Forsaken World unlocks the Chains of Kluer

Now if only they'd let us bind keypresses to mouse buttons (sometimes it's the little things that chip away at you lol)!!!!

FW is an interesting game, PW is going to position itself in the NA market and bring in some interesting, better-priced-than-nexon, gaming. I suspect they're here for the long haul.

The first few levels of FW were great, but once I got to the central city the game became very unfocused and I lost any motivation to continue. Lack of direction in a theme park is not a good thing.

Great game, worth a look for sure... but I have a few gripes that need attention.
Quest log retains unwanted quests, you can't delete them and they fill your log where taking other quests becomes a chore when trying decide what to keep within the 20 quest limit... currently I have 10 quests that cannot be removed, and even if you do them they return the next day as repeatable.

Nearly EVERY quest in FW is a fed-ex run, many where you must spend your own game cash to buy the requested quest item. There are 30 'dailys' provided in the main city from Henry, they supply the best EXP and reputation, you are nearly forced to run these daily or your progress will be slow at best, stalled completely at worst.
Some of these quests will require items you will not be able to obtain for one reason or another, in these cases you must buy the right for another quest or wait 2 hours if you abandon the quest. IMHO it's never a good idea to request items the player cannot obtain... the game suggests buying the item from others, but they are seldom found in the auction house or if it is the price is designed to make you regret having to purchase it.

Fishing is terrible, both the normal fishing and the tournament... if you can get 250 medals in 30mins even with getting a golden fish or two, you are a better gamer than me, or most of us. Why make it semi-impossible?

At some points this MMO RPG turns in to a bad arcade mini game, these are annoying, out of place and force you to repeat them over and over until you get it right... and some force you to wait 5mins between each try, making it even more time consuming and maddening.
These would be okay, but the 90% of the game never requires you to be an arcade pro, in fact it goes out of the way to make it painless, so running into these road blocks that require arcade skills seems odd.

I'm not a fan of games that sell items for real cash, and I'm even more against games that sell you an item with a failure rate, this amount to gambling... pay for an item it should do what it says, not fail and cost you More real cash.
Also, there is a fair amount of lottery items in this game, buy the "Bag of Crap" and see what you get... maybe a pet, mount or a totally (mostly) useless chat item, guess what you'll get (hint: chat item)
If you enjoy scratch offs and are willing to gamble real cash for pixels... have at it.

Lastly, the player base... so far I've encountered some nice players and some Very bad players, when I say bad, I mean those who feel they own all they survey, they will ninja, boot you from a group for no reason and roll need on Everything, luckily I have found very cool players too that are friendly and helpful. Seems about 60/40 on the good side so far.


All this QQ is by no means meant to discourage you from trying or playing FW, there is much to be seen and enjoyed, but it has it's problems, most can be easily addressed if the owners are made aware
it causes players pain.

When is Massively going to start posting more Forsaken World stuff?!

Are you in the bag for Rift?

Are you getting head from other MMO's that FW is Forsaken?!

Let's get one of your talented bloggers to address this game... there are 1000's of us out here waiting for more, yet all we get is More RIFT crap... and yes, more WoW for those too stupid to move on and see there is forest among the trees!

MORE Forsaken World! Please.

Hello? Anybody home?

There are 1000's of us playing FW... where are you Massively?

Playing LIMBO?

Playing Dead Island?

Playing Stupid!!

Do I have to create a Voodoo Doll in the likeness of Massively?

Do I have to ride naked on a horse through the streets screaming FW!!??

You can hear the muffled chat...

Fw

Fw

FW!

FW!!!

Are you deaf? or are do you have Rift noises blocking your ears?

Last chance to regain MMORPG respect... pick up your pants off the floor, put away the bong, shut of the LCD light on your hat, turn off Firefly reruns... and Write MORE FW Stuff!

Good Evening!

Err... where are the new posts?

Maybe I missed the tweet, did you move FW stuff somewhere else?

HELLO!?

Welcome to the Forsaken World on Massively!

This is the red-headed stepchild of MMORPG's. Notice there has been no new posts, no new updates, no character 'Adventures', nothing to indicate Anyone at Massively gives a damn about this game.

Nope, they are playing WoW, cause we all know how much help and advice those players need... 6 years of crap hasn't covered it all yet.
If a dev there farts Massively is there to tell All of you how it smells and what flavor to expect next.

