Last 5 Months of DF

Turn up your sound.

The last minute war

Instead of waiting until the 14th to get our cities handed over to them... Aesir and "the men" decided to break off and backstab with asset destruction on ice.

After trying a 7am raid on us this morning which included seiging both LoD and Yew.... it backfired and we took 2 holdings from them in their primetime. More news tomorrow... now its our turn while they sleep.

Aesir

Death's Reed Boat Assault

Part 1:

Darkfall: Death's attacking on Talpec Part 1 from Laydin WMD on Vimeo.

Part 2:

Darkfall: Death's attacking on Talpec Part 2 from Laydin WMD on Vimeo.

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DF Mods Are Buttfuckers IRL

So cute...one Moderator to the rescue of another.  

Joy To the Agon

VICTORY!

"It is for this reason that after a long and successful run, I now capitulate to the blue dots, and such leaders as Obidiah of LOD and Bone of Sinister, who are gentlemen I most enjoyed sharing the chessboard with, and whose tactic of lying low and making strategic use of the more vocal alliances bought them an excellent position. Much like a good billiards player doesn't think only about the ball he's currently trying to sink, but about how much force he needs to apply to set up the next shot, the Death Alliance, the blue dots, are the ones who played their hand most favorably, and of all my three antagonists are now poised with the most advantage on the world map."

-Manus

Slow News Day...

So we fuck with guildmates

New Short Film by LoD-Apok

http://files.filefront.com/SuperHeroeswmv/;13688003;/fileinfo.html

Say What You Want...

But it's doubtful your guild has accomplished this much so far.  

Nasty

Butthurt?

http://attacktheclutch.blogspot.com/

Hyperion takes it in the ass

I would have summed it up like, hyperion fell for the bait, got flanked, lost to less numbers... and king manus pooped out 3 mortars with his full plate. Bone wrote it up all fancy schmancy for you.

"This weekened I was a part of a siege that for me defines Darkfall. The fight for the bridge west of Hamlet 121 was everything I could have hoped for in organized combat. Sinister and the Deceit alliance moved out form defensive postures of Sunthrone, Rhenegar, and Khunark 1 hour prior to Skogul's vulnerability point. The forces of Hyperion met the Sunthrone offensive force head on at a bridge choke point imeediately to the west of Skogul and a pitched battle began. At one point it looked like we (Deceit) were going to be routed as the Hyperion army charged across the bridge on horseback like calvary. Players were in full on sprint away from the battle and the lines were broken, that is until the second division of our forces slammed into the Hyperion flank.

This fight was the most epic thing I've seen in the game. Beach heads were won and lost, flanks and counter flanks were employeed it was really just awesome. The lag was present but not game breaking and I honestly think had we lost the siege I would have still be very happy with the experience. In a world where lines are drawn now between all of the alliances I predict most encounters to be pitched battles like this where no step is taken without blood and tears being spilt.

From a tactical standpoint I believe Hyperion forces errored in charging past the bridge they could have held that point for a VERY long time. By extending outside of Skogul and into the fields the rear flank of our second division was able to smash them one by one from the rear. Mannus and his troops should have kept their original positions 80-100 man strong north east of Skogul and only after our troops had to fight through Skogul's 40-60 rooftop and building defenders should they have entered the frey. Stamina of our troops would have been lower, cohesion of force would have been weaker and the initiative would have been theirs to take.

Destroying a clanstone in this game takes even a large force about 15 minutes of unoccupied time, during which any AE on or near the stone hits massive amounts of players. There SHOULD be lots of time for reactionary combat where players either come off the stone or die for it.

In short, by giving up the natural defensive postures of Skogul, and by not focusing on its defense, they lost the battle.

Still, was about the most fun I've had in Darfkall yet and I salute all involved. "

-Bone

You can join the discussion here:
http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=179684

Hey thanks!

Lets play a new game. Whose bank got looted this time? Thanks to all guilds out there who treat their members like shit or are just generally so painfully stupid that it drives your own members to the brink of insanity... and they search for greener pastures.

This Never Gets Old

Lucid Vision at it again.

Flea's B-Move

Adding insult to injury

When you recruit a bunch of people to try to win by numbers... and then show amazingly bad leadership... you get deserters. First it was the Harm Bank... now its their vent logs. It was so enjoyable to listen to(you dont often get to hear your enemies morale break live in ventrilo) that i thought it would make a good sountrack to a movie. One final homage to Harm. To where ever you are now, slaying whatever dragon, our final salute.





