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DarkFall: Failure in Patience

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Yes…I’m deliberately poking some of you in the eye with this one:

This launch hasn’t passed without problems though. First came the online pre-order page becoming swamped with traffic, leading to multiple credit card charges, people who never received their activation codes, and people who got codes but weren’t even charged for the game. If you have had a problem with your pre-order, and wish to check the status of your account, you can always do so on the account management page. Be warned — account management is under extreme stress from all the traffic and has been mostly down.

…added to that;

Sales of Darkfall will also resume today, as Aventurine plans to start selling the game early in the evening, around the time the servers go live. No exact time has been given yet, but we’ll keep our eye on the forums for any specifics given by the development team.

So..thumbs up on that “limited time offer” eh?

What was that saying about fools and money again???

/ducks incoming hate

D out

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4 Responses to "DarkFall: Failure in Patience"

  • Exeter says:
    February 25, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    Classic supply-driven demand. I have to say that I did ‘lol irl’ when I read that some were sitting on Darkfall’s site spamming refresh on their web browsers, desperately trying to be one of the special few to get one of those limited-time-only pre-orders. I guess that if it weren’t for those that are the most susceptible to these sorts of ploys, whole marketing departments would be out on their ear.

  • syncaine says:
    February 26, 2009 at 10:17 am

    This would be funny if actually ordering the game was possible right now, but it’s not, and the servers are up (and down, and up), so those who successfully pre-ordered are indeed getting a jump start right now. I know personally my guild is on there way to establishing themselves and heading out to grab a prime city location.

  • Rob says:
    February 26, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    So, is Darkfall live or not? I keep hearing that it is, but I see no way to buy the game. You go to their site and there is no “buy now!” button, but there is a huge beta signup button. So is this the launch of the beta, or is the game actually live? Or maybe they are finally taking the whole “I am paying to play a beta!” thing to heart and cynically having their purchase button say “beta signup” on it.

    Not that I am planning on buying it now, but even if I wanted to, I don’t know where I could get a copy.

  • syncaine says:
    February 26, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    Its live and the server is up. They are currently not selling copies.

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