Quick Update
July 29, 2011 
Tasos Flambouras 
There’s not much to report today. Most of the work being done right now is on the testing and the balancing of the siege system. We hope to run final tests next week before we can deploy it. We’ve also been looking through your feedback on the points we made in the siege system presentation. Thank you for that. We also understand that we’re running a bit behind our target date again but we need to make sure everything is working properly.
We also took a couple of screenshots of the intricate leather armor for you today. Some of you asked for them after we posted a short video of the armor yesterday. You should be able to see it more clearly now. We hope to have more information for you on our overall progress next week.
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Tags: armor, Darkfall, Intricate Leather, MMO, PvP, Screenshots, Siege System, Testing, update, video
Office Talk Tags: armor, Darkfall, Intricate Leather, MMO, PvP, Screenshots, Siege System, Testing, update, video 
first!!! this looks great
meh looks like cartoony wow style armour to me.
I disagree, it’s not even close. It’s definitely exotic compared to the other options in game currently but it’s nowhere near as goofy or colorful as WoW’s. And, while it’s not very realistic, there’s nothing wrong with having some fantasy in a fantasy game.
I’ve long thought that DFO went a little too heavy on the side of realism and not far enough into the fantastical or unbelievable. I mean, of course most places are going to reflect medieval fantasy it’d be nice to have some more alien and colorful places. For instance, the center of Agon is somewhat of a wasteland but I think it’s one of the best looking areas in the game with its ashen trees and purple bushes. Not all wastelands have to be literal wastelands like Cairn. And Alfar lands are bloody scary but the various giant and glowing shrooms are amazing. Nobody has tried to claim that either of those places remind them of WoW, even though they utilize a similar kind of creativity.
Anyway, the new armors and the dungeon updates I’m enjoying a lot. Sorry for rambling.
I assume this is caster low encumbrance gear. Assuming the new armor system will be in place. We’ll probably be wearing the full set as a caster. Mages will no longer look like heavy tin cans and blast spells.
This armor looks fit for a squishy glass cannon.
I don’t hate this armor. But i find the old version of the intricate leather armor looked much better. Unless this is the mirdain version and the ”older” look is for humans.
Don’t pay attention to the bad cause sads. New armor looks baller. I just hope the human version doesn’t look as goofy. HAH! in your FACE! But really, it looks good.
Can’t please everyone I suppose. It looks nice. Nothing like what you’d see in WoW
Well I think warcraft/warhammer art style is awesome… when under 15.
I agree… Very WoWish. Let’s just hope it is like that for the Gelflings.
Man, there’s so much to talk / blog about right there.
For example, you could fraps / film how you test the systems, and show us, for example, a siege where two team from AV fight eachothers.
Just as an exemple of what you could do.
so you want to watch a 2v2 siege of the coding department vs the graphic artists? tasos will be team 3 as the TSL wildcard.
Fuck yeah that’s what I want to see.
LMFAO @ TSL WILDCARD!!! I, for one, will definitely wear this armor. I will rename my character to “The Shredder”, create a clan called “[FOOT] The Foot”, and make sure all green-skinned orcs enter a clan called “[TMNT] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and have constant dungeon/sewer pvp. TSL can be April..
Looking good, I especially like the lighting and it seems, much bigger spawns
It looks more…ehem…asian.
so will there be a wipe?
No spikey nipples? What the fuck AV?
“…that we’re running a bit behind our target date again…”
Do you mean the EARLY Q2 ETA with saying “a bit” ????
They were talking about the Siege System, not 2.0, which has no current ETA. There is an ETA for the ETA, which is “sometime in August”
HEIL Pflanzen
Leave the spikes and would be great! Do everything but leave it!
Can not believe you guys didnt patch today.
Why even mention the sea tower/screams fix if your going to continue saying ‘this month’ we will patch again and again and then fail to do so?
Looking good!
More hopeless waffle and no action.
Do you think he even realizes that no player in the game outside a week old newb wears leather armour?
This is dumb on 3 counts.
First count – yes, some do
Second count – all the armor in the game is getting redone/fitted to the new character models. If they don’t redo them all, the difference will be jarring between a pre 2.0 set and post 2.0 set. It’s not artistically sound.
Third count, and most obvious – They’ve redone the entire armor system you dumbass. It’s not going to act the same as current leather.
Make those spikes smaller… jesus christ… lmao
the gauntlet spikes are perfect and kinda realistic.. realistic to the point that they could have a purpose.. unlike the spikes on the helmet that would make a blade curve inward towards your head, instead of bouncing off of your head
reminds me a lot of the ones off of soul reaver 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnsJaWRn24w&feature=related
I keep staring at the one picture expecting him to turn into a bat & fly away… some of the spikes & stuff aren’t placed in very practical locations. I could see them causing more accidental damage the the player than anything else, lol.
Meh, I may have come across a little more harsh than intended, it doesn’t look that bad, imo. just takes some getting used to.
I agree, the armor doesn’t looks flashy, as in, the extra’s do not serve a purpose. Nobody in real life would wear all the extra things in combat. But I ere on the side of realism, I realize a lot of people like believing in the unbelievable.
I always thought Asherons Call had better graphics than Everquest, but lots of other people thought otherwise. But graphics aren’t a big deal, gameplay is. As long as it brings people in, im happy!
We want info on the wipe and the prestiege classes ! Those little screens and videos are pointless !
THe armor looks ok. What i really want to know is if the gameplay will become more interesting.
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TBH I don’t like the metal blades sticking out, hopefully that is more of a racial thing.
Of course its racial, every race’s armor looks different, The orks will add about 60 more spikes to it for instance. Dwarfs will make it more chunky looking. Stuff like that
I’m so sick and tired of your fail release dates. I’m tired of paying each month when obviously your going to make us start another game on another server. Sorry already did that in Europe server. Also i’m tired of paying for my prescription when you say your going to release stuff every month but then it takes you five times longer than you said it would. Just tired of it. More than likely going to sell my in game house and cancel my subscription due to the fact the staff obviously is withholding information to the long time players and jerking us around more. If you would have been honest with your goals and told us a bit more we’d probably have stuck with ya. But right now it just feels like we stuck with ya for 2 years for nothing. Thanks for ruining what could have been a really good game. Unsubscribing for now.
Hell I’m just glad to see new armor even making it game!!! Idc if its got blades, spikes, or even ice cream cones sticking out if it. Least its a new addition to all the armor we have had since release. And yes I would wear armor with ice cream cones on it…
kinda sad that most of the pople with opinions don’t even pay to play right now. if you want something better make it or pay 2 play here. I don’t miss you.