HD Download:
http://lod.networksynapse.net/media/harmdone.wmv

Harm accepts Failure, goes back to WoW

http://harm.dkpsystem.com/news.php

Complete and utter Victory is complete. Even all their Darkfall related news stories have been removed. I think someone wants to forget the whole experience. Couldn't blame them, quite embarrassing. "What are you going to do about it?" -Aztek

How to Ruin Darkfall 101

Years of Waiting for DF: 6
Weeks of Fighting on your own: 2
Number of Allies you need to play DF: 16
Time it takes for you to destroy the game: 1 day

Harm recruited the server.

For anyone who had doubt about the numbers Aztek recruited to fight LoD... this video will show it. Thanks for making it Harm alliance! When asked why Aztek assembled over 250 people to attack LoD when our biggest army had been 70 at most at a QFT fight... he had the following to say.

"20 years of MMO experience and Military Training has taught me you need 3 to 1 odds to beat a dug in defender" - Aztek, GM of Harm

I guess the server doesnt appreciate your way of thinking bro. Isnt it cute how they are all lined up in town after the fight? I mean, in their ex-town.

Moving Right Along

Current Geo-Political Analysis...

Catch up on all the Agon politics with this write-up categorized by region.

Darkfall Gepolitical Update - Week IV by bonedancer 

"North West Island - Deceit
Just one week since I predicted an uphill battle for LOD to conquer Deceit they and their allies have managed to wipe out all opposition, shows you what I know. Having been an active particpant in many of these fights I've seen for myself that wars are not won by numbers, not by resources, but by will alone. The LOD guys and their buddies simply wanted it more. Those of you looking for the field manual on how to conquer land should look to some of the lessons learned here. Don't try to win in one night, demoralize their Clan by taking down bind spots and valuable assets, do so repeatedly until their moral is so low a push results in their fall. "

-bonedancer, Guildmaster of  SiN

A bit "Hades-esque", but this guy swallows his pride and hits the nail dead-on.  

New Ridable Mount Revealed in Darkfall!

LoD Judas riding into battle!


Click here for Dev Pic

The Fail Is Strong...

It seems that many guilds are re-considering their objectives.  Here's some of the more interesting reads.  Leave comments if I left out any of the hacks who couldn't hang in a true hardcore MMO. 

Under-the-Radar-Approach-Never-Works (NAA)

"Their guilds have problems with spies, so every move of the NAA was so predictable by LoD alliance. Anyway, we keep fighting on there, knowing since saturday we were walking directly to our defeat or to a never ending war, just for loyalty to our new friends."

-Etrurian_Akab

Harm makes excuses, blames LoD's willingness to be "hardcore"

"Our alliance lost a city the other day because we just plain out could not defend it due to the time of day it was attacked. A fair tactic and I wont complain. From browsing LOD forums we knew they were coming and when just not what target. We also knew they were taking vacation from work and getting up at 3:30am to accomplish their goals. The day I have to take vacation to save pixels is the day I say fuck the pixels."

-Aztek

Orks 'R Us fizzle

Apex Who?

MurderTURDs Feign Disinterest in Lost City

"We changed focus recently we're glad to have the burden of a city off our backs now.."

-Qweets

Revenge is a Beautiful Thing

Feeling Sleepy?

Dont give in... fight it.... get some coffee. Yes, hes on our payroll.

The War for Deciet

LoDWarz.wmv HD Download

By Coneitic LoD

Bonepeeler Proctectorofall looking for Job

Bonepeeler Proctectorofall

Objective
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Its my dream in life to work in the mmo business. Although my time working at my previous employer was short, i feel i have learned a lot and am ready to work for your company.

Experience
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3/1/9 - 3/5/9 Avenurine, Greece
* Gamemaster in-training for 4 days
* Was involved in extremely hard work conditions at LoD Keep.
* Under extreme pressue but kept my cool as i was surrounded and teabagged.
* Fired after 4 days for un-fair circumstances.

1/6/4 - 2/29/9 Alexander's Rub and Tug, Greece
* Well trained in the "stranger", the rusty trumpet, the reverse cowboy, and the roman helmet.
* Learned good communication skills
* Extremely hard worker, often employee of the month vote in by male customers.

Education
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I was home schooled

References
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Anyone at Avenurine will prove to you that i am the right man for the job. Although i was fired after only 4 days, it was an impossible situation i was involved in at the LoD keep. I may have flown off the handle and threatened to ban people for boxing me in, but i did the best i could. How would YOU FEEL if you were surrounded and teabagged by complete strangers.

