Darkfall Blog » Chaos Chests http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog The Darkfall Online Official Blog Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:45:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Darkfall’s Chaos Chest #10 http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfall%e2%80%99s-chaos-chest-10/ http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfall%e2%80%99s-chaos-chest-10/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:25:14 +0000 Ramjesty http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/?p=680

As with our in game Chaos Chests you’ll never know what you get!
It’s hard to keep up with updates and interesting happenings in game and around the forums. But fret not, the community liaisons are here to help.

We will recap on a regular basis to make sure you don’t miss any important information.
Additionally we will pick a few examples of the many interesting reads around the forums. (If you think a specific thread or event is worth mentioning contact any of the liaisons. Keep in mind though that we are looking at suggestions directly on the forums, there is no need to send links about them to make a stronger point.)

Official News

  • On the 8th of November a patch has been applied to both of Darkfall’s servers, fixing some bugs and increasing the drop rate of portal shards across the board. The patch also hosted an upgrade to our character transfer process.
  • On the 12th of November, Tasos posted the weekly activity report, further explaining the scrum process, while sharing the current theme of activities during that week with our readers.
  • Fast forward one week, and here comes another activity report from Tasos, this time focusing on Aventurine’s internal scrum presentation. This one was one of the most juicy activity reports the world has seen, with new information regarding quests, player models, updated sound and graphics effects, and the new meditation feature.
  • A new lore update containing information about the Demon has been posted in the World Lore page. Check it out here.
  • Our Darkfall Epic Blog has also been updated with new content, so head there and don’t forget to share your comments with us.

Around the web

  • Jef Reahard from Massively.com walks to the lands of Agon, as chosen by the site’s readers at the “Choose My Adventure” poll. He has already posted the first update of his quests, which you can read here.
  • Darkfall has also been the centerpiece of Massively’s one shots for this week, featuring a Mahirim staring at Theia, one of the two Darkfall moons worshiped by the Mahirims.
  • Mashable’s 4th annual awards voting is now live, and we encourage you to support your favorite game!

Around the Forums

  • Darkfall’s community is really keen to help newer players, and Uzik from Darkfall official forums has started the New Player Advocacy Week, an initiative aimed at helping newer players for a week.
  • Lux Arcana guild from EU-1 have spoken out regarding their new in-game political stance, moving from an empire approach controlling multiple holdings to a kingdom approach, employing more regional control around their holding.

Player created events

  • Instant PVP Action:
    EU-1 player Fenix Lightflight has bought 2 hamlets, allowing everyone to bind there and essentially creating a new Darkfall Arena, offering lots of PVP opportunities for everyone. You can read more about this here.
  • NA-1 Racial Wars:
    The event the whole server was waiting for, featuring a huge Good (Humans / Mirdains / Dwarves) vs Evil (Alfars / Orks / Mahirims) fight was very successful, with a big attendance and lots of PvP. A short summary of the event, along with multiple PoV footage can be found here.
Official Events

A new official events “battle plan” is being designed as we speak, so stay tuned for more information!

The battle for Agon

  • EU-1
    There have been a handful of sieges at EU-1, with the one causing the most controversy being SUN defeating NoCry over Bloodscar. Other sieges that took place include Rehnagar and Eslingar, and as we predicted before, major battles take place almost daily around the center of Agon.
  • NA-1
    NA-1’s biggest siege during the last couple of weeks took place at Cairn’s most wanted hamlet, Tenaland. Cool Sweet Lemonade alliance fought with LoD over it, with the battle expanding in half the continent of Cairn. Roaming parties made it hard for both of the parties, but in the end CSL emerged victorious.

We are interested in finding neutral players who would like to work with us on a weekly basis to update the community on general war happenings on both servers. You can send a pm to any of the community liaison if you are interested. Please state why you would be a good candidate to comment and update us on happenings we might miss. Thank you!

Creative Corner

  • Lux Arcana have posted a video recapping their siege at Quarendel Hamlet. We especially enjoyed the music, a refreshing change from the music other videos were sporting.
  • Dirty Sjouks made a PvP compilation video, showing various fights against multiple opponents.
  • A new PvP video by Banka Plix shows what can a 3-day old character do, in the hands of a seasoned Darkfall player.
  • TinyTyke’s new episode of the Original Darkfall Comic is out. You can check it out here.