And they play Rift, a game Any self-respecting gamer can suck dry in 3-4 months, yet day after day Massively feels that Rift players need more hand-holding, that Scott what-ever-his-name-is might not give another enlightening interview promising more events and content for bored level 50 players... and Massively will be there to hold your hand through it, even though an imbecile with a blindfold could figure it out.

Nope, no FW here, we are unworthy, a bunch of invisible gamers that Massively considers geniuses, since no advice is offered to assist us.

I guess unless the developers shower the folks here with free crap and promised a place at E3 booth they don't care? Is all it takes is a poster, a pen, a coffee cup, a t-shirt, a digital pet or some other 'gift' to get attention here?

Maybe I start my own Blog and show some love to games other than WoW, Rift, Guildwars and SWOR, maybe this blog has become like a politician, they don't care unless someone is greasing the palm, I really don't know, but I DO know they have ignored this game even though there have been dozens of changes, dozens of special events, dozens of talents that need discussion, dozens of new pets, hunting pets, mounts, and many 1000's of new players via the largest digital distribution network, Steam.

NO ONE HERE CARES.

All I ask is WHY.

I poke fun at Massively... they are a great crew, but ya'all piss me off sometimes when you cuddle the WoW players, lick the boots of Rift players yet provide Nothing for FW.
You have a great chance here to haul in all the new players that are leaving Rift & WoW for FW, but you seem blind & deaf to us... like you
have a horse in the race as opposed to cheering for all the horses.

-walks in-

-looks around-

-a dead empty room-

-exit stage left-

-door shuts-

It's gotten to the point that Massively should be ashamed of itself.

Your ignoring of this title lets your readers down to the point where we All have to wonder if you truly are just an arm of other titles.

If you think the 1000's of FW players are not worthy of a simple heads-up here once in awhile in regard to this game, then maybe you are not worthy of our time to visit.

Enjoy Rift and WoW, and sink with them too.

See ya.

Since no one is covering FW I'll give you a heads-up to the next 5 days special event.

Here's from the FW blog:


Our brand new Fall Log In Event will begin soon! Check out the article below for all the details on rewards that are up for grabs!



THIS EVENT BEGINS 9/27/2011 12:00 AM Pacific AND ENDS 10/2/2011 @ 11:59 PM Pacific


To celebrate the coming of Fall, we are pleased to launch a special week long event to usher in the new season. We are giving away FREE XP, FREE ITEMS, AND FREE ZEN!


HOW DO I GET FREE ITEMS?!?!?


Step 1:


Complete any combination of either of these events equaling to 5 total completions by the end of the event:


God’s Trial
Glistening Lowland


Step 2:


Accumulate the following amount of hours (per character) and receive prizes based on your total logged in time:


Accumulate 10 Hours logged in - 5 Edge Badge granting 8000 Reputation points each
Accumulate 20 Hours logged in – 5 Gem Flareboxes each containing 1 random level 1 Gem
Accumulate 30 Hours logged in – Blue Quality Pet the Demono Bat (Level 45)
Accumulate 40 Hours logged in – Raptorex Crystal Box containing a Raptorex Mount (Level 1) (15 Day), 1 Raptorex Crystal Champion Title, 10 Free Star Crystals, and 10 Free Gold Soul Coins


These prizes are cumulative, so if you log in for 40 hours or more, you’ll receive all of the above rewards!


**Prizes will be sent out the qualifying characters the week after the event is over**


HOW DO I GET FREE ZEN?


During this week our GM’s will be online to ask a question. Be the first on the server to answer this question correctly and you will win 1000 ZEN! Below are the time frames in which the question will be asked. Make sure you are online during these times to catch the question!


Below are the times to watch out for, so keep an eye out on your world chat window!


Eyrda - 5:00 PM Eastern through 7:00 PM Eastern
Storm - 7:00 PM Eastern through 9:00 PM Eastern
Lionheart - 5:00 PM Pacific through 7:00 PM Pacific
Nyos - 7:00 PM CET through 9:00 PM CET
Illyfue - 7:00 PM CET through 9:00 PM CET



HOW DO I GET FREE XP??


2x Monster Kill XP will be activated for the entire duration of this event (excluding maintenance time of course). Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity, especially with 3x Quest XP already activated!
See you all in game!



Some great stuff happening over there... and here's a hint; the 40 hours is no problem with the advanced training system, you can go to work, sleep or TV time and stay logged on earning EXP & Reputation, there is no auto-boot on AFK, in fact it's encouraged to leave yourself logged in.