Game installed, account created, all patched up, woot woot! Its time to plaaAAAAAY! But wait, what the heck is all this stuff on my screen? I thought I had skills, why cant I see those? How come I can't fight anything? Am I stuck in this zone? Wait, waiiit, hold on now. We'll explain all of that in this video in part one of this series.
Basic Game Operation and first steps to take.
First Video - The Basics
After this video you should be able to move about town, get your first utilities, and gather resources.
There is also a built-in auto-clicker you can take advantage of, it takes a moment to get used to though: While using a weapon/utility, left-click and hold down the mouse button and press the space bar twice. Now when you let go of the mouse button your item will still be functioning on auto pilot. If at any point you go away from keyboard and do not touch the mouse for more than a certain time (around 10 minutes) then it will automatically log you out of the game, this includes auto-clicking!
For more information, seek out the Newcomer Tutorial NPCs in town. Find one and right click on them, choose the "Who are you? Where am I? I don't remember anything." option to start the tutorial. The NPCs work in shifts, but each of them will give the same result. They will explain how to collect resources, how to refine them, and how crafting works. Each Warrant officer will offer a random collection quest for minerals, once they have chosen what they want then that particular officer will always request the same item until the job is done. The trick with these guys is that you can wait for one of their associates to replace them and have another chance at finding a lower-value resource job to do. There is always the chance that they will randomly all choose the same mineral, which sucks when they ask for Lead.
Newbie Tutorial NPCs:
Major V Ivanov
Lieutenant B Cook
Lieutenant L D Valto
Captain B Parin
Crafting:
Shift Engineer N Svetloff
Shift Engineer E Putachev
Shift Engineer S Noshkin
Chief Engineer Petrovich
Refining:
Resources Refining Engineer T Rensalier
Resources Refining Engineer A van Buuren
Natural Resources Manager M Behrmann
Natural Resources Accountant B Willis
This is available only to newcomers, once you have achieved citizenship, you will no longer be able to craft in this area.
In the center of town (or the building you arrive at when you revive), there are storage banks for you to store all of your items. Since items all have weight, it is a good idea to store resources or extra items you don't need at the moment. Be warned however, the storage for this area, as with all others, is not linked together. If you leave something in a storage you also need to remember which area you left it in!
Now that the formalities are out of the way, let's get on to making some money!
Join me for my next installment of Rags to Riches for Part 2, or just click here to continue.
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