1 Dec Screenshots & Peek #18 Article on RPG Vault

[Shaar]

New pics on RPG Vault again... Now what the hell is THIS??? (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3243036&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Peek+%2317&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html)

Also here (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3243037&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Peek+%2317&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html) and here (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3243038&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Peek+%2317&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html)

Peek #18 Article is here:
http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672736p1.html

[Gunther TheBlack]

This thing is huge!!! (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3243036&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Update+Interview&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html)



I wonder who or what it is tho, maybe it's from the shadowlands.



edit; better delete this one cause shaar also started one at the same time :)

[Seether]

Holy...what the hell...

[Uzik]

I seem to remember them saying anything a mob is weidling u can loot.


Cant wait to dual wield those ; )

[Darkmatter]

Haha :D !!

Beyond the actual size, look at the details on the armor - if they can bring that into the actual game.. well.. great stuff once again.

[brutalbengt]

i sure hope that there will be huge monsters like that (maybe even biger!)
its damn neat to battle unique monsters :D

[Seether]

This thing is huge!!! (http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?media_id=3243036&object_id=16821&channel_id=227&page_title=Darkfall+Update+Interview&adString=network%3Dign%26site%3Drpgvault %26pagetype%3Dmediaimgfat&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Frpgvault.ign.com %2Fobjects%2F016%2F016821.html)



I wonder who or what it is tho, maybe it's from the shadowlands.



edit; better delete this one cause shaar also started one at the same time :)

Slomofo :P Got my post in before the deletion har har!

[Gunther TheBlack]

I see they made a render of my char in-game.




:p

[Tormentius]

Mother....

Sweet armour.
Not digging his pointy booties though...
or the shoulders, look a bit anime to me.

[Shaar]

Now that is really well made imo. Best mob model I've seen in DF so far. Bravo!

Could a dev just for once break his silence and just tell us what is this thing called? Not too much to ask is it? Pleeeease?

[Seether]

I seem to remember them saying anything a mob is weidling u can loot.


Cant wait to dual wield those ; )

And if we're the size of the necromancer at that big-dude's foot, you'll need like 3 billion points into strength to loot that corpse.

[Shaar]

And if we're the size of the necromancer at that big-dude's foot, you'll need like 3 billion points into strength to loot that corpse.

Provided that you can get it to become a corpse in the first place :D

[Gunther TheBlack]

Now that is really well made imo. Best mob model I've seen in DF so far. Bravo!

Could a dev just for once break his silence and just tell us what is this thing called? Not too much to ask is it? Pleeeease?

Like i said, it's Gunther!!!






hehe, nah. Well perhaps it's a mob from the shadelands.

[The-Nit]

Its not a huge monster its just a tiny person.
Having you ever seen the adventures of gulliver?
Ted Danson was great!

[Teth]

Considering what it is standing beside, my bet is on that giant thing being Malaut, Demon Prince of Greed and the cheerful bane of the Mercians.

I just wish I could remember the name of Malaut's underling-creatures, which is what that robed figure appears to be...

[Natsuo]

If only there wasn't a firewall preventing me from looking at IGN. I cry. ;(

[WhatTheFawk]

*Looks at that monster*

*Looks at bow and glances wooden arrows*

Shit...


Honestly though these guys have some really good artists and designers, they have some of the most unique looking items, weapons, monsters(even plain ones), and chars that I've seen in a looong time. Can't wait to see that monster from a first person, up to his shin, view.

[Metal Wolf]

Armored santa elf boots HAhaha. course I'm not gona tell that guy they look funny. Freakin cool otherwise.

[kehmesis]

Hopefully the article follows soon.

And hopefully I can tame the mofo and send it on The Black Company.

[Preston]

hehe, I like the pointy elf boots. They make him look cute. ;)

[Teth]

It's up! (http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672736p1.html)

Edit: The huge figure appears to be "Baron Sanglac", one of Malaut's favoured lieutenants. Nice.

There are also six demigods to prove problematic for each race...hrm, haven't heard of the alfar "demigod" yet, or even any faction that opposes Melek within the alfar race. Interesting. Will be neat to see who that is at some point!

I'm guessing the mirdain one is somehow affiliated with the Ciel Fey; we haven't had a name for theirs yet, but they already have the oppositional faction of the Ciel Fey. Orks have Draupnir, humans have Malaut, dwarves have Heimar, and the mahirim have the Moon-Beast.

