I think this christmas im gonna buy darkfall with the six month deal. It looks wonderfull and i just wanted to know is there still a growing community in it?
I've signed up recently and I have to say there's more people now than when I started. The world isn't crowded by any means but it certainly doesn't feel empty. (It is possible to end up in the wilderness without another soul in sight, which is kind of cool actually.)
I'm really enjoying Darkfall and wish I had more time to play it. (I'm currently painting over 2000 points of Warhammer miniatures!)
I think this christmas im gonna buy darkfall with the six month deal. It looks wonderfull and i just wanted to know is there still a growing community in it?
Numbers of new players have spiked since the expansion, but DFO still needs new blood!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
Because of a lack of penalties most clans are ARAC (All Race All Class, yes I know there are no classes but that's the acronym...) Human's can join Alfar, Orc, Or Mahirim clans without much issue, and at least on NA-1 there's only one clan in the top 40 or so for size which restrict races from joining. (Bloodstone Syndicate is Human / Dwarf / Elf only.)
The alignment is only there to protect newb's. After that, the only reason why you dont want to be red is because you still want to do more quest, you still want to buy stuff from npc's of your race. Alignment dont protect you from griefers that came from a long way just to kill noobs since its not a problem for them to go red, but it protect you from other newb's around you. If a newb with the same alignment kill you too often while you try to kill goblin, he wont be able to go back to his capital city, doing starter quest and if he die, he will have to respawn far away from the starter city too. And the only way that newb can go back to being blue is by killing other race, but he will have to travel a lot to find the enemy players and its not easy for a newb.
If you don't mind grinding skills and stats for a couple months until you are useful, and dont mind that mobs and players can change direction erratically, then yeah, you'll probably like Darkfall. Those are my personal quibbles, anyway. To what you wrote, the world feels empty at times, but it's pretty big too, and like the other poster said, you can be in a clan with any other race.
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Originally posted by KalTheo Because of a lack of penalties most clans are ARAC (All Race All Class, yes I know there are no classes but that's the acronym...) Human's can join Alfar, Orc, Or Mahirim clans without much issue, and at least on NA-1 there's only one clan in the top 40 or so for size which restrict races from joining. (Bloodstone Syndicate is Human / Dwarf / Elf only.)
Actually, I think there are two more in the top 40 that restrict: Black Ork Assassins (ork only) and Bloodsomething-or-other (can't remember their name, but they're ork and mahirim only). BOA had around 60 members last I checked, and the other clan isn't too far behind.
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Because of a lack of penalties most clans are ARAC (All Race All Class, yes I know there are no classes but that's the acronym...) Human's can join Alfar, Orc, Or Mahirim clans without much issue, and at least on NA-1 there's only one clan in the top 40 or so for size which restrict races from joining. (Bloodstone Syndicate is Human / Dwarf / Elf only.)
Actually, I think there are two more in the top 40 that restrict: Black Ork Assassins (ork only) and Bloodsomething-or-other (can't remember their name, but they're ork and mahirim only). BOA had around 60 members last I checked, and the other clan isn't too far behind.
BOA has 75 members now and we are Ork only. The Blood Ork clan is a Ork/Mahirim clan only.
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Originally posted by Pulze Originally posted by Nizur
Originally posted by KalTheo Because of a lack of penalties most clans are ARAC (All Race All Class, yes I know there are no classes but that's the acronym...) Human's can join Alfar, Orc, Or Mahirim clans without much issue, and at least on NA-1 there's only one clan in the top 40 or so for size which restrict races from joining. (Bloodstone Syndicate is Human / Dwarf / Elf only.)
Actually, I think there are two more in the top 40 that restrict: Black Ork Assassins (ork only) and Bloodsomething-or-other (can't remember their name, but they're ork and mahirim only). BOA had around 60 members last I checked, and the other clan isn't too far behind.
BOA has 75 members now and we are Ork only. The Blood Ork clan is a Ork/Mahirim clan only.
Thanks, Pulze. I knew the other clan had "blood" in the name. And BOA is growing quite fast!
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If you don't mind grinding skills and stats for a couple months until you are useful, and dont mind that mobs and players can change direction erratically, then yeah, you'll probably like Darkfall. Those are my personal quibbles, anyway. To what you wrote, the world feels empty at times, but it's pretty big too, and like the other poster said, you can be in a clan with any other race.
population is very good on EU-1 i dunno how situation looks on US-1
i played 2 weeks after release and it was overcrowded - when in big world u find ppl everywhere
now its prefect and lately i see lot of newb players that starts to play
i just started after last patch brand new char (i sold my first account)
and i must say DFO after that few months is very good polished game with good support! x)
and about being usefull its depend what is your goal
if u want to be solo uber pwner few months can be not enough
but if u find guild u can easyli have alot of fun
in my 2 weeks of play i was in 3 sea tower attacks and one hamlet and one town siege
and it was great fun
form what i see u need something about 1-2 month to start solo pvp - its needed to get some must have skills and to gain personal experience - and if u will choose your target wise u will be able to solo PvP
and i must add that DFO is hard game - especially for newb players - so any new player should know this
but with every day of experience DFO become more and more easier - like with everything
I just started yesterday and I'm enjoying my time. I'm not really rushing things but enjoying the crafting and combat. I'm an FPS nerd so I enjoy the Archery. It's tough to get used to at first, especially the GUI but you just gotta play around with it and then get the hang of the things. Sure the game can work on things, but I like what they've got.