General Help and Information

  • Our out of game customer support team is happy to help you with any issues here: EUNA
  • Should you run into problems but can’t log in to send a ticket through the support system you can use the following emails:EUNA

New Players

  • For new players, please make sure you link your gaming account to your forum account by following this guide, in order to be able to post in the subscriber forums.
  • The official help guide is available both in and out of game. For in game information use the help icon in your main menu.
  • Great starting point for a new player is Raffraff’s compilation which can be found here.
  • An additional helpful, slightly older guide by Asnar of the NEW clan on EU can be found here.

Also check out Chaos Chest #1Chaos Chest #2Chaos Chest #3Chaos Chest #4Chaos Chest #5Chaos Chest #6Chaos Chest #7 and Chaos Chest #8 and Chaos Chest #9

That’s all the loot for now.
Happy hunting everyone!

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Darkfall’s Chaos Chest #9 http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-9/ http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-9/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:54:46 +0000 Laenih http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/?p=482

As with our in game Chaos Chests you’ll never know what you get!
It’s hard to keep up with updates and interesting happenings in game and around the forums. But fret not, the community liaisons are here to help.

We will recap on a regular basis to make sure you don’t miss any important information.
Additionally we will pick a few examples of the many interesting reads around the forums. (If you think a specific thread or event is worth mentioning contact any of the liaisons. Keep in mind though that we are looking at suggestions directly on the forums, there is no need to send links about them to make a stronger point.)

Official News

  • On the 27th of October Tascha posted a thank you to the community for their ongoing effort and initiative in creating player events. As little goody for the community the team posted a little teaser video with footage of a recent player organized 1vs1 Tournament on the European Server. There is also a new official facebook gallery exclusively dedicated to player created events.
  • On the 29th of October Darkfall saw Halloween come to Agon including pumpkin headed monsters and special fun Halloween weapons. The team also used this patch to squish a few left over bugs from the Hellfreeze Expansion.
  • On the same day Tasos also kept up with his weekly Activity Reports and revealed the plans for the upcoming Offline-Skillsystem as well as giving a bit of insight what the different departments have been working on.
  • The weekly Report for November 5th has been posted on the blog which will be used from now on for all information regarding the internal team.
  • SUN of the EU server had the opportunity to Interview the worldbuilder of their Clan City Calfardar: Developer Natascha Roosli
  • The Blog has also been updated with several new posts and a new exclusive PvP Contest. Check this very space for more to read.

Around the web

  • Massively.com picks up the latest news and interviews Darkfall Player and Tournament organizer Ninogan Swiftstep.
  • MMORPG.com covers the news about the planned Offline Skillsystem
  • Massively.com’s Jef Reahard asked their visitors to vote for the next game he should be playing and writing about. Darkfall is also still in the running to win this race.

Around the Forums

  • Monsters have been attacking players randomly all over Agon far away from their usual habitats. The incidents have gone anything but unnoticed and several community members have been providing information on their experiences. Especially Brownies seem much more actively and show much more interest in players lately.


Player created events

  • Upcoming events you should keep an eye on:
    The North American Darkfall Server will see its first Racial War event on the 11th of November. Don’t miss this opportunity to fight for the glory of your race!
    EU is planning on its first 10vs10 Tournament. More information and sing-up links in this thread.
  • Events that took place recently:
    Hopeless eatsu and his clan organized the second Battle Royal Event on EU-1. Grats to the winners! We hear there was footage taken.
Official Events
A personal message from the Community Liaison Thraiax:
We have received a fairly odd message today, from a VERY odd messenger.  We sleepily opened our doors to an insistent knocking at the wee hours of the morning, after some initial confusion we looked down and found a small, ugly, and fairly irate goblin shaman glowering up at us!
He stomped inside and proceeded, in a crude mixture of broken Common and Goblinese, to spin a wholly remarkable tale.

Kalikanzar Barnaboos, for that is his name, tells us that he, and many other Goblin shamans, or shamen, or possibly shagoblins, often hear the voice of the long dead, river goddess Eanna. Apparantly Eanna, the mother of the Chal d’Ean race (also long dead) always held a soft spot in her watery heart for the little green and purely homicidal goblin-folk.

Mr Barnaboos claims that the shade of Eanna sends a warning to all the free nations of Agon. Her dragon-son Cyriakos driven close to madness by centuries of grief and tortured dreams of his part in her death, has decreed that all the races are judged guilty for their parts, through action or indeed inaction, in the destruction of Chal d’Ea.

Kalikanzar warns that Cyriakos has been raising legions of undead over the past centuries including the militaristic Severii (lit: Severed Children in old Chal d’Ean) who are very likely the raised corpses of Chal d’Ean soldiers killed during the genocide.
He continues to state that Eanna has informed them that legions of these undead shall begin attacking the cities of Agon very soon!