Any game that encourages godslaying is okay in my books. :D

[Shaar]

Article is up, read it here (http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672736p1.html)

Edit: Wow... I really like what I read.

[Spawl]

My first thought was a golem of some kind. But, I would expect to have body pieces etc if it was a flesh golem. My next thought was a frost giant. Then when I looked at that second render and saw the necro type model, I completely got confused. It could be just a mob that is being controlled some how.

[kehmesis]

No PvE Content? ;)

[Razel]

pfft they dun look so tough i bet a few buckets of water would rust them right on up :eek: :D i would sorta hate to have that one fellers foot up my arse tho :eek:

[Salazar[SG]]

oh sheesh i cant wait to get to do battle with that scyscraper

the detail in the armor and the sword is awesome

PLEAASEEE VIDEO / SCREENS / BETA :)

just imagine the loot from Baron Bling Bling

[Gunther TheBlack]

hrm, haven't heard of the alfar "demigod" yet, or even any faction that opposes Melek within the alfar race. Interesting. Will be neat to see who that is at some point!



A bit fat dorf named Gunther!!! :D




anyway, looks my guess was correct that the big critter comes from the shadelands.

[Morlem]

Sounds like these guys'll be a great challenge. WOnder if it'll be in your best interest to kill you own race's demigod, or someone elses' :-P

[Virtra]

Good stuff, I'm loving the model. I hope that these renders aren't too far off from what we'll actually see in game because they look great. But how the hell are we supposed to loot this guy anyway!? You'd have to bring a bunch of caravans and horses just to carry off with the stuff.

[HighOnLife-FA]

Trick is to hit him between the eyes.

[JimLad]

The only thing better than facing an enemy that size, is facing him in FPV.
and the only thing better than that, is facing him in FPV with hoards of allies fighting along side you. :) Also good to hear the looting will be worth while, not like those lame WoW Giants.
These renders are looking ace btw, I really hope they show us some more up to date renders of each player race.

[Virtra]

Heh, there's a climbing skill, right? I wonder if we can climb up him, lol.

[JimLad]

Heh, there's a climbing skill, right? I wonder if we can climb up him, lol.

Bring on the 50 ft woman, reowl :D
http://www.cyber-cinema.com/reprint/attackRpt.jpg

[Legolas]

Siegeweapon may do some harm.

If I run into one of those guys I shure gonna try my animal-tameing skill.
And then try to run away when it's not working. or even better, make him follow me into an enemy town.. But it is a smal risk that he might be faster than me =P

[kiegh]

/spurt.

The information which lies in that brief article is leaps and bounds beyond what I've dreamed for this game to be.

/exhale.

[Virtra]

Btw: what the hell is going on with that sword of his. It seems to be changing sizes in those screenshots. Maybe its just some fish-eye camera thing, but it doesn't seems to be. So maybe the sword has some weird magical properties and can grow and shrink (maybe small enough to fit in my backpack, heh).

[Falstaff]

I wonder how many other awsome things like this the devs have crammed into the game.

[Decius]

So that's what a clan quest looks like, huh? Freakin' huge! That sword look capable of taking out 10 or more in a single swipe. Nasty!

I wonder if those items that can gate you to the demigods' dimensions will let us bring an army in and gather word stones.

I really hope that the Baron's equipment doesn't magically scale down to Human size. That would be kind of disappointing.

Glory points? I hope we're not locked into doing quests like DAoC (from distant memory).

[Preston]

Btw: what the hell is going on with that sword of his. It seems to be changing sizes in those screenshots. Maybe its just some fish-eye camera thing, but it doesn't seems to be. So maybe the sword has some weird magical properties and can grow and shrink (maybe small enough to fit in my backpack, heh).

You have a good eye Virtra because it does seem to suggest that in the article.

"he wields a sword similar to his master's legendary Silvertounge, a silver longsword surrounded by writhing tendrils of black chaos matter."

[Seether]

Btw: what the hell is going on with that sword of his. It seems to be changing sizes in those screenshots. Maybe its just some fish-eye camera thing, but it doesn't seems to be. So maybe the sword has some weird magical properties and can grow and shrink (maybe small enough to fit in my backpack, heh).

I think it's perspective. He's far away when his sword is small, but when he's attacking you, it'll look freakin' huge and probably shread you pretty well.

[Figrix Voidstar]

My personal favorite tibit from the article:

"It is said that, in the past, demigods carried items that facilitated travel to their home plane, but there are no known occurrences of this in the present age."

