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Making money in AO is kind of tough, but usually you'll find something valuable sooner or later and will be able to sell it for a shitload of cash. At higher levels, the best way to do it is camping SL dynabosses. Elysium, Adonis, and Inferno all have dynas that drop good loot, and while some of it is crap there's also plenty of stuff that'll sell for 50 mil+. In Elysium you can farm the spirit dynas and hiathlins/imps for some valuable stuff - focus funneling spirits and spirit training programs are all valuable, along with the spirit NCUs (problem solving device, in particular), and they're not camped nearly as much as predators. The other thing you can do is farm CRUs through team missions, or just buy them, and then do alien raids with a team. If you get some good viral bots then that can make you a crapload of money too, especially strong/spiritual, though observant and arithmetic are worth a bit too. Spiritual are always crap, and enduring are crap below 240.
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I have a CL11 Opifex Fixer (Omni). I was trying to get around to do the Concrete Cushion missions, but because I'm Omni, there are just some places I can't reach without getting shredded at my level. I really wanted to join GoonCorp, which is why I switched from Neutral to Omni, but our guild doesn't seem all that active. I'm tempted to reroll, probably a straightforward point-click-shoot combat profession as well as another Fixer (which I'll keep Neutral this time.) I've read that there are three main blitzing strategies -- peacemaking, stealth, and running -- but I prefer honest-to-goodness wholesale death and destruction. I want to go into these missions guns blazing and killing everything in sight like a coked-out action antihero. Any breed/profession suggestions?
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Oct 12, 2009 21:29
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Any good Agent leveling/Implants/Drops tutorials around someone could refer me to? Having a blast on my level 19 guy so far, had someone drop me 2mil for teaming up for a few hours down in the guts of subway, which was mighty nice of them. So yeah, got some serious cash to hopefully push this guys skills as high as possible; but having trouble finding a site which has a tut which would assist in doing so. Edit: My guy is "Macchiatoe" Clan on RK1 btw tamphex fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Oct 12, 2009 |
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Oct 12, 2009 21:31
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I just had the Grid Armor Mk II disk drop off of a dynaboss in Varmint Woods 
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Black Eagle posted:I have a CL11 Opifex Fixer (Omni). I was trying to get around to do the Concrete Cushion missions, but because I'm Omni, there are just some places I can't reach without getting shredded at my level. I really wanted to join GoonCorp, which is why I switched from Neutral to Omni, but our guild doesn't seem all that active. Any pet profession is good at that sort of mishing, since you can pretty much just go /pet hunt and watch them rip apart anything they come across. It's only a matter of choice between Metaphysicist, Bureaucrat and Engineer, you'll need to weigh and compare the professions' different features. Wanna do tradeskills? Go Engi. Wanna fly around being an rear end-kicking mage priest channeling his emotions into metaphysical monstrosities that attack poo poo for you? Go MP. Wanna level fast and be loved by your teammates wherever you go? Crat. Engis and Bureaucrats get 2 pets, MPs get 3. Then you could also roll a high damage profession like Soldier or Shade. Shades can be very challenging though if you don't have a rich main to support it with. They depend entirely on evades since they have no heals but HP drains, so playing one requires investing in a lot of evade gear. And congratulations Troika! Have you sold it already? How much for?  tamphex posted:Any good Agent leveling/Implants/Drops tutorials around someone could refer me to? Having a blast on my level 19 guy so far, had someone drop me 2mil for teaming up for a few hours down in the guts of subway, which was mighty nice of them. So yeah, got some serious cash to hopefully push this guys skills as high as possible; but having trouble finding a site which has a tut which would assist in doing so. Joining an org is probably the easiest way to get help with that. There's always bound to be someone around who knows about a particular profession and its toolset, as long as you don't hop into a tiny little roleplayer org like mine. 
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Oct 13, 2009 09:51
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Havn't sold it yet, not sure what I should be asking for it.
