Everything looks kind of shiny and fake.

I have to wonder what sort of hulked out computer is required to handle that sort of detail under stressed conditions, such as high numbers of PCs and NPCs on screen at once.

SO that would be? All the new mmo's look shiny lol

AOC will probably have the best graphics off all, and the recommended specs for that are 2gb, dualcore 2.4gig and an nvidia 8800 so all the others will probably not be higher, but comparable or a little lower even.

current screenshots are being taken with a geforce 6600

but look at : http://www.darkfallonline.com/gallery/visuals/21_G?full=1
Thats not low ress
And asheronss call doesnt come close to that

Sure it does considering the screenshots that were posted of it look way better than that.

On a side not though:

Ships and Naval Warfare:

Ship movement is affected by prevailing weather conditions (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

Sophisticated fleet engagements with dozens of ships on each side, attacks on land from the sea, and combined land-sea operations are all possible in Darkfall (AR 2, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

There will be Sea Monsters in Darkfall (AR 7, SR 8) Source: http://df.warcry.com/forums/read/270.43023

A cannonball shot off a ship can not only damage but physically disorient an entire party by blowing them away (AR 6, SR 7) Source: http://www.womengamers.com/interviews/darkfall.php

We were on a smaller eight-gun ship, but they said the largest is huge with 50-guns (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

You can shoot from each cannon (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

The cannon can be destroyed, the ship can be sunk, you can board the ship and kill, or you can just make your way to the captain who steers it and turn the guns away from your ship (AR 5, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

You can bombard buildings or even people on the shore from the ship (AR 7, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

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My god, Darkfall's minor feature will kill Pirates of the Burning Sea, a game that focus mainly on naval battle.
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World:

4 massive continents and hundreds of small islands (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/437/437103p1.html

5 Continents and countless of small Islands (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

1 Main Continent and 4 Sub Continents (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/world_...ontinents.html

Weather plays a significant Role in Darkfall (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

There will be dawns and sunsets (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

There will be rain, snow, wind, thunder and lightning (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

the current total night/day cycle is about four hours long (AR 9, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

The world is huge, possibly the largest single online game world ever create (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

You can make your secret base on one of the hundrets of islands out there (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

They are hoping to allow for up to 10.000 Players on each server (AR 7, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Darkfall doesnt have zones. Only when you enter a dungeon or a structure there will be a loading screen (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

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Holy shit, Darkfall has the best world of any MMORPG ever created.
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Crafting:

The ultimate PVE achievement is to kill one of the 6 demigods (these are the ultimate raid goals in the retail, and come with supreme loot) (AR 6, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/672/672736p1.html

The best items will be crafted by people, and items can wear out or be looted (AR 7, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

All items in the world can be made by players (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/create.html

Items can be invented bay the players, with the Item creator system (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/create.html

Players can create weapons, tools, jewelry, armor, clothing, containers, furniture, wands, potions, food (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/items.html

Farms will be in the game: "we had said that farms and farming were out, but we've managed to get them in the game" (AR 9, SR 8) Source: http://df.warcry.com/forums/read/270.40057

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Unreal, they have the best crafting system, you can craft anything, even the best items
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Players can fight over and own entire towns (AR 10, SR 10) Source: n/a, its a well known fact

Players will be able to set up houses of various sizes and design, ranging from small cottages to huge castles and citadels (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Players can design their own houses (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

Clanstones are placed in interestingly designed strategic areas near which clans can chose to build their cities (AR 1, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/713/713375p1.html

There are clan cities, and clan villages. They are villages close to resources, or with a strategic position, which can be owned by the clans and operate like mini clan cities (AR 4, SR 8) Source: http://df.warcry.com/forums/read/270.48609

You won't be able to build cities anywhere but just at key locations, which means more conflict for the limited number of city spots (AR 9, SR 8) Source: http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=43219

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Darkfall is both a Age of Conan and Warhammer RvR Killer with these amazing features.
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six playable races, Dwarves, Alfar, Humans, Mahirim, Mirdain, Orks (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

Open ability system, more than 1000 skills and spells (AR 3, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/437/437103p1.html

They are hoping to get at least 500 skills and 500 spells in the retail (AR 5, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/skills.html

Characters could theoretically learn any skill they want, but a variety of skills/spells is race specific or can only be learnt by prestige classes (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/skills.html

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Ultima Online had about a hundred skills and spells. Darkfall has at least 10 times that many.
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six playable races, Dwarves, Alfar, Humans, Mahirim, Mirdain, Orks (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/explore.html

Some Prestige Classes: Paladin, Assassin, Gladiator and Enchanter (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/faq/world.html

