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 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:24 am
Some tips!The training session is pretty decent, but not everyone reads
everything and it definitely doesn't cover all topics. So let me throw
out some tips for playing. Here goes:
1) You can view your character info by selecting yourself and then
pulling down the OPTIONS menu on the target info window (which shows
your name). There is an option there that says "Player Info". Choose
that. (NOTE: Improvements are coming soon that will make it much
easier to see your character info.)
2) You can see the buffs/debuffs on you (and on your Crew) by opening
the Crew List. (Click the Crew icon on the lower, left of your Action
Bar.)
3) Watch your orb count. When you get four or five of them, go to the
Null Chamber and power your rings up. EVERY QUEST GRANTS AT LEAST ONE
ORB...so try out the quests to gain orbs easily. (The quests are also
where the storyline resides, so it shouldn't be too laborious for ya.
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3a) Once you get to a certain point in the game, you'll start seeing
ring drops that are higher than 1.0 CL. If you get dupes of rings you
already have, you can always consider SALVAGE'ing the ring (in the
Null Chamber) to get orbs out of it so you can charge your other rings
up instead. This is an easy way to gain orbs later on.
4) Try to "pull" monsters away from a group. That won't always work.
Some groups are all allied together and they are "one for all, and all
for one" in their defensive strategy. Don't be afraid to run when
grossly outnumbered. Try hitting and running a bit to get out of a
mass scrum, then hitting, running, etc.
5) Monsters come in different varieties. A standard "grunt" is easy to
kill. His lieutenant is easily soloable, but way tougher than a grunt.
But demi-bosses (like the Gnome Commander, Katsumi's Kokeshi Doll, She
Wolf, Mother Fluff, etc.)...well...those are group targets. Beware of
them. They have MUCHO health and they're offensively powerful. (And we
won't even *discuss* real bosses here. You're still some distance from
those kinds of critters.)
6) A Crew can overcome some difference between your toughness and a
monster's toughness...but it will only overcome so much. If you take a
group of CL1.0 players into Bass'ken Lake, then you're going to get
worked. There's no doubt about it. Raise your ring levels and try
finding a place to fight that's more your speed.
7) USE YOUR BUFFS! Especially when in Crews. If you don't use your
buffs, it's about the same thing as volunteering to enter a swordfight
without armor or a shield. You won't last long. Turtle, Teflon Spray,
Knife Sharpen, Keen Aye!, etc., etc., etc.
icon_cool.gif If you're in a Crew, then having someone dedicated to
healing is not a bad idea. It can be a really fun way to play (saving
your teammates' lives is fun), and it's also important so that
offensively-oriented players can utilize their skills without worrying
about staying alive.
9) Learn to love the "~" key. It allows you to easily cycle through
targets on the screen without having to click on them.
10) On a related note...are you having trouble clicking on your
Crewmates when trying to heal them? Fear not! Click on their name in
the Crew list and, voila!, they are targeted and you can heal them
easily.
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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:30 pm
General Hints and Tips
Rings Drops: All creatures drop rings, though they are a 'rare' drop.
To increase your chances of getting a ring, run around with a crew.
Everyone in your crew gets a chance at drops for each creature killed.
The early major quest chains will also give you rings.
Killing Quests: Anytime you get a quest asking you to kill X number of
an Animated, or to kill a Mini-Boss you only need to get one hit in,
unless you are in a crew. If you are in a crew you simply just need to
be in the same box when your crew kills the Animated. You can even be
dazed, so if say you get dazed by the Lawn Gnome General and you
already got a hit in, you could just hang out there till someone else
came along and finished him off.
Quest Chains: Basically most quests are one BIG chain. However you can
start in each area without having finished the quest chain in a
previous area, BUT you will miss out on a few quests and their
rewards. Each quest chain should send you on to the next area, however
a few quests may no longer be available to you if you skipped forward.
Notably there is a Katsumi quest from Rubella that you cannot get if
you have already spoken with Katsumi prior to getting the quest from
Rubella, so if you want to enjoy the quests and their rewards to their
fullest, don't skip ahead!!
How to read the guide
Each area will include a small descriptions, a suggested minimum
Charge Level for your rings, and a link to a general map of the area.
This information will be found at the very beginning of each post.
Next you'll find a list of quests. Where appropriate I'll try and
group quests according to the chain they are in. You'll also notice
some quest will have a Prerequisite quest listed. There will also be
images of the NPCs involved in the quest to the right of each one.
Towards the bottom of each post you should find some Hints and Tips
for the area, a list of Animated with a short description, and Badges
you can attain in the area along with the qualifications for the
badge. I will also eventually include links to other maps with several
items highlighted or indicated.
What does that word mean?
You might notice as you read that I throw around a few terms or
acronyms you may not be used to hearing if you are new to zOMG. I'll
try and briefly list and describe them below. If some word I've used
confuses you and you don't see it here, don't hesitate to say
something.
Badges: Badges work through the quest system. You don't need to talk
to anyone or accept anything. You simply get them by killing a certain
number of an Animated or by visiting specific places. You can also get
them from the mini-games in zOMG. Every time you finish a quest, you
should here a specific sound and your quest log button should also
start glowing, the same is true for Badges. You can view your Badges
by looking in your completed Quest log in the game or under My Gaia.
You can display your badges for all to see if you are using the
current profile system add the content box for Badges.
The Animated: these in short are the monsters in zOMG that you'll be
fighting. Throughout your quests you should hear about them.
CL or Charge Level: When you finish quests you'll receive charge orbs
(also you get them from monsters occasionally). You'll want to invest
these into your rings to increase their charge. Your charge level is
the average charge of all the rings you are currently wearing. You can
see this by looking at your player information in the game. You also
may notice that your average CL isn't your exact average, there is a
bit of a curve added to the average CL to make it a bit easier for
those users who may not get regular ring drops and thus have a few
empty slots that are counted as CL 1.
Crew: A crew is a group or party. On the bottom of your screen you
should see a button with multiple people. If you press it, it'll open
a new little window on your screen that has your crew members in it.
If you join a crew it will also automatically open.
Box: Each map is split up into boxes. You can only view one box at a
time, unless you are transitioning from one box to the next, then you
will watch the screen scroll to the next box, once the box is done
loading you can only see that box. You can however see Animated
indicators for the next box when you walk near the edge.
Farm: This word is not used in the traditional sense of the word, you
don't actually do any physical farming in the game. When I talk about
farming a chest, that means you will camp the area and repeatedly kill
the spawn and open the chest to collect the orbs hidden within.
Camp: To camp an area means you don't move from where you are and wait
for the spawn to pop.
Spawn: The animated have specific places they appear. When one pops up
that means it spawned and is thus often called a spawn and the place
it spawned is the spawn point.
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