was rude in the interview

us trolls/haters where right. we knew 08 release was not going to happen.

Originally posted by Arcken

Originally posted by OutlawVR

Ahhhh, I love the smell of victory in the morning.

The haters will now have to resort to simply calling Tasos a big meanie

 

Victory, dont you think thats a bit premature? If I were you, Id save my victory dance for release. That way you can tell if the game is actually all thats been promised.

Gloating is the sign of a small man.

Does it hurt that bad to be wrong?

Originally posted by Consensus

us trolls/haters where right. we knew 08 release was not going to happen.

never siad it was going to do lol

i said ill with hold on saying it will but i was wrong about open beta but meh at least i know people in beta that ar enot frinds and family of the devs not sure when open beta going to start now maybe later this month maybe early jan

who cares about a Eurpoean Launch Date when will it launch in North America.  I dont want to play on EU servers...

Damn now I know how most EU feels when a mmo launches.

Wow! I called this game a scam, vaporeware, viral marketing lie....

But here it is about to launch!

All I can say is : Congratulations Aventurine!

Wish you all the luck and ability to show us all that indie studio can actually push it big!

Looking forward!

I have high hopes for this game.  The main problem I've experianced, and it's probably universal, is the general unfinished buggy state that MMO's are getting released in.  I'll pay much attention to this one, but will probally wait a month or 3 before trying it out - unless they go forward with a 14 day trial at lunch. 

Guess you guys forgot about the whole we'll launch in 2008 promise eh? Yep chalk one up for the skeptics on that one. Didn't make launch, broke another promise how many more are you willing to take before that victory dance becomes the sad fat kid that plays DDR in the mall?

There you have it, Trolls

A simple, "We were wrong" will suffice as a formal apology...!

Yay Darkfall !!!

Good luck guys.  I hope you have a good launch.  Hopefully our Euro brothers will throw up some nice screenshots and videos for North America :)

I'm not sure what to expect from this game.  But maybe that is half the fun in anticipating it.  I'll give this and Chronicles of Spellborn a try.

Originally posted by Hashbrick

Guess you guys forgot about the whole we'll launch in 2008 promise eh? Yep chalk one up for the skeptics on that one. Didn't make launch, broke another promise how many more are you willing to take before that victory dance becomes the sad fat kid that plays DDR in the mall?

most of the fans didnt think was was going to launch all i said was beta really i thought maybe open beta too but not really sure about that

Originally posted by Arcken

 

By allowing the community to draw their own conclusions, you are opening the door for hype and thus disappointment.

You're absolutely correct.

This is not to say that I disagree with keeping secrecy because quite frankly, after seeing how players are and seeing all the nda breaking, if I had a game company I wouldn't let any info out until I was actually done with the game or ready for beta (knowing full well people will lead).

I think it's too hard for game companies to deal with players. If they want to cut something, even right before beta they should have the right to do it. If they want to change it they should as well. I wonder how many products we have bought where the design was change many times because the initial plans just didn't work. Seems that games have a hard time with this.

This announcement is good because it shows people that a small game company can strike out and make a game their own way.

However, in some ways it's bad because, as you pointed out, there is already a lot of hype. There are people who really do believe, without actually trying the game or a large consensus giving opinions, that this game is going to be the most amazing thing ever.

Well... it "might" be. I hope so for all the people who play. However I think they should mitigate their expectations because you know you are going to see things like "hey, there are fed ex quests" and "hey, there are areas that don't seem finished" and many more possibilites.

Just take the game at it's face value, is what I say.

Originally posted by Consensus

us trolls/haters where right. we knew 08 release was not going to happen.

F A B U L O U S

Originally posted by Hashbrick

Guess you guys forgot about the whole we'll launch in 2008 promise eh? Yep chalk one up for the skeptics on that one. Didn't make launch, broke another promise how many more are you willing to take before that victory dance becomes the sad fat kid that plays DDR in the mall?

Actually, DDR is a great game for getting people in shape. Good for the fat kid!!!

Originally posted by Hashbrick

Guess you guys forgot about the whole we'll launch in 2008 promise eh? Yep chalk one up for the skeptics on that one. Didn't make launch, broke another promise how many more are you willing to take before that victory dance becomes the sad fat kid that plays DDR in the mall?

F A B U L O U S ......  I still dont see any promises.
 

Originally posted by Arcken

Originally posted by Obidom

I think Aventurine went about teh right way on this, by invoking this veil of  'secrecy' and by not hyping it up so uch, He has given us sneak peeks at the game, and allowed the community to draw their own conclusions.

