MosesChen

Where to hunt*:

Before getting too far in, I thought it would be good to edit in BG's confirmation of the required size of realms for spawning to occur and the relevant level at the beginning:

10 x 10 is correct. Bear in mind, this INCLUDES the borders of the realm. Global critters spawn in Realms of level 25+.

What follows is a general list of "preferred" hunting grounds provided by many players throughout FS. The relevance of the "Just Elite" or "no creatures" (where noted) is simply because a player will not have to worry about hitting something else while using the number key to smack.

Ramdal Caves: Level 25 and the lowest level place they start spawning. Not my favorite, but it does cost less via portal to get here.

Iluore Dragon Pit  level 92: 10 x 10 (no creatures listed). Thanks out to Rexarr.

Tepal Cave (Level 140): Just Elite.

Rarek Dungeon (Level 150): Just Elite.

Kozyu Crystal Catacombs(Level 225): Just Elite.

Vashku (Level 235): Just Elite.

Ragnok Lair(Level 260): Just Elite.

Trvons Clearing (Level 310): Just Elite. Thanks out to yghorbb for the info.

Sphinx Lair (Level 370): Just Elite... thanks out to yotwehc for the info. BG's favorite spot.

Xinderoth's Library (Level 421): No creatures. Thanks out to ironlegs for the info.

Key Lock (Level 460): No creatures. Thanks out to yotywehc. Quest locked. justinian9 suggested the area right before it that also has no creatures: Compound Gate. 

Ralthien (Dark Corner)level 510: No creatures listed. Thanks out to TobiasRagg.

The Secret Kingdom (Keep): Level 530. Thanks out to crippla for the info.

Darkwater Lighthouse (Lower) (level 533). No creatures. Thanks out to ironcire. BG said it's quest blocked.

Satero Residence (level 930). Just Elite. Thanks out to zizzwyly.

*Please note on the above areas:

Sometimes the fact that an area is "quest blocked" is noted. After some careful thinking, I decided this is irrelevant for the general idea of the post.

My personal advice (since I don't have the necessary knowledge) is: Be sure to check your quest book (on left-hand sidebar under Character). If you are a player that tries to avoid doing quests, then simply avoid the areas near where a quest is necessary or ask around (or in this post). Not all of the above areas are my personal preferences. However, I ended up deciding to NOT exclude areas that "may" be quest blocked. 

Global Booster:

On the left-hand sidebar under Upgrades (thanks out to Scoops1972 for correcting), click on Loyalty. Here you may find various potions for gold or Loyalty Tokens (I personally suggest purchasing for gold) for Global Booster.

This works like Doubler, but the nuance is pretty important: Global Booster ups the number of kills registered for an equivalent stam usage. This makes Conserve useful. HOWEVER, do NOT hit regular creatures while this buff is active. It will drain your stam like Doubler but it won’t do anything for your kills.

Besides the loyalty section, there are other various potions available with this skill in the Auction House (AH) if you select it in the “Grants Buff” drop-down and is also an option via Composing.

This pot will help you get more more kills at a stam cost that is equal to the extra kills. However, when your conserve activates, you will get the extra kills at zero stam cost. 

“Essential” buffs (or potions**) to use:

Conserve

Lightfoot

Animal Magnetism

Reckoning

Other possible buffs/potions to use:

Summon Shield Imp- If you really care about your Kill Streak (KS). Crud happens, lol.

Unbreakable- If you care about your gold. This is relevant to "avoid" repair costs to a "large" degree. Also see the Item Use section further down for additional advice.

If you compose, these are highly recommended on events where frag stashes are dropped by the global creatures (please note that there is some additional info on this a bit lower down***):

Find Item (FI)- This is player-goal and GE dependent. Useful in frag GEs IF you compose.

Lady Luck- This runs in tandem with FI.

**If you are using potions (pots) then you should consider the following. Keep in mind that Global Booster is only available currently as a pot

Distil: This will increase the power of your pots. It should "theoretically" be used before drinking any pots. 

Brewing Master will allow your pots to last longer. You need to decide whether this is relevant or not based on how long you will be smacking. With current maximum level 175 buff (not including the potion) a 30 minute potion will last 57 minutes when drunk after this pot is activated. 45 min = 85 and 60 min = 113. 

In most cases (if you are planning on smacking for more than half an hour, you need to be aware of what is better for you), as soon as you are done drinking ALL your pots, you may want to deactivate both Brewing Master and Distil in order for Reckoning to work "better". 

