Warcry E3 Interview

[Virtra]

http://www.warcry.com/scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=499&colid=9722

Eat it up, fellow fanbois. :D

[Lorak]

woohoo!!!

[Sabrok]

where's the rest of it? That took a week? Thanks for the post though.

[Spawl]

IBTL, I mean nice find Virt! Love it.

[dasampla]

Nice, thank you.

[doma]

Thanks :) *starts reading*

[Alden120]

Ah nice read, was hoping for some more screens though :(

[Lorak]

Glad to see dueling and forgivness in. Will make clan war training a real possibility.
Lorak

[Darkmatter]

Ah, Nice :)

[Jangang]

Cool, reading it now. Its no 8 pages though heh. :(

[Sabrok]

hmm, limited space to build, hope that works out alright, I was looking forward to picking a kind of isolated spot.

[Mafia]

Its fucking far from 8 pages, but im pretty happy with EVERYTHING they said.

[Shaar]

A nice read. Thanks for the link.

[Spikey]

kekekekeke

[LanMandragon]

No reason to complain. It was a solid interview, lots of good info.

Im definately still waiting for darkfall.

[Jarlaxle[mezzo]]

Man I am gonna read it after Arsenal-Barcelona, you know, anticipation and stuff like that

[Phooey]

I do believe that this belongs in the news forum.

Good read!

[LanMandragon]

I particularly liked the parts about no urban sprawl like SWG, manned cannons and bigger ships for clans.

[Sabrok]

Well at least the editor didn't take his time, thank you editor:) I really liked that they are launching with one server, I look forward to having a go with all of you:)

[rekker]

Sounding good.... One minor question...

Warcry- So players can loot other players?

Darkfall Team- Yes, upon finishing off a foe you can claim the spoils of war.

Does this mean that if you stumble across a dead player whos, for example, just been killed by a crowd of skeletons, you won't be able to loot his corpse unless you finish him off?

[Fluffier]

RWWWWWWWWRRRAAAAAWR WHEEEE

Oh god, when did i turn into such a hyped up fanboy? Well, lets read the thing now.

Edit:

Darkfall Team- We will have specific areas that players will be able to build on and set up towns. This way it will be easier to organize the social structure in the game. Players will be able to pick their own structures so the only thing forced is where to build not what to build.

There goes my dream of creating my guildcity on a small island to make a fortress. :(

[LanMandragon]

Sounding good.... One minor question...



Does this mean that if you stumble across a dead player whos, for example, just been killed by a crowd of skeletons, you won't be able to loot his corpse unless you finish him off?

Is he dead or not. If hes dead loot him, if hes not finish him.

[LanMandragon]

Well at least the editor didn't take his time, thank you editor:) I really liked that they are launching with one server, I look forward to having a go with all of you:)

Hell yes.

[Spades911]

where are these vids he speaks of.. SHARE! I really, really, really hope this game comes to life this year. I'm getting tired of playing crappy MMO's

[Mordugal]

Realy nice :). Seems to be a good game for crafters too.
But i guess i will need some strong ally to be able to craft in peace :lmao:

[Lorak]

The ship combat sounds freaking amazing. I had not thought about actualy climbing the rigging and stuff.

Bording, taking out the cannoniers, going to be freakign awsome.

Lorak

[boby]

mahirim doesnt need mount :O
d'uh !
forgivness :D

nice read here !

[Jangang]

Very good interview. :)

[paade]

errr... two hours of audio and thats it? It was a good review, no question, but i was kinda expecting more. Was there really anything new there? But then again, it was a review not an update.

[Lorak]

']Man I am gonna read it after Arsenal-Barcelona, you know, anticipation and stuff like that

Off topic, But GO GUNNERS!!
(even though I think Barcelona takes it)

Lorak

[Simony]

Anticipation only alleviated somewhat...

[dark-M]

Ara:

thank you for the review

maybe if you have seen the demo videos (which we have not seen), you can tell us what you thought of it, graphics, character movement, fluidity, how is the combat system (in terms of learning curve)?

again thanks and have a nice day

[LanMandragon]

Anticipation only alleviated somewhat...

