Darkfall Availability

[ceafo]

For people who are trying to purchase the game it looks like you will have a chance starting today.

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"We’ll open up sales of a limited number of copies of Darkfall tonight European time Tuesday March 3d. We will try to repeat this every weekday until the extreme demand slows down and we’re able to leave the shop open 24/7. To answer the questions of how you can sell out a digital download, we’re throttling the number of new players in the world to limit queue times and protect the user experience. Server optimizations first and adding new servers in time are the steps we are taking to improve this experience.

From our launch experience, the extreme demand caused the account management infrastructure to lag and often time out. The hammering of the system by the users made things worse. Repeated attempts by users led to charge failures because of bank security rules. Incorrect billing information also led to failed transactions.

We expect the account management system to face extreme demand today as well. In order to try to avoid the issues we describe above, users who refresh before timing out, open multiple windows or tabs, and hammer the system will be temporarily blocked. Please do not refresh unless you have timed out or you will lose your place in the queue.

We'll post when sales open. If the copies we have available for today sell out, we will repeat this process again tomorrow.

Thank you,

The Darkfall Team"

[Alicorn]

The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.

lol

[Walterus]

You don't go to the forums, you go here.

https://www.darkfallonline.com/accounts/f

Create an account, enter billing information and buy game. If game not available, refresh.

DO NOT refresh more than 2 times in a 10 minutes cycle. If you do this more than 6 times your IP gets banned for 10 minutes.

[Walterus]

The order page is open!!!

[Lostinthewood]

I am at work! ;)

[Landro]

I have account created and when I get home will be finishing up everything and be in game ASAP.

[Alicorn]

It's not working very well for me.... looks like I'll be missing the boat again, *sigh*

[ceafo]

I have account created and when I get home will be finishing up everything and be in game ASAP.

So the store was open where you actually get the game? I have had an account created for a while but have never seen the store open.

[Landro]

So the store was open where you actually get the game? I have had an account created for a while but have never seen the store open.

Store open, but sold out for today. It keeps your info and bills it when available.

[Alicorn]

Store open, but sold out for today. It keeps your info and bills it when available.

Praise Zeus!

[Landro]

Praise Zeus!

Correction. You do have to get into the store and purchase again. So I will be checking about every 45 minutes today until it is open and more are available for sale :).

[Landro]

Download this (http://www.utorrent.com/) to get your torrents, especially of Downfall. It has an easy setup at start to make it more effective and it is downloading FAST.

[Solostaran]

It's also the most secure torrent downloading program, and allows you to transfer a torrent between computers if you're saving files on an external drive.

[Landro]

From the time I posted the torrent post here to 7:35AM est, when I left for work, over 50% of the game files were downloaded. So thats nearly 5 gigs in a very short amount of time. It will be done, pending no stupid disconnect while I am at work. Then I can setup billing that way I hope.

[Alicorn]

"New sales will be offered around 7pm GMT and run until the available copies are sold out. We won't post unless something changes. We're giving you the approximate time now in case the forums are overloaded later."

That's 2pm Eastern people!

[Landro]

"New sales will be offered around 7pm GMT and run until the available copies are sold out. We won't post unless something changes. We're giving you the approximate time now in case the forums are overloaded later."

That's 2pm Eastern people!


And of course now I can't get onto the login screen :(

[Alicorn]

By the time I got in it was sold out again.

I think it's all lies, I think there is no game and they just take the website down for an hour or so and tell everyone "oh it's sold out".

*sigh*

I know I'll be back again tomorrow like a sucker.

[Corwin of Amber]

You have successfully registered your Darkfall Game Account. You should receive your activation email soon.

[Alicorn]

You have successfully registered your Darkfall Game Account. You should receive your activation email soon.

You can go to hell.

:barebutt: :diablotin:

(j/k you know I'm jealous)

[Lostinthewood]

That's just registering your account and putting in the billing info not necessarily getting the game atm :)

Any idea if the client is still available for download prior to buying and activating with a key or something.

Also what is the price to buy and the price to play?

