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Old 03-14-2008, 07:29   #81
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Apart from good reminders of our own newbie days and that a little help at that stage is a good thing to be offered, something pretty important has been very well highlighted here for MA to see...the mentor system could and (probably does) piss new guys off rather than help them when it's abused in this way. The whole point of it is to encourage and help, yet some people rely on kindness shown by others instead of their supposed mentor to get by at the hardest point for a n00b. If no contact is made for a period, maybe over the initial 2 days...mentorship should be automatically open to termination by the disciple to stop them being stuck as Pinky is/was with a farmer.

It's a case of the players sorting out a mess that shouldn't exist as it stands. Lucky that most people are happy to do so eh?

I was about to say that overall that's been the only downer in this tale, it's mainly been the good guys who shone ...better not tho since there are some kiss and tell stories not yet reported that may change that.

Anyone got any confessions to make I wonder? Much better to get these things out first you know

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Old 03-16-2008, 08:41   #82
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Apart from good reminders of our own newbie days and that a little help at that stage is a good thing to be offered, something pretty important has been very well highlighted here for MA to see...the mentor system could and (probably does) piss new guys off rather than help them when it's abused in this way. The whole point of it is to encourage and help, yet some people rely on kindness shown by others instead of their supposed mentor to get by at the hardest point for a n00b. If no contact is made for a period, maybe over the initial 2 days...mentorship should be automatically open to termination by the disciple to stop them being stuck as Pinky is/was with a farmer.
I agree, MA definitely needs to do something about the mentor system, as it is now, it's far too easily abused. When I started a couple of months ago I was almost immediately farmed. My 'mentor' didn't even bother to speak to me at all, not even a quick hello, she just sent me the invite and moved on to the next newbie. Luckily I realised early enough that this person would be no help to me and kicked her in time, but there must be so many new players who get stuck with useless mentors simply because they don't realise what they need to do before it's too late. Perhaps MA, instead of advising newbies to go to the oil rig when they first sign in, can give them a quick guide to finding a real mentor?

Anyway, great post Pinky, have really enjoyed this series so far, can't wait to read the next one!
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Old 03-23-2008, 18:36   #83
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PRESENT DAY:


I figure using 500 bombs at this point was pretty good considering I started with 180 (ish) PED and got all my equipment from that too. The recycling method seems to be holding up so far, just hope it holds out long enough to let me graduate, or I would be having to do some serious sweating to raise funds quickly!

Please forgive a noob question but I've search around the forums and can find no other reference or explanation as to what "The recycling method" is.

Please explane this to me as I am intrigues with minning after two plus years of hunting.

Thanks in advance for your reply.
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Please forgive a noob question but I've search around the forums and can find no other reference or explanation as to what "The recycling method" is.

Please explane this to me as I am intrigues with minning after two plus years of hunting.

Thanks in advance for your reply.
NP it was refered to in the article prior to this - its just simply bombing, then selling the ores to buy more bombs and repeat. Essentially using the same money over and over.
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O! I get it now...thought it was some trick to use the same bomb twice, lol
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