Tutorial for New Players by Fuega. Part 5

Tutorial for New Players by Fuega. Part 5
Armor, Mining and Crafting - fifth week on

Part 5. Armor, Mining and Crafting - fifth week on

Goals:

• Try out all the TT weapons.
• Pick a favorite weapon type and raise that profession to level 10.
• Get yourself a good set of armor.
• Help some new players that are sweating by healing them.
• Mine tons of enmatter.
• Mine tons of ore.
• Buy all the books and blueprints {BP} that the Technician sells.
• Raise one BP to a Quality Rating of 100 through crafting.
• Purchase a Teleport Chip and vehicle.

Ok, now you have been playing for a month and you are no longer a noob. 

Try maxing out all the weapon from the TT to get a good feel for each type of weapon. But once you find a weapon type that you like you should stick to that weapon type till you get to at least level 10 in its Hit Profession. Click the star icon, and to see your professional standings. The Profession (Hit) for each weapon type is what relates to your "Hit ability" that you watch to max out weapons.

The advantage of melee weapons are that they are easier to hit with so more economical as far as damage done. The advantage of a ranged weapon is that sometimes you can kill a mob before it gets to you, so you take less damage, and that can also save ped. So, you can also shoot first with a ranged weapon and then switch to a melee weapon when the mob gets to you, and that will save even more ped. 

If I am shooting, I will usually start too far away and right-click the mob to auto-move me to the right distance before I shoot. That way you don't waste ammo by shooting from too far away, yet you start at the maximum range to hit it.

For small mobs, your most economical rifle is the Sollomate Opalo with an Omegaton A101 Energy Amp and tiered up with Weapon Economy Enhancers. And your most economical melee weapon is the Falx from Next Island tiered up with Weapon Economy Enhancers. Look for one on the auction.

Both of these weapons max out very early, increasing their efficiency!

Also by now you will be needing some good armor. It is good to have a set of mid-level armor for general purpose use, such as Aurora (L) or Zombie (L). Personally I have about 7 different sets of armor and plates to use depending on what I am hunting. Armor plates attach to each piece of armor to enhance its protection.

The best advice is to go to Entropedia and click on Armor, then click on Armor Adviser, then enter the creature and maturity you are planning on hunting, and just click apply. You will see what is the most efficent combination of armor and plates to wear. My favorite outfit to just run around in is BodyGuard (L), because it costs almost nothing and doesn’t have a charge for changing like UL armor does. And BodyGuard (L) is very economical with plates.

Once you get a good set of armor and a decent healing kit {FAP} you can offer your services to others to heal them while they hunt. Most people just charge for the decay on the FAP because it is a good way to gain skills. 

It is good to carry around a fast heal FAP for emergencies like the EMT Kit Ek-2600 and a slow heal more efficient FAP with a SIB for general use and skilling. The most economical FAP you can currently find is the Herb Box from Next Island. Buy on on the auction, keep it, and tier it up with Healing Tool Economy Enhancers.

Now that you have some skills at defending yourself, at this time it would be good to start mining. 

You need to purchase the Ziplex Z1 Seeker, the Earth Excavator ME/01, and a bunch of Survey Probes from the TT. The Z1 has a range of 54m, so it is most economical to space your probes at least 100 meters apart. Most people count how many seconds it takes them to run 100 meters, and then run and drop by that count. Some people move slowly and chart their results on a graph. When you find a claim it pops up a range display and you move to the marker and use your Excavator on it till it runs out. I have included a list of mining gear and the SIB progression to follow in section 008. And if you have not purchased a Refiner from the auction yet you will need one of those too. They are necessary for reducing the weight you are carrying so you don't have to return to your storage as often. Mining is my favorite past-time in the game and it builds very useful skills. 

You should check the auction and consider purchasing a Lesser Teleport Chip. They are the fastest way to travel and sometimes help if you get in a dangerous spot, but they do cost ped to use. Remember, you can always hit T on the keyboard and teleport back to the closest revival terminal for free anytime. You will need to purchase a Mindforce Implant and insert it using an Implant Inserter from the TT. Then you use mind essence to power your chip. You can purchase Mind Essence from the auction or you can make your own Mind Essence using Sweat and Force Nexus in your Refiner. 

Another way to get around that is fun is to purchase a vehicle. If you have about 50 ped to spare it is definetly worth the cost to purchase a Valkyrie Mk1 on the auction. It makes finding tp's much faster and safer. You must also get a Vehicle RK-5 (L) and Welding Wire to repair your car as it takes damage. And your car will need about 10 ped of oil for fuel. Also put all the vehicle related actions as buttons on your desktop.

Should you decide to get into crafting know it takes alot of ped and patience. I usually craft using the stuff I obtain from mining. The best place to start is to find a Technician and buy the Blueprint Book Component (Vol. II) and a Galaxy SI Ion Conductors Blueprint. You get a SIB on that BP and can use the Animal Muscle Oil that you get from hunting. When you have enough ped buy one of every blueprint and book that the Technician sells. Most of those BPs have SIBs.

Be sure to stick to level 1 BP's till you max out your Success Rate (the little green bar) on the crafting machine for each type of BP. Otherwise you will have lots of failures and loose ped. 

Finally, if you decide that you want to short-cut the skilling process and use skill implant chips you can. I have never done this, I prefer natural skilling. Perhaps I am too conservative at times, since most uber players I know have chipped skills in. Please research chipping in skills before you go and buy them.

Author: Fuega

Source: PCF