-Thanks to yotwehc for making me realize the above clarification was probably key (o0

Item use:

Since most GEs are level 25 creatures, it may be convenient to minimize the number of items worn to have stats enough to one-hit but fewer to save on repairs.

You need to weigh the importance of your KS and consider how efficient you are in paying attention to your tick in order to switch for your stam-gain items at the appropriate time.

*** FS options for when there are frag stash drops from global creatures: 

You should know that there are two options that may be important for you under Character, then Preferences then User Interface. At the time of this edit, both are the last two under Miscellaneous at the bottom right of this screen.

1st: Auto Open Fragment Stashes: When you are smacking the global creatures that drop frag stashes, this will automatically open those stashes. The fragments go to your composing frags stash. This is extremely handy since you could have only one bp space open and it will suffice for your smacking. Since items are currently bound, I have had a hard time understanding (though there could be a reason current OR FUTURE) why you wouldn't have this box checked. 

As of this edit, I can say that my investigations have shown that it opens only those stashes received as drops. I hope this continues that way. In other words, according to my experience, it does NOT open anything taken from the Item Mailbox. This is relevant because it means that if you find a frag stash in a chest somewhere, it is not opened when you take it from your Item Mailbox. It also does not auto-open the Frag chests given as prizes in some GEs. I would hope this NEVER changes because, though the Frag chest prizes are currently bound, the chests found in the realms that require a key and contain Frag stashes are not. Some may prefer to send to Guildies or sell. 

Since the above has not been confirmed by HCS and "could" change, I'd suggest using this option ONLY during the frag GEs and deactivating (unclicking the boxes) afterwards, just to be safe. 

2nd: Hide Fragment Stash Logs. The only thing this really does is alleviate the pressure on your log. What it means is that you will no longer receive log messages telling you how many frags you receive when you open a frag stash. 

Any further discussion with expert opinion on adjustments is appreciated.

I tried to make it as simple as possible for all levels and also with a view towards it attempting to be “ever-lasting” (willie wonka reference). Hence, I wasn’t too interested in listing possible pots, ie., check out how vague I was on the Global Booster.

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Welcome to the artist directory! Want an avi made but don't know who to ask to make it? Well, you've come to the right place! Take a look at different artist's portfolios and shops to see their styles and prices. 

Please know I only listed the artist's price for one signature or avi. You must go to their shop for additional combos and other prices.

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(¸.•´ (¸.• If you're an artist

Want to be in the directory? Simply post a link to your shop/portfolio/etc. on this topic and I will add it to the list. If listing a collab shop, list the members of the collab.

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(¸.•´ (¸.• RESOURCE AREAS

Check second post.

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Check third post.

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(¸.•´ (¸.• Glossary

Portfolio - The artist's website or folder that hosts their examples and previously made work
Collab Shop - A shop where 2 or more artists combine their skills to make amazing graphics
Shop - Regular shop hosted by one artist on the forums.
In-Game Ordering - This means the artist may or may not have a shop on the forum but does take orders through pms on FS. This is linked to the artist's profile.

Inactivity - The person has been away for longer than 10 days. (If your shop has been marked inactive and you would like it reopened, please message here).

Last updated: Aug 4, 2014

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beLIEve

Portfolio | Shop

C

Chagryn

Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 5FSP

Signature: 6FSP

Combo: 8FSP

clock96

Portfolio | Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatars: 2-5FSP

Signatures: 3-6FSP

cqinmi

Portfolio | Shop | In-Game Ordering

(Saturday/Sunday only)

Avatar: 3-5FSP

Signature: 5-8FSP

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E

Erikzzzs

Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 1-5FSP

Signature: 1-5FSP

F

Flucht

Portfolio | Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 2-5FSP

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guarded

Portfolio | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 7FSP

Signature: 7FSP

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Ihavehalo

Portfolio | Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 1FSP

Signature: 2FSP

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K

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MosesChen

Portfolio | Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 2FSP

Signature: 3FSP

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O

P

PeterOwnz

Portfolio | Shop | In-Game Ordering

Avatars: 2-4FSP

Signature: 3-5FSP

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R

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SlntScream

Portfolio | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 2FSP Minimum

Signature: 2FSP Minimum

stCloud

Portfolio | In-Game Ordering

Avatar: 5FSP Maximum

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W

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Xed

Portfolio | Shop

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Thank you Cassafras for the second directory and thank you Sahardy for the original Directory

Thats one sexy avatar! If any avatar were to be stolen, it would be that one because it's too sexy!

