Category Archives: Old Timers Guild

DF:UW – A fishy patch day

Posted on June 19, 2013 by SynCaine

New DF:UW patch has been released today, which is always nice. One of the additions that I find interesting is the new fishing boat, mostly because it seems to cater to the exact behavior OTG has been doing since launch; … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – Two more videos of the triple siege night

Posted on June 13, 2013 by SynCaine

Rather than an extensive battle report, I’m just going to post the key details and let the videos fill in the blanks (aka: lazy blogging). Here is one from our initial enemies and then mercenaries point of view, and here … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – Win some, lose some, win some more

Posted on June 11, 2013 by SynCaine

The last patch that AV put out seems to have fixed all crashing problems during a large battle, which is pretty damn awesome. My ping only spiked to 400ish once the entire night (3hrs or so?), and my FPS never … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – Dungeon content in a virtual world

Posted on June 3, 2013 by SynCaine

Last Friday the latest patch for DF:UW was released, and it included the first dungeon added to the game. Sunday night OTG and allies put together a group of eight to go check it out. Entering the dungeon works like … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – In the halls of old Aradoth

Posted on May 28, 2013 by SynCaine

Darkfall: Unholy Wars takes place (I believe) 200 years after the events of Darkfall. Aventurine hasn’t done a lot with the lore, but in-game some areas reflect this more than others. The location of today’s story, the city of Aradoth, … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – Sieging Alden Enak

Posted on May 16, 2013 by SynCaine

Last night OTG had a siege against The Empire for their hamlet of Alden Enak (AE), located just south of our city of Kvit. The nice thing about this siege was that the numbers, gear, and player skill were about … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – The value of owning a city

Posted on May 13, 2013 by SynCaine

A popular topic on ForumFall of late has been the value of player cities and hamlets, with some believe they are not worth owning, or that the cost to build them up is too great and needs to be reduced. … Continue reading →

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DF:UW – Across the world and back to base

Posted on May 8, 2013 by SynCaine

Last week OTG had a planned event to take down the red dragon on Cairn. We had a nice turnout (I believe we had 40ish), and after about 30 minutes we took the beast down. The fight itself is fairly … Continue reading →

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Darkfall: Unholy Wars – Peaks on top of peaks on top of peaks

Posted on April 29, 2013 by SynCaine

Readers here know that I like MMOs (hence, you know, this here MMO blog). And unless this is the first post you are reading here (hi), you know I prefer my MMOs to be more sandbox/virtual world than themepark, and … Continue reading →

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