All i hear about this game is crafting, what about exploration?, combat?, the mobs?

Im not to fond of crafting never have been ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that all this game has to offer?

Would really like to try game but  crafting has never been my cup of tea

Lot more to this game than crafting, but crafting is quite easy in this game

Go out, explore the area, take missions, compelte and obtain skill books and other rewards, harvest..sorry Scavenge items, use items you scavenge to make items, at any point you can craft..I mean any point...as long as you have recipe you can craft at teh bottom of a canyon, and carry on playing the crafting still goes ahead, people only use crafting table to reduce the time taken for item to be completed

Originally posted by nclifter

All i hear about this game is crafting, what about exploration?, combat?, the mobs?

 

Im not to fond of crafting never have been ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that all this game has to offer?

 

Would really like to try game but  crafting has never been my cup of tea

I'm sure you don't like crafting since you haven't played any games that have had "Real" crafting... WoW doesn't count. FE is a lot like SWGs crafting system :-)

Game looks like fallout 3 visually i mean the enviroments, and some of the combat looks fun from what ive just seen on youtube so ill prob cave in and buy

Is that a bad trolling attempt? Someone who should find out about how much crafting has an impact in the game should be also find more about the rest of the game, or not?

no its just on these forums a lot of the discussion about the game seemed  crafting focused.

Originally posted by nclifter

no its just on these forums a lot of the discussion about the game seemed  crafting focused.

it's talked about a lot because it's unusual to for an MMO to have crafting that doesn't suck. I's actually very useful. One of the first things you'll want to craft is a mount. You can easily do this within the first few hours of playing the game.

ok im going to D2D to get it if it sux you guys will hear from me :D lol

Originally posted by nclifter

ok im going to D2D to get it if it sux you guys will hear from me :D lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5AAE9MinW8 , here is a video of a guy explaining how crafting  works if you want to know. btw you will love this game, it's very addicting.

Crafting isn't a necessity, but it certainly makes life in FE easier. Purchasing items outright can be pretty expensive, while scavenging / harvesting / crafting gives your character the ability to create the items yourself and is far cheaper.

When I first started, I was buying crossbow bolts. I think twenty of them were going for like 25 chips or something like that.

When I learned to craft them, all I had to do was pick up some copper and wood, and bingo, 80 bolts. Took me like seven minutes to scavenge the materials at the junkyard near Terance (sp?).

The other upside of crafting for me is the scavenging itself. I've visited new areas just to see what kind of resources were out there that I might not have otherwise visited.

At the same time, it's not like you're alone while scavenging.  There are always beasties to fight, so most of the time it's a combination of fighting and scavenging.

Originally posted by nclifter

All i hear about this game is crafting, what about exploration?, combat?, the mobs?

 

Im not to fond of crafting never have been ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that all this game has to offer?

 

Would really like to try game but  crafting has never been my cup of tea

Yep, clearly no exploration: "Put survival instincts to the test while experiencing 70 unique towns with more than 5,500 missions spread over 1,000 square kilometers of zoneless territory. "

https://www.fallenearth.com/buy

Originally posted by nclifter

All i hear about this game is crafting, what about exploration?, combat?, the mobs?

 

Im not to fond of crafting never have been ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that all this game has to offer?

 

Would really like to try game but  crafting has never been my cup of tea

Everything you read on the internet is 100% true, and is never an exaggeration or lie.

Originally posted by Thillian

Originally posted by nclifter

All i hear about this game is crafting, what about exploration?, combat?, the mobs?

 

Im not to fond of crafting never have been ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that all this game has to offer?

 

Would really like to try game but  crafting has never been my cup of tea

 

Yep, clearly no exploration: "Put survival instincts to the test while experiencing 70 unique towns with more than 5,500 missions spread over 1,000 square kilometers of zoneless territory. "

https://www.fallenearth.com/buy

Hell, I've been playing for over a week now, with my char being lvl 14, but honestly, this shocked me.

70 towns??? And here I was happy that I finished all quests in South Burb, Mumford, Embry Crossroads (excluding Omnibus quests), Odenville and Oilville.... that's 5 ouf of 70+ lol.... and I'm already stuck in Kingman, due to the ridiculous amount of quests there... (not even doing repeatebles at all....)

DB

Crafting isn't my cup of tea either but it actually looks interesting in this game. Looks more like something you do all the time while playing and not just a side mission like in other MMO's.

Originally posted by xanphia

Crafting isn't my cup of tea either but it actually looks interesting in this game. Looks more like something you do all the time while playing and not just a side mission like in other MMO's.

This is spot on. And it is because you loot resources when you go out - not money (chips) and not the Rifle of Infinite Ammo from killing a wolf pack leader sort of rubbish. Resources are precious in this setting. So, crafting is really the way you convert the rewards of being succesful in exploring and combat into items. And it will always be the items you want because you choose what to craft. This is not to say that crafting in its own right isn't a lot of fun, and you can always buy the resources you lack.

I really enjoy the combat in FE. And then I really enjoy using the resources I get from the combat to craft armour and weapons for my budding pistoleer cowboy guy. For me, this arrangement is very engaging and highly enjoyable.

The game is young yet.   
Right now EVERYBODY is crafting, but I assure you, as they get further along, a lot of people will give up crafting all together. 

At the beginning, it is fun, the "Oh, look!  I make my ammo!   Ohh  I made myself a coat!"    
But after a short while it's...  "I need what to make that damn vest?!  I've not even seen that material yet!  AND IT'S HOW MUCH ON THE AH!?!"    

I think what will happen is, the average gamer attention span will kick in right about the time people hit the mid-teens and see what it takes to actually craft stuff.    It requires a lot of work so far.  Then again, I'm not thinking small....

I've partnered up with somebody in game to maximize our crafting effort, at the moment, we're trying to make a Dune Buggy!   For 1 guy alone, that could take WEEKS of crafting research and component crafting.    I can't imagine your average "I PWN JOO" player spending that amount of time an energy to make items like that.  

Besides, there's tons of combat and other things to do in the game - and I think in due time when the massive influx of sight-seers leave the game, and the community evens out, you'll see a lot more diversity in how the game is played.  

I don't care if it takes a year, but I WILL build my own interceptor... one day :))

DB

Originally posted by nclifter

All i hear about this game is crafting, what about exploration?, combat?, the mobs?

 

Im not to fond of crafting never have been ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that all this game has to offer?

 

Would really like to try game but  crafting has never been my cup of tea

Well, it's certainly not all about crafting - there's questing, fighting mobs, scavenging, exploring, PvP, and so on...

I think it's that crafting is a core part of the gameplay, not merely a negligible "side activity" as in so many other MMOs from the last several years. If you'll excuse the cliche', FE is more "old school" in its design (and thankfully so). I anticipate, and hope, that once enough time has gone by, you'll see an economy develop and as soon as people are far enough along, I think you'll see lines being drawn between factions and the PvP will become very interesting as well (at least I hope that's how it pans out).

Those who may wonder what us "ol' fogeys" are talking about when we wax nostalgic about the "old school" MMOs of yesteryear will get a taste of what we're talking about in FE.

So, what you're seeing is more discussion about crafting because it actually has more presence and weight in the game.

It's a good thing :)