Darkfall’s first Expansion – July 2009
Darkfall’s first free Expansion is scheduled to launch tomorrow July 7th, featuring a massive monster re-balancing, Player Housing, Darkfall’s Village System, Nexus System, Character Specialization System, the Weather system, special items, new weapons and much more.
Darkfall released on February 25th 2009. Since the launch, Darkfall’s development continued even harder than before. Several very large patches were released but these were mainly focused on optimizations, improvements, and fixes. Our entire team and all the resources at our disposal are dedicated to development and we’re working to make Darkfall the best game it can possibly be. An early result of our commitment to the game’s evolution is the first of a series of regular free expansions. Following are just some of the highlights:
Massive PvE Monster Re-balancingWe’ve been watching the PvE dynamic and taking in player and tester feedback while experimenting with the PvE/Monster balance on our test servers. We’ve decided to implement a massive re-balancing of monster hit points, stats, and loot tables. We agree that many of the mid and high level monsters were unreasonably difficult to fight and we have taken serious rebalancing measures where those were needed. We’ve increased the gold and reagent drops for most monsters and added a higher probability for uncommon and rare drops such as steedgrass and runestones. Lower level monsters have seen fewer changes than mid to high level ones. We have been testing the results of this re-balancing and, while we’re still working on it, we believe that these changes will be a huge improvement and will solve many of the problems players were experiencing with PvE.
Weapon Re-BalancingAnother much needed change: Lower rank weapons were a little too powerful, and higher rank weapons were not powerful enough. We’ve made adjustments on both ends to restore the proper balance.
Armor Re-balancingMost armor has received a small increase in magic resistance. This should give warriors more of a chance against concentrated area of effect spells.
Crafting price AdjustmentsMost craftable items have seen a significant reduction in crafting costs and especially in gold costs. Higher rank equipment is now a lot cheaper to produce and this should improve the market for the Darkfall crafters. Combined with the new influx of gold in the economy due to the PvE rebalancing, being a crafter in Darkfall should be more profitable than ever.
*Note on RebalancingThe adjustments in PvE, Weapons, Armor, and crafting are the results of months of observations, feedback, experimentation and testing. Even so, we’ll keep watching very closely and making any further adjustments needed.
Player HousingThis has been one of the most requested features since we announced Darkfall and it’s now in the game. You can now own a house on any one of hundreds of hidden locations around Agon, on small secluded islands, in the desert of Rubaiyat, the frozen wastes of Niflheim, the deep jungles of Yssam. You can find house deeds in treasure chests, on monsters, or you can buy them from other players and use them to claim your house.
Houses offer house recall and can be upgraded to offer you benefits such as the capability of sharing your house with friends, the option of having a harvestable garden or a private workbench, and much more. Many feature an open window you can use to trade through more safely. You can decorate your house with numerous status symbols that you can find or earn. These range from fine paintings and hunting trophies, to chairs, tables and chandeliers.
This is just the first stage of the Darkfall Player Housing system. Over the coming weeks and months we will expand heavily on this system by adding many new and important features, new rare upgrades like for example more house slots, new decorations, and more house types. Of course this is Darkfall so housing is more than just a player home, its part of a much larger system:
Read more : http://www.darkfallonline.com/expansion/
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