man, am i enjoying this game.

Jakdstripper

Sure lots of people complain about the "grind", but what mmo doesn't have grind? i simply dont care about my stats and only focus on enjoying the simple yet exciting combat, the huge world, the smart npc, the higher level gankers, the afk gathering (man i love taking brakes and still being able to farm something), the crafting, the land and the people in it.

The most refreshing part of this game i'd have to say it's the combat. Not perfect by any means but quite smooth and more challenging then most other mmos. Even as a lowbe with little health and few skills there is really no "1 shotted". Sure you'll loose but you can get a few hitts in no matter how high your opponent is.

NO CC....man do i love this set up. Go in shooting/swinging and die fighting. None of this "can't do that wile dieing" crap. No matter how weak i am i'll die swinging covered in my my own and my enemy's blood. HELL YEA!

Mounted fighting that actually works

Full loot, definately makes every decision you make important. Not even a trip to the work bench is trival OR safe. Even returning to your bank with 50 iron feels like and achievment. You did not get me this time. I survived. I won this battle. The war will only rage on.

I started this game very skeptical and did not like it right away but the more i play the more i get attached to it.  I'v only just begun but more and more do i want to live, fight, and die in DF. We truly need more games like this one.

freakky

Nice to hear your having fun and this one of the better insights to darkfalI have read.

Ethian

Totally agree. Since starting DF about 2months ago I've continued to enjoy the game more every time I play. If your having fun now wait until you can hold your own in pvp and not feel as scared going out on your own. Every night is still a different experience depending on what my goal is. I can honestly say Darkfall has been the most fun I've had in a MMO since starting way back with EQ1.

DFO imo is one of the best pvp MMOs out right now, hands down. If 2010 is good to DFO it will only get better :-)

Kasmos

Excellent post my man, glad you too are having a blast in the world of Agon. It's true that once you get past the initial "OMFG WHAT DO I DO!" stage you really can start to truly appreciate Darkfall for the amazing game that it really is.

 

Keep having fun buddy, and just wait until you get to experience an epic siege or naval combat.

Miles-Prower

It's quite ironic that Darkfall, one of the most brutal games in the industry has one of the cleanest forums on the site. Anyone else notice that Darkfall generally gets good responses from players? 

~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

Kasmos

Originally posted by Miles-Prower


It's quite ironic that Darkfall, one of the most brutal games in the industry has one of the cleanest forums on the site. Anyone else notice that Darkfall generally gets good responses from players? 





~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

 

Well, it's because once people decide to not listen to the ridiculously stupid trolls on these and other forums and actually give Darkfall a try, they realize what they've been missing out on and how different and awesome Darkfall really is.

The genre is filled with cookie-cutter clones, TONS of them, and Darkfall is so much different from anything out there that a lot of people who are bored with the genre will fall in love with it simply because it's unique, different, and exhilarating.

mrcalhou

To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

mrcalhou

Originally posted by Kasmos

Originally posted by Miles-Prower


It's quite ironic that Darkfall, one of the most brutal games in the industry has one of the cleanest forums on the site. Anyone else notice that Darkfall generally gets good responses from players? 





~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

 

Well, it's because once people decide to not listen to the ridiculously stupid trolls on these and other forums and actually give Darkfall a try, they realize what they've been missing out on and how different and awesome Darkfall really is.

The genre is filled with cookie-cutter clones, TONS of them, and Darkfall is so much different from anything out there that a lot of people who are bored with the genre will fall in love with it simply because it's unique, different, and exhilarating.

 Darkfall's character development is pretty cookie-cutter in my eyes. You're rather limited in what you can actually raise.

Miles-Prower

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

That's exactly how I felt. I thought the game was lacking in graphics, gameplay, and especially animation. The Character customization was entirely too limited and the NPCs felt lack-luster and poorly introduced. Towns seemed empty, and enemy AI was all about circling you and stabbing you.

I thought the game was one of my worst nightmares. I kept having to pinch myself every few minutes during the $1 trial to see if I was dreaming.

Should've bought a 7-up...

~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

Krewel

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

Are you trolling? How can you click in this game at all? If you somehow attempted to click in DFO, you played it completely wrong and no wonder the game sucked for you.

Kasmos

Originally posted by mrcalhou

Originally posted by Kasmos

Originally posted by Miles-Prower


It's quite ironic that Darkfall, one of the most brutal games in the industry has one of the cleanest forums on the site. Anyone else notice that Darkfall generally gets good responses from players? 





~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

 

Well, it's because once people decide to not listen to the ridiculously stupid trolls on these and other forums and actually give Darkfall a try, they realize what they've been missing out on and how different and awesome Darkfall really is.

The genre is filled with cookie-cutter clones, TONS of them, and Darkfall is so much different from anything out there that a lot of people who are bored with the genre will fall in love with it simply because it's unique, different, and exhilarating.

 Darkfall's character development is pretty cookie-cutter in my eyes. You're rather limited in what you can actually raise.

 

You can raise everything, which isn't seen in other MMOs for the most part. I love how what you use skills up as you use it, instead of "get 1,000,000 EXP to reach the next level and unlock 2 more spells you can use" character progression you see in almost all other MMOs.

Now, character CREATION and CUSTOMIZATION in the beginning is pretty lack-luster, if I do say so myself, but I can't see how you think the character development is cookie-cutter at all.

Kasmos

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

If you're only using melee and not using anything else or any melee skills, then yes, I could see why you'd think that.

But using magic, archery, mounted combat, or even melee skills and specializations certainly is NOTHING like what you're talking about. Also, if you have a shield or parry with a two-handed sword, that mixes up the combat a lot too instead of click click click click while trying to hit your target.

And yes, I think normal melee combat needs to be tweaked, and I've supported adding things like momentum into the game to try to resolve that issue.

howtoland

Originally posted by Krewel

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

Are you trolling? How can you click in this game at all? If you somehow attempted to click in DFO, you played it completely wrong and no wonder the game sucked for you.

 

The basic attack is bound to your left mouse button, which you must CLICK in order to utilize.

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Krewel

Originally posted by howtoland

Originally posted by Krewel

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

Are you trolling? How can you click in this game at all? If you somehow attempted to click in DFO, you played it completely wrong and no wonder the game sucked for you.

 

The basic attack is bound to your left mouse button, which you must CLICK in order to utilize.

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Take a chill pill, Mr. Jesus. Thought he meant something else. And constant clicking basic attack is not exactly a wise strategy in DFO.

howtoland

Originally posted by Krewel

Originally posted by howtoland

Originally posted by Krewel

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

Are you trolling? How can you click in this game at all? If you somehow attempted to click in DFO, you played it completely wrong and no wonder the game sucked for you.

 

The basic attack is bound to your left mouse button, which you must CLICK in order to utilize.

[ Mod Edit ]

 

Take a chill pill, Mr. Jesus. Thought he meant something else. And constant clicking basic attack is not exactly a wise strategy in DFO.

 

I'm not sure where exactly I said that constant clicking was. I'm correcting your statement of "Are you trolling? How can you click in this game at all? If you somehow attempted to click in DFO, you played it completely wrong and no wonder the game sucked for you."

 

You're wrong, and you were condescending for no good reason.

 

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ste2000

Originally posted by Miles-Prower


It's quite ironic that Darkfall, one of the most brutal games in the industry has one of the cleanest forums on the site. Anyone else notice that Darkfall generally gets good responses from players? 





~Miles "Tails" Prower out! Catch me if you can!

 

DF players have a mature audiance 20+ y/o players.

Kids don't like losing their stuff when they die, they will rage quit in a week (and punctually they do)



DF is a beautiful game, and everyone who plays it, if he doesn't like it at least doesn't hate it.

DF is what a real MMORPG should be, with a living world where the community is the focus, not the game mechanics.

I hope the new generations will understand what the old school players means when they always talk about the old UO days.



 

Kasmos

Originally posted by ste2000 I hope the new generations will understand what the old school players means when they always talk about the old UO days.

Why must you bring back such good memories? I really miss my Ultima Online days...... : (

Everquest and WoW almost killed this genre, thank god for developers like CCP and Aventurine for having the balls to try to bring it back to its roots.

Agricola1

Originally posted by Kasmos

Originally posted by ste2000 I hope the new generations will understand what the old school players means when they always talk about the old UO days.

Why must you bring back such good memories? I really miss my Ultima Online days...... : (

Everquest and WoW almost killed this genre, thank god for developers like CCP and Aventurine for having the balls to try to bring it back to its roots.

 

Agreed (can't believe I'm agreeing with Kasmos!) it takes a small time developer in control of the game and its direction. Otherwise you'll have a bunch of suits telling you to make a WoW clone because it's so successful and is obviously the way to go. I used to think DFO was vapourware and AV were just a buch of bullshitters, I'm happy to say I was wrong and a twat.

Kasmos

Originally posted by Agricola1

Originally posted by Kasmos

Originally posted by ste2000 I hope the new generations will understand what the old school players means when they always talk about the old UO days.

