Do not Fear Revoid is here!

[Revoid]

greetings darkfall followers lets start by introducing my self.:)

im Revoid from sweden, and im looking for a new mmorpg to play and enjoy. i came here from Age of Conan. left that game becuse of the developers disappointed me. they ignored the bugs and things that were wrong and instead of fixing them they added "new stuff" yea. and the game it self did not really suit me. before that i played eve-online for 2-3 years together with some guildwars from time to time.

now War is just about to go online. but to me it looks to much like Wow... War/Wow.. you see even the names are almost the same :rolleyes:

so that brings the to Darkfall. seen some pics and read some stuff ages ago. and now when its getting closer to a finished game i thought i would join the community. my 3 RL buddies will prolly also join in the near future. that's one of the reasons i like mmorpgs is that i can play with my friends.

also. thought i might ask a few Q. as well. i will start reading thru the forums and try to find as much good info about the game as possible and read up on it.

Q1. what i understand darkfall is very much a pvp game. how free will the pvp be? also is there friendly fire? can a mage just spam area spells over his own troops? is there some stealth system ingame? sneaking etc. also did i read correctly when i read if i kill someone i get to loot his corpse and take his stuff? *gee finally a game where death means something*

Q2. the game world. is it instanced? one thing i hated in guildwars was as soon as you left the city you were pretty much alone in the world. i can understand some dungeons or similar quests being instances but i would hate if the hole world was like that.

Q3. when moving about in darkfall. is it like a linear way of travel. where you zone from one area to another or is it more open like where you can auctly walk around and explore as much as you wish. (oblivion)

Q4. anyone got some info on the ammount of servers. i liked eve-o becuse everyone was one the same server. but also some other games have like 1-3 severs per timezone. eu usa asia etc. i hate it when theres like a zilion servers but none is playing in them. plz tell me darkfall will try to build a living populated world. not just try ro spawn as Manny servers as possible.


well im sure il have more Q. but wont bother you anymore im going to read up on the game now. also if you have a problem with my English i must tell you its my third language so i would like to see you do better.

EDIT: betas on? HELL YEA!

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Revoid has no fear becuse he drinks lots of beer!

[lancegaydon]

go through the stickied FAQ above it is worth the time and answers basically all your questions.

[Kusghuul]

Read the FAQ. Or use search. The answer to all your questions is there!

[Morthor]

I reccomend you read ALL the stickies on this forum, then go read the news section or the updates on df.warcry. I'll answer your questions quickly but don't ask more questions that are easily answered by simply searching ;)

1) Open PvP. There are no safe zones at all, You can attack anyone of the same race or different, do whatever you like. Friendly fire is in. Stealth is in but in the form of player skill- you need to hide in shadows and such, you cannot just go invisible like other games. Yes, you can take ALL a player's things, everything and vice versa.

2) Seamless world = no instances at all, not even in the dungeons they are all shared between the whole world.

3) More similar to oblivion, the will be mountain ranges but the world is not divided up ridicuoulsly like the WoW map is. Look at the map on darkfallonline.com for info.

4) The estimate is 10,000 people per server or more, the guesses are anything up to 60k people playing consecutively... The number of separate game worlds (sever clusters) will depend on how many people register for the game wont it ;)

[Legend-]

Q1: full pvp, no restrictions.
Q2: no instances
Q3: watch the vid bro!
Q4: They said servers would be released as they fill i believe, anyone got a quote?

Side note: all these have been asked, and awnsered.



Watch the beta video here: http://media.darkfallonline.com/Darkfall_gameplay_trailer.zip

[Leathe]

Hello Revoid.

A1: Yes, there's friendly fire. The mage can spam spells on his own troops, however there is an alignment hit he will receive from doing that. (Meaning his so called faction rep will go down)

A2: It's the same world. So far we know there are instances but none are "individual", meaning if you go in to an instance with a few friends, anyone can still enter that instance with you, at any time. So it's _not_ like in WoW.

A3: You can explore as much as you wish. The world is also HUGE, so there will be a lot to discover and explore.

A4: I think there will be as few servers as possible, ranging from 10,000 players to 15,000, I'd say. I'm not entirely sure on Euro, US and Asia servers, but atleast BETA will be Euro only. Possibly due to the fact that they do not have an American publisher.

[Suitepee]

Q1. what i understand darkfall is very much a pvp game. how free will the pvp be? also is there friendly fire? can a mage just spam area spells over his own troops? is there some stealth system ingame? sneaking etc. also did i read correctly when i read if i kill someone i get to loot his corpse and take his stuff? *gee finally a game where death means something*

Fully free PvP. You'll take alignment penalties for killing own/friendly race players,but you're allowed to live in evil/your own clan cities if you want to. You're not penalised for being 'evil'.
Yes,there will be friendly fire in Darkfall.