Alleviated?????

how about exacerbated!!!!

[boby]

Btw, where will the server be located ? North America ? :(


-> http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=21549

[Finrod]

If there will only be one server to start with then, they should be anticiptaing the number of people wanting to play from the start and so the servers will probably be able to hold 30,000+ players at one time.

[Speaker]

About everyone wanting to have isolated housing, if not for restricted areas to place in, then there would doubtfully be any isolation left.

As you recall in UO, there weren't any places left to put a house... anywhere.


Edit: awesome read, thanks.

[Metal Wolf]

Its up? It is up!

Finally some good news.

[Sabrok]

About everyone wanting to have isolated housing, if not for restricted areas to place in, then there would doubtfully be any isolation left.

As you recall in UO, there weren't any places left to put a house... anywhere.


Edit: awesome read, thanks.

world is a lot bigger than UO's, plus there are systems that could be implemented to aid this.

[Speaker]

world is a lot bigger than UO's, plus there are systems that could be implemented to aid this.


I don't disagree, I'm sure with their brilliant minds they could think of something, I was just trying to shine some sort of justification, like maybe they didn't want the world to be covered from head to toe with player houses.


Another example... SWG's Tatooine, which looked absolutely ridiculous, for the "barren" planet it was supposed to be.


Who knows :rolleyes:

[Fylraen]

Sounds good!

...


It always has, though.

[Legolas]

ooh, good read!

[SnapAtl]

Nice interview, but I don't understand why the interviewers keep asking the same few questions over and over. Or perhaps the devs simply won't comment on anything else.

[F8alist]

The limited areas for housing runs counter to the idea of player freedom that underlies all other aspects of the game. I'm not sure I like this.

And the one server at release combined with one race per server is going to make for a tough choice initially.

Other than that, I'm very much looking forward to this game.

[Ara]

Ara:

thank you for the review

maybe if you have seen the demo videos (which we have not seen), you can tell us what you thought of it, graphics, character movement, fluidity, how is the combat system (in terms of learning curve)?

again thanks and have a nice day
What I see while there was untouched fraps video and it was awesome, they had an office PvP match Orks on Humans that was better than anything out there right now. But the team wants better than good they want great and will not compromise till it is just what they have envisioned from the start.

[Bazil]

Excelent read. The info on the ships is quite good, weather is really in game, lots of customization and the game sounds like huge fun. Im not a fanboy but i'm really excited about the game now. And i guess i'm gonna need a clan to have access to some stuff though.

Thank you OP.

Edit: I find the housing part kinda confusing.

[boby]

And the one server at release combined with one race per server is going to make for a tough choice initially.


I must say, I was kinda "wooha 1 race per server... and one server ! :bang: "

[Archazar]

Good stuff. Thanks ara.

And yes, the one server/one race issue was... unexpected.

[TizzyFoe]

I am expecting it to be 8 pages of holy/unholy goodness you everyone that is waiting on it. I could not believe how long the interview whent

=(

Darkfall Team- Dwarves are neutral, Mirdain (elves) are friendly to the humans, the Alfar (Dark Elves) which are hated by everyone, and the Mahirim (Wolf men) that are friendly to the Orks. Lastly Orks and Humans are enemies. Choosing the Alfar is choosing the hardest path in the game as they will be hated by everyone.

dwarfs are neutral now. thats new isnt it? i wonder what neutral means, they can trade with anyone but Alfar? and they made a special point to say orks and humans are enemies, are they enemies in a diffent way then mirdian and orks? or mahirim and alfar?

[Ara]

I personally like the idea as it will cut down on spying and cross race griefing. I believe they are on the right track to making something great.

[Ara]

=(



dwarfs are neutral now. thats new isnt it? i wonder what neutral means, they can trade with anyone but Alfar? and they made a special point to say orks and humans are enemies, are they enemies in a diffent way then mirdian and orks? or mahirim and alfar?
good question I will see if I can get an answer on that

[Fluffier]

Kisses for you, Ara.

[F8alist]

I personally like the idea as it will cut down on spying and cross race griefing. I believe they are on the right track to making something great.

