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  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, StubbyClaps said:

    Do you have thousands of dollars to keep the FE server up?

    Why don't you go to the forums of a game you like, instead of hanging around trashposting this one. You're way past the line for moderation as it is. 

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  10. Posted

    On 6/23/2019 at 3:15 AM, StubbyClaps said:

    Fallen Earth will never make money. It's literally a waste of dollars, time, and energy. LO's only hope of making a profit off of Fallen Earth is to actually create a whole new one. It's idiotic to think that a 10 year old dead mmo will somehow magically be revived.  I would love for Fallen Earth to be supported for another ten years, but Matt clearly stated Fallen Earth doesnt even make enough to support its self. We are supposed to be grateful for a server that cant support itself. Thats not a healthy relationship. How many people are actually working on Fallen Earth? We havent seen ANY progress in over year meanwhile APB has had a few updates, new content and new game modes.

    Please feel free to enjoy APB then. I'm sure you'll find plenty of like-minded souls in that forum. 

  11. Posted

    Thank you for the update Matt! I've some IT background and you're doing probably the hardest thing in any IT industry. We take games for granted because they're "just games", but the truth is they're some of the most complicated applications in existence, running on some of the most....let's just say "formerly leading edge" system architectures out of respect for the original creators - and attempting to serving masses of the general public with real-time interactions. And you're tasked with disassembling someone else's game and rebuilding it to work better than new.

     

    I don't have words for how difficult that must be. I can only offer words of encouragement and hope for your success. I've backed several indie games in early access, and FE is hands-down the one where the creators tried the hardest to put heart and soul into their game. So I would personally love to see it revitalized.

     

    And I believe the best time for that is now. With Fallout 76, Bethesda has proven again that they are no longer the right company to be leading in this genre. And FE has every core feature it needs to take the #1 position. It just needs to be remade into the game that can deliver on its promise.

     

    So the very best of luck to you and the rest in their efforts, and thanks for all of your commitment to this project!

     

    Merged.

     

    17 hours ago, StubbyClaps said:

    When you bought G! you knew the state and the amount of money Fallen Earth was bringing in. 

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     The game wasn't making enough money to pay for itself when we bought it, and it still doesn't on a regular monthly basis

    - I had every reason to shutdown the servers in May after the horrible problems in moving them, and I didn't

    - Instead, we spent many extra hours at enormous expense to fix things and doing our best to keep the game online"

     

    Fallen Earth will never be profitable. Maybe you should of just shut down the servers after that shite show. Your quote makes it sound like everyone should be grateful... You are literally wasting money trying to port FE over to a new engine. The only way that the Fallen Earth franchise will ever make money is if a proper sequel can be made. I have very little hopes your company can make an entirely new mmo on the scale Fallen Earth was. It may just be time to shut her down because the absolute lack of any substantial progress isnt getting new players to join or invest money.  Either fully commit or shut it down. We have been getting the same responses for the past year with literally nothing to show for it besides a few screenshots and a walking gif. 

     

    P.S. I am sorry that you had to deal with some toxic pvp players as gms. 

    Not to start an argument, but anyone who personally believes it's doomed is free to walk away, no hard feelings, best of luck to them in whatever game they go to.

     

    But the people who want to keep on keeping on should absolutely have the ability to do that, as it doesn't impact anyone who has left. Just saying.

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  13. Posted

    On 1/17/2019 at 9:33 PM, Reaps989 said:

    The Q&A with Matt Scott and myself explained it...

    They will most likely have a secondary "legacy" server with older data and a newer server, the older server would simply be there for those who want to keep said characters/items, but most likely not be as focused as the new one in terms of performance... after all it's littered with duped items.

    I know this is late, but to the OP, remember the only thing you get out of a game is fun 🙂 And if a game makes you so greedy for items you have gotten you can't start over without fear, it's a terrible game that's trying to be your addiction, and you should totally quit it anyways. 
    Also, I find it very useful to start a throwaway char where I just mess around, have fun and learn the game. Then I start a real char with that knowledge. So there's another option if you want to play on the new server.

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  14. Posted

    On 12/6/2018 at 5:05 PM, Dracio said:

    I remember back in maybe 2014 we players were sent a survey. It asked what we would like to see in FE. The jokes in game afterwards of requests sent were very entertaining but one was for a FE2. People didn't want the same game (as in same missions again) but wanted the game on a new engine, new server with a whole new story line in the FE theme to follow. People wanted something new to engage them.

     

    Trion tried with Defiance 2050 by altering a few core game mechanics but the rest of the game has remained the same. Same missions, same game play. Trion has now sold the company as their last ditch effort to save what was once a great game failed. Making the game more pleasing to the eye did nothing for actual player numbers. No one wants this to be FEs future. A prettier version of a game but nothing new. We all want something new, something to excite us, something fun. A prettier FE will just be that, prettier. Most have already done all the missions, explored all there is to see. What keeps people playing games is fun because isn't that what games are all about? People stop playing when it is no longer fun for them.

