I played a decent amount of Darkfall over the weekend, thought not as much as I had originally planned (damn you all-access League of Legends weekend!). I got myself situated with what’s been going on with Blood and our close friends Heroes Fate, who own a hamlet in Alfar lands and a city on Cairn. I also jumped into some PvP against some of the servers best (guess how that went?), and got a taste of some of the new PvE changes. All in all, good times, just needed more time for them.
The location of the hamlet is… interesting, as it sits right between Zealots main city of Mar Shral and Kolesh, which is owned by now-rival Covert Operations. Both clans feature some of the servers best PvP’ers, and both are known for their highly coordinated, small-group fighting styles. Needless to say, my first night back did not go very well against CO when we did a little raid on their city. Their counter-attack on the hamlet also left me on the ground bleeding in short order. But hey, that’s what you make junk PvP gear bags for, right?
The PvE trip on Cairn went well, as it seems we have a nice little farming route consisting of some Cairn Giants, a Theyril Golem, and an Erodach. With our group of 5 or 6, we only really had a bit of trouble with the Theyril Golem, and ultimately everyone walked away with a good bit of loot. I’ll have to see what I can do solo around the city, along with smaller-group stuff. I’m also very interested in checking out some of the nearby dungeons, both near Cairn and around the Alfar hamlet. Forums report that the dungeon in the Alfar lands got quite a makeover.
Definitely good to be back though, and nice to see many of the same people I played with/against either still around or also coming back. Now to dust off that PvP rust and actually start contributing…
Chuck-o-the-day: MacGyver used a paper clip, balloon, and pencil to make a building explode. Chuck Norris used his feet.
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Hardcore Casual 
sigh…think i’m going to have to give this game a shot again. We’ll see how far i can get with my 2 free hours a week to play ;)
Question: anyone know if a previous subscriber is allowed to do the 2-week free trial? (I subbed when that wasn’t available)
No the trials are ‘new’ accounts, so it won’t let you play your old character. That would be more of a ‘welcome back’ type of deal, which DF has yet to do.