Planar Travel? Hell yeah! I'm guessing once you down this big boy you get a chance for a planar gate item? Sanglac first, then on to Malaut in his home plane? I wonder if Sanglac reincarnated on his home plane is stronger than when on agon? I wonder what the hell happens when you slay a freaking major Diety!?!?!

I'm ready to tackle the moon beast! The hint in the article links directly to the website lore. On the Moon Beast from the Races: Mahirim section - "Unlike the other mahirim gods, he is not associated with only one of the moons, but with both: his rampages occur in the full moons of both cycles."

So dual full moons and he appears eh? Eeeeexcellent! Muahahahahaha!

This game is shaping up quite nicely ;) First day of beta will be most holy and made of win and god.

[Yuengling.OoB]

But how the hell are we supposed to loot this guy anyway!? You'd have to bring a bunch of caravans and horses just to carry off with the stuff.

Smelt him on sight. Or bring chainsaws. One of the two.

[Drudley]

I think it's perspective. He's far away when his sword is small, but when he's attacking you, it'll look freakin' huge and probably shread you pretty well.
Look at the top pic and the bottom pic (not the middle) and tell me the swords are exactly the same size.

[TizzyFoe]

Planar Travel? Hell yeah! I'm guessing once you down this big boy you get a chance for a planar gate item?

probably not for several patches or mabye and expansion or mabye never.

hope the loot these guys drops isnt overpowering =/

[Teth]

probably not for several patches or mabye and expansion or mabye never.

hope the loot these guys drops isnt overpowering =/
I'm betting they drop mostly $$$ and not so much uber-gear.

[ermis333]

WOW just WOW

[Mungad]

Them are some big feet on that guy. And you know what they say about guys with big feet right?






They wear big shoes...

[Decius]

I'm betting they drop mostly $$$ and not so much uber-gear. Their loot sounds like it'll be a mix of gear and cash. If such a group is successful, they tend to find that a demigod's loot justifies even the most Herculean of efforts; fearing nothing, demigods bring cherished jewelry and preferred weapons with them to Agon.

[Hecubis]

Hehe, it's going to be so much fun watching some carebear clan take that collosus on.

Then immediatly jump out of the shadows with a crack team of bandits as soon as he falls and steal as much of the loot as we can get our grubby little hands on. :D

[Figrix Voidstar]

Hehe, it's going to be so much fun watching some carebear clan take that collosus on.

Then immediatly jump out of the shadows with a crack team of bandits as soon as he falls and steal as much of the loot as we can get our grubby little hands on. :D


I like your thinking Hecubis ;) That or hit them while they are weak and at the moment of victory, player gear and god loot!

[focusinc83]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

NICE!!!

[Decius]

If that robed figure is a member of the Below (http://www.darkfallonline.com/races/humans/allies_enemies.html) from the Human info (about 6'3" - 190 to 195cm) then that thing looks to be around 25 ft high. Kind of tough to tackle. I hope we can mount a ballista in the back a fast wagon!

[Ankh]

*faints*

[Taurohta]

Wouldnt be suprised to see some heavy seige weapons taking on this guy, or massive armies of hundreds for that matter.

There was one bit of the article i found less attractive, "Glory Points", im sure im just over reacting but i hope this doesnt become to quest based.

[Teth]

Wouldnt be suprised to see some heavy seige weapons taking on this guy, or massive armies of hundreds for that matter.

There was one bit of the article i found less attractive, "Glory Points", im sure im just over reacting but i hope this doesnt become to quest based.
It looks to me like glory points are primarily rewarded for doing quests and simply unlock more quests (and possibly some prestige classes). My guess is that they're not something you have to worry about unless you really want to.

[Jangang]

Pretty Cool. :)

[Darq]

couldn't find a nov. 27th thread, so i'll post it here

the world / environment textures are low quality.
the flora , even if it wasn't easy to implement, can't hide that fact.
other than that, yeah , nice models, i like the weapons.

[Ganondorf]

Well finally a game with some real content :)

Looks like the quests won't be boring bring this item there, kill 10 monsters ecc but something better thought out. After all they had more than enough time to do it.