Just make sure you have a good idea of what you wanna do or else you'll get lost in doing several things and it could burn you out.
Absolutely. Pick it up OP. You will be happy you did...
Around release time, I was one of the many people flaming the crap out of these boards because of the state it was in at that time. However, they have really turned their act around. I gave the game another shot and I am very happy that I did. I haven't had this much fun in an MMO in a very very long time. All of my recent posts on MMORPG.com probably sound like an advertisement for the game... but that is honestly how I feel.
If you don't at least give this game a shot, you will be missing out big time.
Definitely, my only quarrel with the game is the fact that older players have upwards of 400 hit points and I'm pushing 250 .
And man, two of the newer guys from my clan and my self went out to kill in human lands and after killing upwards of 10 people we came across an EU transfer and he rocked our world. I got away in the end though, /heartbeat. This game is sweet as hell.
I love how intens this game is ... but i also see that as the negative part. It's pretty noob unfriendly ..
I'm naked chopping wood ... let me do my crafting stuff and support the economy instead of ganking me over and over again.
Getting ganked over and over, night after night by uber characters and characters with "specials" skills that were not in the game design. Several of my friends left the game due to this .. there is hardcore and there is hardcore. This is just taking the whole fun out for new players.
So .... even though i immediately fell in love ... i also hate it
Originally posted by MarlonB Been trying a few nights on a m8's account ....
I love how intens this game is ... but i also see that as the negative part. It's pretty noob unfriendly .. I'm naked chopping wood ... let me do my crafting stuff and support the economy instead of ganking me over and over again.
Getting ganked over and over, night after night by uber characters and characters with "specials" skills that were not in the game design. Several of my friends left the game due to this .. there is hardcore and there is hardcore. This is just taking the whole fun out for new players.
So .... even though i immediately fell in love ... i also hate it
This has to be related to where your starting area is. In the mahirim starting areas, I was PKed a total of 3 times in 1 month. Since I've moved to my clan's city, the number of PKers has risen, but I still haven't been killed by one yet. It'll eventually happen I'm sure, but it's not so bad I can't explore, harvest and work on mobs.
What kind of "special" skills are you referring to? I'm assuming you mean hacking?
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I've signed up recently and I have to say there's more people now than when I started. The world isn't crowded by any means but it certainly doesn't feel empty. (It is possible to end up in the wilderness without another soul in sight, which is kind of cool actually.)
I'm really enjoying Darkfall and wish I had more time to play it. (I'm currently painting over 2000 points of Warhammer miniatures!)
oh and one thing id like 2 know is can say a human side with an orc clan?
-Act
Numbers of new players have spiked since the expansion, but DFO still needs new blood!
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience"
CS Lewis
Because of a lack of penalties most clans are ARAC (All Race All Class, yes I know there are no classes but that's the acronym...) Human's can join Alfar, Orc, Or Mahirim clans without much issue, and at least on NA-1 there's only one clan in the top 40 or so for size which restrict races from joining. (Bloodstone Syndicate is Human / Dwarf / Elf only.)
cool well i think il sink 100$ in and play atleast til swtor comes out thx for responding
-Act
The alignment is only there to protect newb's. After that, the only reason why you dont want to be red is because you still want to do more quest, you still want to buy stuff from npc's of your race. Alignment dont protect you from griefers that came from a long way just to kill noobs since its not a problem for them to go red, but it protect you from other newb's around you. If a newb with the same alignment kill you too often while you try to kill goblin, he wont be able to go back to his capital city, doing starter quest and if he die, he will have to respawn far away from the starter city too. And the only way that newb can go back to being blue is by killing other race, but he will have to travel a lot to find the enemy players and its not easy for a newb.
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If you don't mind grinding skills and stats for a couple months until you are useful, and dont mind that mobs and players can change direction erratically, then yeah, you'll probably like Darkfall. Those are my personal quibbles, anyway. To what you wrote, the world feels empty at times, but it's pretty big too, and like the other poster said, you can be in a clan with any other race.
--------
"Chemistry: 'We do stuff in lab that would be a felony in your garage.'"
The most awesomest after school special T-shirt:
Front: UNO Chemistry Club
Back: /\OH --> Bad Decisions
Actually, I think there are two more in the top 40 that restrict: Black Ork Assassins (ork only) and Bloodsomething-or-other (can't remember their name, but they're ork and mahirim only). BOA had around 60 members last I checked, and the other clan isn't too far behind.