The one race per server bit has been known for a while. What makes it problematic is the one server at release bit.

While I do like the idea of everyone being in one huge world, it is going to make choosing your race a hard decision. Hopefully I'll know for sure which race I want by the end of beta.

[Ara]

Please email me questions and use the subject line "DF Warcry weekly update" I am going to try and pull some stuff off for the community over on our site. Right now I am just a write for the DF site but I am trying to get some more access and improove community relations. I need to get the SM for df.warcry.com to give me some abilities and then we will get the ball rolling. GameGoddess is also a great contact for info as she is in contact with Tasos and Kjetil also.

Ara

[Khael[SUN]]

Very nice, nothing new, but good to hear dev's are staying true to the original vision - freedom baby - no compromises!!!!

Only thing I really hate is that there will be root/stun/paralyze, etc. That really sux immensely, but we will see... now freaking go beta soon, or I will go insane.

[Ara]

double post

[Neverdie]

']Very nice, nothing new, but good to hear dev's are staying true to the original vision - freedom baby - no compromises!!!!

Only thing I really hate is that there will be root/stun/paralyze, etc. That really sux immensely, but we will see... now freaking go beta soon, or I will go insane.

x2 +

"Warcry- Is there any restriction on the use of items, the way some games use level restrictions on weapons and armor?

Darkfall Team- No we do not have levels, you could dress some noob up in your best armor to draw the enemy to him."

Great news, I hate level restricts, they are an o.O sign.

[Smojukl]

I expected a longer interview, this is still nice though. Are there no screenshots or maybe even videos to go with the interview?

[Ara]

I expected a longer interview, this is still nice though. Are there no screenshots or maybe even videos to go with the interview?
a video is in the works I cant set a date on it though. I will do my best to get you information on a weekly basis should my ideas get aprooved by the df.warcry SM.

/me is just a writer

[Smojukl]

a video is in the works I cant set a date on it though. I will do my best to get you information on a weekly basis should my ideas get aprooved by the df.warcry SM.

/me is just a writer

Sounds great :) Your work is much appreciated.

[rekker]

a video is in the works I cant set a date on it though. I will do my best to get you information on a weekly basis should my ideas get aprooved by the df.warcry SM.

/me is just a writer

Looks like you're gona have a few stalkers! Looking forward to a new video! Do you have the material already?

[Gatts]

Good to see the interview.

Glad to see mention that wars will, in general consist of multiple battles. And the use of ships as trade will probably be huge which creates a dynamic naval game which is better then could have been expected initially.

Now just to wait for some really good stuff.

[Celerity]

Great stuff Ara, thanks a lot.

Yeah please do try to get more concrete information on racial factions, it's still unclear.

[Ara]

Looks like you're gona have a few stalkers! Looking forward to a new video! Do you have the material already?
no but I and Gamegoddess will be getting some footage hopefully soon and will pass it on to BlackRhino who works magic with video over at Warcry, I will be sure to keep everyone in the loop as much as I can.

[Ravaan]

Beta Plzkthx

[Moonstrucken]

Great stuff. Was a lot of repetition but still. And the naval stuff does sound great. It will be kind of annoying not be able to build anywhere you want, but it wouldn't be very fun to have houses everywhere.

Go Ara. And I want this video :ninja:

[Atnas]

I am a little disappointed, I was really expecting 8 pages. Oh well, can't whine everytime!

Nice to see there's dueling in (practice ftw), and this unconscious option. What I didn't understand was, can they get back up afterwards? Are they unconscious for 5 minutes, or do they have to be rezzed?

Too bad it was mostly repeating old stuff.

[G.Struepp]

I want more, more, more.....

[Ara]

Kisses for you, Ara.
wow I feel better now, that is the best loot I have gotten for an article in a long time. :) :) :)

[Zerikin Loukbel]

nice

[jokurt]

one server, one race and one allignment. perfect.

[Ara]

one server, one race and one allignment. perfect.
/Respect :cool:

[Viluin]

I'm disappointed.. "SO much more info!" MY ASS! I already knew 90% of the stuff they posted..

I'm sorry, but it's true. I also don't see the point of asking a question like: "So you can loot other players?"

