Category Archives: Darkfall Online

Clearly the work of the devil

Posted on January 18, 2011 by SynCaine

It’s Darkfall’s 666th day live today, there is a full moon tonight, and the Darkfall twitter feed has 666 followers. -hat-tip Tasos for the info.

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Last day of Hardcore Casual

Posted on January 3, 2011 by SynCaine

Dear Reader, This is no longer an MMO blog, it’s now just a blog about Mount and Blade: Warband. I hope you understand, but lets face it, you are likely too busy playing M&B:W to read blogs. If I were … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, Mount and Blade: Warband, Random, Site update | 21 Comments

MMO PvP: Never fair and balanced

Posted on December 29, 2010 by SynCaine

Comment that caught my attention over at Massively, from Jef’s excellent Soapbox piece about RP and FFA PvP: “It isn’t PVP because it is never fair and balanced.” A lot of layers to that one line. For starters, what defines … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Mass Media, MMO design, PvP | 19 Comments

Darkfall pro-tip: Don’t panic noob

Posted on December 28, 2010 by SynCaine

I was farming elfwraiths with one member of Flying V recently on Yssam, trying to build up our supply of portal shards. I was heavy-armor geared, he was light, and I had brought a transmuted two-handed firesword for kicks (its … Continue reading →

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Rift talky talk

Posted on December 22, 2010 by SynCaine

The Rift NDA is down, Syp has a nice write-up. As expected, the rift system is WAR’s PQ system but more. I think the make or break for Rift will be just how big that ‘more’ really is. Opinions about … Continue reading →

Posted in beta, Darkfall Online, MMO design, PvP, Rift, Warhammer Online | 7 Comments

Darkfall: The Movie

Posted on December 21, 2010 by SynCaine

37 minutes of pure Darkfall PvP goodness. Screw L00se is the one calling the shots, and I love that vent is included in the video. It really shows off the coordination needed for top-end Darkfall PvP. Hats off to Zealots … Continue reading →

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Darkfall: Weekend update

Posted on December 20, 2010 by SynCaine

I played a lot of Darkfall this weekend, mostly due to League of Legends interest having mostly dropped to only playing with Aria. Inq seems to be semi-inactive over it as well. While nothing of amazing interest happened in Darkfall,  … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, crafting, Darkfall Online, Inquisition Clan, League of Legends, PvP, Site update | 12 Comments

Looking back at 2010

Posted on December 17, 2010 by SynCaine

Prompted by Lum doing it, lets review my 2010 predictions and see how I do. I’m not sure when I’m going to do my 2011 predictions, but my guess is sometime next week. I’ve not really thought about 2011, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, Fallen Earth, League of Legends, Random, Site update, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

Darkfall’s solution to Chinese gold farmers

Posted on December 16, 2010 by SynCaine

Covert Ops indeed. Edit: Should include this video as well; a good demonstration of small-group tactics against a much larger force.

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Patch giveth, and patch… not giveth as much?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by SynCaine

The bad news is that today’s Darkfall patch did not deliver the items I was hoping it would, and instead ended up just tweaking a few things for balance purposes along with adding in the holiday update. Still nice, and … Continue reading →

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