Current: None
Played: WoW, CoX, SWG, LotRO, EVE, AoC, VG, CO, Ryzom, DF, WAR
Tried: Lineage2, Dofus, EQ2, CoS, FE, UO, Wurm, Wakfu
Future: The Repopulation, ArcheAge, Black Desert, EQN
Actually, I think there are two more in the top 40 that restrict: Black Ork Assassins (ork only) and Bloodsomething-or-other (can't remember their name, but they're ork and mahirim only). BOA had around 60 members last I checked, and the other clan isn't too far behind.
BOA has 75 members now and we are Ork only. The Blood Ork clan is a Ork/Mahirim clan only.
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Playing: WAR
Past Games: FFXI, WoW, EQ2, D&D, Darkfall, Aion
FPS: CoD:MW, L4D2, CSS
Waiting for: SW:TOR
Actually, I think there are two more in the top 40 that restrict: Black Ork Assassins (ork only) and Bloodsomething-or-other (can't remember their name, but they're ork and mahirim only). BOA had around 60 members last I checked, and the other clan isn't too far behind.
BOA has 75 members now and we are Ork only. The Blood Ork clan is a Ork/Mahirim clan only.
Thanks, Pulze. I knew the other clan had "blood" in the name. And BOA is growing quite fast!
Current: None
Played: WoW, CoX, SWG, LotRO, EVE, AoC, VG, CO, Ryzom, DF, WAR
Tried: Lineage2, Dofus, EQ2, CoS, FE, UO, Wurm, Wakfu
Future: The Repopulation, ArcheAge, Black Desert, EQN
population is very good on EU-1 i dunno how situation looks on US-1
i played 2 weeks after release and it was overcrowded - when in big world u find ppl everywhere
now its prefect and lately i see lot of newb players that starts to play
i just started after last patch brand new char (i sold my first account)
and i must say DFO after that few months is very good polished game with good support! x)
and about being usefull its depend what is your goal
if u want to be solo uber pwner few months can be not enough
but if u find guild u can easyli have alot of fun
in my 2 weeks of play i was in 3 sea tower attacks and one hamlet and one town siege
and it was great fun
form what i see u need something about 1-2 month to start solo pvp - its needed to get some must have skills and to gain personal experience - and if u will choose your target wise u will be able to solo PvP
and i must add that DFO is hard game - especially for newb players - so any new player should know this
but with every day of experience DFO become more and more easier - like with everything
I just started yesterday and I'm enjoying my time. I'm not really rushing things but enjoying the crafting and combat. I'm an FPS nerd so I enjoy the Archery. It's tough to get used to at first, especially the GUI but you just gotta play around with it and then get the hang of the things. Sure the game can work on things, but I like what they've got.
Just make sure you have a good idea of what you wanna do or else you'll get lost in doing several things and it could burn you out.
Absolutely. Pick it up OP. You will be happy you did...
Around release time, I was one of the many people flaming the crap out of these boards because of the state it was in at that time. However, they have really turned their act around. I gave the game another shot and I am very happy that I did. I haven't had this much fun in an MMO in a very very long time. All of my recent posts on MMORPG.com probably sound like an advertisement for the game... but that is honestly how I feel.
If you don't at least give this game a shot, you will be missing out big time.
Definitely, my only quarrel with the game is the fact that older players have upwards of 400 hit points and I'm pushing 250
.
And man, two of the newer guys from my clan and my self went out to kill in human lands and after killing upwards of 10 people we came across an EU transfer and he rocked our world. I got away in the end though, /heartbeat. This game is sweet as hell.
Been trying a few nights on a m8's account ....
I love how intens this game is ... but i also see that as the negative part. It's pretty noob unfriendly ..
I'm naked chopping wood ... let me do my crafting stuff and support the economy instead of ganking me over and over again.
Getting ganked over and over, night after night by uber characters and characters with "specials" skills that were not in the game design. Several of my friends left the game due to this .. there is hardcore and there is hardcore. This is just taking the whole fun out for new players.
So .... even though i immediately fell in love ... i also hate it
This has to be related to where your starting area is. In the mahirim starting areas, I was PKed a total of 3 times in 1 month. Since I've moved to my clan's city, the number of PKers has risen, but I still haven't been killed by one yet. It'll eventually happen I'm sure, but it's not so bad I can't explore, harvest and work on mobs.
What kind of "special" skills are you referring to? I'm assuming you mean hacking?
Current: None
Played: WoW, CoX, SWG, LotRO, EVE, AoC, VG, CO, Ryzom, DF, WAR
Tried: Lineage2, Dofus, EQ2, CoS, FE, UO, Wurm, Wakfu
Future: The Repopulation, ArcheAge, Black Desert, EQN