     

    Honestly do not think FE on a new engine will bring in thousands of players as some predict. For you can dress up a pig in satin and lace but it is still a pig.

     

     

    This concept isn't bad. I started a new char and started playing up, and it needs a lot of gameplay help, but it's not bad conceptually.

  15. Posted

    On 2/5/2019 at 8:16 AM, Jeronan said:

    Then, when all that was done, the game still bleed subscribers due to Icarus having trouble stabilizing the game, fixing issues, still lack of endgame (Icarus unfortunately had no clue how to make interesting group content in form with dungeons, lairs, etc.  If Icarus had one weak point it was that sadly). The NPC AI was also not really impressive and still isn't.

     

    So as last resort they starting revamping the starter zones again, this time a lot of stuff was revamped within the Plateau zone, with more quests, more fleshed out NPC factions, etc. and adding the Blood Sports instanced PVP stuff.

    While the small group of diehard PVP people were happy with it, a lot of people weren't and quit the game. Since they felt Icarus had the wrong priorities, especially after Lee Hammock left in 2010.  Suddenly focusing on Blood Sports PVP, instead of continue to fix the game, performance issues, lack of endgame, etc.

    This pretty much describes the core issues with the game for me. Idc about this kind of PvP, I don't think either PvP or PvE works when mixed together in an open world setting, and it's too much trouble to zone areas to try to make everyone happy (which never works anyways). Separate servers are the best answer here methinks. 

  16. Posted

    Thanks for the updates Matt! And thanks to you and the team for all of your efforts! FE is a great concept and deserves to be a popular game. And it has its chance thanks to the boondoggle Bethesda made of Fallout 76.

    FE has a world's worth of content compared to that shell of a game, and immense potential for fun and interesting gameplay. Going to keep watching and supporting the game through this remake, and can't wait to see it reborn!

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  19. Posted

    Eh, if you crossed Fallout with WoW and got most of WoWs genes in the offspring. I sincerely believe the RPG aspect would in no way be diminished if LLO lost the MMO-style UI and pseudo-magic powers. There's a place for Mutations, but giving them to every player makes them unspecial and weakening them until they're only assistive makes them feel - well, weak. 

  20. Posted

    On 10/22/2018 at 12:25 PM, dilbo said:

    We active players spend a lot of time and resources to keep these towns running: Progress,Stronghold,Citadel,Outpost

    only for some random person afk to trigger an attack and wipe everything we built overnight.

    EVERYONE  and i mean everyone agrees that the number of persons in area needed to trigger an attack needs to be changed to 3 people.

    this prevents someone randomly and unknowingly wandering in area and triggering, and also prevents afk triggering.

    so could you please do this soon?

    I know its just A matter of changing A value in some data file from 1 to 3.

    it can not be some complicated coding issue.

    Please at least respond with input from A GM or DEV

    More, make it a deliberate thing. You can't be using numbers like 1 or 3 for waves of attackers that destroy player work. Time to add an option to the appropriate NPC to defend the town, or make it a quest trigger that goes off when you turn in the quest at the town.

  21. Posted

    There are many reasons I quit before, but one of the biggest is the heavily fantasy-MMO-ized gameplay. It seems that as soon as people say "MMO" they start assuming hotbars with spells and meaningless fetch quests are de-facto. MMO is just a connective technology and persistent world is also just a technology. They just put people in the same world together. Assuming if you have any MMO going it has to work like WoW or EQ (used to) is a total fallacy. Worse, it draws comparison between your product and much, much bigger and more developed (and populous) ones. That's not a good situation for your fledgling little MMO. You want to be different, breaking new ground and giving new excitement to players.

     

    The kind of post-apocalyptic game I want to play is a sci-fi FPS with gear, crafting and the goal of resurrecting civilization, preferably by taking back the entire map and defending it until the final battle is won. I don't EVER want to do a fetch quest. EVER.

     

    FE has the basic tools to free us of the mindless grindery with tracking, story based missions, and most importantly, town assaults. I hope LO builds on those engaging mechanisms and throws out all fetch quests forever. 

  24. Posted

    Hi Matt! Kudos for taking on this quite massive job! I've been a part of FE since beta days and had great hopes for its success. I'm very glad to see it's still kicking even after all this time. 

    And all is not yet lost. Games like Fallout come along, everyone jumps on the ride for awhile, then they get bored but still want to play. Where they gonna go in between Fallout releases?

    Could be FE, know what I'm saying? Everyone goes out to party at fancy places on special occasions, but in between, they go out once or twice a week to regular places to hang out and have fun. Those places make the steady money and stay alive literally for generations, and I think that's a perfect role for FE in the post-apoc games niche.

    FE's got a good, big world to have fun in and the original team made sure it had a lot of positives - atmosphere, story, deep crafting, vehicles, and a lot of solid mechanisms (tracking, choice of 1st or 3rd person combat, player-made buildings and more) to show what a game like this could have. There's a lot of issues and unfinished work, but your commitment means there's also a lot of hope for the future state of the game. I'll try to keep up with the news.

    And yeah, I just downloaded it again :)

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