:bang:

[Atnas]

I'm disappointed.. "SO much more info!" MY ASS! I already knew 90% of the stuff they posted..

I'm sorry, but it's true. I also don't see the point of asking a question like: "So you can loot other players?"

:bang:

True, true. It's not what I expected...

[Duni]

*drowl*

[Fluffier]

Details about ships, details about collision, confirmation about nametags and chat, old info about crafting confirmed, details about death (death confirmed to be in darkfall.) and guild logo is in. Thats new information.

Id say this was a good interview, especially when compared to other recent ones that said nothing.

[Ara]

I'm disappointed.. "SO much more info!" MY ASS! I already knew 90% of the stuff they posted..

I'm sorry, but it's true. I also don't see the point of asking a question like: "So you can loot other players?"

:bang:
ok, point taken, but there are people out in MMO land that are just learning of Darkfall.

[Atnas]

Details about ships, details about collision, confirmation about nametags and chat, old info about crafting confirmed, details about death (death confirmed to be in darkfall.) and guild logo is in. Thats new information.

Id say this was a good interview, especially when compared to other recent ones that said nothing.

New things to me: you can kill people on chat. Info about death. Dueling. "Forgive kill". It was a OK interview, but the way they have been hyping it... "I estimate 8 pages", bah.

Edit: Well, if we put all interviews together is actually alot of new information! Always-look-on the briiight side, of life! dundun-dundundundun-dundun!

[Ara]

Please find me a bigger article on a network site out there in the last 6 months

[Shaar]

Guys dont turn on the article writer. He gave us all the info he had. If he had more he would post more. I realise many of you may have been disapointed but don't be impolite now.

[no-one]

Appropriate loot and crafted items being uber to looted item. Yes!

[Fluffier]

If you must complain you should at the least be as constructive as possible. Any interview the writer spent hours working on deserves nothing less.

[Shadow Walker2020]

one server, one race and one allignment. perfect.

I dont remember reading anything about one alignment in that interview anywhere.

The only thing they said is that they plan to launch with one server and that you can only play one race per server. They said nothing about one alignment.

[Atnas]

I dont remember reading anything about one alignment in that interview anywhere.

The only thing they said is that they plan to launch with one server and that you can only play one race per server. They said nothing about one alignment.

Coming back from coma?

Allright Fluffier: I wish interviewers wouldn't ask questions we already know the answer of.

[Shadow Walker2020]

Coming back from coma?

Im not sure I follow what your saying.

[Fluffier]

Fair enough. But this interview is not solely for the veteran darkfall fan audience but also for those who are learning about the game. I think so beacuse that would not only keep us veterans (Apologies to any 2000 members that reads this) interested but bring in new people as well.

If it served no other purpose for you than it atleast confirmed that the devs still knows what this game is all about. That they havent changed their vision to anything ugly.

[Paradoxon]

nice interview, thx ara.

since im a bit lazy i'll write my question right in here. with mahirim having no (racial)mounts, i wonder if their wolftransformation or whatever it is will have the same effects in combat as normal mounts have, like knocking foes down etc. or will it be just a speed boost?

[Atnas]

Im not sure I follow what your saying.

I mean, you didn't know that you can have different characters with different alignment.

Fluffier: It did introduce new things to me, but when Ara said "8 pages" I was expecting alot more. I got a little disappointed, that's all.

[Gamegoddess]

I find it hard to sit and read much of what I see here. People be thankfull for what news you get. Dont sit and do a page count or a word count. There was an interview...you got the interview. We know as fans of Darkfall you want new news. That is what Ara tried to give you. And what has happened today??? You attack him for it. As a long time reader of gaming forums, I have come to see many flamers and basically just ignore them. If there are legitamate issues, lets try to work together to get you what you want..dont bite the hand of those that are trying to get you your news.

[Shadow Walker2020]

Great stuff. Was a lot of repetition but still. And the naval stuff does sound great. It will be kind of annoying not be able to build anywhere you want, but it wouldn't be very fun to have houses everywhere.

Go Ara. And I want this video :ninja:

I think that they meant that it will only effect town building. Players might still be able to build a solo house where ever they want.

