here is what I dont understand. speaking for myself as someone who likes this game. I clearly and witout question get that most people do not like this game. But that appears to not be enough. Basically gamers are NOT fine just leaving the game and going off to do something else. No, instead they want to come smack the people who like the game as much as possible and do everything in their power to make sure the game doesnt exist for the people who do like to play it. This is why I completely hate the entire gaming community. I dont want to join your club, get over it, leave you vampires.
Quoted for truth.
People can't just play the game they enjoy they have to be vocal about why (insert game here) sucks and on and on and on. It's getting old and its damn childish.
a bit like all the darkfall fanbots looking down on carebears, wow and all other themepark games in general yeah?
and back to topic.
i accualy hope is wont.
i hope DF will continue after MO hits the streets.
im sure MO will be better of if the diehard DF fans just stayed in DF, its all about damage controle.
here is what I dont understand. speaking for myself as someone who likes this game. I clearly and witout question get that most people do not like this game. But that appears to not be enough. Basically gamers are NOT fine just leaving the game and going off to do something else. No, instead they want to come smack the people who like the game as much as possible and do everything in their power to make sure the game doesnt exist for the people who do like to play it. This is why I completely hate the entire gaming community. I dont want to join your club, get over it, leave you vampires.
Quoted for truth.
People can't just play the game they enjoy they have to be vocal about why (insert game here) sucks and on and on and on. It's getting old and its damn childish.
a bit like all the darkfall fanbots looking down on carebears, wow and all other themepark games in general yeah?
and back to topic.
i accualy hope is wont.
i hope DF will continue after MO hits the streets.
im sure MO will be better of if the diehard DF fans just stayed in DF, its all about damage controle.
Just so you know my first language is not english...
And I just found out a good girl friend of mine hanged herself in her bathroom...horrible stuff...her mom had to come to the US from Russia to pick up her body to take it home for burial.
I'm crying my heart out right now, but still I cringe reading your crappy spelling...
here is what I dont understand. speaking for myself as someone who likes this game. I clearly and witout question get that most people do not like this game. But that appears to not be enough. Basically gamers are NOT fine just leaving the game and going off to do something else. No, instead they want to come smack the people who like the game as much as possible and do everything in their power to make sure the game doesnt exist for the people who do like to play it. This is why I completely hate the entire gaming community. I dont want to join your club, get over it, leave you vampires.
Quoted for truth.
People can't just play the game they enjoy they have to be vocal about why (insert game here) sucks and on and on and on. It's getting old and its damn childish.
a bit like all the darkfall fanbots looking down on carebears, wow and all other themepark games in general yeah?
and back to topic.
i accualy hope is wont.
i hope DF will continue after MO hits the streets.
im sure MO will be better of if the diehard DF fans just stayed in DF, its all about damage controle.
Just so you know my first language is not english...
And I just found out a good girl friend of mine hanged herself in her bathroom...horrible stuff...her mom had to come to the US from Russia to pick up her body to take it home for burial.
I'm crying my heart out right now, but still I cringe reading your crappy spelling...
I am not even trolling right now
you know what.
i dont really gives a flying fuck what you think.
if you resort to insults you are just a sad person.
I think it's too early to judge. As a gaming community we should be weary of such statements, as we thought Age of Conan and Warhammer would be the second-coming of MMO's, but look at what happened there...
Best wait and see. It does look very promising, though.
lol i must say your opinion is very well analyzed and justfied... Go play with playmobils dickhead
Raiizen is a troll. Ignore him/her. Go have a look at basically any Darkfall screenshot in the Photos section pre-launch and he'll be there yapping away like one of those chiuauas that never shut up.
MO comes out in July and you guys no trolling their forum about such short public beta ? lol
Also screenshot and video coverage prior beta is very poor.
-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE-------------------------------------------------- $OE - eternal enemy of online gaming -We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
MO comes out in July and you guys no trolling their forum about such short public beta ? lol Also screenshot and video coverage prior beta is very poor.
