You won't see this game till late next year.
 

Originally posted by Demz2

Get ready for one of the biggest IP's in the world to be destroyed by Cryptic.

QFT.. sadly.

All I can really say is...  Why god?  Why Cryptic? 
Why couldn't Turbine get the Star Trek IP?   

Then we'd all have no worries at all!  :)

Balancing act - i actully laughed at this one, unless somthing changed then with the right skills you can destroy most others with melee in a few hits while tanking the hell out of there bullets, nice balance there. 

I was and semi am still a major fan of the game, but my interest has taken a major down turn.  
I'm lvl 31, just started getting into PvP, and yea, balanced my arse.  

I won't go too deep into it, because it will become a rant, but even bigger than the "class"  balance (because despite being classless, there ARE classes, Melee, Rifle, Pistol, etc.. things you need to specialize in to maximize those skills / builds hence making CLASSES...)  But factions.   They actually serve no purpose other than to grind rep.    

What is the point of being an Enforcer, when your Allies (other Enforcers)  can farm you for pvp exp?  With really no penalty in place for that kind of thing, all you've done is turn PvP from something that could have been a strategic "Capture the town"  to ..  "I don't care who you are, I'm going to farm you at the only place you can get back your vehicle"  

They need to take a long hard look into the PvP system of the game.   Since I can't see anything else to do @ 45 other than PvP,  I'm disappointed, and have actually lost interest in continuing my character...    

 I must be the only person that thinks my LOTRO character looks pretty decent. 
*shrug*  

You people are crazy.  

Originally posted by Shari

Hi all, let me fill you in here - I play a melee character in FE and tbh I feel totally gimped. I was on a quest today doing a lvl 8 boss and I was level 10 (I have all my main skills maxed and some points in my stats), the boss 4 shot killed me dead.

At this point I decided I'm gonna get my rifle out and see if  I can kite kill him, well it took me 6 shots and I didn't get a scratch (btw it was a crappy rifle). I haven't even got 1 point spent in any of the rifle skill/stats.

To me melee just feels a bit rubbish atm. Don't get me wrong I love FE and I am addicted to the crafting. i just think maybe they could take another look at the melee combat. Just my opinion.

Melee is far from Rubbish, the thing is, check your stats / skills.  
To be a good melee build, requires more than you're putting into it I'm sure. 

Is Strength maxed?  How about Coordination?   

Armor Use / Dodge?  

Wearing things your level? 
 

I had a friend roll a melee character at the start, got to 28 - then re-rolled a new melee toon, because he felt he mis-spent AP on things.  Now, him fully specialized in melee, with the right mix of mutations, he an unstoppable force.     He at lvl 27 is killing lvl 35 mobs, 2-3 at a time... with melee..  

So, Melee in no way is gimp, under powered, or in need of a fix.   It is all about how you play it. 
 

I crack up at these types of posts. 
FE is surely not without its problems (which most are getting fixed at an alarming rate by attentive and intelligent developers)

But since I've been playing it, I must be one of the lucky ones to see none of the issues all these "QQ Hate" posts are about. 
I'm not going to say I've not hit a bug or 2, but remarkably, sending a tell to a GM in game  and having him answer within 10 seconds and fix the issue for me, yea, I can't complain. 

I've leveled from 15 - 21 almost exclusively crafting - slow sure, but it IS possible.

I have the most annoying and picky group of gaming friends, who all are  extremely enjoying the game.   Hell, one of them has the worst character A.D.D. of anybody, for the first time in 5 years I've gamed with him, he's fully engrossed in his Fallen Earth character and advancement, I really think that says something about the depth and draw of the game.  - I think it is amazing!

And I don't know, maybe my set up is just better than everybody else's (ha!)  but I really can't see where all the graphic complaints come from.. 

But truthfully, I'm glad this game is getting this "hate"  - as others have said, it means it is successful! 

(However, the game would be perfect...   if only I had more Salvaged Fasteners..........)
 

This games doesn't seem like a "rush to the end"  type of game.    And besides, I think it'd be pretty lonely out there in Sector 4, considering it seems still most of the population is still in Embry Cross Roads (Sector 1)

If people want to power through, that's all fine I guess.   There are those that have to be first in everything.. (or ruin everything, depending how you look at it) ...

If that clan doesn't mesh with your enjoyment of the game, best suggestion is to find a new home!
Then again, it seems like there are a lot of trouble / bad clans in the game from what people are telling me...

I'd place it in the EVE / SWG (Orig)  / UO type bracket. 
The game is deep, almost overwhelming in some cases.  

It is hard to classify what any one player would like, but I think if you found fun in the original SWG or even UO before they bastardized it into 2D WoW...  Then you'd probably like FE.  
 

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 was some what curious on it all too, I've been playing, have spent only a few AP so far just to get things I need, but I'm a fan of armor use + rifles.   Yet that doesn't fit in with my Faction of choice.   I want to be a Traveler. 

