Beta Testers Get To Pre-Order Few Hours Early

Found on leak forums and confirmed by testers on the official DFO forums:

Originally Posted by Tasos View Post
...as per our announcement in the news section.

Beta forums will remain closed while we're still testing as to keep the testing process useful rather than tainted by PR concerns. I would like to ask that we keep the beta discussion in here and that you refrain from cross-posting on the other forums.

Having said that, you're free to post your opinions, videos, and screenshots. We believe that you'll do so responsibly and objectively.

We would like to give the testers some lead time to the pre-orders for those interested, as our minimum thanks to your valuable contribution to the project. We'll post the link in here a couple of hours ahead of releasing it.

Thanks

Tons of Content

Well, the official forums are flowing with beta-player reviews, screenshots, and videos. Here are a couple things I think are worth checking out:

* Great PvP Video (good variety of footage - be sure to watch it in HD! graphics look fantastic!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL55N7E1OYA

* Beta Tester Answers Some Good Questions - http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=132515

* Darkfall Vids w/ Narrations (Some people think the guy sounds like a complete douche; sure, he may sound a bit cocky, but it makes the videos hilarious and enjoyable to watch!) http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=132460

* Mahirim Mount Info http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=132564

LIVE Stream of The Game!

Edit: The guy said he'd be back tomorrow to stream once again.

http://www.mogulus.com/darkfall

TheMercs Gameplay Video

EDIT: It's currently set to private :(

TheMercs have posted a gameplay video on Youtube. While the quality sucks, it's definitely still worth checking out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxLvrU7HKo

NDA IS GONE!

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=132003

Includes pre-order info, system requirements, and launch plans. Woohoo!

NDA Coming Down Soon?

Reports from the forums say that the NDA may be coming down soon because guilds now have permission to post gameplay videos, with the first one being the pvp video from Sinister.

The DivX quality version of the video + a small preview can be found here (scroll down for video):
http://www.afraidyet.net/forums/news/84708-darkfall-preview-part-i-combat.html

Devs Respond To Towers

Found on forums:

Hi everyone,

I want to address some of your concerns real quick:

* We recently added one guard tower to each faction quest hub. There are only three faction quest hubs in each racial territory, so they have little impact on gameplay, other than offering some protection for players who just started playing the game.

* There are no additional guard towers planned.

* We know that at least one tower was wrongly placed close to a chaos stone, and it will be removed shortly.

* As far as rogue/alignment mechanics go, we are looking at various improvements to the system. Keep in mind that at release you can only have ONE character, so the majority of the playerbase may play the game differently than they do in beta.

* We are currently testing functionality that will give city owners more control over when they can be challenged.