What we know so far about FusionFall Retros Future Release

We all know about FusionFall´s test weekend, right? Well here i am to bring some info alongside answers right from Kevman himself, all just by looking thru his posts. This should give you all a look at how they are doing so far with the Release.

#1: How will full release work?
Some people think you will need to redownload the current launcher for the Tutorial, and some think otherwise. Some even think that the game might not run well.

So basically, if you download the current Tutorial sneak peek, you will need to download less when the full game launches. Not bad! So go and download the Tutorial Sneak Peek if you want a better and faster experience when the full game comes out.

#2: Unity Problems
Apparently, Unity games have been having problems with the recent version. Will FusionFall be affected? Answer: No

This is self explanatory, since the game will run a Custom version of the Unity Engine, not a current version. Nice to hear.

#3: Why is it taking so long?!
We have all been waiting since 2016 for a full release, and it has been rather exhausting waiting this long, but why?

So yeah theres that. The main workload at the moment seems to be the main mechanics of the game, hence why the long wait. That and some serious bugs. Remember the monster spawn bug? Where monsters wouldnt respawn because they would get stuck. It got fixed, and now most of their focus is on mechanics. Good Luck team!

#4: Wheres the test?
Now about that test/preview/sneakpeek weekend: Its still coming out, and they are still making progress.

This not only tells us that there have not been any breaks, aside from the obligatory School, Finals, or work, but also that the test is coming soon. My guess is June/July, followed shortly by release, so we are close. Not REALLY close, but close.

#5: Will it come out in 2018?

Do i need to explain more? Well yeah. The team always intended Retro to come out in 2018, especially after the database hiccups in 2017, so we will at least have The Future by the end of 2018, followed by The Past around 2019 or early 2020.

Speaking of the past, after most work on The Future is done, the Past wont take as long, since its just monster paths and the Lord Fuse fight, so thats great.

#6: Are they still working on the game?

So hopefully that answers most of your questions. You can go and look around Kevman´s posts to see if you find anything more. I just wanted to show proof from a main developer that Yes, things are still being done, albeit a little slowly. Hopefully with Summer Break coming soon things will progress way faster.

Plants´ Randoms: How am i doing in COC? Plus TH12 thoughts

I know some of you really liked my COC "journey to TH8" series, so i decided to give a quick progress update, just for fun, and also give out my thoughts on the recently announced Town Hall 12 update.

Ah now this looks different amirite? The new building events, alongside the Clan Games rewards give me a huge headstart to Town Hall 8 (Yes i grabbed the Gold Rune).

All Defenses are maxed, EXCEPT for Teslas. I already said back then that i hated upgrading these, and i still do. Too long, but they are still worth upgrading.

Max Level King... Got a Spell Book to instantly complete a Spell upgrade i have coming soon, which is Rage Lvl 4. Finally, im just currently upgrading some Collectors and Mines.

As for my attack strategies: For a while i use Giant + Wizard + Archers, which worked wonders, but then i decided to start climbing a little bit, and decided to start using Dragons and Minions. Overall really good strategy, but might switch to the old Strategy because i will be lacking elixir at the start of TH8.

So yeah, thats about it. Just waiting for the Town Hall upgrade to be ready... Cant wait!

As for TH12 thoughts: Looks really interesting. Having the TH as a defense now will really help. That and ive seen MORE, but if you want to check that, you gonna have to check out Reddit, albeit with a Spoiler warning.

Might do one or two of these ocassionally, since i still like COC, and i know some of you really liked this series.

Item Showcase: Quartz Hammer

"Bash some monsters good with this pretty (dangerous) melee weapon!"
The perfect description for one of my favorite Melee items... Yes, even more than the Fosters Sword.

Look at this thing: Its a big freakin Sword Hammer! Made from a very precious material, called Quartz.
For those who dont know, Quartz are, and i quote from Wikipedia here:

a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO₄ silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO₂. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar.

Sweet jesus thats alot of info... Nevermind then...

Quartz are simply like gemstones, which look really damn nice. Just look at one irl!

Now imagine seeing a Purple one.

Now put the materials of this and make it a hammer. You got a Quartz Hammer. Definitely much prettier and tough than an Imaginary Sword right? Well... No, as it is a Level 2 weapon found very early in the game, so against higher lvl monsters, it will do practically no damage, but looks nice at least.

Hero Spotlight: The History and Legacy of Xtreme FusionFall: A forum for the fans, by the fans.

