here is a chronological list of my experiences in FONLINE
Starting out with first character, usual Fallout 2 build. Grab some items, yay free stuff! Leave the area and head to gecko, on the way there I encounter a caravan so I speak to the caravan leader. "Don't Get to close!" *bang* shot to death while dialogue window is open.
Respawn north of Adytum, do howitzer quest, feel confused, that was a quest? Okay, so I'm a messenger, that will be my profession I guess. Leave adytum, encounter two groups fighting, one group wins and loots the others' corpses. I notice that they missed one so I walk over and grab a stimpak 'OOH YEAH' I think 'I'm FINALLY getting somewhere!" "DON'T LOOT THAT CORPSE" *bang* shot to death
Respawn by broken hills, head into town. Shovel poop. See another player! OMIGOSH! the first time I've seen another player! They walk over and use something on me, i guess they tried to steal from me because afterwards they ran off. Okay, I guess people aren't friendly in this game... continue to shovel poop. Get bored. Go buy leather jacket. Oh shi- I look totally bad ass, oorah, lets go travelling!
Head towards klamath, hopefully i'll get lucky on the way and pick up some stuff.
I get lucky along the way! I end up with a revolver, 5 extra rounds and a knife! Shit yeah! Small weapons is a tag skill so i feel pretty good.
Encounter a lone traveler being attacked by dogs, I decide to wait and watch. The lone traveler is severely wounded but she manages to kill all the dogs. Tough shit i say and shoot her in the head, reveling in my evilness. She survives... 'oh wow' i think 'lucky i have enough AP to shoot her again.' She survives the second shot and stabs me to death in the next turn.
Respawn in Klamath. Shovel shit. Get bored. Read manual, realize I've made my character all wrong.. dammnit, ahh well.
~deleteself password
exit
register new character, login
"Please wait 10 minutes and relogin..."
20 minutes later
"Please wait 10 minutes and relogin..."
40 minutes later
"Please wait 10 minutes and relogin..."
2 hours later...
"connected"
Yay that was annoying, okay new character go! The guide says shovel poop... okay... uhhh... i just did that and it kinda sucked but i guess i'll take their word for it, i mean it's fallout 2, my favourite game of all time.
Screw shoveling shit, i'm going exploring!
Oh wow this character is going much better, 10 gecko pelts! broc flowers coming out my ass! flint everywhere! shit yeah! I only had to quit and load the game a couple of times when it froze but now i'm going to be rich! I head into town to sell my stuff.
Hit by rocket at town entrance before town even loads. -99 health and all I saw was a black screen.
okay... no noob protection.. or even 2 seconds of invulnerability to compensate for ping when entering areas... ahh well can't fault a player for taking advantage of a flaw in the game.
Respawn by Adytum
one hour of running away from encounters, sneaking around towns and becoming increasingly more bored and frustrated with this game but holding out because i loved fallout 1 & 2 later, i'm cornered in a building with another player outside...
"hi" I say..
"fuck you" he says
and shoots me.
"..cunt.." i say
to long didn't read version:
Played FONLINE for four hours, never got past level 1. Never got any items. Never got any cash. Did boring messenger quests. Only player interaction was being stolen from, sworn at and killed. Died countless times. Spent one hour dealing with glitches.
Can I sign up to a mailing list that will let people know when the next server reset is? I feel this game could be fun, but right now it is most definitely not and I won't be wasting anymore time with it.
inb4 waztelsand iz harzh, if that's the first reply you thought of then fuck you. I love difficult games, but this is just retarded, if you want any new players you're going to have to tone it down.