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There are only 2 real problems with the game.
1) This company is hiding somewhere, blocking all forms of communication. They have an unprecidented ability to not communicate with their player base.
2) I am paying an ungodly amount to basically beta test.
Give me another month or so credit and learn some professionalism. Bite the bullet and talk to the players instead of closing down your forums on "launch" and not keeping us informed. People would still flame, but I bet it would decrease everyones level of frustration.
Forgive me for typos, I work up a bit early to play and end up on forums...sigh.
The game was fun prior to the sync issues. And after you start to get a hang of the UI its not bad, just annoying trying to loot your first few kills while getting beat on and stuck looting haha. I genuinely don't mind the frustration of that, because to me its fun. I like that lost feeling a bit in game play, not in bugs and potential exploits though.
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2) I am paying an ungodly amount to basically beta test.
My only question is why you are paying anything at this time. No disrespect intended.
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I didn't beta test, and I don't put too much into all the negative hype. It happens in every game and I block it. Especially when its usually in the form of a rant, instead of a well thought out gripe. Not foolish in my opinion, because only I can say if this is the game for me or not.
Well I and many others tried to warn the non beta players on the DF forums that it wasnt ready for release but i was told these issues were fixed on the release client, that everything would be OK... I would say i dont like to gloat but in this case i actually do...
Have fun beta testing this poorly made oblivion clone with half the features removed and paying for it
If you consider that an ungodly amount of money you really have no business playing any MMO
Not sure what you mean by stuck looting. You have to right click to stop looting and close the window, you clearly aren't used to the user interface yet.
Usually it's a huge wave of positive hype the first month. So if we are having negative hype now... But we still have to wait until less fanatic player have access to the game, and that will take a lot with DF. If we could trust the professional reviewers.. but...
The lack of communication has been precedented, by them, for 7 years.
And every beta tester was saying "buyer beware."
So if you are surprised by either of the two "problems" you listed, you have only yourself to blame. Not aventurine.
Because we were lied to by Aventurine. We received emails confirming the 25th launch, that our payment was received for it, and that since the communication and support for said product and service has been non-existent.
MMORPG.com:
There had been some speculation that there are plans to push the launch date further back than the originally announced 25th date. Can you tell us if there is any truth to this?
Tasos:
Consistent with the usual speculation sources, there’s no truth to this.
www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/4/view/news/read/12976/Darkfall-Interview.html
You didnt pay yet, you got 3days free
Now you only need to hope they fix it tommorow then or increase the amount of free days by alot.
Because we were lied to by Aventurine. We received emails confirming the 25th launch, that our payment was received for it, and that since the communication and support for said product and service has been non-existent.
MMORPG.com:
There had been some speculation that there are plans to push the launch date further back than the originally announced 25th date. Can you tell us if there is any truth to this?
Tasos:
Consistent with the usual speculation sources, there’s no truth to this.
www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/4/view/news/read/12976/Darkfall-Interview.html
The only one lying here is you. Granted, the communication has been limited, there is no arguing that, but it has been there. Not only that, but they have released 2 patches since release, so the support for both the product and the service has been there.
There are so many legitimate gripes with this game, why you have to lie and make things up to complain about the game is beyond me.
The two things wrong with Darkfall:
1: The graphics and animation are dated and ugly.
2: The gameplay equates to a game of tag with full loot.
The enjoyment of the graphics is subjective (there are some people who say they really like them), but I agree with that they are dated. I wouldn't call them ugly, however.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
I already pay
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And still got Account is not Active... THAT... TOTALY BLOW and like some1 said up there, No communication, no reply by e-mail.... moderate IRC channel, no OP answer us.
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I like the graphics, personally. The animations are kinda funny, so ok.
The "tag" part of the game play seems to be due to the "full loot" part of the game play, as in many players, for some reason, are loath to actually part with the contents of their backpacks.
I looted and got looted yesterday. It was actually pretty fun, imo.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
Running around in cicles and randomly swinging your weapon hoping to score a hit seems much like the game of tag that I used to play when I was but a wee child. It doesn't equate to 'Skill based PvP', it is a children's game with crappy graphics.
The enjoyment of the graphics is subjective (there are some people who say they really like them), but I agree with that they are dated. I wouldn't call them ugly, however.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
Running around in cicles and randomly swinging your weapon hoping to score a hit seems much like the game of tag that I used to play when I was but a wee child. It doesn't equate to 'Skill based PvP', it is a children's game with crappy graphics.
Oh, I get it. You are talking about the bugged content right now. However, I don't know what the hell kind of tag you were playing as a child. . .you randomly swung weapons? WTF?
Depends on what he meant ungodly in its quality vs price, yes, paying the same as any triple AAA, half decently released product is ungodly expensive for DFO.
How many accounts do you have? Other one got banned already?
Because we were lied to by Aventurine. We received emails confirming the 25th launch, that our payment was received for it, and that since the communication and support for said product and service has been non-existent.
MMORPG.com:
There had been some speculation that there are plans to push the launch date further back than the originally announced 25th date. Can you tell us if there is any truth to this?
Tasos:
Consistent with the usual speculation sources, there’s no truth to this.
www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/4/view/news/read/12976/Darkfall-Interview.html
I've highlighted the key parts of this question and answer for you, so you might better understand it. Tasos did not lie in this particular instance.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
Running around in cicles and randomly swinging your weapon hoping to score a hit seems much like the game of tag that I used to play when I was but a wee child. It doesn't equate to 'Skill based PvP', it is a children's game with crappy graphics.
Oh, I get it. You are talking about the bugged content right now. However, I don't know what the hell kind of tag you were playing as a child. . .you randomly swung weapons? WTF?
Well I guess you could say that the randomly swung weapons equates to the flailing arms of a child. It's really not that hard of a metaphor to grasp, I'm sorry if it's confused you.
The enjoyment of the graphics is subjective (there are some people who say they really like them), but I agree with that they are dated. I wouldn't call them ugly, however.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
Running around in cicles and randomly swinging your weapon hoping to score a hit seems much like the game of tag that I used to play when I was but a wee child. It doesn't equate to 'Skill based PvP', it is a children's game with crappy graphics.
Oh, I get it. You are talking about the bugged content right now. However, I don't know what the hell kind of tag you were playing as a child. . .you randomly swung weapons? WTF?
Well I guess you could say that the randomly swung weapons equates to the flailing arms of a child. It's really not that hard of a metaphor to grasp, I'm sorry if it's confused you.
Again, you flailed your arms around in tag? Did you even play tag as a kid? My guess is you didn't.
Sorry, but it was a terrible analogy based of ignorance of the gameplay mechanics. Seems to be par for the course for you.
The enjoyment of the graphics is subjective (there are some people who say they really like them), but I agree with that they are dated. I wouldn't call them ugly, however.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
Running around in cicles and randomly swinging your weapon hoping to score a hit seems much like the game of tag that I used to play when I was but a wee child. It doesn't equate to 'Skill based PvP', it is a children's game with crappy graphics.
Oh, I get it. You are talking about the bugged content right now. However, I don't know what the hell kind of tag you were playing as a child. . .you randomly swung weapons? WTF?
Well I guess you could say that the randomly swung weapons equates to the flailing arms of a child. It's really not that hard of a metaphor to grasp, I'm sorry if it's confused you.
Again, you flailed your arms around in tag? Did you even play tag as a kid? My guess is you didn't.
Sorry, but it was a terrible analogy based of ignorance of the gameplay mechanics. Seems to be par for the course for you.
Actually the analogy is rather approitate. The gameplay consists of running around, trying to target and swing and hopefully hitting an enemy. In tag, you are running around, trying to tag a person running from you. Honestly, I thought it was a rather accurate and particularly amusing and light hearted analogy of the gameplay. Relax and stop being so melodramatic.
The enjoyment of the graphics is subjective (there are some people who say they really like them), but I agree with that they are dated. I wouldn't call them ugly, however.
The gameplay is tag? WTF are you babbling about?
Running around in cicles and randomly swinging your weapon hoping to score a hit seems much like the game of tag that I used to play when I was but a wee child. It doesn't equate to 'Skill based PvP', it is a children's game with crappy graphics.
Oh, I get it. You are talking about the bugged content right now. However, I don't know what the hell kind of tag you were playing as a child. . .you randomly swung weapons? WTF?
Well I guess you could say that the randomly swung weapons equates to the flailing arms of a child. It's really not that hard of a metaphor to grasp, I'm sorry if it's confused you.
Again, you flailed your arms around in tag? Did you even play tag as a kid? My guess is you didn't.
Sorry, but it was a terrible analogy based of ignorance of the gameplay mechanics. Seems to be par for the course for you.
Actually the analogy is rather approitate. The gameplay consists of running around, trying to target and swing and hopefully hitting an enemy. In tag, you are running around, trying to tag a person running from you. Honestly, I thought it was a rather accurate and particularly amusing and light hearted analogy of the gameplay. Relax and stop being so melodramatic.
It isn't light-hearted at all nor is it accurate. Every time I have posted on these forums that guy, who obviously has no interest in the game, just comes here to bash it. His intent is to bring people down so labeling his trolls as "light-hearted" completely ignores his history posting.
But that is not what the gameplay consists of. I have been in beta for quite some time and that is how BAD players play. . .and then they complain about there not being enough stamina or combat relying too heavily on stamina.
Its actually a perfect analogy and funny, personally i always thought the game was a cross between a chase scene from benny hill and a jousting competition done in the style of monty pythons holy grail
Beats standing in place pressing 12324321112223421
Im a beta tester and I didnt say buyer beware.
My only beef with Darkfall is that early on you can't create your own "class" with a customized set of skills. Everyone is a clone for quite a while and those who really like to be a caster, or healer get the shaft for a while until they skill up.
As for these recent issues, yes its frustrating but Aventurine will fix it and will no doubt compensate everyone for errors on their part.
The syncing issue from launch day is being fixed now and things will eventually be smooth as they were in beta... yes beta was actually quite smooth in pvp, even when playing on a server on the other side of the planet from my location.