I am not really a new player, I played years ago, and have played for brief periods on and off again for a long time. However, I have long ago lost my touch at this game (somewhere around bushido and all that stuff, I believe). Despite numerous attempts to get myself back into the flow, I've been unable to make any headway.
So, in an attempt to both do this, and perhaps to work up some kind of guide to truly help new players, I've decided to start a new character from scratch, and play as if I have no resources to fall back from (which really isn't that far from the truth, for the most part).
I've decided to do what would seem natural for a new player--I did a number of New Haven quests (actually did all of the warrior related ones, and most of the magery-related ones (thanks to a soulstone to ditch all those points)), and now armed with the rewards for those quests, as well as NPC-bought items to supplement the holes in my equipment (and a little bit of stuff looted from Haven, including some sweet (and mysterious) leggings that I mentioned in another thread.
After getting tired of bashing on the undead at Haven, I decided to head to Despise and take on some lizardmen.
I'd love to hear any ideas on what steps I should take next. Please bear in mind--consider me a complete and utter new player, with no money to fall back on. I'm in a suit that probably averages around 40 resists, and am using the mace I got from the New Haven quest. What suggestions would you give to a new guy, to start making some gold, and to work on building a starter suit? These are actually the questions that plague me these days--I can take a mage to the lone arctic ogre lord in the Ice Dungeon if it's open, but otherwise I really don't have the ability to hang with anything that gives even passable loot, because I lack the resources to buy the higher-priced and quality items (which, of course, I need in order to earn that loot...it's a pretty vicious cycle).
For the record--the character I decided to shoot for is a sampire (primarily due to the long thread in this forum). I'm working maces, parry, bushido, necro, tactics, anat, chiv, and healing (at least until I can do without healing, that is). I'm also raising resist, just because I can at this point.
Thanks in advance for all suggestions and tips,
Reinzeld
So, in an attempt to both do this, and perhaps to work up some kind of guide to truly help new players, I've decided to start a new character from scratch, and play as if I have no resources to fall back from (which really isn't that far from the truth, for the most part).
I've decided to do what would seem natural for a new player--I did a number of New Haven quests (actually did all of the warrior related ones, and most of the magery-related ones (thanks to a soulstone to ditch all those points)), and now armed with the rewards for those quests, as well as NPC-bought items to supplement the holes in my equipment (and a little bit of stuff looted from Haven, including some sweet (and mysterious) leggings that I mentioned in another thread.
After getting tired of bashing on the undead at Haven, I decided to head to Despise and take on some lizardmen.
I'd love to hear any ideas on what steps I should take next. Please bear in mind--consider me a complete and utter new player, with no money to fall back on. I'm in a suit that probably averages around 40 resists, and am using the mace I got from the New Haven quest. What suggestions would you give to a new guy, to start making some gold, and to work on building a starter suit? These are actually the questions that plague me these days--I can take a mage to the lone arctic ogre lord in the Ice Dungeon if it's open, but otherwise I really don't have the ability to hang with anything that gives even passable loot, because I lack the resources to buy the higher-priced and quality items (which, of course, I need in order to earn that loot...it's a pretty vicious cycle).
For the record--the character I decided to shoot for is a sampire (primarily due to the long thread in this forum). I'm working maces, parry, bushido, necro, tactics, anat, chiv, and healing (at least until I can do without healing, that is). I'm also raising resist, just because I can at this point.
Thanks in advance for all suggestions and tips,
Reinzeld