New Warcry Info May 26, 2006

[HiroProtagonist]

Enjoy, brief but clarifies some points: Click me! (http://df.warcry.com/scripts/news/view_news.phtml?site=7&id=54509)

[Naithin]

Ara Brightheart has came through for us again! :)


There are two screenshots that are to accompany that as well, they are not (at the time of writing) up yet, will get onto that as soon as possible.

Some good info, and even better is that it is intended as a weekly series of Q&A's. We'll see how maintainable this is, but so far, it's looking good. :)

[Mordhak]

Nice find! Thanks! We need more guys like you around here ;)

[Zuku]

...there's also a clear visual indicator on IDing the character ;)

I can here the complaints already. Not sure how I feel about this, myself. I thought alignment would be hidden but, oh well.

[doma]

Nice :) Thanks

[Metal Wolf]

Haha, DarkFall has smoke nades. More importantly I agree with them about the preselected building sites.

Edit: bah the pic links are all busted for me. I wana see the little mahirim in the background damnit!

[G.Struepp]

to vague to be really concerned about it. however i love the list of possible buildings and especially the mentioning of "smoke screen"

[Zerikin Loukbel]

Good to get some clarification on those points.

[Gunther TheBlack]

A new screenshot

http://df.warcry.com/scripts/images/view_image.phtml?id=77384&site=7

It's a picture of the Mahirim capital Red Moon.

In the back you can see a mahirim standing in the portal.


and a second new screenshot.

http://df.warcry.com/scripts/images/view_image.phtml?id=77383&site=7

[Maglubiyet]

Nice little q&a hope there is more coming from this...

The ones screen shot was definitely nice

[Naithin]

The other new screenshot. (http://df.warcry.com/scripts/images/view_image.phtml?id=77384&site=7&gallery=2089&action=prev) :)

[kehmesis]

Awesome. I like the potion throwing, very cool.

[|Avalanche]

Hey nice! Indeed a nice pic to, now let us see the alfar ;)

Edit: Somebody nee's to see a horse in realety. That horse is twice as big as the human!

[Apraxis]

A new screenshot

http://df.warcry.com/scripts/images/view_image.phtml?id=77384&site=7

It's a picture of the Mahirim capital Red Moon.

In the back you can see a mahirim standing in the portal.


and a second new screenshot.

http://df.warcry.com/scripts/images/view_image.phtml?id=77383&site=7


Yeah.. i see the mahirim.. an actual one.. ohh. hmm.. grml.. he is to far away. :ohno: ;)

[Helgeran]

Excitement! Damn, just when I feel like leaving this shit something that convince me that this is a dream soon to come true comes up!

[Virtra]

Good stuff, I'm glad to hear that there is a meaningful attempt to build roads of communication into the community. Keep it coming! :)

[Neverdie]

That bolstered my hopes a bit, "weekly" - ie. every week or even bi-weeky sounds great to me. I like the idea of a lot of feature, like smoke, but I'd have to see them implimented to pass judgement because I'm not sure how well they could be done in an MMO.

Props to ara for the diligence, and answer some real fan based questions.

Cheers,

ND

[Sarusan]

Its nice to see anothere update, but i would like to play it not only watch.

[Geminireaper]

Hey nice! Indeed a nice pic to, now let us see the alfar ;)

Edit: Somebody nee's to see a horse in realety. That horse is twice as big as the human!

Have you ever seen a Clydesdale horse? They are that big.

[Ara]

Warhouses were big and strong. Carry 400lbs of armor and a not so small rider around and you would have to be big also.

[Tiderius]

Awesome! Glad to see more [detailed] info coming across!

This thread should be moved to the news section.

It is a bit odd that they have only shown Orcs and Humans in all the screenshots.

[Sofaism]

instresting. nice screens

[Apraxis]

That bolstered my hopes a bit, "weekly" - ie. every week or even bi-weeky sounds great to me. I like the idea of a lot of feature, like smoke, but I'd have to see them implimented to pass judgement because I'm not sure how well they could be done in an MMO.

Props to ara for the diligence, and answer some real fan based questions.

Cheers,

ND

They have take a lot from battlefield.. look at battlefield how smoke will
effect the gameplay.. it is damn good.

Ships are also similar to battlefield i think, one driver, and a lot of cannoniers..
and they have added even more.

DF is in a lot of aspects similar to FPS games like Battlefield, but much
much bigger with a lot more features at all.

However.. great stuff. :)

[Darkmatter]

cool :)

[BLACKWATCH]

Quote:
In Darkfall you have cities and buildings hanging on the sides of mountains, on top of mountains, on wild land formations, on river deltas,with waterfalls and rivers running through them, on small islands etc.. Every one of them looks and feels unique.
End Quote..

