Bad Parking Job
Trivia night is back again. For those who don’t know Fallen Earth Trivia Night is sponsored by the game and allows all of us players a chance to show off our knowledge and pick up some goodies.
If you want to check it out and give yourself a shot at winning some goodies, hit up the Embry Bunker Bar between 7pm pacific 10pm Eastern this next Monday (September 5th).
So hey we’re all wondering just what life in the wastelands is going to be like once Fallen Earth goes Free to Play. A lot of the details are still on the drawing board. The good news is that some details are starting to be released.
Here’s the current PROPOSED Membership Structure:
Remember proposed means that this isn’t final yet, but it’s a step closer to how things are going to shape up.
OK the upside to this membership structure is that the top membership tier would have increased crafting and scavenging speed as well as increased XP and Death Toll gain. What’s not to love about that?
Death Toll…. enough said.
The downside is that XP gain and crafting for F2P players shows at less than default. While yeah that doesn’t look great on face value, there is a bit of a twist to this. At this point the plan is to have auras in the game that subscribed players can share even with non subbed members. So if the subbed member pops an XP aura and shares that with an F2P team member, boom the XP issue is resolved.
Yes this membership structure does give people incentive to sub up. If nothing else increased crafting speed pays for a membership. Do you know how long it takes just to make a Dune Buggy? *shudders*
Though the free to play players won’t receive the same benefits the subbed members will, the current plan is that they won’t actually be at a loss. Well that is as long as they make some friends. That’s where the auras come into play. If an F2P player has a subbed friend with auras that boost XP or whatever the auras may end up doing, the F2P player benefits from the subbed player’s generosity.
While on face value it seems kind of strange, let’s do a tear down on this one. Lots of us have friends that skip around from game to game. I used to until I got sucked into Fallen Earth. Most of my friends still do. Thing is though they may want to come and hang out in Fallen Earth once in a while or even see an in game live event or something. Well as an F2P player they’d be able to do that without having to sub for Fallen Earth. Then if they want to play a little I could run with them to give them an XP boost.
Let’s also consider the spamtastic gold farmers who’d probably love to abuse the hell out of an F2P toon and ruin the in game economy. Hey I know the in game economy is already wacky, but throw these guys in and it’d never stabilize. To me it looks like the receive only aspect to mail and decreased ability to craft really seems more like a method of slowing down chip farmers. Then again I could just be huffing something.
Although seeing F2P player limitations on Fallen Earth Global Chat (aka Barrens Chat) speaks volumes.
The decreased crafting hours for F2P players does seem like a hamstring to crafting. By the way, crafting is one of the coolest parts of Fallen Earth. Keep in mind though, if a person really gets into crafting, they’re probably going to want to sub up just to get that crafting bonus. Personally I see this as a boon to full crafters in that they’ll be able to make and supply folks who either won’t have the time or the desire to craft. To me that’s a bit of a win.
Like I said right now all of this is still in the planning stages so everything I’ve said here is subject to change. From what I can see it looks ok. Then again I’ve been subbed to the game for months now and don’t plan on changing that any time soon so for me bonus XP, faster Crafting and faster Scavenging sound freaking awesome. We’ll all just have to keep an eye on the Fallen Earth Dev Blog to see how things shape up.
Until next time I’ll be grinding faction in the wastes. Hit me up at the Enforcer vets if you want to say hi, well unless you’re an Enforcer, that could get awkward. Funny, but awkward.
I was lucky enough to get to spend 2 out of 3 days at PAX Prime this year. I had a blast.
Friday I even wore my very limited edition Fallen Earth t-shirt.
No you can’t have it.
Best part is that I got to meet Joe and Darek who let me chat up Fallen Earth. I did say that I’m not worried about Fallen Earth going free to play, which I’m not. If the servers stay live I’m happy. I did ask about how F2P might effect PvP in FE. The guys assured me that the auras and item store inventory will not give an unfair advantage in PvP. The auras and item store inventory will be helpful for leveling and in PVE.
All good things to hear.
I was bummed not to see a Fallen Earth presence at PAX this year. Ok well aside from me, but I love the game. I am glad the guys were there promoting APB. There’s a game that needs some love. It’s come a long way and should only get better.