Warcry- How will you control player housing across the land mass?

Darkfall Team- We will have specific areas that players will be able to build on and set up towns.

See, they only say "build on and set up towns". Now, the devs also stated before that you will only be able to set up a town if your clan controlls a clan stone. I think thats what they are refering to.

[Arash]

HOLY BALONI SWEET BA JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:ohno: :ohno: :ohno:

[kiegh]

It was said before that all your characters will share the same alignment because they're all from the same race that means 1 race, and now 1 server has been revealed.

I think that's where the 1 server 1 race 1 alignment comment came into play.

-kiegh

[Shadow Walker2020]

I mean, you didn't know that you can have different characters with different alignment.

I did know that. Ive known that since I first learned of Dark Fall. It is one of the dark fall features that attracted me.

[Evre]

Nice, thanks for all the information ara.

[Shadow Walker2020]

It was said before that all your characters will share the same alignment because they're all from the same race that means 1 race, and now 1 server has been revealed.

I think that's where the 1 server 1 race 1 alignment comment came into play.

-kiegh

I see. I though that that person still didnt know that the statement refering to all characters on an account sharing one alignment was a misquote.

Thank you for clearing that up.

[Raybur Ravenloc]

nice interview.. i thought it was a great read, keeps my hopes up.. course i dont exactly expect anything of the devs at this points except to keep working..

only thing that hasn't been mentioned yet i'd like cleared up, is:
Warcry- How is death handled in Darkfall?

Darkfall Team- When you hit 0 heath you fall to the ground, you are not dead but can not move or release. You can be revived at this stage by a healer or the enemy can finish you off. Guilds that are smart will have ganking groups that come in after the main battle force to finish off the wounded. The ganker group can push the healers out of the way finish off the enemy and then take out the healer. These groups will also loot much needed supplies from the battle field.
so if you get knocked out, you can't even release? that seems like it would be irritating if someone just knocked you out and walked away..
and how long do you stay in this state if nobody finishes you you off or rezzes you?
i'd assume that eventually you either croak from bleeding or recover enough naturally to get up and save yourself.. but which one, or is either possible..?

but anyway, props to ara and to the devs for this article..

[Niccoli]

FINALLY!! :)

Off to read...

[Shadowoak]

so if you get knocked out, you can't even release? that seems like it would be irritating if someone just knocked you out and walked away..
and how long do you stay in this state if nobody finishes you you off or rezzes you?
i'd assume that eventually you either croak from bleeding or recover enough naturally to get up and save yourself.. but which one, or is either possible..?

but anyway, props to ara and to the devs for this article..

I suppose thats one of the things they will take care of in beta.

[LanMandragon]

nice interview.. i thought it was a great read, keeps my hopes up.. course i dont exactly expect anything of the devs at this points except to keep working..

only thing that hasn't been mentioned yet i'd like cleared up, is:

so if you get knocked out, you can't even release? that seems like it would be irritating if someone just knocked you out and walked away..
and how long do you stay in this state if nobody finishes you you off or rezzes you?
i'd assume that eventually you either croak from bleeding or recover enough naturally to get up and save yourself.. but which one, or is either possible..?

but anyway, props to ara and to the devs for this article..

im sure that the "knockout" only lasts for a bit of time. So if they dont slay you, then you can get back in the fight.

[Atoria]

At Last !

[kehmesis]

Thanks.

[Elriond]

Thank you Ara for the interview. I always like to get more info on Darkfall.

[Zuku]

Damn. Already 100 replies. 101...

[|Avalanche]

Finnaly and it is worth the time waiting!

[Skullz]

Thanks alot, ara... Great read:D

[Mobed]

Nice read, I'm starting to get pumped about this game again. ( I had to put it in the back of my mind, to keep from going crazy w/ the waiting game.)

[Falstaff]

Best interview ever!

[Ultimo]

hah, it was alright, i expected more but it was still good information we did not have before.

now the real question is, when do we get to play it.

[Jaevin]

Warcry- How will you control player housing across the land mass?

