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Guards vs. Guard Towers
I'm wanting to know people's opinion on the apparent switch from Guards to Guard Towers for protection in the cities.
From everything that we have read from the Beta impressions and "The NOOB" beta pre-reviews it's only been Guard Towers that attack you, no actual NPC Guard that roams about.
Anyone else a bit disappointed if this is the extent of the "Guards" that we will see? Obviously it's an easier code-choice, but I was really expecting actual Guards to be roaming about the city... not just towers.
Hopefully these towers are just a place-holder until they put some real Guards in... otherwise it will definitely be a disappointment for me. 
Even better would be both in my opinion, as that would seem the most realistic. A real city in that environment would have regular guards patrolling the streets, as well as towers to give them an additional advantage.
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I dont know what retarded source you heard that from, but their are guards that walk around in the game
As you speak of retarded.... The source is from a Beta review.
If you havent been in game you wouldn't know that guards walk around.
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As you speak of retarded.... The source is from a Beta review.
If you havent been in game you wouldn't know that guards walk around.
i think there is guard towers too
Obviously both is just more fun, but im no programer and if it makes a big difference in code and lag I could definitely live with just the towers.
However I always liked the idea of having a house, not necessarily in a city even, and being able to have npc guards protect it while you are gone.
Though I was DEFINITELY happy that they removed pets from the game. Pets are just a waste in other MMOs, but while i can see why others like them, in terms of gameplay it just rubs me the wrong way.
NPC hirelings that protect a city or structure = yes
Pets that travel with you and attack with their AI = ew
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Darkfall Releases on: February 25th, 2009
Darkfall Recap of everything that has happened the last 3 months: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/213296
"The monsters are tough. I was looking for a challenge, but these things are just too damn smart." -DF Beta Tester
"If people were dismissing it, then they wouldn't be talking about it. The well-meaning gamers root for efforts that try to raise the bar. So who's left? It's so easy being a skeptic." -Tasos
thought you could hire npc guards as part of city upkeep... mby im wrong..
As far as I know, based on the latest info, it is still unclear as to how the mechanics work with defending your city ala NPCs whether it be towers or guards.
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Darkfall Releases on: February 25th, 2009
Darkfall Recap of everything that has happened the last 3 months: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/213296
"The monsters are tough. I was looking for a challenge, but these things are just too damn smart." -DF Beta Tester
"If people were dismissing it, then they wouldn't be talking about it. The well-meaning gamers root for efforts that try to raise the bar. So who's left? It's so easy being a skeptic." -Tasos
From the Closed Beta Reviews they mention towers only... no guards yet. These are the starter towns I am assuming... just seems odd that no Guards are mentioned... only towers.
Some quotes for reference:
forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php PvP- Looting Section
"...the npc towns have guard towers that do some damage, you can handle one tower for a while but as you go deeper in you get in range of multiple towers and the damage starts to mount up."
"Yesterday as an Alfar I ran into a human town and PKed someone while getting attacked by the guard towers."
So, you might want to rethink that "retarded source" as it was the Beta quotes that Tasos himself put up.