Fallen Earth: Get to the chopper!

I have been going through my old email and found some emails from Fallen Earth with codes for some free stuff, i have always been subbed to the game eventhough i hardly played it.
Think i took a full year subscription since launch, anyway since i was still subbed i got some free stuff when the game went free to play.

Going through those emails i actually had the urge to, first get that free stuff (hey it's free) and second play the game again.
So i logged in and played for some time.
I still think it's a pretty good game and i like the atmosphere, however i still can't get used to the combat, it still feels "off" to me.
Maybe i am too spoiled by other games, but it just doesn't click with me.

There are still some combat problems that look familiar to me as they were allready there during the beta and some rubberbanding problems.
But since Fallen Earth is now F2P i think those issues are not that bad, cause for a F2P it is actually a pretty good game.

Having been away from the game for some time i really needed some time getting back into it, personally i think they over complicated some things as the game is really not that intuitive.

The free stuff is actually quite cool, especially the spiked chopper and yes that outfit, pimpin it out :)

Fallen Earth is really one of those games that i like but just not play that often.
And i almost forgot, they also have that pretty cool iphone app, that you can use to log into the game and check your character, check your mail, do some crafting, do auction house stuff and chat, pretty cool for a F2P game.

From space to Fallen Earth.

So i got home from work all excited to play some Star Trek Online, fired it up started on a quest, finished the first part of a mission chain to shoot down some patrols in different systems, went on to the second system and..... yep booted out of the server, again the server went down without any notice, so i figured screw it and went on to have some fun in Fallen Earth instead.

At first i didn't do much, just went out in a random direction and started scavenging for some time, until i came close to a quest objective, so decided to go questing instead and after finishing a few quests around Oilville i reached level 10 on my main, Cynfull.

So in the end a fun evening gaming, although not what i had planned/hoped for, but then again i allready have a lifetime sub for Star Trek Online, so i'll probably be playing it more than enough, but if they don't start getting their stuff together soon i doubt i'll be helping out much in the beta, afterall launch day is approaching fast..

Has the Fallen Earth Beta spoiled us?

I was in the Fallen Earth beta some time ago, and what i remember from it was, the Devs/GM's where always present.
You could see them in chat making announcements, helping people with problems etc.
In short: they were "on it".

I am currently in the Star Trek Online beta and i have to say i am experiencing the complete opposite, not noticing any GM presence at all.
Last night i was playing and suddenly the server went down, no word whatsoever, ok might have been a server crash.
So i went to the forums as i wanted to know what was going on, well the were not "on it" so to speak, it took a long time before a GM actually posted that the server was down, and still the message was hard to find, as everyone was on the forums replying to older posts, so the announcment actually got burried, i eventually found it because i noticed the date at the start of the title of the post.

So yeah, i do think communication with the beta players could be a lot better, afterall they are testing your game.
If the game would be ready for launch, i might understand but from what i am experiencing, the game is far from ready to be launched.

Am i expecting too much, when i say a dev/gm should be on at all time, especially during Beta?

Does this show what kind of support they are going to give when the game goes live? I Hope not.

Good old Fallen Earth

Not a whole lot of news to post about other than playing lots of Fallen Earth.
Reached level 8 last night, so i am slowly progressing.

I am really getting into Fallen Earth, really enjoy the look and feel of the game, the "sandbox" feeling i get from it, almost giving me the feelings i had way back in the old Star Wars Galaxies.

Haven't had this much fun since Tabula Rasa and it gives me a good feeling to hear the devs aren't aiming to become the next huge mmo on the market, more that they are aiming to become a "niche" game, in which i think they completely succeed. Unlike Tabula Rasa, who obviously aimed for higher numbers and "the next big thing" while they were very clearly a niche game.

It's been a long time since i had that excitement feeling about going home to play that game or actually wanting to go home to get ingame..
Also i haven't been in a guild for a long time, SWG was the last game i was actually in a guild, but i am all set up to join the guild that is being formed by Shawn from the (awesome) "Through the Aftermath" podcast, which should be formed in the very near future.

So you'll probably be hearing from Fallen Earth on this blog for quite some time :)

See you out in the wastelands!

BTW: If you're a Fallen Earth fan, don't forget to join up at Fallen Earth Wanderers :)

Fallen Earth Wanderers

Since i really enjoyed running AFS Soldiers for Tabula Rasa i figured i'd have a go at it again :)
So i have created Fallen Earth Wanderers, you can find it here: http://fallenearthwanderers.ning.com/

I only got it up and running minutes ago and it still needs some work, but i wanted to get it going ASAP :)

Riding towards the apocalypse

I am slowly progressing in Fallen Earth, but having lots of fun.

Few downsides, often combat lags like crazy, as in enemies rubberbanding and hits not registering, often resulting in death, which is obviously not fun.
But i think this pre-order early access is still somewhat of a beta, since the game has not officially launched yet, although many people seem to forget that.

looking at what the Fallen Earth Team has done so far i am pretty impressed and think many "bigger" mmo companies can look at Fallen Earth as an example.
Personally i have full convidence in Fallen Earth!

On another note, as you can see in this screenshot i have the Wasteland Runner horse, i know in my previous post i showed my ATV, so yes i have both now.
I really like the horse as it looks pretty cool and the main reason for me getting it is, i used up all the gas in my ATV and it is damn expensive to get a full tank of gas, right now i can't affort it.
I know i can easily get a horse in game, but i think this horse looked way cooler than the ingame horse you can get, so i got a second copy of the game just to get the Wasteland Runner next to my Fallen Earth ATV :)

See you out in the wastelands!

Fallen Earth early access and ATV.

Started playing Fallen Earth's Early access today thanks to the pre-order and also got a cool looking ATV, as you can see in the screenie i am playing as Cynfull.
Hoping to have lots of fun ahead in FE.

Fallen Earth

Eventhough the beta did not completely convince me, i still preordered Fallen Earth.
One of the main things i really enjoyed was the crafting/gathering/scavenging.

Also still hoping the graphics will improve some more at launch, i did log in the last few hours of beta and compared to a few months ago they have definatly improved, i was playing at highest settings and getting around 30fps, although in some cities it dropped dramaticly below 10fps.

I am still not a big fan of the combat, but i think i'll be mainly playing as a crafter anyway.

I never really got to the higher levels of the game, i went through several character whipes and i think the highest i got was level 6, so there is still plenty to explore.

So i can't wait to check it out at launch and get into my cool looking "Fallen Earth" ATV (although i am still waiting on my code to be able to add that ATV to my account).

Fallen Earth

I have been in the Fallen Earth beta for some time and i have to say it's a nice game, definatly a change.
Personally i don't like the combat (so far), but of course this is beta so things might still change.

What i do like however is the crafting/scavenging system in Falen Earth.
I have spend hours on end just scavenging and only doing combat when being attacked.

Especially when playing a "Traveller", you get a lot of crafting quests, and most of the components needed to finish those quests can be found by scavenging or by trading your scavenged good for other items.

I will definatly check this game out when it is released, however i fear that for me it will not be an MMO i will be playing as my main MMO, more of an "on the side" MMO, so it will also depend on the pricing/subscription plans they will be releasing it with.

Personally i really don't want anymore subscriptions, in fact i am allready considering cancelling most (if not all) of my MMO subscriptions.
So i am really hopng they will be going for a "Free to Play" model, like apperantly All Points Bulletin is going to, another game i am definatly interrested in.