No,
It's not releasing in July
They never said it was releasing in July.
They have never given a month of r release.
Star Vault is VERY good about keeping the community informed.
Anything you may want to know you can easily find on thier website. For example thier beta schedule, wich they've stuck to, and release period.
Q4 of '09.
That isn't a month or a day.
It's a period that consists of the last 3 months of '09.
And that video and screenshots you've seen are of an ALPHA build, and the alpha build itself already looks better then DFO.
How about not hating on a game that hasn't been release; one you sure haven't even played.
Anyone who preorders Mortal Online will get to play in July. This will probably finish off Darkfall. I hope Darkfall survives though, so people have more options.
"Our goal from the very beginning has been to develop Mortal Online with a close and honest connection to the community on our forums. With the Combat Beta showing good and stable performance we have reached the point where we feel it’s time to take the community interaction to the next level. It’s important for us as an independent company to know how many of you are committed to buy and try out the game, and we also want your feedback during the next crucial steps in development. All 10.000 users pre-ordering the game in any of the formats available will be given free access to the Beta Phases until the official launch of the game."
It's 10000 not anyone. Do 30 dollar T-Shirts count btw?
MO comes out in July and you guys no trolling their forum about such short public beta ? lol Also screenshot and video coverage prior beta is very poor.
No,
It's not releasing in July
They never said it was releasing in July.
They have never given a month of r release.
Star Vault is VERY good about keeping the community informed.
Anything you may want to know you can easily find on thier website. For example thier beta schedule, wich they've stuck to, and release period.
Q4 of '09.
That isn't a month or a day.
It's a period that consists of the last 3 months of '09.
And that video and screenshots you've seen are of an ALPHA build, and the alpha build itself already looks better then DFO.
How about not hating on a game that hasn't been release; one you sure haven't even played.
You can read about thier beta schedule, possible release period, preorder insentive, and release content here.
So the postponed the "Summer" release they were talking about ?
-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE-------------------------------------------------- $OE - eternal enemy of online gaming -We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
They were never talking about a Summer release, they just started the Beta phase. THey merely said something special would be arriving this summer and people took it as OMG RELEASE. Instead it's Beta and pre-orders with information indicating a winter release.
"Sometimes people say stuff they don''t mean, but more often then that they don''t say things they do mean"
umm from the one post i read from the guy bragging how their entire server was cheating with some buff or something, i believe yes, just because when the gm was trying to stop them he said they was chanting "mortal online" or something..lol i know mortal online was one of the things they was spamming the gm with to get him to stfu. idk too lazy to look it up but it was on here he was braggin about it
my prayer is simple. I hope they spend heaps and heaps of time getting it right.
How many games have been released to early and chased away the very people they want to play (and pay)?
AoC is a classic example of bringing a game in to early. Mortal online is promising so much,,,I hope they can deliver cause it does sound like they are trying to address the 'moans and groans' of the mmo community and get something new going. I love this idea of building skills for your toon as you want not just following a set path based on a class.
P.S. anyone want my AoC account? T2 city, 150G, lvl 80 sin and tank plus mid 50s for all other classes
Personally I hope DF keeps going strong, if for no other reason than that I don't want a large portion of the DF "community" infecting MO.
I know all you DF fans aren't like it, but in all my years of gaming I've never come across such a disgusting and vicious community of players. Please, keep them on the DF server and away from MO.
MO comes out in July and you guys no trolling their forum about such short public beta ? lol Also screenshot and video coverage prior beta is very poor.
No,
It's not releasing in July
They never said it was releasing in July.
They have never given a month of r release.
Star Vault is VERY good about keeping the community informed.
Anything you may want to know you can easily find on thier website. For example thier beta schedule, wich they've stuck to, and release period.
Q4 of '09.
That isn't a month or a day.
It's a period that consists of the last 3 months of '09.
And that video and screenshots you've seen are of an ALPHA build, and the alpha build itself already looks better then DFO.
How about not hating on a game that hasn't been release; one you sure haven't even played.
You can read about thier beta schedule, possible release period, preorder insentive, and release content here.
So the postponed the "Summer" release they were talking about ?
They postponed a POSSIBLE summer release.
The push to Q4 is a good thing though. It'll give them more time to test the release features. Not to mention, the Q4 release isn't guaranteed; they've already hinted at the fact that they can't be 100% sure that they will be ready by then.
If anyone expect any software company to actually make thier first release date they've been living under a rock.
My company couldn't even institute a new software switchover on the scheduled day; they had to postpone a month.
I saw what I thought were big gaping holes in the design of Darkfall before it released. Turns out, I was right. For example, if it's full loot, won't people fight naked? Yes, they will.
If it's "use it to increase skil" won't people stand somewhere and shoot a tree over and over to to skill up? Yes, they will. Won't they make macros to skill up? Yes they will. Won't they use skills not because they are appropriiate for the situation, but because they need to skill them up? Yes, they will.
I see lots of holes in the design for MO as well.
I just haven't seen a well thought out design for FPS type combat, and PvP. I don't think MO has it. IMO, it's something that is very hard, if not impossible to balance in an MMORPG.
I like the look of MO, but I just don't have high hopes for the features they are trying to implement.
here is what I dont understand. speaking for myself as someone who likes this game. I clearly and witout question get that most people do not like this game. But that appears to not be enough. Basically gamers are NOT fine just leaving the game and going off to do something else. No, instead they want to come smack the people who like the game as much as possible and do everything in their power to make sure the game doesnt exist for the people who do like to play it. This is why I completely hate the entire gaming community. I dont want to join your club, get over it, leave you vampires.
if a game is a piece of shit and you pay money for it you have every right to talk about how big a piece of shit it is.....and darfall is one big festering pile of crap.
is that it or is it really that you just cant stand that someone might not like the same games you do.
I am glad you have found a better game to play, I just wish you would actually go play it now.
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
here is what I dont understand. speaking for myself as someone who likes this game. I clearly and witout question get that most people do not like this game. But that appears to not be enough. Basically gamers are NOT fine just leaving the game and going off to do something else. No, instead they want to come smack the people who like the game as much as possible and do everything in their power to make sure the game doesnt exist for the people who do like to play it. This is why I completely hate the entire gaming community. I dont want to join your club, get over it, leave you vampires.
This is what happens when you only see one side of the coin. Get used to it, this is how the gaming community behaves - on both sides of the fence. I reckon you weren't here during the months prior to Darkfall's launch. You didn't see all the bullshit the fanbots spewed out, how they defended their game and Tasos, how they labeled it as the greatest thing since sliced bread and how you need to be so hardcore to play it, etc., etc. Fortunatlely, as the launch approached, more normal, sensible fans like yourself starting coming in, and things weren't that bad. However, most people didn't forget how much the fanbots hyped their game, so, naturally, when it's falling flat on its face, you can't help but chuckle a little and say, "I told you so."
Oh well. It goes both ways. The only difference between a troll and a fanbot is which side of the fence they're on. There aren't that many people who actually hate the people who play Darkfall, though they can be annoying. It's more the entire package: The game, Tasos, Aventurine, and on top of all that, the fanbots' BS over the years of development.
So, to the OP: We'll just have to wait and see. Mortal Online will attract a lot of players because of the first-person, but it will also turn many off. So, I don't think it'll "finish" Darkfall, but I do think that many Darkfallers are going to jump ship for something better...and if it's MO, it's MO.
here is what I dont understand. speaking for myself as someone who likes this game. I clearly and witout question get that most people do not like this game. But that appears to not be enough. Basically gamers are NOT fine just leaving the game and going off to do something else. No, instead they want to come smack the people who like the game as much as possible and do everything in their power to make sure the game doesnt exist for the people who do like to play it. This is why I completely hate the entire gaming community. I dont want to join your club, get over it, leave you vampires.
This is what happens when you only see one side of the coin. Get used to it, this is how the gaming community behaves - on both sides of the fence. I reckon you weren't here during the months prior to Darkfall's launch. You didn't see all the bullshit the fanbots spewed out, how they defended their game and Tasos, how they labeled it as the greatest thing since sliced bread and how you need to be so hardcore to play it, etc., etc. Fortunatlely, as the launch approached, more normal, sensible fans like yourself starting coming in, and things weren't that bad. However, most people didn't forget how much the fanbots hyped their game, so, naturally, when it's falling flat on its face, you can't help but chuckle a little and say, "I told you so."
Oh well. It goes both ways. The only difference between a troll and a fanbot is which side of the fence they're on. There aren't that many people who actually hate the people who play Darkfall, though they can be annoying. It's more the entire package: The game, Tasos, Aventurine, and on top of all that, the fanbots' BS over the years of development.
So, to the OP: We'll just have to wait and see. Mortal Online will attract a lot of players because of the first-person, but it will also turn many off. So, I don't think it'll "finish" Darkfall, but I do think that many Darkfallers are going to jump ship for something better...and if it's MO, it's MO.
I learned a few years ago to NEVER get to excited about any game that isnt actually out. Sure, read the basic description add it to a list of games of intrest when it does come out but people who make a hobby of following PR get what they deserve if you ask me.
pre-realease failures are extreemly common.
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
MO devs are more active in their forums? Great, I salute them for that. But that means absolutely nothing on how the game turns out to be. Darkfall has it's strong points ( For example, I only crashed one single time in my 4 weeks of beta. No idea how the game is now though) and still has loads of potential (PvE is lacking badly, but that's easy to fix with enough time).
They both are niche games and may very well share the market.
MO devs are more active in their forums? Great, I salute them for that. But that means absolutely nothing on how the game turns out to be. Darkfall has it's strong points ( For example, I only crashed one single time in my 4 weeks of beta. No idea how the game is now though) and still has loads of potential (PvE is lacking badly, but that's easy to fix with enough time). They both are niche games and may very well share the market.
I have been actively following MO for about 5 months ,I really like the concepts and the involvement of the Devs on the forums and consider myself a fan but I agree with you .We cannot say how the game will actually be released or will it deliver on it's promises .This we do know ..Beta testing will take place over the next 6 months or so ...despite the NDA Im hoping we do get some feedback from Beta Testers on the state of the game and the overall experience
The Op's question is silly as you cannot ask a question like that until MO is released and we see it's success
MO devs are more active in their forums? Great, I salute them for that. But that means absolutely nothing on how the game turns out to be. Darkfall has it's strong points ( For example, I only crashed one single time in my 4 weeks of beta. No idea how the game is now though) and still has loads of potential (PvE is lacking badly, but that's easy to fix with enough time). They both are niche games and may very well share the market.
agreed
Speaking for myself as a software developer in the business world I didnt go and learn how to write good .Net code so I could spend my time writing nice letters to my user base. I think I can find some bad developers to do that for me.
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
If MO will be a decent (not a masterpiece,not an excelent,not a good) game it will finaly pull the bloody trigger to headshot this cursed thing and at least we could forget this short nightmare
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Quoted for truth.
People can't just play the game they enjoy they have to be vocal about why (insert game here) sucks and on and on and on. It's getting old and its damn childish.
a bit like all the darkfall fanbots looking down on carebears, wow and all other themepark games in general yeah?
and back to topic.
i accualy hope is wont.
i hope DF will continue after MO hits the streets.
im sure MO will be better of if the diehard DF fans just stayed in DF, its all about damage controle.
Quoted for truth.
People can't just play the game they enjoy they have to be vocal about why (insert game here) sucks and on and on and on. It's getting old and its damn childish.
a bit like all the darkfall fanbots looking down on carebears, wow and all other themepark games in general yeah?
and back to topic.
i accualy hope is wont.
i hope DF will continue after MO hits the streets.
im sure MO will be better of if the diehard DF fans just stayed in DF, its all about damage controle.
Just so you know my first language is not english...
And I just found out a good girl friend of mine hanged herself in her bathroom...horrible stuff...her mom had to come to the US from Russia to pick up her body to take it home for burial.
I'm crying my heart out right now, but still I cringe reading your crappy spelling...
I am not even trolling right now
Quoted for truth.
People can't just play the game they enjoy they have to be vocal about why (insert game here) sucks and on and on and on. It's getting old and its damn childish.
a bit like all the darkfall fanbots looking down on carebears, wow and all other themepark games in general yeah?
and back to topic.
i accualy hope is wont.
i hope DF will continue after MO hits the streets.
im sure MO will be better of if the diehard DF fans just stayed in DF, its all about damage controle.
Just so you know my first language is not english...
And I just found out a good girl friend of mine hanged herself in her bathroom...horrible stuff...her mom had to come to the US from Russia to pick up her body to take it home for burial.
I'm crying my heart out right now, but still I cringe reading your crappy spelling...
I am not even trolling right now
you know what.
i dont really gives a flying fuck what you think.
if you resort to insults you are just a sad person.
PS. and im sorry to hear of your loss.
i doubt it will. Mortal online seems a lot more spec heavy than Darkfall and many of the open world PvP jerks (mostly kids) have crappy machines.
It will have an effect on Darkfall though
MMO wish list:
-Changeable worlds
-Solid non level based game
-Sharks with lasers attached to their heads
I think it's too early to judge. As a gaming community we should be weary of such statements, as we thought Age of Conan and Warhammer would be the second-coming of MMO's, but look at what happened there...
Best wait and see. It does look very promising, though.
Raiizen is a troll. Ignore him/her. Go have a look at basically any Darkfall screenshot in the Photos section pre-launch and he'll be there yapping away like one of those chiuauas that never shut up.
I wish the Photos section was moderated more.
MO comes out in July and you guys no trolling their forum about such short public beta ? lol
Also screenshot and video coverage prior beta is very poor.
-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE--------------------------------------------------
$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
lol death..will I see you on mortal,,,?, please tell me your game name, I promise I will try and be nice, lol
No,
It's not releasing in July
They never said it was releasing in July.
They have never given a month of r release.
Star Vault is VERY good about keeping the community informed.
Anything you may want to know you can easily find on thier website. For example thier beta schedule, wich they've stuck to, and release period.
Q4 of '09.
That isn't a month or a day.
It's a period that consists of the last 3 months of '09.
And that video and screenshots you've seen are of an ALPHA build, and the alpha build itself already looks better then DFO.
How about not hating on a game that hasn't been release; one you sure haven't even played.
http://www.mortalonline.com/news/june-05-06-09
You can read about thier beta schedule, possible release period, preorder insentive, and release content here.
"Our goal from the very beginning has been to develop Mortal Online with a close and honest connection to the community on our forums. With the Combat Beta showing good and stable performance we have reached the point where we feel it’s time to take the community interaction to the next level. It’s important for us as an independent company to know how many of you are committed to buy and try out the game, and we also want your feedback during the next crucial steps in development. All 10.000 users pre-ordering the game in any of the formats available will be given free access to the Beta Phases until the official launch of the game."
It's 10000 not anyone. Do 30 dollar T-Shirts count btw?
No,
It's not releasing in July
They never said it was releasing in July.
They have never given a month of r release.
Star Vault is VERY good about keeping the community informed.
Anything you may want to know you can easily find on thier website. For example thier beta schedule, wich they've stuck to, and release period.
Q4 of '09.
That isn't a month or a day.
It's a period that consists of the last 3 months of '09.
And that video and screenshots you've seen are of an ALPHA build, and the alpha build itself already looks better then DFO.
How about not hating on a game that hasn't been release; one you sure haven't even played.
http://www.mortalonline.com/news/june-05-06-09
You can read about thier beta schedule, possible release period, preorder insentive, and release content here.
