Darkfall's newest expansion to release next week
by Eliot Lefebvre 
Nov 19th 2009 at 10:00AM
Filed under: Fantasy, Darkfall, Expansions, Launches, News items
Darkfall is among the most specialized niche titles available now, but like many niche titles it fills a void that just can't be simulated anywhere else. That void might be confined to a certain frequently-reviled but very vocal sort of player, but it's still there. And if the promise of bonuses for recruiting new meat for the grinder wasn't enticing enough, fans of the game have even more to be happy about now -- the game's next free expansion is slated to release late next week according to an official developer post.
Conquer the Seas was originally slated to be released a bit sooner, but as developer Tasos explains, the expansion contains a larger number of bug fixes and minor updates than they had originally intended. It's a good sign that Aventurine is willing to take the extra time for development to produce something better in the end, and Darkfall players certainly should enjoy the new update. If you don't play the game... well, did we mention that any friends you have that do play can get some extra cash if you sign up? Just try not to read too much into the look of glee on their face at the time.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Temko said on 11:09AM 11-19-2009
just wanted to add this:
http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=218517
a player has taken the time to compile a list of known things that are coming in the expansion and darkfalls new twitter (darkfallmmorpg) gives us updates as well
If you ever wanted to try the game, a good time as any.
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double9s said on 1:52PM 11-19-2009
I would love to try this game, it just needs a trial.
Matt said on 11:21AM 11-19-2009
It's still $50 for the box and first month, right?
Then I'll have to pass.
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serverlatency said on 4:19AM 11-24-2009
Hey think of it this way...At least they don't charge extra for the expansions. Twenty five bucks for the core, and then twenty five bucks for everything that will come in the future.
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Aetrix said on 1:15PM 11-19-2009
"It's a good sign that Aventurine is willing to take the extra time for development to produce something better in the end"
I almost fell out of my chair. 'It's a good sign that Aventurine is willing to deliver a sub-par product in spite of the copious amounts of time which were consumed to develop it' sounds more like it.
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TylerK said on 5:58PM 11-19-2009
I will definitely be re-subbing to check all this out. :)
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Yacoodle said on 1:42PM 11-19-2009
The only reason I do not play Darkfall anymore is for one reason and one reason only.
Everyone can, with enough time invested, become a master crafter in everything, master every magical school and be the best melee fighter... all at the same time.
So that guy shooting a firewall? He has no weakness. This basically obliterates any type of strategy (like stay at close range to prevent a caster from being able to cast constantly on you... he can just melee you and be equally or even more effective than you if you chose just melee).
There is strategy but its macro strategy. There is no micro strategy.
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bartillo said on 4:45PM 11-19-2009
what it looks like with this expansion they are making combat more rock, paper, scissors..
melee and range will be able to interrupt spellcasting.. um melee gets a skill called rage that makes them have high magic resistance and heavy armor will have higher magic resistance and then range gets a specialization called mage killer which means they CANT learn magic schools at all as long as they have that but they do crazy damage to people with staffs out.
jordangeldart said on 4:27AM 11-20-2009
With the expansion they are bringing in Specialisations. This means that while you can max out individual skills in everything you can then specialise in one area and become even better in that area but worse in others.
For example Mage Killer is a skill that massively increases damage against anyone carrying a staff. But if you take it you can no longer use some magic schools.
So players will be able to become good at everything by maxing out thewir skills or can become excelent in one area but by sacrificing other areas.
This is awesome for new players as they can quickly level up for example archery and then specialise in that area and be able to compete much faster than now where they have to level everything to compete.