Last day,i see somebody on darkfall online forums said that there are 5 reasons to quit Darkfall.One question:do you buy darkfall gold or darkfall items?It is very helpful!!!!!
I don’t think quit darkfall online is the best way.I started that game five month ago,i love it so far.You can see what was that man said:
Ive been playing this game since NA release and have finally decided to leave the game in the near future as it is not what i want from a game and the thing i had hoped would have changed simply have not. To me and many others that share the same frustrations and disappointments with Darkfall here is a list of the top 5 reasons why i am hanging the gloves up on this game and why so many others already have or are doing the same.
1) Sandbox:
This game is not a sandbox MMO, it is a PVP MMO and everything you do in game is based on PVP, sure you can craft but only purpose is for PVP any thing such as housing items etc are Lottery typed items thus making the whole purpose of Sandbox non existent. PVP is a very important part of a sandbox MMO but should not be the only focus of one, there fore even though many call this game a true Sandbox it is 100% not so.
2) Grind
There are other games on the market that have more of a grind but they are all Asian MMO’s, the grind and cost to gain skill in Darkfall is insane and unlike anything i have experienced before, sure one can get a 1h/2h mastery in a fair amount of time, but as any vets know having one mastery is far from enough, you need to max almost everything to be effective in pvp due to stat gains and skill opening due to stat gains. Sorry Ive been playing for close to 6 months now and i do not macro i do not spend 12 hrs+ a day in game to get to a competitive pvp level. All that being said the grind is way too high considering the game is not sandbox and completely PVP based.
3) Macros/Exploits/Hacks
Speaks for itself we all know that AV did a fairly good job of banning the hackers, bravo. And they claim to be making an effort on the macroers/exploiters but this is simply not true, sure they kick or ban the ones they see in NPC cities or that have been reported but elsewhere in game 99/100 its not happening i know for fact that long time players still stand at blood walls macroing melee/magic, so i am assuming as long as its not in plain site and hidden away in a clan city its fine? Sorry i refuse to try and compete with the macroers and exploiters any more.
4) Economy/Crafting
To me this is a big part of the game, and i guess it relates back to the sandbox and grind issue, for one in game which i know AV has no control over is the economy, i do blame AV for the setup of the craft harvest system which partially is to blame for the inflation lately, example how is it that the resources used in crafting are double the cost by market value as to the finished product? Why would people even craft? other than to have the high end skill and ability to make the gear for pvp? Crafting is very poor in this game, its limited , expensive, time consuming and extremely boring not to mention extremely difficult considering certain item resource costs are very high.
5) Player Base
When i started DF i had assumed that the player base would have been similar to UO or AC, but not the case and it think most of the player types i had grown used to in those games have left or are leaving this game for similar reasons as myself. I had made the mistake of thinking a so called Sandbox MMO would attract a mature player base instead DF has attracted the entire Counter strike player base, where shit talking and disrespect is shown at every other turn, High end players who should be involved in high end pvp seem to prefer the easy road and roam the new player cities looking for an easy kill that they can camp or can run there mouths to, stating how they suck, there shit, go back to wow etc etc. Sure its a game and all types will be around but in this game it seems over 50% of the player base is based on the above. Sorry but not for me, DF has attracted the wrong people.
Maybe AV’s done is not perfect,but i think most of darkfall online players love this game and enjoy it.There is no problem retaining new players at the moment there are new players joining every day you only have to look at the public forums to see how many people are coming back. One or two people make a post that they’re leaving and suddenly the sky is falling. So do yo restart darkfall?I think it will be more funny in the future.