Monthly Archives: September 2011

Fallen Earth: 2nd Anniversary Event Oct 5

  By Creep | September 29, 2011 - 6:24 pm | Fallen Earth
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Hoofy Needs a Moment

Yes folks, it’s official. Info for the Fallen Earth 2 Year Anniversary is up!

 

 

 

 

WHEN:
October 5, 2011
16:00 GMT for European players
4 PM PDT (7 PM EDT) for North and South American players

WHERE:
Capitols (Los Almos, Trader’s Flat, and New Flagstaff)
Faction Towns (Sectors 2, 3, 4, and Deadfall)
Battle Royal in New Flagstaff

Want more info? Check out the main FE page for the details.

Note this is gonna be a Faction deal so if you haven’t signed up for one yet, you can do so before the event.

Still on the fence about a faction? Well get down and choose a side dammit, it’s the wastelands for crying out loud. Pick a side. Then visit one of these folks depending on what side you choose:

Travelers – Speak to No-Neck in Credit Bend for the mission “Unpleasant Shapes,” “Imitated Humanity,” or “Wisdom’s Nearer When We Stoop”

Techs – Speak to Kelly Straub in Picus Ridge for the mission “A Closer Look”

Enforcers – Speak to Colin Zimmerman in Post 23 for the mission “Preventative Attack”

Lightbearers – Speak to Sister Tonja in Haven for the mission “Road Less Traveled”

Vistas – Speak to Tito Mendoza in Thorne’s Bluff for the mission “Judge Hunt”

CHOTA – Speak to a Claw of Redhand in Fracture for the mission “Test of Endurance”

And yeah I’m all CHOTA so don’t expect me to point you in any other direction.

See ya’ll if you log in, I’ll probably be on Geistig. Chances are getting my ass kicked but that’s NOTHING new. Till next time I’ll be goofing off in the wastes waiting for the 5th.

 

 

 

Fallen Earth: Q&A on The Anniversary Event

  By Creep | September 27, 2011 - 4:56 pm | Fallen Earth
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New Horizons

OK so I have to admit that I am looking forward to the upcoming Anniversary Event. On a whim I figured I’d send an e-mail to Darek Connole (Gamers First Public Relations Manager) to yack about it and maybe get a little info.

Here’s a few questions I asked and what he was able to tell me.

Me: Is it something that’s gonna be open to all levels?

Darek: “Yes, it will be available to all levels!”

ME: Is it gonna be in all zones or just one or two? Since it’s going to be a faction deal it’d seem like it’d kinda start in S2, but that would leave out a bunch of the new players starting up in prep for the F2P change over.

Darek: “The event will take place across all zones, so players shouldn’t have to travel far to experience it.”

ME: It sounds like folks will be getting goodies for being part of the event, is there anything I can say about this to get folks pumped to log in?

Darek:  “you’ll have to log in to see.”

ME: Will it be available for folks on both Euro and US schedules?

Darek: “Yes, we’ll be doing the event for multiple time zones, so everyone can enjoy the fun.”

ME: The Dev blog said there’s going to be RP elements to the event, how can the RP community work with you guys to be a part of that planning or is it just a show up and enjoy kinda thing? (That kinda thing is always easier for PvP’rs just show up and we kick butt end of story heh).

Darek: “I’m going to go with it’s a “run whatchna brung” event”

ME: On the PvE side, will they have to worry about dealing with PvP folks coming after them or will they be able to enjoy the event without flagging up if they choose not to?

Darek: “The official word is, and I quote, “It’ll be PvEVERYTHING.””

ME: On the PvP side, will there be a reason to flag up and get in some fights?
Darek: “See last answer.”

OK so there ya go folks. Now I’ll just have to get my butt logged in to the game when this event goes live. I’m actually looking forward to this.

What parts will I participate in? I have no freakin’ clue. I am just looking forward to having a nice goof off day.

A big thanks goes out to Darek and the FE crew for answering some questions for me off the cuff. I so owe those guys a beer next time I see them.

Until next time I’ll be getting lost in the wastelands. If you see me on just say hi, or harass me, or well whatever.

