Darkfall & A GoblinSquad Initiative

[Hobs]

Dear Keepers,

In the current Paizo PFO thread "Other Open PvP MMOs for Practice" paizo.com/threads/rzs2q2fh&page=1?Other-Open-PvP-MMOs-for-Practice, quite a diverse group is taking interest in trying Darkfall: Unholy Wars as a game to accomplish the following:

1. Provide experience in an open PvP game similar to what PFO will offer for those who have never played such a game.
2. Provide PvP opportunities for PFO players to practice working together as a large group in the event that we should need to do so in PFO against groups like the Goons.
3.Provide an opportunity for various PFO community groups and individuals to get to know each other in a different venue than only the PFO forums, with the hopes that it will promote a greater feeling of unity.

Playing my role as a community networker, I thought I'd bring it to your group's attention and add this:

One of the things that I believe has given this movement some extra fuel has been several interesting posts:

Ryan Dancy - "Darkfall could be interesting as a test case. I'd play it with a GoblinSquad group if one formed..."

Nihimon - "For the record, I'm happy to join a "Goblin Squad" guild in Darkfall, and it wouldn't bother me one bit if Bluddwolf were the guild leader. I'm not nominating him, I'm just saying I don't see much value in trying to create chapters of our own guilds there."

PFO politics aside, I believe this would provide a chance to get to know members of the community better, as well as allowing you to see those members in action within a setting that may be somewhat similar to PFO (for example, you could see how inept I am at PvP). To these ends, I have purchased the game and intend to see what I can offer this movement insofar as it is able to help strengthen the PFO community prior to EE.

[Fanndis Goldbraid]

Hobs is correct. (And he got here more than a week earlier than me!) My character in Darkfall is Glistenheath Gorogdul, and is currently Clanmaster of the Goblin Squad (spending most of my time afk gathering and organizing parties, and generally chatting, setting permissions, working on diplomacy, etc..). We are looking to play as a group for the next 12 months or so, until Early Enrollment begins, and may even have Ryan join us soon if he has time in his development schedule.

We would love for some members of the Keepers of the Circle to join us as well. I t is a lot of fun, but can be brutal. We are reaching out to a number of the groups that chipped in for the Kickstarter and participated in the Land Rush poll in an effort to get as many participants that are interested in PFO to get to know one another and have fun, while remembering it is a group effort geared towards future success in PFO. But if we can have some success in Darkfall too, why not!

If you choose to join us, let us know. Send an application in the the clan "Goblin Squad" and PM one or more of the members. We are mostly in the Dwarf lands around the city of Maghdir, although we are spreading out a bit to get a feel for the place.

Hope to hear from you soon!

(Note: We are operating on the North America server.)

(NOTE: As of 28 AUG 13 we have 18 members in the Goblin Squad, with maybe 6-8 more expected thru September.)

[WxCougar]

Thank you both for the information and the updates! I'm afraid I myself won't be able to take part in it, but I'm sure someone will be able to here.

[Fanndis Goldbraid]

Well, we have over 20 members now, including one Aussie, one from France, Germany, and various places in the US. It is a brutal PvP environment, but we hope to get involved in the territorial control battles soon to learn some ins and outs of that system (most of us have played EVE Online in the past so the PvP part is known).

Regards!

Edited 01 SEP - We need gatherers and crafters as well, so if you are not a big PvPer, you still have purpose. And really, gathering in the areas where the best materials are is probably the most dangerous thing a player could do! Ask about that on the forums! Hobs is there and he is mostly a cook, gatherer and crafter.

Join the fun! It's great working with the PFO posters in a more dynamic setting!

(By the way, Darkfall is %50 off oat Steam Powered Games through September 2nd with a recurring monthly sub if the price was keeping you away.)

[Fanndis Goldbraid]

Wanted to post an update in case there might any fence leaners keeping tabs!

The clan Goblin Squad is at 23 members, but we expect to lose a few after the first paid month that came with purchase runs its course. The ones sticking around are doing pretty well, with a few over 20k prowess, several more in the mid teens.

For anyone who played Darkfall 1, this is a somewhat different game. The four safe areas are vast (almost 4 full grids each), and we have several members that don’t like PvP so stay inside the safe areas. And they contribute! If you were concerned about getting ganked inside the safety of the NPC cities, Adventurine removed those issues.

There are many monster lairs inside the safe areas to loot and plunder and players may gain treasure and prowess even within a city itself. There are sewers and dungeons full of undead, skumlings, spiders and other nasties to fight. The big baddies are well outside of the cities proper, but there’s still plenty to do if you want combat but not PvP.

We do have one Alliance committed and a few in various stages of diplomacy. The politics is evident and fluid. None of the larger alliance seem to stick around for too long.

Sieges are pretty interesting, but the mechanics do not seem as dynamic or deep as Pathfinder Online hopes to be. The Goblin Squad attacked a village control point and destroyed it, but couldn’t take control since we do not have a land holding. Our participation in actual sieges has been limited as it is complete chaos and there is friendly fire, so pretty dangerous, but lots of fun the first 50 times or so. After that they all seem similar (so say the veterans).

Still plenty of time to join in. Keep an eye out for Darkfall: Unholy Wars to be on sale. Do not fear the PvP. It can happen if you go into the dangerous territory, but that is optional. Everyone can contribute!

Cheers!