Our efforts in Darkfall have been going unbelievably well, winning all but one siege so far in the alliance (LotD is undefeated), defending on all fronts, and doing well in roaming PvP daily outside of the epic large scale battles. LotD also has several scheduled events to attend each week to keep us busy killing and PvPing.
Darkfall is an amazing PvP sandbox game. However it has a pretty large barrier to entry for new players and somewhat difficult learning curve. The UI is non-intuitive at times and the game can be extremely cut-throat with a full loot system. If you die you can lose everything on you like in UO. If you don't have someone you know in the game to help and group with in your first weeks or even days of play, it's easy to be frustrated and leave the game before you are able to enjoy the experience it brings with large scale sieges, raids, naval battle, water, artillery, warhulks (land vehicles), and powerful mounted combat.
With that in mind, Lords of the Dead has taken the lead, along with Black Shields and several other guilds/clans in Darkfall, to create a guild called "New" located in the city of Hammerdale. The basic concept is NEW members have access to the clan and built city for 30 days. NEW is located by great starter area PvE, has free voice chat with Mumble, and several experienced Counselors that will provide not only gear, but instruction on basic game mechanics, pvp concepts, dueling, outings, events, and character building advice. Elite players from all over the world come and go helping new players on a daily basis too and showing off their talent.
You can find more information at the guild's website:
http://newbornonagon.guildplex.com/
Additionally, Massively has a small writeup on our efforts here
http://www.massively.com/2009/10/30/...wborn-on-agon/
Darkfall "NEW" Guild
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