Advice for beginners - Revision history

Marko at 17:41, 24 May 2013

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Marko at 19:50, 5 May 2013

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The Good Doctor: /* Pregame */

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‎Pregame

The Good Doctor: /* Basics */

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‎Basics

The Good Doctor: /* Basics */

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‎Basics

The Good Doctor: /* Survive */

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‎Survive

The Good Doctor: /* Survive */

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‎Survive

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Marko at 16:27, 27 April 2013

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 === Grow stronger ===
-* '''Obtaining a tent, by whatever means, should be your first priority.''' The wasteland is harsh, but having a tent makes it survivable. There are two ways to obtain one:
+* '''Obtaining a tent, by whatever means, should be your first priority.''' The wasteland is harsh, but having a tent makes it survivable. Here are two ways to obtain a tent:
-:*Once you hit level 2, you should be able to do the quest [[A Tent in the Wasteland]]. If you are level 2 and cannot see the new encounter on your world map, relog.
+:*Once you hit level 2, you should be able to do the quest, [[A Tent in the Wasteland]]. If you are level 2 and cannot see the new encounter on your world map, relog.
-:*If for some reason you choose not to do the quest, you can always craft your own [[Folded Tent]]. The raw materials you require are [[brahmin hide]], [[fiber]], and [[wood]]. You may find some of these resources sold by some traders, but the best way to obtain them is by harvesting them yourself.
+:*If for some reason you choose not to do the quest, you can always craft your own [[Folded Tent]]. The raw materials you'll need are [[brahmin hide]]s, [[fiber]], and [[wood]]. You may find some of these resources sold by some traders, but the best way to obtain them is by harvesting them yourself.
 * Before you have a tent you can '''hide your stuff in town'''. Choose a town with very few people and hide your stuff well, it should be moderately safe if you don't leave it there too long.
 * Once you have a tent you can begin '''hunting for equipment'''. Look for NPC encounters commonly known as "'''versus encounters'''", in which two factions fight and the victorious one is often the non-aggressive one, for example ''[[Vault City Patrol]]'' versus ''[[Raiders]]'' around [[Vault City]]. The town patrols almost always win, and once they have looted a few (sometimes all) corpses, you can loot the rest and grab an armor, a pistol, or stuff like that.
 * '''Accumulate caps.''' After your tent is built, begin saving up your caps. Caps are the currency of the wasteland.
-:*'''Do not spend caps at merchants.'''  If you want to an item from a trader, instead find out what that trader will buy and barter those items. Caps are best saved for buying [[vehicles]], [[bases]], learning professions, and trading with other players.
+:*'''Do not spend caps at merchants.'''  If you want an item from a trader, find out what that trader will buy and barter those items. Caps are best saved for buying [[vehicles]], [[bases]], learning [[professions]], and trading with other players.
 :* '''A note on the Economy.''' Most of the caps in circulation are already in the hands of other players. To get around this check back at the shops every few hours, because the storekeepers' supply of caps is periodically refreshed. If you get lucky you can find individual traders who haven't been relieved of their wealth yet, and some of them carry upwards of 10,000 caps!
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 * '''Accumulate caps.''' After your tent is built, begin saving up your caps. Caps are the currency of the wasteland.
 :*'''Do not spend caps at merchants.'''  If you want to an item from a trader, instead find out what that trader will buy and barter those items. Caps are best saved for buying [[vehicles]], [[bases]], learning professions, and trading with other players.
-:* '''[[A note on the Economy]].''' Most of the caps in circulation are already in the hands of other players. To get around this check back at the shops every few hours, because the storekeepers' supply of caps is periodically refreshed. If you get lucky you can find individual traders who haven't been relieved of their wealth yet, and some of them carry upwards of 10,000 caps!
+:* '''A note on the Economy.''' Most of the caps in circulation are already in the hands of other players. To get around this check back at the shops every few hours, because the storekeepers' supply of caps is periodically refreshed. If you get lucky you can find individual traders who haven't been relieved of their wealth yet, and some of them carry upwards of 10,000 caps!
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 :* [[Outdoorsman]] is an invaluable skill for newer players. Having a score of 100 will provide you significantly more [[encounter]] ''prompts'' while traveling on the [[world map]], and will allow you to obtain the [[Ranger]] support perk: which enables you to build [[Safe House|safe houses]] instead of [[Tent|tents]].
 :* You can save [[skill points]] and unspent perk points for later levels. Skill points can be saved forever and used whenever, but perks can only be saved for up to two, or three if you took the [[Skilled]] [[trait]], levels. '''If you have an unspent perk, and gain a new perk-giving level, your saved perk will be erased.''' Saving skill points and perk points can be useful if you cannot afford the requirements for a perk with your current skill scores, you may be able to still achieve it in later levels.
 === Basics ===