[Teth]

couldn't find a nov. 27th thread, so i'll post it here

the world / environment textures are low quality.
the flora , even if it wasn't easy to implement, can't hide that fact.
other than that, yeah , nice models, i like the weapons.
Quote from Brannoc regarding that matter, found in the November 27th thread (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=16485):
Teth is correct: these screenshots were of a development build with all the graphical options turned down or off. That's the bare minimum graphical quality there.
If you've seen the leaked PvP video - and there's no reason for you to have not - then you'll see that Darkfall can look a lot, lot better than those riding screenshots.

[Gunther TheBlack]

couldn't find a nov. 27th thread, so i'll post it here

the world / environment textures are low quality.
the flora , even if it wasn't easy to implement, can't hide that fact.
other than that, yeah , nice models, i like the weapons.

an important detail to that; almost all "eye candy" for graphs was put off in those screens.

[draive]

I seriously hope crafters are able to make equivalent weapons that drop off these guys.... if not welcome to EQII with PvP. Atleast they will be roaming in the world and not segregated in some Raid instance ala WoW.

Why does every fantasy MMO have to put pve raiding mechanics in? Organizing these raids is not what I call a good time. Neither is having to ally with another guild or grow your guild to take them on.

Atleast you can kill people who are in the middle of a raid and take their stuff. :)

[Gunther TheBlack]

I seriously hope crafters are able to make equivalent weapons that drop off these guys.... if not welcome to EQII with PvP. Atleast they will be roaming in the world and not segregated in some Raid instance ala WoW.

Why does every fantasy MMO have to put pve raiding mechanics in? Organizing these raids is not what I call a good time. Neither is having to ally with another guild or grow your guild to take them on.

Atleast you can kill people who are in the middle of a raid and take their stuff. :)

WoW was almost only about raids.

Df is about a lot more so it all adds to the diversity of the game.

[Vinadil]

Wonder if any clanstones will be along the "normal routes" of these guys. Would be another interesting factor in city-building to have to do a monthly defense against a critter like that. Of course if the city could actually defend I guess it might get a touch tooo rich from all the loot heh.

[Mistereo]

The demigods should make a interesting distraction or even addition to pvp.

[BLACKWATCH]

With that said,

Who is ready? ,

Who has the "Courage" to hunt "GODS"?





PS (Some one stop Feeding Gunther the black, hes looking a bit Large!)

[sm00th]

WoW was all about pve raiding and faction grinding for items/gear/etc.... With so many other options in DF, and only 6 demigods in the "biggest online world for MMO's", it's not like you're forced at all to do any pve raiding whatsoever. Plus, it'll be awhile before any groups can have the skill level and knowledge our their classes/races to take one down. This game keeps looking better and better by the day!

[Gunther TheBlack]

WoW was all about pve raiding and faction grinding for items/gear/etc.... With so many other options in DF, and only 6 demigods in the "biggest online world for MMO's", it's not like you're forced at all to do any pve raiding whatsoever. Plus, it'll be awhile before any groups can have the skill level and knowledge our their classes/races to take one down. This game keeps looking better and better by the day!


yeh this is actually content that most of us prolly didn't expect. That's a first in the MMO industry ;)

[Jeffrey199]

I can't wait to stare him down, testing my magic against his. It will be fun. I just hope he doesn't step on me before I finish casting my spells.

[Gotrex]

Wonder how many suits of armour you could get from smelting all that stuff :P

[Khael[SUN]]

I hope it's the devs that play the demi gods ;)

And another thing that would be nice, was if you could ally with a demigod and attack the demigods enemies, then the enemy demigod would come down and assist the defenders, hehe.

Reminds me of the Forgotten Realms Avatar triology.

[Rulle]

I seriously hope crafters are able to make equivalent weapons that drop off these guys.... if not welcome to EQII with PvP. Atleast they will be roaming in the world and not segregated in some Raid instance ala WoW.



god the games not even out and already the crafters are bitching. Sorry but games like SWG sucked because every item could be made by crafters. there was nothing for us fighters to "quest" for.

Crafters have ruined more games than they have helped.

[Jyibe]

His boots can be made into siege weapons.. last I heard.

[Teth]

god the games not even out and already the crafters are bitching. Sorry but games like SWG sucked because every item could be made by crafters. there was nothing for us fighters to "quest" for.

Crafters have ruined more games than they have helped.
rofl!

[Rulle]

rofl!

what can i say i like loot, and not "you have looted a Rancor's nutsack that can be fashioned into a rifle grip"

then again im not asking for a sword of uber death that gives me 1000000 HP and what not.