*Gulp*

Good luck everyone, may the odds be in your favor

Officially the new directory!! 

Thank you BG!

   Lately, i've been craving some new avatars because i don't have enough. Currently their are only two shops open on the forums and not many people are making graphics in game. I went to go look at the directory and  the whole thing seems way out of date. Two of Fallensword's most known artist (LP and Grimm) are on the list and they haven't made a graphic piece since, a long time. 

   Is their a way someone can take over Cass's directory and update it or is someone out there willing and brave enough to start a new directory? If enough people want me to do it, i'll even make a new one. I just want some new art

By the way: I only have 250+ avatars

Oh boy, been a while since I've done this. Just a disclaimer, I am blunt. I will not coddle you. I will, however, tell you the truth so you can improve yourself.

A - Geez, this one is bad. I understand what you were trying to do, but it looks like you literally found 4 images to represent the elements and just laid them on top of each other slapped on some text and called it a day. There seems to be little to no effort put into this.

B - Honestly the only one here I would buy. No, it doesn't really represent the theme in any easily recognizable way, but in the end this is a competition to see who made the best piece, and that's this one. I pick B.

C - Quite a few problems here. To start, the render looks distorted like you didn't scale it proportionally. Then you added so many things on top that you almost washed out the render. There's no discernible light source, its just kind of everywhere. Then there's that high contrast spot on the right side that just really draws the eye.

D - This is a huge disappointment to see something like this. If I didn't already have this stock I might think you did a nice job, unfortunately that's not the case. This is just the smallest step up from a text slap and it really annoys me. All you did was play with the lighting, maybe a couple adjustment layers, added a few flecks and your text. Anyone curious to see how little was done : http://www.tineye.co...ver=firefox-1.1

E - This one is kind of a mess. There's c4ds flying around in every direction in the background, and then those scan lines in the foreground creating flow chaos. Then it looks like you just murdered it with gradient maps. The lighting has the same problem as C in that the light just permeates the piece. Have you guys not heard of shading?

F - Like E this one is also kind of a mess. The crap in the background seems to have been blurred into oblivion, destroying any sense of depth you might of had going. Like E, there is no flow to to speak of, but unlike E there seem to have been little to no adjustment layers used and it makes the colors not seem to blend well.

G - This is the only other one I like besides B. I love the use of the Zelda characters, and what you tried to do with the depth, but that part seems a little forced. That, plus the few little things that need to be cleaned up, and the fact that Navi seems to be dull, rather than the usual glowing point of light she is, is why this lost to B.

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B- 2.5

C-

D-4

E-1

F-0.5

G-1

Can we post early?

All we can do now is send our entry to attorra. Other than that, we cannot do much other than wait. 

I wish I had that much time...my classes start tomorrow.

School started for me last week. Thank you for bringing up the classes because i got homework in at least half of them.   Not doing it though, gotta make me some graphics!

Silly school, homework is for losers  

i've been told i'm bad for buff business

I am for the either version, hard to think of even one idea. 

Haha I just made a sig but only managed to incorporate one theme. I'm out of ideas for something else.

For week one, this is a tough theme. Hopefully next week we'll get an easier theme.

Thread for theme has been posted.

Hi there,

I am spreading all my knowledge that i know (So Far):

How do I access this chat?

There are 2 Options.

• You can access chat via world map. This is however small.
• You Can access chat via Actions>Chat. Or via this link - Chat.

The Global Chat rules :

You May NOT

• Promote any other game.
• Post any negative comments regarding the point costs or any other game related charges.
• Post any comments or quotations of a political or religious nature.
• Post any comments of a sexual, discriminatory or abusive nature.
• Post any foul or vulgar language.
• Attempt to sell your guild.
• Beg other players for Fallen Sword Points, items or anything else.
• Offer 'Free Reputation Points' or suggest in any way that your guild will allow a victory in Guild Conflicts.
• Post links to any website.
• Spam the Global Chat with messages to check your Bio, view your Auction House listings and sell buffs.

If you see any of these rules broken via Global Chat,

Please Report the message with the [R] button assigned to each message.

The message will be Reported and a Game Admin will deal with the issue.

If a Chat Moderator is online they will do as stated Below.



How can i turn chat off in my map?

Simple.

Character>Preferences>User Interface>General> Then Tick Hide World Chat.

If for some reason you cannot find your settings- Here is a link - Settings.

Ticking this box will remove it From the Map. But not from the Chat In actions.


How can i turn off word censor?

