AV have succumbed to whiners, done a Blizz on us and dumbed the game down, made the combat slower.

I was going to write a post comparing DF to NeoCron, as i felt there were many similarities even if their themes were drastically different. DF had within it MMOFPSRPG elements, any comparisons with the daddy of that subgenre could not be avoided.

NC also felt the effect of drastically changing PVP with the 2.2 update, where it lost a substantial amount of its player base by making two types of chara…  More

Original Blog Post: http://conqueragon.gameriot.com/blogs/Vale-of-Evelath/Darkfall-Living-or-Dieing

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Being that time of year again, I like many others have been busy with Exams and taking a break from the all nighters in Agon. My DF time has suffered for this, but I have not quit, yet.

For me I see the fabled few who have GB2WoW because they can't handle the game, either in its current form or in the abstract, being a minority in those …  More

It's a bit interesting that this question is being asked.  Is DFO living or dieing at the moment?  Did Aventurine really get the ability to improve their servers in a profound manner, allowing a lot more players to log on at once?  OR, is the player-base diminishing in a manner that allows AV to do a small upgrade and then announce it as one that is far greater?

Our typical bloggers haven't written anything in quite some time.  The following is in no way an attack; just an observation:

Velleity:  …  More

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I've been hearing a variety of things about Darkfall.  Apparently, maxing your stats, which the developers rather expected to be a passive thing that you just 'let happen' as you played the game has - to no one else's surprise - become a requirement if you want to crush the carebear scrubs beneath your feet and hear the lamentations of their women and so forth.  And of course, if a quick fix exploit is found, it shall be used with great abandon.  And so I present what I would describe as a deeply visually disturbing 'pile' of - mostly male - players using what I'm told is/was the Earthquake route to 100 Rigour.…  More

Tasos has released notes for today's patch, delayed by a week for extra work:

Full non-bastardised list of changes:

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?p=3386715#post3386715

Synopsis:

While it is currently patching at the pace of a snail, it seems yet again that AV is listening to their customers. This patch brings in new quest content and hopefully fixed the insidiously mountainous grind into something more achievable.
Club/Dagger/Axes and their two handed counterparts have been given ex…  More

That is what I do.  98% of my time online is spent soloing content, things truly have gotten pretty bad in terms of the rampant gankers.  I've stuck close to the Mahirim towns, I've gone out into the wilderness, I've ensured that my STA stays as high as possible, I have no answer for people w/ mounts + plate.  I can't step more than 5 minutes outside town (I'm talking about the Mahirim starting zone) to gather herbs or fight goblins without getting raped by players in full plate and mounts.  I can have full stats (HP, MP, STA) and still get destroyed by one other player on a mount, there is no reason to risk going out with decent gear since you'll likely get destroyed and lose it all anyway.…  More

Now that Aventurine finally realized it's problems with my account; I was able to log in today to some "fun".  My small-time guild had disbanded, and thus I was bound to another clan's stone.  After disembarking from that exciting area, I decided to 'naked rush' a soloer that I found in another clan's town.  This is where I find issues with gameplay.  In terms of 1v1ing, when it comes to players running up stairs, dodging around areas, the smallest lag spike can throw you off and allow the other player to attain the upper hand.  If I am attemping to kill a European player, he/she automatically has the advantage due to the Ping issue.  Other than that it seems like the game has received some significant updates since my last login a few weeks ago.…  More

Had I made this report two weeks ago it would have had very little to comment on, however since that time the world of Agon has undergone massive change, hopefully for the better. Thank god for procrastination.

The following report has been shaded by my understanding of events and will review politics from a pragmatic perspective rather than that of someone who has all the answers:

First, some statistics:

A list of Alliances, the clans that belong to them, and the size of their rosters.

If you are …  More

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If you play Darkfall you will probably have heard of the recent Eurogamer vs. Tasos scandal that has swept the community. Even if you don't play Darkfall the news is quickly making its way around the online gaming circuit. As someone who avidly plays and the game and has modest experience writing game reviews I feel I'm in a somewhat unique position to respond to the situation. So here goes:

First, there are couple obvious points of contention. The review contains multiple factual errors that a…  More