Why must you bring back such good memories? I really miss my Ultima Online days...... : (

Everquest and WoW almost killed this genre, thank god for developers like CCP and Aventurine for having the balls to try to bring it back to its roots.

 

Agreed (can't believe I'm agreeing with Kasmos!) it takes a small time developer in control of the game and its direction. Otherwise you'll have a bunch of suits telling you to make a WoW clone because it's so successful and is obviously the way to go. I used to think DFO was vapourware and AV were just a buch of bullshitters, I'm happy to say I was wrong and a twat.

 

Hahaha, I really only think that you and I disagree with each other in regards to stat grind. We seem to have very similar opinions about everything else!

mrcalhou

Originally posted by Kasmos

Originally posted by mrcalhou

Originally posted by Kasmos

Originally posted by Miles-Prower

 Darkfall's character development is pretty cookie-cutter in my eyes. You're rather limited in what you can actually raise.

 

You can raise everything, which isn't seen in other MMOs for the most part. I love how what you use skills up as you use it, instead of "get 1,000,000 EXP to reach the next level and unlock 2 more spells you can use" character progression you see in almost all other MMOs.

Now, character CREATION and CUSTOMIZATION in the beginning is pretty lack-luster, if I do say so myself, but I can't see how you think the character development is cookie-cutter at all.

That's part of my problem with Darkfall. Darkfall's skill system is limited by being too unlimited. You can train everything. At first glance that doesn't seem like a problem. Darkfalls skill system doesn't branch out to have specialties and sub-specialties, so most people will have archery, melee, and magic and usually at the same time. When I played everyone was an archer-mage-knight. There was also no economy because except for young characters, the crafters had most of the crafting lines on one character.

I'm not saying the game is bad. I'm just saying I thought the scope was really limited and that it didn't appeal to me.

Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

That's what happens when you judge a game in the first couple hours of play.  How interesting is WoW when you have heroic strike and autoattack?

 

If you don't atleast get the the point where you have multiple skills/spells to cycle between then you shouldn't comment on the game.  It's plain ignorance.

mrcalhou

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

That's what happens when you judge a game in the first couple hours of play.  How interesting is WoW when you have heroic strike and autoattack?

 

If you don't atleast get the the point where you have multiple skills/spells to cycle between then you shouldn't comment on the game.  It's plain ignorance.

 

I never played wow and I feel I can comment on the game since I spent $55 on it.

holdenhamlet

I agree with the OP, especially on the "no CC" part.  Whoever thought CC was a good idea in MMORPG pvp was a freaking idiot.  Nothing worse than getting stunlocked to death.

Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

That's what happens when you judge a game in the first couple hours of play.  How interesting is WoW when you have heroic strike and autoattack?

 

If you don't atleast get the the point where you have multiple skills/spells to cycle between then you shouldn't comment on the game.  It's plain ignorance.

 

I never played wow and I feel I can comment on the game since I spent $55 on it.

 

 

Go ahead and comment.  Doesn't make it any less ignorant to draw conclusions on the combat system when you only have 10% of it at your fingertips.

howtoland

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

That's what happens when you judge a game in the first couple hours of play.  How interesting is WoW when you have heroic strike and autoattack?

 

If you don't atleast get the the point where you have multiple skills/spells to cycle between then you shouldn't comment on the game.  It's plain ignorance.

 

I never played wow and I feel I can comment on the game since I spent $55 on it.

 

 

Go ahead and comment.  Doesn't make it any less ignorant to draw conclusions on the combat system when you only have 10% of it at your fingertips.

 

Put it in perspective: In wow you get a new skill every 2 levels. In Darkfall, you get a new skill every... well, after power attack and seize, hours and hours and hours.

mrcalhou

Originally posted by howtoland

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou

Originally posted by Draemos

Originally posted by mrcalhou


To each his own. I found the combat lacking. It was just click as fast as your litlle fingers can and rotate like a tornado.

 

That's what happens when you judge a game in the first couple hours of play.  How interesting is WoW when you have heroic strike and autoattack?

 

If you don't atleast get the the point where you have multiple skills/spells to cycle between then you shouldn't comment on the game.  It's plain ignorance.

 

I never played wow and I feel I can comment on the game since I spent $55 on it.

 

 

Go ahead and comment.  Doesn't make it any less ignorant to draw conclusions on the combat system when you only have 10% of it at your fingertips.

 

Put it in perspective: In wow you get a new skill every 2 levels. In Darkfall, you get a new skill every... well, after power attack and seize, hours and hours and hours.