After this, he stomped up to our breakfast table, grabbed a handful of scrambled egg, and walked right out muttering some very colorful epithets indeed.

Personally, we firmly believe that this Goblin is absolutely insane.  He insisted that we pass this message along so, as dutiful Liaisons we shall do so.. but we are absolutely sure that his absurd little tale has no merit whatsoever.. why would a goddess have a soft spot for these little vermin anyway?

Still.. never hurts to keep an eye out.. forewarned is forearmed as they say!

The battle for Agon

  • EU-1
    2 big events marked the last couple of weeks at EU-1 server. First, SUN took out their Manowar for the Hellstorm Waters fight, and with the help of their newbie-friendly sub-guild Sanctuary they virtually obliterated everything at their path. Also, a double siege took place, with Pandora sieging Z5’s Skaranibben hamlet with the help of Get Good, and SUN wanting to take Spear Waters off Get Good’s hands. Zagenda alliance convincingly won the siege at Skaranibben, while conflicting interests didn’t allow Get Good to defend their own hamlet at Spear Waters, therefore leaving it to SUN without a fight.
  • NA-1
    Our fellow NA-1 players have seen a very busy week, with a big war going on between Zealot and Mexico alliance. Many sieges have been dropped, including Moradar, Spear Waters, Moherah, Eronetil, and more, with people getting their good ready bags out for the big fights. Other alliances are also busy, like ICE who are now holding most of the cities at Niflheim.

We are interested in finding neutral players who would like to work with us on a weekly basis to update the community on general war happenings on both servers. You can send a pm to any of the community liaison if you are interested. Please state why you would be a good candidate to comment and update us on happenings we might miss. Thank you!

Creative Corner

General Help and Information

  • Our out of game customer support team is happy to help you with any issues here: EU / NA
  • Should you run into problems but can’t log in to send a ticket through the support system you can use the following emails: EU / NA

New Players

  • For new players, please make sure you link your gaming account to your forum account by following this guide, in order to be able to post in the subscriber forums.
  • The official help guide is available both in and out of game. For in game information use the help icon in your main menu.
  • Great starting point for a new player is Raffraff’s compilation which can be found here.
  • An additional helpful, slightly older guide by Asnar of the NEW clan on EU can be found here.

Also check out Chaos Chest #1 and Chaos Chest #2 and Chaos Chest #3 and Chaos Chest #4 and Chaos Chest #5 and Chaos Chest #6 and Chaos Chest #7 and Chaos Chest #8

That’s all the loot for now.
Happy hunting everyone!

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Darkfall’s Chaos Chest #8 http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-8/ http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-8/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:45:30 +0000 Resfelm http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/?p=510

As with our in game Chaos Chests you’ll never know what you get!
It’s hard to keep up with updates and interesting happenings in game and around the forums. But fret not, the community liaisons are here to help.

We will recap on a regular basis to make sure you don’t miss any important information.
Additionally we will pick a few examples of the many interesting reads around the forums. (If you think a specific thread or event is worth mentioning contact any of the liaisons. Keep in mind though that we are looking at suggestions directly on the forums, there is no need to send links about them to make a stronger point.)

Official News

Around the web

Player created events

  • Ninogan’s 1v1 Tournament has been concluded. Congratulations to Awesomefusion ASD, Facking Kebab and Xzyzz ZyXz for first, second and third place respectively.
  • Hopeless Eatsu is organizing a 50 man battle royal event on EU1. Check this thread for more information.

The battle for Agon

  • EU-1
    IWS Alliance led by SNAILPARTY dropped a siege on SUN’s Bladethorpe hamlet, as retaliation for the siege at Bloodscar some weeks ago. The result was that SUN got to keep their hamlet in a convincing way, the same way SNAILPARTY kept Bloodscar in the previous siege. Another big siege was the one of The Chickens Club VS the Shadow Lords at Sunstone Island. The 2 alliances fought for quite a while, and Shadow Lords emerged Victorious.
  • NA-1
    A huge siege took place at Talpec, where Mexico alliance sieged VAMP to take control of the Yssam wonder city, a city that VAMP took from them more than a year ago. This happened right after Mexico took Sunstone Island from VAMP, and on a sudden move they did a real property siege with no siege guild, waging the little hamlet for Talpec. The result was a double win for Mexico alliance, which sparked lots of conversations on the official forums.

We are interested in finding neutral players who would like to work with us on a weekly basis to update the community on general war happenings on both servers. You can send a pm to any of the community liaison if you are interested. Please state why you would be a good candidate to comment and update us on happenings we might miss. Thank you!

