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#979473 YOUR Reasons for:

Posted by Josh1404 on 13 April 2017 - 13:19

1. Why do you play FS? Fun? Challenge? Other?

2. A.When you play "your style" do you use buffs? Potions? A combo of the two?

    B. What level buffs/potions do you use?

3. If you use buffs or potions or a combo, why?

4. Do you use Global Chat? Why or why not?

5. What aspects of FS have you played?

6. Why did you choose to play these aspects of the game?

7. How often do you log on to FS?

8. How long have you been playing FS?

9. Are you in a guild? (I do not need specific guild names) If so, why?

10. What level were you when you first joined a guild? (If you are in one that is!)

1. For fun. That's always the most important thing. It is a game after all. For my friends. I am too chatty for my own good and the people I have met through playing this game are the best part of it IMO. Some have stopped playing but I am better for having met those people. For competition. I hate losing at anything ever. That person that flips the monopoly board over at xmas when their losing... That's me. :P

 

2. a ) My style is hard to pin down. I try do a little of everything. Except titan hunting and GvG. But predominantly I play the PvP ladder, I stomp for my friends and guild, I occasionally clear people on the BB and I qualify in global events. I use potions in qualifying for global events. I use mainly use just buffs for the rest of my gameplay but on occasion it is a combination of buffs and potions.

 

b ) Buff levels tend to be level 175 but can be 190 or 192. On potions I typically use the following for global event qualification. Conserve 575, AM 518, FI 1150, LL 230 and Reckoning 230. And on the occasions I use potions in other parts of my gameplay I sometimes use composing potions at level 300 but once or twice I have done potions at their max of 350 and 480 for SH. I sometimes use Crystal Ladder Chest potion's instead of composing potions for their duration.

 

3. In global event qualification I use those potion's for maximum efficiency. To get the most kills and frags for my stamina use. Simple as that really. And in PvP when I have to I will use potions but I tend to avoid it where possible. I am a hoarder in every sense. I don't like letting go of resources. So I use everything begrudgingly. I use them in response to others using theirs or when their is a sizeable level gap and thus a gear disadvantage. I try simply maintain the basic buffs and occasionally a more thorough buff use is needed. But like I say I will use potions when necessary... Monopoly board up in the air. You are not beating me LOL. Or if you are then it's going to cost you your most valuable resources. :D

 

4. Yes but not regularly. I use it now and then. Just poking my head in and seeing what people have to say. Occasionally will post something and have a brief conversation. Not something I spend a great deal of time on. I don't use it a lot because there are a lot of people there who let's say I don't wish to talk with. Also people use it to sell things and to beg for things which I dislike. Also it's mostly the same people posting again and again.

 

5. Everything except scavenging.

 

6. I wanted to see what I liked about playing FS and what I didn't. Only way to do that is to give everything a go. I enjoy a lot of aspects of the game but having given tme to all of them I never titan hunt and GvG very rarely. Only if a hitter for defending a GvG is needed desperately will I slowly raise my hand and volunteer. Apart from that I avoid it where possible. On titan hunting it just isn't interesting to me, never liked it. Chasing a titan across a map followed by small intervals of repeated left clicking and 0 spamming just isn't very fun for me. I used to level a lot, and enjoyed it for a long time. Did quests now and then, didn't like that at all.

 

But then I opted into the PvP ladders of old (400 - 449) (before they got fat) on a whim in my epics. It was more competitive then as lots of people played. Suffice to say I got torn a new one. It was brutal. I lost 10 levels in a couple of days just through defeat's and was left bewildered by what on earth had just occured. Having before that point never done anything remotely PvP related or even given thought to it losing XP was foreign to me. I complained and made a fuss like a little b**** and got dropped even harder. Then worse I started to bounty those that hit me (that was possible back then) and started to swing blindly in awful setups. This is double dipping. I lost 50 levels in a short time and would of lost a lot more had my friend and PvP tutor to be not stuck up for me and asked people to cut me some slack. Instead of joining others in forcing his foot in my behind he decided to invest some time in conersation with me teaching me the basics of PvP. Basic rules of combat. What I should aim to be doing when building a setup, what buffs do and some home truths about what you do and what you don't do. He was on this very same ladder and decided to teach someone essentially how to challenge him. Slowly but surely I learned making a lot of mistakes along the way and eventually I improved. But I have been hooked ever since and only really level now out of necessity and when jumping to a new band. So the PvP ladder is my favourite part of this game by a long way. That's what I prefer to spend my time doing. I am opted into the ladder most of the year. :)

 

After having discovered and learned to love playing the ladder I branched out into giving PvP itself a go and thus enjoyed hitting for gold and joining any and all deleveling parties. I then started clearing people on the BB and enjoyed it so have stuck with this kind of gameplay since. Then the globals came along and I liked the idea a lot. Have qualified in a fair few events and persued a top #100 place a number of times as well. It's something different to do now and then and I do tend to throw my hat in when they come along.

