Wizzy Report post Posted June 24, 2010 Zen's post is a good reminder of just how long it takes to make gc early on in EL, we should keep it in mind more often. This being said, lets not forget to help these new players out. I met a new player about 2 months ago, and he has already purchased an nmt, col and is about to start on ogres. WIth minimal help we can get the new players up and going in no time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted June 25, 2010 I added the MM cape as a drop to cyclops. Will happen after the update. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Report post Posted June 25, 2010 I remember back then it was certain to take the perk. As there was an automatic inevitable reset mid lvling anyways. Back then you'd get to the point where cycs were not a problem(by that time you should have MM cape drops anyways from the countless orge kills xD)then you would reset and not take the perk. Reason for taking the perk was so you didn't get ganged while training on orge/orc/troll/cycs along the way. Cause who trains with an MM cape when you wore a CoL xD it was all NMT ftw. I remember having loads of bp/mm and that black cape from training so much though :x Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhapsodist Report post Posted June 25, 2010 (edited) - Edited August 16, 2010 by Winkz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entropy Report post Posted June 26, 2010 Newbies don't drop anything for a while, so it's not a big issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kickbutt Report post Posted June 26, 2010 I guess I've been around for way too long. My first mm cape took me a long while to purchase. It cost me 22k gold coins. Back then they were dropped by trolls now and then. I can't remember ever breaking an mm cape. They seem as indestructible as the excavator capes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
makuyi Report post Posted June 26, 2010 I am a certified new player here (I play since 17 days). I have a/d 27 and my oa is 37. I think I am an average player: I spend more than average time on this game atm, but I know I am not a fast learner (according to my grown up gaming sons) I did not know about the cloak and frankly I have not missed it . I got this far by killing in safe spots. It was tricky to get books from ardur, and I got killed there, but when you dont enter through MM but from the east and you are very careful, it is not a big deal to reach him either. I have had no help from any one (up until yesterday when someone gave me very nice stuff), but so far I have not encountered any real problems getting anything I want. I could afford a cape now if I sold the essences I made and the flowers I have. I just got a cape from someone and yep, it was nice to just walk and not have to worry, but I could have easily waited until I had enough money to buy it myself. Giving a new player advice is more important than making things cheaper or free (by No means do I mean to critisise the player that gave me some stuff, it is very much appreciated) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathanstenzel Report post Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) For a new player, which is willing to take advice from others, the two first purchases would be an excav cape, then an MM cape. Major price difference between the two! Fast way for newbies to make that money is harvesting lilacs in Whitestone and selling them to the NPC for 0.5gc each (an old scheme but a good one). Just want to give you a rough idea of how hard newbie has to work. Harvest Time: ~5 mins Walk time: 2 mins Excav EMU: 200 Value: 2900 Lilacs: 5800 Trips: 29 Time: 3 hours 23 mins MM cape EMU: 280 Value: 15000 Lilacs: 30000 Trips: 109 Time: 8 hours 10 mins (with excav on) K, rough comparison. Hard work for a newbie in my opinion - Getting a 15k cape before you can go fetch some books for 3kgc. Rather try to just buy the books from someone and get scammed like I did I think this is assumes they put all pickpoints into coord at the start. So many newbs will not have such a high carry capacity for a while. It would take alot of newbs a ways longer and even if it didn't, all that harvesting sounds extremely boring. Edited June 26, 2010 by nathanstenzel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites