IGN Peek #17 - Nov 30, 2005

[Shaar]

IGN just posted 2 new images that you can see here (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3241039&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Peek+%2316&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgthin&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html) and here (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3241040&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Peek+%2316&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html)
Todays info should be up there soonish as well.

[Erratic]

Wow, I really like the one with the weapons... Those look really sweet and unique...

[Khumash-Gor]

Excellent

[Gunther TheBlack]

OMG i love the weapons!!!

Man i like them all but i like the dwarf one the most :D


The claw is scary stuff tho :D

[Rhynn]

Dwarf Hammer 4tw! Nice artwork.

[Loremaster]

Now those are GRAPHICS.....
If this is what we have to look forward to ingame, I am really excited now..

[Athos]

Who else wants to be Mahirim now? haha

[Protonix]

sexy

[Seether]

Who else wants to be Mahirim now? haha

Haha...yeah, no kiddin'...pretty cool weapons, thx for postin'

[-Or]

Good link. By putting them all in one pick you can see the differences that arise from each race. I cannot wait for release.

-Or

[Rane]

I really like how the weapons look except for the orkish one.. It really doesn't look scary to me hehe. I can't wait to see how the alfar sithra looks like.

[Shaar]

Info is up now, read it here (http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672456p1.html)

[Teth]

Move along now, guv'nahs. (http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672456p1.html)

Cool stuff: Mahirim unique racial weapon (the Ghost Claw) doing varying damage based upon lunar cycles; human Lightbringer doing either holy or unholy damage (and looking different!) based upon the alignment of the wielder.

Alfar query: weth meh sithras! D:

[Gunther TheBlack]

Off to read!!!

[Bensidhe]

The Mahirim Ghost Claw, now thats what I'm talking a bout ! ...but then again I'm biased :) Those are some really sweet wep grfx

[Darkmatter]

Thanks Teth, good stuff :) I`ll be a crafter in this game.. loving it!

[Rhynn]

Ritual magic involved in creation of craftsman weapons. I love it!!

[Aradorn Skyfyre]

arrrr, gonna have ta gets me cappy one of dose nice hammers!

[Shaar]

Not a whole lot of info there but still it sounds awesome. Would like some more info on the crafting system.

[WhatTheFawk]

I really like the idea of the Lightbringer having its strength directly tied to the alignment score of the person holding it, even changing color depending on it. And claws, I never even thought of that, great stuff. I wonder if there will be brassknuckle type weapons too. I also like how the claws power is tied to one of the moons.

[Virtra]

Another good one. Although its a bit short, if those descriptions actually have anything to do with gameplay then it looks to be very very interesting stuff.

I have to add that these are some of the more unique items I have ever seen in any MMORPG, I really hope this unique quality transfers over to a lot of other areas of the game aswell.

[doma]

The Lightbringer emanates an aura of light or darkness, the strength of which is directly tied to the alignment score of the wielder.

That I think sound fantastic!
Just sound so cool :)

[Mordare]

Cool stuff :)

Most are huge 2 handers, wheres the small sword/dagger love...

Hopefully they plan more for the future. I'd love to see a stiletto similar in properties to that Human Lightbringer sword.

[Gunther TheBlack]

Just wanna say that i love the new ork as well. It's very good no matter what certain individuals will say :D

[Gunther TheBlack]

Pure love to these renders!!!

I like the ork models of the last days a lot as well.



NOW WE WANT DWARVES!!!!

[Virtra]

The fact that the sacrifice of a player might be involved in crafting just made me want to rethink how I'm going to play this game, lol!

And tying the alignment into a weapon's strength, now that's one of the better item idea's I've seen in a long time.

[JimLad]

Nice to see unique weapons that can only be aquired by killing the race that use it, reminds me of Planetside.
Also that these weapons actually have some thought put into them and not just numbers.

[Darkmatter]

The ildhammer , ild meaning fire, is looking darn nice. Who needs a darn torch during the night carrying that thing.

[Spawl]

Dual weilding Ghost Claws rocks!!, especially on a full moon. Freddy Kreuger anyone? WOLVERINE!!!! I do like the thought put into the descriptions and I wonder how long it will be for the first of each racial weapon to be made in game?

[Pylor]

In Darkfall, player smiths may create any type of weapon, and then imbue it with any combination of hundreds of available enchantments. The general rule is that, if a weapon can be found in the world of Darkfall, you will be able to create it in your smithy, given a high enough skill level and access to the right (and sometimes rare) ingredients.


Great news for crafters.

[Zerikin Loukbel]

Yea the claws look cool. I just hope the variation isn't so bad that they are useless during certains lunar cycles, though that may be the intent I guess. They better be really powerful when the cycles are right then.

[JimLad]

A game where you have to say, better not go out tonight, it's a full moon...
Awesome. :D

[Gotrex]

mmm....Fire Hammer....*drool*

though its weird that rather than stating it does fire damage it says that it produces a kind of heat haze aura and smoke

recon this means somthing like AoE damage or making you harder to hit or somthing rather than direct fire damage?

[kehmesis]

Sithras! Wtf is that poison albert. It sucks.

Otherwise cool stuff. It's just too bad we only just keep getting teased more and more.

[WNxPython]

One word really....WOW!

[Teth]

The fact that the sacrifice of a player might be involved in crafting just made me want to rethink how I'm going to play this game, lol!

And tying the alignment into a weapon's strength, now that's one of the better item idea's I've seen in a long time.
C'mon, you should remember that the old lore said that alfar sithras required the ears of the slain to be crafted... :P

It's long been implied that PvP will be required for certain bits of crafting. I like it.

[kehmesis]

I need myself a pair of ghost claws, they're just way too sweet :)

[Maegras Caranuial]

Where did sithras go? According to the article each race gets only one special weapon. :confused:

[Phooey]

Awesome. I can definately get used to this! :D

[Virtra]

C'mon, you should remember that the old lore said that alfar sithras required the ears of the slain to be crafted... :P

It's long been implied that PvP will be required for certain bits of crafting. I like it.
Posh! The way I remember it, the devs clearly said they didn't care about crafting and thought all crafters were pansies! Or something like that. :D

[Marrock]

Those weapons kick ass, very nicely done Devs.

[Mobed]

Very cool, just happy it's moving again...

[Khael[SUN]]

Whats preventing everyone from getting those weapons though? After a whlie everyone have em, or do they rust and degrade, or is there a chance they break? In the beginnning only few, but later everyone..

I surely dont hope that it will turn into a vicious loot circle like wow, like when everyone has these weapons devs will need to introduce new and better equipment, and then once everyone has that, they will introduce even better stuff.

These weapons are overkill imo. I would prefer just something like d&d +1 or +2 weapons, but nothing more fancy.

[Teth]

']Whats preventing everyone from getting those weapons though? After a whlie everyone have em, or do they rust and degrade, or is there a chance they break? In the beginnning only few, but later everyone..

I surely dont hope that it will turn into a vicious loot circle like wow, like when everyone has these weapons devs will need to introduce new and better equipment, and then once everyone has that, they will introduce even better stuff.

These weapons are overkill imo. I would prefer just something like d&d +1 or +2 weapons, but nothing more fancy.
Weapons degrade with use. This is a long-established fact. I wouldn't be surprised if only the appropriate race could repair these "signature weapons" (only alfar can repair ilshards, etc).

[Magician]

ahh i can't wait

[HighOnLife-FA]

Kind of strange they gave the Alfar a Halberd instead of a dagger or short sword.

[Salazar[SG]]

AHh finally the updates are starting roll and man im loving everysecond (or update) of it.

Those weapon models and their lore do rock, but i hope there will be more of those ie sithras etc.

Plus the orc model in that render looks splendind!

Keep up the good work devs!