As we have seen from AoC and WAR launch is the hype was too much for the game to live upto, everyone had such high expectations, the Beta testing resulted in such negatory comments about the game and (in teh case of AoC) failed to live up to its promises.

By simply outlining what the game will include and enforcing such a strict NDA to the current testers the mystique of the game is maintained.

This game (and indeed Aventurine) have the potential to change the way games are 'exposed' prior to launch, this game will find itself in the same market as EvE, a PvP FFA that appeals to a broad base of players, for many this will be the first time they play something that doesnt involve powerlevling to max level and then constant raiding.

I personally am awaiting the next 6 weeks with baited breath, My cupboards will be stocked with food and snacks, my phone will be off the hook and my TV disconnected and Darkfall installed and ready to go (hopefully!!) on 22nd January

 

By allowing the community to draw their own conclusions, you are opening the door for hype and thus disappointment.

That is still better than showing tons of gameplay advertisments which decieve. This way if  their game is genuinly as good as they promiss or to the extent most are hoping for, then the game will have a great last. Hype by word is much better than by image because of all the extra speculation, but of course it is risky if you dont have a good game to present at the end of the day, that goes with just about hmmm every game that gets hype in existance.....

The only thing that could hurt darkfall right now is if it launched broken and crappy/bugged. Which if that happens it deserves to fail, but you should only truly beleive it wil be that terrible if you are a complete naysayer of everything that is DF. I for one beleive to the extent that when tasos goes over and over saying this game is more polished than most games at the same point, it is likely true, especially with the small reviews that have been made.

 But I would never call you a naysayer Arcken, we all know you luvy wuvy DF 

Originally posted by Sathonys

who cares about a Eurpoean Launch Date when will it launch in North America.  I dont want to play on EU servers...

Damn now I know how most EU feels when a mmo launches.

I'm sure as soon as they can figure out what to rename the game, it'll launch in NA.

Best of luck to the Darkfall people. Been a long and uncertain wait, and I hope both players and developers will be happy with the result and customer numbers. :-)

While I have been following the progress of this game for some time I doubt that I will be playing it any time soon. The problem...the EU servers. You see, I am one of those "Americans" that won't have a server at launch. While I have heard many statements saying "lag should not be a problem" I simply will not believe it until I see if for myself. To that end, I will not be playing Darkfall unless they offer a free trial. If they do, I will try it and determine for myself if the EU server location is does in fact cause play problems. If Darkfall does provide a free trial period (which I believe they have promised) then I will be there.

Good luck to you folks in the EU. Hope the game is as good as promised.

Great news cant wait for this ! 

So a little over a month and we will see if this game is worth the years of hype and drama.

 Nice, this is good news for the Darkfall followers. Only thing that bothers me is the way the give out information. Instead of posting a thread or making a news topic about thier recent promises and not living up to them and then adding this news ontop of it, they just moved onto this news. Not that it really matters, it just seems like the easy way out. And this is something they have done quite often. Not to say other companies don't do this, but with tasos being so defensive, I would of expected more from him on the subject. Oh well, gl Darkfall, and hopefully this is your last pushback. See ya in game sooooooooooon .....

Originally posted by Dreamagram

Best of luck to the Darkfall people. Been a long and uncertain wait, and I hope both players and developers will be happy with the result and customer numbers. :-)

Thx for your kind words ive been waiting more then 5 years for this game:)

Gratz to Adventurine! It seems  your perseverence is finally paying off.  I am looking forward to the game.

So it'll soon be time to discover if this is the game of the century :P hehe

I CANT WAIT ! :P

Grats on the announcement, hope AV can bring all they said to the game with the NA launch not too far behind.

heh sucked in North America.  Guess you can't be the centre of attention all the time.  You know, depending on how big the player base is i may just play on an EU server.

i'd rather liked an open beta release... rofl--- i hope they let us try this game B4 thinking on release it lol..

Originally posted by d0n0

i'd rather liked an open beta release... rofl--- i hope they let us try this game B4 thinking on release it lol..

yep quote from tasos

*To this I can say now, that during a planning meeting we determined that our launch date will be inside 2008, with the public beta preceding it by a few weeks*

how many weeks in jan till the 22nd? a few weeks : )

so they could start public beta this month probly closer to the end of it tho

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by d0n0

i'd rather liked an open beta release... rofl--- i hope they let us try this game B4 thinking on release it lol..