[AllmightyEOD]

i sure hope that there will be huge monsters like that (maybe even biger!)
its damn neat to battle unique monsters :D

/agree although I hope its not like those r8 Mobs on SB where it takes like 50 people to take it down.... And than carries crapy items.

[Raybur Ravenloc]

it mentions that the path of these demigod are very predictable.. so i'm picturing some key checkpoint along his route becoming a semi-permanent settlement, equipped with ballistae and catapults and such.
every time he gets there, as soon as he gets in range he'll get headshotted by like 15 guys on siege weapons

[Khael[SUN]]

I must admit I am a bit dissappointed in last 2 articles, why do they focus on pve stuff like epic weapons and boss mobs, instead of focusing on some of the unique aspects of DF. These other things reminds me of wow and its painful to think of.

[gold]

']I must admit I am a bit dissappointed in last 2 articles, why do they focus on pve stuff like epic weapons and boss mobs, instead of focusing on some of the unique aspects of DF. These other things reminds me of wow and its painful to think of.


..... agreeed.. but i love the game.... but df is just a dream for now..HEHE


except i know they want RPERS to play the game.. so this stuff is just as interesting..for me.. but i wouldnt have minded REAL ingame SHOTS. not RENDERS.... :(.. thats not very nice.. or even the beta start announcement or some sorta ESTIMATED date. .. hehe. but either or i wait. and i am patience. in the dream. that might come true..hehe.. eventually.:D

[JimLad]

Good point, enough of the lore, bring on the 'wow' factor! :rolleyes: (ships, seiging, player structures)
Let's wet some appetites... and some pants. :D

[Bensidhe]

IF that guy is really that big, then we're gonna need the Hand of God (Monty Python) to come out of the sky and do a major "SQuISH" to take him out . :D ...The Necro at the bottomn will be nooooooo problem ..Got Ghost Claw ? :p ..and a full moon and BABY, YOU"RE SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO DEAD ! BOoYAH! :p

[Rulle]

Good point, enough of the lore, bring on the 'wow' factor! :rolleyes: (ships, seiging, player structures)
Let's wet some appetites... and some pants. :D

this is a Wow factor to me, I didn't expect this game to just be a UT deathmatch with melee weapons. there has to be other "depth" to the game beside Peekaying.

why is it so hard to comprehend that PVE will have a place in this game as well.

[draive]

god the games not even out and already the crafters are bitching.


I'm not a crafter, I'm a GM of a pvp guild and I dont want to have to kit out 30 people with uber loot. I just want their to be an option: IE crafting or questing.

Sorry I wasnt clear, I dont mind the concept at all, I just think their should be options to get equal level loot. Also, so long as this stuff is fully lootable in pvp, its all good.

[Thornwill]

[QUOTE=Teth]Considering what it is standing beside, my bet is on that giant thing being Malaut, Demon Prince of Greed and the cheerful bane of the Mercians.

The demon shown in the screen shot is Baron Sanglac who serves under Malaut. Malaut himself is not shown in the screens. Below is a cut and paste from the IGN preview explaining it and the description given is of the demon in the screens.

Darkfall Peek #18
Malaut, the Demon Prince of Greed, has made it his life's work to corrupt the inhabitants of Mercia, Agon's most powerful human kingdom. His cult is spreading quickly through that land, with a steady flow of knights and nobles being lured into decadence by the machinations of the Below, Malaut's faithful servitor race.

Beyond mortal lands, the Prince commands the allegiance of many powerful demons that dwell with him in his home dimension, called the Shadelands. One of these Demon Lords is Baron Sanglac, who serves as Malaut's messenger to the highest echelons of his priesthood in Mercia, bringing new orders, occasional aid, rewards and punishment.


Silver and gemstone
Baron Sanglac is an enormously tall human figure clad in a massive golden field plate with silver trimmings. The symbol of the Church of Malaut is rendered in silver and gemstone on his equally massive shield. In combat, he wields a sword similar to his master's legendary Silvertounge, a silver longsword surrounded by writhing tendrils of black chaos matter. Sanglac doesn't wear a helmet, and his face is that of a beautiful but disdainful and haughty young man with curly blonde hair.

[Tiberias]

Good Stuff!

[HighOnLife-FA]

[QUOTE=Teth]Considering what it is standing beside, my bet is on that giant thing being Malaut, Demon Prince of Greed and the cheerful bane of the Mercians.

