All Posts by Oriphus

"The Darkfall guys have allowed me to write a preview of their game! Consider it like an advent calendar surprise... "

An advent calendar suprise, interesting...wonder what the final door will open.

Im not sure what the point is of attempting to have discusion with people who maintain a skeptical outlook at this game, no matter what argument is rebutted it just seems to continue, what i think these labeled 'trolls' should really state in their post is......not convinced until i play it....and thats it, why people bother posting more than that is a mystery to me, seems like a waste of energy.

Surely forums should be used to talk about upsides and downsides to features they are told are in the game and be taken at face value, then progress much along the same lines after release...whenever that is (quite frankly does not matter if its today or 2025.....I don't see how it really affects anyone except the company and people involved with the company)

Don't like what you see here...move along to a game you do like.....

I am one of the most skeptical/realistic people i know...but i don't see the point of spewing vile on a forum board forever and a day.....if you have an interest in the game then why can't people focus on the good and positive of what they here and hope for the best.

Originally posted by toddze

Originally posted by imbant

Originally posted by toddze

Yup all MMO's are grinds in 1 shape or form. The DF community about crucified me when I told them they will be grinding skill ups.which they wont notice their grinding skill ups until the luster of DF wears off. The difference is when your enjoying it, you dont notice your grinding. So Find a grind you like and go for it.

 

Im sorry we hurt your feelings =(

However the part i highlighted is basically the flaw in your logic that many of us probably disagree with.

"Grinding" has a negative meaning when it comes to MMOs.  It implies something repetitive that you do and dont really enjoy but is the only way to get to a goal you want.  So you mention that if you are enjoying the process that it takes to level up, or skill up, then you arent grinding...you are playing the game. 

If you dont feel like you are grinding....then you arent!  Its that simple.

It is one of those terms that has lost its meaning on forums because people attach it to games to bash them and forget what it actually means.  Kind of like how people think the term vaporware now actually can be applied to any game that is not released.  (over/under on how many posts it takes until someone completely ignores the main point of this post and talks about how DF is still vaporware)

edit: in case it is a little hard to follow my train of thought...im basically agreeing with you but pointing out that it isnt grinding at all if you enjoy the process. 

 

Well ty but my feelings were not hurt. I just dont understand why that community in general is so naive to think that DF is grind immune to eveyone. I fully understand that there is alot of hopes in DF but I was just pointing out that there will be some who correlate grinding skills to grinding levels. However your getting skill levels so essentially your leveling up each skill, instead of leavling up all skills with a character level. kind of like ffxi, with character level and skill level but DF doesnt have character level. But anyways i am getting off topic, back on topic. Ya if you enjoy it its not considered a grind, But what I enjoy, theres a chance that the next guy hates it.

(sorry thread hyjack)

See, now I don't think that grinding is all that bad, some people even enjoy grinding..that is completing a repetetive process over and over and over until your brain melts. The problem with grinding in my mind is when you are forced to perform this process to actually progress at all within the enviroment, and pretty much only this action...over and over..that is where grinding is a bad thing and unfortunaltely where most mmo's seem to be.

Now from what i understand in Darkfall, you will be leveling skills by just doing them, then when you dont use them your skill will decrease...Now being that someone with less skill in hitting people can still kill someone with full skill tells me two things.....

1. It is not mandatory to grind a skill in order to use skills and be affective.

2. Your skills will level by doing the things you wan't to do without you having to worry about them. There is no grinding.

Now...some people will want to try and max out most of there skills, this is a choice, it will not give them huge advantages. There skills will drop when not in use, you can not keep all skills up all the time, that would be stupid to try, although i am sure some people will try. So in short, skill level will be a reflection of the things you enjoy doing the most and will get a benefit for being your main focus but will not be the defining boundaries for your charecter within the game.

With this infomation i consider Darkfall not to be a grinder. Now you can try and argue around the definitions of the word but i don't think it holds water with the meaning of the word within the gaming community.

Please note I shall not be concerned for comments containg rebutalls that Darkfall is not out and non of the above is confirmed to be the mechanics for DF. Given that no one can verify it we can only go with information provided to us through the company producing the game until a time comes that the gaming community can verify it for them selves.

I think title and stars is related to how much spam you make per day...the more spamming the more 'advanced' you are as a member, funny really.

And i hear by state that Darkfall WILL release before the end of the year. If I am wrong...who cares, If I am right, so what.....

I also state that Darkfall has no chance of release before end of year....oh no :S, If I am wrong......who cares, If I am right...blah blah blah.

Change the record guys

Originally posted by Ixnatifual

I demand to see two-handed daggers.

You mean like garden shears?

Or perhaps you mean a handle at the top, a sharp edged bit of metal in the middle and then another handle on the bottom, although you couldnt stab with thoses so not sure that could fall into the dagger catagory, maybe a plain or a potato peeler or something.