[Landro]

That's just registering your account and putting in the billing info not necessarily getting the game atm :)

Any idea if the client is still available for download prior to buying and activating with a key or something.

Also what is the price to buy and the price to play?

Yes it is.

I am a little pissed. I started at 150PM est and checked site about every 10-15 minutes only to get one time I could log in, but the page then wouldn't load. Then suddenly all logged in only to be offline and sold out again for today....

[Alicorn]

I actually have the client and have it installled but I can't play!


*sob* weep and gnash teeth

[Landro]

I actually have the client and have it installled but I can't play!


*sob* weep and gnash teeth

Me too, game completely installed, just waiting to hit up my chance to buy...

[Lostinthewood]

the link posted earlier for the client does not work. any Idea where it can be found?

[Landro]

the link posted earlier for the client does not work. any Idea where it can be found?

Darkfall Online Forums is where I got mine yesterday, plus use the uTorrent program. A little tip, for some reason the uTorrent was downloading at
600kb/s+ if you have your internet browser open. Shut it and it ran about 1/3 to 1/2 the speed. Not sure why, but I tested this 10 times before I believed it. By leaving the browser open I got the download in about 5 hours.

[Rhandom]

So has anyone gotten an opportunity to play yet?

[Jetda]

i was pretty interested in darkfall for awhile, but they kept saying something and doing the opposite so i got warhammer instead. if any of yall play it id like to know if its actually a finished product or just a paid beta right now, and if you think it will truely be an awsome game in awhile. Because all iv seen on darkfall forums is disappointment which startles me a bit.

but ya feedback from any one in the game would be awsome lemme know what ya think.

[ceafo]

I think Darkfall is a lost cause. By the time they "fix it" Mortal Online will be out which is the same-ish type of game and seems like it will be better. At least they communicate with the community, have showed the game, launched an actual alpha and now beta, and released videos with in game footage. Mortal Online could still be buggy as hell when it's released but I feel much better about it than I did Darkfall.

[Jetda]

i remember looking at it for a bit and thinking darkfall killer, buut im hoping its not since darkfall is an indie gamer group i support them in that aspect. kinda iffy on my opinion though lol i wanna see aventurine hurt but i don't wanna see em crumble. hopefully it will be the kick in the arse the group needs to start working with their community.

i say that because tasos claimed the game was made by gamers for gamers and promised a trial at release hohoho lo and behold nothing, and they knew they would have tons of people trying to get in.

[Landro]

I think Darkfall is a lost cause. By the time they "fix it" Mortal Online will be out which is the same-ish type of game and seems like it will be better. At least they communicate with the community, have showed the game, launched an actual alpha and now beta, and released videos with in game footage. Mortal Online could still be buggy as hell when it's released but I feel much better about it than I did Darkfall.

I agree, got to try this out at my brother in laws this past weekend. Was cool concept, nice gameply, but 5 server shutdowns in 2 days, though for only 15 minutes to an hour, was annoying. Also, it's very laggy, a lot. Server just not able to handle the game. Plus, it has more exploits then not in the game. He had skills almost maxed out and had a crap ton of money. His guild has a full out city and crush anyone who comes near them atm, all from exploiting. PVE is fun, PvP is annoying....

[ceafo]

i remember looking at it for a bit and thinking darkfall killer, buut im hoping its not since darkfall is an indie gamer group i support them in that aspect. kinda iffy on my opinion though lol i wanna see aventurine hurt but i don't wanna see em crumble. hopefully it will be the kick in the arse the group needs to start working with their community.

i say that because tasos claimed the game was made by gamers for gamers and promised a trial at release hohoho lo and behold nothing, and they knew they would have tons of people trying to get in.

I don't want to see the company fail because I like to see independent companies trying to push out games that aren't cookie cutter. If these types of game companies fail we will just see more and more of the same game with a different skin.

Also don't forget the company making Mortal Online, Star Vault is an independent game company.

[Dar]

I like Darkfall a lot and it reminds me of UO and Shadowbane.

[Lostinthewood]

what is the base cost and the monthly?

[Rhandom]

Did anyone actually play this game yet? I'm considering picking it up I heard the NA server was a pretty smooth release.