Hi Sean,
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:52:21 +0100, Sean Black <Gooner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>So far, so... well, I'm not sure to be honest.
Hang in there, you'll get the hang of it. First time in a MMORPG is a
tad confusing. Even WoW, which is the most newbie friendly MMORPG by
far takes novices a while to get their heads around.
>Installed the trial, when I ran it, it wanted to download and install
>some updates (I guess these are the ones you mentioned).
Nope, these are just routine patches/upgrades, done since the trial
file was made available. The ones I was on about are separate files
downloaded manually from Mythic, not via the game client. Don't worry
about them at the moment as they are not essential to get going.
>Created a quick character, didn't pay much attention to it, just wanted
>to get up and running.
Aye, keen, that's good :).
>Starts off with a basic tutorial, so far so good. I complete the first
>few instructions, then it wants me to go and help defend a tower, just
>outside the main walls, off I go. Get to the tower, kill a few of the
>guys, go to a guy with a yellow ring around his feet, right-click,
>nothing.
Right. Firstly I'm not that familiar with Albion lately as my Albion
toons have been retired for quite a while. I mainly play Hibernia and
Midgard these days. I know that the Hibernia and Midgard newbie quests
work as I've done them recently. Albion I haven't done much, and I
know how to level so quickly the Albion new characters I've started
just bypassed the newbie quests. Make sure you read all the text when
you talk to a NPC carefully as it's easy to miss small details.
Likewise read your journal carefully.
>Few minutes later, I worked out I hadn't left the castle by the door it
>wanted me too.... OK! Put that right and off we go, continue with the
>tutorial, get levelled up and then on with the game proper, it gives me
>a couple of easy missions to start, go follow this creature and talk to
>another guy, OK , not a problem.
Good :).
>Talk to the guy and he gives me a package to give to another guy by the
>gates to Camelot. Off I go, except then I've forgotten the name of the
>guy I'm supposed to give the package too. Can't find his name in the
>journal, press the task button and it says I have no tasks at present.
>So back to the other guy and get him to give me the instructions again.
>
>Deliver the package and the guy tells me to go and see someone called
>Farma Hornly, ask one of the guards for directions. By this time the
>mouse is playing up, somehow I've got lost the cursor and moving the
>mouse just steers my character and I can't see an option to change it
>back, which is now making it a bit hit and miss when I want to select
>anything. Oh, well, I'll persevere ask the guard where I can find Farma
>Hornly, he points off in a direction behind me (blinked and I missed
>it), so I ask him again paying more attention.
Right, the guard points in the wrong direction, forget that. If I
remember correctly Farma Hornly is in a building which is best found
by following the journal entry. It's one of the buildings in the
starter town. This one bugged me for ages too.
>OK, off I go in search of the farmer, walking in the direction shown,
>see a few creatures, walk a bit further, no sign of life (except the
>aforementioned creatures) come to a river, swim across, see a small
>settlement, ask one of the people where to find the farma, oh no, can't
>do that, you can only ask a guard.
Only certain guards give directions, usually named I think, and they
are sometimes a bit confused themselves.
>Eventually find a guard, never heard of Farma Hornly! So back I go to
>the original guy that gave me the mission, get directions from a guard
>stood next to him, discover I was heading the right way anyway, and try
>again....
>
>After 10 or 15 mins wondering around in various areas in the direction I
>was pointed, I still can't locate the farma, so I gave up.
I understand. The Farma Hornly quest is the most annoying newbie quest
I've tried in any of the realms. It's a bit of a bugger. I'm pretty
certain he's in one of the buildings on the town side of the river,
not on the Camelot side where the retarded guard points to. I'll check
it out when I log on a bit later.
>It's late, so I may give it another go tomorrow, but so far it's a bit
>frustrating.
Don't worry Farma Hornly is a pain. Also you can just ignore that
quest and level up on monsters nearby, it won't take you long. Once
you are level 5 and chose a class your trainer will clear your journal
of any old quests for you.
>BTW, what happens when the trial finishes? I had to enter CC details
>when I signed up, do I need to cancel before the 14 days (assuming I'm
>not going to continue) or will I have to sign up again to continue?
Just a guess here, but every MMORPG trial I have played asks you for
your CC details and you have to cancel before the end of the trial
otherwise they bill you. Sometimes though they just want your CC
details to validate your identity. I'm not sure with DAoC, it should
tell you on the site you downloaded the trial from.
If you tell me what server you are on, your character name and the
times when you will usually be playing I'll meet you and show you
around? I might have to roll a newbie myself but I'll play a sup****t
class, and we will get you to 5 in no time. In the meantime I'll check
for that dratted Farma Hornly and post here later on his whereabouts
:).
If you are playing the classic servers as I suggested I hope you are
on Ector as I am Hibernia on Gareth and Midgard on Lamorak?
If you start Hib/Gareth I can get you sorted out with some weapons,
armour and enough cash to last you a good while :). Shameful attempt
to get you to play Hib I know, but as a Scot I must sup****t the Celtic
races. I can also help you out Midgard Lamorak. If you must play
Albion on Gareth or Lamorak I'll see if I can log in on a friends
account, he's a nasty Alb diehard, and get you through the newbie
stages.
It's really worth sticking with as when you get to level 5 and chose
your class you'll be able to group, do the low level battlegrounds and
experience a little of what Realm v Realm is like and that is where
the big fun is. Once you have the hang of the basics you'll level
quickly. Unfortunately the Catacombs expansion has the most goodies
for newbies, but you have to commit to the game and buy it first :(.
BB.
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