Talk:Face of Mankind
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[edit] Genre
Someone needs to change the games genre. It is not a MMORPG anymore, it is now a MMOG. It doesn't contain any RP. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.4.205.110 (talk • contribs) 04:23, October 13, 2006.
- That seems strange; though I don't actively play anymore, and haven't for some time, it seemed to me as if the RPG element was something important that differentiated FoM from other MMOFPS games on the market. What do you mean by "it doesn't contain any RP", exactly?Ourai т с 12:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
FoM is still classed as a roleplaying game. What the person above probably means is that the playing community is too retarted to roleplay, and thus there is hardly any roleplaying going on.
- Face Of Mankind is now a ORPG. Nothing MMO about it. Its a Online Role Playing Game. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tockwork (talk • contribs) 23:46, November 22, 2006.
[edit] FoM General
Is there anyone I can contact about the constant abuse of this page?
I'm new to wiki, but this page seriously needs to be edited in its content.
I've repeatedly deleted offensive/false information, but it gets readded by users, so I believe.
Essentially, the only TRUE part of this page is the faction description.
http://forum.fomportal.com/showthread.php?t=25939&page=4&highlight=wikipedia
For information about how this arose.
XXEXCELSIORXx 23:43, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
as I said before, I added Nonsense and speedy deletion due to ONLY the introduction actually RELATING meaningfully to the game.
I've attempted to delete several times the nonsensical entries (The "legends" tactics parody, etc") but it was reverted.
XXEXCELSIORXx 00:57, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
I just fixed the faction descriptions. I'll try to keep them this way every chance I get to be on Wiki.
I've also applied for protection for this page from Wiki to help stop the vandals. I will proceed to edit and cleanup the rest of this page. --The Echo 02:02, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
I've finished straighting up the page. Lets just hope it keeps this way. --The Echo 02:59, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
The game itself is so dynamic and always changing that it is hard to keep up with the current status of the game. --Spiffydudex 14:52, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
big hi from eric king of vortex inc.... i hope to help edit this article soon Kingpomba 14:05, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
The problem with the Face of Mankind wiki entry is that, as Spiffydudex said, the game is extremely dynamic. Also, the game is undergoing major changes at the moment because it is still in the Open Beta mode, and so smaller details change repeatedly. From what I can tell, the only way that an article such as this could be kept both nonbiased, accurate, and within a resonable size would be to have a relatively small article, about half the size it is now. After the release of the game (supposed to be in November 2006), then things could be made more permanent. Since much of the article will be outdated and inaccurate by the time the game is officially released, there is no real reason to include this information. The faction descriptions, for instance, should only be a paragraph or two long--after all, this is an encyclopedia article, not a universal comprendium of every fact known to mankind. Ourai 04:15, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
I have added sections to the talk page to organize it some. Please use them. --Spiffydudex 15:58, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reorganized Links
I just reorganized the links into alphebetical orer.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.4.205.110 (talk • contribs) 04:23, October 13, 2006.
[edit] Faction
OK, I hope to have done something useful. The faction descriptions were almost literal copy and pastes of the Story Chronicles directly from the Face of Mankind webpage. Besides probably being slightly illegal, it is far too much content for a page. The information was redundant and provided very unclear information as to how the factions work in the actual gameplay. I removed most of the descriptions and condensed the rest, keeping it at one to two paragraphs per faction, one of history and one of actual effects. Frankly, I don't think anyone would care about what was lost. They can read them for themselves at the Face of Mankind page for more information.
This happens to be my first major edit of a Wikipedia article, and so I may or may not have done what was called for; still, I think it was needed--the article was a veritable eyesore. Ourai 01:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Please can someone shorten the faction descriptions, they still take up to much space. There is still no real detail on gameplay or the economy. --Spiffydudex 15:58, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
I have removed the "Removed factions" section as it is unneccesary and wasted space. --SPIFF 15:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
The "Removed Factions" section should be put back due to explaining ALL factions. Including the ones in open beta. Tockwork 23:54, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Corporations
I have updated the text for CMG, and made minor modifcations for EC and VI. SupermanX 03:50, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I have removed the second paragraph of the under the Vortex INC. section as it was lengthy and mundane. --SPIFF 15:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Economy
I have added some information on mining/refining/production. SupermanX 03:50, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I have added some more text to the Main Economy, Faction pool and Player Market sections. I need someone to do the mining as I have little experience with this new system. I still think it would be a good idea to remove some of the text in the faction descriptions. I will work on that next after I finish the economy section.--Spiffydudex 15:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- Mining still needs to be added within the economy section, if anyone knows the first thing about it... ◄ИΞШSΜΛЯΞ► 03:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cells and Departments
I have cleaned up and also edited and added to some of the Departments.--Spiffydudex 15:58, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- This entire section is vanity and cruft. Cack up your own webshite. BTW, welcome to wikipedia. ◄ИΞШSΜΛЯΞ► 04:19, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Common Terms
Just an Idea mabey we could make a table with the common terms in them, just to shorten the page length some. Also do the same to the Cells and Clan section. --SPIFF 15:50, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Inappropriate person
Please, keep the {{inappropriate person}} tag in the article (and restore it if someone deletes it) as long as the tone of the article isn't fixed. Currently, the article reads as an informal entry, with a lot of second person sentences ("you", "your", etc). Please convert that to a neutral or third person sentence, so that the article can be considered formal. In example, a paragraph that reads:
UC: Universal credits. These credits are the currency of the game, which are used to buy items for your character. UC are earned by doing missions or through the extensive trading system.
should be transformed into
UC: Universal credits. These credits are the currency of the game, which are used to buy items for /a character/characters/the player's character/etc. UC are earned by doing missions or through the extensive trading system.
(choosing any of those, or another formal wording). Thank you. -- ReyBrujo 03:19, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Game Engine
Face of Mankind is made using the JUPITER ENGINE. I keep trying to change it from Talon, but somebody keeps changing it back. I also keep adding several useful terms to the list, such as FL, R#, Stungank, but they get removed aswell. As does my section on Subscriptions, which outlines that there is no trial and also tells the reader how much it costs. Dyson 20:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
FoM was originally made using the Talon engine then I belive with the graphics revamp that was implmented in 2005 it may have been switched to the Jupitar engines (although I cannot confirm exactly when the change was made or if it was to the Jupitar engine). I can definetly say that it was initially designed using Talon and was still using Talon when I left the testing in early 2005. Thats probably why it keeps being changed if people are not aware of the engine change. Kaediin 21/06/06
[edit] Small Issue in Introduction
Just a small point: In the introduction its states the game is "played from either a First Person or Third Person viewpoint". This is not strictly true, as a cinematic camera can also be used. Perhaps this rather superflous comment can either be removed entirely or replaced with: "can be played from a variety of camera angles". Scotty Will 00:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
The cinematic camera view is for movie making, not for playing, since you cant do everything in cinematic mode as you would be able to do in first or 3th.
- Also, the cinematic camera is first person view without the HUD showing up. Tockwork 17:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
