Darkfall gets its own analog of EVE University: Newborn on Agon
by James Egan 
Oct 30th 2009 at 7:00PM
Filed under: Fantasy, Darkfall, EVE Online, Guilds, PvP, PvE
The settings of Darkfall and EVE Online are worlds apart, but there is some common ground between the titles. PvP combat permeates both sandbox games, and given a potentially hostile environment when starting out, it's always good to have a helping hand. EVE Online players have training corps like EVE University to show them the ropes in what can sometimes be a brutal game. Darkfall now has an analog of EVE University called "NEW" which Syncaine recently pointed out on his blog, Hardcore Casual. NEW is short for "Newborn on Agon", a North American server clan that provides training in most any facet of the game for those willing to learn.
Although Darkfall can be harsh to newer players, NEW provides a (comparatively) safe environment where players can spend 30 days learning what interests them, or developing the skills to succeed in the game once it's time to move on. The clan is politically neutral and owns the city of Hammerdale, contributing to NEW's potential to become a haven for new players. Also, some of Darkfall's major alliances support the idea of NEW which could be beneficial in the long run.
It's great to see things like this happen in sandbox MMOs, and hopefully Darkfall will continue to see its players establish lasting institutions in the game.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Darren Chan said on 7:16PM 10-30-2009
Kudos to them.
EVE University is one of the best organizations I've ever had the privilege of being a part of. Even though I didn't play EVE very long I loved every minute of it with the Uni
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Temko said on 8:20PM 10-30-2009
i hope for NEW to succeed, even though i am on the EU server and a similar initative (though also different in many ways) has failed already once. i hope that the NA's server success sparks a change on the EU servers political scale in the form of the Cairn and Dune alliances (the 2 biggest allainces on the server) assisting instead of activly harassing newbie players.
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Dion said on 6:21AM 11-03-2009
That Dune and CairnBears are harassing newbies is complete nonsense. Off course we protect our (and Cairn's) properties if multiple alliances (read: almost every alliance) are pledging allegiance to each other to take over Cairn's holdings. Killing new players is something anyone will do, some people do it more often than others. Especially if you are enemies because of the racial alliance you're in. You sometimes may get resurrected if you meet a decent guy who killed you, but most of the time this doesn´t occur.
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