Darkfall First Impressions

[Tbone]

Once you load the arrow, you won't get it back.

So I've turned down my graphics a little and it has greatly improved my performance. Combat is now much easier that it is flowing smoothly, including archery. That makes me happy! Game keeps getting better and better!

The clan system is freakin awesome. It is HTML based, but it comes with a ranking system, ally and enemy clan system, KOS list, clan description, clan motto, clan emblem, public forum, private forum, officer forum, player achievements list, news feed, clan vault deposits and withdrawls...and those are just the things I can think of off the top of my head. All your statistics will be on there...it's very nice!

I leave you with this goody. We were wandering around seeing if we could stumble unto a clan bindstone. http://liquiware.net/tbone/yummy.jpg

[likwidtek]

One question about archery. Is this like in Oblivion where the arrows that missed will be stuck in the ground or a nearby tree for you to pickup, and the ones that do hit become items on the enemy's body, or do the ones that miss dissapear?

That would be nice but nope

[likwidtek]

I leave you with this goody. We were wandering around seeing if we could stumble unto a clan bindstone. http://liquiware.net/tbone/yummy.jpg

Sexy!  I took these when walking around with Lith the other day:

[Fuse]

where do screens get saved to?

[likwidtek]

your clipboard.

[Fuse]

so you just prntscreen them? =/

[Phienyx]

What is the clothing/armor like?  I'm guessing clothing and armor is crafted by players.  Any idea on how customizable are the colors?

I ask because I'm wondering if we'll still have a uniform of FA whites.

[Tbone]

So far we've just been wearing newbie gear looted off goblins. Crafting skills cost a good bit of money and the server has been down a lot, so we've just now made enough to start the guild. Things like crafting we have not had the resources or the time to even touch.

[Phienyx]

Are you in touch with any other players who may have some information on this?  Perhaps information from the beta forums?

[Tbone]

So the server came up for like an hour, so I went out to kill more goblins. Night fell and I decided to use my bow and arrow (I had collected about 30 arrows by this point). I definitely felt like a stealth character. Using "c" to crouch, I could sneak up behind a goblin and put an arrow in his back before he saw me. I've gotten good enough at the bow to take him out completely via bow and am even learning to dodge some of the arrows being returned at me. It reminds me an awful lot of Oblivion.

There's a new skill called Crouch Run that enables you to travel faster while crouched as you level it up. It will definitely give stealth an edge, because crouching works for more than just not making as much noise around NPCs. It makes it hard for players to hear and see you as well. There's a lot of high grass in the world and it is very easy to blend in. There's no way to target someone unless your small cursor is directly on them. I happened to be resting and noticed how well hidden I was, so I figured I would screenie it for you guys. I'll try to get a screenshot of me sneaking through the grass at night if I can.

http://liquiware.net/tbone/dfscreens/resting.jpg

[Subb]

Do you get an email via your normal email (e.g. hotmail) or through the forums?

[Tbone]

Phienyx: I haven't found anything yet, but when I have the time I'll look up on it.

Subb: Whatever email address your forum account is tied to.

[NoCry]

thanks for the updates chaps.

[Adad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Q9FgJJWU0
(NSFW vulgar audio)

[Tbone]

Sneaking up as it got dark to a goblin archer attacking someone from a tree limb:

http://liquiware.net/tbone/dfscreens/goblinarcher.jpg