Please dont call Avenruine but take my word that i am an outstanding customer service agent.

Movie w/ Tea baggin, Sieges, Tempest Harm etc

New Movie by LoD Apok




Download it for highest quality:
http://files.filefront.com/Introwmv/;13513318;/fileinfo.html

So...

Whatever did happen to Harm's bank (besides being disabled later that night)?  Let's ask Labiferoan Windrunner, former Harm officer with clan bank access, turned newest addition to LoD explains...

(LoL)

What loot?  Harm loot seized by LoD officials included; gold, resources, modules etc. plus 40+ siege hammers put to GREAT use that same night (read "Doing Work").  

(What loot? ALL OF IT)

But Why? What drives a man to realize he was surrounded by Busch Leaguers pretending to be hardcore MMO'ers?  Nobody respects a zerg.  PERIOD.

(Sounds about right)

Where did all the loot end up?  Mostly in the hands of LoD financial wizard, Hew, who was quoted as saying "We didn't even apply for bail-out funds, wtf is this all aboot?"

(Ahoy!)

More screens/vids to follow.  ATC couldn't resist posting the exclusive early before news could be twisted by the masses.   The vent recordings alone are comedy gold.  

Hopefully non-believers learned two valuable lessons.  

1. Just because you play with legends, doesn't give you the right to call yourself one.  You will never be more than a cog in a zerg. 

2. Don't fuck with LoD.

Fun links:

Harm member quits, and they dont even know who it is.  Zerg defined.

Harm's website  

Doing Work

Do⋅ing Work [doo-ing][wurk]
–verb (used with object)
1. The usage of over 150 Siege Hammers in one night.
2. The destruction of Harm's Bank, T3 Keep.
3. The destruction of Tempest's Bank, T3 Keep, Houses, Advanced Smithy, and Workbench.
4. The destruction of LEGION's Bank, Houses, General Store, and Crates(lol).

DENIED.

Rainbow Coalition of Gay Zergers (RCoGZ)...how taste our pee pee pee?

(Shout-Outs to the anti-zerg)

New Movie by Nasty: Zergin' Volume I

ZERGEDVOL1.wmv

LoD: At the Center of Politics & War

What else is new?  Even in rare-temporary-defeat...LoD wins.  Why? Because you're talking about us-- and the formation of the mega-zerg alliance means that as individual guilds you will remain obscure unknowns in the annals of MMO history.  A mere fart compared to the shit-stain LoD has smeared over its enemies.  

23 pages of drama filled posts

Summed up best...

"So, from this thread we agree, everyone hates LOD, and thus they're famous, similarly they are respected to an extent even by guilds that hate them. Then there is the alliance of 16 guilds who are no names trying to make a name for themselves and the whole server hates them for mad zergfest. Can I join in on one of these guilds? I want to be famous too."

-Maserin

LoD eats your buildings.

We raid the cookie jar at night. Yes, you should be worried.

Harm Bank Bailout Woes Continue

LoD, with allies KillCult and Yew Militia, dealt the first blow to "those that eat yellow snow" on Deceit. 

Harm's bank located in the ghetto known as Mamengruk was declared defunct as financial guru Couls decided to leverage major assets (BA would say "a shit-ton of battlespikes") in a long term battle against the intruders.  When finally allowed to go to bed,  Venger declared "THIS BULLSHIT IS BULLSHIT".  

Harm was able to bring several partners in to join the fight to include; Tempest and Legion.  But these hippies pretty much suck...so yah.  

(weeeeeeeeee)

(Combat Photography by Roby)

Be Aggressive Vol 3

HD Full Download:
http://files.filefront.com/Be+Aggressive+3wmv/;13479642;/fileinfo.html

Why Didn't They Just Say So?

LOL

Acid Party until GM arrives.

Even Hitler is stuck in the Quay

The Art of Competitive Gaming

I'd like to assume that the majority of the ATC readers consider themselves competitive gamers. This interesting article on Competitve Gaming takes an analytical approach to the concept of balances within MMORPGs. The author really nails some of the points that compose the LoD4Life mentality. Now, if this article came from Adventurine, we would all be in great shape.

A game is enjoyable if there's strategic depth and variety that encourages experimentation, and every new dominant strategy discovered is met with an effective counterstrategy. A game is broken or unbalanced if it becomes clear that spamming a particular move, taking over a particular location, or employing a particular tactic makes everything else in the game irrelevant.