[Yuengling.OoB]

I was hoping sithras would make the cut, but it seems they have been scraped...

[karavik]

Whats preventing everyone from getting those weapons though? After a whlie everyone have em, or do they rust and degrade, or is there a chance they break? In the beginnning only few, but later everyone..

You dont even know the stats of these weapons...they could only be slightly better than a master crafted longsword. Aside from that... ppl die then a) the item gets stored in a house/bank. b) item gets used and that person dies and starts the cycle all over, c) item gets sold to a player or npc

[YarghMojo]

Who else wants to be Mahirim now? haha

Exactly what i was thinking

A leather gauntlet hides long, fully retractable claws made of a milky-hued metal called ormham. Found only in the Tribelands, ormham is somehow attuned to the moon Theia. In daytime, only three metal claws emerge when the wearer enters combat, but at night, each claw is surrounded by a thick, almost liquid aura of eldritch light. The reach of the aura-claws, and the amount of damage they inflict, depends on the position of Theia.


Yea....im definatly in trouble.

/wave @ life as i know it

[monte]

Nice!! Can't wait try at a lava hammer!! Oh, this is going to be fun..

[Salazar[SG]]

hopefully the sithras are still in as they were the most badass piece of weaponry ever :ninja:

[Mistereo]

Cant wait, alfar cleric type char weidling a Ilshard for fun should be intersting.

[Omnax]

Those weapons are really nice, i hope they will be looking similar in the game.

[Chungo]

"Orks: Aldar

[BLACKWATCH]

:)
They holds us in the dark for a year!!

Now they TEASE us with wonderfull pictures of great weapons of the Races...

Looking just Hell'of'a FINE!!...

Im Impressed by the weapons...(Who said they cant do art???? )..

Keep the TEASEING comming.... !!!

:)

[Teth]

Kind of strange they gave the Alfar a Halberd instead of a dagger or short sword.
The old lore stated that alfar were unique amongst the races of Agon in that they alone made extensive use of polearms, halberds in particular.

I guess they decided to run with that in regards to the Ilshard. Oh well, it's very reminiscent of oldschool UO tank-mages. Now we just need precasting for l33t pwnz0r comboing!

[Shiggidyshwa]

I hope the wannabe mages don't feel left out. I don't see a race-specific stave or wand anywhere in the mix.

[Minx]

nice, thanks for the links

[M]

Looks like I am going Mahirim hunting. Should be fun to win myself some claws. Though I may have to shoot them with a Mirdain: Sunbow. After of course gaining that bow using my very own Ilshard.

[Khumash-Gor]

damnit!! now i want to play all 6 races...! shit!

unholy damage ftw!

[Ascanet]

damn those weapons kick ass! i especially like the sunbow

[WhatTheFawk]

I wouldn't be surprised if only the appropriate race could repair these "signature weapons" (only alfar can repair ilshards, etc).

That's a really good idea, it would make the weapons even more rare and fought over, I hope that's how it is.

[Bensidhe]

The Ghost Claw ...Wolverine's Switchblade x 10 !

From the Aventurine boards "
Mahirim: Ghost Claw
A leather gauntlet hides long, fully retractable claws made of a milky-hued metal called ormham. Found only in the Tribelands, ormham is somehow attuned to the moon Theia. In daytime, only three metal claws emerge when the wearer enters combat, but at night, each claw is surrounded by a thick, almost liquid aura of eldritch light. The reach of the aura-claws, and the amount of damage they inflict, depends on the position of Theia.

So , depending on how the cycle of the moon works in this game, there are going to be many nights where the color of the ground and sky will be the same deep red . Theia is the Red Moon ...hence the symbology in the Racial Avatar .
"You better not go out into the woods tonight, you never know what you'll find ...heheheheh" :D

[Falstaff]

Sweet, I like it.

[Jyibe]

I like the maharim weapon where the damage changes based on the position of the moon.
I also like the mirdain weapon .. you will definately see it in battles against alfar who'll perish instantly (direct sun power anyone?).
edit: actually all the weapons are tight.