 

7. Every day. And I am online a lot though a fair portion of that I am not actually here instead on auto - reload. I do still play a lot though. Bizarrely I was always very active and played a lot, addicted to this game in many respects. Then grew tired and quit completely for 3 years not playing at all. And have since returned and am back to feeling how I used to playing a lot once again. 2 separate periods of loving playing the game and doing so reglarly separated by a time when I didn't miss playing at all and had no intention of doing so again.

 

8. I technically joined 16th of May 2010. But I joined but didn't play at all for about 6 months. Don't remember why in honesty. Might have just been a bit too much to learn and figure out and I wasn't in the mood for it. But eventually I rediscovered the game and began to play and it went from there. Then like I say above I had a period where I quit and didn't play at all for 3 years. So whilst my join date shows not far from 7 years of activity in honesty it's more like 3 and a half years of actual gameplay.

 

9. Yes. The game is so much better in my opinion when your in a guild. It's an extension of your own gameplay and well simply put things are more fun if you share them with others. Even better if you find like minded players who enjoy doing the things you do. People share their knowledge, their advice and try to help others if they can. The chat a constant ongoing conversation for those that want to take part. Always loved being part of a team. :)

 

10. I don't remember what level I was when I joined my first guild. Something I wish I had saved in my notepad. Level 63 is screaming out at me for some reason. That might be it but certainly early on once I began playing. One of the first things I was advised to do was to seek out a guild and try to learn the game.

 

Sorry those were very long answers to anyone deciding to read it. Like I said too chatty for my own good. :P

 

P.S... Nice idea for a thread. A little look into the FS history of anyone that want's to share. All just opinions and all in good nature. Weirdly enjoyed posting mine. :)




#978035 It's about time to balance out those overpowered pots in PvP.

Posted by Josh1404 on 20 March 2017 - 14:41

This is disappointing. You're actually considering the complaints of a small vocal minority?

Agreed.

 

Please hoof before even considering to contemplate perhaps beginning to think about any change of this scale put it to a game wide poll so everyone can have their say. Not the same group shouting loudly on an endless campaign.

 

I would bet a great deal this is not the opinion of the player base as a whole.

 

Edit - 

 

My objection is firstly that the means to obtain these "overpowered potions" categorically is available to all players. The denial of that is frankly ridiculous.

 

And secondly a great deal of players have invested into their composing for this very purpose. Having spent that time, effort and gold to do that and to subsequently have the benefits of doing so removed is a massive slap in the face. Which yes does include me... Do I get my gold back? And don't say they will be available to use in all other aspects. I don't play any other aspects. I barely ever level and don't do anything besides play the ladder casually and qualify in global events. If you remove these potions from use in PvP that stops an opponent using them vs me which means I have no need of them. This removes the very reason I needed the ability to make my own potions which was to respond to another using them vs me. Cancelling out their advantage. Without that to me they are truly 100% pointless. And that's a lot of gold and effort wasted. And I for one would be seething. Bet I am not alone...




#978014 It's about time to balance out those overpowered pots in PvP.

Posted by Josh1404 on 19 March 2017 - 19:41

It's been suggested various times phrased in different ways. Always got an absolute no from the bovines above. Don't see that changing. Having said that...

 

Whilst I appreciate how much of an effect these potions have on PvP. Unless your counting donation potions all the "overpowered" potions are available to all. And frankly if players are using donation potions competing in PvP despite their value then GG. 

 

Want composing potions? Level up your composing.

 

Want global potions? Qualify in Global Events.

 

Want potions from Crystal Ladder Chests? Compete in the ladder to earn your tokens and make your own.

 

All their resources are available to you as well. Match them and beat them. Simple.

 

The whole reason I levelled my own composing to 60 is so that should I compete seriously they can't have that advantage over me. I choose not to use them regularly only in response to other's using theirs. I match their resources and null their advantage. 

 

also, just cuz you have high pots on doesnt give an automatic win.  the ladder is not for everyone.  those playing take it seriously. hit every hour.  it is not for the faint of heart.  which is what it is for.  thats just my opinion.

Agree entirely. Just because someone uses some superior potions does not grant them an automatic win. No gear knowledge and lack of knowledge on how to best use those potions will still make them the likely loser in this scenario.




#977973 Gargantuan Mosquitos VI

Posted by Josh1404 on 17 March 2017 - 20:05

let me guess. You didn't try smacking one of each. To see if there was a difference? Then you could have posted it to let everybody know :P

I'm not buffed. That's an inefficient use of 2 stamina. What an awful waste. :P




#977961 Gargantuan Mosquitos VI

Posted by Josh1404 on 17 March 2017 - 15:18

Is the Envenomed Mosquito a x5 kill creature? It doesn't say.

 

But thanks regardless for the global. I wanted this one. No cut ruby boxes left. :D

 

Edit - I assume not as it's not posted as such but I figured I'd ask for clarification as BG is occasionally forgetful. :P




#977937 What's your favorite foods?

Posted by Josh1404 on 16 March 2017 - 21:12

All reading through this thread does is make me seriously hungry.

 

Looks so good. Apart from the baby octopus. Not sure I could bring myself to eat that. :P




#977889 New PvP Ladder Recipes!

Posted by Josh1404 on 15 March 2017 - 15:52

Hybrid Gear? What do you mean?