That single Statement , just brings joy to my old hart!... It apears they have made a Liveing world, to wonder and enjoy as we play, smart, very smart.
I truly cant wait to see the Art work, and experence the worlds wonders.
:)

[Gunther TheBlack]

Hey nice! Indeed a nice pic to, now let us see the alfar ;)

Edit: Somebody nee's to see a horse in realety. That horse is twice as big as the human!


A bit off topic ;)


Belgian work horses, percheron's, shires and clydesdales are as big as that.

http://www.stallionstation.com/gentlegiants/photos.html

Check out the pic of the belgian horse below.

http://www.stallionstation.com/gentlegiants/brooklynsupreme.jpg

Here's more about the history etc about the belgian horses
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/bel.html#hist

[BLACKWATCH]

I can here the complaints already. Not sure how I feel about this, myself. I thought alignment would be hidden but, oh well.

Seams to sugest that you only get that info if you click and ID that player...
(In a hostle world I dont know how much time you will get to click and id a player, befor the action starts..) :)

But its not a in your face set up, sence I can live with it, if you have the time to ID a gang of players, so be it... It would give ya a clue, but there actions will speak for there Char louder then the ID.. :)

[Zuku]

Seams to sugest that you only get that info if you click and ID that player...
(In a hostle world I dont know how much time you will get to click and id a player, befor the action starts..) :)

But its not a in your face set up, sence I can live with it, if you have the time to ID a gang of players, so be it... It would give ya a clue, but there actions will speak for there Char louder then the ID.. :)

Well, I'm thinking of the thieves and PK'ers. Pretty hard to approach as friendly if you con as evil. Kind of removes an aspect of the game imo. I had hoped detecting alignment would have been a skill/spell. /shrug. Have to see who/how many care about this.

[Inquisitor Drex]

WOW thanks for posting : ).

[Preston]

Good job, thanks guys!

Moved to News.

[Ftang]

we dont know what "IDing" entails.

[Shadowoak]

Seems like next weeks clarification should be about the IDing thing.

[Slyder]

Im acually glad to hear they wont be allowing free building. Uo allowed building wherever there was a spot, and it seemed a little ridiculous to have houses right outside a dungeon or whatever. Limiting it is a good idea imo, but make sure that there are still a bunch of spots, so that when we start playing its not entirely a race to get all the housing spots.

[[DJ]Hugo]

Loving the concept of weekly updates.

If Ara stays true to his word, then he's made my dream come true.

Do we have a set day a week where we will recieve these updates?

I can feel a weekly Update Day coming, where i order pizza and get a 6 pack of beers.

[|Avalanche]

A bit off topic ;)


Belgian work horses, percheron's, shires and clydesdales are as big as that.

http://www.stallionstation.com/gentlegiants/photos.html

Check out the pic of the belgian horse below.

http://www.stallionstation.com/gentlegiants/brooklynsupreme.jpg

Here's more about the history etc about the belgian horses
http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/bel.html#hist

God that horse is big! In Norway we are used to horses being between 1.90-2.20m. Not those enormeus horses, though I still think that the horsed can with succses be scaled down a bit. But the taste is like the but, divided in two!

Edit: This forum needs spoilers!

[Zuku]

Hugo']Loving the concept of weekly updates.

If Ara stays true to his word, then he's made my dream come true.

Do we have a set day a week where we will recieve these updates?

I can feel a weekly Update Day coming, where i order pizza and get a 6 pack of beers.

Yea, but otherwise don't make any big production out of it. :p

I agree. We need spoilers, no doubt. ;P

[paade]

ubersome pics :p

[Ara]

We at Warcry are working with your staff here on the official forums, and the development team to bring you updates and or screenshots weekly. Fridays is our current target date, but as always pending any emergencies on the Devs side of things. You can expect 4-8 questions and or screenshots from this and I will be sending the link to your forum Ops as soon as the article is ready to post. We will be pulling these questions from the forum responses and posts, so let us know. I tend to be one not to make the same mistake twice so I want these to be your questions.

[Shei]

Big thanks to you Ara (and everyone involved in this) :)

[Darkmatter]

We at Warcry are working with your staff here on the official forums, and the development team to bring you updates and or screenshots weekly. Fridays is our current target date, but as always pending any emergencies on the Devs side of things. You can expect 4-8 questions and or screenshots from this and I will be sending the link to your forum Ops as soon as the article is ready to post. We will be pulling these questions from the forum responses and posts, so let us know. I tend to be one not to make the same mistake twice so I want these to be your questions.

Did you interview them just the one time, and you divide that information on the coming weeks?

[Izure]

So theres floating names indicating there alignment? I mean this could be good only if you have your crosshairs over him for like 3-5 secs. and the more skill of spotting you have the faster his name will appear.

[RhyssaFireheart]

God that horse is big! In Norway we are used to horses being between 1.90-2.20m. Not those enormeus horses, though I still think that the horsed can with succses be scaled down a bit. But the taste is like the but, divided in two!