 

yep quote from tasos

*To this I can say now, that during a planning meeting we determined that our launch date will be inside 2008, with the public beta preceding it by a few weeks*

how many weeks in jan till the 22nd? a few weeks : )

so they could start public beta this month probly closer to the end of it tho

thanks for the quote

Originally posted by Hashbrick

Guess you guys forgot about the whole we'll launch in 2008 promise eh? Yep chalk one up for the skeptics on that one. Didn't make launch, broke another promise how many more are you willing to take before that victory dance becomes the sad fat kid that plays DDR in the mall?

No one forgot.  It was their FIRST promise they sort of broke by 22 days.

But guess what?

We are all too mature to care!!!!

Big milestone and the ACTUAL gamers are excited that a game from an indie has the chance to break the mold and bring some new life to the genre.  We will see if they succeed on the 22nd of January.

Until then lighten up and just own up, because you were definitely one of the people spewing vaporware all over the forums.

Originally posted by imbant

Originally posted by Hashbrick

Guess you guys forgot about the whole we'll launch in 2008 promise eh? Yep chalk one up for the skeptics on that one. Didn't make launch, broke another promise how many more are you willing to take before that victory dance becomes the sad fat kid that plays DDR in the mall?

 

No one forgot.  It was their FIRST promise they sort of broke by 22 days.

But guess what?

We are all too mature to care!!!!

Big milestone and the ACTUAL gamers are excited that a game from an indie has the chance to break the mold and bring some new life to the genre.  We will see if they succeed on the 22nd of January.

Until then lighten up and just own up, because you were definitely one of the people spewing vaporware all over the forums.

probly see a few weeks before that with the public beta which should tell us if its ready for release or not but if it needs more work still we dont force them to release we make them keep public beta open a bit longer to fix any issues 
 

at least we can try

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

Originally posted by Gidas

So it'll soon be time to discover if this is the game of the century :P hehe

 

I CANT WAIT ! :P

 

Huh the century has just begun. There are still 92 years before the end of the 21 century so maibe you should say ''the game of the decade''... something like that will be more appropriate.

Still if the game brought all features they have annouce.

Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

means they probly wont have usa launch at first

Originally posted by Silok

Originally posted by Gidas

So it'll soon be time to discover if this is the game of the century :P hehe

 

I CANT WAIT ! :P

 

 

Huh the century has just begun. There are still 92 years before the end of the 21 century so maibe you should say ''the game of the decade''... something like that will be more appropriate.

Still if the game brought all features they have annouce.

they will im sure of it but some features are confused whats in and whats not in but i know the mains ones are in but accordign tot asos they offer more they they promised so heh
 

just have to see : ) almost 213k peolple signed up on forums

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

 

means they probly wont have usa launch at first

Duh, I was referring to the "North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch..." part.

How exactly can North Americans participate? That is what's unclear.

Originally posted by makervsm

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

 

means they probly wont have usa launch at first

 

Duh, I was referring to the "North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch..." part.

How exactly can North Americans participate? That is what's unclear.

By downloading the game and installing it and playing. You'll just be connecting to EU servers instead of a local one.

GL DF fans. I thought I might try it out but I'm not too keen playing a FFA PvP MMO on higher pings that I get from servers from the east and west coast. Those extra ms are a no go for me.

Originally posted by Khalathwyr

Originally posted by makervsm

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

 

means they probly wont have usa launch at first

 

Duh, I was referring to the "North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch..." part.

How exactly can North Americans participate? That is what's unclear.

 

By downloading the game and installing it and playing. You'll just be connecting to EU servers instead of a local one.

GL DF fans. I thought I might try it out but I'm not too keen playing a FFA PvP MMO on higher pings that I get from servers from the east and west coast. Those extra ms are a no go for me.

You don't know that. If it were that simple the NA release wouldn't be separate from the EU release. From what I have heard, they are interested in letting people "play the game before they buy it." Perhaps there will be some kind of trial for the NA audience while the EU servers launch. This statement however, implies more than simply importing the game and connecting to the EU servers because they would not have to make that statement if that was the case.

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Originally posted by makervsm

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Originally posted by Khalathwyr

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Originally posted by makervsm

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Originally posted by downtoearth

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Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

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means they probly wont have usa launch at first

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Duh, I was referring to the "North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch..." part.

How exactly can North Americans participate? That is what's unclear.

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By downloading the game and installing it and playing. You'll just be connecting to EU servers instead of a local one.
GL DF fans. I thought I might try it out but I'm not too keen playing a FFA PvP MMO on higher pings that I get from servers from the east and west coast. Those extra ms are a no go for me.

