Category Archives: Darkfall Online

What is Realm Pride?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by SynCaine

In the land of MMO PvP setups, we know for sure that one style, freeform PvP, works. We also know that another style, pre-set PvP, has worked, but has also has a history of failure. The one major example of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aion, Asheron's Call, Combat Systems, Dark Age of Camelot, Darkfall Online, EVE Online, MMO design, PvP, RvR, Ultima Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 28 Comments

New Player Guide vidoes for DarkFall

Posted on January 7, 2010 by SynCaine

You might have noticed the two youtube video links just below the DarkFall Community Publisher image that were added yesterday. The series does a great job of showing any new player how best to spend their first 8 hours or … Continue reading →

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Noobs all over Agon!

Posted on January 6, 2010 by SynCaine

While it’s been some months since I’ve felt like a noob in DarkFall, a few sources are just getting their feet wet in the game. I’ve written here on numerous occasions that DF is growing, and the only way you … Continue reading →

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PvP happened

Posted on January 6, 2010 by SynCaine

PvP happens daily in DarkFall, as after all it’s the basis for the game and the primary reason most are playing. Every once in a while though things come together and some really, really good PvP happens, and that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, PvP | 3 Comments

New mouse, Torchlight, DarkFall

Posted on January 5, 2010 by SynCaine

A little collection of random bits incoming. A bought a Razer Imperator mouse recently, due to my old MX518 crapping out, and I must say I’m very impressed. Much like my G15 replacing my old ‘standard’ keyboard, I never thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Diablo 3, Mythos, Random, Site update | 8 Comments

World of Warcraft is this decades Final Fantasy 7

Posted on January 4, 2010 by SynCaine

By now I’m sure many of you have read/seen the Gamasutra top 12 games of the decade piece, which has World of Warcraft at #1. The whole piece is a nice look back at many of the big games in … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, Fallen Earth, Random, World of Warcraft | 7 Comments

2010 Predictions

Posted on December 31, 2009 by SynCaine

While I’d love to do an overarching 2010 predictions post, covering all things MMO, the fact that I’m basically playing one game right now and not really following anything else makes that somewhat difficult. I mean sure, I could make … Continue reading →

Posted in Darkfall Online, PvP, Random, Site update, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 21 Comments

2009 predictions: BINGO! (not exactly)

Posted on December 30, 2009 by SynCaine

Can you believe I had trouble finding my 2009 predictions post. I know, how hard is it to find a post titled “2009 Predictions” on my own blog, but um, it took a lot longer than I care to admit. … Continue reading →

Posted in Age of Conan, Aion, Darkfall Online, DDO, EQ2, EVE Online, Fallen Earth, FreeRealms, Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft | 6 Comments

Double siege night in DarkFall

Posted on December 30, 2009 by SynCaine

The NA server had its busiest night to date yesterday, with VAMP/NEM (and basically the whole server) being involved in two city sieges. The first (Kvet) was our siege, the second (Mam) we were hired to help take. We failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, crafting, Darkfall Online, Housing, MMO design, Patch Notes, PvP | 10 Comments

Another epic naval battle (video)

Posted on December 29, 2009 by SynCaine

Why did this have to happen on Monday, the night I don’t play. Damnit. Video really picks up at around the 4 minute mark. The on-deck ship fighting was amazing, ValRoth is a beast. Hopefully in an upcoming Sea Fortress … Continue reading →

Posted in Combat Systems, Darkfall Online, PvP | 6 Comments