For those unaware, FusionFall used to have its own forums, which were hidden deep in the Cartoon Network forums, way, WAY back in 2009, where just by making an account you could access it, and chat with other kids and people about your favorite games. I remember going here alot and chatting with everyone while offering trades for less than valuable items, but i made SO much profit. Good times indeed.

However, CNs forums didnt allow some things, and while this is acceptable and does apply to the thing we are talking about today, it still kinda sucked, so one day, some players decided to take it upon themselves and created a Forum for all to chat and discuss about one thing and one thing only: FusionFall.

The site was unique at the time, as there werent that many forums or really any sites that talked about FusionFall. It was a place where you could create an account and chat with other FusionFall players. It had a section for discussion, for trades, for groups, guilds and fan-art.

It was created by XLR8 147, who was a FusionFall player, with 2 other people:  Undelos and Oliver Zombieweasel, who would become the sites admins. Undelos was just another regular FusionFall Player, and Oliver made a fusionfall website called "FusionFall Hints n Tips", which funnily enough was the inspiration for this blog that you are reading, right now. I think we have come full circle.

The forums had its own website, made with the website engine Yola. When coming there you just get such a nostalgic 2009-2010 feel that it makes me happy.

It had quite a bit for a rather badly designed website. It has a picture gallery, video gallery, games, a no longer fuctioning chat, a link to the forums, a list of players and links, and a comment section.

Something that might surprise you is one of the pictures around the main page. If you scroll down a little bit, you will find this picture. Do you recognize anyone here?

We do have XLR8 and Oliver here, but in between them we have none other than dex7322, the later-to-be creator of FusionFall Legacy, and FusionFall Mod HQ member, who was an Xtreme Affiliate, which made sense, considering FusionFall Mod HQ was also affiliated with them.

Who knew that one of the creators of the biggest FusionFall revivals was just an affiliate and admin of a Fan Forum for FusionFall, and website dedicated to it as well.

Xtreme FusionFall today

Today, Xtreme FusionFall sees little to no activity. Some of the main posters like Oliver and others still post on it, but theres practically no activity till Retro or Legacy are released.

The website still remains, and you can check it out by simply looking for "Xtreme FusionFall" on Google.

So that concludes our little spotlight for today. This will be a weekly series from now on, showcasing a popular or once popular website or person from FusionFall, and tell its history and current whereabouts. I hope you liked this 1st one!

Blog Updates! Probs last one till June.

Update time! Here they are
-Added Reactions below posts: React! This will help me know how you all find the posts.
-Made the maximum posts 10 instead of 5 (reverted back to before)
-Added "This Weeks Item" and "Hero" to the sidebars. These added are this next weeks ones, but every other starting from June 4th will be added on Monday rather than Saturday.
-Rearranged some stuff

Anyways move along...
~Plants10000

FusionFall Videos: Bloo Nano!

Time for some video entertainment! Have a video about the Bloo Nano Mission!
Idea: Everytime i get a new nano, i make a video about all of its abilities. Yes or No? Tell me in the comments.

Follow-Up: FusionFall Central: What were the features?

Promised this on Twitter, so here we go.
After more research on the site, i managed to find the various features it had and more. Lets check it all shall we?

The main feature was the Forums, where you could chat and talk with people. The site didnt seem to have much members, as the most active i could find were about 80-100, and a good majority were Guests. 

Most of the popular tags are for trading, which made sense, since trading and news were a focus of the site. 

The site also had an arcade, where you could play games and earn highscores in the site. None of the games can be played in the archive, but the names can be seen. Most of the games arent from FusionFall, but they seemed fun by the names.

Thats about all i could find without needing a login. Lemme know if yall find more.

Throwback Thrusday: FusionFall Central was used???

Well... Yeah! You might remember that i made a post yesterday about it, and after some research i managed to find an archive of the site.

You can check it out here: https://web.archive.org/web/20110208184457/http://www.fusionfallcentral.com/

The site wasnt a blog, nor a website really. Rather it was a forum, where you could sign up and interact with other FusionFall players. According to a forum post on the FusionFall Universe forums, the site was closed in 2012, one year before the closure of the original FusionFall.

So why did it close? From what i could find, admins and people that were managing the forums were pretty bad, and did some shady stuff behind the scenes, which is probably what led to the closure of the site.

As of now it doesnt seem we can explore any further than the main page of the forums, since entering a forum post leads to a sign up or sign in page, and since the servers are dead, putting info will lead to a dead link, but some posts redirect to a Wizards101 forums thread, so there might be more to this than i thought.

Either way, go and check out the site. Looks good, and also try to find more info and stuff on it.