Geistig/Sonja Blackheart

Fallen Earth: Quiet in the Wastelands

  By Creep | September 26, 2011 - 11:11 am | Fallen Earth
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With the Setting Sun

Well it’s been pretty quiet in game lately. Most of they guys have stockpiled everything they need to be ready for the new patch. I’ve got my gathering skills pushed up more or less enough for now. I don’t have a bunch of stuff collected, mostly because I’ve been spending ALL of my time fighting. Nothing wrong with that really but once in a while a gal needs some time off.

While I’m taking some time AFK I’ve been contemplating the upcoming changes. I’ve also been thinking about how many of the people have quit the game over the last few months. Either they’re off into new games, they’re burnt out and are taking a break, they’re just frustrated as hell over the new combat system, or maybe they’re just tired of server lag.

Thing is I think I’ve made some pretty strong friendships just through playing Fallen Earth. Not exactly a new experience for me since I tend to be the lone wolf type off doing my own thing 99% of the time.

Ok so I get distracted by shinies… so sue me.

It’s lame that I don’t get to hang out with the folks who aren’t playing anymore. A lot of folks I’ve been able to keep in touch with out of game like I do with my blog buddies via G+, Twitter, Facebook, etc. It’s not the same, but it’s better than losing a friend.

It seems like right now there’s kind of a changing of the guard taking place. A lot of the folks that started the game, made it what it was, are stepping aside. Now I guess it’s up to the new folks to find their place in the wastelands and cope with the new combat system.

I’ve been trying, but my melee crafter was so much more fun under the old system. Geisty as a pistol healer under the new system just doesn’t do it for me. I’ve been trying to keep up and keep the guys going. Honestly though I’m getting burnt out. That and it’s not like we’re fighting against people who just enjoy PvP, we’re fighting against a bunch of whiny gankers. It’s not even fun stomping them into the ground.

I figure I’ll get back to the game once the patch lands and check out the changes. I might even get some more scavving in before then, but not promising.

Until next time I’ll be AFK more than likely, but if you see Geistig or Sonja Blackheart on line, feel free to say hi, WTF or just harass me for a while. I’m getting used to it.

Fallen Earth Hitting 2 and Dev Blog News

  By Creep | September 21, 2011 - 7:28 am | Fallen Earth, MMO
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The Funk's Horse

Ok so, taking a break from my pretty damn busy PvP schedule here to say:

1) Happy Freaking Birthday Fallen Earth!! Yes the game has made it through 2 years. In this day and age of fly by night MMO’s the guys are doing pretty damn good. 2 years ago I logged into the beta and couldn’t get the hang of it. One year ago I logged into FE, scavenged my heart out and got distracted by a shiny. Then all of a sudden the people of Fallen Earth grabbed my attention and now I couldn’t leave if I wanted to.

Yeah the game is still a little buggy and laggy, but welcome to the wild world of MMO’s. Now quit whining and get back to playing.

2) The Fallen Earth Dev Blog has posted some tantalizing tidbits about what we can expect when things go Free To Play and about some cool events coming up.

It looks like the PvP side of the game is going to get a shot in the arm by setting rare resource nodes in PvP zones. You know what that means? Yep we’re gonna have something to fight over. Looks like I need to spend the next few days getting my ducks in a row and ready for this change. Bandages… I will need so many bandages… GAH!

Those who don’t want to participate in PvP will still be able to scavenge these rare components for crafting, so nobody get you’re PvE pants in a bunch.

What this means in Crafting: Well base recipes will still use basic components, improved recipes will require rare components, and advanced recipes they’re gonna require some uncommon components. The rare and uncommon components you can bet those will be sparsely found around the maps with some concentrations found in PvP zones. At least until people whine enough.

Thing is though that crafters will be able to hire some PvP folks to escort them through these zones and or just purchase the crap from the PvP’rs. So it won’t be that big of a deal. Really though there’s more consumables used in PvP than in PvE anyway (LOADS) so really I this just means that the PvP’rs will be fighting over what they need to continue to PvP.

This also means I need to get my scavenging up on my PvP gal. She’s slacking… ug.

On the note of economy, that also means that those folks who can make these kinds of things will also be able to sell them on the AH for a decent price. I’m also thinking that the F2P folks will be looking at buying more than crafting since they won’t be able to spend as much time crafting (free folks will have a limit on their crafting queue of 8 hours out of every 24 hours, it will automatically start again once the next 24 hour period begins).