While pistols and such are neat, my goals for how I want to play my character are different.  
There's nothing really stopping me from working my faction with the Travelers and maintaining my chosen play style but I guess it seems like I'd be at a disadvantage in doing so.    I guess I'm not a fan of that particular aspect of the system. 

I just like how Blizzard themselves does the math.    I won't explain cause it's all been said before, but WoW's CURRENT AND ACTIVE SUBSCRIBERS is nowhere near even the OFFICIAL numbers Blizzard puts out.    

Regardless, of who's right, wrong or otherwise, are there still people to fill your meaningless raids to grind for your never dropping purples?   As long as you can answer yes to that question, I guess WoW is still being played by enough people to make any topic like this pointless!

Back on topic, the reason WAR is being pushed onto the Mac probably has something to do with a year or so ago when Apple and EA were at one of the larger Mac events all like "ZOMG WE'RE PARTNERING WITH EA TO BRING CUTTING EDGE GAMING TO THE MAC!  I remember a promise in there about how EA games would see simultaneous release on both PC / Mac platforms, etc etc..    I don't think that went quite as planned, but 'eh.   

I'm a Mac user, I tried the WAR client when the beta started for it.  The performance was pretty horrid.  
I think they might pick up a few extra people with this, at least in the short term due to there being such few options for Mac MMOs.

A lot more people would own Macs and a lot more people would buy the damn things if Mr. Steve Jobs would just accept the fact that putting 3 year old graphics technology in your 'cutting edge' computers doesn't really do it!

It is easier than ever for developers to port to Mac as well with CIDER (look it up).  In fact, Nvidia was a major supporter of it at about the same time EA and Apple were all "woohoo!"   - then Apple repays them by offering mid-range ATI cards as their "Top of the Line"  ...  

So, at least EA / Mythic isn't going to be out too much when hardly anybody uses the Mac client :)

Originally posted by Dekron

Originally posted by mbd1968

Originally posted by Dekron

Originally posted by Mrbloodworth

This game has that "Just one more turn" feeling of civ games, its that addictive... That, and the quest text is extremely funny, the game is very humorous, I read just about everything, even stand around and listen to NPC banter. Also, exploration.

 

I'm not at all making a gripe of the game, I actually quite like it- I am just wondering if something is wrong. My AP points continue to increase, but not my level. I've yet to spend any AP points - I have 45 now, but I am barely level 3. Is there a way to see how much xp is required to level? I know there is a %, but not the actual point count I can find.

I really did not do quests yesterday because of server issues.

You probably want to spend some of that AP. Levels themselves aren't as important as AP and what you spend it on.

I know. I just don't know on what I should spend it. I don't want to screw up and reroll and lose my bonus ATV.

So far, I've only spent AP on skills I need when I need them.
Example..  "Oh, I want to make armor for myself...  Need 15 point in Use Armor..  Ok, there.

Oh, new crossbow (I know I want rifles, so this works out.)  spend a few points in rifles.   
I've got 48 banked unspent AP at the moment.   I'm scavenging, crafting, killing, etc  just fine.  

When I start to not be just fine, I'll worry more about it then.  Until then, my "Spend it as I need it" plays style will work out.

So far, I'm enjoying the game immensely, except for the constant crashes every time I go to a town :(   It has to be a memory leak, which I'm sure will get resolved.

I've come to the realization however that I need a friend or 2 in the game.   I'm lonely!   And I have questions, lots of questions, yet Newbie chat is pretty much a disaster right now.   So despite any attempts made to use it, there's just too much spam and lag QQ going on.

(FYI, No lag, at all, no system lag either, other than the crashes when I enter towns, the game is 100% smooth).

 

 So, finally bought it!    Would have been sooner, but instead of letting me use Paypal where I have a nice little gaming money fund set..  Direct 2 Drive was being a P.I.T.A. and only took Credit Card..  So now, I'll get to hear wife bitching over it.  But oh well - hoping to have some fun with it tomorrow.   3:30am is a little late to be starting this, and got knows when the patching will be done!

Originally posted by PK4Gold

My patching is taking about 5 hours after the download.... 1.5 hours to go!

 

btw here is my referral code if anyone needs. like above poster i guess is first come first served basis not sure if its multiple uses.

7GUMR

Added you're referral code, no idea what it does - but am grabbing the game.   

I added it to my beta account.  It took it, but *shrug*.

I guess for the next person down the line:   FETF6

This is where the CN version had it right.
People wouldn't be doing that kind of shyte if they were paying by the hour to play.

Either way, I think it is funny and sad at the same time that this is how the game is making its start in the western world.
It does prove what an 'amazing' community Aion has as well.... 

Solution = Make AFK Stores Auto DC or disable AFK Stores for this "Launch Period"  

Imagine, every issue (with logging in at least)  resolved.  Less Forum QQ and more in game QQ.

FYI:  I didn't even make it out of the 2 day head start before I gave up on Aion.. :(  Not for queue reasons, just because, meh.

Originally posted by sa1yaman

Boxes sold != subscriptions. Expect similar drop after first month as we have seen with AOC, Warhammer etc..

Thats why they refuse to add more servers -  NCsoft expects this as well.

This.