I JUST REALIZED OMG

FusionFall Central was a website all the way back in 2009-2010.

I used their name... oof.

But does it matter? No, since the site is dead, and also from my research the people/admins there werent the best.

Anyways, still using the name.
Have a nice day.
~Plants10000

The new blog update IS HERE! Introducing FusionFall Central

IT IS HERE.
After hyping it up yesterday, i am now ready to reveal the major changes to the blog, and one of them you might have already noticed... We are now FusionFall Central.

Starting today, the blog has a new name, new logo, and some cool new features (which at the time of writing this might not be added yet). This new rebrand will mark a new beginning for the blog, and will hopefully bring more people to the blog as well.

We want your feedback however! Let us know down in the comments what you find right or wrong and we will try to fix it.

Enjoy the notes, and see you all tomorrow!
~Plants10000

-TOTAL REBRAND: Changed the blogs name from "The FusionFall Blog" to "FusionFall Central".
-2 new gadgets have been added: Character of the Week, where we show a character from FusionFall each week, and Item of the week, where a new item is shown each week, and discussed in Item Showcase later that week.
-Remade Schedule.
-A few pictures have been changed.
-Got Adobe Premiere now, so might do something with that later ;)

LET THE CHANGE-POCALYPSE COMMENCE!!!

My planned remake is in full swing now. Take a look. Alot has been changed from the last one, but its not done YET. Im saving the big stuff for tomorrow.

Enjoy todays change notes, and ill see you all tomorrow for the grand changes! ~Plants10000

-Changed Background.
-Removed COC banners.
-Changed to the old setup for gadgets. Now theres 2 columns like before!
-Moved alot of stuff around.
-Many colors were changed. Take a look around the place!

PSA: Where ive been and my plans for the future

Boi... Lets talk

Hello. Plants10000 here, and i sorta just left out of the blue huh? Well im here to explain why, and my plans for the future of the blog.

So where have i been? Ive been having some IRL problems, which include school and some family stuff. Over at school ive been dealing with like 2 dipshit teachers, and with my family... Well i dont wanna talk about that, but it wasnt anything of my fault, nor did i get in trouble for it, but its one of my family members rather. Wont explain it.

So yeah... All that hasnt let me blog, due to getting busy. Mostly everythings been resolved, and now im back and better than never to begin blogging again.

Here are my plans:
1- No more unrelated posts that are not FusionFall
When thinking about what new stuff i should do or what to change, i decided to keep the blog for what it is named, in this case its called The FusionFall Blog, not "Clash, Plants´ random stuff and FusionFall blog", so no more COC or random stuff that isnt FusionFall. Might to off-topic posts from time to time.

2- More youtube and more streams?
If you liked my COC content, dont worry. Im going to be uploading more on youtube starting soon, and there ill post other stuff aside from FusionFall, so check there if you want anything different to FusionFall.

3- Redesign?
Yeah, ive been thinking of redesigning and remaking the blog. Still thinking of what to do, but got most of it figured out. Should be starting it around this or next week.

Im so happy to be back, and i hope you all are too! :)
See you soon.
~Plants1000

Quick news and whereabouts

Helol
Lack of posts again...

So lets talk about something
Been busy with life so far, including school and some other stuff i dont want to talk about. Got this weekend free, so expect the Troop analysis post around these days.
Also, because not much has happened regarding my TH7 journey, im going to make a post about it every 2-4 days. Upgrades are taking hella long now (7 days for Dragon Lvl 2 for example).

Anyways... Would you guys like a fun, war themed-style event? Maybe make it COC themed, with FusionFall war themed posts, like Item Showcase?
Yeah maybe starting that next week.

Anyways see you all soon!
~Plants10000

Quick Update

Helol. Doing a quick update post to let yall know whats coming later this week.

Moar COC TH8 journey stuff, and will be doing the Troop analysis thing i wanted to do. Dont know what date, but expect at least one this week.

For those who like FusionFall: Dont worry. I have some ideas to please you all too. Wont reveal or say yet, but just stay tuned (yes im talking to you Wordpress people, who think that this doesnt even look or talk about FusionFall lmao).

Really, blame Retro for not being released so far. Someone like me also runs out of ideas for posts about FusionFall, hence why im putting other content, which you all seem to be enjoying so far :)

Have an amazing week!
~Plants10000

COC: Road to Town Hall 8! Part 7: Double Takedown (Day 15 and 16)

Another double. Hopefully its the last one for now.
I dont mind though, since from here on out, it will take quite a while for things to upgrade, so it wont hurt to have like 2 or 3 days in one post. Idk. Ill think about it.

