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Darkfall: A Poll to Bring It Back
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
A new poll has been posted on the Darkfall Online Reddit to bring back the game. It's not an official poll, but one to assess interest in bringing back what some feels is the better iteration of the series. The goal is to get 5000 signatures.
This an informal poll of mine, not a company one, since the last few days I've read many posts that say 'bring back DFO'.
So, I'd like to see if there is actually any real interest in bringing back DFO.
If there is, i.e. if there are many upvotes, let's say over 5000, so as that one can support this as a business proposal, I will ask my managers to check this out.
So, if you want DFO back, upvote. Tell it to your clan mates, your DFO-interested friends, everyone that you think is interested in bringing back the game.
You can vote on the Darkfall Online Reddit.
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Which very few played, specifically because of the systems it offered.
Are we going to see the same kind of misguided romanticism for DF as we see for SWG? A game where, if everyone who gushes now over it of had actually played it pre NGE there would never have been a need for a NGE.
Sorry to say this but you must be new to this forum if you need to ask this question. Here lies the den of all those who never player Warhammer Online, SWG and others "tru" mmoRPG, but they will rise with their rose colored glasses to defend nostalgia.
Yes, I am new.
Clearly.
bring back Grindfall?!
no thanks.
yes, the original game was way funner, but if they bring it back they have got to remove that endless grind. nothing wrong with having to spend a couple of months statting up your character, but endless macroing required for skill grinding was beyond retarded. a full loot pvp mmo should be about just that: full loot pvp, not afk macroing for months just so you dont become gimp vs everyone else that is macroing non stop.
if there are any grinds, they should be fore the best gear in the game.
they also have to add free structure placement, local banking, and make a new map altogether. old map is old and tired. never going to happen by the way.
There will always be people who don't like X combat or X classes/skills, but the main reasos (2) people left DF1 was 1. The grind in order to be competitive in PVP and 2. which correlates with 1 as well, not enough OTHER content for players to be engaged in. If players had OTHER things to do then they wouldn't be looking at all the NPC spawns for pvp, or always raiding the same cities. PVP should not have been the ONLY thing to do. There also should be REASONS to pvp than just to pvp.
SWG didn't need the CU or the NGE. SOE just got greedy and wanted WoW subscription numbers and not pre WoW MMO numbers.
Sure did them well, didn't it.
I voted as well. The original Darkfall was the best MMO I've ever played besides EVE of course. Never would have stopped playing had they not pulled the plug. Unholy Wars has it's merits but it really didn't do it for me at all.
If AV puts up a server for DFO, I'm back in a heartbeat.
"Mr. Rothstein, your people never will understand... the way it works out here. You're all just our guests. But you act like you're at home. Let me tell you something, partner. You ain't home. But that's where we're gonna send you if it harelips the governor." - Pat Webb
Yeah, that's what I am actually saying. Very few people were playing it past the 'try' phase. The same as very few people played DF past the 'try' phase.
Yet I am sure all those that didn't stick around will click yes on the poll, even though they probably won't stick around this time either.
Why go back? Unholy Wars is finally starting to approach a good spot.
DF1 was shut down for a reason, it had horrible code and horrible design flaws, that DFUW mostly fixed.
its very simple math guys..
Like others already said in this post.. you dont wanne change system or elements that worked.. av was to stubborn and they did.. here is the result..
Uw failed big time.. 2 years of new game development and patches and content being added..
compared to:
4 years of df1 with no backup or patch/content from the old developers manegement team of uw..
its not that hard to understand
With that being said there is no hope for either of the two DF games as long as AV is in control.
I have found in my lifetime, that the beauty of hating stupid people is, that it crosses all racial boundaries.
As usual, you attempt to make a comparison where the differences are huge. Darkfall failed due to it's ruleset, it never had much of a player base. SWG had a very decent player base even at NGE, just that SOE got greedy watching all the Wow's success and tried to emulate their design to increase it.
Darkfall is just a good example that the vast majority of MMO gamers are just not that interested in a mainly pvp game.
Personally I feel even UO had a much better design than Darkfall.
What I think when I read the DFO failed comments:
DFO > DFUW
DFO playerbase > DFUW playerbase
DFO fail < DFUW fail
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The only issue I had with DFO was the inability for a casual player who can't invest 8 hours a day into a game to have a character who could be considered anything better than viable. The fact the game was very player skill-based to begin with already gave a great edge to players who played extensively, but to have mechanics like stats/skills that had no real ceilings provided too strong an edge to veterans... and a ridiculous edge to vets who went hardcore no-life.
Oh yes, and the game was unplayable unless you macroed your character overnight.
All these little factors added up to a ball of stupid that made me stop playing DFO in my first month... despite actually having fun for the most part. I just knew it would be a big circle to nowhere, as I wouldn't be able to keep up while playing 2-3 hours every few days.
Despite that, however, I tried Darkfall Unholy Wars for about an hour and left, laughing. That game is terrible.
Please update OP with this link : http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/bring-back-dfo.html
This was made by a developer and is the new track method for his inquiry. For those who are stating that they hated the grind of DF1 this was fixed at the end of the game. For the last year or so the grind was reduced tenfold and enabled some of the best end game PvP any game has to offer.
THIS COMES BACK - me and my pals come back... bring on the good times where pvp and pve was GODLIKE