The demon shown in the screen shot is Baron Sanglac who serves under Malaut. Malaut himself is not shown in the screens. Below is a cut and paste from the IGN preview explaining it and the description given is of the demon in the screens.

Darkfall Peek #18
Malaut, the Demon Prince of Greed, has made it his life's work to corrupt the inhabitants of Mercia, Agon's most powerful human kingdom. His cult is spreading quickly through that land, with a steady flow of knights and nobles being lured into decadence by the machinations of the Below, Malaut's faithful servitor race.

Beyond mortal lands, the Prince commands the allegiance of many powerful demons that dwell with him in his home dimension, called the Shadelands. One of these Demon Lords is Baron Sanglac, who serves as Malaut's messenger to the highest echelons of his priesthood in Mercia, bringing new orders, occasional aid, rewards and punishment.


Silver and gemstone
Baron Sanglac is an enormously tall human figure clad in a massive golden field plate with silver trimmings. The symbol of the Church of Malaut is rendered in silver and gemstone on his equally massive shield. In combat, he wields a sword similar to his master's legendary Silvertounge, a silver longsword surrounded by writhing tendrils of black chaos matter. Sanglac doesn't wear a helmet, and his face is that of a beautiful but disdainful and haughty young man with curly blonde hair.

They posted that before the article was up (the renders were up earlier).

[Thornwill]

Still important that I posted since most people don't actually read even the simplest shortest things these days and would mis it as they do the vast majority of the time in forums.

[HighOnLife-FA]

god the games not even out and already the crafters are bitching. Sorry but games like SWG sucked because every item could be made by crafters. there was nothing for us fighters to "quest" for.

Crafters have ruined more games than they have helped.

The materials have to come from somewhere. That, and you can (likely) get them from a drop.

[xShat]

Looks pretty cool

[Stas_Blade]

I can't say I am as excited as everyone else is here. God bless hours of camping rare mob spawns. I'd rather have no rare mobs, with no spawn camping and no ultra rare items that get lost in combat or sold on e-bay. But if it will be in game I will be bound to participate at one point or another heh.

[Laflayus]

I just wanted to say that I got dibs on the big thing's sword!

[Stas_Blade]

god the games not even out and already the crafters are bitching. Sorry but games like SWG sucked because every item could be made by crafters. there was nothing for us fighters to "quest" for.

Crafters have ruined more games than they have helped.

Not really. You can quest for items and get them for free (plus XP, plus fun of the quest, plus other loot in the process) or you can buy them from a crafter. Crafters generally make money on those who are too lazy to quest or are just not interested in questing, while those who do hardcore questing rarely if ever have to use services of a crafter.

[Stas_Blade]

WoW was all about pve raiding and faction grinding for items/gear/etc.... With so many other options in DF, and only 6 demigods in the "biggest online world for MMO's", it's not like you're forced at all to do any pve raiding whatsoever. Plus, it'll be awhile before any groups can have the skill level and knowledge our their classes/races to take one down. This game keeps looking better and better by the day!

Actually, you are forced if those drops give you that much of an advantage. The longer the game is out the more of those drops will be in circulation and before you know it you need those rare loots not just to get ahead, but to keep up. In other games I hated camping rare spawns, but I had to, as if I didn't get whatever rare drop it gave I would get owned in PvP as the other guy would have it. Even if it's just a ton of gold and gems, still if it is in-game you have to get it to stay competitive, or others will simply get ahead and roll you over.

So in the end your only options are to camp for hours, PvP against all odds and hope to get it as a loot from someone who camped for hours or to buy it on e-bay from some one who PKed someone who camped for hours.

[Stas_Blade]

You have a good eye Virtra because it does seem to suggest that in the article.

"he wields a sword similar to his master's legendary Silvertounge, a silver longsword surrounded by writhing tendrils of black chaos matter."

It could be black chaos matter, or it could be an optical effect given a different perspective at the sword from the various angles.

Look at the top pic and the bottom pic (not the middle) and tell me the swords are exactly the same size.

The sword in the first one is sideways and we are looking at it nearly perpendicular, whereas the one in the last one is more parralel to our view, making it look longer. Look at the right shoulder pad in the top one and the bottom one. Did the shoulder pad shrunk as the sword got bigger?

[Decius]

The sword in the first one is sideways and we are looking at it nearly perpendicular, whereas the one in the last one is more parralel to our view, making it look longer. Look at the right shoulder pad in the top one and the bottom one. Did the shoulder pad shrunk as the sword got bigger? The images seem to be drawn from a Human-sized figure's point of view at various distances. That's why the Baron's right foot is so huge in the second image. I doubt his foot swelled from a long day of stomping troops.