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You don't know that. If it were that simple the NA release wouldn't be separate from the EU release. From what I have heard, they are interested in letting people "play the game before they buy it." Perhaps there will be some kind of trial for the NA audience while the EU servers launch. This statement however, implies more than simply importing the game and connecting to the EU servers because they would not have to make that statement if that was the case.

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Darkfall is already trade-marked in North America until they change that there won't be a release for NA any time quick.

Awesome! I wants Darkfall (but only if it's good, kthxbai).

Originally posted by makervsm

Originally posted by downtoearth

Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

 

means they probly wont have usa launch at first

 

Duh, I was referring to the "North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch..." part.

How exactly can North Americans participate? That is what's unclear.

just like eve online

Originally posted by Hashbrick

 

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Originally posted by makervsm

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Originally posted by Khalathwyr

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Originally posted by makervsm

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Originally posted by downtoearth

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Originally posted by makervsm

 

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

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means they probly wont have usa launch at first

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Duh, I was referring to the "North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch..." part.

 

How exactly can North Americans participate? That is what's unclear.

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By downloading the game and installing it and playing. You'll just be connecting to EU servers instead of a local one.
GL DF fans. I thought I might try it out but I'm not too keen playing a FFA PvP MMO on higher pings that I get from servers from the east and west coast. Those extra ms are a no go for me.

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You don't know that. If it were that simple the NA release wouldn't be separate from the EU release. From what I have heard, they are interested in letting people "play the game before they buy it." Perhaps there will be some kind of trial for the NA audience while the EU servers launch. This statement however, implies more than simply importing the game and connecting to the EU servers because they would not have to make that statement if that was the case.

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Darkfall is already trade-marked in North America until they change that there won't be a release for NA any time quick.

that isnt the reason why na isnt getting launch is publisher issues they coudl self publish but it will have to be after eu gets launched allt hey have to do to launch in the us is have gni put up a Us server and put it on  the server list

Originally posted by Gruug

While I have been following the progress of this game for some time I doubt that I will be playing it any time soon. The problem...the EU servers. You see, I am one of those "Americans" that won't have a server at launch. While I have heard many statements saying "lag should not be a problem" I simply will not believe it until I see if for myself. To that end, I will not be playing Darkfall unless they offer a free trial. If they do, I will try it and determine for myself if the EU server location is does in fact cause play problems. If Darkfall does provide a free trial period (which I believe they have promised) then I will be there.

Good luck to you folks in the EU. Hope the game is as good as promised.

From Green Bay, WI, USA:

Originally posted by MetalKid

Originally posted by Gruug

While I have been following the progress of this game for some time I doubt that I will be playing it any time soon. The problem...the EU servers. You see, I am one of those "Americans" that won't have a server at launch. While I have heard many statements saying "lag should not be a problem" I simply will not believe it until I see if for myself. To that end, I will not be playing Darkfall unless they offer a free trial. If they do, I will try it and determine for myself if the EU server location is does in fact cause play problems. If Darkfall does provide a free trial period (which I believe they have promised) then I will be there.

Good luck to you folks in the EU. Hope the game is as good as promised.

 

From Green Bay, WI, USA:

 

I would still have to see what it is like for ME and I am not putting money on the table for an unknown like that. Yes, I have a good internet connection but there are other things that can affect ping to international sources that this one speedtest.net thing does not address. Therefore, my opinion is unchanged.

an EU release...until I see NA servers this game basicaly doesnt exist in my eyes, might as well be another korean grinder in my eyes, release in only one region is thier first mistake, I cant wait to see the next one!

Originally posted by ianicus

an EU release...until I see NA servers this game basicaly doesnt exist in my eyes, might as well be another korean grinder in my eyes, release in only one region is thier first mistake, I cant wait to see the next one!

Indy Developer. Stop it.

about to launch != launch.  Wait for it.   Remember Shadowbane.

Originally posted by ianicus

an EU release...until I see NA servers this game basicaly doesnt exist in my eyes, might as well be another korean grinder in my eyes, release in only one region is thier first mistake, I cant wait to see the next one!

Than keep digging your head in the sand vaportroll...the game WILL launch weather your eyes are (basically) open or shut. We are talking about an indie game here, not a game being developed by a multinational company that has overflowing funds.

Have you considered that if Adventurine were to launch everywhere at once it could stretch their resources too thin? They are a smaller game company, therefore the best course of action is to take one step at a time. Biting off more than they could chew would do more harm than good.

Launching the game first in EU makes perfect logistical sense, sense they ARE in EU...duh.

