"Conquer the Seas" Expansion ETA + Features : DFO - General / Guide - Discussions

Darkfall's new free expansion, "Conquer the Seas", is set to launch late next week. This is a tentative ETA, but even if we miss it, it will be a matter of just a few more days. This took longer than the original estimate because aside from the many new and important features added to the game, there have been hundreds of smaller improvements and thousands of corrections and fixes. A lot of testing is involved in getting this right, and to correct all the problems that come up during the testing.

We understand the excitement and the anticipation for our second expansion. We always do our best to meet our deadlines but taking whatever extra time is needed to get it right is equally important. We do appreciate your patience.

The announcements of changes and additions to ship building and sea combat, apart from excitement have also generated some questions. Specifically it has been a common concern that with the way that area spells work right now it will all be in vain.

Today, we forwarded this concern to the developers and we got a reply back that should excite most if not all of you. With the upcoming Expansion, AoE damage will no longer pass through walls and other geometry. The exact answer was that only players that are standing within range and line of site of the spell’s impact point will get damaged.

This means of course that ships, war-hulks and even buildings will now offer a much greater tactical advantage.