A mage could spam spells over their own troops,but if it's for healing then they'd best be careful there's no enemies around.

Stealth is possibly in the game,but not by fully magical means like in WOW.

If someone dies you can loot all their stuff,yes. Full loot is in.

Q2. the game world. is it instanced? one thing i hated in guildwars was as soon as you left the city you were pretty much alone in the world. i can understand some dungeons or similar quests being instances but i would hate if the hole world was like that.

Darkfall isn't instanced; it's zoned but seamless. :D
Somewhat like Vanguard,but better.

Q3. when moving about in darkfall. is it like a linear way of travel. where you zone from one area to another or is it more open like where you can auctly walk around and explore as much as you wish. (oblivion)

You'll be able to walk around and explore the in-game world as much you want. There's no instancing from city > outside zone > city in Darkfall; it's all seamless,and even entering cities or dungeons will not incur a loading screen.

Q4. anyone got some info on the ammount of servers. i liked eve-o becuse everyone was one the same server. but also some other games have like 1-3 severs per timezone. eu usa asia etc. i hate it when theres like a zilion servers but none is playing in them. plz tell me darkfall will try to build a living populated world. not just try ro spawn as Manny servers as possible.

Most likely there will be two to begin with; a European and a North American server,but this is subject to change. More will possibly be added based off Darkfall's population success boom.
With 10k concurrent users max per server,I'm pretty sure a 'living world' will be established. That and the NPC's will act like players. :D

Hope this helped.

[Triss]

Welcome to Darkfall Revoid.

[Revoid]

Sweet. well the game looks awesome so far. im sorry for asking questions i know its a big no no:ohno: for new people on the forums. but i just had to know the answers :p . wont post any more Questions tho gonna read up on the rest. once again i must say it looks awesome. the graphics look alot better as well then what i remember.

[Bronn]

Q1. what i understand darkfall is very much a pvp game. how free will the pvp be? also is there friendly fire? can a mage just spam area spells over his own troops? is there some stealth system ingame? sneaking etc. also did i read correctly when i read if i kill someone i get to loot his corpse and take his stuff? *gee finally a game where death means something*

Completely free pvp. Kill , attack whoever you want wherever you want. There is friendly fire and healing (you can heal your enemies if your not careful). Yes a mage can and not a good idea. Stealth is *real* stealth. As in hide in shadows, wear light armor for less noise. Hide in grass etc. No disappearing spells or anything like that. They made mention of a disguise skill but no concrete info on it yet. Full loot game, also npc's that kill you can loot you also.

Q2. the game world. is it instanced? one thing i hated in guildwars was as soon as you left the city you were pretty much alone in the world. i can understand some dungeons or similar quests being instances but i would hate if the hole world was like that.

No instances at all. Only some dungeons might have a quick load (kind of like the chunks in Vanguard). The servers the devs said will hold 10,000 people and thats the number they are aiming for. So don't plan on being lonely.

Q3. when moving about in darkfall. is it like a linear way of travel. where you zone from one area to another or is it more open like where you can auctly walk around and explore as much as you wish. (oblivion)

Again no zoning. Complete open world, if you see it you can get to it somehow. There will be a climbing skill in the game. Althou wall climbing is out due to sieges. But mountains etc., if you can see it you should be able to somehow get to it. Go wherever you wish.

Q4. anyone got some info on the ammount of servers. i liked eve-o becuse everyone was one the same server. but also some other games have like 1-3 severs per timezone. eu usa asia etc. i hate it when theres like a zilion servers but none is playing in them. plz tell me darkfall will try to build a living populated world. not just try ro spawn as Manny servers as possible.

No info on the amount of servers, will depend on subs. Like i said they are aiming at 10,000 per server. They will have European server and N.American server to start. European first. Concrete info not available.


well im sure il have more Q. but wont bother you anymore. also if you have a problem with my English i must tell you its my third language so i would like to see you do better.


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Revoid has no fear becuse he drinks lots of beer!


I would suggest reading up the FAQ on the top of page. Tons of info there that will answer a ton of your questions.

[Aranin]

the answers are in the faq, but seeing as you made a well thought out and well written post i'll answer.

