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-- Starting player Help Guide --
The game is not very 'caring' to new players, so you should count on Faction chat, forums or Global chat for help & Advice.
Please [at least] read the Tips section below. Everyone ask about those, so'll leave the answers here.
New Character Advice: The game is about the interdependence of professions.
You can play solo but that'll take A LOT of work...I mean, 5 different characters worth of work.
To get the hang of the game and the surroundings, make your first character a warrior/mage type.
There's a 700 skill points cap, that means you can max out 7 skills in a char (maximum skill level = 100)
You can pick 5 starting skills during character creation, which start at 20 and give you starting gear for that skill.
For Warriors, pick : WeaponSkill/ArmorSkill/Block/Skinning at least.
For 'Warmages', pick : WeaponSkill/ArmorSkill/Sorcery/Sorcery/Skinning (Sorcery = A magic school of your choice)
For Mages, pick : Polearms/Sorcery/Sorcery/Spellcrafting/Skinning
For Archers (not recommended), pick : WeaponSkill/Marksman/ArmorSkill/Skinning at least.
Character Guidelines:
- Don't pick lots of crafting or gathering skills for your main character. Make another character(s) for gathering and crafting.
- It's normal to delete characters and remake them. I did this at least 6 times. Don't get frustrated, read this guide and ask for help and you'll be happy soon enough.
- A good Magic school for all classes is Preservation: They provide healing and buffs that help you take on tougher mobs early. This takes 2 skills, Preservation and Spellcrafting, so choose wisely.
- If you're going mage, don't pick Medium/Heavy Armor, because they lower your focus a LOT. (Focus raise/lowers mana consumption)
- You can pick Light Armor for some protection, or no armor for maximum focus.
- Spellcrafting is a skill that increases focus and helps lowering mana consumption. No need to pick at start since it trains quickly, only if you're going to be a Pure Mage.
- Tactics is a skill that help you gaining points in Speed, Force, Balance battle system, and trains as you fight. No need to pick it as starting skill.
- Why to get skinning: You'll be making money by selling what you skin to the market, or help cooks/fletchers/others with what you skin.
- How to raise attributes: Attributes level up as you gain experience in the professions they are connected to. STR and CON can be gained by lumberjacking and mining, for example. IIRC, Skinning raises Dexterity.
Crafting:
- Crafting char advice: You can combine gathering and crafting. Lumberjack/Carpenter, Mining/Masonry, Herbalist/Tailor.
- Remember that if everyone picks the same crafting skills, we'll have a ton of low-level crafters later on. Pick your main crafting activity something that's not crowded. *For the future*
- If you still wish to get something that a lot of people are doing, at least do it as a side activity (leave faction resources for official-faction crafters, otherwise we won't have cool gear) *For the future*
Tips:
- You start on Starter Town, at the Starter Island.
- There is a Mine to the EAST, Farms to the WEST and Trees to the NORTH of Town.
- Use the 'h' help panel (in-game) for some help topics. Many things are outdated, but there's good info in there.
- C for Character Window, T for Skill Window, Y for Faction Window, P for Skills Window.
- There's a market, a bank, a skill trainer, spell trainer, and some shops in town.
Market: Buy Starter Gear Here. Only Trader Ergol buy your stuff.
Bank: Leave your unused stuff here, or store things to help on our Faction Goals above.
Skill Trainer: You can buy techniques to use in combat if you met the skill level requirement. He's at the Tower, at the market.
Spell Trainer: You can buy First Circle spells here. He's in front of the hut, after the bridge.
Shops: There's an Inn that sells food and drinks, and a shop that sells Picks, Shovels and other stuff. Look out for it.
- The Kiln and Forge are both near the bank.
- You learn Crafting recipes by getting higher skill levels. There are no "Recipe Sellers".
- There are two chat consoles. The last tab of the right one is the Private chat tab, use it to contact us for an invite using /tell Playername.