Monthly Archives: February 2011

Fallen Earth – Level 18 and Dune Buggy Blues

  By Creep | February 26, 2011 - 11:26 pm | Fallen Earth, MMO
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I finally hit level 18 while working on the quests in Coppermine. That puts me 2 levels closer to Sector 2 as well as raises my crafting up enough to work on crafting 75 stuff.

This was super exciting news because it means I can finally start Dune Buggy research. Though to make the Dune Buggy I also need to work on tier 2 research for the vehicle components as well.

*grumbles* *mutters*

At this point I’ve only started working on the materials required to create the Tires research book. That requires 5 tires, and each tire takes a few hours a piece. That’s the first of four books (Control, Engine, Frame, Tires).

That’s all before I can even start to craft ONE Dune Buggy.

Safe to say I’m not expecting to get it done this weekend, but I am hoping to have my first Dune Buggy done soon. Then of course I’ll be scavenging like nobody’s business. Since I’ll also be working on some armor upgrades before hitting Sector 2 the Dune Buggy will probably come in handy.

So until next time, you’ll find me twiddling my thumbs in the shop, or helping my new friends start their clan.

Fallen Earth – Mardi Gras in the Wastes

  By Creep | February 26, 2011 - 1:34 pm | Fallen Earth, MMO
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A player hosted series of events is scheduled to take place over the course of next week called the “Wasteland Mardi Gras“.

The lovely poster here was made by the folks hosting the event. I’m just sharing it here.

In Fallen Earth the players really shine. This is one of the few games where the players advertise in game events.

The events I’ve been to so far have been pretty interesting and this list of events will probably be pretty nuts.

There’s a Bike Rally, a Parade, and topless night? Not quite sure how that one’s going to pan out, but being the intrepid wasteland reporter that I’m turning into… I might as well show up and record the events as others bare all, or at least as much as the game designers will let them.

For which we’re pretty thankful. For the most part.

Here’s the list of events:

Wednesday March 9th – 9pm EST, New Flagstaff cooking facility – Lyssa’s Coffee Hut

Thursday March 10th – 9pm EST, New Flagstaff Beauville’s Tavern – Invicta Bike Rally

Sunday 13th March 2pm EST, Embry Main Street – Mardi Gras Parade

Sunday 13th March 3pm EST, Depot 66 bunker bar -Mardi Gras Bunker Bash

Sunday 13th March 8pm EST, Oilville Triage and Tap – Topless Night at The Rack

I plan on hitting up as many of these as I can. I know I can even hit the first couple in New Flagstaff since I’ve already ridden out to Sector 2. Hope they don’t mind me showing up at the bike rally on the Canyon Bike (aka a Badland Rider). I’m really tempted to pick up the new Flame Rider recently released in the Fallen Earth Item store just for the event. OK that and because flames on a bike is just flipping cool. But not sure if I want to forgo the mileage efficiency of the Badland Rider just for something that looks a little more bad ass, but we’ll see what’s in the budget.

I know I just plugged the store, but hey, I like this game, I want to see it succeed, I don’t mind dropping some hints here and there.

Now, if you’re in Fallen Earth, drop in and say hi!

Now that my reporting is done for the day I’m going to go and get lost in the wasteland. Ciao

EVE Online – Checking Out the New

  By Creep | February 26, 2011 - 1:22 am | EVE
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I had received an e-mail from the folks at EVE Online offering 5 days free to step back into EVE. I was almost going to let it lapse but a friend in Fallen Earth mentioned the new character creator tool and it peaked my interest.

Since the last time I’d played EVE some pretty important things had occurred. Lately though CCP is ramping up to let the pilots out of the ships. Now that’s a big deal for EVE folks. The clones have been in the ships since the beginning of the game. I’m pretty sure they’ll be stoked to get a chance to wander around.

I logged into my poorly spelled character Strategiest, and worked through the character creator. It was odd to get to grips with at first, but once I figured out how to get the mouse to drag things around I ended up with something I like ok.

The new character creation screen is pretty promising. That and the screenshots recently released of the upcoming captains quarters has my curiosity piqued.

The thing about EVE is that there’s a lot of downtime in the game, while you’re waiting on skills or things in production, or things in process. Being able to step out of the ship while doing some of the base bound things just sounds neat.

It will definitely bring a new side to EVE.

Fallen Earth – Working Coppermine

  By Creep | February 26, 2011 - 1:03 am | Fallen Earth, MMO
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I’m still getting lost in the wasteland. The last couple of days I’ve been working on Coppermine.

It’s not that there’s a lot of content there to keep me stuck. Currently I’m having a hard time sitting at my computer for extended periods of time. Hopefully that will improve.

Until then I’m just gaming in spurts. It makes me take things pretty slow which is always annoying, but I’ll get to Sector 2. Right now I’m sitting at one bubble from 18 and I’ll probably hit that the next time I log on.

One bug quest in the mine there really boosted me quite a bit. Although I did manage to get myself killed while trying to loot a corpse. *sigh* I was out of bag space just as I was getting attacked by a couple of bugs. Little bastages. I did run back in and complete the quest no problem. I just had to forgo skinning the bugs.

I’m hoping that with this next level or at the very least at level 19, I’ll be up to crafting level 75 items. That will enable me to draw up the research book for Dune Buggies as well as begin working on the research books I’ll need to create the tier two components the Dune Buggies will require.

But right now my back is killin’ meh, so I’m going to go get lost in the shower. The wasteland will be there when I get back!

Fallen Earth – Quick Break

  By Creep | February 25, 2011 - 12:08 am | EVE, Fallen Earth, MMO
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The last couple of days I’ve taken a break from Fallen Earth. Not because I’m not enjoying the game, but because I just need a break.

I downloaded and logged into Eve Online just to check out some of the changes and ended up feeling beyond lost.

I have logged into Fallen Earth. Right now I’m feeling frustrated at the fact that I can’t make some things I’d like to make. Then again though I am still level 17 and I don’t want to allocate all of my AP towards Intelligence right now. The more AP allocated to Intelligence, the higher level a person can craft.

I threw some more points in and I’m sitting at a crafting level of 72 right now. I want to get up to 75 as soon as I can so I can start working on some specific armor pieces as well as getting to work on making Dune Buggies.

I have a whole town full  of quests in Copper Mine to clean out. Though I’m halfway to 18, I haven’t felt the drive to get those quests knocked out over the last couple of days. But there are other things going on that have a stronger grip on my attention right now.

I’m not sure if I’ll get back into the swing of things over the weekend, but who knows. I think I really do need to spend a day just doing some scavenging and making ammo. That always gets me inspired to do anything other than scavenging heh.

Well until next time, I’ll just be getting lost.