The Life of a Newbie - Days 5 - 7

[PINKY]

Originally Posted by Edana

weeeeee its on front page now ^^

youve been promoted pinky ^^

Turns out I was never demoted - just blind! It was there the whole time, it just pre-dayed Skams article so appered under hers. I will have to make the title pics more different, I never noticed it!

Originally Posted by gekkegerrit

Another great instalment
I love the cliff hanger, will your jester giving mentor return and carry you off into the sunset on his white stallion

I will give you a sneak preview - Yes, they return at the end of week two.... as to what happens... you will have to keep reading

[darth_bacon4]

nice! once again cant +rep u cuz I haven't anyone else ^^ gl on ur journey 0= 0= ...!

[ACEwoK]

i had mentor problems but at the other end of my discipleship. I had passed the level required for graduation but after a couple of months awaiting my mentor to "allow" me to graduate (obviously some sort of acknowledgement is required on their part), i ended up emailing MA Support and requesting my grad be sorted.

Funnily enough, they sorted it out and i could chip myself to my ava's delight!!

Keep up the good work Pinky. I hope every n00b on EF is reading these threads and learning from your experience.

[Ronin]

Tnx again Pinky for this superb story...

[DemeosAE]

nice, sorry to hear about the mentor but nice articles im a noob and have been reading ur articles since u started them, keep up the good work. im happy about my mentor the funny thing is its my stepdad so when i need most help he helps me out or tells me to come on here and see if theres a similar post or if i cant find one he'll try to help me out. so nice work cant wait to read the next one. well back to the game.

[Slapnuts]

Really good Pinky ... I am dying to know if our paths have crossed!

Also, I have a request. These are such a good read would you mind extending it ... lets say up until you unlock Commando perhaps?

[Nicole]

I too am following this great serious of yours


Wondering why you sold the nice gun on auction though? Would it not be good for a new player like yourself to use it? Maybe you wanted to keep it in game after your account is closed , or maybe you did not want to skill up so that bad mentor would get some kind of gift?

[Nicole]

Originally Posted by Alice

aaaah yes, the new grace period end limit

a while ago i got a PM from Kress
"did you know that the disciple cant kick the mentor after 20 pts anymore?"
"huh?, most have changed"

like that more or less

indeed the grace period reached to 100 pts in a grad skill (or levels as it was called as well)
while you couldnt get a new mentor once you was inept in prof standing if i recall it right, which was pretty much 20 pts in a grad skill

i wonder of my support case (topics roughly, rise levels to become mentor to grad levels at least, rise the level of grace period to 200 pts at least, rise the level to be able to get mentor to 200 as well, because it is stupid to be able to kick the mentor but not get a new one)
i guess the latter was done partially, the point were you can kick a mentor now is equal to the point where you can't take a new one, which is good
that it is 20 pts is hilarious low though

ah well, the mentor system
i guess i quote one part of the answer to this support case (written 8th april 07, so 1 year ago), which describes it best


1 year passed and the whole change was to bring the grade period down, ah well
we are closing in on perfection

oh, i forgot one thing
when the disciple wants to kick the mentor now he gets a question thingie like "really? Yes/No"
before the mentor was kicked instantly (imagine someone who likes to test all the nice funky buttons, since he is curious, say around 50 pts rifle: "ops, kicked mentor, oh, too high skilled to get him again ")
and no, i am not kidding

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anyway, more on topic

the sweat tactic:

personally, and now speaking as hunter
if i get a newbie sweating around me i tend to dislike it, or detest it even

most newbie sweaters have just one thing they care about, ofc, getting sweat
hence they run to (often groups of) mobs, to get their precious 5 sweat bottles, and drag them to me, often the majority if it was a group

which means additional decay for me, either in armor or fap, which is unnecessary
but hey, it doesn't cost the newbie anything and why should be care if i spend more cash in decay for armor/fap as long he gets his 2.5 pec in sweat ^^
and are happy about the nice meat shield they got there
often when the hunter (me in this case) is busy with the first mob(s) then, they run to the next mob to start sweating, pulling that one/group as well
i mean, imagine i shoot the mob before their sweating is finished, they would lose this concentration and sweating phase!
rather don't risk it to and get to a mob which isn't shot at!
in that cases, i tend to start sweating myself, running into groups, and use a bit higher agility to get away from the sweating newbie who can play meat shield then
nothing better to learn manners than being treated the way you treat others i guess

now IF, and only IF, this sweater can behave, and follow some simple rules, like not to run into groups etc. i don't care that much
often enough i even wait til the sweating beam is gone before i kill it (depends on mob and my current HP though )

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to the mentor and the jester
before with level 200 or so it was kinda useless to give the newbie the ammo and the weapon to let him skill til the disciple can't kick him anymore

now with the funky 20 pts, thats far easier

10 min hunting and stuck forever
(need to say more what i think about it?)

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deposit with ukash was pretty useful
most newbies who talk about depositing and especially disciples i ask if they come from Europe and tell them about ukash
can't hurt to get something for free

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it is very nice to read again, and i hope MA will get some ideas what to change (bet they take the ukash away after i said this )

besides, why 2 threads? #D


depends

if you just sweated basically and didnt get skills at all really, or just very few, yet
and maybe plan on depositing it might be

if you give all the sweat and stuff you got to someone you can trust (in this case here a soc mate maybe), write a support case to MA to delete your ava (eula ^^), and make a new one and get a better mentor, why not

but if you got loads of skills already i doubt its worth it

a problem gonna be if you really WANT to start again if you just got a crap mentor and no help at all ingame
most likely you won't and just quit

Well I think any person with ½ of brain would see the hunter (ask permission) stay behind that hunter and only sweat the mob that the hunter is currently shooting at….

To me this would be common sense? No?

If the person does sweating like this where staying behind me and only sweating mobs that I’m actively targeting / shooting at I don’t have a problem with…

Sure accidents do happen from time to time but if the above method of sweating is done I don’t mind..

[PINKY]

Originally Posted by Slapnuts

Really good Pinky ... I am dying to know if our paths have crossed!

Also, I have a request. These are such a good read would you mind extending it ... lets say up until you unlock Commando perhaps?

Commando??? You are kidding!

In all honesty, this series is already really hard to keep up with. I am using all the free time I have. Whats really annoying, is if i had planned it better, my final week would have been timed the same as my holiday from work. As it is my holiday is a week after I finish... really should have planned that better!

Originally Posted by Nicole

I too am following this great serious of yours


Wondering why you sold the nice gun on auction though? Would it not be good for a new player like yourself to use it? Maybe you wanted to keep it in game after your account is closed , or maybe you did not want to skill up so that bad mentor would get some kind of gift?

I will be finishing my disciple period if it kills me! Mainly because I need to sell the skills at the end to give out as rewards to those nice people who helped me on my travels and i cant use skill chips while still a disciple. Would like to give more TBH, but have donated £10 to the cause already... who knows, maybe I will get a massive HoF to share out (Oh, 711 has also donated 50,000 from the forum for me to dish out at the end )

[Sarabearrah]

I try to stear clear of people sweating because I don't want to get in the way. I don't mind if someone sweats while I am hunting.
I hate it when someone is sweating and all of a sudden the mob runs to me for no reason.....I see the sewat ray following the mob. Usually I try to avoid killing it so the person can still sweat but they usually give up.

Just yesterday I got the knife/sword from the TT and have been having a fun time looting mobs......and it doesn't cost a cent for ammo.
And if something comes at me that I can't handle I break out the opallo and finish em off. NOOB mobs that is.

Loot so far is pretty good I must say.