A gal in the guild mentioned something crazy today which made me think about the clip below. Thought I'd share it. :)

It's a game from the early 80's and it's craaaaazy!

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.

That's right, the OB client for WAR is now available for download here. A few more days left until OB actually starts but there's no reason not to download it now so you're prepared. :)

You can't do anything else than laugh at people like this who cries "nerf!" before a game has even launched. Not to mention that he compares gear from two different classes to boot. :P

I liked one of the replies though. Sums it up pretty well.

So one of the following 2 things happened.

1: The OP did extensive testing with gear and multiple players of varying skill to determine that items overcome player skill.

OR

2: The OP saw the item was colored purple and freaked out that this was WoW.

People need to realize that this is a new game and wait until they've actually played the game before drawing any conclusions about what is OP or not. Is that really too much to ask?

So, it's not decided yet, but there's one server where we (Futilez) will most likely end up playing at.

Lots of old DAoC guilds have decided to join the same server and so are probably we. That server is probably going to be the most competetive server in EU and the one with the least zergs which is great. The fun in steamrolling pugs would diminish after a while but competetive pvp never gets old really as long as the gameplay is good which I ofc hope it will be.

12 more days to OB. ;)

Much has happened in the past week when it comes to WAR. The biggest news was of course the fact that NDA was lifted 3 days ago and everything associated with that. I don't know about you but when I hear new cool info about a class I think something like: "Hey, that ability is awesome! I want to play that!". Since I firmly believe that you need to focus on one char to get anywhere I have a problem here. :P

Thankfully, GOA confirmed the 7th Sept date here which means that OB is coming upon us in mere 16 days! Can't wait, this sudden surge of news and videos makes me want to play WAR more than ever. It looks very polished now imo and I have great faith in this game. I can see myself playing this for years if it delivers what it promised it will.

The same post from GOA holds some bad news as well, CE-buyers in EU won't get CB or PW. :/

This is bad of both Mythic and GOA since they talked so much about "equal service between NA and EU". It's not the end of the world though and I'm happy as long as they fix a smooth launch for WAR.

Still no definite info if CE-buyers in EU will get into CB, the looks of it are pretty grim however. The update we got from GOA here shows us two things, one good and one bad.

Good:

They are on schedule for OB and release.

Bad:

They don't have their hardware all set up and done yet = probably no CB for us.

Ah, well. Looks like we have to wait to OB or, if we're lucky, 1 - 1½ week before. :/

Times like these are golden for casual games though. Yesterday I remembered a casual game I got a few months ago which is in the same genre as StepMania in that that you shall do stuff and the music dictates the difficulty. Instead of pressing keys in different directions, you're supposed to hit colored blocks and avoid grey ones. The bad thing about StepMania was always the lack of (good) songs, sure you could create new ones but who wants to do that:P, if you didn't like japanese music - you were screwed. In this game however, you can use your own music which makes it superior in my book since you can play it when you're bored and just want to listen to some music. Which game I am talking about? Audiosurf.