Edit: This forum needs spoilers!

Well, that is listed as the largest horse in the world as well. The info on the linked page said he was 19.2 hands high, and a hand is commonly equal to 4 inches (IIRC), so that would make that horse 6'4" at the shoulder, which is where horses are measured to. Yeah, he's a big horse.

Most are commonly between 16-18 hands high, or 5'3" to 6' high at the shoulder. And as Gunther said, draft horses tend to be a bit larger and more solid because they were originally bred to carry men in armor or pull wagons/plows/etc. When you hear something measured in horsepower, this is probably what they are talking about. :)

My only complaint about the horses is that they have no halters or bridles. If you're going to give me a magical saddle, at least add some graphics for a halter to make it look a bit more real.

[Vehementi]

We at Warcry are working with your staff here on the official forums, and the development team to bring you updates and or screenshots weekly. Fridays is our current target date, but as always pending any emergencies on the Devs side of things. You can expect 4-8 questions and or screenshots from this and I will be sending the link to your forum Ops as soon as the article is ready to post. We will be pulling these questions from the forum responses and posts, so let us know. I tend to be one not to make the same mistake twice so I want these to be your questions.

There have been lots of good questions asked in various places outside of this thread. Be sure to check those out. There was also that question thread on the combine forums you could steal questions from :ninja:

[DelThako]

There have been lots of good questions asked in various places outside of this thread. Be sure to check those out. There was also that question thread on the combine forums you could steal questions from :ninja:

Which is exactly what he meant.

[Darkmatter]

I wonder if farmers actually can get hold of 'workhorses' and use plows on their fields, just the same way as knights can get their 'warhorses'.. Maybe we're asking for too much depth, with all the directions and professions available for a character in the game its hard to cater to them all.

[Khael[SUN]]

Some good questions you asked, thanks Ara.

[Exodeus]

Ara Brightheart has came through for us again! :)


There are two screenshots that are to accompany that as well, they are not (at the time of writing) up yet, will get onto that as soon as possible.

Some good info, and even better is that it is intended as a weekly series of Q&A's. We'll see how maintainable this is, but so far, it's looking good. :)ok... could be me... but that smells fishy....

They had an audiotape of over 2 hours.... release a single page of information, and now have a weekly update :D

weekly updates? .... so ... do they know more then.... there gonna be a lot of weeks untill beta? :S ....

hey... I am not complaining here, just making some observations, keep 't coming ;)

[Elriond]

Awesome, im loving the updates Ara. Keep em coming! ;)

[LanMandragon]

Thanks Arya. Much appreciated.

[Vehementi]

Which is exactly what he meant.

Ara is female, and from her context it sounded like she wanted us to make an active effort to provide questions. This has already been done, and so I was suggesting she make sure she check all sources as some people may not want to re-post their questions etc.

[Zerikin Loukbel]

Good stuff, as for questions how about some info more info on magic and combat skills in general. Maybe an example of one of the skill trees, even if its not finalized? That would be really great.

[MadDawgSM]

Ara is female, and from her context it sounded like she wanted us to make an active effort to provide questions. This has already been done, and so I was suggesting she make sure she check all sources as some people may not want to re-post their questions etc.

... Ara is not female

WarCry Choice Information
Ara Brightheart is currently a WarCry Choice member.
Messaging
MSN: davetech@***.net
ICQ: ***
General Information
Real Name: David Greene
Birthday: October 26, 1967
Location: Vermont
Occupation: IT Manager
Interests: MMORPG gaming, and Martial Arts

You can get the other information that I ***'ed out from Warcry's site, but I chose not to put it here. :ninja:


On another note, the screens were wonderful, and the questions very informative. I loved it! :cool:

*edit*

Good stuff, as for questions how about some info more info on magic and combat skills in general. Maybe an example of one of the skill trees, even if its not finalized? That would be really great.
This would make my day as well, it gets my vote!

[Duni]

drool? .. Yes, thats the word. Drool.

*drool*

[Skullz]

Great job Ara... Cant wait for next friday!!!! :D

[Arash]

Lmao Flashbangs In Darkfall Ftw!!!

[r4nge]

I'm so happy about the weekly updates. Just look at me. Don't I look happy.

[Fluffier]

/me hugs ara

[Wasren]

That horse picture is a hoax, those men are really leprechaun-sized midgets.

I can't wait for blinding potions. In Everquest, there was a spell called Blackout, which turned your screen completely black. You thought your monitor had burned out for a solid 10 seconds. Oh man. Everquest's PVP was hilarious because it was just thrown out there as an afterthought, with no balance.

[Jangang]

Thanks for the followup. Good info, and pics. :)

[Spikey]

Spikey likes.

[Lorak]

Cool!

Thanks for the news Ara.