[AkielVonStrife]

The artwork is very nice but the story of robotic like (i.e. mechanical reactions) demi-gods pooping around a world full of PC mobs hacking away at their boots dosen't sound like something of interest to me.

Maybe I don't understand what I just read, but it really seems like there's a better way to me.

Suggestion: PC demi-gods.

[Taneos]

Suggestion: PC demi-gods.

Don

[Razel]

Sorta sad they are only showing Renderings for the most part, wheres this vid they spoke of! :confused:

[G.Struepp]

Why does that guy even need a sword? There is collison dectection ingame so he just needs to step on all the brave master swordsmen and mages trying to kill him and - unless the sole of his shoes is broken - he won't even get his feets pirced

"Groooar - Baron Sanglac upset"...stomp..stomp..squueeze...:P

[Darkmatter]

Sorta sad they are only showing Renderings for the most part, wheres this vid they spoke of! :confused:

I can`t recall they`ve promised a video for us this time around.

[The-Nit]

I can`t recall they`ve promised a video for us this time around.
They said it in the first interview.
And we pretty much all expected it to arrive on the final day.
Which is today.. HURRAH

[Viluin]

[QUOTE=Taneos]Don

[JimLad]

this is a Wow factor to me, I didn't expect this game to just be a UT deathmatch with melee weapons. there has to be other "depth" to the game beside Peekaying.

why is it so hard to comprehend that PVE will have a place in this game as well.

It's not, but we havn't had any new PvP info really yet this week unless you count a few quotes from the #16 peek. And the exsisting fanbase aside, new comers won't be bowled over from just lore stuff, not that it matters too much.

[Shaar]

They said it in the first interview.
And we pretty much all expected it to arrive on the final day.
Which is today.. HURRAH


I think many people misunderstood... They said they want to release a video and new screenshots before beta starts, not that they will release one on the IGN Week Peek. Anyway hope dies last...

[Omnax]

I think many people misunderstood... They said they want to release a video and new screenshots before beta starts, not that they will release one on the IGN Week Peek. Anyway hope dies last...


Exactly, they just said, that they want to realease screens and video before beta, so it doesnt really means that they will, but I hope so :o . And brannoc said that beta will be before 2006 but he cant be sure, i guess ;) .

[station82o]

I'm really looking forward to this - I can't believe the beta has been announced, its incredible news, I've been looking forward to a successor to Shadowbane for my playing interests.

[Muad'dib]

Every time i read something new about this game or its development status i just want to jump up and down with excitement!!! I mean demigods, signature weapons, new pics, alignment related quests..... just insane

aw and beta getting even closer... dang it i just wet my pants :D

[Avant]

CREAM.. i mean
WOW!

I just cant wait to weild what he is ^.^

[ryse]

Looks pretty crazy :)

[DizzleDazzle]

[QUOTE=Taneos]Don

[DemandredEBR]

What didn't work about jedi in SWG. I quite enjoyed killing everyone for several months before we were nerfed. I think brought excitement to the game for other people and gave players something to strive for.


swg was total bs it did get a bit better with the new combatsys but still sux badly

[Doug the dwarf]

I hope i don't have to camp demi-gods if i want to stay competative ala powerscrolls in UO.

[Kyur]

Dont worry about it,

Anything dropped from a Demi-God will be more of a trophy that you show off then a necessity, it wont make you more powerful.

[Wither]

Looks crazy. When I was reading that the developers were going for steady and smooth rather than 'stunning' I sure as hell wasn't expecting that.

[Fikk]

Thats pretty...make a nice pet.

[OdinTGE]

So...that thing is um...not small, and certainly not very amiable...

[Submission]

Imagine logging in for the first time, and watching that thing take your head off with a huge swing of an axe.

[Mereset]

Very impresive the details in the armor are something we can all apreciate

[rilleh]

really nice, can't wait for this game :)

[Stas_Blade]

What happened to these? We were suddenly getting one after the other and then they all just stopped.

[Selzi]

It was only a 'week' of Darkfall. So it only lasted the week... Excluding the weekend, I believe.

[Rincewind01]

there was 4 days, thats no where near a week :(

[Shaar]

there was 4 days, thats no where near a week :(

Err...
1 (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=16485)
2 (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=16532)
3 (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=16567)
4 (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=16605)
5 (http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=16651)

It was an IGN Week peek. These last from monday to friday.