Perhaps the biggest difference between a casual player and a hardcore player is that a casual player wants to be able to pick up a game and have fun with it without putting hundreds of hours into it, and a hardcore player wants the hundreds of hours invested into the game to mean something

www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090309/newheiser-a.shtml

Jerk-Face Griefer!

Do not group with "Sucan LoD"

As soon as you accept the invite from him he will kill you and loot you! This is totally not cool, if you ask someone to group with you, you should be trying to help not kill them. If you see him in game kill him over and over he is a douche bag griefer.

-Arcadi

Awesome Work Sucan

Be Aggressive Vol. 2 - Conny of LoD

GM Bonerpeeler Is Watching You!

The mystery behind Darkfall's secret anti-hacking detection system has been revealed.  It's Bonerpeeler...and he's watching you.  Is it possible this guy gets paid by Aventurine? 

(ATC is watching you Bonerpeeler!)

GM Harrassment, The Video by Apok

With random PKing, Ganking, and Rez killing.

Watch it in HD on Youtube: (double click to go to youtube page then click HD tab)



Or Download the Movie in HD here (Best Quality)

LoD Griefs Darkfall Staff

Don't come to our city and expect not to be griefed.  That goes for GM's too. Speakingof GM's...don't show up and try to flex on us...especially when 50% of my guildmates are still pressing "F5".  

This is the story of a young GM, who wandered into the wrong town.  Bonepeeler Protectorofall paid a visit to the very unfriendly Frost Coast (aka Deceit).

He was quickly met by the LoD Box Club -- who surrounded the GM and began to "harrass" him.  

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(Bonepeeler checking out the LoD Keep)

(Doesn't this "GM" have a "teleport" function?)

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(Bonerpeeler struggling against the mighty LoD)

Don't feel bad for the GM just yet.  You know he has one card left to play.  The "I ban thee" trick".  But will LoD pull his punk card?

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(1st Warning Mister!)

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(So mean)

Apparently two LoD members were booted from game.  It is still unknown whether or not anyone received any type of suspension.  If so, I wonder if they'll deduct it from the time Aventurine already owes us.  

Simon LoD, who was actually punted from game, had this to say, "You put that Mother F'er in 4oz. gloves and fly him to Fresno...I guarantee i'll test his chin".  

Nearly as quickly as it started, Tasha Dev, came to the rescue of her retarded 'lil brother and behaved like a paid employee of a shittily-launched game should.  The two were last seen comparing notes on how to actually use their UI.   

(GMs take damage but their health bar stays at 100% just FYI)

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(Alert the Clutch!)

The episode leaves many questions unanswered.  Why were GMs in our city in the 1st place?  Do GMs receive training on how to use their "powers"?  Is it Aventurine's policy to punt players from game for "harrassment"?  Will Bonepeeler always be a n00b?

Recognize.

Go ahead and go to sleep EU 1...

The LoD Batsignal has been activated. Europeen playerbase activated. Ninja am raids inc.

Have You Ever Been Victimized...

...by a Ventrilo predator?  You know the type...channel switched by some loud-mouth-Texan to a 1 on 1 quagmire-like-conversation that accomplishes nothing but wasting time.  Stand up.  Don't become a victim of Ventril-a-buse.

There's a New Sheriff in LoD's Empire...

And nobody gives a fuck.   If you see this guy, plug your godamn ears before he kills you with SPAM.  

(Judas captioned above in a 1-way conversation with the LoD clanstone)

Zerg vs Muderturd

New LoD Movie by Coneitic

Clicky Clicky

Bofis is Back

One of the greatest video makers in the MMO world. Lets just hope he finally gets an account so we can see more from him... and less /wrists.

Flossin

Picture above: Murdock aka "The Frank Lucas of Darkfall"

I dont think people understand how we roll at ATC. Our cars are made of Steedgrass. Our suits are made of Steedgrass. Our hats? you guessed it, SteeDizzle. You may get excited over seeing a single piece of Steedgrass after 2 hours of farming, but for us, its just a way of life. Dont hate us because we are successfull.

Stop Holding Hands FFS

Seriously what the fuck is with all these faggots allying with the world already in Darkfall. All i see in System chat is pussies allying with the world. Wheres the War? Wheres the Conflict? We've been waiting how many years for Darkfall now and people would rather sit around and play sim city in safety? Time for us shake up this bitch real soon.

