I Aim to Misbehave A nice guy trying really hard not to be

Wandering the Wastes of Fallen Earth

I’ve only been playing Fallen Earth for about a week so I’m no expert but I must say it’s definately scratching that MMO itch (at least for now).  The FPS elements and post-apocalyptic real world setting are refreshing changes to the usual MMO fair.  There is a significant learning curve (at least for me there was) but I think I’m getting the hang of it.  It’s a skill based / classless MMO with preset templates for various paths to help you plan your character.  For example, Victor here is a pistol packin’ crafter so I just used the pistolier and crafter templates to give me an idea on where my skill points should go.

The crafting system is fairly detailed in it’s own way.  Everything you see on my character screenshot was crafted by him.   It’s not a minigame like in Vanguard but it does require time.  You basically gather the materials and start the crafting process.  While crafting you can actually run around and do whatever but the time to craft will be longer than if you sat still in a crafting area.  What is really nice is that you continue to craft even when you log off.  So, ideally you could cue up a bunch of recipes before you log off so that they’ll be done when you return the next day.

Death basically respawns you at the nearby cloning facility (ala graveyard).  You respawn with all your gear although your vehicle is wherever you parked it so you may have to huff it to retrieve your wheels (or uh, hoofs if you gots a horse).  I haven’t noticed any actual death penalties but I’m guessing that will come later as I get out of the newbie levels.

The quests are typical MMO stuff (kill this many things, collect this many things, deliver these things, etc) so it’s not revolutionary but I guess there’s nothing really wrong with that.  I haven’t wandered into the PvP areas so I can’t comment there.

I’ll check back in a week or so to give an update on how the game is going.  If anyone would like to give it a go I believe there is a 10 or 15 day trial available.