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Well, I have decided I want to deep dive into an MMO that I haven't played extensively before, and I randomly selected this one. I played a little bit at launch but didn't get very far. I recognize this is an exercise in insanity. The economy is borked. Despite updates to the new player experience, this game lags far behind any other Premium/Freemium MMO. Beyond that, I understand it is ridiculously complex Despite this, I am playing an Optifex Fixer named Frostypox. My plan is to play in a chill fashion. I want to level up and do whatever kind of content the game has to offer, but I'm in no rush and have no desire to be power-levelled or anything of the sort. Still, any advice is welcome. It's my understanding Fixers are mostly crowd control, speed buffs, and blasting poo poo with SMGs. They can also jack into the Matrix which.... I don't know what that does. Anything else I should know about them?
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Feb 9, 2023 03:06
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FunkyFjord posted:That jacking into the matrix bit is pretty neato and lets you fast travel/teleport around more than other classes. I'm not paying right now, but if I manage to wrap my brain around it and end up liking it, I wouldn't be opposed to paying. Sounds like Fixer's not a bad choice. I wonder if I can find a... what are they, Organizations in this? that won't mind having a dopey newbie who may or may not be interested in doing big boy stuff
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Feb 9, 2023 03:29
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It was pretty late when I started so I'm still in the early parts of the tutorial area. Like I just got the first part to make the fake id
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Feb 9, 2023 18:21
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I might play a little tonight, but if not the definitely this weekend
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Feb 10, 2023 00:31
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So I got to the mission where Stan Goodman wants me to get Antonio's Adaptation Factory for him. I got it, but he keeps saying it's the wrong item. Not sure what to do here
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Feb 10, 2023 02:15
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I'm dumb and was handing him one of the wrong things
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Feb 10, 2023 02:25
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Unfortunately not a lot of time time today but I'm plodding through the tutorial. I have several Nanoformulae I can't use yet. Should be able to use them in a couple levels. Seems like I've got most of the signature Fixer Nano lines started, the two HoTs, a snare, and a couple of buffs, though no evasion or speed buff yet. Again, I feel like this isn't the BEST tutorial but it's adequate so far. I got a crafting tutorial mission, but it's my understanding that basically only Engineers and Traders can really craft beyond this one mission. So far it's interesting enough to keep me going. Interested to see how you pick a faction since I remember back in the day you picked it at character creation, but now I think you're Neutral for a while. FrostyPox fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Feb 10, 2023 |
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Feb 10, 2023 02:43
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Kalman posted:One fixer tip: do not put IP into Matter Creation unless and until you have a GA nano in your possession (the summon nanos are completely not worth it.) So far I've just been auto allocating, and I know there's one nano skill it hasn't been putting points into. I think it's Matter Creation. I also think I have one respec I can spend? I'll start looking at a guide around level 20 since i think that's when you can no longer auto allocate
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Feb 10, 2023 03:29
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van fem posted:You don't have to sweat IP allocation too hard early. Main stats to max are Agility, SMG (main weapon skill), body development (ie your hp), evades (close combat + dodge ranged mostly, can skimp a bit on duck explosives), Treatment (for implants), and Computer Literacy (for better NCU). Excellent, thanks for the tips! I went to Newland and grabbed a random mission from a terminal since I guess you have to join a faction to use theirs, it wouldn't let me take missions from the Terminal in Omni-1. I remember low level missions usually being in a random door in the city but this one sent me way out into the desert to a Rhinoman camp, and now that I think of it, when I played I barely left the city for missions since I didn't play very much. Regardless, running around the procedurally generated cave was weirdly nostalgiac. 
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Feb 11, 2023 19:54
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Well this was not the best weekend to start a new MMO, I have been super busy  I'm wondering if it's smarter to do the procedurally generated missions or grind in the subway? I should probably join a faction first anyway since it seems to be all benefits and few drawbacks whereas neutral has no drawbacks but no benefits.
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Feb 12, 2023 21:33
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mfcrocker posted:The quickest way to get XP as a froob is to do daily missions for the Mission Agencies in Old Athen/Rome Blue. The normal mission handler should give you something you can easily solo, and the senior mission handler should give you a list of things to kill in a dungeon - up til 25, this will be the Subway. If you're on a paid account, you can also get an alien mission. Oh neat, bookmarked that page. Thanks a lot!
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Feb 13, 2023 00:07
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Update: I'm level 12, I just decided to go clan. Got a mission from the clan agency (which is what I've been doing which is also why I decided to go Clan) to draw out and kill a Shy Eremite. Took me a minute to figure out it's invisible and I can target it for the blue dot I have to chase on the map. When it finally popped out of the ground I nearly had a heart attack. It also killed me really easily. I don't know why, it was same level as me. Edit: Oh my gun is still QL2 and I'm using patchwork armor from drops, so I bought the Newcomer's armor and upgraded it, that will probably help quite a bit. EDIT EDIT: Yeah the armor has helped immensely. Takes a long time to kill 'em with this gun, but they can't really hurt me much. Of course the scifi game on the desert planet would have me use a vibration device to drive out and kill sand worms lmao EDIT 3: As soon as I say that, the second one burrows when it's almost dead, regens to full, and this time when it re-pops, hits me like a truck and kills me  Just bought a better healing stim, I'll finish this tomorrow lol
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Feb 25, 2023 03:20
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One more question: I want to make sure I understand Grid Armor. There's 4 tiers, and the only way to get it is to either buy the Nanocrystal from the player market, or find it as a drop? Is that correct? I guess it's ~level 60 at the lowest level so I shouldn't worry too much about it for now. EDIT: Oh poo poo it's the crafting mat that drops and I'll have to find a crafter to make the Nanocrystal? Jeez FrostyPox fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Feb 25, 2023 |
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Feb 25, 2023 04:20
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All right, I won't sweat it and if I get it, I get it. Mild bummer since in my limited frame of reference, Grid Armor is one of Fixer's Big Things (the rest being go fast, teleport via the matrix (Neuromancer matrix, not The Matrix Matrix), machineguns, hackerman) My entire time playing I've been thinking about how much I think I would enjoy an updated version of this game. Not, like, go full WoW-clone, of course, but update the graphics, streamline some things, add better in-game documentation, etc
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Feb 25, 2023 15:43
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Kinda dreading having to keep track of implants as well as armor tbh lmao
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Feb 25, 2023 18:41
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mfcrocker posted:This doesn't tend to be too bad; you don't change implants particularly often. That's good to know. So far inventory management hasn't been too bad, but I'll keep that in mind. I'm still playing pretty casually, maybe for a couple hours every couple days, but it's fun. I just hit 19 so I guess after next level I have to manually assign IP which is a bit daunting, but I'll check some guides. I really love the jazz track that plays sometimes in cities, I still remember it from when I very briefly played like 20 years ago, lmao The actual open world is... both interesting and very ugly. I've noticed that mob spawns tend to not have much pattern when it comes to levels. I'll find level 20 mobs next to or mixed in with like level 75 mobs, and I even had a terminal mission that sent me out into Agean and the entrance was surrounded by level 75 mobs, though getting in and out wasn't a problem.
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