I swear this is system chat:

IMAGE has allied with guild 1.
IMAGE has allied with guild 2.
IMAGE has allied with guild 3.
Guild 2 has allied with Bad Boys for Life.
Bad Boys for Life has allied with guild 1.
Bad Boys has allied with Grobalds.

This isnt WoW. Stop holding hands and having tea parties. If you like doing that so much, just go right back and enjoy the safety of horde vs alliance.

Secret to LoD Success

LoD Leaks Top-Secret Server Domination Photos

Wahhhh

"This is almost as if a dupe bug was discovered on day one of a release and a 10 or so guilds knew about it and got a major headstart and there WON'T be a wipe or roll back. The majority of the choice cities have been claimed while guilds that have not exploited the dungeons are not even halfway to being able to afford their first clan shard"

-Osium, Leader of Mercs and Big Fat Cry Baby

Euro Release, LoD Domination Continues

With the frustration of this release it is a surprise that any guilds were able to get in game. While many guilds could not cut it, LoD was another story. The members that were able to get in game started it off with a bang.

The Lords of Death accomplished two firsts for the Euro release of Darkfall. LoD was the first guild formed, as well as the first town claimed. This is thanks to the dedication of our members that were able to get online. LoD is a well oiled machine and we challenge anyone to take us up on our supremacy.

Darkfall Release Day!

It's finally here! Darkfall has hit the shelves at your local Gamestop and Best Buy locations. Limited copies will include a free Tasos autographed photo.

Pretentious? World Wide Exclusive Hyperion Failure

Our "sources" at the Realm of Kirdain seemed to have leaked this map to the wrong people. This map is the Hyperion blueprint of Agon domination.

Zerg that shit up into little pieces

Originally Posted by ManusII.

Land Grab:We’ve been ambitious with our plans to claim land, so it’s important that from the moment the game opens, we don’t waste any time collecting the money we need to claim our reserved spots as delineated in the Hyperion Map.

Now, keep in mind that according to the latest patch notes, a clan can only claim one stone every 24 hours, so those shires that have been assigned more than one stone will need to assign their second or third holdings to a subclan to hold so that they can be secured as soon as possible.

It is every shire’s responsibility to claim their fief! Please name your clans by your territory name, and then use your forum name as the motto, for example:

The Republic of Texas : Motto, “The Lone Star State”

The Barony of Urth: Motto, “The Society of the Anvil”

The Crowned Republic of Aquileia: Motto “The Silver Sun Republic”

The Kingdom of Hyperion: Motto “Lumen Solis Victrix” (Old SB and AC clan name)

(See the full post in the comment section. Including gold divisions and other hamlet-holding knight and baron RP jargon)

Winterblades calls out LoD

LoD's bank was delicious

- Oly, Guild Leader of Night Crew, Winterblades

Late into the evening, just days before release, Winterblades issued an official challenge to LoD.

Just as the servers came up, Winterblades decided to put together a raiding crew to see how much drama they could stir up at the infamous LoD Keep. With LoD members pre-occupied f5'ing through the pre-order selection, LoD was taken by slight surprise when this small but effecient seige hammer weilding crew showed up and knocked on the bank door.

As LoD architects spent their time wisely divising release plans and strategies, Winterblades felt it would be a good opportunity to try gain some e-peen fame by riding the LoD coattails and emerging from the "non-factor beta guild" category.

Threatening us is laughable.

-Ssly, Winterblades

Unfortunately for Winterblades, every attack against LoD, including beta, will result in an equal and opposite reaction. I hope your "laughable" journey to LoD's bank was worth your guilds demise once the stakes actually matter.

Nasty gets Nasty

LoD's own Nasty made a couple beta videos. Some of the best edited videos i have seen yet.

Lethal Beta 1

Lethal Beta 2

Videos are sped up/slowed down for your enjoyment.

New LoD Movie by Apok

Clips from Hyperion vs LoD siege attempt




Download it Here

All Hail, King n00b Basher!

Ratio sucks, but anyone have more kills than my man BurninSun, LoD?

#Darkfall bans for...

fortelle meg ungt menneske , har du noen gang fikk din turd skubbet inne av en vred dolphin?

WTF?

Mana Missle Zergin'

LvL 1 spell craziness!

(from Sherk)

New Lod Movie by Apok

Movie Link

The blue ninja is lazy :(

New LoD Video by Obs (Supreme Allied Commander and FRAPS geek)

Keep.wmv (Right Click, Save Link As)

New LoD movie from beta which was put up on Darkfallonline youtube. This is the 1080p HD version.