A1 - The pvp is free as in you can pvp anywhere at anytime, there may be consequinces for pvping in some towns tho (guards, alignment etc).
Friendly fire-
There is friendly fire, given that there are also no floating name tags this becomes very important.
stealth-
there is no 'stealth' as in i click a button and go invisible/transparent. There is stealth in the sense that you wear dark non-reflective clothing/armor and move quietly using shadows/environment to sneak up on people. stealth in this game takes alot of skill.
loot-
yes when you die you drop everything that you are carrying. All of what you were carrying is therefor lootable. full loot, full drop.

A2 - No instances at all.

A3 - The travel isnt linear. it is much like oblivion as stated where if you really want you can travel anywhere and explore the map isnt fenced in thus making your choice where to go pretty limitless within the map itself.
The map is also unzoned. the only zones are dungeons but they are NOT instanced.

A4 - At this stage servers are unconfirmed. the dev's stated a long time ago that they originally intended for there to be 1 server however dictating numbers they may require a 2nd. HOWEVER, what we have to speculate on is that there may be a US and EU server, due to release dates. we have no firm information tho, i doubt we will have to worry about underpopulation due to a multitude of servers.

[Aranin]

lol like 4 other answers popped up while typing

[shnedit]

Hail Revoid. Welcome to forumfall.

[Suitepee]

Sweet. well the game looks awesome so far. im sorry for asking questions i know its a big no no:ohno: for new people on the forums. but i just had to know the answers :p . wont post any more Questions tho gonna read up on the rest. once again i must say it looks awesome. the graphics look alot better as well then what i remember.

This is the right forum to ask newbie questions though,since it's more heavily moderated than the one below it. (Advanced)
Ask away BEFORE then going onto the main course of Forumfall.

[Aranin]

Sweet. well the game looks awesome so far. im sorry for asking questions i know its a big no no:ohno: for new people on the forums. but i just had to know the answers :p . wont post any more Questions tho gonna read up on the rest. once again i must say it looks awesome. the graphics look alot better as well then what i remember.

its fine to ask questions just make sure you read the Faq/other topics on the first few pages first to try and find your answers.
but in order to keep the trolls at bay mention that you've done the reading at the start of your post :)

[Revoid]

thank you all for your welcome. seams like a nice community
.
just looked over the races. and i must say so difficult to pick one..
Alfar look awesome. my "normal" choice i think.
(who hasn't read about Drizzt Do'Urden :ninja: )

but the Mahirim is just as appealing. the barbarian going full back to the wild side:p

well well back to the reading of important posts :)

[shnedit]

seems like a nice community



Get over that fantasy.

[Largion]

Hail Revoid. Welcome to forumfall.

What is this?!
shnedit is sort of nice to a newcomer! Get him...

[Suitepee]

thank you all for your welcome. seams like a nice community
.
just looked over the races. and i must say so difficult to pick one..
Alfar look awesome. my "normal" choice i think.
(who hasn't read about Drizzt Do'Urden :ninja: )

but the Mahirim is just as appealing. the barbarian going full back to the wild side:p

well well back to the reading of important posts :)

The Mahirim are the superior race of Darkfall. The Alfar are just pansy dark elves under the mind control of a foolish god. Join the Mahirim and be awesome! :D

[Morthor]

The Mahirim are the superior race of Darkfall. The Alfar are just pansy dark elves under the mind control of a foolish god. Join the Mahirim and be awesome! :D

Don't listen to this guy. He's been brainwashed, poor Suitepee.. :(

Remember: Dwarf is the race for real men ;)

[Suitepee]

Don't listen to this guy. He's been brainwashed, poor Suitepee.. :(

Remember: Dwarf is the race for real men ;)

Ah shut up you wee drunkard. The drunken promises of a drunken rabble of stout dwarves. Do you really want to be seen as that,or as a superior Mahirim? :D

(P.S. Only the Alfar can be considered 'brainwashed')

[Kusghuul]

seams like a nice community


Lulz

[Dragula]

Hello Revoid.

A2: It's the same world. So far we know there are instances but none are "individual", meaning if you go in to an instance with a few friends, anyone can still enter that instance with you, at any time. So it's _not_ like in WoW.


This is not quite right. There are no instances in Darkfall. By definition, entering an instance spawns a new copy of that particular area of the game which no one else can enter. Darkfalls world is seemless with the minor exception of dungeons, which are "zoned", which simply means that part of the map has to load upon entering. Entering will not spawn a new copy of the dungeon, and more people can enter at any time. So, you are basically correct, except for your use of the word instance.

[Revoid]

no humans or orks around?
wonder what race will be the most popular one.. my guess... humans..
after reading thru alot of stuff now iv decided. im definitively going to play this game!

now time to start thinking about finding a good guild.... and figure out what race to play. oh hope most guilds are race specific or it would suck bigtime...