Originally posted by ianicus

an EU release...until I see NA servers this game basicaly doesnt exist in my eyes, might as well be another korean grinder in my eyes, release in only one region is thier first mistake, I cant wait to see the next one!

The reason I don't play Korean grinders has nothing to with geography, but rather a design philosophy they seem to to mostly share. If a good game came out of Korea from a reputable company, I wouldnt care where it was from. I don't get your isolantionist mentality at all.

Any NA player that won't play an non-American game based solely on geography is... Well, lets just say that I feel sorry for them. Your attitude dosent represent your country at all well.

I am in the UK and played EQ on US servers in '99, on a P266 and a 56k dial up modem. On a PvP server. If I could then, you can definitly now. Get over it.

As others have said, this is an indie company, with limited resource, so back off and give them a break.

Lets give this game a chance to impress us (or not) before we look for every chance to slate it.

Jan 22? Sounds good enough for me, I been a bit sceptical to the december launch the last few weeks, we should have heard about it earlier then.

This is not the game I really look forward too but it will be intresting to see it.

Originally posted by vesavius

The reason I don't play Korean grinders has nothing to with geography, but rather a design philosophy they seem to to mostly share. If a good game came out of Korea from a reputable company, I wouldnt care where it was from. I don't get your isolantionist mentality at all.

Any NA player that won't play an non-American game based solely on geography is... Well, lets just say that I feel sorry for them. Your attitude dosent represent your country at all well.

I am in the UK and played EQ on US servers in '99, on a P266 and a 56k dial up modem. On a PvP server. If I could then, you can definitly now. Get over it.

As others have said, this is an indie company, with limited resource, so back off and give them a break.

Lets give this game a chance to impress us (or not) before we look for every chance to slate it.

As far as I remember did Wow release in NA first, big companies do this too sometimes, that is neither a good or a bad sign. It also gives them some time to fix the buggs that are bound to show up, with Wow was the 3 months later EU version a lot more stable.

I am not saying DF is a good or bad game, I have no clue about that but launching everywhere at the same time is actually not that common. Some games like AoC had only a few days between but other had 3 months like Wow.

And since they are European it seems logical to release in EU first. It doesn't prove anything about DF whatsoever, one way or another.

... North American launch following some time after?
 

Some time after? Noticed it didn't say soon after. Maybe it will be out intime for the 2009 Christmas season.

Originally posted by OutlawVR

Ahhhh, I love the smell of victory in the morning.

The haters will now have to resort to simply calling Tasos a big meanie

You completely screwed that one up m8.

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end..."

Let me be the first to let you know.

We (U.S.) lost that war. Which they knew 5 years later when AN was being filmed.

You might want to invoke a different quote next time.

Originally posted by Arcken

Originally posted by OutlawVR

Ahhhh, I love the smell of victory in the morning.

The haters will now have to resort to simply calling Tasos a big meanie

 

Victory, dont you think thats a bit premature? If I were you, Id save my victory dance for release. That way you can tell if the game is actually all thats been promised.

Gloating is the sign of a small man.

Plus, gloating on a release date scheduled a month after their prior "release" date seems a small bit to start dancing upon.

Originally posted by makervsm

"North American players are also welcome to participate in the European launch of Darkfall which will precede a North American launch."

I'm not sure everyone saw this part, so I thought I would quote it. I'm not sure exactly what the hell that means, but it's worth noting.
 

It means PING/PING/PING/PING/PONG.

Dead.

I trust the US servers will be up soon after. In SWG, I never played on a local (US) server, but at the same time vever felt as though I suffered as a result. This includes JTL, which was twitch (FPS (in 2004)), so hopefully that should not be an excuse for poor server performance.

I mean, if Sony got it right at one point, certainly the professionals at A(D)venturtine will follow suit.

lol looks like I ruffled a few feathers. In the end my main point is, unfortunately, I dont think indy developers can survive in the cutthroat MMO market these days, with all the big companies getting plowed right now, I fail to see how this game has a chance in hell at making it anywhere. Just my two cents.

PS Dalevi youplayed TR for more than 1 month?? jesus dude how did you do it????

Woot! Cant wait.

Originally posted by ianicus

lol looks like I ruffled a few feathers. In the end my main point is, unfortunately, I dont think indy developers can survive in the cutthroat MMO market these days, with all the big companies getting plowed right now, I fail to see how this game has a chance in hell at making it anywhere. Just my two cents.

 

PS Dalevi youplayed TR for more than 1 month?? jesus dude how did you do it????

 

I took 6 months off inbetween =).