This is also located in your settings.

Character>Preferences>User Interface> And tick the Disable Word Censor.

If for some reason you cannot find your settings- Here is a link - Settings.

Ticking this Preference will allow you to see any Words that should be censored.

What are those boxes below my chat bar?

The boxes on the left link the colors to the players that talk.

As it says -

• Red - Game Admin
• Blue - Chat Moderator
• Purple - Guild Member
• Gold - You

The box on the right is a Chat flood-

These 5 boxes act as a spam filter.

The boxes light up every message that you send.

When the 5th box lights up, you will be unable to send a message for 6 seconds.

You can choose to let it die down to 0 or you can post again on the 4th box ( After 6 secs)



I keep seeing double posts.

This is simply a glitch in the system that will be sorted.

But if it is Bugging you, you can refresh your page.

This can be done by pushing F5 on your keyboard or by Pushing Ctrl and R.

This should refresh the chat and any Glitched double post will be removed.

What Happens if i get chat Banned?

If you get banned it would have been from what you had said.

In which case you will get a message like this -

 

Error: Due to a reported message, you are blocked from using the chat until 00:00:00 25/Aug/2013

If you do get this message you will be unable to post in the chat until the ban has been removed.

You will still be able to view chat but not talk.

What happens if i get banned - But did nothing wrong?

If this happens i would recommend you find out which moderator banned you, and why.

If you believe the Moderator is wrong you can contact customer support.

In such case support will usually respond within a few days, by then the ban would have worn off.

I recommend still putting in a ticket so the Game Admin's can speak to the Chat Moderators.

If a Chat moderator has a personal Vendetta against you, definitely put in a ticket with any proof you may have.

Once an un ban system is in place hopefully a Moderator would be able to sort the issue out swiftly.

You can contact support via link at the top right of the page.

Or you can click here - Hunted Cow Support

Chat Moderators ( So Far) :
Link to Profiles provided:

Ashgaerath
Cyrus7
EliteHunta
Evilbry
Hbklives
Jbking89
Shardoom

What were Moderator (s) chosen for?

Moderators were chosen by HCS staff. For their reasons which they can supply if they wish.
But do NOT have to.

Moderators were chosen to keep an eye on the chat ensuring that no rules are/ Were broken.


What can (Should) the moderators do?

• The Moderators indefinitely should follow the game chat rules (Listed Below).
• The Moderators should issue a warning before issuing a chat ban.
• The Moderators can ban for 2 or 24 hours depending on severity of actions.

What The Moderators Aren't :

The Moderators are NOT involved in issues outside that chat.

They are not moderators outside of chat, so cannot deal with any game issues you may have.

Thanks to cyrus7-
To be very clear:
Player chat moderators have no admin rights within the game itself.
Player chat moderators do not have the ability to suspend/ban players from the game.
Player chat moderators can only "mute" players within the chat for 2 or 24 hours.
Mute simply means the player cannot post a message in the chat. It does not affect anything else in FS.
Player chat moderators can only "mute" players who have at least one line currently visible in the chat.


If you have an issue please contact the support team via the button on the top right.

Or via the link supplied - Hunted Cow Support


Thank you for reading =)

If you have any questions please ask below and i will do my best to find an answer.

If you believe i have missed some information out, Please inform me (via game) so i can add to post.

If you Have any improvements you think that may be beneficial to the chat please post below. I will add below if a lot of people believe should happen.

Questions & Answers ( Asked Hoofmaster(Andrew Mulholland)) :

Q1. Is swearing allowed, as there is a word censor and is enabled until person un-ticks it.
A1. A slip up is okay, but general use will not be tolerated.

Q2. Is the use of Acronyms like wtf etc allowed.
A2. Yes, I don't see any issue with it.

Q3. Am i allowed to speak about other games in chat?

A3. Yes you can talk about other games but must not promote it. For example telling people to play it, posting links or offering fallen sword points/ gold etc to play it. General use is allowed.

Word Chat Errors

Special Characters such as £ are displaying like £ - HCS are aware of this issue.

Improvements (What you think they should improve)

• Chat Should Include list of members currently in chat, Along with Moderators, and Game Admins sticking out.
• Moderators should be able to Unban people, If they make a mistake in ban (As chat moves fast).
• Longer chat (Chat Backlog)

Useless Information:

Moderators can ban moderators. (But only if they break rules)

Moderators can still ban when banned.


Thank you again for reading. Please post your comments below =)

Regards,

EliteHunta