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Oct 13, 2009 11:29
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I think I still have Nelly Johnson's Little Black Dress on one of my alts, moldering away in the bank. That used to go for an insane amount of money. Crats! V V
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Oct 13, 2009 16:27
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-Troika- posted:Havn't sold it yet, not sure what I should be asking for it. Probably somewhere in the range of 40 - 100m, although this is coming from a rather dated source.
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Oct 13, 2009 20:23
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I think GA2 goes for 70-100 right now, but your best bet is to check the global market search, or have someone check it for you. I'll try to be online later tonight and I can do invites and check stuff for people then if it's still needed.
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Oct 13, 2009 20:59
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I managed to unload it for about 40m.
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Oct 13, 2009 22:57
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Vidmaster posted:
I remember this was a great way to make money when I was lvl 130-150, I had a good scheme going cause I was an enfo and I knew a doc\soldier duo who had a city of theirs to raid in, so we would do back to back raids using both cities, and with the 3 most desirable classes for AI raids already covered we could pretty much grab even the most retarded LFTers for the other spots and still run things smoothly the one time nothing could be done was when this pug fixer, who constantly boasted about his pvp prowess, got aggro inside the ship, panicked, and team gridded out, teleporting everyone out of the raid  good to see folks are still playing AO, memories of training sandworms (and brontos\rhinomen) to totw entrance still holds a special place in my heart 
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Oct 14, 2009 14:45
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Machado de Assis posted:good to see folks are still playing AO, memories of training sandworms (and brontos\rhinomen) to totw entrance still holds a special place in my heart The worst are those giant spiders. Yes the sandworms are way harder to kill but when you're standing there typing trying to form a group and suddenly GIANT SPIDER it used to scare the poo poo out of me. Sandworm trains that drive everyone inside the temple are funny because it's like a tornado shelter... for sandworms.
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Oct 14, 2009 17:27
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Sandworm trains that drive everyone inside the temple where Uklesh and the Guardian are waiting right at the entrance are the best.
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I always like training a ton of rhinos or other non-aggro social mobs, then watching someone attack them and laughing as 50 level 100 rhinos mob him and slaughter him. Sandworms are still the best though, nothing really competes with the joy that is rooting 10+ of them all around the exit.
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I was in one of those, just the GoT though. Definitely a rock and a hard place! I never did like that temple but zoning in and seeing Aztur and all his little friends slaughtering nubs in the main hall was enough to make me just log out for the night.
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Oct 14, 2009 19:54
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Ahh ToTW, how I wish to never need to step inside you on any of my alts again. AO sorely needs a new RK newbie dungeon. At least the new Shadowlands playfield rocks! Every quest you complete gets you a level. My level 163 Shade is stuck on the escort part of that questline though, there's no time to heal up between the Spirit mob spawns and everyone knows how well non-TL7 Shades manage when running into a fight with three orange mobs with only half HP left. And I spent so long clearing the area of mobs 
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If you're somewhat low level (50 or so) and want to make some money, I advise getting AORK and then heading to Newland Desert. There's a ring of dynacamps in the southern part that you can just run around and kill over and over. You should be able to find nice things both for you and to sell. Once you're stronger, you can switch over to Varmint Woods, which has a similar ring, except the camps are higher level (ranging from 60 to 80). Note that Varmint Woods will be annoying for Omni people to get to unless you have access to the fixer grid. Watch out for the random NT camps, as they're higher level than most of the others, aggro, and social. It sucks not paying attention and getting hit by a bunch of nukes. Fortunately these camps are marked on the map, so you can avoid them without too much trouble. ugh its Troika fucked around with this message at 13:42 on Oct 15, 2009 |
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Oct 15, 2009 13:40
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I was bummed to find that even with low population those dynacamps are camped pretty hard. If you have a Yalm it's a bit easier but once the maps came out it became much more difficult to make a circuit. I did manage to get my beloved Redline grenade launcher though! I enjoy having a weapon that makes people go "What the hell are you using?"
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Oct 15, 2009 17:06
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I havn't run into many campers when I was there, so ymmv.
