Dawntide, sandbox mmo, open beta

Tablix

Dawntide is a sandbox MMO being developed by WAI and is free for all to download and try out.  Based in a medievil/fantasy setting players choose their own path of developement.  Players advance their characters by training from a broad choice of skills, through combat magic and crafting.  What you do and how you play is entirely your own choice, but this is mainly a guild/faction based game.  Players can craft their own weapons and amour, build boats and even entire towns if they devote enough effort.  There are safe zones for people to learn the game and train characters but largely its a full loot pvp world.

For more information and access to the beta see:-

http://www.dawntide.net/

I will give you plenty of fair warning that this is not your average beta test.  This game is probably closer to what most people would consider alpha stages.  Not every skill is in game and there are still lots of bugs and glitches that are being worked on.  The game is probably over a year from completion possibly up to two, but there is still plenty to experiment with.  The world is massive, consisting of four continents one of which is just for new players.  I woudl heavily recommend reading the forums in advance to starting the download to make sure you have the patience to put up with some of the bugs in game, its certainly not for everyone.  If asked to describe how the game plays, imagine ultima online with hints of EVE or SWG crafting.  Plenty more information on the website and the forums, so if it sounds like your thing get involved.  The community at present is not very large but it is friendly and helpful, the dev team are available for dissusion on their own irc chanel and actively listen to the community when building new content.

I have no affiliation with WAI or Dawntide, I am just a regular beta tester. If you would like any help with installing the beat or the game you can message me here or via the Dawntide forums I use the same ID there.

Sharangir

Combat is boring as hell, it's just your character beating up your target.

Come back when they make a combat system where I don't fall asleep.

Naowut

Played this over a year ago and nothing has changed. bad game.

Mad+Dog

If its tab 123 = mob dead I ant interested. Been there done that move along please.