[Kotrl]

im scared

[Zalasahr]

nice nice

[taeroch]

And if we're the size of the necromancer at that big-dude's foot, you'll need like 3 billion points into strength to loot that corpse.
well around the picture they are describing the demigods.....which in turn probably means he is a demigod. lets see you try to take him out let alone loot him

[Jabbu]

Oh yay a Darkfall equivalent of Ragnaros!
I'll admit its nice to have alot of PvE content when done right. Regardless of how tuff these guys will be and what you rag-tag "bandits" say you're gonna do, you and your 3 friends crashing into a buffed guild of 40 people is going to be like water crashing on rock. When the thing falls even 20 people aren't going to be able to break through a wall of supposedly "clip detecting" players. I don't even need to play the game to know from past experience with MMORPGs and PVP, along with the information given, a group doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell. Then what will happen with time I wonder as crybabies begin occupying the forums more then the world of Agon itself? "Griefers are making raids completely unfun, I WANT TO HAVE FUN TOO"...One patch later? "Players now engaging a demi-god can no longer be targetted by other players for PvP combat".

Whenever I see mention of special loot, I know that with it, comes people who more or less have a "pretty character" addiction. People who will spend insane amounts of time in front of a computer screen to obtain loot for the sole purpose of staring at it and being stared at in the safest possible location where they will never lose it. They sit in town flirting via /teehee emotes with every player before finally everyone gets the idea that they want to be pretty too. You challenge these people all day to fight, you suicide rush them in town, you taunt them and they just go "lalalala i'm not listening /ignore /report!" ultimately killing the realistic freedom that make these games great. They move from game to game like a rich man's wife in a shopping mall. The worst part is it seems like the inevitability is that every dev-team ends up catering to these carebears. These are the players that fire up FF7 every weekend while dressed up like Cloud and look at themselves in the mirror while some random anime is blasting in the background with english subtitles. I know this because i've actually met several of these "PvE seeking" MMORPG players and honestly I was embarassed to even be around them, it's no wonder they seek pretty characters in a video game.

A month or so down the line you'll be seeing posts: "I stayed up for 67 hours straight! (They don't include the fact they neglected their children during this time) sitting waiting for the demi-god to spawn and finally pretended I was a girl long enough to have my guild leader give me my uber weapon. I was out taking screenshots of my character when an evil ork came up and killed me and looted it. THIS IS NOT FAIR" then you'll have about 90 posts (out of the 10s of thousands of people actually playing the game) saying "I agree, yesterday I was walking around in my underwear because I sold all of items to buy a crown of mana so I could pretend I was a king, and a master wizard cast a spell on me, obviously I didn't fight back since i'm roleplaying a pacifist in game...I died and he looted me!" not much long after Patch Note: "Divine Demi-God items will now bind to the soul of their user and only recognize them as the owner. These powerful weapons once looted off a demi-god will now be unlootable in PvP!" From what i've seen, when it comes to MMORPGs history repeats itself.

[Shaar]

I must admit I didnt read through all of your post but if I get what you are saying straight... You're missing the point. Items will not be important in Darkfall...

[Damevos]

The vocal minority ruins games. Usually it's the pvp crowd that falls under that category but sometimes it's the pve crowd. All we can hope for is that the devs ignore the playerbase's whines once the game goes gold.

[Godlike]

Still, like some mentioned, any time you talk about uber monsters and uber items, many of us pvp'ers will get upset because typically next comes, "undroppable". Bam, WOW again.

[Tronglonok]

I havent read all this stuff, but why would uber-items bring "undroppable"? Noone wants that...
Just make them unique, so theres like one in game... and the uber-items wont get all messed up. That is, if there are any :)

[Damevos]

Uber items that are difficult (very difficult) to obtain promote pvp anyway. Plus those that bitch about players ruining other people's raids are silly. If everyone was out to ruin everyone elses fun there would be no one left to play with. People will make compromises in order to accomplish mutual goals.

[dylazoid]

there was 4 days, thats no where near a week :(
can i join plz
:ninja:

[Preston]

there was 4 days, thats no where near a week :(

There were 5 peeks, one for each day of the work week. Looks like you missed one. :p

[imconfused218]

Wow screenshot looks very nice. If any of that gets into the actual game then its bound to be good.