Armor and defense on the same item. Pointless for the most part.




#977626 FS down ... Unable to connect.

Posted by Josh1404 on 06 March 2017 - 08:41

I for one am becoming really disillusioned with these errors. They seem to be becoming all too regular for my liking. Especially just lately but even further back than that this seems to happen every few weeks. The player base is smaller now and none remain except those who are most loyal. Whatever the issue is be it cloudfare or otherwise can we look toward a permanent solution? So this doesn't happen again? No matter what the cost of said solution financially?

 

This just isn't ok anymore.




#977416 Elite Pack now available!

Posted by Josh1404 on 03 March 2017 - 17:36

I think people would also like the details on the Elite frag stashes.

Elite Frag Stash (5 of these) :

 

Commons =  8,000 - 8,000

Rare = 1,600 - 1,600

Unique = 1,400 - 1,400

Legendary = 1,200 - 1,200

Crystalline = 1,000 - 1,000

Super - Elite = 600 - 600




#977392 Surely it's time?

Posted by Josh1404 on 03 March 2017 - 13:05

The Hunted Cow Titan has had a higher spawn rate for a good while now. And there are a lot of pails in the game already. Prices have plummeted and I don't know if many others will agree but I think it's time this titan's spawn rate was reduced to match the others.

 

The drops are already of low value compared to what they were. Before they become so abundant that their value decreases even further I just think it is time to reduce it.

 

For the idiots I will make it perfectly clear. I am suggesting the spawn rate is reduced to the same as all the other titans. I am not advocating it's removal.

 

Any opinions are welcomed. :)




#977341 New Arena Recipes!

Posted by Josh1404 on 02 March 2017 - 15:43

Awesome. More gear options can't be a bad thing.

 

Cheers cows. :)

 

Now who's generous enough to share the information on these new sets with us lazy folk? :P

 

*pokes Egami*




#977094 Double Composing XP XIX!

Posted by Josh1404 on 24 February 2017 - 12:22

Awesome! Perfect timing for me approaching 60. Might just about get me there. Thanks cows. :D




#975753 Little things that annoy you.

Posted by Josh1404 on 20 January 2017 - 21:59

I'm not too sure that Plexus really meant to create a "thread of negativity". They did start off saying they didn't want a "moaning thread", lol. But, maybe the correct read is that you approve what Plexus did? 

 

Don't we think HCS should start doing this to stop the griping or, at least, direct it to the right place?

Think you may have seen sarcasm that wasn't there. I literally meant I like the idea of Plexus' thread. This is the thread I meant to discuss the smaller issues as per the title and tone of what has been said. This is the good idea I speak of instead of other threads that begin with and feature a massively negative tone. :P

 

The more genuine discussion happening as opposed to the customary flaming and idiocy is welcomed by me and by others I am sure. All we need now is the attention of a wandering bovine. :P




#973868 PVP Seasons as a Global

Posted by Josh1404 on 14 December 2016 - 18:49

I have been thinking about what the event could be for a bit, here are my ideas:

 

1-) We have set ranges. Like the Ladder, somewhat. These are the tentative ranges I thought of 1-100 , 101-250, 251-500, 501-750, 751-1000, 1001-1500, 1501-2000, 2001-2500, 2501-3000, 3001-3500

 

2-) The way it would work. I am not too sure here, but every bracket should have a single division with a Free-For-All format. In terms of how to avoid collusion between guilds... Zero idea, but I (as in me, personally) believe that hits between guildmates should be possible, should there be a way to deter or avoid collusion.

 

3-) Rewards: The rewards should be VERY Limited, that way we can keep the event coming often and whatever is to be obtained to remain value. Good enough rewards to incentivize participation. I think the "PvP Trophy" and "Spirit of PvP" make very nice rewards, in limited amounts. 

 

Extra I think the PvP Trophy/Spirit of PvP should be introduced to some new recipes for Epics. That might bring some extra motivation *wink wink* for others to join too

 

These are some ideas I came up with while rambling. Please no roasterino, I am noob and I come here in peace thank you for your time

Imma' roast you real bad... Ummmm... I can't think of anything to say. Good post man. :P

 

There are so many large guilds that for an event like this to work we would have to be able to hit guild members. If not there will be a lot of people complaining they can't hit their targets. And that only hinders participation. With no XP loss or reduced XP loss or whatever comes out of this that shouldn't be a terrible thing.

 

Those rewards seem fair enough. It would make me to think about having a go. A couple of unique chests with potions wouldn't go amiss either.

 

Most importantly though we need the medals reinstated. A lot of people want them and that's a whole lot of incentive to participate. Those rewards alone might convince me to have a go... Perhaps. Medals will ensure I invest time and effort into trying to get them. 




#973801 PVP Seasons as a Global

Posted by Josh1404 on 13 December 2016 - 20:00

If so, it might need a completely different name :)

Fair enough if we need some clarity between this event type and PvP.

 

Combat Global Event?

 

Titan League?

 

Just a couple of ideas. Just for separation between this and PvP. We can leave PvP as it is and move forward with this idea perhaps. :)






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