So the postponed the "Summer" release they were talking about ?
-----MY-TERMS-OF-USE--------------------------------------------------
$OE - eternal enemy of online gaming
-We finally WON !!!! 2011 $OE accepted that they have been fired 2005 by the playerbase and closed down ridiculous NGE !!
"There was suppression of speech and all kinds of things between disturbing and fascistic." Raph Koster (parted $OE)
They were never talking about a Summer release, they just started the Beta phase. THey merely said something special would be arriving this summer and people took it as OMG RELEASE. Instead it's Beta and pre-orders with information indicating a winter release.
"Sometimes people say stuff they don''t mean, but more often then that they don''t say things they do mean"
umm from the one post i read from the guy bragging how their entire server was cheating with some buff or something, i believe yes, just because when the gm was trying to stop them he said they was chanting "mortal online" or something..lol i know mortal online was one of the things they was spamming the gm with to get him to stfu. idk too lazy to look it up but it was on here he was braggin about it
my prayer is simple. I hope they spend heaps and heaps of time getting it right.
How many games have been released to early and chased away the very people they want to play (and pay)?
AoC is a classic example of bringing a game in to early. Mortal online is promising so much,,,I hope they can deliver cause it does sound like they are trying to address the 'moans and groans' of the mmo community and get something new going. I love this idea of building skills for your toon as you want not just following a set path based on a class.
P.S. anyone want my AoC account? T2 city, 150G, lvl 80 sin and tank plus mid 50s for all other classes
Personally I hope DF keeps going strong, if for no other reason than that I don't want a large portion of the DF "community" infecting MO.
I know all you DF fans aren't like it, but in all my years of gaming I've never come across such a disgusting and vicious community of players. Please, keep them on the DF server and away from MO.
No,
It's not releasing in July
They never said it was releasing in July.
They have never given a month of r release.
Star Vault is VERY good about keeping the community informed.
Anything you may want to know you can easily find on thier website. For example thier beta schedule, wich they've stuck to, and release period.
Q4 of '09.
That isn't a month or a day.
It's a period that consists of the last 3 months of '09.
And that video and screenshots you've seen are of an ALPHA build, and the alpha build itself already looks better then DFO.
How about not hating on a game that hasn't been release; one you sure haven't even played.
http://www.mortalonline.com/news/june-05-06-09
You can read about thier beta schedule, possible release period, preorder insentive, and release content here.
So the postponed the "Summer" release they were talking about ?
They postponed a POSSIBLE summer release.
The push to Q4 is a good thing though. It'll give them more time to test the release features. Not to mention, the Q4 release isn't guaranteed; they've already hinted at the fact that they can't be 100% sure that they will be ready by then.
If anyone expect any software company to actually make thier first release date they've been living under a rock.
My company couldn't even institute a new software switchover on the scheduled day; they had to postpone a month.
I saw what I thought were big gaping holes in the design of Darkfall before it released. Turns out, I was right. For example, if it's full loot, won't people fight naked? Yes, they will.
If it's "use it to increase skil" won't people stand somewhere and shoot a tree over and over to to skill up? Yes, they will. Won't they make macros to skill up? Yes they will. Won't they use skills not because they are appropriiate for the situation, but because they need to skill them up? Yes, they will.
I see lots of holes in the design for MO as well.
I just haven't seen a well thought out design for FPS type combat, and PvP. I don't think MO has it. IMO, it's something that is very hard, if not impossible to balance in an MMORPG.
I like the look of MO, but I just don't have high hopes for the features they are trying to implement.
if a game is a piece of shit and you pay money for it you have every right to talk about how big a piece of shit it is.....and darfall is one big festering pile of crap.
is that it or is it really that you just cant stand that someone might not like the same games you do.
I am glad you have found a better game to play, I just wish you would actually go play it now.
Please do not respond to me, even if I ask you a question, its rhetorical.