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Huh, so there was a patch with a new area released the other day, seems pretty fun so far. I got 3/4 of a level on my nanotechnician without much effort, then I managed to die stupidly when I ran between some turrets in there. The escort mission sucks though, the guy kept running off and attacking stuff and I couldn't get aggro off him  Seems like it might make the TL5 grind a bit less lovely, at least.
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Every time I want to get back into this game I find it really difficult. The bad graphics I can handle, but the font gets rendered in a way that makes my eyes bleed. Is there any way to change that? Some kind of UI mod maybe that replaces it with something readable? Maybe it's just my system, or anti-aliasing or something, but I hate it.
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User posted:Every time I want to get back into this game I find it really difficult. The bad graphics I can handle, but the font gets rendered in a way that makes my eyes bleed. Is there any way to change that? Some kind of UI mod maybe that replaces it with something readable? Maybe it's just my system, or anti-aliasing or something, but I hate it. You can change the font, size, and colors. No, I don't have the information handy. However, I believe the information is fairly available (or at least searchable) in the knowledge base sub-forum of the official forums.
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I think it's all under chat config, which you can pull up with shift+C or by right clicking on the chat window. It's all in there and was pretty easy.
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Oct 16, 2009 20:10
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Failing that, it's under GUI in the Settings option when you, you know, start up the client. Edit: I'm starting to see why some games have those retardedly patronizing tutorials in the beginning.
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I've only found options for chat text, not the font that shows up over mobs' heads.
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Pretty sure its a setting called "Off Screen Edging" or something similar, under the Graphics options. Man I've fallen back in love with AO again - been playing it off and on since 2005 in small spurts, but this time it's really got its hooks in. Once you get over the learning curve, it just really opens up into a really interesting and fun experience. I got high hopes that Funcom sticks to their promises and gives AO a new breath of life soon. tamphex fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Oct 17, 2009 |
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Thought i might give this a try yet again, though i always have trouble knowing what to do, so i get bored easily and give up. Maybe i shouldn't have started a atrox engineer all those years ago.
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MA is one of the easier classes i've been told and its pretty self sufficent so might be worth a try. I can kill mods greater level then me but as far as tips/advice etc, ive forgotten. I got my hand held alot when i played and im pretty clueless to IP (with the exception of greens), gear, nano's, implant's etc. Lost any decent sites i bookmarked too :welp:
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Oct 18, 2009 07:55
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How is the population these days?
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berecsl posted:How is the population these days? Small but there are still people around.
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Oct 20, 2009 20:59
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Tell me about Keepers. I've been having a lot of fun with my Fixer, but since a friend of mine is gonna start playing soon, I'm thinking of starting something a bit more team oriented so we can level together. I've heard Keepers described as basically melee soldiers.
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-Troika- posted:Tell me about Keepers. I've been having a lot of fun with my Fixer, but since a friend of mine is gonna start playing soon, I'm thinking of starting something a bit more team oriented so we can level together. Best analogy I can think of would be the Diablo II paladins. Melee DPS, mostly, but with a shitload of support auras.
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Do the auras work when you're soloing, or do you have to have a team going?
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They work all the time.
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Keepers are fantastic and their heal auras are basically a win button at low levels. The only thing I don't like about them is that it takes forever to buff up and you never have enough nanopool if you start twinking to cast higher level buffs. You also get bio cocoon and other really good perks, so they become basically unkillable in PvM at high levels.
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Oct 21, 2009 13:41
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How hard it is to make a trox fixer? Ive always wanted one of those...
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Oct 21, 2009 14:14
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Halloween is the best time of the year in AO
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Oct 21, 2009 14:28
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Watchlar posted:Halloween is the best time of the year in AO Yeah, I'd better have internet access back by the end of the month. Stupid cable is getting no signal in our new apartment.
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Can I turn myself into a Frankenleet this year? I remember doing that and being gone for so long that when I logged back in people were freaked out to see this little monster leet running around.
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Well poo poo. Mabye I should turn my fixer into an alt and then make the Keeper I just made my main.
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