The History Of FHEL

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The first thing some players do when they see the acronym FHEL is ask what it stands for. This is the term players in the community adopted when referring to fight loot. It stands for Fight High End Loot. Loot items that could only be obtained through fighting was first introduced into the game on June 15th of 2010. There were 10 items and fighters couldn't have been happier. At the time, the stats were very desirable and fight loot was a big success.

About 6 weeks later, a second generation of fight loot was introduced. The stats were comparable but there were only 4 items. The Super Moderators dubbed this release "Super Loot". The term wasn't popular with players and it never caught on. Instead it was called FHEL2.

The reason most call it FHEL is because Arun labeled it this way in Brawler. Job loot that also dropped in fights was labeled by destination, for example Moscow job loot was called Moscow High End Loot. High End Loot is a phrase that was often used in the trading community and that's what Arun decided to use.

When new fight loot is released, there is often confusion over what it is called. Today's fight loot release was the 10th generation so many call it FHEL10. Others have grouped releases together and include a different number. For example, when the 6th generation of fight loot was released, there were only two items with stats worthy enough to be called high end. Many just grouped these items into the FHEL5 category. I used to called it FHEL51/2. The Inventory Group Spocklet groups the 5th and 6th generation of fight loot in the FHEL5 Tab and the 7th and 8th generations are group under the FHEL7 Tab. This is why the current generation is labeled FHEL8. Whatever players wish to call these groups doesn't really matter. Nobody is right or wrong. These are all terms created by the community and what really matters is how many you have and how many you need.

Below is a chart showing the release dates of each generation of fight loot as well as the highest stats in attack and defense (per group). It's hard to believe that only a year and a half ago we were excited over loot items with stats of 54!

Generation	Release Day	Items	Highest Stats
1	6/15/10	12 Gauge Devastator Zeus Bomb Suit Segmented Body Plate Skull Cap Cobra G7 Ruby Red Turbo Road Warrior Condor Rhinoceros	54/54
2	8/4/10	Woodsman Domestic Defense Buzzard Combat Chopper Tasmanian Devil	54/54
3	11/4/10	M45 Overcast Ottoman Krug Phantasm Nyala	67/65
4	1/26/11	Tainted Blades Toxic Gas Scrubber Venomous Golden Poison Frog	75/75
5	5/6/11	Idle Hands Windswept Slipstream Talon	78/79
6	6/7/11	Fearsome Flying Fortress Femme Shot Beluga Gun Barge	81/80
7	7/13/11	Bolt Pistol Climber Leggings Hang Man Barn Owl	100/98
8	10/17/11	ATR 7 Grip Toes Nocturnal Goblin Shark	101/103
9	10/26/11	Head Popper Zombie Coyote Fellow Survivor Fellow Zombie	102/102
10	12/15/11	Wintermute Troller Ounce Traceur	104/101

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