Or do you mean a dagger with two hands on one handle?

Originally posted by nileq

Originally posted by Kordesh

 Joke post or not, it demonstrates perfectly the cult of darkfall. Clinging to a game that will never take off in a vain attempt to seem "hardcore" for some unknown and mysterious reason

 

riiiiiiiight.. what ever makes your bacon.

you seem to like bacon.

Anyway. Perma death lol, what a joke, what is 'hardcore' about it. Infact I am struggling to see how you can actually reach 'Hardcore' on a computer game unless we are talking TRON somehow manifesting itself into a real life situation...grow up please.

What would be so great about dying every two seconds to a bunch of kids zerging because they think its hilarious that you are deleted permanently, from which you have to go through the process of creaton of character, establishing links again with friends...who are also now dead...and guild integration....its a stupid thought and only one that a childs imagination could consider a great idea for an MMO....yeah, real hardcore man.....wack....or whatever the appropriate youth lingo is today to fit that sacrcastic end.

EDIT: besides, all the major decisions for this game have been made already.......what is the point of this thread.

What is Obblvion?

You could just not get so worked up about the whole thing lol, if it comes out great, if it does not..so what, if it comes out and sucks..who cares..there are other things you can do with your time!

logged in yesterday to find this one, was funny as hell in scenario, both sides could only use auto attacks, it was comical...and sad. I have no desire to log back on just yet >.<

Originally posted by Waterlily

This needs to change though. The backpacks are a mess.

 

You do know there are no item slots in backpacks...right?.....right???

I ran into same problem on my WH yesterday..so may be it is same situation for you.

Turns out that the passive abbility tactic buff i get for searing blades or whatever its called, although i have it in my mastery skills all bought up, i don't have the core skill yet for it to be of any use (or accsessible) infact, i am level 17 and will not get to use the abbility untily lvl 25...which seems a bit f'ed up tbh considering it is the first thing on the mastery skills ladder..oh well.

I pressume when i reach lvl 25 and get the core skill trained i will be able to access the tactic aswell.

hope this may shed some light on it for you.

EDIT: oh, i see the poster above stated same thing kind of..damn, now i wish i read his whole post before looking stupid :(

Does Random_mage = magstax ??

or does he have the most chronic case of tunnel vision ever seen?

Originally posted by Magstax

Originally posted by KhaelSan

lmao, nice photoshop work

 

allright I'm done... If you don't believe me, fine but all I have told you is seriously the truth! About targeting, all i meant was that you "choose you target" not locking on to it, in the words real sense...

 

Hope some of you got anything out of my information, and to you people who don't believe me - just wait and see till launch (if there ever will be one)

Lol, was good for passing a bit of time at work anyway thx :)

/knocks Magstax out of the park for 6

NEXT

Originally posted by Proson

Magstax, why dont u just open the client and take a SS? that will prove u are in beta, u dont need to wait for "another" session as u say..

 

Open the game and take a SS of login screen or whatever.

The challenge is offerd

Originally posted by Magstax

Originally posted by Oriphus

Originally posted by Magstax

Originally posted by Oriphus

I don't get it? you have already broken NDA, so why hold back, describe everything to us!

your answers are like your last reply to questions...very limited.

Looking forward to screen shots

 

As I said, there isn't much to explain, we are ONLY trying the basics of the game, there really aren't much to tell... Ask me a question and ill do my best...

 

What abilities have you at your disposal in combat

how do you go about combat..describe the process from first sighting and all actions to kill!

are there numerous hit boxes.

what is AI like....elaborate, are they fighting back at all?

 

Yes they are certainly fighting back... We have only been able to fight with meele weapons so far... The combat isn't as revolutionary as the devs claim, its very straight forward, you lock on to a target, and attack. It's actually very much like the DnD online fighting system...

Just one button for attacks O.o

Originally posted by Magstax

Originally posted by Oriphus

I don't get it? you have already broken NDA, so why hold back, describe everything to us!

your answers are like your last reply to questions...very limited.

Looking forward to screen shots

 

As I said, there isn't much to explain, we are ONLY trying the basics of the game, there really aren't much to tell... Ask me a question and ill do my best...

What abilities have you at your disposal in combat

how do you go about combat..describe the process from first sighting and all actions to kill!

are there numerous hit boxes.

what is AI like....elaborate, are they fighting back at all?

if you don't understand the question then how could you pressume its relevance :S

I don't get it? you have already broken NDA, so why hold back, describe everything to us!

your answers are like your last reply to questions...very limited.

Looking forward to screen shots

at lvl 17 i am still curious what pve is like....maybe i will never know

ooh, i have a question...have you been able to use different charecters? if so what is favorite so far?