Fallen Earth Lead Game Designer Lee Hammock continues our series of Fallen Earth developer journals with this sneak peek at Vista and Tecs faction gear in the upcoming post-apocalyptic MMO.

Hey all, I’m Lee Hammock, the lead game designer on Fallen Earth taking over for Circatrix this week on our dev journal. Last week we posted screen shots of some of the faction gear for the Children of the Apocalypse and the Enforcers, so this week we move on to the Vistas and the Techs.

The Vistas are masters of the natural world in Fallen Earth. The Vistas work to protect what remains of the environment from any harm that may befall it while working to restore what they can of the ecologies of the old world. They are experts in hunting, farming, ranching, animal training and camouflage. They are the leading agricultural power in the Grand Canyon Province. Many enemies underestimate them due to their interest in non-combat matters, but such enemies rarely last past the first Vista ambush. Mobile, quiet, and determined, the Vistas rarely fight in the open, preferring guerilla warfare tactics that play to their strengths. They avoid heavy armor and weapons, preferring mobility and stealth over protection. Their equipment is made of wool, cotton, and other natural materials with most of the metal parts coming from salvage.

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This looks awesome !!  Wasteland Online !! I used to love that game back when I played it on Commodore 64 and this game looks like a nice take on the game. 

Hope it works out well, I"ll be keeping an eye out.

Looking at the last peek and this one...

Stats be darned! I'll be mixing me some kick arse uniform for sure.

Just too much awesomeness here, in a world of "leather armor, robes, plate and swords'n majic"... I finally see the light!

Didn't think the techs could look so cool...having a tough time deciding what faction I would like the most.

Can you use gear of another faction? There's no logical reason why you couldn't. But sometimes games have exclusive gear for no reason outside of game balance.

Very cool... but i am still going CHOTA!

Vistas for me. But I need to see the Travelers. They sound interesting but I want to see how they look.

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Originally posted by Alverant - Can you use gear of another faction? There's no logical reason why you couldn't. But sometimes games have exclusive gear for no reason outside of game balance.

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As far as selecting a faction, I'm going with Traveler. I can't wait to see what they'll look like though I have an idea already.
 

I am going to Techs! Considering I am Biotech in Neocron.

Finally a game that isnt fantasy! THX GOD 

Everyone keep an eye out for clan SXR 

Go Fallen Earth Go!!!

Originally posted by Alverant

Can you use gear of another faction? There's no logical reason why you couldn't. But sometimes games have exclusive gear for no reason outside of game balance.

I don't believe that you can wear CHOTA armor as an Enforcer.  That isn't to say an Enforcer cannot wear armor that a CHOTA made. 

Once you have aligned with a faction, I am guessing it is after you have been aligned a while, you can make armor that has the "look" of your specific faction.  I don't think it is so much a balancing thing, but a "What self-respecting Enforcer would put on Vista or COTA rags when they have kevlar" kind of thing.

Anyone who has a quote regarding this, jump on in...I'm too lazy to thumb through QoTWs to find it.

Lookin' good.  I like the screenshots.  Based on strictly appearances it's hard to say what I'd pick. 

Wonder if Microsoft slipped them some cash to name the faction Vistas?

Still trying to figure out which faction im going to be.  I just want to look like an old west bad ass with a brown duster and always with a smoke in my hand.  Im really loving the post-nuclear setting, im so tired of Fantasy games in general.  Playing Fallout 3 right now and loving it.

Can't wait till this game releases.

this game looks horrible lol

some of the worste graphics i've seen yet

Originally posted by TenSpotting

this game looks horrible lol

some of the worste graphics i've seen yet

Graphics does not determine how good a game is, content and gameplay are the most important factors.  Graphics can help, but not hinder a MMO.

Originally posted by TenSpotting

this game looks horrible lol

some of the worste graphics i've seen yet

Graphics mean jack, I'd play Ultima Online if they put in a classic server.  You know that saying, location , location, location. Well its gameplay, gameplay, gameplay.   (not graphics, graphics, graphics)

So you know Graphics DO mean a bit to me.I tire of old looking games,there is MILLIONS of them out there.I don't need a complete world of hi res textures,but at least throw some in there especially on the characters.I want leather to look like leather and steel to look like steel.I also want the armor to look like it is armor and not a texture pasted onto the model.

Other than that ,i prefer a good game with GREAT mechanics....TONS of thinking and developing.I really don't want to see another ancient game engine with mobs spotted around a few trees and weapons that merely ping each other to death,[that plays into the mechanics part].

I would also like to see a game that makes the players develope EVERYTHING,you have to hunt around for metal to make a gun per say and also you need to develope your skills to actually make the gun.Basically an in depth crafting system that makes players work for everything.I don't like anything just handed to me and say "Here go kill 10 bears with that gun we gave you and turn them in to that NPC",done enough of that,i'll get bored in 5 minutes.

Originally posted by TenSpotting

this game looks horrible lol

some of the worste graphics i've seen yet

Who cares about graphics when it is game content that matters? For all I care they could make it 2D if it meant more resources going in developing game content.

Your comment seems fitting well with fans of the countless theme-park MMO's out there. Maybe try one of those?

Looking forward to this game so much! Hard to tell how something will look animated vers static image. Graphics have a definite place in a game, but the gameplay wins out, have to see. I definitely have high hopes on this though!

Many of the games out today are superficially designed as if that is the most important quality in an MMO. The MMO industry is not as advanced as we think. It is still very young and has much to learn about what Gamers really want. FE looks like a fresh new concept even if the graphics aren’t glorified like in other MMO’s. To say I won’t play because the graphics aren’t crystalline says more about the person stating the comment than of the game it self. I think some of us have greater standards and understand the industry more than others to see where this new generation of developers will be taking us. One can actually see it if we look beyond the front-page hyped MMO.