This does make me feel like Fallen Earth is in good hands. These guys love FE too.
Oh and I’ve attached some random pics from my time at PAX.
I wish you all could have been there too, and if you were I hope you had a blast!
Here’s a little PvP video with the Saints and KAOS vs Heretic and a few other clans. This battle took place after a long night of fighting these guys and after I was kinda cloner camped a little. Then again I knew once I had the KAOS clan tag it was coming. Safe to say this win was pretty epic for me.
*Warning* there is some naughty language, so NSFW etc.
I’m learning a lot about PvP from these guys. No matter what folks say about the Saints and KAOS these are really fun guys to hang out with. And yes they’re even trying to teach me how to teabag. I’m still working on that hahaha.
Wicked
Per request I’m posting some screenies of Alpha County. The wall of text includes some survival hints I’ve discovered and received while out and about in AC.
First of a wee bit of lore, promise, just a bit. The thing about AC is that it is a total wasteland. If you remember your Fallen Earth history, pretty much the whole planet is a wasteland aside from small pockets of civilization thriving within low radiation zones.
Alpha County had been a full radiation zone until fairly recently. Of course now that the radiation is at safe levels it’s ok to send in the tourists err I mean us clones. Then again clones are always going where we aren’t supposed to go but that’s a side note.
Safe to say the landscape is permanently altered. That and after years of barely surviving the radiation the plants and animals are heavily mutated and some of them are downright cranky.
That’s part of what makes AC look so wild. Totally wild enough to be worth checking out even if it’s a bit of a ride.
So how do you get to AC? Well the great wall that blocks AC from the rest of the canyon is found at the tail end of Terminal woods. You can get there by driving from Tanner’s field and on south. You follow the road as it goes past the Shiva’s, winds around the evil bunnies, past the horrible uneven bit of road and boom before you know it you can see the wall. Once there you’ll see a garage and a cloner. Park your mount and hit the cloner. You’ll be able to teleport right into Alpha County.
Now here’s a little on what to expect while IN AC.
Road Out of Order
Travel in AC is a pain. The map is heavily textured with canyons, crags, hills, mountains, pipes, fractured roadways, and these bastard lions with a killer stun. I hate the lions. I hate them so much.
First off, unless you want to stick to the roads leave your Interceptor in Deadfall. If you thought using an Interceptor in Deadfall was nuts, in AC they’re pretty much useless off the roads. This is where either a Dune Buggy or a Blight Wolf will be your best option.
The Blight Wolf by the way has been called a fuzzy Jeep, and yeah that totally fits the bill. The Blight Wolf is able to run up some crazy inclines AND it can jump over the craggy terrain these two features make it bar none the best mount for AC.
The Blight Wolf is a Deadfall faction mount by the way. You pick up this mount after completing a quest chain, grinding some rep, and then completing another quest chain for the Shiva’s Favored in Deadfall. The work for that is a quest chain is a post of it’s own that I’ll have to write that up later. While a bit of a pain and requiring a boat load of medium rifle ammo, it’s TOTALLY worth the time and effort for a mount that can pretty much go anywhere.
I still manage to get it stuck sometimes. Ask Chunga (Game Masters). But I’m talented.
Now that you have your mount of choice here’s the next travel hazard in AC, lions. These bastards throw a wicked stun that throws you out of your mount and hits you so hard that your weapons won’t equip. I kid you not.
Here’s how you get around that. First off go into your actions and in the “General” section pull “Mount” and put it on your action bar. Now when one of those lions hit you with the stun, click or hot key that ability then mow that bastard down.
Finally, and this is probably one of the biggest rules in AC, bring a friend. A lot if the AC content is rough and pretty much designed to be team oriented. I’m sure you can solo some of it if you want to, but hey if you can rope someone else into helping out why not right?
Shackleton (just behind the wall)
Hopefully some of these tips will help make your introduction to AC a bit easier. The content is another story entirety. That however I’ll leave to you, no spoilers here!
Chances are my time in AC will be spent grinding faction or having some fun in Blockade. So till next time I’ll be battling in the wastelands.
Geistig (KAOS) – CHOTA