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 :* Understand that [[Small Guns]] is, by far, the easiest weapon skill begin the game with.
 ::* '''If you choose Small Guns, complete the [[Boneyard Guard]] quest ASAP: before you invest more than 65 into the skill.''' If you have less than 3 [[Charisma]], you'll have to use [[Beer]] or [[Mentats]].
-:* Unless you are rolling a Melee or [[Unarmed]] build, choose at least 6 [[Perception]] for the [[Awareness]] [[support perk]].
+:* Unless you are rolling a Melee or [[Unarmed]] build, '''choose at least 6 [[Perception]] for the [[Awareness]] [[support perk]]'''.
 :* If you're choosing a ranged weapon skill(Small Guns, [[Big Guns|Big Guns]], [[Energy Weapons]], or [[Throwing]]), be sure to invest into that skill to at least 180 and incorporate the perk [[Bonus Rate of Fire]]. It reduces the [[AP]] cost of your attacks by 1, and therefore enables you to squeeze out more shots from your AP pool.
 :* '''Never choose an odd number of [[Endurance]].'''

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 === Basics ===
-* '''When you exit the game, your character will still be on its position for another 3 minutes, before it logs out completely and disappears from the map.''' In that time, you can be killed or [[Stealing|robbed]], so think of where you logout. Most players chose to logout while standing still on the worldmap.
+* '''When you exit the game, your character will still be on its position for another 3 minutes, before it logs out completely and disappears from the map.''' In that time, you can be killed or [[Steal|robbed]], so think of where you logout. Most players chose to logout while standing still on the worldmap.
 * Once you're in the game, you may want to know some [[shortcuts]]. Here is a list of some useful ones:
 ::'''Q''' shows your character's [[Sight#Field of View|field of view]].

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 * '''[[Shit shoveling|Shovel shit]] for [[experience]] and [[caps]]'''. Several towns contain a [[brahmin]] pen ([[Klamath]], [[Modoc]], [[Vault City]], [[Redding]], [[NCR]]...). Talk to the pen keeper, grab his shovel and you're ready to clean the pen of all the shit there is! Talk to the pen keeper again when you're done, you'll be rewarded for your work. You can easily reach your first level this way.
 :* Beside shoveling shit, you can [[lift caravan boxes]] for xp and caps.
-* '''Random encounters are deadly''' at the start of the game. Even rats can kill you if you don't run fast enough, but as soon as you've grabbed a decent weapon, you'll be able to slay 'em all!
+* '''Random encounters are deadly''' at the start of the game. Even [[Rat|rats]] can kill you if you don't run fast enough, but as soon as you've grabbed a decent weapon, you'll be able to slay 'em all!
-* Once you have obtained your first weapon, '''avoid NPC encounters and look for [[creatures|animals]]'''. NPCs are tough for a new player to kill since they're armed, and don't provide as much xp as monsters. [[Spore Plant|Spore plants]], [[Rat|rats]], [[Little Gecko|little geckos]], [[Radscorpion|small radscorpions]], brahmin, [[Molerat|molerats]], [[Pig Rat|pigrats]], [[Giant Ant|ants]], and [[mantis]] are good to begin with. [[Dog|Dogs]] are tough and fast, so beware. The [http://www.nitue.net/#fef/index FOnline Encounter Finder], made by Opera, can be useful to help find encounters.
+* Once you have obtained your first weapon, '''avoid NPC encounters and look for [[creatures|animals]]'''. NPCs are tough for a new player to kill since they're armed, and don't provide as much xp as monsters. [[Spore Plant|Spore plants]], rats, [[Little Gecko|little geckos]], [[Radscorpion|small radscorpions]], brahmin, [[Molerat|molerats]], [[Pig Rat|pigrats]], [[Giant Ant|ants]], and [[mantis]] are good to begin with. [[Dog|Dogs]] are tough and fast, so beware. The [http://www.nitue.net/#fef/index FOnline Encounter Finder], made by Opera, can be useful to help find encounters.
 * In the wasteland you may '''find [[resources]] in certain [[locations]]'''. These raw resources can be processed into usable items and equipment.
 * '''[[crafting|Craft]] your own equipment.''' You start the game with no equipment, but you can collect resources and craft your own. Everyone can craft basic weapons and [[ammunition]].

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 === Survive ===
 * In the beginning, '''trust nobody'''. Seriously, newbie-abuse is very popular.
-* [[Communicate With Other Players]]
+* '''[[Communicate With Other Players|Communicate with other players]] in safety.''' The best way to communicate with other players without risk of being robbed or killed is the [http://fonline2238.net/forum/ Official forum], but your feelings may still be hurt.
 * '''[[Shit shoveling|Shovel shit]] for [[experience]] and [[caps]]'''. Several towns contain a [[brahmin]] pen ([[Klamath]], [[Modoc]], [[Vault City]], [[Redding]], [[NCR]]...). Talk to the pen keeper, grab his shovel and you're ready to clean the pen of all the shit there is! Talk to the pen keeper again when you're done, you'll be rewarded for your work. You can easily reach your first level this way.
 :* Beside shoveling shit, you can [[lift caravan boxes]] for xp and caps.