There will be around 100 Prestige Classes Total (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/freedom.html

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Darkfall has 6 races, and 100 classes. THATS RIGHT THEY HAVE 100 CLASSES!
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Combat:

Real-Time Combat, with manually aiming and firing/fighting (AR 10, SR 10) Source: n/a, its a well known fact

Fighting from your horse or from ships, with your crew being able to man the cannons (AR 10, SR 10) Source: http://www.darkfallonline.com/features/fight.html

You don't have to be an extreme twitch FPS type to be successful, although it will give you an edge, of course (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/671/671666p2.html

Friendly fire is always enabled in Darkfall (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

There's no target selection in Darkfall; all attacks are aimed (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

Characters in Darkfall collide with, rather than passing through each other (AR 8, SR 8) Source: http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/736/736911p1.html

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Darfall is a new type of Free aiming FPS+MMORPG hybrid and is completely server lag free and can host 10,000 people online at one..
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Know what the sad part is? People actually believe all of this posted above lol

andmiller 5/16/08 9:25:01 AM
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Anyone who has followed any MMO development knows that the "FAQ", is usually a wish list where half the crap gets cut from on release. This even went for the "good" MMOs that were released.

In this case, it is not so much a wish list, as a complete pile of nonsense to feed to investors and idiot fanbois. This game will go down in history as the biggest piece of vaporware ever "marketed".

And trust me, I followed it's development closely......for the first few years. This game is BS. I just find it amazing that people are so die-hard about something that will so obviously never see the light of day. A psych analysis should be done on its fanbois for research into personalities of people who are in bizarre cults. The DF fanbois devotion with nothing to base it on borders on manic.

sad thing is teedle you wrong ^.^ (thats other mmorpgs not this one) Why do you think they tooken this long in dev so they dont have to cut half of it out only things that bene cut really is the prestige classes until after release

jesus christ, will teedle, in his infinite research capacity, EVER say anything NEW?!

It is now obvious to me, Teedle is not posting to talk to ANY of us, he is talking to casual browsers, and the people just hearing about the game.

He is the voice of doubt, and his only purpose is to scare away newcomers. Penguin? if I write a 3 page essay about this, and submit it, can we make it a POLL for banning his IP?

manaburn:
jesus christ, will teedle, in his infinite research capacity, EVER say anything NEW?!

It is now obvious to me, Teedle is not posting to talk to ANY of us, he is talking to casual browsers, and the people just hearing about the game.

He is the voice of doubt, and his only purpose is to scare away newcomers. Penguin? if I write a 3 page essay about this, and submit it, can we make it a POLL for banning his IP?

Yeh lol that struck me too, he's only in it for the casual readers that dont know anything of the game yet and therefor might take the rubbish he posts for granted without looking it up themselfs!

Anyway , you have my vote.
But warcry taking action? I doubt it

manaburn:
Penguin? if I write a 3 page essay about this, and submit it, can we make it a POLL for banning his IP?

No, because he is technically not doing anything wrong. If he becomes disrespectful to individual members, begins dropping f-bombs throughout his posts, or initiates personal attacks, then yes. Until then, you can either: a) not read his posts that consist of "Darkfall is vaporware and it sucks and stuff" or b) continue replying in the same "Darkfall does too exist, you're wrong Teedle!" fashion.

I would however enjoy reading your essay on why he should be banned.

Seriously though...this thread was four days old, on the verge of falling from the top page....but you just had to revive it. Thanks :/

Haha, 4 days old, see, for me, I don't view the forum that way, I have the DF page in my favorites, and ONLY see the DF stuff haha :P

Oh, and teedle, AT LEAST GIVE CREDIT TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER ON ALL THAT INFORMATION.
for crying out loud, that is a stickied post you moron.

Most WarCry mods hate this game as much if not more than Teedle and Timberwolve.

i think teedle is a whore and should just shut up about something he knows nothing about.

bump lawl :P

no news is not good news, cmon warcry, how about some reporting, I dont CARE if they lost their warcry contact, YOU are the reporters...

I am playing the DF beta and it is awesome. I am sorry for ever doubting it's existence, the work and time really show, and the game looks so much better than the pics and videos.

I am really glad the time machine was included in the box so I could travel back 50 years and let you all know how good it is. Oh and don't get too scared when the Nazis riding dinosaurs burst out from the center of the Earth in 2025 the earth survives and DF continues development.

See you in 2058 when you all catch up!

see, now THAT is good trolling. Of all the things teedle said, I never even got to laugh at anyone but HIM. Bloody, stick around, you make trolling fun!