First up where to start? Oh the beginning

Well I'm finally going to start one of these blog things.

I have often read others views on the FML beta things they like, things they don't like, even things which probably shouldn't get mentioned at all. So I thought I would get round to making my own blog of my experiences in gw 4.

Upon entering the FML gameworld Its a rather daunting overwhelming place. You have the gameworld but also a chat client with the lobby, market place and associated league tabs. Also be prepared for plenty of ingame mail from other players selling players. Now initially you have a small amount of cash and wage budget to purchase a squad. I recommend making sure you have read the guide on getting started.

You can allow the game to randomly select you a starting squad if you like but if you like me and enjoy browsing the database for players like in FM then select your own.

Once A squad is picked and submitted you are then able to play matches either challenge anybody online or use the matchmaker icon which will find a game for you. There is even the option to create your own friendly tournament if you wanted to. I choose to play a few friendlies and join some tournaments created for new players in the gameworld which meant playing teams of similar skill and experience as my own.

The playing of matches is pretty much the same as FM once a game is started you have 5 minutes to select and submit your team. Then once game has started it will show you highlights from the game also the game includes a chat window so banter can be encountered with an opponent or anybody who may have choose to watch your game. Generally a mod will come and sit in on a new players game just to make sure they fitting in ok.

No the way the game handles gaining money and reputation is through ranking the better ranking the team has the more daily income they receive. This makes a huge difference to the teams as more more money the better standard of players you can sign. My team have moved just outside the top 150 ranked teams now the money received is almost double to the amount I started with.

The other way of earning cash and reputation is by joining a federation. The feds are split up into when you expect to be online to play games like a weekend fed evening fed daytime fed. I joined the extreme fed as i expect to play a lot of games. These all have league structures as a new team i started in the 4th division working your way up also means more cash and higher reputation.

Now I don't expect many people who don't like football to joining this when the game goes live but even casual fans can join and have a highly entertaining game without having to spend all the time online like certain other mmos wow. that said there will also be plenty of people who may replace their life with an FML one.