Day 15

Got enough Dank Elixir to upgrade King to lvl 4, which will help a ton. Hoping to get its ability by the end of TH7. Ill have to Farm quite a bit, but its so worth it.

Another Cannon is ready, and upgrading another one. All Gold Storage upgrades are done, and now im beginning Elixir Storages.

Also began upgrading a Barrack to Lvl 9, so i can unlock Dragons to use in War. 4 days for each... Ugh.

Will probably upgrade Dark Barracks next, but ill think about it. Dank Elixir is too good to be wasted on Hogs, which cost 40 dank elixir each. Minions cost 6, and i did use them a little bit before, but now im not using them.

Day 16

King will be done by tomorrow morning, and Cannon and Wizard Lvl 4 will follow later during the day. Barracks is 2 days away.

Just noticed rn, but i grinded 1,000 or so Dank Elixir in a day. Wow.

Most of it probs comes from the Dank Elixir Drill, but still. Thats why you upgrade that Drill folks.

Anyways, other than that a pretty normal day. Not much really happened. Really all im doing is waiting for the upgrades to be done and farming in the way.

Did you know? Army Camp stuffs

This weeks DYK (and probably many until Retro is released) is about Clash of Clans! Today we talking about Army Camps.

Prior to the Halloween 2012 update, troops would die/disappear if their Army Camp was destroyed in a raid. In the update, troops were allowed to remain even if their camp was destroyed. Due to widespread player support towards keeping this feature, Supercell made it permanent. As a result, troops stationed in Army Camps are no longer at risk if their camp is destroyed by an attacker.

Just imagine if this continued today. Good grief that would be horrible...

COC: Road to Town Hall 8! Part 6: 2x1 in one post (Day 13 and 14)

We doin 2 days again. Here we go.

Yesterday (Day 13)
Pretty sweet day overall.

That dank elixir drill is making so much dang Dank Elixir tho. Ill be able to Lvl up my King in no time. Upgrades will be complete by the next day.

So to make up for not much for that day, heres my attack log! Pretty good loot here, including some attacks i did to go down in Trophies.

Today (Day 14)

Great day overall.

Air Defense and Wall Breaker Lvl 4 are both done. Upgraded a few walls, and started to get Wizards Lvl 4.

Barracks, Storages and Cannon are less than a day away, which is great. I will be getting more loot in the meanwhile so i can get some more upgrades (maybe begin a Mortar upgrade?)

Anyways have a Defense. In case ya wondering these will later be featured in a YT video, so excuse the bad/poor quality.

WE NOW HAVE A WORDPRESS PAGE!

YOU READ THAT RIGHT! We now have an alternate page in case anything happens on Blogger. Anything posted here will be posted in Wordpress a few minutes later. Consider it another way to view the blog.

CHECK IT OUT HERE

See you all later!
~Plants10000

COC: Road to Town Hall 8! Part 5: Day 12 but its a day late lmao (Day... Wait why am i saying this ITS IN THE TITLE)

Hey everyone! Got busy yesterday with some homework, and now im back. Posting yesterday early today, and today will come later (i hope you understood that).

Cannon is basically ready. Dank Drill and Gold Storage are almost done. Wall Breaker Lvl 4 and Air Defense Lvl 3 are both 2 days away. Awesome!

As soon as the cannon is ready im starting to upgrade more walls, and another Gold Storage. Raiding is going great as well, with only 5,500 Dank Elixir away from Lvl 4 King.

All Walls around the Town Hall are almost done, which is great too.
Not much happened yesterday either way, so to make up ill leave you with a very weird defense i got like 2 days ago. Idk why this guy didnt bother to destroy one of the Air Defenses, but alright.

COC: Road to Town Hall 8! Part 4: Pretty Normal Day (Day 11)

Well this day was pretty normal. At least in the way that normal = not so bad.

Day started well. Grabbed the Clan Games´ rewards, which i decided to get some Dank Elixir, a Resource Potion (for my collectors and mines) and a Building potion (the one that simply speeds up all builders by x10 for 1 hr). All this helped me to get some upgrades faster, which is always nice.

All traps are max TH7 level, and starting to upgrade Storages. Giant Lvl 4 is ready, and will be used soon, and started Wall-Breaker Lvl 4. Dank Elixir Drill should be ready by tomorrow i think.

So uh... Dont really know what else to say... Just a normal day tbh.
So yeah... Uh. Happy May 1st? I guess?