Darkfall Team- We will have specific areas that players will be able to build on and set up towns. This way it will be easier to organize the social structure in the game. Players will be able to pick their own structures so the only thing forced is where to build not what to build.

So the stance where you can build a 'house' almost anywhere has changed?

It was stated in the past that you could place a house almost anywhere (omiting key dungeon spots and such I would assume) but that it would not be protected or have the benifits of building near a town.


5.76 Player Houses
Well, if he builds his house in no mans land, outside of any clan-owned territory, then he is taking a risk. Most probably, houses in unclaimed lands will be able to be burned to the ground. Sooner or later most of the land is going to be claimed buy clans, and then it depends on the clan that owns the land. *But* we might limit the burn-switch to a certain radius around the cities, since if you really want protection, you should stay close to a city.

[SkullPizza]

good info, I got more worked up than I should have tho.

cmonnnn BETA

[Virtra]

*pant pant*

Finally made it home!!! Lol, I have no idea how I was the first to find this (it was the only time i checked warcry.com all day) but I haven't had the chance to read it until now.

Great interview, btw. The stuff about ships is really exciting, especially about how many people it will take to man a fully loaded ship...

"Darkfall Team- Oh yes some of the largest ships can hold an entire clan, and would have many guns." Hmmm... does that mean that people can bind to the ship??? I guess probably not, but I can't wait to find out.

Anyway great stuff, and plenty of it was new. I hope we can get the com. lines a bit more stable in the future so that people don't get all hyped up like children who've just eaten half their weight in sugar, but it looks like that's in the works. To those who are still finding ways to critisize - how much info have we received over the past 3 months compared to the entire year before that? Settle down. Get a job, or do more homework. Trust me, it makes the time between updates go much quicker.

[Paco69]

cant wait :D

[illicit]

I have a feeling this game may destroy my marrige..........

[Elix]

That was a good interview. Thank you Warcry!

[LanMandragon]

I have a feeling this game may destroy my marrige..........

My girlfriend told me we were going to have to set some boundaries about my gameplay the last time I mentioned darkfall. Needless to say I have STFU about it since then.

[Metal Wolf]

My girlfriend told me we were going to have to set some boundaries about my gameplay the last time I mentioned darkfall. Needless to say I have STFU about it since then. I treat MMOs like a second girlfriend, the first never knows about them. It just works better that way I supose.

[Rhynn]

Mah, I try and think of worse things I could be doing. Wife and I saw a group of about 30 "Jedi" LARP'ing about in the park and woods by our home. As she stared at them open-mouthed I saw my opening and took it. I told her I'd be more than happy to stop playing on the computer all the time if we could go out and buy me a lightsaber so I could join them. We could even invite some friends to come hang out and watch.

Never had another complaint from her about gaming.

*shrugs*

[BlackVolgan]

awsome interview!

lol "trash tlak"

[Wraith]

Good interview, too bad not much of it was new.

[Krogan]

Great interview a lot of updates and some nice confermations. Thanks Warcry!

[Satan]

give me wow plssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssssssssss

[AkielVonStrife]

Worth the wait, thanks .:)

[Dwemerlord]

Very very nice read. thx alot!

[Pylor]

Crafters will also be needed to upgrade and repair items, the crafters will need supplies to do this and thus the warriors will need to get these supplies. This will create supply lines in large battles and thus a whole new tactical situation for the players on both sides to think about. We want battles that are epic, and we want everyone to have a place in this.

This made me smile.

[RavenLord]

so..when

[Darkmatter]

[quote=RavenLord]so..when

[Pavlos]

Very, very nice! It was worth the wait. A lot of new information, but it raises a lot of new questions as well.

So... now what? Or, more importantly, when? :D

[Exodeus]

I'm guessing its going to be quite a while longer to wait, they haven't started signups for individual players yet, and we don't know whether or not they're finished organizing the entered clans in the various stages either.I understand that having organized clans would help for addressing issues but personally I have been around longer then some in those clans, and just because I do not wish to be in a clan I have to wait much longer :/

[khieron]

nice post way better info then most interviews!

[Wismerhill]

Woot Good News !

[Dizaster]

*commences drooling*