Looking real forward to your future questions and screenshots if the devs keep up the cooperation.

Lorak
Clan Virtue

[Vehementi]

... Ara is not female


Haha, oops, I went by what a bunch of people said in the "wah warcry sux :((((((((((((((((((((" thread.

[Zuku]

I'm so happy about the weekly updates. Just look at me. Don't I look happy.

I can tell by the nipples on yer sig.

[Tanen]

I wish this game would hurry up... I'm dyin' ovah here.

[Ara]

Did you interview them just the one time, and you divide that information on the coming weeks?
no the first interview happened at E3, and we posted the whole document. I know some were unhappy with it, but it was a start, and an opening to communications. We are now actively communicating with the Darkfall team and they took the time to answer these questions for us. By keeping the number of question down we believe that we can keep this Q&A going till release.

The short answer would be "no these are not canned interview segments"

[Squatch]

Thanks for taking the time to put out these Q&A sessions Ara.

[Ara]

Ara is female, and from her context it sounded like she wanted us to make an active effort to provide questions. This has already been done, and so I was suggesting she make sure she check all sources as some people may not want to re-post their questions etc.

Ummmm GameGoddess is a female ....... I am quite male.

The name Ara came from my first character in UO "Aragorn" which is the name I used in beta and then for my 6 years of play on LS. For my first 4 years on LS I only had the one character. When the movies came out there were suddenly 10k Aragorns so I changed it to Ara or Arra as I am known in The Sundered Guard.

[Hecubis]

Ummmm GameGoddess is a female ....... I am quite male.

The name Ara came from my first character in UO "Aragorn" which is the name I used in beta and then for my 6 years of play on LS. For my first 4 years on LS I only had the one character. When the movies came out there were suddenly 10k Aragorns so I changed it to Ara or Arra as I am known in The Sundered Guard.

Ara sounds a little feminine.

I kid, I kid.

Thanks for your efforts in penetrating the wall of silence. I'm looking forward to more info from you guys.

[Derosian]

The regular updates recently are refreshing, maybe they are building up to something...

[Shadow Walker2020]

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

I'm glad you've asked this question. We feel that the way we're doing it represents the spirit of building anywhere a lot better than letting players place a house or build a city randomly. Darkfall has special considerations, some of which follow:

"Building anywhere" in most games means trying to find one of the remaining flat and barren areas on the map and putting buildings on it that more or less look like everyone else's mess. In Darkfall you have cities and buildings hanging on the sides of mountains, on top of mountains, on wild land formations, on river deltas,with waterfalls and rivers running through them, on small islands etc.. Every one of them looks and feels unique. When you see it, you know which one it is just by looking at it in a screenshot.
We have many awesome handpicked building locations that you wouldn't be able to build on if you were "free to build anywhere".

The sheer number of structures possible in each Darkfall world is also a concern. Each Darkfall world has the capacity for more than 10 thousand simultaneous players, therefore several times that number in total world population. Multiply that by the number of characters each account can support and the possible number of buildings in the world goes up to hundreds of thousands. Even though our world is huge, random building could make things ugly.

The world is content packed. Wherever you go, there's something going on that could be disrupted by random building. The Darkfall terrain is all hand crafted, extreme and unique. Everything is hand-placed. You won't be building on some auto-generated flatland that looks like most of the rest of the world. You'd be stepping on an artist's hard work and possibly on terrain features that we don't even know are there.

The technology allows for random building. We've chosen not to allow it based on carefully weighing the pros and the cons. Of course, just like with anything else, this decision will be evaluated through testing and feedback by the players.


I believe that the developers are using a system close to what UO had. They are probably going to have building zones and no building zones. The building zones will probably be the barren, middle of nowhere places that are a pain the in rear to get to. The no building zones will probably be areas like around the racial capitols and along the roads or in front of a mine or other resource or the entrance to a dungeon.

Hopefully the building zones will out number the no building zones

[AkielVonStrife]

Here's some quick feedback...

1. Location Based Building Part 1 Smart.
2. Location Based Building Part 2 Great.
3. You can Release WTF does this mean? There's no context.
4. Visual Indicator Makes Sense.
5. Paralyzing Attacks You'd better be right.
6. Thrown Weapons Cool.

7. The Economy Defined If only someone would ask about this before I die of old age.

[Ulcis Cor]

"You can Release" is talking about something mentioned in the E3 interviews. It was thought that if you were knocked out but not dead that couldn't release and just respawn. This comment says that that was a misunderstanding. You can choose to release if you are knocked out, essentially accepting your fate.

[AkielVonStrife]

"You can Release" is talking about something mentioned in the E3 interviews. It was thought that if you were knocked out but not dead that couldn't release and just respawn. This comment says that that was a misunderstanding. You can choose to release if you are knocked out, essentially accepting your fate.

Thanks. I guess I need a no-context to context dictionary. :)