[Taef]

Great news for crafters.


Also great news for people who want full loot :)

[Gowel]

threads merged

[-Or]

I like the maharim weapon where the damage changes based on the position of the moon.
I also like the mirdain weapon .. you will definately see it in battles against alfar who'll perish instantly (direct sun power anyone?).
edit: actually all the weapons are tight.

I actually dislike the fact that the weapons damage will be based on something that the player cannot control. All the other racial weapons are dependent on the wielder while the ghost claws depend on the moon. That means that the claws will either not change much with the cycle of the moon which makes the dependence pointless, or they will vary from a worthless item to an uberitem which will make them unbalancing.

-Or

[Metal Wolf]

Wicked sweet, can't wait to get me a pair of those claws. I'm guessing these will be about GM crafting lvl wepons?

Tell me if this tickles. *staby staby*

[Nalira]

Now those are GRAPHICS.....
If this is what we have to look forward to ingame, I am really excited now..

lol ur a noob then(no offense), u get excited over the graphics..im happy that they are releasing pictures and info on the game now, it means it actually isnt vapor, im excited that it seems like beta mite come soon... i dont see why ppl get so excited over graphics tho.

EDIT: i changed my mind, i see why ppl get so excited over graphics, but i dont see why ppl get excited over a game just because of graphics.

[WhatTheFawk]

I actually dislike the fact that the weapons damage will be based on something that the player cannot control. All the other racial weapons are dependent on the wielder while the ghost claws depend on the moon. That means that the claws will either not change much with the cycle of the moon which makes the dependence pointless, or they will vary from a worthless item to an uberitem which will make them unbalancing.

-Or

I doubt they would give such a gain from the moon or alignment that the item would become "uber". Hopefully they are not extremely better than normal weapons but just cool looking race specific items with creative attributes. Besides they say each race can create them, if a person could create an unbalanced item that would be a flaw in itself. So I'm sure they already have it balanced and if they don't playtesting would solve it quickly.

[Viluin]

EDIT: i changed my mind, i see why ppl get so excited over graphics, but i dont see why ppl get excited over a game just because of graphics.

Because good graphics and especially awesome physics can be fun too :D

[AshTheUgly]

Impressed and disappointed at the same time.

Impressed with the diversity among the racial weapons, disappointed that they're only "technically" racial weapons.

A little piece of me always hoped that the racial weapons would only be useful in the hands of those who crafted them. Sure, let people collect them as trophies but don't make them wieldable by anyone.

Kinda makes them less unique that way.

No biggie though, they look awful purdy.

[Satorian]

Now, those screens and descriptions are totally, positively BADASS in my opinion.

<3 DF and the devs.

[Afgar]

Racial weapons are a great idea:

But can you say Arcanite Reaper and Sulfuras? lol looking at the dwarf and ork weapon makes me laugh.

[maalar]

That peek looks pretty sweet. I like the idea of racial specific weapons as long as they are still generic. The racial weapons have certaint attributes to them that non racial weapons don't, but non racial weapons can also be enchanted differently therefor creating a balance depending on what the wielder wants.

Just as long as they arent the superior weapon so to say (weeping weapons of AC) then this should be pretty cool stuff =)

[Gone Postal]

Man those weapons look amazing. I am also happy to see they put a slight balancing effect on the maharim weapon. Very well rounded collection of weapons for sure.

[Decius]

I love that hammer! If Ymirsmerke is still as rare as it was made out in the older lore, these weapons shouldn't be too common - especially with item decay.

Those dog claws are great! Making them retractible as well is a great touch. The Mahirim can scramble around on all fours or throw a spear or two and then pop claws for melee. Fun!

The Mirdain bow sounds like it's gonna make a lot of Alfar happy. Holy arrows of sunlight with AE splash damage. Haha that's gotta burn.