That means crafters will be in demand once F2P hits. Makes me happy that I’ve been working on Geistig’s crafting like a madwoman. Mostly because I like being self sufficient.

WORLD EVENT: “Faction War” Ooooooo now this sounds fun! It looks like it’s going to be a PvP, PvE, and RP elements. What does that mean? I have no freaking clue but I’ll be there to party regardless. Participants are set to walk away with a goodie that displays their pride in their faction of choice.

I’m stoked, I love the concept of MMO world events. They always make games feel more immersive and bring the game community together.

After all one of the best parts of Fallen Earth is the community. You can go anywhere else, but you’re not going to find the same awesome people anywhere else. Even if you can find the same quality of ass hattery, but hey you deal with it and move on.

They’re hoping to get world events pushed out by the end of September, beginning of October at the latest. I’m hoping to see some solid dates and soon as I do I’ll get those posted.

If you haven’t subbed up already all I have to ask is, why not? Just kidding. Seriously though if you want to sub up you’ll get at least the first month after the F2P change subscribers will get boosted to the Commander sub level free of charge. After that we’ll go back to Wastelander sub level. It’s the same price as the current sub.

G1 is however going to be really cool and will let those of us who’ve been subbed up get to pay for the Commander level at $19.99. Which is a nice discount. Chances are if I like it, I’ll keep it. After all I play FE enough I might as well.

Until next time I’m gonna be scavenging up a storm to get Geistig’s scavenging up. Hit me up if you want to chat I’ll be around.

Geistig/Sonja Blackheart

Fallen Earth: Sleeping With the Fishes

  By Creep | September 14, 2011 - 7:36 am | Fallen Earth, MMO
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Those Ain't Birds

I just had to post this screenshot. Last night I was hanging out in Terminal Woods with some friends. We ended up finding a gap in the seam that keeps you from falling through the world and into the bottom of a dead lake.

Talk about a new perspective.

I won’t say exactly how we found out about it, but safe to say it was awesome. Oh and a big thank you to Chunga who ported me out when I got stuck on the dock.

CHUNGA!!!!

As for my progress? Well I’m slowing down a little because I’m pushing myself pretty hard and working toward burn out. Never good.

I have however boosted my cooking and Medicine like crazy and I’m getting closer to being able to craft my own buff foods. At least that’s the hope.

I finally hit tier 3 in Death Toll and I’m creeping ever closer to 600K faction. I haven’t hit the Death Toll vendor yet, but I’m still not positive if I want to pick up Death Toll gear yet. I’ll have to bug the guys and see what they suggest.

I’ve also set up Sonja Blackheart as a social crafter. Kinda borks her for any form of pvp combat, but she’s able to buy stuff a LOT cheaper than Geisty. A “Social” toon by the way is someone who’s put full points in the Charisma Stat and then full points in the Social Skill. Doing this gives that character better prices from vendors. The more you dump into those stats the better the prices.

Sadly though the Social skill is a non combat skill, so yeah, doesn’t help too much when you’re trying to beat the crap out of someone.

I hate doing that to Blackheart, but hey, maybe I’ll level up a different toon one of these days and put her back on the PvP list.

In the mean time I really need to get some scavenging in. Regardless of how much cheaper it is to get stuff from vendors, it’s still way cheaper to go out and pick up the goods. That and I need to raise my skills so I can get some scav in out in Alpha County. It looks like it might be time to haul out the Blightwolf and go for a scavenge ride.

Sure it sounds boring compared to PvP, but for me it’s really relaxing to just roam around digging through trash. I’m pretty sure that I picked up at least two or three levels on Geisty just via scavenging. That was back in the early days though heh.

I have been hanging out with my friends in the RP community again. But just because they make me laugh. Can’t say that’s what I want to do all the time, but it does make for an interesting change of pace sometimes. That and it’s something to do when I’ve got bags full of crafting and have no room for ammo or consumables.

Food is freaking heavy in Fallen Earth apparently.

Well until next time I’m gonna be getting lost in the wastelands while digging in the trash. Hit me up if you see me online.

Geistig/Sonja Blackheart