What was the name of this long-ago cancelled MMO?

Bazharkhan

For a short time about 8-10 years ago I played a very crafting/gathering-heavy fantasy MMO where everything was pretty much player-made; players and guilds could effectively 'own' mines that no one else could access, you could chop down trees, make your own weapons and armor (that degraded with use, forcing you to make new ones pretty often) and had a relatively brutal gear curve where you constantly had to gather/farm to get the next level of metal, wood, leather, cloth, etc. Not remembering its name is killing me; the only other thing I can really remember about it was that it was open world and there was one part with a ruined castle containing skeletons you had to fight, and that at some point you could get crafting patterns for things like boats and houses.

Albatroes

Isometric? 3rd person?

Keller

sounds like Darkfall

marcust

Agree and DFO was cancelled but we now have Darkfall New Dawn.

https://darkfallnewdawn.com/

bosmer24

It may not be the one you are refering to,but Istaria is fantasy & crafting heavy.

Grimula

i would say Shadowbane ? from your description it sounds like shadowbane to me

Bazharkhan

So I was browsing around today and finally found it; Dawntide, the overly-ambitious game that wasn't. Thanks for the help trying to figure it out though, everyone.

AlBQuirky

Bazharkhan said:

So I was browsing around today and finally found it; Dawntide, the overly-ambitious game that wasn't. Thanks for the help trying to figure it out though, everyone.

Thanks! I was wondering what the game was. It sounded interesting

Also, the thread said "Answered" and I didn't see one specifically

Utinni

This makes me miss Istaria/Horizons. I absolutely loved how crafting levels added to combat stats (i.e. tailoring added to your dexterity). I remember being a like level 5 ranger type guy but lvl 32 tailor, i was a god amongst the level 5 mobs !

Lokero

Bazharkhan said:

So I was browsing around today and finally found it; Dawntide, the overly-ambitious game that wasn't. Thanks for the help trying to figure it out though, everyone.

Ah, I think I played the Alpha/Beta or whatever they called it for that one.

If that's the game I'm thinking of, it was a mess.  Did that game ever get anywhere close to release?  It wasn't barely even playable when I had access and tried it. Rubber-banding and brain-dead enemies that didn't fight back, etc., is what comes to mind, iirc.

I mean, it was as raw a game as I tried, and I've had quite a few pre-release experiences.  I think it was just a one man project, but I could be wrong... been a long time.

Hariken

Utinni said:

This makes me miss Istaria/Horizons. I absolutely loved how crafting levels added to combat stats (i.e. tailoring added to your dexterity). I remember being a like level 5 ranger type guy but lvl 32 tailor, i was a god amongst the level 5 mobs !

That game is still up you know. It has a small but really loyal player base that's older and very welcoming to new players.

Amaranthar

Bazharkhan said:

So I was browsing around today and finally found it; Dawntide, the overly-ambitious game that wasn't. Thanks for the help trying to figure it out though, everyone.

I tested that game. It had an awful lot of potential.