Creative Corner

General Help and Information

  • Our out of game customer support team is happy to help you with any issues here: EUNA
  • Should you run into problems but can’t log in to send a ticket through the support system you can use the following emails: EUNA

New Players

  • For new players, please make sure you link your gaming account to your forum account by following this guide, in order to be able to post in the subscriber forums.
  • The official help guide is available both in and out of game. For in game information use the help icon in your main menu.
  • Great starting point for a new player is Raffraff’s compilation which can be foundhere.
  • An additional helpful, slightly older guide by Asnar of the NEW clan on EU can be found here.

Also check out Chaos Chest #1 and Chaos Chest #2 and Chaos Chest #3 and Chaos Chest #4 and Chaos Chest #5 and Chaos Chest #6 and Chaos Chest #7

That’s all the loot for now.
Happy hunting everyone!

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Darkfall’s Chaos Chest #7 http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-7/ http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-7/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:23:20 +0000 Laenih http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/?p=507

As with our in game Chaos Chests you’ll never know what you get!
It’s hard to keep up with updates and interesting happenings in game and around the forums. But fret not, the community liaisons are here to help.

We will recap on a regular basis to make sure you don’t miss any important information.
Additionally we will pick a few examples of the many interesting reads around the forums. (If you think a specific thread or event is worth mentioning contact any of the liaisons. Keep in mind though that we are looking at suggestions directly on the forums, there is no need to send links about them to make a stronger point.)

Official News

  • Darkfall’s third free Expansion, Hellfreeze is finally with us! Tasos posted the patch notes here and a subsequent patch to expeditiously nip some expansion related issues in the bud was released some days later, the patch notes for that can be found here. Furthermore, the torrent to download the Hellfreeze expansion can be found here.
  • In an effort to give the 5K contest entries their well deserved attention we started to introduce additional entries which didn’t quite make it into the final two. Last week we showcased the comic genius of Tiny Tyke! The work can be found here for your giggling pleasure!
  • Our Community Manager, Brannoc, announced the emergence of Social Groups on the forums. Read the announcement here!

Around the web

  • Ninogan Swiftstep of the EU server is once again calling all able bodied warriors to show off their skills in his tournament! Visit this page for the forum announcement and this site for Ninogan’s official tournament pages. The tournament was originally set for the 10th of the month but has been pushed up to the 17th due to Hellfreeze arriving and causing chaos all around!
  • Screw Loose of the NA server organized a Trade Fair for the all Agonian entrepreneurs looking to make a pile or two of gold! Read all about it here. The fair seems to have been a total success and there are talks of making it a monthly happening!
  • Mifun announced a grand raft give-away/conquer the lake event! Read up on how it wenthere or watch the video!

Player created events

  • Massively.com featured Darkfall as a One Shot this week! We chuckled at being referred to as a “devilishly dangerous” game!

Official Events

  • The new expansion will be bringing exciting new official Events. Sharpen your sword and be ready! With that being mentioned, the Acolytes have been expanding their library with some more obscure Agon lore. Keep an eye on this section for more information within the next few days!

The battle for Agon
The politics on both EU-1 and NA-1 have seen a constant battle back and forth between the powers that dominate the servers.

  • EU-1
    On the political side of things, EU-1 has seen a pretty big siege that SUN dropped in SNAILPARTY’s Bloodscar hamlet, a siege that SNAILPARTY won in a pretty convincing way. The new hotspot in Agon is the middle part of the map, with a lot of PvP and regional control warfare taking place, and we expect more sieges to be dropped in the vincinity.
  • NA-1
    NA-1 is also a big PvP hotspot after the expansion, with skirmishes – big and small – taking place all over Agon. Sieges have been dropped on Elish hamlet close to the center, Ul’Hamra in Ruby and Gulghat in human lands. We are sure that many more sieges will follow, taking advantage of Hellfreeze’s improved siege performance.

We are interested in finding neutral players who would like to work with us on a weekly basis to update the community on general war happenings on both servers. Interested players can send a pm to community liaison Ramjesty. Please state why you would be a good candidate to comment and update us on happenings we might miss. Thank you!

Creative Corner

  • A lot of great videos have been posted the past few weeks. Check out ourofficial twitter to see just a few examples we picked out of the many we liked.

General Help and Information

  • Our out of game customer support team is happy to help you with any issues here: EUNA
  • Should you run into problems but can’t log in to send a ticket through the support system you can use the following emails: EUNA

New Players

  • For new players, please make sure you link your gaming account to your forum account by following this guide, in order to be able to post in the subscriber forums.
  • The official help guide is available both in and out of game. For in game information use the help icon in your main menu.
  • Great starting point for a new player is Raffraff’s compilation which can be foundhere.
  • An additional helpful, slightly older guide by Asnar of the NEW clan on EU can be found here.

