.. but remember its a full loot pvp world you will die and you will loose everything..
This is exactly what I do like about this game !!!
It smells like danger, it means something to even travel from one end of the world to the other in that it is dangerous place and you just have to watch your back etc.- which is exactly what I am seeking when playing a fantasy MMO.
Its about fighting, struggling, competition - and Darkfall delivers this really well and I really have respect for AV for not making another WOW clone MMO like the many many others. They seem to stick to their values which I find very cool and very unusual in these days.
So I will head for the non-starting areas and hopefully find more players there!!!!
But: here comes a small question which really bothers me?
Where are the players??
Finally I found some players, but during 6-7 hours of play I met, I think, 4 distinct players.
Hm. Well, I consider this to be not really alot and I am a bit concerned.
So, my question is, does anyone know how many players actually are subscribed in DF?
How many on the Europ server?
I am in big fear somehow that I finally found a game which seems really really cool and fun to play but it is drying out of players? Are there still players? ( I have read the previous postings and I could not get a real clue whether players are generally more moving IN or moving OUT of DF!?!?).
Are just not so many players on Europe? Should I try NA?
I just hope that some more people will give this game a fair try, its worth it.
Just one other thing that really shocked me, when reading these posts, is, that there really seems a lot of cheating going on in this game.
Two questions:
1. Is this really as bad as it sounds? It almost sounds you can't get anywhere without cheating.... which would be really a shame. I would never cheat in such a game, but if I am just not progressing AT ALL because of 90% other players just cheating, then I would probably quit because this just sucks... even if the game itself is great.
2. Is AV concerned about the cheating? Are they really actively banning these guys/clans? Or would it mean remove their LAST players from the server??? What is the policy of AV here?
I am really unsure on what to think of all of this.
I just know I am very happy to have found this game with so much to offer , on one hand.
On the other hand I feel afraid this could slip through my fingers either when I have to discover, I am only one of very few players playing the game actually (which is of course a problem for a PvP game... ) and/or the majority of the players is just cheating and using macro-tools and whatever.
I would feel very sorry for that... cause DF seems really great to me!!
First of all the population on the European server is pretty good, expecially during primetime. However you won't find players around the starting areas, even new players move to player cities ASAP which are spread out DF's MASSIVE world. Clan cities are where everyone lives and the higher up spawns and dungeons.
The population is increasing slowly, you won't get a real impression until you move away from starter towns and participate in PvP. At my Clan city we get raided 10+ times a day (different raiders) usually ending up in huge 15-20 vs 20 fights or smaller scale chases.
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Macroing/cheating; At some point you will probably macro some of the magic schools, the grind for some of the spells would take too long to level through natural play assuming you want to be competitive in group fights asap. However fighting mobs gives x3-x6 skill gain.
Attended macroing is not cheating or exploiting but it is bad game design. You do not need to afk swim / other crap people tell you, I havn't, many people I play with havn't and we do pretty well.
AV actively bans cheaters, it doesn't happen instantly right there and then but with a little digging you'll see the crying 'im innocent!' threads for yourself. AV usually bans in waves, gold buyers and hackers. Hackers can mess up some large events but they're very very rare to come by usually.
Well said. We couldn't even get practice combat going yesterday because we were raided so often. We live in one of the most out of the way cities there is.
And to me. Sadly he's lieing through his teeth. There are about 1200 active players equating to approximately 250 concurrent sessions on EU-1. Probably scewwed towards midday, since noone plays 5AM. Anyway, the population is declining, january last year EU-1 had round about 3500 actives.
There are way more actives and way more concurrent users. Your stats from the df political map are incorrect. They only count clanned players who have changed clan status / alignment in the last... Well, a short time.
Look at the duchy of wessex.. That clan was remade less than a month ago and it already says that 30 % are inactive......
And to me. Sadly he's lieing through his teeth. There are about 1200 active players equating to approximately 250 concurrent sessions on EU-1. Probably scewwed towards midday, since noone plays 5AM. Anyway, the population is declining, january last year EU-1 had round about 3500 actives.
There are way more actives and way more concurrent users. Your stats from the df political map are incorrect. They only count clanned players who have changed clan status / alignment in the last... Well, a short time.
Look at the duchy of wessex.. That clan was remade less than a month ago and it already says that 30 % are inactive......
Don't play that card, we all know that doesn't work. Proof?
Well I'm in DoW and every member in the clan is an active player, daily.
And to me. Sadly he's lieing through his teeth. There are about 1200 active players equating to approximately 250 concurrent sessions on EU-1. Probably scewwed towards midday, since noone plays 5AM. Anyway, the population is declining, january last year EU-1 had round about 3500 actives.
There are way more actives and way more concurrent users. Your stats from the df political map are incorrect. They only count clanned players who have changed clan status / alignment in the last... Well, a short time.
Look at the duchy of wessex.. That clan was remade less than a month ago and it already says that 30 % are inactive......
Don't play that card, we all know that doesn't work. Proof?
Well I'm in DoW and every member in the clan is an active player, daily.
(/sarcasm on) Tasos said there are more players!!! What other proof you need?! (/sarcasm off)
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This is exactly what I do like about this game
!!!
It smells like danger, it means something to even travel from one end of the world to the other in that it is dangerous place and you just have to watch your back etc.- which is exactly what I am seeking when playing a fantasy MMO.
Its about fighting, struggling, competition - and Darkfall delivers this really well and I really have respect for AV for not making another WOW clone MMO like the many many others. They seem to stick to their values which I find very cool and very unusual in these days.
So I will head for the non-starting areas and hopefully find more players there!!!!
Well said. We couldn't even get practice combat going yesterday because we were raided so often. We live in one of the most out of the way cities there is.
There are way more actives and way more concurrent users. Your stats from the df political map are incorrect. They only count clanned players who have changed clan status / alignment in the last... Well, a short time.
Look at the duchy of wessex.. That clan was remade less than a month ago and it already says that 30 % are inactive......
The PMAP says I and my alt are innactive. I play most days PvE & PvP. it also does not properly refelct my clans allies.
The pmap is gargbage and should only be viewed as mildly entertaining data which is not remotely accurate.
Don't play that card, we all know that doesn't work. Proof?
Well I'm in DoW and every member in the clan is an active player, daily.
(/sarcasm on) Tasos said there are more players!!! What other proof you need?! (/sarcasm off)
Our alliance is getting into large scale city battles every night..nough said
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