Consequently, we were happy when our Guest Reporter Jevik Bane was able to learn a great deal more about it from Dave Kennerly, Game Director for Nexon. Many are familiar with later Celtic Ireland and Celtic Britain, through the legends of Arthur, Merlin and others. However, the mythic cycle of Ireland was a time before there were concrete records of history. It allows for the greatest fantasies. I believe you are on to something with basing part of Dark Ages on Gaelic Ireland when most other online games such as this tend to stick to the Tolkien theme types.
Any setting can be a huge hit when done right.
Tolkien himself made his world a hit by being unique. The background legend is publicly available. There are several details to the legend that have not been revealed and will become part of the epic player events. As well, I fully encourage group-creation of some unspecified details, which do not contradict the background legend. Several players write histories of their characters, and create part of the history of the world.