Also check out Chaos Chest #1 and Chaos Chest #2 and Chaos Chest #3 and Chaos Chest #4 and Chaos Chest #5 and Chaos Chest #6

That’s all the loot for now.
Happy hunting everyone!

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Darkfall’s Chaos Chest #6 http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-6/ http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/darkfalls-chaos-chest-6/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:19:00 +0000 Laenih http://www.darkfallonline.com/blog/?p=505

As with our in game Chaos Chests you’ll never know what you get!
It’s hard to keep up with updates and interesting happenings in game and around the forums. But fret not, the community liaisons are here to help.

We will recap on a regular basis to make sure you don’t miss any important information.
Additionally we will pick a few examples of the many interesting reads around the forums. (If you think a specific thread or event is worth mentioning contact any of the liaisons. Keep in mind though that we are looking at suggestions directly on the forums, there is no need to send links about them to make a stronger point.)

.:: Official News ::.

  • Tasos kept updating the Community on a weekly basis with Activity Reports. Both the update from the 17th of September and the update from the 24th of September shed some light on activities concerning the upcoming expansion as well as general information about what is happening around the offices.
  • In an effort to give the 5K contest entries their well deserved attention we started to introduce additional entries which didn’t quite make it into the final two. Some of them you might have seen, some you might not. We already brought you TPOTN’s Schooner match stick masterpiece as well as Tharok’s 3D Fan-Art. Additionally the winning brothers had some more goodies to show and we wanted to make sure no one missed the work they put in on top of creating the Darkfall Dragon.
  • Pallist of the NA server is offering a public ventrilo for Darkfall players to anyone interest. Thank you!
  • Last but certainly not least, the Lore Team has been hard at work for the expansion too and shed some light on the history of Agon.

.:: Around the forums ::.

.:: Around the web ::.

  • 50 Pound Cat’s blog caught our attention and we thought you might like to keep following his adventure in Agon.

.:: Official Events ::.

  • The new expansion will bring exciting official Events. Sharpen your sword and be ready! With that being mentioned, the Acolytes have been expanding their library with some more obscure Agon lore. Keep an eye on this section for more information within the next few days!

.:: The battle for Agon ::.
The politics on both EU-1 and NA-1 has been a constant battle back and forth between the powers that dominate the servers.

  • EU-1
    EU-1 has been pretty busy siege-wise. Clans have realized that the value of some holdings will change after the launch of Darkfall’s 3rd expansion, and many have launched big sieges to strengthen their position on Agon. Some of the notable ones are SUN VS Nadirian Hordes at Rehnagar and Oethrain, where both parties traded blows, and Pandora VS Lux Arcana. Sea fortresses have seen their own share of activity, with almost the entire server showing up for some great naval combat.
  • NA-1
    Our NA-1 players have been engaged in a big fight over Ichtan, and that alone stirred a fair amount of controversy in the NA-1 Clan Discussion forums. Previous sieges have included Skogul, Eronetil, Jeradan, pretty much holdings all over Agon, and no single clan has been left out of the fights. Also, Desperate Housewives have got their hands on advanced Warhulks like the Vileforge and the Battle Ark, and these are sure to help them in future fights!

We are interested in finding neutral players who would like to work with us on a weekly basis to update the community on general war happenings on both servers. Interested players can send a pm to community liaison Ramjesty. Please state why you would be a good candidate to comment and update us on happenings we might miss. Thank you!

.:: Creative Corner ::.

  • A lot of great videos have been posted the past few weeks. Check out our official twitter to see just a few examples we picked out of the many we liked.

.:: General Help and information ::.

  • Our out of game customer support team is happy to help you with any issues here: EUNA
  • Should you run into problems but can’t log in to send a ticket through the support system you can use the following emails: EUNA

.:: New players ::.

  • For new players, please make sure you link your gaming account to your forum account by following this guide, in order to be able to post in the subscriber forums.
  • The official help guide is available both in and out of game. For in game information use the help icon in your main menu.
  • Great starting point for a new player is Raffraff’s compilation which can be found here.
  • An additional helpful, slightly older guide by Asnar of the NEW clan on EU can be found here.

Also check out Chaos Chest #1 and Chaos Chest #2 and Chaos Chest #3 and Chaos Chest #4 and Chaos Chest #5.

That’s all the loot for now.
Happy hunting everyone!

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