GOA announced the dates for the EU headstart yesterday. The servers will open the 14th of September for those with CE and the 15th for SE.

With OB starting on the 7th, this means that I have the 7th-13th of September to decide on my career. Leaning towards a magus atm, but zealot, shaman, sorceror and squig herder are still in the picture. xD

Hopefully I'll be able to decide on a class during OB so I can begin leveling at once when the live servers open on the 14th.

Saw this video the first time a week ago and I think it shows that even if the game is balanced mostly around RvR and big battles, 1v1 fights are also pretty skill based and takes maybe a bit longer time than other mmo's out there e.g WoW. Note that this is a Chosen (tank) vs a Warrior Priest (melee healer), it would obviously be a lot shorter if it would have been a Sorceress vs a Bright Wizard.

For better quality, watch it on youtube on high.

Oh, and anyone who says it looks like crap now and that it's pretty much on the level of WoW's graphics - either you haven't played WoW in a while or you haven't seen any of the videos post NDA drop. If it's the second, I suggest you do. ;)

Darkfall, sceptics says it's vaporware, is announced to release later this year. I don't know how plausible that is, but it's now possible to sign up for the beta once more... :P

First time you could sign up was in 2005 according to wikipedia. Read the development history. ;)

If it do get released and holds up to what it's promised, it could very well be a cool game catering to the more "hardcore" part of the mmo crowd with stuff like player looting. 

Unless WAR fails miserably, which I doubt, I don't think I'll play it though. WAR appeals to me more as of now, but it's always a good idea to stay aware of upcoming games and this one has potential for sure. Whether or not it's more than that remains to be seen.

A video showing the graphics as of now, it's pre-beta and with that in mind it actually looks pretty good.