Please do not respond to me
This is what happens when you only see one side of the coin. Get used to it, this is how the gaming community behaves - on both sides of the fence. I reckon you weren't here during the months prior to Darkfall's launch. You didn't see all the bullshit the fanbots spewed out, how they defended their game and Tasos, how they labeled it as the greatest thing since sliced bread and how you need to be so hardcore to play it, etc., etc. Fortunatlely, as the launch approached, more normal, sensible fans like yourself starting coming in, and things weren't that bad. However, most people didn't forget how much the fanbots hyped their game, so, naturally, when it's falling flat on its face, you can't help but chuckle a little and say, "I told you so."
Oh well. It goes both ways. The only difference between a troll and a fanbot is which side of the fence they're on. There aren't that many people who actually hate the people who play Darkfall, though they can be annoying. It's more the entire package: The game, Tasos, Aventurine, and on top of all that, the fanbots' BS over the years of development.
So, to the OP: We'll just have to wait and see. Mortal Online will attract a lot of players because of the first-person, but it will also turn many off. So, I don't think it'll "finish" Darkfall, but I do think that many Darkfallers are going to jump ship for something better...and if it's MO, it's MO.
This is what happens when you only see one side of the coin. Get used to it, this is how the gaming community behaves - on both sides of the fence. I reckon you weren't here during the months prior to Darkfall's launch. You didn't see all the bullshit the fanbots spewed out, how they defended their game and Tasos, how they labeled it as the greatest thing since sliced bread and how you need to be so hardcore to play it, etc., etc. Fortunatlely, as the launch approached, more normal, sensible fans like yourself starting coming in, and things weren't that bad. However, most people didn't forget how much the fanbots hyped their game, so, naturally, when it's falling flat on its face, you can't help but chuckle a little and say, "I told you so."
Oh well. It goes both ways. The only difference between a troll and a fanbot is which side of the fence they're on. There aren't that many people who actually hate the people who play Darkfall, though they can be annoying. It's more the entire package: The game, Tasos, Aventurine, and on top of all that, the fanbots' BS over the years of development.
So, to the OP: We'll just have to wait and see. Mortal Online will attract a lot of players because of the first-person, but it will also turn many off. So, I don't think it'll "finish" Darkfall, but I do think that many Darkfallers are going to jump ship for something better...and if it's MO, it's MO.
I learned a few years ago to NEVER get to excited about any game that isnt actually out. Sure, read the basic description add it to a list of games of intrest when it does come out but people who make a hobby of following PR get what they deserve if you ask me.
pre-realease failures are extreemly common.
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MO insn't releasing in July. Its releasing in Q4 2009. So they will have had almost a full year of beta.
Darkfall's beta was only a few months. Also Darkfall's release was delayed by six years.
MO devs are more active in their forums? Great, I salute them for that. But that means absolutely nothing on how the game turns out to be. Darkfall has it's strong points ( For example, I only crashed one single time in my 4 weeks of beta. No idea how the game is now though) and still has loads of potential (PvE is lacking badly, but that's easy to fix with enough time).
They both are niche games and may very well share the market.
I have been actively following MO for about 5 months ,I really like the concepts and the involvement of the Devs on the forums and consider myself a fan but I agree with you .We cannot say how the game will actually be released or will it deliver on it's promises .This we do know ..Beta testing will take place over the next 6 months or so ...despite the NDA Im hoping we do get some feedback from Beta Testers on the state of the game and the overall experience
The Op's question is silly as you cannot ask a question like that until MO is released and we see it's success
"after the time of dice came the day of mice "
agreed
Speaking for myself as a software developer in the business world I didnt go and learn how to write good .Net code so I could spend my time writing nice letters to my user base. I think I can find some bad developers to do that for me.
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Plain and simple.
If MO will be a decent (not a masterpiece,not an excelent,not a good) game it will finaly pull the bloody trigger to headshot this cursed thing and at least we could forget this short nightmare