I wonder if the poison in the Alfar polearm is a part of the weapon's "magic" or if there's a reservoir that can be filled with different poisons.

The Human sword sounds cool. Nice idea tying it to alignment. Now we can see paladins going at with anti-paladins (or whatever). I wonder if those swords have other abilities though. Nidstein in the older lore was the magical metal that had spell-like effects tied to Earth magic. Maybe they chose it for the cool looks...

[Exodeus]

can someone explain to me why the 3D-models look really good but the actual game screenshots are in such low-res quality?

[drgn]

The Devs are sadistic :P
Give them a chance theyre still in the "under-hype the game so when people play theyll hemmorage" mindset for game information.

Loving the Weapons, nice to see that this seems to be the 'top of the line' which is basically modern equiv of a vanq wep with specials...

[NFX]

Racial weapons are a great idea:

But can you say Arcanite Reaper and Sulfuras? lol looking at the dwarf and ork weapon makes me laugh.

Haha, didn't think of it that way at first, but I see the resemblance :p


People are definately going to burn with invisible black fire from my Aldar

[Figrix Voidstar]

Diggin' that axe! All weaps look nice, though I'm hoping those aren't *the* ultimate weapons... i mean, what a spoiler!

[Red-Eye]

Drool... drool.... droooooool.

Me wants lightbringer with dark aura...sweeeeet.

The lightbringer is the coolest sword I have ever seen. Maybe I should be a human...

[Legolas]

And I hasn't decide wich race to pick, and now it's really harder.
Darn..

[Anisto]

so happy to see a game like this coming out, i was really losing faith in the way mmo's where heading but this one gets me excited w/ the skill based system instead of the lvl based systems that every other game is going to now. really reminds me of the older days. can't wait

[kehmesis]

Thinking what cool ideas they got for the racial weapons, imagine all the other cool ideas they'll have for the rest of them. I'm sure we're in for many threats :)

[Lukeh]

Incredible weapon models.. I love them, makes me want to play more then I do now.. damn you people, damn you!!!!!1

[Ovet]

hmm i see the resemblance to archinate reaper in WoW...

Awesome because this one looks better!!!!

[Kietharr]

Those claws have completely changed the idea of the type of character i want to play! Well, not really, but instead of a sword and a sheild i'll be using claws (and teeth)

[AkielVonStrife]

It was wise to allow only the Mastersmiths of a race the power to create such weapons. Which brings me to ask how multiple accounts or characters will be handled? For obvious reasons.

[AkielVonStrife]

Also, what happens when signature weapons collide? It seems to me that some special effects would be in order. :)

[The-Nit]

Whats up with bending the halbred/ilshard...?
Making it entirely useless as a speartype/horsecharging weapon...
Whatever.. maybe they only made the slashing/chopping attack motion..

[propel1erhead]

badass weapon shots.

[ReedFernE]

OMG i love those weapons.

[Forgivance]

VonStrife...still baking?

Anyhow, yeah, nice looking wpns. I was planning on dwarf or Maharim, still undecided, but I like wpns for both. :)

[Narayan]

All I see when I look at the mahirim claws is some chick worrying about breaking a nail.

[Gunther TheBlack]

It was wise to allow only the Mastersmiths of a race the power to create such weapons. Which brings me to ask how multiple accounts or characters will be handled? For obvious reasons.

Nothing stops multi accounts so don't even go there airius ;)

[Supafroius]

My MY how the graphics have evolved!

[Hebime]

Wow They look Sweet!!

[AkielVonStrife]

Nothing stops multi accounts so don't even go there airius ;)

:)

[luscius]

With graphics like this I would like to see minimum requirements for PC
to run it.
But whatever it is i'll have to buy it if needed

[GandalfPl]

With graphics like this I would like to see minimum requirements for PC
to run it.
But whatever it is i'll have to buy it if needed

Stop f...g necroing this, you almost gave me heart attack :ninja:

[Spikey]

This was a very factual and intriguing interview. Thanks you DF I heart yoo!